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By Ali Kennard This month as a breakaway from the norm I thought I would take a look at a higher end product used by sports/game fishermen and in the commercial fishing industry. As many of you are probably aware an echo sounder as used on the majority of boats is a great tool in identifying when the vessel is over the fish.

However it still takes a bit of skill, or luck as some may say, to get to the right spot where the fish are. Generally this comes with time and good advice from other people.

However for some species of fish, especially migratory ones such as tuna and marlin, it is not always this simple and there are other tools required to give yourself the advantage over other vessels. One of these tools is sonar. At this point some of you with certain brands of sounder may get confused as these brands call their echo sounder sonar in the menu; this is very different to what we are looking at here.

The sonar I am talking about is a system that utilises a transducer that drops beneath the vessel and scans 360° around the vessel allowing the operator to see the range and bearing of schools of fish. This is done in various ways depending on the level/specs of the sonar. In its most basic form the transducer unit that drops under the hull has a single element transducer which rotates inside the bulb. To try to make that a bit clearer, in one position it sends out a sound wave, exactly the same as your echo sounder, waits a set time

for any echoes to return then the transducer is moved to its next position and sends a sound wave out and so on and so forth. This gives you 360° coverage but as you can imagine there is a delay in getting the information. However for most sport fisherman this is a perfect tool to give them the advantage and help track the fish. These systems can also be installed on trailer boats, as shown on the attached picture.

This is with the transducer down and then this is hoisted up when going on the trailer.

As you move up levels the technology, as you would expect, improves greatly until you get to systems where the transducer is made up of hundreds of elements and is able to transmit and receive on multi frequencies allowing for simultaneous 360° coverage.

The majority of the sonars will also allow for simultaneous vertical scan of the water column underneath the vessel allowing the operator to see where the fish are underneath the vessel.

The advantage of having these units is, as mentioned above, you can pinpoint the range and bearing of a school of fish and using the sonar technology can continue to track them and their pattern giving you the advantage over all other fishermen who are out there fishing with just an echo sounder.

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Damon enjoys both freshwater and sea fishing, and has some good catches to his credit.

He recently enjoyed a good run of fishing in the Marlborough Sounds with his mate Daniel Crimp, which resulted in a bit of good-natured rivalry and plenty of action to keep the day lively and the banter flowing. Using a selection of Black Magic Flasher rigs and a variety of baits, the boys caught a good selection of big gurnard, greyboy sharks and the usual assortment of spiny dogs and carpet sharks.

A switch to softbaiting hyped up the excitement levels as the two D’s had their skills tested

when smashed by an enormous school of huge kahawai that were literally bursting at the seams with anchovies. With fish surrounding the boat, Damon and Daniel played cat and mouse with some large barracouta while they picked off fat kahawai for the smoker. The fish put up a spectacular battle on light gear and it was great to watch the youngsters engaged in developing their fishing skill sets and nice to watch them voluntarily releasing fish that weren’t needed for the food basket.

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By Ben Bennett

Canal fishing can be a mixture of boredom, the odd surprise and some startling action. I was fishing with mate, Andy Sutherland of Dunedin, when we spotted a fish rise a few times and everyone got pretty excited, as you could tell it was a huge fish. The excitement wore off because we didn’t see it again for a bit, so we continued fishing.

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TOTALLY BOATING WELCOMES TIM WELLS “Another hard day at the office,” says Tim Wells - Totally Boating’s new salesperson. Tim’s speaking from the cockpit of the new Osprey 565 Hardtop at 30mph with the sun glistening on the glassy water of Tasman Bay behind him.

The hum of the Mercury Optimax motor is like music to his ears. “One of the most difficult parts of the job is testing out new products!” Tim’s joking of course – there’s nothing that beats being out on the water!

Tim’s grandfather – Stan Wells bought a bach in Okiwi Bay in the 1950’s and the property is still in the family today.

Tim has many fond memories of great times at Okiwi Bay and out exploring all the surrounding areas by boat. Tim knows the waters around Okiwi Bay, through Croisilles and down to d’Urville Island well. Don’t ask him to share any secret spots though, he loves his fresh blue cod and snapper too much!

A keen athlete, Tim loves waterskiing and wakeboarding as well as fishing and spends as much time as he can with family messing around in the boat on calm days.

Tim grew up in Christchurch but has just recently returned to his family home territory of Nelson. Tim’s great grandfather emigrated to Nelson from England in the 19th Century so Tim is a 5th generation New Zealand Wells.

Tim’s grandparent’s had a dairy farm in Spring Grove a number of years ago so a love for the outdoors and typical

rural Kiwi ingenuity are still strong in his blood!

With a background in sales from other industries and a degree in marketing, Tim comes well equipped to help you with all your boating and marine needs. There is still a lot to learn about the boating industry and new technology that is constantly being developed, but he’ll do his best to find the answers you need. There’s a great team of knowledgeable people at Totally Boating getting him up to speed and Tim says they are a great group of people to work with.

Tim takes pride in being a good listener so come down introduce yourself and have a chat to him today about what you need and he’ll do his best to find a good solution. If you talk to him nicely, he might be persuaded to do some more serious ‘product testing’ out on the water.

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Fishing off Cape Cod

By Craig Grant

We were underway, the fifty foot Riviera heading for the Mercury Islands. Joining me - my brothers Graeme and Wayne and brother-in-law, Bernard, who was the captain.

Graeme ran a couple trolling rods on either side of the boat and a bungee cord for a skirted lure in close. We were on the fly bridge when the triple strike hit. Wayne and I reached the rods first and began retrieving nylon. After some frantic winding we managed to avoid tangling the lines, but lost one skipjack tuna close to the boat and the skippy on the bungee cord. It was my first tuna and we landed another three before anchoring in a sheltered bay.

The next day we fished off Cuvier Island first, but enjoyed more success near Mercury Island. Wayne landed and released an undersized kingi.

Then he was letting the fish load up on his line before winding them in and caught three john dory on hooked fish. They are stealthy predatory fish that are suckers for live bait and great eating too, so worth targeting.

I rigged up a livebait on a long trace and fished it up off the bottom. Within five minutes I had my first john dory on the deck, so quickly cut open its stomach, retrieved my livebait, which was still kicking, and used it to catch a second.

We parked up for the night,

filleted our catch and fished. A kingi was hanging around the boat and Graeme hooked it on a sabiki rig. When I tried to net it, I snagged a hook and missed the fish. As I was freeing the hook, the kingi got off.

“Net it!” screamed my brothers. That galvanised me into the action and I was a fraction faster than the fish, much to their relief. This kingi was 2cm longer than its brother so it was a taker.

Back at Never Fail Rock next, we hooked into schools of kahawai, but the bottom fishing wasn’t good so Bernard drifted into deeper water.

There was no wind, quite a swell and perfect for drift fishing. We began catching good snapper, which caught the attention of a 2m mako shark, so we had to do some frantic reeling and lost some gear until Graeme hooked it. It performed like a dolphin from Sea World, leaping high out of the water by the boat. We never saw it again, and got our limit of snapper quickly that afternoon.

tubes. When Graeme pointed out to us that the boat didn’t stop straight away we waited until the boat had stopped before tightening the drag and we didn’t lose any more tuna.

It was a good lesson to learn.

We landed eight skipjacks and four albacore.

Wayne saw a big fish jump in the distance and we passed a large shark on the surface.

Bernard hooked a tuna onto a live-bait rig using his biggest game rod and we drifted. He got a strike and the fish took line steadily, but failed to hook up. The bait had been mauled by a shark which had just missed chewing into the hook.

It was disappointing, but it had been a great trip.

The next day we trolled toward the Alderman Islands.

Bernard was keen to get a marlin and Wayne and I enjoyed double hook-ups on skippies. This time we were right by our rods. When they hit we tightened the drag and tried to get them in quickly. We lost a few, but filled the live-bait

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By Ken Lloyd As the song goes, it’s a fine line between pleasure and pain, and none more so than for Colin Wilson, the lessee of the South Rangitata Motor Camp.

Colin, affectionately referred to as ‘The Commandant’, was in ‘the gut’ on the Rangitata in early January. He was desperately trying for the season’s first salmon, when that special sensation of a hook up occurred!

He beamed with excitement as the salmon started its first run down the gut. He reached to adjust his drag, and that was the starting point of impending disaster.

Somehow while adjusting the drag, his second finger came between the level wind and the side of the reel, and everything came to a grinding halt.

You can just imagine the pain as his finger was slowly squashed in the reel as the salmon tried to escape.

At this point the salmon raised its head to see what all the commotion was about and seeing Colin in severe agony at the other end of the line, began laughing. It laughed, so hard that the hook fell out of its mouth, leaving Colin fishless, with his finger still firmly trap in the reel.

Weeks later Colin still had the reminder of that day with a very black finger. He’s also had to endure endless expert advice on what he should do with his finger, and where he should put it.

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Jim the Jammy Fisher

By Matt Roberts

Harbour Views

The boys headed to Elaine Bay for the usual trip away.

Weather was looking good so we decided to head across to Okiwi and make the most of the better cod rules and chance of other species.

Up at 4.00am and on water at five and off to a spot ‘just round the corner’. Daybreak hit and we already had a few on board. Jim, the good luck charm, was blowing us out of the water. He had never caught a snapper and during the car ride, said he really wanted one. Low and behold he pulled in this nice eater and followed it up with a great kahawai for the smoker.

It didn’t end there.

By the end of the day we had a good number of tarakihi and cod, with gurnard, snapper, kahawai and maori chief.

Caught a horse of a cod at 48cm and everyone was very happy. Back off the water for well earned beer at 3.00pm.

By Dave Duncan

Handle that Boat

Boat handling can be described as an art form when performed by someone displaying a nonchalant skill as he/ she brings a vessel alongside a berth, onto a trailer or over seaway. My question is how does the ordinary boatie, like me, get on when just starting out. What do I really need to know to keep my family and friends safe?

If you are buying or have just bought a boat and want to know how it handles here are a few things you can do: Ensure you have your boat loosely tied to the wharf or berth with a headline (one at right angles to the bow onto a secure point on the wharf) a forward spring (a line from the bow (front) running along the length of the boat and secured to the wharf adjacent to the stern (back) and a stern line. (From the stern at right angles (or as close to as possible) onto the wharf.

Start your engines.

Gently put the engine just into forward gear and observe which way the stern appears to ‘walk’ and which way the wash leaves the stern.

If the stern ‘walks’ to starboard (until the loose stern line comes tight and the bow falls off to port (toward the wharf) you have a right hand turning propeller. If it goes the other way then you will have a left hand turning propeller. This knowledge can and should be used to advantage when manoeuvring your vessel, as the vessel will turn the tightest opposite the direction of the prop-walk. A right hand turning prop will turn a vessel tighter to port than to starboard. Keep it in mind approaching anything in the water.

Speed – just like on the road speed kills – it sure kills the impression of being a good boat-handler when you prang the wharf or another boat because you got it wrong. Good boat handlers use power for sure, but not speed. When in close proximity to something, do everything else as slowly as possible so as to maintain steerage and

control.

Here’s a tip: if you divide the speed in knots (Nautical Miles per hour) by two, you have approximately the speed you are doing in metres per second. The mark one eyeball then can be an excellent gauge as to the distance off something that you are. For example, 30m off a wharf doing 10 knots is 10/2= 5m per second. It will then take 6 seconds for you to arrive at (T-bone) the wharf.

If you practise this it becomes second nature and can save some embarrassing moments Wind: every boat behaves differently in the wind, so what I recommend is that you take it to some flat open water where there is little or no current and let it ‘lay’ to the wind naturally.

This can then also be stored in the cranium to be recalled one day when attempting to berth in a strong breeze. Which way does the boat naturally want to go when stopped or going slowly?

Arms and legs; keep them inside the boat – never use your crew or family as fenders - unless you are attempting to put them off ever coming again. Boats are heavy and mobile, whereas hands, wrists, feet are fixed and fragile. Always ensure you are stopped before activity goes on outside your boat.

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Dear Ed, The Viewpoint article written by Peter Harker about 1080 toxin in last month’s issue was informative and factual. Is 1080 a terrorist weapon?

The only thing that could be used as a weapon of mass destruction that the Americans found when they entered Iraq was - a bunker full of 1080 toxin. Peter’s views and those of scientist Mike Meads, that insects /invertebrates are by-kill of 1080 operations, are totally supported by the fact 1080 was registered as an insecticide by the British in 1927. 1080 kills insects. The Animal Health Board, Department of Conservation, and Forest & Bird say aerial 1080 operations help protect insects / invertebrates... that is spin doctoring, as is, the possum, rat, stoat myth they also expound.

The stoat is a carnivore - it won’t eat cereal or carrot baits, but dies from eating the native birds and rats killed in 1080 operations. In the Autumn 2010 edition of the NZ Biosecurity Institute magazine ‘Protect’, there is a report on a large study done by a team of Landcare Research scientists into the effects on possum, rat and mouse populations before and after aerial 1080 operations. It was found that 1080 killed most of the possums and rats but not the mice. It took less than a year for rat numbers to bounce back to previous densities (5 per hectare) and in the next six months rat numbers more than doubled and remained at this level (12 per hectare) for the full duration of the four-year-study, while rat numbers in the non 1080’d control sites

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stayed at the original levels. 1080 causes rat plagues!

The AHB has the possum as the target animal for aerial 1080 operations yet they also say they don’t want to eradicate the possum - they just want to get rid of bovine TB. Why then do they promote the triple hit myth? They are so confused!

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Harker off Target Dear Ed, Peter Harker has joined the ranks of the anti 1080 brigade expounding the same old rants with the odd new one thrown in. Before he put pen to paper he should have Googled 1080 and read a few facts, but then, they might get in the way of a good story.

P Peters (Ed replies: What a pathetic response! Rather than waste valuable space on fluff, put up an argument that at least can be debated. Either that or Google ‘bellybutton’ and you’ll find a more appropriate place for the above!)

Please Stand While Fishing Dear Ed, The debate over restrictions on recreational snapper quota in the north is nothing new and the outcome will be the same as usual, big business will be the winner because they have the ear of the politicians and make generous donations to their coffers; the favour is returned generously. You only have to look at the change proposed in labour laws. The same large companies behind this are also some of the major players in the fishing industry.

Fishermen need to stop whinging and moaning and get off their arses. With fishing being the largest recreational sport in this country they have the power in their hands when they cast their vote at the ballot box. But I don’t hold my breath; we have become a nation of pussies.

Ken Lloyd Christchurch (Ed replies: Now there’s a nice thought!)

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First Impressions: RRP on reel $149.99 RRP on rod $199.99

By Daryl Crimp

I put the Nanomatrix and Trio 6 – 10kg combo to the test over three separate occasions in late summer and autumn, targeting snapper, albacore tuna and other species.

Here are my first impressions: I liked the feel and lightweight design of the Nanomatrix rod, which incorporates Nano Technology (Not sure what that is), and found it effortless to use for long periods without undue wrist fatigue. The rod breaks in two for ease of transport and storage and I particularly liked the innovative split grip system at the butt. Because it is so light, it can be used as a conventional spin set using wrist action, but for little kids or when battling a big fish, you can tuck the butt under the armpit or use two hands for leverage.

The Trio Hybrid 30 reel is ergonomically designed, nicely balanced, smooth to operate and robust; the componentry is sturdy and made from quality materials that sees a mix of aluminium for strength and graphite for looks and to keep the weight down. It conveys really nice lines in terms of shape and looks very smart. The Trio 30 is capable of taking braid or nylon; mine had braid and cast sweetly as set up. The drag is smooth, featuring multi-disc felt washers, and the drag controls large and easy to operate, with a very positive range of adjustment so you can tighten or back off with minimal control movement.

The spool stroke when you retrieve is really fluid and it glides effortlessly, which indicates quality gearing. It really is a nice unit.

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The combination of rod and reel is nicely balanced and the sensitive rod tip imparts a good range of actions into a range of softbaits, but probably better suited to light to mid range lures. Okuma do an 8 – 12kg rod that would be better suited to our winter fishing conditions where you have to contend with big snapper and kingfish in strong currents, and for example, when using the 2oz plus ball jig heads.

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The Nanomatrix has a soft tip, which is good for casting and gives great sensitivity when detecting strikes or getting a feel for the lure action, but it is firm through the bottom two-thirds, which means it loads up quickly.

This is not a negative, but there are two camps out there: some prefer soft rods that bend smoothly in the middle (parabolic or C-curve) and supposedly tire the fish quicker and allow greater line retrieval and others like J-curve because of the aforementioned qualities – what you gain on one you lose on the other. I liked the action of the Nanomatrix because its light, smooth and it felt strong.

Daniel just loved it and had a hoot playing big kahawai with it.

His comment at the end was an unsolicited, “Dad, can I keep this rod and reel!” That is good testimony.

Daniel Crimp puts the rod to the test.

I couldn’t find any obvious negatives in the time I used it; the inlaid guides seemed firm and robust, except for the tip guide, which was a bit soft. Mind you, this was a demo model that had been shunted around the country, so it probably had stood up to some rough handling before I got it.

I did land an 8kg albacore on it, so that indicates it has some pedigree.

I see this as a great top of the middle range with other applications, including straylining, freshwater and canal fishing.

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Captain’s Log: Beam me up spotty Cut Down to Size

I hate clichés because they are what they are, overused jumbles of words that lack original thought; one man’s meat is another man’s poison, absence makes the heart grow fonder, any port in a storm and as useful as a lead balloon are classic examples. But the one that has stuck in my craw lately is, size does count, and I’ll tell you why!

A few weeks back I took the family to our bach at Cissy Bay for the weekend and the kids took a friend each. That’s what Kiwi families do – it’s the archetypal Kiwi way and that in itself is a cliché. The real reason we went was because son Daniel’s throat was cut and no amount of modern surgery was about to suture the wound closed. He hadn’t been fishing for soooooo long, skin had grown over the eye on his rod tip. There was only one remedy.

Bugger this, I thought, I’ll fish the little devil into the ground and he’ll have no energy left for complaining!

So I hooked ‘The Big Blue Growly Thing’ onto the back of the Landcruiser, filled her with enough juice to bankrupt the office administrator and off we went. We cruised all the way out to the ubiquitous secret spot and

fished in glorious style: forty rods festooned the boat so that it resemble a porcupine, the barbecue sizzled sausages that, when wrapped in bread and drizzled in ‘train-smash’, kept Daniel and Damon fishing at full strength, and fish of many colours flew and flapped and were iced ready for filleting.

One full day later I’d about had my fill, and believe me it was a BIG day out, so I called a halt to the fishing and we hummed home to the sound of The Big Blue Growly Thing guzzling gas as it blipped through a mildly choppy sea.

As we turned into Hallam Cove and pointed the snout of the Osprey towards Cissy Bay, Daniel pipes up, “Dad, can we have a fish off Te Towaka wharf?”

So I reluctantly turned the big boat toward Harry and Liz Leov’s wharf and left the boys fishing while I went to see get

permission for the kids to fish awhile. Nobody was home, but by the time I’d got back to the wharf the kids had pulled up a few baitfish. Daniel was beaming. He’d finally caught his first garfish or piper on a rod or line.

When we got home to mum and the girls, the big boat trip and the monster gurnard and huge snapper and kahawai didn’t rate a mention. The highlight of the whole day was catching that one little garfish on a Black Magic sabiki!

Sometimes it takes a couple of kids to put things into perspective. Sometimes it’s the little things that count.

Catching a tiddler off the wharf can generate as much happiness as a boatful of biggies. So does size matter at the end of the day?

Absolutely. Thankfully it was a bloody big wharf they were fishing from!

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Paul Hendry and Bud Cash are the two fishing gurus of Shoal Point, north of MacKay North Queensland, who have, ironically, made it onto Australia’s Most Wanted list. Federal Fisheries Officers have been trying to nab these two rascals for years for allegedly ‘poaching’ mud crabs, a delicacy in the tropics.

Despite an intensive investigation spanning a decade, which included an undercover Federal Agent posing as a human being, numerous stakeouts in the wrong pub and the use of surveillance cameras at the entrance of known mud crab holes, the pair have so far eluded capture.

Musthafa Nuddabeer, local crab warden told The Fishing Paper, “While there is no evidence the two are doing anything illegal, they must be up to something ‘cause they’s always got crabs, which is not healthy.”

“For the fishery,” asked TFP. “Nah, for da crabs!” answered Mustafa.

Investigations by The Fishing Paper revealed that the two were using trained ‘Judas’ crabs to lure their mates into pots, hence the blokes’ incredible success rate. The two have so far eluded Federal Agents disguised as Kiwis by reading The Fishing Paper & New Zealand Hunting News.

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Well, Knock Me Down, Shoot Off Me Leg and Call Me Stumpy

By Janelle Johnson

It was Thursday evening and my partner said to me, “Right, you choose what we do this weekend.” After realising that I wouldn’t be able to get out for a dive due to the weather, I said, “OK, I’d really like to get out for a hunt.” I don’t think he could believe his luck, as he later told me he was expecting me to say let’s go to the movies, or out for dinner; but I had been wanting to take the gun out for a while. Actually, I hadn’t been out yet since gaining my firearms licence.

So, after a leisurely lie in and brekkie we headed to our destination, the truck was parked and we began our walk. I wasn’t too worried whether we saw

an animal or not, as I just love being out in the bush away from it all, but we hadn’t gone too far when we thought we spotted something in the distance.

After a while of looking through the binoculars and trying to decide if it was a pig or a stump, it was decided that I would try and walk down the face and get closer to it, as it would be a better direction to come from due to the wind.

I managed to tackle the terrain and popped up on the ridge, looking back for some direction from my partner, who was about 1km away.

I finally spotted him and he signalled me to go back up a little. I was surprised as I thought the object was still below me. I turned

and focussed and couldn’t believe it – it was right there.

I snuck a little bit closer and realised I could see it breathing. OK – so it wasn’t a stump! Even though I was so close it was hard to make out where its head was as it lay amongst the bush.

I loaded the rifle with the adrenaline kicking in as I could almost reach out and touch this animal. I thought I could make out an ear and squeezed the trigger, firing the shot, and with a squeal the pig jumped up and looked at me in horror.

In that split five seconds that feels like five minutes, I realised that I had shot it through the front leg, so I reloaded for a second shot.

At this stage he realised what I was up to and took off down the hill. (I was glad it went that way and not straight at me).

Unbeknown to me until later, my partner was just about having heart failure, as he thought the animal had to be dead by how close I got. He thought I was shooting just to double check and couldn’t believe it when it stood up. Once it headed down the hill in his direction he let our dog Wall-E go, who bounded towards it and reached it just before me, getting a good hold. With the pig stuck and gutted, we were able to have a good look at it and figured he was about a 90lb boar with some pretty good tusks on it.

With my partner still reeling on the events that unfolded - I was elated with my first official hunt since gaining my gun licence. Not a bad effort to go home with a roast dinner I thought.

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Hunters Instrumental in TB Control NZ Bowhunters Annual Hunters have an important role to play in the eradication of bovine tuberculosis (TB) from New Zealand.

Submitting pig heads for inspection and helping rid the bush of pests that carry and spread the disease, are both areas in which TBfree New Zealand works with hunting clubs and individual hunters.

Wild pigs are ideal indicators of whether TB is present in other wild animals.

Pigs can scavenge on infected possums and ferrets, causing the pig to become infected as well. While they are not a TB risk to farmed cattle and deer, wild pigs can also be scavenged themselves by possums and sometimes ferrets, further spreading the disease. Infected possums are responsible for around 70-per-cent of new herd infections in New Zealand’s TB risk areas.

Bovine TB lesions are usually found at the base of an infected pig’s jawbone. The collection and examination of pig heads is particularly useful when investigating the source of a cattle or deer herd infection. If TB is found in the wild pig population, it’s a safe bet that infected possums will inhabit the surrounding area.

When required, TBfree New Zealand may pay hunters an incentive to provide pig heads, along with the location from which they were caught.

Infected wild animals are known to inhabit around 10 million hectares of New Zealand. The TB control

programme aims to eradicate the disease from at least one quarter of this TB risk area by 2026. The eradication of TB doesn’t just protect the country’s cattle and deer herds, it also gives hunters confidence that the hunting stock is free of the disease.

However, it is vital that you check the TB-status of the area in which you are hunting by contacting TBfree New Zealand on 0800 482 4636. When hunting in a TB risk area, you should assume all wild animals are infected – even if no lesions are visible.

Animals caught and taken out of these areas need to be correctly disposed of to prevent scavenging wildlife from spreading TB into areas that are free of the disease.

TBfree New Zealand promotes safe hunting practises to control the spread of TB and ensure you do not get the disease from handling infected animals. Hunters need to take precautions such as washing all knifes, covering cuts or open wounds and not

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Sponsoring hunting competitions gives TBfree New Zealand an opportunity to talk directly to hunters and hand out educational material. A TBfree New Zealand staff member is generally present at the weigh-in to speak with hunters.

Sponsorship of an event usually involves prizes, including jackets, beanies and sometimes a cash contribution. The ability to inspect any pig caught during the competition is normally a condition of the sponsorship agreement.

Hunters need not be shy about handing over a sample of their pig for inspection.

Submitting a TB-infected wild animal does not mean that pest control will automatically be undertaken in an area. In most cases, the sample will simply add to the local disease information already held by TBfree New Zealand.

Tournament

Both the North and the South Islands were well represented at the Annual Bowhunters Tournament held 1 – 3 June. This year it was Marlborough bowhunters who pulled together and worked tirelessly to ensure both the tournament and the associated programmes, including end of year prizegiving, ran smoothly.

No surprise that Marlborough bowhunters were also well represented in almost every category in both the tournament and prizegiving.

Most noteworthy of those was young Ricky Russ whose stories we sometimes have the pleasure of reading in The Fishing Paper.

Ricky, an avid fisher and hunter, was not only the overall tournament champion but he featured in the top three in almost every big game award and some of the fish awards.

He also won the Men’s Deer Roaring competition, which may go some way in explaining how he bowshot 28 deer this year. Ricky went on to take out the prestigious Bow Hunter Of The Year Trophy.

Young mates Matthew Arnold and Kadin Willis also did well, along with regulars such as Cody Weller. It was also great to see past champion bowhunter Darrel Hodgkinson competing at the tournament - his has been a rocky road of late and his attendance was applauded by one and all.

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and comers in the sport.

One of these up and comers is Blenheim lass, Samantha Radley. Sam was awarded her Master Bowhunter Award at the prizegiving.

The tournament itself was based on a farm at Renwick.

The property offered everything one could want to replicate field conditions in any part of New Zealand and the weather played its part too. Competitors and spectators alike enjoyed the course and the dozens of various targets which tested even the most experienced hunters.

Bows and bowhunters of every shape and description were on show, and while the trend was towards high-tech

compounds with fluoro fletched carbon arrows there were also traditional long bows complete with wooden arrows and bird feather fletches.

For more information on the tournament and annual results, or for area representatives who can welcome you aboard and help you become an archer or a bowhunter go to the Club website - www.nzbowhunters. co.nz - it is a sport which encompasses both fish and game so will appeal to many of our readers here.

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My Keys to Great Results

me plenty of time to stand up and yell, “Boo,” to spook them off the water so I could shoot them.

Another thing I would like to mention is decoys; we used to throw a stone in amongst the decoys to create a ripple and that would help bring in a few ducks, but now we use motorised decoys: some feeders and some

with wing movement, especially on a pond that I have been feeding.

Anyway, after picking up our ducks it was only six fifteen pm and off home we went. Tea consisted of rabbit back steaks split and stuffed with apricots, sliced almond, and a slice of brie cheese. These were then wrapped

in streaky bacon and then baked on a high heat for fifteen to twenty minutes. This was then served with sweet chilli potato cakes and green beans with garlic butter, washed down with a Rapaura Series Pinot Gris, which, due to our success, we had ample time to enjoy. Happy hunting.

By Mark Wills A few years back I wrote a short story on how we got a bag limit of ducks in about an hour. Well, for me it has only gotten better as the seasons have passed by.

I remember reading an article in a hunting book back in the eighties and that fella reckoned the secret to great results was

concealment. You must not be seen and if you do get seen, the ducks will most certainly not come in range, creating a lost opportunity and a duck or two short of your limit for the day.

This opening day has gone now but we still got our limit on

A Good Keen Ben

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opening weekend and also the following weekend, which for me means I now can start other weekend activities. But let’s get back to the ducks; I made a few alterations to the maimai this year and the main one was to move to a spot where I could see all the way down the pond and also watch as the ducks circled and then dropped in. They could not see me until I stood up and then it was too late for them because, on most occasions, two of them ended up crash landing.

Now the only thing wrong with the placement of my maimai was that with the use of steel shot, the ones that flew past the other end of the pond where out of range, so to fix this we put Bretts maimai about three quarters of the way down the pond, and that helped us get our limit before dark.

Another thing I do is blacken around my eyes with burnt cork so when I put my face mask on and the right coloured camo coat and gloves, the ducks can’t see me until its too late, This year I had ducks land about three metres in front of me (they came in from behind me) which gave

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It’s high risk and small reward (wee increments of urea) for the young fruit trees in the orchard where my pack resides. Visitors think those trees lean sideways due to prevailing winds. Visitors don’t see the stampede for the gate when I unsnap dog chain clips. It’s like speedway, bumps and prangs at full noise while never relenting on the throttle. Only after a few laps does the adrenaline subside.

It’s maintaining the orchard and the kennel area in some form of order which makes me think that, in many ways, owning and working pig dogs is a unique Kiwi adventure sport.

Every dog has the right to express itself, to make its home its own, so I don’t begrudge my mutts their holes, their bone piles, their toilet habits and exterior decorations. They can have sprouted tree stumps for shelter and enormous clumps of seeded grass for shade. But, BUT, every spring and autumn I have a biennial tidyup.

I set the mower on its tallest setting, I open the catcher wide, I don chaps and chainsaw helmet (with visor) and I mow my dog’s lawns.

Adventure? Absolutely it is, especially for the lawn mower. It chokes to near-death on enormous clumps of rank grass, it bellies on dirt bridges between dig-holes, its blades curl over in submission on making contact with hidden bones. Me, I do the mower-pushing-dance - two steps in, two steps back. I stumble down dig holes and I perfect the Clint Eastwood squint as dehydrated excrement hits the fan (so to speak).

Those white baubles were not mushrooms and the resulting airborne cloud ain’t fairy dust!

Exercise. Some say it’s overrated but dogs do love it.

Once upon a time I exercised my dogs and my horse in unison. These days I ride a push bike, with the

By Kim Swan emphasis on ‘push’ bike. The trouble with riding a bike is that, unlike the Damn! Whiplash..... horse, its not self-propelled. As my It all came about because I’ve not got eyes in the back of my head. I have bike, Nora, is propelled by me she goes considerably slower up the hills to make do with a swivel neck. At my age in-built swivels, ball joints than the horse ever did.

Exercising the dogs with the bike and pivot points don’t ‘snap to it’ like they used to do. In the time it in the forest can be fun - okay, so the takes to go from front’n’forward to get’n’behind Ricketty Romeo and Ms downhills are more fun than the rest it can be an adventure too. Like when Hotbottom (not their real names) can be tying knots and getting hitched.

I caught a live wild weaner trackside.

I tried riding with it in one hand, to save it from real pig dogs and liberate Anyone who’s owned a romantically inclined and say “aght” - that’s that abbreviation for dog knows that their knots take a good half hour arrggh, get the hell out of it again. Luckily I it somewhere safer. to come undone. Romeo, a seasoned stud, can caught them mid-astride, this time, but my neck The adventure was riding Nora one-handed sweep Hotbottom under his arm and beneath paid the price. whilst avoiding a pack of circling canines. I his hind leg quicker than I can swivel my head Owning a pack of pig dogs is like that. High held them at bay with no more than several

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threatening ‘aghts’ - but the Jack Russel bailed non-stop for two wobbly kilometers. By pure luck no dogs were skittled, no rider thrown, no bike buckled and the weaner was saved. Good outcome.

The late autumn lawn mow had a good outcome too and now its time for more adventures and less fairy dust. June has come around again.

Now that winter has me by the throat I should be hard-out hunting hogs. My hog hunting dogs should be hitting the hay in their kennels exhausted from bouts of boar slaying. But no!

It’s another adventure sport which has me snagged hook, line and sinker.

Its all because of the push bike - bloody Nora - all because I took her to a cyclocross last June.

There I discovered blokes whose legs were as scarred and gnarly as mine. I found a sport where gnarly legs with oversized calves were considered an asset, attractive even.

Cyclocross; where it’s just like pig hunting with all the heavy breathing, the strained muscles and bad backs, the dribbly snotty noses and sweaty brows.

The mud, lots of mud.

And water.

And sometimes blood.

Maybe I could be good at cyclocross if I got fit and lost some weight, (alas, my excess loves me dearly and clasps my midriff in a firm but passionate embrace). The mud, the sweat, the self-inflicted pain and company of oddfellows with a sense of humour I can cope with. But I find getting a leg over slows me up. I need a tutor like Ricketty Romeo, he with his high speed hind leg and quick hitch.

The experts at cyclocross mount-up on the run.

They hump hurdles without dismounting. They run without puffing, they fall without crying and I don’t think they bleed. When I grow up I want to be like them, without the lycra. In the meantime I’m gonna keep pig hunting between mowing the lawns and owning pig dogs. I’ll get a leg over when I can, while I can, as long as the old bike will have me.

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Mainly Hunting is exactly what it professes to be, an independent store that is mainly about hunting, although it does carry a complementary range of sea fishing gear to cater to the wider needs of the hunter. Recognised as the Lower North’s premier gun shop, Mainly Hunting was custombuilt and oriented towards the display of firearms and related equipment, so that it is accessible to the hunter. Store manager, John Olsen, said they pioneered the design of the angled timber gun displays so firearms can be viewed in full profile and easily accessed and handled by the customer, while still locked in the rack.

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“We’re not a ‘hard sell’ shop,” says John, “but we are committed to meeting our customers’ needs, so we focus on building relationships and credibility.”

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While Mainly Hunting is authorised dealer for a number of leading brands such as Swarovski Optic’s, Steyr-Mannlicher, Sako, Tikka, Browning, Howa, Remington, Schultz & Larsen, Ruger, CZ Rifles and Fabarm, Remington, Browning, Beretta, Yildiz Shotguns, Redding reloading equipment, Pro-Shot Cleaning gear, Sierra projectiles and Niggeloh slings.

They also specialise in the second-hand firearms market, with a wide selection of used guns for sale. Mainly Hunting is also happy for you to trade up your second-hand firearm or simply cash up for a fair and competitive price. The shop also buys estate lots, so if Uncle Fred has ‘popped his clogs’ and left the family with a collection of unwanted firearms, the staff at Mainly Hunting are experienced with assessing, valuing and dealing with the sale of these.

“We also offer valuations and appraisals for insurance purposes and happy to guide the individual through the pitfalls of purchasing used firearms,” John said.

Mainly Hunting stocks the full range of equipment; from accessories to clothing, ammunition to reloading gear, including quality brand projectiles, powders and dies.

John aims to have a good crosssection of quality gear in stock as opposed to cramming the store with masses of the ‘same stuff ’. That said, if somebody wants something in particular, it is usually not a problem to source product very quickly.

Staff are equipped to do minor gunsmithing onsite, but for major work, act as agents for a number of recognised gunsmiths nationwide.

“We also offer custom reloading,” John added, “and happy to assist customers into that aspect of the sport if they desire.”

Mainly Hunting is staffed by experienced individuals who genuinely aspire to better the needs of hunters and shooters. Manager, John Olsen, has had a long career in firearms retail, is a keen hunter and accomplished small bore shooter.

Phil Pugh is an interesting character, having developed a diverse set of skills from his days as a deer culler and training as a manufacturing jeweller. Phil makes his own knives and is Mainly Hunting’s reloading specialist.

Tony Allen, always cheerful and personable, is currently president of the Wellington Branch of the NZDA and a very experienced hunter.

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By Peter Hyde Canterbury/Westland District Compliance Manager Phone 0800 4 Poacher

Canterbury Winter Fishing

While the fishing around headlands of Banks Peninsula couldn’t be described as great, we do have some excellent fishing offshore. Names given to some of these offshore locations are ‘The Hole’, ‘The Strawberry Patch’, ‘Le Bons Rocks’ and ‘Trumpeter Rock’ to name a few. At just over 50kms from Lyttelton Heads to ‘The Hole’ it’s not a place to take small boats. Most boats that I’ve seen that go to these areas are at least 6m and are well equipped with safety and communication equipment. Between southerlys we can get some nice calm frosty days. Those who fish these offshore reefs are often well rewarded.

Common species caught are hapuku, blue cod and trumpeter for the table, and sharks for a bit of sport. Experienced fishers with good quality sounders can target the species they want; for others it’s a mystery what might come up. At this time of year you can get into large numbers of small school hapuku, also commonly called groper.

For hapuku, bass and kingfish there is a combined daily limit of five fish (with no more than three kingfish). Over winter you are unlikely to bring in kingfish so you could take a maximum of five hapuku. We have caught the odd person exceeding the daily limit in past winters.

There is no size limit on hapuku. They are most often caught in deep water. The rapid decrease in pressure as they are brought to the surface will blow up their swim bladders making it difficult for them to get to the bottom if released.

It wasn’t always the case around New Zealand where you only get hapuku in deep water. Over the years I have heard many stories from older recreational fishers

who routinely caught hapuku in shallow water. It’s a pity overfishing has caused the only significant quantity of shallow water hapuku to be found around the Chathams.

This time last year I was on the Chathams and came across a group who were spear fishing big hapuku in 40 feet.

The maximum allowable daily limit for trumpeter is 15; there is also a size limit on trumpeter of 35cm.

If you are taking blue cod at ‘The Hole’, the maximum allowable daily limit is 30; the limit drops to 10 north of the Waimakariri River. 30 is an extremely generous daily limit and most responsible fishers that we see voluntarily take less.

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By Ivan Wilson

Fishing for Gold It was a golden day in more ways than one. Matey the Miner suggested a run out to a favoured lake east of Darfield and said we needed to drop in on the way to get a bit of gold smelted. Said it wouldn’t take long. As it transpired, it took longer than expected before the gold was turned into a bar.

After a while we left the bar and headed to the lake. Nah, we’re serious fishermen and don’t get sidetracked ... on the way out anyway!

We made a quick call on the landowner for permission to access his property and were delighted to find his young son ‘Alf’ was keen to join us.

We’ve had some golden days around the lake edges and it was here matey honed his considerable skills learnt from mentors in years now well past, passing some of them on to your Coastlines scribe. We’ve stalked the edges on foot, fished from boats and even drifted up amongst the swampy flax, trees and reeds when the lake was high. Up there the shallow waters mean our favourite phenomenon - the bow wave.

A fish will suddenly appear from behind a stand of reeds or from between a couple of flaxes and rapidly progress toward the drifting fly like a submarine on steroids. Heartstopping stuff.

A lot of trout have come to

the net in this place. In fact, on one memorable occasion we had a double hook up – both six pounders.

As with other lakes, it has many moods: still and mystical at one end of the meteorological spectrum, to strong winds, lumpy with white caps and even waterspouts at the other.

This day in question quiet, so we held our young enthusiast back a few metres from the edge to check the water and it was plain to see there were fish everywhere.

Probably five or six within casting distance, but Alf just couldn’t see them.

I hauled out a spare pair of polaroids, which he donned and immediately let out an enthusiastic, “WOW! Now that’s what I call the true wow factor.

We set up his threadline gear with a float and fly dropper and helped him get the fly out to where it should be. The lad had focus, watching the water like a seasoned angler.

Fish were moving about and feeding, however none immediately took his fly, but this didn’t deter him.

He quietly moved along to another spot and tried again, and at this stage you might expect me to describe how a fish closed in and took the feathery offering, but it didn’t happen. It will though.

What is important about this particular day is that the young chap was beginning what hopefully will be a lifetime of fishing experiences. Us older blokes find it rewarding to see something like this happening and while Matey the Miner had his bullion, seeing a young fella learning to fish was pure gold for me on the day.

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Murray Knowles with a healthy specimen.

By Clayton Knowles

Three Kings is a fishing spot many anglers put upon their to-do list, but a dream only a few get to fulfill. Plumber Chris O’Sullivan of Invercargill was one who thought he’d ‘get there one day’, but in the meantime was happy catching cod and groper in the southern seas.

He never realised his shopping loyalty to plumbing merchant Edward Gibbon Ltd and hot water specialists Rheem, would not only provide him with this trip of a lifetime, but his biggest catch to date.

The two companies teamed up to offer a prize of a five-day trip to the remote Three Kings and Princess Group Islands 310nm from the North Island’s nearest port. As a regular shopper for Rheem products’ at Edward Gibbon’s Invercargill branch, Chris was in the draw.

“It was the trip of a life time,” he says. “I always thought I’d go deep sea fishing one day – you don’t get that sort of fishing down here – but I was very surprised to be the winner and very appreciative that the boys from Edward Gibbon and Rheem would take me on the trip.”

Aboard the 56ft Enchanter, Chris, representatives from both companies and television fishing personality, Geoff Thomas, and his film crew set out from Mounanui one May morning, into 30 knot winds and moderate to rough seas.

“I was crook one of the days – really crook,” Chris says, “but once you’ve got a big fish on, the adrenaline kicks in and you forget about how rough it is.”

From day one, the eight men on board were hauling in prize catches.

Hapuku, bass and kingfish were on and landed, with Edward Gibbon sales manager Leighton Johnston taking the largest kingfish – a 41kg specimen.

John Snow and Clayton Knowles donned wetsuits on day two and explored the pristine waters of the Princess Group. Here they found exceptional visibility, abundant fish life and several large crayfish.

It was on day three, at a sea mount targeted by skipper Lance Goodhew, that Chris made the catch of the trip – a 53kg bass.

“I had 400m of line out but luckily Murray (Knowles, managing director of Edward Gibbon) had lent me his electric reel, so it only took about quarter of an hour to bring in. I was stoked to take the catch of the trip,” he says.

Deep sea bass are hard to find around the coast with most populations living out off the continental shelf. In the eyes of anglers, the scarcity and extreme size of the bass makes it a prize fish. They not only grow larger than hapuku, but many consider them a better table fish with their sweet,

white flesh.

The group used heavy tackle to stop the huge bass from breaking the line on the rocks, and 100kg braid was standard. Traces were made from 200kg monofilament with size 16 circle hooks and two sinkers each weighing 32oz taped together. The weights were secured with lighter line so they would break off if they become stuck on the seabed.

Two marlin were also hooked by the group of eager anglers, but both fish managed to shake the hooks free. Though, when every man on the trip had landed all three target species, there were no regrets.

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Drop the jig to the bottom and very slowly winding it in for ten or twenty turns, before dropping again to the bottom and repeating. Alternatively, wind two or three turns off the bottom and gently lift and drop your rod tip to simulate a yo-yo motion. You can even use a slow mechanical jig action.

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Fishing No Bullshit & Jellybeans Tim Shadbolt JP – Mayor Invercargill City

The cultural and emotional identity of individual nations is defined by far more than the high buildings or towers that crowd our city skylines.

Neither does the rate of inflation, global debt, the balance of payments or other fiscal data give us a sense of purpose or national unity.

In my view, it’s our lifestyle and intimate proximity to the environment that defines us as a nation of free, independent, hunter gatherers.

I had a wonderful Huckleberry Finn type childhood. My first fishing expedition at the age of six was hunting for tadpoles.

It was also a lesson in biology as we watched them develop into frogs. Living in New Lynn gave us a close connection to the Whau River. This gave us the ultimate playground of a rubbish dump. In those days it was common for rubbish to be dumped into the nearest estuary.

We also learned to build canoes out of used corrugated iron.

We sealed up the nail holes by ripping tar seal off the edges of the road and melting it to make a waterproof tarry paste.

At the rubbish dump we began recreational hunting for large rats, first using shanghais and then graduating to Diana slug guns. For food we stuck our hands down the eel holes and then cooked our catch at the local reserve on an open fire.

From that point on, hunting and fishing was always part of my life.

When the family moved to Massey to establish a citrus orchard on a lifestyle block we hunted for possums, as there was a bounty on them of three .303 bullets for each tail we handed in to the Lands and Survey Department in Kumeu.

We sold those bullets to hunters for a shilling each and lived like aristocrats.

The most exciting fishing trip I had was when my Uncle Dick took me out on his runabout to circle a whale stranded at Blockhouse Bay beach.

After a stint at University, we retired to a subsistence lifestyle commune at Huia in West Auckland. We went fishing on every day that the weather was reasonable and if the fish weren’t biting we could rely on mussels from Whatipu and watercress from several streams running through our property.

After being elected as Mayor of Waitemata City, I travelled to Western Europe with my young family. The most hairraising part of the journey was travelling around the coast of Ireland. Upon arriving in Belfast we were stopped by a road block of fully armed and very nervous looking British soldiers.

However, they immediately withdrew their rifles from the car windows when they discovered three fishing rods in the back seat. The corporal in charge pulled out a photo of his young son proudly holding his first fish. Once again, things were tense as we passed

through customs at Belfast International Airport. No one believed that a bunch of Kiwis would possibly choose Belfast as a holiday destination. Once again it was the fishing rods that saved us from a digital search or worse. The 50 or so fishing photos halted the interrogation immediately and it was an important lesson for me on the political power of recreational fishing.

After being elected to the ARA, one of my pet projects was working to evict commercial fishermen from the Waitemata Harbour and Hauraki Gulf.

It was an issue that ignored party affiliations as recreational fishermen from the left and right of the political spectrum wanted to create a commercial fishing free zone. One of my sons lives in Devonport and owns a little tinnie. His fridge is always full of fresh or smoked snapper.

Now that I live in Southland; fish, oysters, crays, kina and paua have played a major role in my life. Commercial fishing is vital to our local economy but we have to manage our seafood resource in such a way that recreational fishermen can maintain our Kiwi lifestyle.

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Nelson Marlborough

Letter author Jay Quinn learning to use a fly rod with Fish & Game Field Officer Rhys Barrier at a Nelson fish-out pond event.

By Rhys Barrier

Many of the Fish & Game Regions around New Zealand now run regular kids fish-out pond events, with Nelson/Marlborough Fish & Game region (in partnership with the Sports Fishing for Youth Charitable Trust) being the latest to join this trend.

Fish & Game recently received an encouraging letter from a participant in one of this summer’s fish out days which reinforces the need to continue this approach to secure the future of NZ freshwater angling with our young people. The letter read as follows: Dear Rhys Thank you for teaching me how to fly fish properly. I have really improved. I caught two salmon smelt at the pond but I released them. A few weeks ago we went to Lake Rotoroa and we were trolling in 11 metres of water when the reel went off. After what seemed like a million years I got the massive two foot rainbow into the boat. The night before I had lost a seven pounder brown trout and a five pounder brown trout both in the same night.

I really enjoyed fishing with you. Thanks for trying to give me the rod when you hooked one, but boo it got off. Hope you are my partner again next time.

Jay Quinn.

Winter trout fishing – where to go?

Visit the Fish & Game website at www.fishandgame.org.nz for information on winter fishing.

The present condition of some of our more popular fisheries is profiled in the annual fisheries report available on this website under the Nelson-Marlborough section.

Government proposes changes to Resource Management Act Fish & Game has major concerns about the government’s proposed RMA reforms, described as wrecking the environmental principles that are at the heart of the Resource Management Act. Alarmingly, giving particular regard to environmental quality and amenity values (including recreation) will be removed completely and providing for access to waterways and protection of aquatic habitats will be seriously reduced. Interested readers should visit the Fish & Game website for more details, including options on how to make your concerns heard. All it takes for change like this to be implemented is for concerned voters to stand by and do nothing.

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Climate Changes Rather than Fishing, Reason for Steller Sea lion Numbers Fall By Tim Pankhurst, CEO Seafood NZ

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Fishing gets blamed for all sorts of marine decline. One of the most internationally prominent cases is the western Steller sea lions in the North Pacific.

By A Bloke On Monday 13 May we took MV Kingfisher out of Mapua and headed along the front of Rabbit Island. The sea was calm and flat. About 2km along we could see masses of sooty shearwater, 3 - 4000 of them, mingling with the terns and gulls.

We started trolling our kahawai lures within 50 -100m of the birds and immediately had strikes on both rods.

We had forgotten the landing net and as they were all about 5 - 6 lb fish, we had to tire each fish out so we could catch it by the tail and lift it aboard.

Within an hour we had 18 on board, after losing a few from leaping out of the water and flicking the lure out of their mouths, so we headed back to Mapua.

Wacka Murphy

By Daryl Crimp

They are the world’s largest population of endangered sea lions. Only one in five remain of their numbers in 1970. Their main prey is Alaska pollock.

This fish also provides in some years the world’s largest volume white fish fishery.

It looks like a massive fight for the same food between humans and sea lions and is usually studied and reported that way.

NIWA hosted a seminar last month in Wellington which included an alternative presentation on the Stellers

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Andrew Trites suggests instead a complex sea lion reproduction strategy, which is a response to climate changes, in particular the Pacific Decadal Oscillation.

The DPO is one of the complex natural fluctuations in global weather which switches every 15 to 30 years.

fed pup will grow extremely

He believes that a warm PDO in the mid and western North Pacific has resulted in a higher ratio of Alaska pollock to the more nutritious oily fishes (such as herring) and therefore the sea lion diet. The Steller mother is relying on what would be the equivalent in human terms of mostly consuming celery – great to eat, but not just by itself.

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amiss

are

the

many

sea

eagles prowling the rookeries looking for aborted foetuses.

The price of those huge and healthy surviving pups is a population decline from fewer of them being born.

Other

studies;

stomach captive

of

scats,

temperatures, Stellers

and

the

thriving California sea lions,

and ratios, and that of the

slide in the Western Steller sea lion population appears to have nothing to do with fishing effort.

It

does

however

reflect

a complex and constantly changing climate pattern that has been going on for so long that a response is locked into the sea lion genetics and will forever in

fish

predators

cause

fluctuations

stock

abundances

and

scavengers

which rely on them.

NELSON • 1341 AM MARLBOROUGH • 92.1FM WEST COAST • 98.7FM

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Waimakariri Mouth

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The only clues to something

Marine Weather 24/7

Westport Westport 11:18 0.8 17:35 11:18 12:17 12:17 07:00 07:00 07:53 07:53 08:42 08:42 09:26 09:26 10:06 10:06 10:45 10:45 11:22 11:22 11:59 11:59 06:25 06:25 07:02 07:02 07:41 07:41 08:22 08:22 09:10 09:10 10:05 10:05 11:09 11:09 12:16 12:16 07:06 07:06 08:10 08:10 09:09 09:09 10:05 10:05 10:58 10:58 11:48 11:48 06:20 06:20 07:09 07:09 07:58 08:48 09:40 10:36 11:36

healthy mothers and pups.

This happens through the sea lion metabolism, in response perhaps to its diet or to the climate. A sea lion mother feeding mostly on the lower nutrition pollock somehow delays weaning.

She will still conceive, but then naturally abort subsequent pups to keep on

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To orthodox observers the scene looks idyllic; big and

support the theory that the

July 2013

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more than two years.

An adult female’s stomach capacity enables it to eat enough pollock for herself and as well provide milk for her pup. But the pup doesn’t have a big enough stomach to hold enough pollock to enable that pup to survive and grow.

For that, the pup needs either, more lower-volume highnutrition oily fish to eat, or mother’s milk. The current climate isn’t producing enough oily fish, and so milk is the only option.

Tide Chart

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well on milk for sometimes

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Nelson Nelson 09:43 1.1 16:03 09:43 10:42 10:42 11:42 11:42 06:26 06:26 07:20 07:20 08:10 08:10 08:56 08:56 09:39 09:39 10:19 10:19 10:58 10:58 11:36 11:36 12:13 12:13 06:29 06:29 07:09 07:09 07:54 07:54 08:45 08:45 09:43 09:43 10:48 10:48 11:59 11:59 06:56 06:56 08:01 08:01 09:00 09:00 09:54 09:54 10:45 10:45 11:32 11:32 12:17 12:17 06:35 07:19 08:05 08:53 09:49

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Akaroa 10:26 11:21 12:15 06:49 07:37 08:23 09:08 09:52 10:34 11:15 11:15 11:55 11:55 06:31 06:31 07:15 07:15 07:59 07:59 08:45 08:45 09:32 09:32 10:22 10:22 11:16 11:16 12:12 12:12 06:49 06:49 07:47 07:47 08:46 08:46 09:45 09:45 10:41 10:41 11:37 11:37 06:20 06:20 07:15 07:15 08:10 08:10 09:04 09:04 09:57 09:57 10:50 10:50

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Havelock Havelock 09:10 1.0 15:49

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0.6 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.2

Rakaia Mouth 0.4 0.4 0.5 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5

10:23 11:18 12:12 06:45 07:33 08:19 09:04 09:48 10:30 11:11 11:11 11:51 11:51 06:28 06:28 07:12 07:12 07:56 07:56 08:42 08:42 09:29 09:29 10:19 10:19 11:13 11:13 12:09 12:09 06:45 06:45 07:43 07:43 08:42 08:42 09:41 09:41 10:37 10:37 11:33 11:33 06:17 06:17 07:12 07:12 08:07 08:07 09:01 09:01 09:54 09:54 10:47 10:47

2.3 2.3 2.2 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.2

16:37 17:34 18:29 13:04 13:53 14:38 15:20 16:00 16:40 17:20 17:20 18:01 18:01 12:32 12:32 13:15 13:15 14:00 14:00 14:48 14:48 15:40 15:40 16:35 16:35 17:31 17:31 18:28 18:28 13:07 13:07 14:05 14:05 15:02 15:02 15:58 15:58 16:53 16:53 17:48 17:48 12:27 12:27 13:21 13:21 14:15 14:15 15:11 15:11 16:08 16:08 17:05 17:05

0.5 0.6 0.6 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.6 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6

22:49 2.3 23:43 2.2 19:20 20:08 20:53 21:36 22:17 22:58 23:38 23:38

0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6

18:43 18:43 19:26 19:26 20:12 20:12 20:59 20:59 21:49 21:49 22:41 22:41 23:36 23:36

2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2

19:26 19:26 20:23 20:23 21:20 21:20 22:16 22:16 23:10 23:10

0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1

18:42 18:42 19:37 19:37 20:31 20:31 21:25 21:25 22:19 22:19 23:12 23:12

2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1

Tidal data supplied by OceanFun Publishing Ltd www.ofu.co.nz Note: Tides in chronological order. Lower daily depth = low tides. Higher daily depth = high tides.

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& This dish makes use of leftover cooked fish and while measurements are not crucial, use more fish to mashed potato ratio and enough fresh breadcrum bs to create a slightly moist firm dough.

500g cooked white fish fillet 3-400g mashed potato 1-2 eggs beaten 1 ½ cup fresh breadcrumbs 1 tbsp sweet chilli sauce ½ cup chopped parsley Salt & pepper to taste

Kingi Ka kes with Fennel Mayo

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Fennel Mayonnaise Combine all ingredients in a large bowl 1 egg yolk and stand for 30 minutes to let flavours 1 cup olive oil absorb. Take a tablespoon and mou ld spoonfuls into pattie shapes.

1 tsp mustard Heat a tablespoon of olive oil and Salt & pepper to taste 25g butter over a moderate hea Jui ce 1 lemon t until butter is foaming. Fry cakes ½ tsp sugar or tsp honey until golden on each side and plac e in 1 tbsp fennel warmer.

Place egg yolk and mustard in kitc hen whiz and slowly process, adding a tiny driz zle of oil at a time so that it doesn‛t separate.

When a third of the oil has been added, you can pour it in more freely.

Add salt and pepper to season.

Add lemon juice and fennel and com bine. Finally, add sugar and combine well. Stand for 30 minutes before serving.

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Fish No Longer Turn Me Green

By Carol Green

Canal Don My Hero

By Ariana Reiri

Canal Don decided after picking up the kids from kindy we should shoot up to Tekapo for a couple hours fishing.

It didn’t take long on the Berkley Gulp smelt to hookup our salmon quota. Just before dark I felt a large smash at the softbait but it didn’t hookup, so I let it drop back to the bottom and gave it a light twitch. Almost

immediately another fish picked it up I struck firmly; fish on! Twenty minutes later and after seven to eight large runs, the fish was destined for the cold smoke and vacuum pack.

Thanks Canal Don for landing me my first and largest trout.

Well who would have believed it, a fishing website that is dedicated to the women in NZ who love fishing, and are very good at it.

Fishing was never something I quite took to, although I did try and participate when hubby was teaching the kids how to do it. I liked eating them but hated touching them and the smell of the bait always made me want to add to the berley.

It was a long process, but slowly I learned to hold the fish, gut the fish, fillet it and still manage to eat it afterwards. But baiting hooks, well there are always some things that just have to stay in the male territory. Bring on the plastics!

Once the kids left home and hubby bought himself a boat, it became apparent to me that I was going to have to participate and learn a lot more. The task of learning to drive the boat, park the boat, and pick up the mooring buoy all became quite daunting, and all for the sake of catching a fish. Parking at New World is a lot easier.

But I rose to the challenge and can manage most things that are required of me. Although on one rather testy occasion when asked, what would I do if he fell overboard? I realised that, “Turn around head straight for you and wait for the clunk!” was not quite the answer he wanted.

Don’t get me wrong, I believe it’s very important for women to know what to do on these occasions, should they arise, but maybe attending a course would be easier.

Now I take it all in my stride and enjoy trips in

Three-year-old Luca with her new Pink rod and her very first fish caught and released in the river estuary Maroochydore, Australia.

the Sounds, although I have drawn the line at going out when it’s an all-male bonding thing.

You learn far too many things that you really didn’t want to know. Besides I always had to use the spare rod!

So while holidaying in Australia and visiting the fishing shops, as you do, Hubby bought himself a new rod and because it was cheaper than he thought it would be, he bought me a matching pink one and a pink hat. Most men would have just bought a bigger rod.

There have been many an occasion since, he has regretted this decision and threatened to throw my rod overboard. Not because it’s a useless rod, but his wife keeps catching fish.

What did he buy me for Mother’s Day? A new reel.

Now the next generation of females is learning with three-year-old granddaughter, Luca, proud of her first fish.

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From Sinker to Smoker

By Ron Prestage

This month, with the help of Mike Stoneley, The Fishing Paper is featuring the most successful surfcasting club in the Top of the South. The Blenheim based MASC was started prior to 1952 by a group of very keen ‘fishers’ and has plodded along quietly and successfully since.

single adults and the rest family memberships.

The club caters for a wide mix of interests with some members preferring charter boat fishing trips for groper and deep-water fishing, others just like to primarily use the Sounds bach as a base for relaxation as well as

the beaches whether on the east coast or in the Sounds, and then there are those who own a boat and venture out for fish, scallops, paua and crays. The club also boasts a dozen members who like to fish for trout and salmon.

A newsletter is published at the beginning of 11 months in a year and both a website and a Facebook page, with pictures of many club adventures provides information on how to join.

This year the club celebrated 60 plus years of history with a function at the Redwood Tavern.

Today it maintains a steady membership of around 75, with about a third being

snapper and flounder fishing, while there are those who are keen on surfcasting from

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So it is a great mix of tastes and there is usually something for most people with many doing two or more styles of fishing.

A new feature of the club this year is the running of surfcasting outings over the winter season, on the third Sunday of each month. Very knowledgeable members will be able to assist ‘newbies’ on these days.

Winter fishing near the Wairau River Bar was cool but fruitful with plenty of fat, clean red cod.

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I pass the competition as I make my way along the river bank – three scruffy old guys dangling supermarket rods over the railing. The more technically proficient of the trio watches a float the size of a golf ball bobbing along in the scum, the others fish thick lines straight through to big hooks armed with meal worms or small crayfish. My fellow anglers aside, the spot is far from idyllic; a chocolate-brown torrent tumbles over the dam wall, swirling into a thick foam along the steps where we stand amidst the refuse of old line, cans and fag packets. Every now and then a broad head appears, followed by the distinctive “schuck” of the carp sucking at the surface.

The landing net and 12 ft. rod earn some looks as I set up my gear - a small stickfloat fished just under the surface with double corn on a size 14 hook is my usual approach. “You’ll never catch anything on that hook, it’s too small!”

I am reliably informed as one of the locals comes over to inspect my rig, kindly offering me one of his own size 4s.

“No thanks.”

As usual the fish don’t take long to get going, and within a few minutes the float disappears and I’m into the first carp of the day.

Such is a fairly standard day’s fishing on the

Huron River, Ypsilanti, Michigan. I’ve lived in Ypsi for the past three years studying at Eastern Michigan University, giving me plenty of opportunities to fish (the river is within walking distance of campus). The Huron is teeming with carp, and several 5-15 lb fish can be caught with a tin of corn and a simple bolt rig (and some small hooks!). Feeder and float fishing techniques learned and practiced on the match fishing scene in New Zealand, while unfamiliar to the locals, stand me in good stead to catch well. Most “serious anglers” in the area prefer to use spinners or fly tackle to target the small and largemouth bass also found in the river, and are surprised when I tell them I fish for carp. Carp are often discounted as “dirty fish” and left to the kind of people who see such a catch as a welcome meal.

Times are changing though, and fly fishing for carp is becoming increasingly popular.

Convincing a carp to take a fly is much more challenging than a bass, but with carp averaging four or five times the size of a good smallmouth, the extra effort is worth it.

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Finder can keep everything except my PLB. Let Crimpy know and he will contact me. Reward is a venison or tahr roast.

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TIDES OF CHANGE

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Heaphy - Hero to Hoax to Hero (Part One)

Published by Coastal Media Ltd 7 Kotua Place, Wakatu Industrial Estate, NELSON PO Box 9001, Annesbrook, 7044, NELSON Ph 03 544 7020 Fax 03 544 7040 www.thefishingpaper.co.nz Editor Daryl Crimp 021 472 517 editor@coastalmedia.co.nz Sales & Advertising Annette Bormolini 021 996 541 annette@coastalmedia.co.nz Reagan Poynter reagan@coastalmedia.co.nz Graphic Design Patrick Connor production@coastalmedia.co.nz

Born in 1820, Charles Heaphy was a teenager when he was first employed as an artist and draughtsman by the New Zealand Company for their exploratory voyage to New Zealand on the vessel Tory. In 1839, he found himself in the new settlement of Wellington with instructions to search for new land where a New Zealand Company settlement could be established. This led him to the Chatham Islands, Hokianga, Kaipara, wider Wellington, Wanganui and Taranaki, taking time to sketch as he went.

In September 1841 the first three shiploads of New Zealand Company settlers arrived in Wellington and Heaphy joined them to discuss, with Captain Arthur Wakefield, a destination for the new settlement. Eventually it was agreed that Blind Bay (now known as Tasman Bay) was worth consideration.

On 9 October, the three sailing ships Arrow, Will Watch and Whitby anchored in the Astrolabe and immediately set about searching the surrounding areas for both flat land and

Charting a new path for OUR fishing future!

safe anchorage. Heaphy, with others, explored well up the Motueka River valley, then up the Waimea River. It was not until the 21st that a small group in a small boat discovered the entrance into the Haven and landed at the small flat area that is today known as Auckland Point.

On 5 November, the three sailing ships anchored inside the Haven and the establishment of the Nelson settlement began in earnest. Towards the end of November, Heaphy sketched the scene from Britannia Heights. At the request of Wakefield, Heaphy then took the sketch and embellished it (one account calls it “illuminated by poetic insight”) adding in features as well as water colouring.

He then took this back to England along with his report, ‘A Narrative of a Residence in Various Parts of New Zealand’. However these two documents were later to cause him much displeasure, which confronted him on his return to Nelson in January 1843.

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Mother of a Mud Crab I’ve done a bit of crabbin’ with Crimpy when he pops over to North Queensland to visit his outlaws and he drools at the mere thought of these delicious beauties, so I figured I’d tease him a bit with a sample of our recent catch.

Mud crabs are a delicacy in Northern Queensland and the fishery is strictly monitored. The crabs live in estuaries and lower river systems that are supported by mangroves. We catch them by setting pots and are only allowed to keep the males, which

can grow to 25cm across the shell and weigh a couple of kilos. The buggers will snip your fingers off so you handle them with care. They are a dark olive when alive but cook up to a beautiful red and are as sweet as a bride on her wedding night.

It’s a bit of a hoot catching ‘muddies’ but you have to have your wits about you and keep a keen eye out for the saltwater crocs – them things can bite better than the mother-in-law.

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POSITIVE CHANGE FOR RECREATIONAL FISHING

The recent debates over possible changes to the paua fishery around Dunedin and the snapper fishery around Auckland and Bay of Plenty have highlighted the perilous state we recreational fishers are in when it comes to influencing decisions.

We simply don’t have the capacity to ensure fisheries management decisions go the way we want. Instead we are forced to ‘react, complain and protest’ and hope we are heard by a benevolent Minister.

The FISHinFuture Search project was launched to find a better way to achieve positive change for recreational fishing in New Zealand. In February 2013, 66 diverse participants from throughout the recreational fishing communities of New Zealand as well as other stakeholders of scientists, industry, government and youth, gathered in Nelson for the first ever Future Search conference. They developed and unanimously agreed on 8 areas of common ground concerning the future of recreational fishing in New Zealand.

The Report on this this national conversation on the future of recreational fishing in New Zealand is now available. You can download the report on www.fishinfuturesearch.co.nz or email the Project Manager on miranda@fishinfuturesearch.co.nz and ask her to mail you a printed copy.

Learn about the common ground that was agreed to by all the participants at the event. See if you agree with these desired outcomes for our fishing future. Find out how you can add your voice to the journey to promote and protect responsible recreational fishing in New Zealand.

The next fisheries management decision may be about treasured stocks in your region. Wouldn’t you want to be prepared?

By Miranda O’Connell Project Manager- FISHinFuture Search

FMA7 Recreational Fishing Forum Update

By Ron Prestage

The main focus at the recent FMA7 Forum was on the October 2013 Sustainability of Inshore Fishing Stocks Round and forum members were given the opportunity to contribute their views on proposals.

Matters of particular local interest included the following.

SNA 7: The commercial sector has requested that MPI review the SNA 7 TAC/TACC. Commercial SNA7 catch is roughly 50% targeted and 50% by-catch. The target fishery is 80-90% caught by the end of December each year.

Commercial stakeholders are proposing to carry out catch-atage research. This will provide valuable information to be used in future assessment of the SNA 7 stock.

Snapper numbers are good and the forum supports the research but does not support any changes to the TAC/TAAC before the research is done.

The bag limit in the Sounds is not related to the TACC but the forum supports a bag limit increase from 3 to 5 or 6 in the Marlborough Sounds, especially given the blue cod restrictions.

KIN 7: Kingfish is largely a by-catch of the jack mackerel mid-water trawl fishery.

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New information suggests the rec allowance is significantly lower than current recreational catch levels.

Forum suggested a balanced approach. ie. A 4-5 tonne TACC increase, increased deemed values, a separate rec bag limit of 2 kingfish per day and an increase in the rec fish allowance.

BCO 7: The blue cod abundance survey will be brought forward to 2013.

The forum feels that the minister does not understand the restrictions, particularly the transit rule. No decision on the review of these until after the abundance survey.

All BCO Strategy: A national strategy to deal with the effects of relocation of fishing effort on the blue cod fishery.

The forum will have input into this initiative.

Forum members expressed interest in and support for the Marlborough District Council/ DOC report- Dredging and bottom trawling in regions of significant marine biodiversity The MDC is asking for comments and feedback on the report that contains information on different habitats within the Marlborough Sounds.

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Nalder: The Weather Never Gets Through!

What TO DO and What NOT TO DO – Love Your Diesel

Robert Leighs was driving over the meandering Lewis Pass on a raw winter’s day when he rounded a bend and was brought to a temporary halt. A Stop & Go man stood, shoulders hunched and head canted forward, with his back to the weather and the sign face clearly displaying red. Robert noticed the hardy chap was wearing a Nalder Protective Clothing jacket and he thumbed the window down.

“That jacket is made by my factory in Nelson,” he shouted to the road worker as he tapped the Nalder sign on the car door. “What do you think of it?”

The chap flashed a smile from the snug recess of the lined hood.

“Grouse mate, it’s the only jacket I’ve ever had that keeps me dry and warm all day!”

Those sentiments have become a common thread - the blokes on the ground who wear the gear and put it to the test in some of the most miserable and extreme conditions imaginable swear by it.

From highly industrialized corporate situations like mining and forestry, to commercial fishing in Antarctic conditions, Nalder has become the name of choice for the guys actually needing the protection.

While inferior brands may stay dry for a while, they are ultimately designed to fail. Made of thinner fabric with seams that are sewn and over-sealed – like putting sellotape over stitches – the cheaper designs simply can’t withstand the punishing New Zealand conditions and the weather eventually

Do get familiar with how your engine sounds and feels and if you have questions, ask an industry professional. Learn about your engine systems, water and fuel flows and work with your mechanic to understand how the basics work. You should be able to remove and reinstall a seawater pump and possibly injectors.

Do change your oil and filter annually, or every 100 hours. (Check your manual & always log it) and change your oil when the engine is hot.

Do use a good quality oil, preferably multi-grade 15W40 high detergent. Check your operator’s manual.

Do check the gearbox oil at the same time. Change gearbox oil every two years including filter, clean strainer.

Do change your seawater impeller every two years and carry spare impellers and seals and preferably a spare pump on board.

Do check your zincs in cooling system if fitted.

Do clean your heat exchangers and reseal every two years.

Do change your primary and secondary fuel filter together annually. At least change your primary filter before a major voyage.

Do drain off some fuel from the bottom of the tank if you have access via a plug or breather prior to any major voyage. Suction out a cupful into a clear container to check for water, sludge or ‘bug’.

Do check your engine oil and water level and give a visual engine inspection before a run. Look for obvious signs, belt dust, water / oil in bilge.

Do look at your engine / gearbox and shaft line if running for long periods.

Do check that your alarm system is working, stop the motor and leave the key on until you hear the low oil pressure alarm. Test OK.

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Nalder Protective Clothing is made from high quality European fabric specifically produced for Nalder to meet exacting New Zealand standards.

It is thicker, more durable and impervious to the elements. All seams are welded, which adds to the strength of the garment while not compromising the weatherproof qualities of the fabric.

Robert also has input at the factory level in Belgium so has a hands-on relationship with his entire garment range at every level. This attention to detail and focus on creating the best possible product is reflected in the accolades received from the grassroots wearers of Nalder Protective Clothing, but that’s not entirely what gives Robert and his team the edge.

They don’t just sell factory cut garments – far from it. A big part of their business is bespoke work, tailoring protective clothing to suit individual workers in a company – be it a road maintenance crew, construction outfit, tree-felling gang or other outside workers. For example, a recent order of jackets for a local firm was tailored for the personal touch: some had hoods – some didn’t, some had collars and some didn’t, and some had thick or thin linings while others had none. But they all had in common, their company’s logo on the front and Robert’s guarantee of quality!

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Do check and lubricate your Morse control cables annually. Check at the engine and gearbox where it receives the bulk of vibration and heat, but also check at the control head. Lubricate well and check the cable travel to ensure you are fully engaging your clutch!

Do carry a good supply of spare parts, well stored, and a service manual for the engine and gearbox.

Often it is easy getting labour to repair engines but it can be difficult, slow and expensive getting parts in remote places.

Do carry spare oils; enough for two full changes is usually sufficient.

Do check your flywheel drive plate (damper) between the engine and gearbox every four years.

If the vessel spends a lot of time at low loads and low rpm’s, the drive plate gets affected and wears the drive splines. This is especially true of older transmissions and engines.

Do recheck your engine/gear and shaft alignment when you withdraw your propeller shaft for bearing changes. Engine mounts do settle and deteriorate with oils etcetera, and can damage the shaft and gearbox bearings plus induce noise and vibration if not well aligned.

Do run your engine at a good load (50 - 80 %), diesels prefer to be run hard (when warm). If your prop is overpitched and you cannot achieve full engine rpm, back the throttle off if you see black smoke out the exhaust (over fuelling).

Don’t excessively idle your engine or run at low loads for extended periods. Think about a twin alternator setup to reduce run time at anchor.

Don’t use cheap low-grade oils.

Don’t ignore your maintenance schedule.

Don’t be scared to ask for advice and support.

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I was away on a horse trek with a group of people in some remote country when a horse bolted with a woman in the saddle. The horse ended up down a deep ditch and the woman was trapped underneath the horse.

The first thing I did was to set the McMurdo FastFind 211 beacon off. It was easy to do; you just rip the top off and press the button.

We were in the middle of nowhere.

Some others in the group took a phone and headed off to call 111, while I stayed to get the horse off the woman and start CPR. It took a long time to move the horse enough to enable CPR to start.

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THE COOK GOT LUCKY In May of this year Nigerian, Okene Harrison, was the chef on board Jascon 4, a tugboat on a mission in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Nigeria, where he had been called upon to assist an oil tanker listing in rough seas. Unfortunately it was Jascon 4 that found itself in trouble, rolling over in the rough seas and sinking rapidly.

Okene, who was in the washroom at the time, found himself upside down inside a large air pocket with water up to his waist. There he hung on to the hand basin to avoid being washed away and contemplated his fate. In just his underpants, he soon found himself getting very cold then noticed his body suffering effects from immersion in seawater. This prompted him to swim into a neighbouring cabin where he collected mattresses and wall lining for use as a ledge to sit on out of the water, where he sat for hour after hour in pitch blackness, listening

to the slosh of water and the fish feeding frenzy eating the bodies of his fellow crewmen. His position seemed hopeless and he prepared to die.

Suddenly, he saw the flash of a light outside the washroom door and reached out his arm and touched someone. This turned out to be a scuba diver from a commercial South African dive company called in to locate and investigate the wreck. It did not take the divers long to assist Okene from the wreck and get him to the surface 98 feet above. He had spent 62 hours underwater and faced a further 60 hours in a decompression chamber before getting back to his village home in Nigeria. He was the only survivor of the original crew of twelve.

At the village church he told his story to the congregation, a thanksgiving service of survival against the odds.

The Hawker Hunt Xt-2 Torch – Making Spotlighting Safer!

Why buy our compact rifle mounted spotlight kit? For some very good reasons! Let me explain, when out hunting it’s crucial that you check your firing zone and identify your target beyond all doubt. This is easy to do during the day, but much harder at night.

Disappointed with the rifle mounted torches available on the market, the Hawker Supplies Team set out to create the best, most practical rifle mounted hunting torch, by hunters for hunters.

The Hawker Hunt XT-2 torch has better throw than any other torch we have tested, with a really intense zoom capable of shining light on a target over 300 metres away! It can also zoom out to give a wide viewing range!

A torch attached to your rifle is always lined up with your sights and therefore eliminates the problem of reflection from the torch/spotlight being held behind the shooter. This system results in far better target identification.

The Hawker Hunt torch comes with a 240V and a

12V charger, which can charge the battery directly inside the torch, making it easy to charge your torch when hunting by 4x4, quadbike or boat.

After 7.5 hours on high the XT-2 can still be used to safely walk out of the bush.

The ability to light up targets at greater distances also makes the XT-2 great for hiking, boating and security. At just 16.2cm long and 145 grams, the Hawker Hunt XT-2 is very compact and lightweight for tucking away in your hunting bumbag or pack.

You owe it to yourself, other hunters, civilians and stock around you to own an XT-2 torch. As a hunter you have a responsibility to shoot safely - the Hawker Hunt XT-2 allows you to do that at night.

Check out the Hawker Hunt XT-2 Torch via our website or Youtube. Quick credit card payment available, quick dispatch.

Don’t just shoot at a set of eyes! Identify your target!

- hunt safer everyone!

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32 The fishing Paper

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