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The Secret to October Success

Jargon Buster By Ali Kennard Nelson Marlborough

By Rhys Barrier

Honorary ranger Weesang Paaka with a Motueka brown trout that survived the floods

With the weather the way it has been over August and September Fish & Game staff hope Nelson-Marlborough rivers will be low and clear for a change this October when the 2012-13 sports fishing season opens. If this is the case, the age old question of where to start always springs to mind for both seasoned anglers and novices alike. A recent conversation with a local fishing guide who had spent over 20-years frequenting our rivers, gave Fish & Game staff some sage advice in relation to this: “THE SECRET IS - get off your chuff and try some new fisheries if your old spots do not fire!” Hardly rocket science, but he made the point that every freshwater fishery is cyclical and they all change from year to

year, based on floods and other factors, and to expect to go to the same river every year and expect good fishing is simply unrealistic. Staff drift dive observations certainly concur with this advice, with the Motueka River being a good example. There are ten 1km drift dive sites on this river with a dataset spanning several decades. Cawthron Scientist Roger Young discovered a very strong (statistically significant) relationship between the duration of floods over the critical juvenile fry emergence period in October and November, and the recruitment for that year’s trout juveniles in the Motueka River. This relationship carries through strongly into the following season's medium fish numbers, observed

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during drift dives and then also larger fish observed in subsequent seasons. The essence of this relationship is: if you get more than 200 hours of flooding greater than three times the annual median river flow (i.e. > 166 cumecs at Woodstock) during October and November, then recruitment of that year’s juveniles into the trout fishery will be weak. Staff hope that this year the OctoberNovember flows will be more suitable, both for angling and juvenile recruitment within our rivers. And for any salt water anglers new to the trout fishing game, don’t forget you can pick up a guide and DVD for $5, on how to get into freshwater fishing, from Fish & Game or selected sports shops. This will get you started once you have purchased your fishing licence – it even contains a CD with river access information and maps to point you in the right direction.

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Following a recent conversation in the showroom where I was told marine electronics had too much jargon, I thought this month I would do a jargon buster: AIS – Automatic Identification System. AIS is a relatively new system that uses its own GPS antenna to get position, speed, course etcetera, and then sends this information out, along with your preloaded vessel details, over VHF. Other vessels within VHF range with AIS will receive this data and display the target. They can then set their course to minimise collision risks. In the leisure market this is an ideal tool for those doing night passages, passages through busy waterways and especially those cruising yachts who want to be seen by the large vessels when at sea. These targets can be shown on the units own display (if it has one), a PC, a chart plotter or radar. ARPA – Automatic radar Plotting Aid – As the name suggests this is a radar feature that allows you to track an object’s course and speed and also work out the Closest Point of Approach so you can determine if there is a collision risk. Digital – For several years now digital has been the buzz word around electronics including marine electronics, specifically in regards to radar and sounder. This really comes down to the processing of the returned echoes and gives you better target discrimination. DSC – Digital Selective Calling – many of you will have seen this on your VHFs, where there will be red distress button. This system is used to send predefined digital messages across, VHF, HF and MF frequencies and can be linked to your GPS so it can also broadcast your position. This is widely used overseas for sending distress signals; however it is not monitored here in New Zealand. MFD – Multi Function Display – These are displays that can do both sounder and GPS as well as many other things such as radar. NMEA200/0183 – These are industry standard connection solutions that allow different units to share data. The older system is NMEA0183 which involves connecting wires together; this has been superseded by NMEA2000 which is more of a plug and play system. NMEA2000 has also allowed integration with other data sources such as the engines and even an ipod dock. Most modern systems will come with the ability to connect via both NMEA 0183 and NMEA2000. SIRIUS – This is seen on the Lowrance HDS systems during start up and people always ask what it is. It is a satellite weather system that is only available in North America, so just ignore this when you see it. WAAS – Wide Area Augmentation System - You will often see this in brochures and on the GPS antennas themselves and it is used to gain a more accurate position by receiving error correction signals. However, once again, this is not something that is available in NZ so you can turn it off and ignore it. I think that covers most of it, however if there is anything you are unsure about that I haven’t covered, feel free to give me a call and I will be happy to help.

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September Snapper on Setline By Kevin Bannan The word was out, “Snapper in Tasman Bay!” September is the month I normally hook my first snapper of the new season. With weeks on end of wet and windy weather my hopes for this session were fading, however the forecast was looking good for Saturday 22nd. The outboard and boat were serviced, rods and gear all readied for action, so Lenny Smith and myself headed for our spot out on the 60 feet mark. The setline was deployed just on daylight and we then got the berley going. Pilchards were sent out on a strayline rig and it didn’t take long until the first spiky dog showed up, followed by carpet sharks. After an hour we pulled up the setline to feel this 16.5lb snapper trying to make a run for freedom. This was the only snapper for the morning. But what a morning and a great start to the inshore snapper season.

Some foreigners hitchhike, some take a tour and some even hire campervans, but international adventurer Aaron Carotta figured a good way to travel New Zealand would be to make a TV series as he went. The result, Catch & Cook with Adventure Aaron, is now screening on Food Television Thursdays 2.00pm, 6.00pm and 10.00pm. Aaron starts the series in the far north and wanders the length of the country but it’s not just another ‘showcase the beauty as you go’ show and neither is it a clone of other cooking shows. Along the way Aaron meets a host of Kiwi celebrity chefs, who challenge the engaging American to ‘go wild’ and collect, hunt, catch, wrestle and root out ingredients that, predictably, culminate in Aaron learning to cook an iconic Kiwi dish. The show contains its share of spice too and without stealing Aaron’s thunder, would you feel good about catching crabs or leaping out of a chopper onto a chamois? Aaron said making the show really helped him appreciate what New Zealand is all about – “It’s a land of beauty and extremes – you can do things here without the legalities of the States,” he said, “That’s what Catch & Cook is all about!”

Aaron particularly enjoyed doing the Marlborough episode even though the locals tried to drown him in Cook Strait, but he said the Nelson episode just rocked. “I called the Bay of Plenty the episode we beat the challenge in quickest time but when I teamed up with Crimpy and Bucky in Nelson - man it was blam, blam, blam – real time action!” That’s an episode

you’ll have to watch to believe. He said it reinforced our natural way of living, so much so he is keen to settle here. Aaron told The Fishing Paper he is on the market – a good eligible bachelor – and is happy for Crimpy to screen and shortlist any potential female candidates! The recipe book from the series is out now and titled Catch & Cook. Aaron is already

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Monsters After Dark

The Take a Kid Fishing, event at The Groynes, Belfast marks its 23rd year on Sunday, 14th October 2012. All kids are welcome.

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Adam with a magnificent 14lb Canterbury monster. The elusive Canterbury panther tried to rival ‘Nessie’ for tourism potential a few years back, but now monsters for real are lurking about after dark in the Canterbury lowlands. Adam Peat and mate, JP Samuelson, have been doing a lot of exploratory trips around the estuaries and river mouths in search of big brown trout and their efforts have paid off – big time. Adam says they normally head out around 8.00pm and often don’t get back until 5.00am, with really dark nights proving most productive. Adam says a lot of experimenting is involved if it is the

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Kids 17 and under get the opportunity to fish any one of four small lakes where 600 salmon have been released for this event. 9am to 1pm is reserved for kids up to 12 years, then all kids 17 and under can fish from 1pm until gates close at 7pm Canterbury This is a great opportunity where kids are shown fishing skills and how to catch a salmon. Lots of experienced anglers are there to help and offer advice. There’s a fish cleaning station, and a chef demonstrating how to fillet and cook your catch, there’s limited loan fishing gear and bait available. The Take a Kid Fishing team are there to help until 1pm. Starting at 9am Take a Kid Fishing runs rain or shine. With up to 6,000 children wanting to take part, one lake is for kids 8 years and under where skilled anglers help for a limited time on a one to one basis. When the whistle goes they must leave the water and are welcome to join the queue for another turn. The other three lakes allow all kids 12 and under to fish at will for as long as they want. The free event owes much of its success to the large group of volunteers from Christchurch fishing clubs, Fish & Game, fishing tackle shops and others with an interest in fishing, all willing to show a young angler how to get started, how to gut and clean and fillet their catch, and then cook it on a barbecue. They will bait hooks, untangle snarled lines and patiently explain the basics of fishing to kids. Dianna, Lady Isaac is the event patron and her involvement has enabled Take a Kid Fishing to source its stock of salmon each year. Phil Keen, our executive chef demonstrates filleting a salmon and how to use a barbecue hot plate to turn a fish into delicious meals. What? Take a Kid Fishing When? Sunday 14th October 2012 Where? The Groynes, Johns Road, Belfast, Christchurch Who? 9am-1pm for children up to 12 years old (one lake reserved for those up to eight years), from 1pm all children up to 17 years old are allowed to fish. Parents, caregivers and other adults are allowed to help but not to fish. Why? Take a Kid Fishing is a free community event, it’s a great opportunity for kids and their families to learn how to fish and enjoy the outdoors. So come for as long or as little time you have and enjoy a fun outing. Contact: Dave Denton, volunteer and organiser, 03 318 2762 or email dmdenton@xtra.co.nz

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Sliver of Silver for Strachan By Daryl Crimp

Young Jake Strachan wasn’t angling for attention when he went fishing for trout with his dad and brother Reilly, but his efforts resulted in a spontaneous round of applause from salmon anglers on the south side of the Rangitata River. Jake was fishing with a Toby when a solid thump on his line signalled something serious was about to happen. He did good and soon had this impressive 5.7kg salmon on the shingle. The loud clapping from the other bank was a nice gesture and the accomplishment was made that much sweeter for the 10-yearold when he won the novice trophy at the Rangitata Huts competition. Let’s hope this season is another silver sizzler for Jake and his family. Well done champ.

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Taranaki fishermen have recently installed underwater marine mammal alarms, known as pingers, on their nets. The Australian-made pingers are successfully used in many parts of the world to warn dolphins, porpoises and whales away from being caught in fishing nets. The pingers emit high frequency signals every four seconds. Ian McDougall, the New Zealand fisherman who reported the capture of a Hector’s type dolphin off Cape Egmont in January, says he is investing in pingers to show the chance of an entanglement in his gear is greatly reduced. “The pingers are effective on many dolphin species. They will reduce the chance of Hector’s dolphin species getting entangled. As we know there have been Hector’s in the area where I’m fishing, but there have been no confirmed sightings of Maui’s south of Raglan.” Ian is one of five Taranaki fishermen affected by the Government’s decision in June to extend the set net ban out to two

nautical miles to protect Maui’s dolphins. The measures also included putting observers on the vessels in late July to look for Maui’s. So far there has been no sighting of a single Maui’s or Hector’s dolphin. Two tracking systems are being used to ensure a precise record is kept of where the vessels and their observers travelled. “We informed the Ministry for Primary Industries at the time that the pods of Maui’s the new restrictions were aimed at protecting were phantom ones. Even the Hector’s, which is common round the South Island, we know can be in these waters, but its total lack of sighting shows it is very uncommon,” says Ian. In 2010 and 2011, DoC and Auckland University looked for Maui’s off Waikato and Auckland – where they do exist. They found one on average every 36 minutes. That’s quite a contrast with the fruitless Taranaki searches.

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Medics and a Mercy Dash By Reagan Poynter Nothing gave me cause to believe this trip would be any different from the last. Had someone stopped me when launching the boat into an idyllic Okiwi Bay on that calm clear day and suggested I’d be flying home in a chopper, I’d have thought them daft! Scallops and fat blue cod were the limit of my crystal ball gazing that morning – not medics and a mercy dash. We’d taken John’s 14ft ‘seventies’ fibreglass runabout out scalloping before and while we were togged up in lifejackets, I wouldn’t be so bold as to call us ‘experienced’. In fact, what transpired shows how even a little inexperience can so very quickly lead to near tragedy. Now as you read along, see if you can spot the mistakes we made. It was hardly three men in a tub, more like two-and-a-half men because Jon’s son, three-year-old Charlie, was along for the ride also. The scallop lane was busy but we got our quota without incident and set about cleaning up and storing gear. Scallops, dredge and anchor were packed snugly away at the stern. We then headed out to the seaward side of the The Islands at the entrance to Croisilles Harbour for a fish. Straight away big cod started biting, so I threw out the anchor and tied it off to one side of the transom at the stern. The fishing was frenetic so we kind of got caught up in the moment. The swell started to pick up but just enough to slop the boat around. Then I noticed a bigger set come through and it dumped a bit of water over the transom. “Shi … tvers,” I spluttered to the skipper, “we’ve taken on water!” He didn’t appear fazed so we continued to fish. I started taking note and now every consecutive wave was slopping water over the stern and when things finally started to float – I expressed with all urgency the need to – GET OUT OF HERE! The skipper concurred. The logical move would have been to start the motor and bilge, but the battery was swamped and the electrics dead. I got a wrap over the knuckles for dumping the contents of a tacklebox, but I felt a desperate need to start bailing. At this point John walked to the stern and attempted to pull in the anchor, which was stuck. The stern immediately sucked under; it was like a giant hand had pulled the stern down, causing the boat to flip over onto its back and sink stern first. John and I were flicked aside and bobbed to the surface either side of the boat. Three-year-old Charlie was initially wedged between the front seats but popped up into the air pocket in the bow as the boat went under. John reacted instinctively, ripping his lifejacket off and diving under the boat. Groping wildly under the water, he grabbed what he thought to be a limb and pulled down. Charlie popped up next to me, lying motionless on his back. “Are you alright Charlie? Charlie … Charlie … Charlie are you alright?” I found myself shouting. Eventually he looked at me and simply said, “We fell out of the boat!” We were rescued by some nearby boaties, who radioed ahead to Okiwi Bay. They inturn contacted St Johns, who happened to be in the area on a training exercise, and they ultimately called the Rescue Helicopter. I’d taken a fair amount of seawater to the lungs and the medics were worried about secondary drowning, so I joined Charlie aboard the rescue chopper for a trip to Nelson Hospital. We made a number of mistakes but no single action was enough to be life threatening - it is usually a chain of events that culminate in misadventure. As Crimpy pointed out to me, it’s not the mistake that is important but what you do with it moving forward. We learned a valuable lesson that day and those mistakes I’ll never make again. I’m also sharing the story in the hope it’ll help others avoid making similar mistakes.

Hey Dad – Suck on This! By Greg Gibbons (Little Gibby)

Finally a weekend arrived that promised good weather, so I picked the Old Boy’s brain on where to catch the big snapper at this time of the year.

Setting off from the boat ramp about 6.00pm Friday night, I headed directly to the secret spot all of two minutes from The Cut and set my net. I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to text the Old Man and let him know I was gonna beat him this year! All he text back was, ''We will see, don't leave it till morning or the lice will have it".

So taking his advice, I went out at midnight to retrieve it and after two long cold hours searching, I finally stumbled across one of my floats. I pulled in shark after shark until I felt something heavier just below. I looked over the side and there it was.

“Bugger me,” I thought "I have caught a mermaid!" I grabbed it with both hands and heaved it over the side (best looking mermaid I have ever seen)! You could have heard me yelling from the port. I was lucky to check the net when I did though, as the lice had started on it and already had stripped five gurnard!

The next morning I went to see my old mate Mario down at Big Blue for the official weigh in. First scale said 35 pound - second brand new one said 32! So Dad, now 'we have seen' as you said. Now I say beat that! And trust me, the photos don't do it any justice!

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Captain’s Log:

TIDES OF CHANGE By Poppa Mike

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This month I’m so excited about the return of the good weather – it was the best three days I’ve enjoyed all year – I’ve have gone cabin crazy and competition mad. You still have a chance to send in your fishing/ hunting story and pic to go in the draw to win accommodation and a fishing trip for two courtesy of Wildcat Charters in sunny Golden Bay. These guys are fish magnets so scribble me a few lines, get them in quick and it could be your line that gets the Wildcat nod on the end of it! But wait – there’s more! I’ve finally embraced technology, thrown out the semaphore flags and let Reagan talk me into launching our first TXT TO WIN COMPETITION! The little ad man has gone man and, courtesy of Composite Developments, has created The Fishing Paper’s Great Summer Scramble where every month for SIX MONTHS you can TXT to win $750 worth of fishing tackle – EACH MONTH! There is no limit to the number of times you can enter but special conditions do apply – I’m the only Fishing Paper staff who may enter and I will be taking backhanders! Seriously though, this is a mega-awesome comp and a doddle to enter. If you are an old fogey like me and scared of technology, get your kids, grandkids, or nieces and nephews to show you how. If you don’t have a cell phone – borrow or buy one, or flog your mate’s when he’s not looking – there’s 750 bucks worth of fishing tackle up for grabs each month and YOU get to choose the gear. Look for the competition details in this issue.

Fishing Buff Shares His Passion

Fishing enthusiast Lance Heger is enjoying the chance to share his passion and knowledge with a new young friend. Lance recently became a mentor with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nelson, which matches adult mentors with young people in need of some extra adult support and friendship. Under the programme the mentors meet with their young person once a week to do things they both enjoy. Lance, a former commercial fishing boat skipper, mentors a 13-year-old boy who shares his love of fishing. He says the boy’s enthusiasm is great to see and he always jumps at the chance to get out on the water. For instance, when Lance rang him early one morning to ask if he wanted to join in a spurof-the-moment expedition

to catch sprats for a pickling experiment, the response was an immediate, “Yes!” ``I think he had his rod in his hand before the phone was back in its cradle!’’ Lance says. On that occasion the pair spent a couple of hours fishing from the Vickerman St wharf and got a good haul of sprats. On other occasions they’ve been out fishing and scalloping from Lance’s boat, and on rainy days they’ve practised tying knots and watched fishing videos Lance took during his commercial fishing days. Lance says they’ve done some non-fishing activities too, such as joining in a Big Brothers Big Sisters outing to the Tahunanui skating rink and have had shared some great experiences. He’s looking forward to doing lots more

things with his young buddy. Lance is one of about 120 mentors involved with the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nelson mentoring programme, which caters for young people aged 7 to 17. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nelson director Gavin Millar says the mentors’ role is simple – to be a good friend – but they can have a significant impact on their young person’s life. He says there is an ongoing need for more mentors, particularly men, since the organisation has about 30 boys waiting to be matched with mentors. To find out more about becoming a mentor, contact Gavin Millar on ph 5459864 or email gavin.millar@ bigbrothersbigsisters.org.nz More information about the programme is also available at www.bigbrothersbigsisters. org.nz

Painting Rags-to-Riches It was 1863 when William and Sarah Tingey boarded the wooden sailing ship Tyburnia for New Zealand. With them were their ten children aged between two and twenty two years of age, as well as the young wife of nineteenyear-old son Joseph. As third class passengers they found themselves housed deep in the bowels of the ship, in cramped quarters with lesser quality food. After surviving these difficult conditions for four months, the family of thirteen found themselves in Auckland facing even greater challenges. They were allocated three hundred acres of bush on Kaipara Harbour, north of Auckland, the Albertland Special Settlement Association. The land was given free and title transferred providing the family could establish a farm and live on it for five-years. After several days on foot, boat and bush bashing they eventually located their land … thick kauri forest in the remote rugged hills eight miles north of Matakohe. They cleared a small space close to a tiny spring to put up some shelter and began clearing an area for a garden to feed the many hungry mouths. There were no neighbours, no roads. Getting supplies or stock for their ‘farm’ required a sixteen-mile trek through the bush, uphill all the way home. It soon became clear to the family that the land could not sustain them all so some of the older children went in other directions in search of work and extra income. Two of the children were twins, Richard and Edward, aged thirteen-years when they arrived on the land. At age seventeen Richard also left in search of work, ending up in Wanganui where he painted houses and farm buildings. The following

year his twin brother joined him and together they developed the painting business, mixing their own paint, then opening up a small store selling paint to others. Meanwhile, back on the farm, the five-year residency clause was fulfilled. Those remaining on the land walked off, with Sarah and the youngest children moving to Auckland while father, William Tingey, joined the Thames Gold Rush with hopes of making better money. A short time later William died aged fifty. Second oldest son, Joseph, took over ownership of the farm which was sold in 1882 after the Kauri Timber Company had taken all the kauri timber off the land. The brothers’ painting business became known as R & E Tingey, while Wanganui continued to grow and prosper. They won the painting contract for a bridge over the river, which prompted them to open a new shop in the town centre. Many extra products, particularly wallpaper, were stocked and business boomed. Other stores were opened in nearby towns, with youngest brother Albert joining them and taking over as manager of the Palmerston North branch. In 1889 they opened a Wellington branch, with Richard establishing the head office there while Edward continued in Wanganui. Steadily over the years the business expanded with branches in most main towns and cities throughout the country under the name of R & E Tingey & Co Ltd. The company continued into the 1970s, when it merged with Odlins Ltd. Recently the history of this family and business has been researched and produced in a very interesting book called “Excelsior – The R & E Tingey Story” (A 150year Albertlander Family’s Enterprise). This is an amazing read and a genuine rags-to-riches story of an early pioneer family, with a wonderful photographic collection included. Copies of the book can be purchased by contacting Robert Tingey (09 575 2352) or RobertTingey@xtra.co.nz

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Boing, boing, boing! “Dad – wallaby!” I said as it jumped past. We were high up in the hill in the matagouri and tussock and the wallaby was down in the gully. This was my first wallaby hunt and I was hunting with Dad and his friend Roger Adams from Blenheim. I called him Rogga – Rogga the Wobbly hunter! Dad started shooting and hit it on the third shot and the beast collapsed into the matagouri. We went down to have a look and take some photos. While we were taking photos Dad spotted another ‘Wobbly’ running up the creek toward us. We quickly packed our gear and waited. After awhile it came up the bank a few metres away from us. It stopped for a second and then bolted across the creek to the other side. Dad had three shots at it running and missed. And then the creature dived into the matagouri. We stalked up to get a closer shot. Then I saw it – this big creature sitting in the bush. Dad couldn’t see it so I got the rifle and aimed at its chest … BOOM! The creature collapsed – I’d shot it straight through the chest. I was so happy I could faint!

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Old Rem, Bugs and Fred in Death Dance By Kim Swan

Fred has run amok. His terrier tendencies have let him down once again. He's way across the ferny face in hot pursuit of a hare. He's going as fast as Fred can go, which is not quite fast enough and the hare is making good its escape. I wouldn’t be so angry if he weren’t screaming blue murder - yipping and yahooing as only a trail-barking terrier can. I wouldn’t be so angry if I hadn’t just glimpsed a good boar feeding on the flat across the river. Fred is not allowed to chase hares, nor rabbits, nor goats or sheep, but sometimes he lapses and conveniently 'forgets'. Fred needs friendly reminder notices by way of fearsome punishment, a good old fashioned public flogging. Beating a diminutive dog is like administering CPR to a baby, get caught up with emotion or panic and you'll break their little ribs. So he gets the usual, a slap on the rump with a dry fern stick and you'd swear I HAD broken his ribs. Close to the river, which is a roaring torrent, the boar does not hear the trail-barking terrier. He hears a roaring torrent. He sees before him a feast. He smells nothing amiss. The early morning breeze trickles over frost-frozen flats. Like the river, it flows downhill. So I continue to hurriedly don boots, belt and boomstick and I scarper over the bank with my canine buddies, big Bugs and little Fred. We pause on the edge of the roaring torrent as it surges over slippery boulders - it is deep and swift. We pause because the torrent is known to us, dangerous and ever so cold. And then we're in, crossing as best we can - me shuffling, Bugs plunging and swimming. And Fred, Fred is tucked under my arm so he's not washed clean away. Once we've forded the torrent we hurry for the flood flat, the manuka, the cattle trail along the fenceline. We stealth into the breeze. Bugs lifts his nose and draws in a familiar scent. He looks at me. Fred looks at me, both asking silently if

they should go. With a raised palm I signal them to stay for a few minutes yet. Then, when that scent is irresistibly strong, emanating from just a hundred metres sou'west, they both bolt towards their unseen quarry. The boar - he looks up from his feast, then flees. He surges uphill till a set of jaws clamps onto his hamstring. He turns, growls, and surges downhill till a set of jaws clamps onto his hamstring. He jams his backside up against a manuka tree, looks at the owner of the jaws then points to his own, "Back off buddy, my teeth are bigger than yours". Bugs replies, "Yep, they sure are, but I've bought along a friend; there are two of us!" and he points to Fred. If you hadn’t met Fred before you wouldn’t know he was a pig dog; you'd think he was a miniature Jack Russell. Fred doesn’t know he's a miniature Jack Russell; he thinks he's a pig dog. So he jumps up and down trying to look big; he barks in his deepest most savage voice and he shows the boar his teeth. The boar doesn’t think Fred's a pig dog and he's not impressed by the little canine's canines. So they come to blows, this unlikely trio, in a flood-pool alongside the river. Bugs and the boar, they dance, a slow waltz. The boar he leads, fancy footwork, small circles and large ones. They splash and they circle round and round. Bugs, he does it hard, holding grimly but knowing all along that he has a friend in Fred. The boar he is a feisty fella, and angry too. He becomes more and more angry because, all along, there is a miniature Jack Russell in the pool with he and Bugs, and it’s pretending to be a pig dog. A tiny, tiny pig dog who screeches, "Feel my teeth, feel my teeth." When the dogs are dizzy, the pool is muddied and everyone has felt each others’ teeth, there is a momentary stand-off. Then another dance.

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www.thefishingpaper.co.nz Then there's a second stand off - and in that brief moment, as the trio catch their breath and eye each other, I take the opportunity to introduce myself to he of the twinkle toes. I don’t jump up and down, I don’t bark in a deep or savage voice, but instinctively he knows I am a pig hunter. The angry boar shows me his teeth; he charges right up to me so I can have a good look. Then a strong jaw clamps onto his hamstring. Scared?

Yep, damn right I was, but I knew I had a friend, a very good friend, in Bugs. And, of course, another in Fred. After another brief waltz, circling and splashing, I introduce the lead dancer to my third dear friend - Remington 7mm-08. Old Remington has no teeth but does have a fearsome bark, and bite. He has no interest in grabbing hamstrings for he is no ankle biter. Instead he whispers a little sweet nothing into the boar's ear - he says, "You're going out with a bang, friend" - and that's the final thing Twinkletoes ever hears - his last dance is the dance of death.

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BOOK REVIEW Charlie Chainsaw and Exiled Ben (Part 2) By Philip Strang

Ben, on the other side of the river, was somewhat dubious of me having told him that his side of the valley should hold better animals, as it had in the past, being usually inaccessible due to the river barrier. He had taken a couple of animals but they were well removed from the gene pool, having exceedingly poor heads. This skepticism was not helped the following day when he hunted my side of the valley and took his best ever stag, a well-balanced, symmetrical and solid 10. He recounts that he was walking, rather than stalking, through reasonably open bush in light drizzle when he saw several hinds. He roared and received a muted reply from a large bodied beast that was now slowing, moving off. The 7mm magnum thundered and hard hit, the stag still made almost 100 metres before expiring. Needless to say, he was thrilled with the results and went to work on retrieving the head and what he wanted from the stag. When I later returned to pick up the hind quarters of a stag I’d shot earlier, I was amazed to discover Ben had shot his beast a mere 300 metres from mine. They’d been operating in close proximity. Ben was then exiled back to ‘his’ side of the valley. He took a better ‘six’ two days before we were due out; in part a meat animal but Ben also

said it suffered severe ground shrinkage and had looked okay in the scope. He is discerning and he had passed up several lesser animals. My last contact was an animal we named “Chainsaw Charlie”; a very vocal animal with a very distinctive roar. I climbed up the steep face he was on and closed to 20 or so metres from him, but he just would not show himself. I sought to close in during the 20-odd minutes we volleyed roars, but he always just edged away. I caught a glimpse of him and his hinds, and consoled myself that, whilst he may have been cunning, I am sure he only had a mediocre head. The block was virtually silent on our last hunting day and we thought it was all over for another season. However, while waiting for the chopper, “Charlie” started up again and then another animal started up. Hard to believe they were still ‘going’ after we had marched well though the terrain and taken several of their rivals from their ranks. In eight days we had one night of steady rain and one day of drizzle. We saw deer almost every day and Ben’s 10 was his best ever. The animals we took were all in superb condition with plenty of fat – it appears that the superb weather the Coast enjoyed last summer translated into good heads and great sport.

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In short, a bit more judicious selection and subbing could have resulted in an even better book. Nevertheless, the book features some delightful prose, absorbing reading and is an interesting book, far different from most.

Daniel (9-years): I enjoyed the exciting and funny stories, which kids and adults would like. The stories were not too long so I could read a story every night before I went to sleep. It felt like I was in the book doing those things and it made me want to go hunting more. I would rate this book 9/10!

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Devil Horns &

the Backside Bug By Daryl Crimp

Dargaville farmer Bruce McKenzie tired of pulling cow’s tits a long time ago, but a couple of decades of 4.00am starts had put him in good stead for this occasion. It was morning one of our five-day hunt for rusa deer with Belle New Caledonia Safaris and as our guide, Colin Murray, coasted the ute to a halt and dowsed the lights, we stepped out into a charcoal dawn. The air held a hint of chill but compared to the winter weather we were escaping, it was aging ‘bathwater’. The relief of the terrain quickly climbed out of the shadows as the sky turned cerulean and an undulating vista awakened beneath our feet. An unfamiliar bird cawed in the distance and an ever so gentle breeze quartered across my face, but then our sensibilities were fully aroused by a sound that drifted up from the gully and demanded, in a peremptory manner, that we take notice. A rusa stag had roared and now it was matter of locating the imperious creature and assessing its trophy potential. Rusa deer run wild in huge numbers over much of French New Caledonia, so the place does live up to its reputation as the best free range hunting in the world. But don’t be fooled by the numbers game, just because there are thousands upon thousands of deer, it

doesn’t guarantee a chocolate box trophy hunt. These animals are wily, particularly the big trophy stags, and at any given time you will have dozens of pairs of eyes, ears and noses keeping sentry. All it takes is one spooked deer to set the dominoes falling and within seconds, deer a thousand metres away will be dissolving into the bush. From our vantage point in the lee of a prominent ridge we scoped a number of stags. They kept appearing as if by magic and to the untrained eye, they all looked bloody magnificent. Bruce, who has done a lot of sika hunting, is very focused and had a knack of picking up stags even before the stags themselves were aware they’d appeared. I’d hunted with Colin on my tahr hunt in May and, while I’d never tell this to his face, he’s a top bastard and an exceptional hunter. The three of us had similar hunting styles and ethics, so we knitted together seamlessly with very little need for discussion and within an hour we’d progressed the hunt to a pivotal point. Using the wind as a tiller, we’d snaked and crawled, slipped and dodged, detoured and circled, and traversed over a kilometre of country en route to check a couple of potential stags on a far ridge. As often happens in hunting, a roadblock was set up part

www.thefishingpaper.co.nz way and we had to hunker down in the long grass while we waited for the light to turn green. A lone spiker had noticed something amiss and was coming down the ridge to check on his intuition and roars to the left, right and centre of us suggested the bushy gully was not going to be navigated easily – or realistically, at all. So we sat put. Sitting is a good skill. Bushes, trees and shadows morphed into the odd animal here and there, a gnarly old battlescarred campaigner with a

throwback antler challenged another at our feet and Colin suddenly made Devil horns with his fingers above his forehead. He’d seen a good head with horns that went ‘straight up’ – plenty of altitude above the ‘outers’ - a good trophy. Trophy stags don’t earn that rank by being stupid and this character was no exception. He was teasing us, appearing on the edge of the bush for a few moments without affording a clear shot before melting back into cover. There was a

considerable time lag between appearances but it allowed us to soak up the atmosphere and gain greater currency from the hunt. Nerves were taught – anticipation piqued. Then he was there again, framed in vines, lush foliage and muted colours and only a hundred metres away, head held high – haughty. He had us transfixed – silently willing him forward. His undoing was a hind in season – it was simply too much for him and he strutted from cover with all instincts of self-preservation

falling away with the tropical vegetation. His amorous trailing of the diminutive doe didn’t make for an easy aim but Bruce was good for the task. The animal lurched forward at the shot and was dead before the realisation hit it. Bruce had a beautiful representative head on the deck and he was a very happy man. Then a bug bit him on the backside.

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Ant Mister Nice Pig A grey evening descended in a treacle-like fashion as we nudged the ‘Fendalton Tractors’ up the gnarly farm track. Some parts were so steep you were left staring at sky at the top but the vista was only temporary. Seconds later, stomachs dropped as we plummeted, albeit rather ponderously, into the trough of the natural roller coaster that took us into the heart of Marlborough pig country. Fizz and Roger led the twowagon convoy, while Ant, Daniel and I muddled along at the rear. Clearly we were on a mission to put some pork in the freezer but the main objective was to test a range of Yukon and Pulsar night vision gear Ant is importing from Europe. Ant owns Yukon Optics NZ and specifically wanted to record footage shooting an animal with his digital night vision rifle scope, Pulsar Digisight. We were to hunt along the ridge until dark and then work our way back with the ‘G.I Joe’ gear, in the hope of concluding a successful mission. Pigs were plentiful and we’d spotted a number of different groups and individuals before

we alighted from the vehicles and continued on foot. The difficulty was in the shooting because the scrub-choked gullies meant the majority of shots were to be taken offhand from the track. This introduced a number of factors that needed consideration before the trigger was pulled, not the least being the need to be sure of your shot. The last thing we wanted to contend with was a wounded grunter in heavy cover, particularly with daylight a scarce commodity. No sooner had Roger topped the first steep grunt from the vehicles and he was quietly indicating a shootable pig in a tiny patch of rooting to our left. We held a council of war spanning two decades while Ant lumbered up the incline behind us. I elected Ant to shoot first and we waited another half-century for him to get his breathing under control. The Pulsar Digisight comes with an optional video attachment that records a bird’s-eye scope view of the action that is really quite surreal. Ant now has this dramatic video of him missing a fat little porker at 60m.

The incident coined a new nickname for him – Ant Mr Nice Pig. Get it? Oh well, I thought it was funny at the time. Roger nominated me for the next shot and we formed the vanguard of the hunting force that continued along the ridge. Roger again crested a knob ahead of us and immediately dropped to his haunches, frantically flagging me forward with a half-turned wave of the arm. Two pigs were standing in the middle of the track just metres away when he poked his nose over the brow and had I not been chasing phantoms with the binoculars further back, I would have been on the spot to take the shot. By the time I’d arrived on the scene they were nothing but tracks, dust and a lingering scent. Further on Roger spotted the arse of a big boar protruding from an overhanging ‘toot’ bush and called me off the track. It was well down the gully and before I’d even got in a position to scope it, he’d spotted a closer one: a fat boar contentedly rooting on the edge of the creek some distance upstream.

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By Peter Harker I selected an area few know of and set foot in a valley that I appeared to have all to myself. A liberal dosing of 1080 in late 2011 had given the deer, pig and goat population hell, but with animals drifting through from other areas the resident animal population is building back. A good mate who knows the region like the back of his hand told me of an old pack-track that was established in the 1860s, which wound its way through the mountains for a great distance. In some areas the benched trail was cut out of almost vertical mountain faces. It takes a sharp eye and concentration to keep on the trail and I reckon that without deer and goats, the track would have overgrown and be totally hidden. At one stage, dog Whissee fell down a deep hole and needed a lift out; alone he would have died. One false step while sidling around these benched sections and it would be all over! Now these areas don’t come to you on a plate and a person without bushcraft would quickly lose the trail and maybe get hopelessly lost, or to be kind - somewhat delayed. I had located a small section of the trail in March and April of this year, but my very

good friend knew where 85% of the trail sidled the ancient forests, crossed and rejoined river flats, and also where the useable river fords were. I ventured into a beautiful section of the main river, with instruction from my mate to sidle up a creek, follow the remains of a 1940/50 logging trail, climb down a creek ravaged by floods and arrive at a wide-open river flat. My mate would link up with part of the lost packtrack and, all things being equal, arrive at a shingle fan on the opposite side of the river. I kid you not, we arrived at our goal within fiveminutes of each other. I was carrying a new super duper camera oozing things to twiddle, so we stalked a while to find the local game population. Then it was off exploring again.

That evening saw us stalking a scattered bunch of deer that were being hassled by a large leggy spiker. They knew we were around, but couldn’t pinpoint us. I positioned myself to reel off heaps of film and even let my mate have a go with my new toy. He had a rifle but I requested he didn’t use it, not wanting to spoil such a fantastic setting in the late afternoon sunset.

By Daryl Crimp

I formulated a quick mental stalk and wasted no time heading for a knoll I thought would provide a good vantage point. Luck stayed in my quarter this time and I found a short obscure firebreak that dropped partway down into the gully. Arriving at the bulldozed mound of dirt at the end of it moments later, I initially struggled to locate the pig. Then a flicker of movement dragged my eye downstream a chain or so and there the boar materialised in a clearing no larger than a chook

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Pig Panther Rests in Peace By Ron Eddy

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About three years ago I was at an upstairs window late one afternoon, when I spotted a large black feral cat moving out of scrub on the neighbouring property, making its way towards our lawn area. Grabbing the .22 out of the cabinet I moved to a spot that covered where I thought this cat would appear. I was just in time. It had moved in behind one of the lower shrubs on the lawn and was hunched down looking about as if it knew something was wrong. I promptly put a bullet into it from about 40 metres and ended its career as a killer of our native birds. There was an area of manuka about a hundred metres from our house where I deposited animals such as this, that I shot around the place. These included magpies and rabbits, which were quickly cleaned up by the resident wild pig population. I love eating rabbit but we have a neighbour who uses Pindone to poison them. Having found dead rabbits and rats on our property boundary that had died from this poison I wasn’t prepared to eat something that may have the toxin in it. Normally wary rabbits, that were hard to get a shot at, would suddenly become very dopey and virtually commit suicide, they made shooting them so easy. I blame the poison. Anyway, I carried the large, muscular and heavy female feral cat over to this area in the manuka and deposited her there, expecting to see her remains cleaned up in no time, by the pigs. This was not to be the case. Each time I took another animal to the area for the pigs to clean up, the dead cat would still be lying there untouched, while the other animals would be eaten. This intrigued me, so I starting checking the cat daily. It got to the point where there was a clear, well-marked track on the ground where the wild pigs were walking right up to, around it, yet they were not prepared to eat it. The cat stayed that way until it fully decomposed. Wild pigs will eat possums and anything else that is dead. That they left this cat completely alone makes me think, there is still an implanted fear in them from the distant past when their piggy ancestors were the prey of the larger members of the carnivorous cat family.

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Get to Know What You Don’t Know

We just don’t know what we don’t know. That’s what makes boating a little bit daunting, challenging and exciting. I know of an instance when a new crewman thought the way to learn about this sailing malarkey was to join a club and get on a boat. Didn’t matter which boat, didn’t matter he had never met any of the crew before, didn’t know to ask the skipper if he had any experience - just assumed as he was a skipper so he would know. Their first race started around 1800hrs and they set off into the night, into a one-and-ahalf metre swell and a small sea. Wind about 20knots. The first inkling of impending doom came when the skipper asked our keen new sailor to go up front and keep an eye out for rocks. For What? As the bow of the yacht rose and fell and went through great arcs in the night, our sailor thought, “I am learning that I don’t know much, but I might know more than the skipper because I know I shouldn’t be here.” It was the next wave soaking him head to toe that our man decided he was off to school to do some learning. He surprised himself by

realising how easy it was. If you have any doubt about the how to, when to or what to do, then you are probably in the same category as 10,000 other boaties in New Zealand. Find out what you don’t know and complete a Coastguard Boating Education course. It's an invaluable thing to do when you might have just spent $500 or $50,000 on a new vessel. Let's face it, doing what you don’t know not to do, just might cost you your life. This summer there will be dozens of new boats and boaties heading out into the wilds of the Tasman Bay and other waters. Already we have had engine breakdowns, gear breaking, vessels sunk, near drowning, and its only October! I don’t know what I don’t know, but what I do know is this: I am a safer boatie for education, I am a better boatie for education, I am an alive boatie for education - and it didn’t cost a lot. Enjoy your boating this summer, contact the local teaching schools, have fun. If in doubtdon’t go out, it’s that easy.

Yakking with Kathy By Kathy Pantling

Are We There Yet? Following weeks of pretty awful weather, the forecast finally came out on our side and the kayaks were pulled out, checked over and hauled onto the car. Rods cleaned and salt free, reels gleaming with new braid and newly made rigs waiting to be tested, were all loaded into the car. It was 5.00am and we needed to collect a few more kayakers in town and be ready to launch at dawn from Delaware Bay. The tide was low and still edging out, which made for an easy paddle out to our spot. One of the group was a complete novice and had never fished off a kayak before, but the rest were tried and tested yakers! The ocean was

flat and with no wind at all, the anchors were deployed and baits cast into the depths. The cry went out, “Fish on,” and a good-sized gurnard was hauled into a boat. Pretty soon everyone, including the novice, had had a bite and was in line for a fish for supper.

It continued this way for several hours and in between the odd dogfish, barracouta and carpet shark, there were some good-sized brim and gurnard to be had. Paddling back, the novice was asking all the right questions, “Where do I buy a fishing kayak from?”… “What else do I need?” … “When are you going out again?” “Can I come too?” Needless to say, he’s hooked!

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Kayaking with Chris West Paddling Technique 2 Before we look at specific strokes for boat control, we need to make sure that we have the best possible relationship between our body and the kayak. Seating Position Some kayaks will have adjustable footrests while others will have several ‘indents’ to rest your foot on. When correctly adjusted, the ball of your foot should be pressed firmly into the footrest without having to stretch out. Then adjust your seat back to give you support. Body Position When sitting in our kayak we want to sit with a straight back. There are three body positions: neutral, aggressive and defensive. These refer to the direction of lean we adopt (remembering to keep your back straight): - Neutral is when we sit up straight - Aggressive is when we lean forwards - Defensive is when we lean backwards we want to avoid this.

Most of the time when we are kayaking, a moderately aggressive position is best. To feel each of these positions, sit in your kayak and experiment with leaning forward, and noting where you feel pressure on your bottom. The more aggressive your position, the further forward the contact between bottom and seat will occur. Paddle stance When holding your paddle, make sure that your hands are shoulder width apart. During any paddle stroke also ensure that there is space between your chest and the paddle shaft. Without this space you have a much weakened paddling stance. Lastly, make sure you don’t grip the paddle too tightly; your forearms should only be slightly tensed. In the next column I will discuss the sweep stroke, which is the primary stroke for controlling the direction of your kayak.

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New Season Trout Lures Hot Shotz: Due to continued demand, we have restocked our Frogs and Mice for the new fishing season. The Frogs are 60mm and they even feel real! Cast them into slower waters and retrieve erratically. This gets the legs working and creates an irresistible ‘eat me’ ripple. It looks like another dry summer ahead so the mice will be everywhere and mice are always on the menu for trout, especially in Central Otago lake areas! Beech seeds are what the mice go crazy on, so look for the seed dropping trees near the water and fish about them for optimum result. Fish with a steady but slow retrieve and wait for that big hit!

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A big hello from Jimmy and Rosie the dog, of Jimmy’s Bait Co. Welcome to the very first Word from the Wharf. We will be reporting on your local wharf fishing scene. I will be relying on you to provide me with your best stories and pictures from your local wharf and jetties. Each month Rosie and I will pick one story and photo, and publish it in the following month’s ‘Word from The Wharf’ in The Fishing Paper. The winning story will get a $50 WHARF FISHING PACK supplied by Jimmy’s Bait Co. As well as YOUR stories Rosie and I will give you an up to date local wharf fishing report. September’s Nelson wharf fishing has been limited by unusually bad weather but recent trips have seen plenty of yellow eyed mullet, spotties, trevally and of course a few carpet sharks. There has also been a report of a good sized gurnard being caught from the wharf during the month. An octopus was also seen, being tossed around by a seal one afternoon right by the wharf, which resulted in

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Not long after the All Blacks held the Wallabies scoreless in the Bledisloe victory on the footy field, I managed to deal to them on the oil field as well. NZ – 7 Aus – 1. Working over NW Australia does have its perks and this is one of them. Good pelagic fishing! The mahi mahi topped off an hour’s fishing in between that nasty four letter word called work. Outnumbered two-to-one, I managed to land the larger yellowfin with the locals only managing the small one at the top of the photo. I pointed out to my fellow shipmates, they should be yellow-carded for not throwing it back, but in true Aussie sportsmanship, they could not bear the fact of not getting on the board. The tools doing the damage were the good old Hexy lures from Big Blue Dive and Fish in Nelson. That’s right, six tuna! Not sex and yes, it is pronounced fush! Of course I had the real edge over the Aussies because we Kiwis have got The Fishing Paper and they’ve got nothing that even comes close. They even tried to pinch my copy of The Fishing Paper but those desperate underarm tactics didn’t work – too many big words so they had to resort

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Oh Cod How Great Thou Art By Emily Greenbough

Okiwi Bay was our destination for the weekend of the Riwaka Hunting and Fishing competition and the aim was to catch my first kingfish or first big snapper. We headed up to the top of d’Urville on Friday, only to catch nothing keepable! After using a tank of gas and no luck on the way back via Nile Head, we STRUGGLED to catch two cod for tea and headed home very dissatisfied. Saturday was another mint day, but I wasn’t prepared to go all the way up to the top of d’Urville again to catch nothing, so we headed out to Cape Soucis where we had had a bit of luck with a variety of species, a couple of weeks earlier. This time all we caught was sharks, so we gave up on that spot pretty quickly. Hopes were now on picking up a spot prize as I couldn’t imagine catching anything good enough for the competition. Team spirit was hard to find

at this stage, with not many smiles going around. We cruised over to the islands and as my partner was pulling up to a mark on the GPS he said, “Here looks good - just drop here!” Before he could get to his fishing rod I had already hit the bottom and was pulling up what turned out to be a massive blue cod - to my utter surprise. I managed to get it onboard and the 500mm ruler wasn’t big enough to measure it. At the weigh-in at Riwaka, it weighed 2.25kg (gutted and gilled), which was a great end to the weekend. I picked up a new reel for biggest blue cod and also bragging rights over my brother, who had also entered a big cod weighing 200g less. My partner and I also picked up spot prizes, which was a good bonus, so thanks to all the organisers and hope you have nicer weather at prizegiving on Sunday next year.

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Muddy Water Tips By Leo Thomas

I like to think of the muddy waters as an advantage to catching the brown trout; they tend to be a bit dozy at times, but still can be caught easily by implementing simple tactics. Trout are less wary of the angler and are not so selective on fly choices in this occasion, so I like to fish with big nymphs during high water flows; give him something worth taking. Fly sizes such as #8 and #6 with big flashy rubber legs and a bit of flash are ultimate for muddy water fishing. Try the green and red Glister Simon's Ugly, but I would strongly suggest tying one of these not so heavy if you are going to be fishing the clear edges. If you can see the edges, this is a really great advantage for the angler. Browns will be sighted reasonably easy, just look for the very dark fishy shape. Browns are capable of changing colour in the muddy water to try and blend in; plenty of times I have caught the same fish over the past season and have seen it change colour from time to time. It’s amazing how smart the brown trout is. Because the trout are less wary, this allows the angler to have a

simple rig. A 6lb leader, with 6lb tippet will be fine, just make it the leader a decent length! So many times I have seen anglers with the most silly rig ever: the fly line sticking out of the tip once wound up! We’re not fishing for gold fish here, so do it right and keep it that way.

These browns may not be so smart when the river is up, but always remember that 90% of your fishing success is from presentation, so keep the cast on the money and have fun. If you are into the streamer fishing, this is a great time to be out trying your chances to catch the fish of a life time. The best article about this would be one from Chris Dore “High water=large streamers”, check it out for more details: www. chrisdore.com/highwater.htm. Have fun and enjoy the great October outdoors of fly fishing in New Zealand and remember, don’t let bad weather stop you from getting out there! In trout we trust, leothomas93@hotmail.com

Crabs On My Tackle - Love It! By Vic Wysockyj

I woke up one day and realised work got in the way of hunting and fishing, so I retired. When I wake up these days I can generally be found on a beach in Cloudy Bay waiting for the sun to rise and the rod to dip. Before I go to sleep at night I can be found at a similar location waiting for the sun to sink and the hook to set. I love my new home of Marlborough. Coupled with these tides I find the last two hours before high tide premium rig time. Having said that, I have experienced some of my best fishing at odd times of the day and tide, so I guess a good time to fish is when your line is in the water. These spotted dogfish are also called lemonfish, gummy shark, pioke and smoothhound but us South Islanders don’t get fancy with names. They were once the staple of the fish ‘n’ chip trade and went into decline for many years, but now seem to be bouncing back. They’ve turned up early this year and there are some big females amongst them too. As sport for land-based fishers they are tops, tenacious fighters and worthy opponents. I

generally fish with a 14ft – 17ft surfcaster and use a two-hook ledger rig on most occasions; the only time I might switch to a single is at night when you don’t want heavy tackle ‘helicoptering’ around your head! Hooks in the 4/0 – 6/0 are perfectly adequate and I use longshanks because of the bait I use. Back in a past life when I was a commercial fisherman, I cut open thousands of these sharks and they were always chocker with crabs – so crabs remain my bait of choice. They will take prawns… but I’d rather eat those. Crimpy wants me to give away all my secrets so I’ll sell my soul to the Devil and show you how to rig a crab. I cut the crabs into quarters generally and tie the legs back along the long shank of the hook with bait elastic – a little wasabi, soy and salt is a nice finishing touch but not essential! Of course whitebait could prove good bait too, so if anyone has any they’d like me to test – get my details off Crimpy!

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Trout Fishers Test Their Taste Buds By Mike Stoneley

A previously prepared salmon was put Everyone agreed that this session should Once a month, a group of Marlborough trout spin and fly casters meet in to the heat outside, while two other be repeated. Redwoodtown to share knowledge and members presented their recipes from learn new skills. To brighten the winter the kitchen. We had trout microwaved If you want to come along to a meeting in wet newspaper, followed by salmon meetings, some of the fish-gatherers' to meet other friendly spin and fly fishers, pieces (real McCoy this time) baked in cooking skills were put to the test. a tangy orange sauce, then more finger The night began badly, with no-one contact club secretary Barrie Clark on sized salmon pieces shallow fried in beer having any fresh trout to cook after a (03) 579 3331 or check our monthly batter. All this AND hot smoked salmon! weekend of high, dirty waters in our These treats were set out for sampling local rivers. Even catching a kahawai newsletter at www.fishandgame.org.nz and people were surprised at just how from the river mouth was too difficult. tasty each of the different methods was. click on the Nelson/Marlborough region. Fortunately, two members had frozen offerings and whole salmon was on special at the supermarket - needs By Ivan Wilson must, eh? The night began with a Trout with Honorary PHDs demo of how to hot smoke “Ah,” Matey sez. on to other waters. After Spring and a young man’s fish and lots of members had thoughts turn to love. A Now yuh just know refreshments it was off to ideas and tips to share on more mature chap’s mind something dodgy is about to another ‘secret’ spring creek how they do their catches. might well turn to spring happen when he prefixes a that contained plenty of fish, creeks – or maybe that sentence with an “Ah.” should be spring creaks! “Ah – you can take this one all well educated, holding Need more of those fish oil and I’ll just watch and see diplomas and degrees. Very capsules. Also need a pair how you get on eh!” clever creatures they were – of longer legs for wading – B-----d! a tall bloke gets water to or maybe we were just a bit are ‘darn-near guaranteed’ of The challenge was taken his knees but, having ducks catching a fish.” and the fish must’ve been slow on the day. disease, my Plimsoll line is very confident in its spot or The fish have been reared Matey did get a modest somewhere around the point it came from Canterbury - it at NZ King Salmon’s of difference. but feisty specimen out of a didn’t see the fly as it went Waiau Hatchery and Fish Matey with the long legs past a couple of times - on pool at the bottom of a ripply suggested a check on some one side anyway! & Game’s own hatchery in run, so we were both at least spring creeks so off we went. Christchurch. The salmon I finally managed to pop it partially satisfied with our Fish were a scarce in the down in the right place and weigh around the one-tofirst place we looked over, the fish moved. Spooked! No day. two pound mark but a few so we figured we’d been – it drifted back to pick up In the meantime a young beauties will be thrown in to preceded by other anglers the artificial after it had gone man's thoughts may well turn spice things up a little. over previous days. It’s one past. It was on alright! Matey of those secret places that a enjoyed a charge of vicarious to love at springtime but me – The event is free to licence lot of people know about, glee as I attempted to control I just love those spring creeks. holders and a free barbecue but with persistence and with line and the fast fleeing fish. We’ll be back for some more will fire up mid morning nothing else to do apart from Downstream it tore with me to keep energy levels high. eat lunch, we continued to trying to keep the rod high frivolity in the hinterlands. Fishing starts at 9.00am and stalk quietly upstream till while floundering through we finally spotted a good the soft margins and then all anglers are advised to be trout. There it was in a suddenly it all stopped. An there for the start of fishing to really awkward narrow lie, errant loop of loose line on have the best luck. Previous between two weed banks, the reel wouldn’t allow it to trials have shown that the fish standing out darkly against run freely and ping, it was get a bit spooky and harder to the green. A fraction too far over. Another memorable and the fly would go into the moment to tuck away and catch as the day progresses. reeds on the other side, too laugh about … later! The Gun Club is situated short and it wouldn’t see it, The sun was climbing to the 6km from Greymouth, over so the placement had to be top of the day and it was time the Cobden Bridge on the just right – down the narrow for a brew before we moved We’re all geared up Taylorville Rd (check out the gut between the weed-banks. in Westport for all map on the website if you are unsure). your whitebaiting

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Some of the club members tuck into the scrummy trout and salmon treats.

Kids Fish-Out Day A Coast First By Dean Kelly The date for Fish & Game’s release of 300 salmon and 150 rainbow trout into the ponds at the Grey Gun Club is Saturday 6 October, coinciding with a junior fishing day. Fish & Game West Coast

Manager Dean Kelly said, “This new event on the West Coast is in response to increasing numbers of parents and grandparents wanting to get their kids into fishing. It provides an opportunity for kids to have a go at fishing where they

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Ethan and Ryan Jones with their catch from last year's trial.

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From Sinker to Smoker By Ron Prestage

Successful Surfcasters

Recently I spoke with Rex and Michelle Miller, long-time Nelson surfcasters. The Fishing Paper: What is your first memory of fishing? Rex: Aged 12, hand lining with my father from a 9-foot plywood dinghy launched at the Back Beach Tahuna. Michelle: Catching a spottie at Tapu Rock, Bucklands Beach as a ten-year-old. TFP: What stages have you passed through on your fishing journey?

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Rex: It’s safer than boating. No getting stuck on sandbanks etc. Michelle: I like getting out in the fresh air and meeting people. TFP: What is your favourite rig and bait for surfcasting? Rex and Michelle: We use the picker’s doom running rig baited with squid.

Tip of the Month: Scallops, it’s Shucking Fast

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Rex and Michelle: The Back Beach, Nelson.

TFP: What advice have you got for Nelson surfcasters?

thumbnail under the ﬂesh and push forward along the inside of the gristle.

Rex and Michelle: Keep trying until you get something.

TFP: What is your opinion of the local fishing scene? Rex and Michelle: It’s a bit lean compared to what it used to be, but in 2011 we managed to catch a total of 66 snapper.

Step 1. Hold scallop curved shell down in your hand with the hinge pointing away from you. Slide the knife into the shell through the gap at the hinge end and lever the tip of the knife down into the apex of the curved shell. Twist the knife back toward the hinge, so the scallop ﬂesh is severed where it attaches to the shell.

Rex: Dinghy fishing at Back Beach and Cable Bay with my father using 2.2hp Seagull motor. Surfcasting from 1985. Using 14ft fibreglass Fireball boat for a few years, then back to surfcasting. Michelle: Hand lining, then surfcasting, some boat fishing and a few years of trout fishing before settling back to surfcasting.

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TFP: Where have you fished? Rex and Michelle: The aforementioned places plus Tata Beach and Squally Cove.

Step 2. Remove the top shell and slice gut sac free from scallop.

Step 3. Hold the ﬂat shell with the hinge end pointing toward you. With the free hand, slide the

Step 4. As the flesh comes free, roll the thumb away from the gristle and back in the direction of the body. The scallop should peel off cleanly leaving the skirt behind. It takes a little practice to get the rhythm right, but you will soon find this an efficient way of dealing to scallops and it’s shucking fast.

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Rex: Catching a ten-and-a-half pound snapper off Rocks Road at low tide in the channel next to Fifeshire Rock. Michelle: Landing a fifteenpound snapper at high tide, Rocks Road. We had trouble getting it up the rock wall. Rex had to put a rope around its tail

From Westport: Greymouth +05 minutes Hokitika +10 minutes Karamea +35 minutes Whanganui Inlet -1 hour 05 minutes From Nelson: Picton is -47 minutes on the high tides and -1 hour 19 minutes on the low tide Elaine Bay -35 minutes Stephens Island -30 minutes Collingwood -25 minutes Croisilles Harbour -18 minutes on the high tides and -02 minutes on the low tides From Akaroa: Kaikoura +1 hour 08 minutes on the high tides and +1 hour on the low tides Lyttelton +43 minutes on the high tides and +42 minutes on the low tides Moeraki -1 hour 08 minutes on the high tides and -35 minutes on the low tides

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06:04 06:04 00:28 00:28 01:01 01:01 01:36 01:36 02:12 02:12 02:52 02:52 03:38 03:38 04:36 04:36 05:46 05:46 00:41 00:41 01:44 01:44 02:38 02:38 03:26 03:26 04:12 04:12 04:57 04:57 05:41 05:41 00:14 00:14 01:00 01:00 01:50 01:50 02:45 02:45 03:46 03:46 04:55 04:55 06:07 06:07 00:55 00:55 01:59 01:59 02:55 02:55 03:43 03:43 04:25 04:25 05:03 05:03 05:38 05:38 00:02 00:02

Westport Westport 12:15 3.1 18:19

0.3 0.3 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 3.0 3.0

12:15 06:39 06:39 07:13 07:13 07:47 07:47 08:23 08:23 09:02 09:02 09:48 09:48 10:46 10:46 11:58 11:58 06:56 06:56 07:58 07:58 08:51 08:51 09:40 09:40 10:25 10:25 11:09 11:09 11:52 11:52 06:26 06:26 07:13 07:13 08:02 08:02 08:55 08:55 09:54 09:54 11:02 11:02 12:14 12:14 07:16 07:16 08:19 08:19 09:13 09:13 09:59 09:59 10:39 10:39 11:15 11:15 11:48 11:48 06:12 06:12

3.1 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 2.4 2.4 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.9 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 0.5 0.5

18:19 12:48 12:48 13:21 13:21 13:55 13:55 14:31 14:31 15:12 15:12 16:02 16:02 17:08 17:08 18:22 18:22 13:09 13:09 14:10 14:10 15:02 15:02 15:49 15:49 16:33 16:33 17:17 17:17 18:01 18:01 12:37 12:37 13:23 13:23 14:13 14:13 15:08 15:08 16:12 16:12 17:24 17:24 18:38 18:38 13:23 13:23 14:25 14:25 15:18 15:18 16:03 16:03 16:43 16:43 17:19 17:19 17:54 17:54 12:21 12:21

0.3 0.3 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 3.0 3.0

18:54 18:54 19:28 19:28 20:04 20:04 20:42 20:42 21:27 21:27 22:22 22:22 23:30 23:30

0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1

19:29 19:29 20:25 20:25 21:15 21:15 22:01 22:01 22:45 22:45 23:29 23:29

2.5 2.5 2.7 2.7 2.9 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.4

18:46 18:46 19:34 19:34 20:26 20:26 21:25 21:25 22:31 22:31 23:44 23:44

0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7

19:45 19:45 20:43 20:43 21:33 21:33 22:15 22:15 22:53 22:53 23:28 23:28

2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0

18:28 0.5 18:28 0.5

Waimakariri Mouth Waimakariri Mouth 06:09 2.3 12:22 0.5 18:28 2.3

1 Mon 1 2 Mon Tue 2 Wed Tue 3 3 4 Wed Thu 4 5 Thu Fri 5 Sat Fri 6 6 7 Sat Sun 7 Mon Sun 8 8 9 Mon Tue 9 Wed Tue 10 10 11 Wed Thu 11 12 Thu Fri 12 Sat Fri 13 13 14 Sat Sun 14 Mon Sun 15 15 16 Mon Tue 16 Wed Tue 17 17 Thu Wed 18 18 19 Thu Fri 19 Sat Fri 20 20 21 Sat Sun 21 Mon Sun 22 22 23 Mon Tue 23 Wed Tue 24 24 Thu Wed 25 25 26 Thu Fri 26 Sat Fri 27 27 28 Sat Sun 28 Mon Sun 29 29 30 Mon Tue 30 31 Tue Wed 31 Wed

06:09 00:42 00:42 01:26 01:26 02:09 02:09 02:52 02:52 03:36 03:36 04:21 04:21 05:07 05:07 05:55 05:55 00:35 00:35 01:22 01:22 02:09 02:09 02:58 02:58 03:48 03:48 04:39 04:39 05:32 05:32 00:11 00:11 01:06 01:06 02:01 02:01 02:57 02:57 03:54 03:54 04:51 04:51 05:50 05:50 00:38 00:38 01:34 01:34 02:30 02:30 03:23 03:23 04:13 04:13 05:00 05:00 05:45 05:45 00:15 00:15

2.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 0.5 0.5

12:22 06:54 06:54 07:39 07:39 08:24 08:24 09:08 09:08 09:52 09:52 10:37 10:37 11:23 11:23 12:09 12:09 06:42 06:42 07:31 07:31 08:20 08:20 09:10 09:10 10:02 10:02 10:56 10:56 11:50 11:50 06:27 06:27 07:23 07:23 08:20 08:20 09:17 09:17 10:14 10:14 11:12 11:12 12:10 12:10 06:49 06:49 07:47 07:47 08:43 08:43 09:36 09:36 10:26 10:26 11:14 11:14 11:59 11:59 06:29 06:29

0.5 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 2.2 2.2

18:28 13:06 13:06 13:50 13:50 14:34 14:34 15:18 15:18 16:04 16:04 16:52 16:52 17:41 17:41 18:30 18:30 12:56 12:56 13:45 13:45 14:33 14:33 15:22 15:22 16:11 16:11 17:01 17:01 17:54 17:54 12:44 12:44 13:39 13:39 14:35 14:35 15:32 15:32 16:30 16:30 17:30 17:30 18:29 18:29 13:07 13:07 14:04 14:04 14:58 14:58 15:47 15:47 16:34 16:34 17:19 17:19 18:02 18:02 12:42 12:42

2.3 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 0.6 0.6

19:13 19:13 19:58 19:58 20:44 20:44 21:30 21:30 22:17 22:17 23:03 23:03 23:49 23:49

2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0

19:17 19:17 20:03 20:03 20:48 20:48 21:36 21:36 22:25 22:25 23:17 23:17

0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3

18:49 18:49 19:47 19:47 20:45 20:45 21:44 21:44 22:43 22:43 23:40 23:40

2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.3

19:26 19:26 20:19 20:19 21:10 21:10 21:59 21:59 22:46 22:46 23:31 23:31

0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

18:46 2.1 18:46 2.1

1 Mon 1 Tue Mon 2 2 Wed Tue 3 3 4 Wed Thu 4 Fri Thu 5 5 6 Fri Sat 6 Sun Sat 7 7 8 Sun Mon 8 9 Mon Tue 9 Wed Tue 10 10 11 Wed Thu 11 Fri Thu 12 12 13 Fri Sat 13 Sun Sat 14 14 15 Sun Mon 15 16 Mon Tue 16 Wed Tue 17 17 18 Wed Thu 18 Fri Thu 19 19 20 Fri Sat 20 Sun Sat 21 21 22 Sun Mon 22 23 Mon Tue 23 Wed Tue 24 24 25 Wed Thu 25 Fri Thu 26 26 27 Fri Sat 27 Sun Sat 28 28 29 Sun Mon 29 30 Mon Tue 30 Wed Tue 31 31 Wed

04:51 04:51 05:23 05:23 05:55 05:55 00:31 00:31 01:06 01:06 01:43 01:43 02:25 02:25 03:14 03:14 04:13 04:13 05:21 05:21 00:30 00:30 01:28 01:28 02:17 02:17 03:03 03:03 03:48 03:48 04:32 04:32 05:16 05:16 06:02 06:02 00:43 00:43 01:32 01:32 02:25 02:25 03:24 03:24 04:30 04:30 05:44 05:44 00:41 00:41 01:39 01:39 02:28 02:28 03:11 03:11 03:50 03:50 04:25 04:25 04:59 04:59

0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 4.3 4.3 4.1 4.1 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7

05:16 05:16 06:01 06:01 00:34 00:34 01:17 01:17 02:00 02:00 02:44 02:44 03:29 03:29 04:15 04:15 05:03 05:03 05:50 05:50 00:29 00:29 01:16 01:16 02:05 02:05 02:55 02:55 03:46 03:46 04:39 04:39 05:34 05:34 00:14 00:14 01:09 01:09 02:05 02:05 03:02 03:02 03:59 03:59 04:58 04:58 05:57 05:57 00:41 00:41 01:37 01:37 02:30 02:30 03:20 03:20 04:07 04:07 04:52 04:52 05:36 05:36

2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.2

Nelson Nelson 11:20 4.1 17:15 11:20 11:54 11:54 12:26 12:26 06:27 06:27 07:01 07:01 07:37 07:37 08:18 08:18 09:06 09:06 10:07 10:07 11:25 11:25 06:33 06:33 07:39 07:39 08:37 08:37 09:27 09:27 10:13 10:13 10:57 10:57 11:40 11:40 12:24 12:24 06:48 06:48 07:37 07:37 08:29 08:29 09:28 09:28 10:39 10:39 11:59 11:59 06:58 06:58 08:04 08:04 08:57 08:57 09:42 09:42 10:21 10:21 10:56 10:56 11:30 11:30

4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 3.2 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.7 3.7 4.0 4.0 4.2 4.2 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.8 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.8 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.1

17:15 17:46 17:46 18:17 18:17 12:59 12:59 13:31 13:31 14:07 14:07 14:47 14:47 15:38 15:38 16:49 16:49 18:14 18:14 12:47 12:47 13:53 13:53 14:45 14:45 15:30 15:30 16:12 16:12 16:54 16:54 17:36 17:36 18:19 18:19 13:08 13:08 13:55 13:55 14:46 14:46 15:45 15:45 16:57 16:57 18:16 18:16 13:12 13:12 14:12 14:12 15:00 15:00 15:41 15:41 16:17 16:17 16:50 16:50 17:22 17:22

Akaroa Akaroa 11:30 0.7 17:35 11:30 12:14 12:14 06:46 06:46 07:31 07:31 08:15 08:15 08:59 08:59 09:44 09:44 10:30 10:30 11:16 11:16 12:03 12:03 06:39 06:39 07:28 07:28 08:18 08:18 09:10 09:10 10:04 10:04 10:58 10:58 11:52 11:52 06:30 06:30 07:27 07:27 08:24 08:24 09:21 09:21 10:19 10:19 11:17 11:17 12:14 12:14 06:55 06:55 07:51 07:51 08:44 08:44 09:34 09:34 10:22 10:22 11:07 11:07 11:50 11:50

0.7 0.7 0.7 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8

17:35 18:20 18:20 12:58 12:58 13:42 13:42 14:26 14:26 15:12 15:12 16:00 16:00 16:49 16:49 17:38 17:38 18:25 18:25 12:52 12:52 13:40 13:40 14:29 14:29 15:18 15:18 16:08 16:08 17:01 17:01 17:56 17:56 12:47 12:47 13:43 13:43 14:40 14:40 15:38 15:38 16:38 16:38 17:37 17:37 18:34 18:34 13:11 13:11 14:05 14:05 14:54 14:54 15:41 15:41 16:26 16:26 17:09 17:09 17:53 17:53

0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.2 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.2 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.2 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.4 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6

23:23 4.2 23:23 4.1 4.2 23:57 23:57 4.1

2.3 2.3 2.2 2.2 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1

23:50 0.7 23:50 0.7

18:49 18:49 19:23 19:23 20:03 20:03 20:53 20:53 21:59 21:59 23:18 23:18

0.7 0.7 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5

19:24 19:24 20:19 20:19 21:05 21:05 21:48 21:48 22:30 22:30 23:13 23:13 23:57 23:57

3.4 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.9 3.9 4.2 4.2 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4

19:04 19:04 19:55 19:55 20:54 20:54 22:08 22:08 23:29 23:29

0.5 0.5 0.7 0.7 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3

19:26 19:26 20:20 20:20 21:05 21:05 21:45 21:45 22:21 22:21 22:57 22:57 23:31 23:31

3.5 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0

19:05 19:05 19:51 19:51 20:37 20:37 21:24 21:24 22:10 22:10 22:56 22:56 23:42 23:42

2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0

19:11 19:11 19:56 19:56 20:44 20:44 21:33 21:33 22:25 22:25 23:19 23:19

0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5

18:54 18:54 19:52 19:52 20:51 20:51 21:50 21:50 22:47 22:47 23:45 23:45

2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3

19:27 19:27 20:18 20:18 21:07 21:07 21:54 21:54 22:39 22:39 23:23 23:23

0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7

04:18 04:18 04:50 04:50 05:22 05:22 00:17 00:17 00:52 00:52 01:29 01:29 02:11 02:11 03:00 03:00 03:59 03:59 05:07 05:07 06:19 06:19 00:55 00:55 01:44 01:44 02:30 02:30 03:15 03:15 03:59 03:59 04:43 04:43 05:29 05:29 00:29 00:29 01:18 01:18 02:11 02:11 03:10 03:10 04:16 04:16 05:30 05:30 00:08 00:08 01:06 01:06 01:55 01:55 02:38 02:38 03:17 03:17 03:52 03:52 04:26 04:26

05:13 05:13 05:58 05:58 00:30 00:30 01:13 01:13 01:56 01:56 02:40 02:40 03:25 03:25 04:11 04:11 04:59 04:59 05:46 05:46 00:26 00:26 01:13 01:13 02:02 02:02 02:52 02:52 03:43 03:43 04:36 04:36 05:31 05:31 00:10 00:10 01:05 01:05 02:01 02:01 02:58 02:58 03:55 03:55 04:54 04:54 05:53 05:53 00:38 00:38 01:34 01:34 02:27 02:27 03:17 03:17 04:04 04:04 04:49 04:49 05:33 05:33

Havelock Havelock 11:06 3.0 16:42

0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.4 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 3.2 3.2 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7

11:06 11:40 11:40 12:12 12:12 05:54 05:54 06:28 06:28 07:04 07:04 07:45 07:45 08:33 08:33 09:34 09:34 10:52 10:52 12:14 12:14 07:25 07:25 08:23 08:23 09:13 09:13 09:59 09:59 10:43 10:43 11:26 11:26 12:10 12:10 06:15 06:15 07:04 07:04 07:56 07:56 08:55 08:55 10:06 10:06 11:26 11:26 06:44 06:44 07:50 07:50 08:43 08:43 09:28 09:28 10:07 10:07 10:42 10:42 11:16 11:16

3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 2.5 2.5 2.8 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0

16:42 17:13 17:13 17:44 17:44 12:45 12:45 13:17 13:17 13:53 13:53 14:33 14:33 15:24 15:24 16:35 16:35 18:00 18:00 19:10 19:10 13:20 13:20 14:12 14:12 14:57 14:57 15:39 15:39 16:21 16:21 17:03 17:03 17:46 17:46 12:54 12:54 13:41 13:41 14:32 14:32 15:31 15:31 16:43 16:43 18:02 18:02 12:39 12:39 13:39 13:39 14:27 14:27 15:08 15:08 15:44 15:44 16:17 16:17 16:49 16:49

0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.5 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6

Rakaia Mouth Rakaia Mouth 2.3 11:26 0.5 17:32 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.2

11:26 12:10 12:10 06:43 06:43 07:28 07:28 08:12 08:12 08:56 08:56 09:41 09:41 10:27 10:27 11:13 11:13 12:00 12:00 06:35 06:35 07:24 07:24 08:14 08:14 09:06 09:06 10:00 10:00 10:54 10:54 11:48 11:48 06:27 06:27 07:24 07:24 08:21 08:21 09:18 09:18 10:16 10:16 11:14 11:14 12:11 12:11 06:51 06:51 07:47 07:47 08:40 08:40 09:30 09:30 10:18 10:18 11:03 11:03 11:46 11:46

0.5 0.5 0.5 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6

17:32 18:17 18:17 12:54 12:54 13:38 13:38 14:22 14:22 15:08 15:08 15:56 15:56 16:45 16:45 17:34 17:34 18:21 18:21 12:49 12:49 13:37 13:37 14:26 14:26 15:15 15:15 16:05 16:05 16:58 16:58 17:53 17:53 12:43 12:43 13:39 13:39 14:36 14:36 15:34 15:34 16:34 16:34 17:33 17:33 18:30 18:30 13:08 13:08 14:02 14:02 14:51 14:51 15:38 15:38 16:23 16:23 17:06 17:06 17:50 17:50

2.3 2.2 2.2 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1

23:09 3.1 23:09 3.0 3.1 23:43 23:43 3.0 18:16 18:16 18:50 18:50 19:30 19:30 20:20 20:20 21:26 21:26 22:45 22:45 23:57 23:57

0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2

20:05 20:05 20:51 20:51 21:34 21:34 22:16 22:16 22:59 22:59 23:43 23:43

2.7 2.7 2.9 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2

18:31 18:31 19:22 19:22 20:21 20:21 21:35 21:35 22:56 22:56

0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1

19:12 19:12 20:06 20:06 20:51 20:51 21:31 21:31 22:07 22:07 22:43 22:43 23:17 23:17

2.6 2.6 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0

23:46 0.5 23:46 0.5 19:02 19:02 19:48 19:48 20:34 20:34 21:21 21:21 22:07 22:07 22:53 22:53 23:39 23:39

2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0

19:07 19:07 19:52 19:52 20:40 20:40 21:29 21:29 22:21 22:21 23:15 23:15

0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2

18:51 18:51 19:49 19:49 20:48 20:48 21:47 21:47 22:44 22:44 23:42 23:42

2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3

19:23 19:23 20:14 20:14 21:03 21:03 21:50 21:50 22:35 22:35 23:19 23:19

0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

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Stick Your Oar In Fish Guts & Fools

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Dear Ed, After seeing the fishing show on Saturday night with all fish weighed having not been gutted, it’s a bloody waste, as those fish are only good for chook tucker. Why the hell do people who run these contests insist the fish must not be gutted? This is the norm around most contests. Fool you for buying fish that has had its gut in it for eightodd hours. Best they change the rules –far out! Neil Wilson Blenheim

Ed Replies: The story was published because it was a very good read and, unless an article is defamatory or potentially litigious, I don’t get into censorship. While I note and applaud your points with regard to the importance of continued vigilance over firearms and hunting safety, The Fishing Paper & New Zealand Hunting News has a great track record of promoting safety in all aspects of the outdoor arena. If you read Mark’s article again, you might discover he weaves many safety practices into his story.

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Dear Ed With regards to ‘Frozen nose hairs and a hoary boar’ issue 84 September, I was appalled to read how the author of this article randomly shot into scrub to scare a pig out. This is blatant disregard for several of the basic firearms safety rules. I find it disturbing that this article should be published in light of recent fatal accidental shootings. Targets should always be positively identified before letting off any shots - even my nine-year-old son knows this! This sort of recklessness leaves a lot of room for many bad outcomes he could have easily wounded the animal, leaving it to live a terribly painful few days before dying. On a brighter note I really enjoy reading Kim’s funny antics. Radar

Dear Ed In response to Radar. Firstly I had identified my target. I watched it run into a patch of scrub that was about twenty-five metres wide, tapering down to a point in a small gully with about half a kilometre to the left and right of tussock, and tussock running up to the ridge behind it. With each shot I could see the scrub move, I fired about two metres under the movement so there was no way I was going to hit and wound the animal. The scrub in the area is matagouri and fern, both grow to a maximum height of about 1.2 metres in the area I was hunting. Next I would like to add that I was shooting at a slight downhill angle and the projectile would only hit the hill about a metre after it entered the scrub so it

would not travel any distance. Now I would like to add that I was hunting on private property and the landowner assured me that there were no other people in the area I was hunting. Now let’s get into firearms safety, of which I have had a firearms licence for 37 years and have done a lot of hunting in this time. I also treat all firearms as loaded and respect them, I always point them in a safe direction and load only when ready to fire. I did identify my target beyond all doubt and checked my firing zone. I also store my firearms and ammo in a separate safe lock up. I do not drink or take drugs while hunting or handling firearms. Hope this clears a few things up for you. Mark Wills

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Quite a few ‘herds’ of Seahorses frequent the West Coast these days, from Karamea in the north to Hokitika in the south. ‘Herd’ leader around Westport is Dave Russell. His three-family team can be seen through the snapper season on the beaches north of Westport. Dave’s wife Gaylene, Brian and Julie McGuire and Conrad and Vivienne Peterson team up and turn kontiki fishing into a rewarding picnic/ barbecue occasion. They jointly set their three Seahorse electric kontikis, usually on a favourable evening tide. The kontikis are set one at a time, mainly using squid bait and with everyone helping until all three units are in place, well spaced out. Tables are used to keep winches at a comfortable height to avoid back strain. An hour or so after deployment, the retrievals start with each Seahorse being brought in separately, again with all team members helping each other. Snapper, rig, greyboy sharks and gurnard often grace the fish bins at the end of the thoroughly pleasant and productive day.

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The Humble Cockle By John Ryder

These lads are from Switzerland. Being land-locked they do not have the pleasure of gathering cockles but have to content themselves with tennis, yodelling and yachting.

Cockles suffer from an image problem. They don’t have the glamour of mussels and I have never seen them featured in the food section of a women's magazine. No New Zealand town is the cockle capital of New Zealand, like Havelock is the mussel capital, and I don’t know of a Cockle Inn to match the Mussel Inn of Golden Bay. Despite this, some cockles are commercially harvested in Tasman Bay and around Dunedin. In the United States of America cockles, clams to them, sell for a dollar each. I once spent a week at a primary school camp at Marahau – a famous cockle site. I had been brought up eating cockles, so thought I would introduce these townies to the delights of

these shellfish, so dug up some to eat. About three kids out of thirty had tried them before. However after seeing them, most chose to not try to taste even a single shellfish because they didn’t come in a fancy takeaway bag and they didn’t like the colour! Yes, they don’t look all that good, but they taste fine, and are certainly a food that is better for you than any fast foods. While at secondary school in the 80’s my son used a mass spectrometer to analyse the fat content and the level of omega-3 fatty acids of a number of marine species. Fin fish had a similar pattern of fats, with omega 3 making up 25 to 35%. The total percentage of fat in the flesh varied from 1 to 10%. However, cockles and

mussels have 50 to 60% omega-3 but only about 1% fat – another good reason to eat them. The ‘carbon footprint’ from this source of omega-3 is probably much smaller than gathering any other marine species, but a word of warning, the personal limit for cockles is 150 per person per day (except for Auckland and Coromandel where it is 50 per person per day). This is less than half a 10 litre pail. Be careful not to put a dead cockle shell which is closed but full of sand, into your bucket - just one sand filled shell opening on cooking will yield an unbeleiveable amount of grit into your meal. However there is no sand inside a live cockle shell, unlike a pipi. If you get sand in your cockles it’s arrived

there either from a dead sand filled shell or from the outside of the shells, so it’s very important to wash them thoroughly before cooking. Having gathered your cockles, it’s time to cook and eat them. You can open the shell and eat the cockle raw, and although they taste just fine they are best cooked. This is done in a frying pan of boiling water with the shellfish removed just after they open. Don’t overcook them though because they become tough and flavourless. They can be eaten plain, although the old treatment is to dip them into vinegar. Another traditional method is on fresh bread with butter, salt and pepper but dipping sauces like sweet chilli or soy also make tasty choices. Cockles can make a superb base for seafood chowder too. Go and get yourself a feed of cockles. You don’t need a boat, a rod and other

expensive fishing gear to get yourself a tasty feed. Just check that the tide is out when you go.

suffering a heart attack and needed to get to the doctor asap. She went to put on her make up. Then she asked if I’d like to drive! I was surprised Annette didn’t take the direct route to the doctor – the motorway – but headed down the back roads. When I asked why, she said she wanted to swing by work first to do a couple of jobs! I was eventually delivered to hospital within the ‘Golden Hour’ – just!

The point is – she does this when I’m trying to back the car onto the boat trailer. “Honey I need a hand to hook the boat onto the car!” “Okay … coming!” She then plants a row of carrots, feeds the chooks, mows the lawn or Skypes her sister in Australia – which lasts longer than open-heart surgery! By this time I have made twenty abortive attempts at lining up the tow bar, leapt in and out

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of the vehicle to the point I’m frothing and have dangerously high blood pressure. Then she arrives and starts with the hand signals! If ever God gets a fit of the giggles and shows his wicked side, it’s while watching wifey trying to guide hubby backwards with hand signals! It’s like watching a tone deaf, blind person trying to conduct an orchestra in the mirror! I love my wife dearly, because

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