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With spring in the air, now is be the time to whip the covers off the boats and get them ready for the season ahead.

For the most part there are very few preseason checks you can do on the electronics, other than checking all power connections for corrosion and replacing them if necessary.

Then it’s just a case of turning them on to make sure they work. If they do, great, if not, it’s a trip to your local dealer. It’s best to do this on your driveway before you go, for two reasons: 1) It gives you and the dealer time to arrange repair or replacement on the unit. B) Once you’re at the boat ramp with a car full of keen fishers, it’s too late to do anything about it, making the first round very expensive!.

Even if you decide not to do this, there is one piece of equipment you could and should give a proper test before going out on the water - your VHF radio.

First check the antenna. The best way to do this is to hold the antenna above the base where the whip meets the base and give it a wiggle to make sure it’s secure. Check the seal on the join and ensure this is still good; the easiest way to do this is gently pull the whip up and look closely at the seal. If there are any signs that water can get in here, then you will need to replace your antenna. If you’re lucky, you may have found the poor

seal before the water has got in; to check this unscrew the antenna from the base and look for any signs of water in there. If there is, then it’s likely the water will have got down the cable as well so you’ll need to check the plug at the back of the radio for any signs of corrosion or water. If there are any signs of water in any of these places take the antenna and cable out and replace it, as it will be affecting the radio’s performance.

Once you’re happy all of this is in good condition, do a test call to your local marine radio station, this way you’ll know that your radio is both transmitting and receiving.

Bear in mind though, that the radio operator will ask for your call-sign, and there are many people who don’t have one. If you don’t, then I would recommend getting yourself one, for a one off payment of about $30. The reason for this is not so you can make test calls; rather when you register you have to give yours and your boat’s details. So if the proverbial hits the fan and all you get out to the rescue coordinator is your call-sign, they will at least know the name, size and type of boat they are looking for, making it even easier to try and find you.

Let’s hope it’s a good summer ahead of us all with plenty of fish and fine weather.

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Whitebaiters and trout go into a similar frenzy at this time of the year – both tearing about purposefully in pursuit of that translucent delicacy. And because the spring brings with it a rush of prey items like whitebait into the lower end of Otago rivers, it makes sense that predators accumulate to take advantage of them. This also makes it a productive time to dust off the trout fishing gear and google up a set of tide charts.

Whitebait typically head upriver on an incoming tide so fishing at this time will be the most successful. During the hours of darkness

whitebait tend to travel closer to the edges – irrespective of tide – and that can make them easy targets for searun trout and put them within reach of shore anglers. If you time it right, splashy and aggressively feeding fish will be spotted well before you have your gear set up.

Silvery lures or streamer flies such as Grey Ghosts or the old fashioned rabbit fly all work well and the most popular spots are the lower Taieri and lower Clutha Rivers. The Taieri is fishing very well already.

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New Okuma Wand Casts Spell at Aviemore

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By Kingsley Hannah

Camping on the shore of Lake Aviemore, it was early to rise and watch the fish jumping whilst getting my rod set up. I’d invested in a brand new 7-8 Okuma rod, as grandad’s one obviously only took orders from him.

Having never caught a fish on the fly before, I didn’t even see the fish strike my green beetle as I peeled back some line from under the willow tree. Lifting the rod only to recast, I got a hell of a fright and so must have the fish, because he jumped a mile. A nice 1.5kg brown and if he had been taken on my spin rod, he would have lived to see another day. However, he tasted great cooked over the campfire and shared with the other campers for breakfast. Bring on the next one!

By Pete Rickards

Opportunities to share one on one experiences with my eldest daughter, Emily, will not present themselves so readily once she is at uni next year, so we grabbed the opportunity to book a fishing day with Leigh Kelly from Wildcat Charters.

Emily just loves fishing, especially with her dad and I treasure those times. Winter fishing can be just the best if you pick the day. Crisp mornings, clear blue skies and inky smooth water just the way I like it.

We drove to Pohara and stayed in Leigh and Michelle’s tidy motel just out of town, which meant we had a no fuss start to the day, heading out on Wildcat at 8.00am.

No sooner had we reached ‘The Spot’ and we were into it.

Emily must of damn near hit the fish on the head with her sinker,

because it had not touched the bottom for more than a second and she pulled our first fish on board - the biggest blue cod I had ever seen, coming in at 50cm. The fishing was simply superb and the best thing was, we did not know what we were going to pull up next. We caught a plethora of fish species, some of which I had to ask Leigh what they were. The fish bin looked like we had gone to the fish markets and grabbed as many types of fish that were on offer.

Anytime the fishing slowed, Leigh skilfully repositioned the boat over good structure and off we went again. We ended mid afternoon with our limit of blue cod, the biggest being a monster 54cm, which Em keeps reminding me she caught, a huge red cod (and yes, Em caught that one too), six tarakihi, four very big kahawai, over 30 gorgeous perch, a gurnard, a tope, which is my favourite (and Em caught that one as well), and they were only the ones we kept! We even caught a small snapper.

We really enjoyed our time with Leigh and he is everything a good guide should be: knowledgeable, patient good humoured and most of all, his goal is for you to have a good time and he does everything in his power to make that happen. He has that real West Coast charm - even through massive braid tangles!

What I really appreciated was, he was more than happy to share his considerable knowledge with us and teach us some of his little tricks.

So just to put things straight, I did catch the biggest kahawai and tararkihi, but wow, what a fabulous day I had with my daughter. Thanks Leigh - we will certainly be back.

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That’s another 300-metres added to the runway extension; a quick calculation shows that the reclamation has now been extended to half way down Burnham Wharf. That will make tankers tying up in a strong north-westerly an interesting sight to see, as they could end up hard against the reclamation.

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Winter Blues

By Kevin Bannan

We all now and again get a dose of the winter blues; weeks of rain, wind, sea too rough to get the boat out. The remedy is easy, fly to Rarotonga for a week or two.

Debbie and I arrived at our motel early in the morning (2.00am) in August and we hit the pillow, only to be woken by a flock of crowing roosters. Well it seemed like a flock, but I think it was only one; you do get used to it. In the morning we went to the office and booked a few activities to keep us occupied, one being a trip on the Marlin Queen charter boat. I said to Deb that it would be awesome to tick that off my Bucket List (catching a marlin). I paid my $150 and was told to wait at the end of the drive at 5.30am; a van will pick me up, so not wanting to miss this opportunity I was out there at 5.20am. I obviously forgot about island time - the van turned up 5.45am and we were on board and heading out by 6.00am for a five-hour charter.

As soon as we were outside the harbour entrance the depth dropped to 900 feet, lures were sent out and 20 minutes later we had a hit; the battle was on. Thirty minutes later we could see colour, a yellowfin tuna weighing in at 33kg. Once we got sorted and the tuna in a bin of ice, three lures were sent out, along with two flying fish baits. It was only 10 minutes until the next strike. “Its a marlin!” the skipper called. “You’ll need the harness!”

This time it was my turn. I had the harness on and was sitting in the game chair ready for action. I was looking at the deckie, ready to take the rod, then the bend went out of the rod!

“It’s dropped it, ah!” I said.

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We spent the rest of the morning trolling the lures to no avail.

We did see four whales and you are only a few kilometres from land. I will be back.

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High Country Magic

By Craig Grant

Lake Heron is a beautiful High Country lake. It is shallow and contains brown trout and salmon.

Some of the salmon are landlocked and others swim up the Rakaia and enter the lake to spawn, even though the creeks that feed the lake are rather small.

In my opinion it is a fly fisherman’s lake, because they are the ones who catch most of the fish. I have tried trolling from a kayak but caught nothing but weed. I didn’t try the northern part of the lake where it is deeper. They catch most of the small salmon up there. You have to put the big spawning salmon back.

When the NW wind whips up waves on the lake, large trout can be seen patrolling the beach.

Catching them is quite a challenge because often the wind is too strong to get a fly line out. Last time I caught a trout in a NW wind using a bubble and a couple of nymphs off a bank. It was my first stay at the lake and my only fish on that trip.

When the NW wind really blows, most fishermen fish the western side of the lake and they say you have to wade if you want to catch fish, because it is swampy ground. You also have to watch out for sink holes.

My second trip to Heron wasn’t much better than the first. You have to spend time on the water and learn how to fish a place before you can expect to catch fish. However the last day was magic.

I had Vivienne spotting for me but the fish spooked. Later we found a good cruising fish, so

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Positioning myself on the edge of the gap in the willows, I cast out towards the opposite edge and watched the dry fly drift back towards me. It was almost opposite me when the trout appeared, spotted the flies and suddenly accelerated. The dry fly disappeared; I struck and hooked up. It was a hell of a fight. The fish made big runs and jumped out of the water. I played it very carefully because I had the feeling it wasn’t that well hooked, and when I netted it the surface emerger pulled out. I was lucky. That fish made the whole trip worthwhile.

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Stick Your Oar In Desperado Dear Ed, With the outcry over the change to snapper quotas having national politicians running for cover in order to protect their butts and ensure further trough dwelling in the bowels of Bellamys, freshwater fishermen need to take note in regard to changes in the RMA that remove protection to the vital small freshwater spawning streams. These changes are in favour of the dairy industry and other farming interests, whose philosophy is that any water that reaches the ocean is a waste.

These environmental terrorists are attempting to destroy the vary fabric of what it is to be a New Zealander, all in the name of profit and greed. One only has to listen to Eagles Don Henley’s rendition of the Last Resort to understand what the outcome will be if we don’t mobilise and use the ballot box as the ultimate

weapon. Failure to do so make your collection of Fishing Paper nothing more a historical reference of gone by.

Ken Lloyd, Christchurch

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Take it to the Limit Dear Ed, The Marlborough Recreational Fishers’ Association (MRFA) has supported the ministry option to increase the recreational snapper bag limit for the Marlborough Sounds from its current three (3) fish. There is a slice of history attached to the snapper bag limiter. The formation of the Marlborough Recreational Fishers’ Assn., in 1997 was sparked by a controversial reduction in the Sounds snapper bag limit from 10 to 3, driven through by the Ministry of Fisheries in collusion with a couple of recreational fishermen. Anger at the reduction was based on (a) the reduction was not based on sound research

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email: editor@ thefishingpaper.co.nz or data (b) the reduction was not matched by a corresponding reduction in the commercial quota and (c) the dictatorial

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Crimptoon way the reduction was driven through. A public meeting was held and MRFA was formed to act as a watch dog for the public’s recreational fishing.

The merit of the latest Marlborough proposal to restore a just recreational snapper bag limit should not overshadow the gross fisheries injustice that has occurred in Marlborough with a ban/and or severe restrictions on recreational fishing for blue cod and with set nets. Neither the bans nor restrictions introduced

by Labour’s Jim Anderton (2008) and continued by National’s ministers, apply to commercial.

Customary are exempt from any rules. Frankly it amounts to discrimination against the recreational public. Don’t blame true Kiwi commercial fishers, but do blame the corporates who want the recreational catch to further boost their quotas and the ministry for being subservient to the corporate sector.

MRFA does see merit in consideration of having ultimately a consistent recreational snapper bag limit (either 6 or 10) across the Top of the South so as to avoid confusion. It seems illogical that on a line through the water at French Pass, the bag limit is 10 to the west and 3 to the east. By their nature, snapper are challenging to catch by recreational means. Any depletion of snapper stocks in the 1990s was due to commercial corporate overfishing and the malpractice of beach seining

for spawning snapper in the Kenepuru and Pelorus Sounds.

The latter was a blatant case of killing ‘the golden goose that lays the egg’ that went unchecked by the authorities. And MRFA advocates considerate fishing by anglers not necessarily taking a limit but only enough for their family’s immediate needs. Also MRFA wants immediate credible research into snapper and blue cod. Knowledge of population dynamics is essential to guide good management.

Laurie Stevenson, Spokesman Marlborough Recreational Fishers Assn Take it Easy Dear Ed, Submissions have closed on MPI’s proposal to increase commercial snapper and kingfish harvest in Tasman Bay by 20% and 114% respectively.

Our snapper fishery was devastated with a fishing frenzy that was beyond belief; in 1978/79 industry harvested 4496 tonnes of snapper in Tasman Bay, the current total allowable catch (TACC) is 200 tonnes.

It was 30 years before recreational fishers would enjoy catching a feed in Tasman and Golden Bays as the snapper stocks slowly rebuilt.

Fortunately we had a successful breeding year in 2006, this coincided with Crop & Food Research releasing 170,000

juvenile snapper in the Bay; maybe the rebuild is NOT just happening naturally.

At industry’s request MPI is proposing to increase the TACC; any increase will be a massive mistake, hammering one yearclass is what happened when the TACC was increased from 160 tonnes to 200 tonnes in 1997, a catch level that was unobtainable for more than 7 years and slowed the rebuild.

There is no relative abundance index for either snapper or kingfish and increasing either stock because industry cannot avoid them as by-catch is not good fisheries management.

Recreational fishers need to voice their views to MPI to ensure our snapper fishery continues to recover.

Martyn Barlow, Mapua

Life in the Fast Lane Dear Ed, Clearly numbers count as the Snapper One zone covers several political electorates and so Min Of Prim Industries takes notice.

Meanwhile our ridiculous and fundamentally unsound blue cod slot rule prevails as we are represented by a solitary humble Back Bencher.

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Captain’s Log: Beam me up spotty

Geriatrics Go Fishing Again

By Imogen McCarthy

Football Sparks Mining Disaster Reagan took leave last month and visited his parents in Australia. I knew them in a different lifetime when I was a school teacher in Westport. His dad played rugby, worked underground in a coal mine and was called Buddha because, well, because he looked like a Buddha. His mother didn’t.

I knew Reagan back then, too. He was snot attached to a nappy and I wondered why they didn’t call him ‘Football’.

Reagan went to Australia to celebrate Buddha’s sixtieth birthday – happy belated birthday Buddha. My how time has flown. I still can’t work out why Reagan is not called ‘Football’.

Buddha has done well for himself and is now Mines Inspector for the Queensland Government. He took Reagan along to visit Yarrabee Open Cut Mine in central Queensland, but the consequences of his actions proved far costlier than he could have imagined. Reagan was enjoying the visit and taking it all in, when his attention was grabbed by an enormous television screen, the likes he’d never seen before. Upon enquiring, he discovered it was connected

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By Daryl Crimp

to a computer and used for briefing meetings with the miners.

When they learned that Reagan worked for The Fishing Paper & New Zealand Hunting News, their interest was immediately piqued.

Reagan seized the opportunity to impress and told them they could view the paper on line. Almost immediately an enormous copy of the paper appeared on screen and within minutes it attracted a host of miners.

Whenever the computer operator attempted to turn a page, he was assaulted by a verbal outcry and had to wait until everyone had finished reading. The Fishing Paper brought the Yarrabee mine to a standstill for approximately 15 minutes. Reagan later learned that it cost the mine ten thousand dollars per minute of downtime! We had just cost the Yarrabee mine $150,000.

I have since formally apologised to the Queensland Government and Football is back at work.

We have since learned the miners bookmarked the paper, so the problem is ongoing!

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Back in Rarotonga for another holiday, we decided to go out on a charter with Seafari again, with the hope of getting some big fish.

Fishing round the FADs (Fish Aggregation Devices) situated at depths of 800 to 1000 metres, is the fashion in Rarotonga. Originally designed to help local fishermen catch fish in greater quantities, more safely and easily, they are now used by game fishing boats on the lookout for mahi-mahi and wahoo.

They consist of a large concrete weight, with a length of chain and rope that stretches from a surface float into the depths. The ropes have smaller floating ropes and bits of plastic attached to them to form a substrate for algae and small encrusting animals to colonise. This attracts the little fish, which in turn attract bigger fish and hopefully very big fish indeed. Some people think fish use the FAD as a point of reference in the ocean, sheltering beneath the tangle of ropes until a large enough schools develops,

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Seafari took us out there and we trolled round and round. Two mahi-mahi had been caught that morning, but not for us it seemed. Then our son spotted something large and orange floating some distance away. Was it a body? Closer inspection revealed a huge dead octopus. The crew managed to get it on board in bits. It had obviously been dead in the water for some time.

The Whale Research Centre was rung and they came out in their fizz boat to collect it and we went back to fishing, unsuccessfully!

Back in town we found out it was in fact a very good biological find of Haliphron Atlanticus, only the second one ever found in the South Pacific, the last one trawled up by commercial fisherman off the Chatham Rise. They grow to seven metres across and weigh about 75kg.

That’s BIG! Ours was a female full of eggs hanging in chains like beads in a necklace So despite no fish, we felt the trip was not a complete failure.

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I Blame the Mojitos

By Ivan Wilson

Mojitos originate in Cuba and contain what He of the F Word describes as salad; things like limes and mint. Our niece introduced them to us as a refreshing summer draught.

and all plugged in, so off to the petrol station. In through the quieter rear entrance, thankfully, then bang!

However she turned it into something quite different with a monumental slug of Rasputin’s favourite drop. Oh those Russians, oh those nieces! The Mojitos may’ve had some impact on the following day’s activities, but you can judge for yourself.

Yep, it was a non-strategic detachment. The coupling tends to catch on the tow ball and stick, so the one thing I didn’t do this time around, was have a close inspection and give a good old heave to check it. The electrics were ripped apart.

The intention was to meander out to the lake to see if the golden browns of Brunner were at home to callers, but the whole exercise became a veritable obstacle course. The niece’s dog, having overnighted in the garage, turned into an artist and used its rear end products as the medium. Now I’m all for creativity but this was nasty art. Finally it was time to go with everything properly cleaned up, or so I thought - hold that thought!

Now, to get things working again; it’s earth, left and right? No stop!

Brown, red, white and blue isn’t it? All fingers and thumbs then finally some judiciously placed insulation tape red to match my face.

Gear in the car, trailer attached, safety chain and trailer locked down

“Why am I here and the trailer’s way back there?”

Then just as I fuelled up, the thing burped and sprayed petrol over the car and across the forecourt!

The trip out was leisurely if not tentative, watching for fate’s next fickle finger gesture.

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At one spot the sun revealed the pale skeletal arms of toppled trees reaching up from the depths to draw in the unwary angler’s line, fly or prop.

Should I really fish today?

Hmmm, what to tie on? One of these wee dudes might do.

The lake was very high with a cold tea tinge making it difficult to spot as we optimistically worked the margins.

The first fish struck deep and broke me off, unseen, on a sub-aquatic tree; good fish too!

The Osprey drifted along the shoreline in the light wind, my fly dropping into likely looking nooks and crannies. The next fish appeared momentarily then took, was fought, netted, boated and zotted - a shade under four pounds.

We gently drifted into a sunny corner,

a former mentor’s words running through my mind, “Fish where the fish are!” - and a fish appeared, taking the fly almost under the boat and leading to a three ringed circus act. Retrieve loose line, control the fish, get the boat off shore, let it run, bring in line, keep it away from that sunken tree see men can multitask!

Soon a solid brown was on board, almost five and a half pounds.

By now it was getting windy and choppy further out, with whitecaps topping the waves. I’m out of here I thought and before long I was back in sheltered waters heading to the ramp - it was time for feet up and perhaps a Mojito?

Yeah? Nah, I’m not going through all that again!

Jordan’s Luck as Fishing Exponent

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By Gary Marshall

This is Jordan’s (12) first catch with his Christmas fishing rod, caught at South Bay Kaikoura in the last week of January.

We measured it and it was 50cm long, although I’m not sure about the weight.

Some friendly neighbours next to where we were staying smoked it for us. It was delicious. Jordan caught and released a smaller fish about 15 minutes previously, so he was quite thrilled with himself.

The next day we jinxed any further catches by buying a set of scales for weighing!

Contributors Daryl Crimp Ali Kennard Ron Prestage Ian Hadland Peter Harker Poppa Mike Peter Hyde Craig Grant Kim Swan Tim Pankhurst

Seasonal closure of recreational fishing for blue cod in theofMarlborough Sounds Seasonal closure recreational fishing for Seasonal recreational If you are closure a recreationalof fisher in the Marlboroughfishing Sounds, for you need to read this… blue cod Sounds blue cod in in the the Marlborough Marlborough Sounds If you are a recreational fisher in the Marlborough Sounds, If you are a recreational fisher in the Marlborough Sounds, you need to read this… you need to read this…

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Challenger East Area The daily limit per fisher is 3 blue cod Challenger East Area at a minimum length of 30 cm.

The daily limit per fisher is 3 blue cod You have a length maximum of 6cm. blue Challenger East ofArea at acan minimum 30 cod anya one time, even if youcod Theonly dailyat limit per fisher is 36 blue You can have maximum of blue caught theatfish outside theifarea. cod anyfrom one time, you at a only minimum length of 30even cm. caught outside area.

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You must not fillet blue cod unless limit. you eat them immediately. Any blue cod eaten form part of your daily Marlborough Sounds Area limit.

Marlborough Sounds Area The Marlborough Sounds Area will be closed to recreational blue cod fishing from 1 September until The Marlborough Sounds each Area year will be closed to blueseason. cod fishing from 1 September until 19 December (inclusive) to protect therecreational core spawning 19 December (inclusive) each year to protect the core spawning season.

Blue cod caught outside the area can be transported back through the Marlborough Sounds area. However, the Marlborough Sounds Area Blue cod caught outside the area can be transported back through the Marlborough Sounds area. However, the onus is on the fisher to provide evidence of where the blue cod has been caught. onus on the fisher to provide of where the blue cod hascod been caught.

The is Marlborough Sounds Area evidence will be closed to recreational blue fishing from 1 September until Useful information to help helpeach Fishery Officers includes GPS tracks chart 19 December (inclusive) yearOfficers to protect the core spawning Useful information to Fishery includes GPS tracks or orseason. chart plotters plotters and and digital digitalphotographs photographsofofblue blue cod caught with coastal landmarks in view. cod caught with coastal landmarks in view.

Blue cod caught outside the area can be transported back through the Marlborough Sounds area. However, the onus is on the fisher to provide evidence of where the blue cod has been caught.

Useful information to helpon Officers includes GPS tracks or9889 chart plotters and digital photographs of blue For more more information onFishery size and and catch For information size catch regulations, regulations, text text 9889 cod with coastal in view. withcaught the name of the landmarks fish and we’ll text you back for free. with the name of the fish and we’ll text you back for free.

www.mpi.govt.nz Or Or download download our free smartphone app here, or at www.mpi.govt.nz For more information on size and catch regulations, text 9889 with the name of the fish and we’ll text you back for free.

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Dawnbreakers Ring the Changes

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Coarse Fishing

By Dave Dixon

Coarse Fish on Fly A new competition has been set up for coarse fish caught on the fly, in the UK. So far, a number of good captures have been reported, showing that the sport is not all about maggots and sweetcorn!

Good anglers will always be aware of how fish are behaving in the natural environment and by adapting their techniques, can achieve success on days when the fish are pre-occupied with an abundance of natural food.

Here are some examples of recent catches: 1. C hub. This fish is common in British rivers and is well known for its love of cheese paste and slugs! An 8lb specimen was caught by an angler who noticed fish taking dragonflies off the surface of the water and he presented a home-made imitation with good effect.

2. R udd. Known in New Zealand and often found surface feeding. Floating bread is a popular bait, but a fly tied to imitate a piece of bread crust can also be successful.

The Dawnbreakers Fishing Club season kicks off on 1 October 2013, with some big changes, including membership growth, a shift from weight per kg for club points to length based. This is in line with the club’s efforts to promote catch and release fishing as well as only taking enough for a feed. There is also a change in club venue to the Tasman Bay Cruising Club for Sunday afternoon socials.

Retiring Club Captain Troy Dando said, “It has always been a concern of the club having its members taking breeding size snapper so they can weigh them in for

Ron Rielly’s 24kg kingfish from recent club charter trip

club points when many of the members said they would have preferred to release them. We took this on board and have changed to a length based system where a member can catch a 20lb snapper, take a picture of it on an official measure board then release the fish”.

Troy said, “The club’s programme last year of trips away to Okiwi Bay, French Pass and Havelock will be repeated again this year”.

education, MFish (now MPI), commercial fishing, the rescue helicopter as well as club members giving informative talks on different fishing techniques, what gear to use and how to set it up. The club will hold an open day on 8 September 2013 at the Tasman Bay Cruising Club starting at 3.00pm. DBFC invites all existing members and anyone who is interested to come along and join the club. For full report: www.thefishingpaper.co.nz

The club has had some excellent speakers, giving talks on things like boating

Contact Club President –Doug McKay 027 243 0110

3. Carp. For years carp were only caught on baits presented hard on the bottom or floating on the surface. Now it’s recognised that fish will swim at mid-depth if they find a layer of warmer water and will eat insects suspended there. Carp anglers have recorded surprising catches by fishing buoyant imitation bugs, often of a very basic pattern, which are allowed to float up from a lead weight positioned several feet along the line to aid distance casting.

4. P ike. Fly fishing for predatory fish is nothing new, but when one angler noticed pike shying away from the traditionally used bright lures he tied up an imitation perch pattern and snared a pike of over 30lbs!

5. Sharks. Although these are not coarse fish, I will include the story of a large blue shark caught off the southern coast by an angler using a fly tied to imitate a seagull!

The polystyrene ball adorned with white feathers was floated out from the back of the boat and got smashed off the surface by the shark. Must have been a spectacular sight! I wonder if any readers have similar stories from New Zealand?

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The Pink Page Cate in the Pink

By Daryl Crimp

The Tautuku Fishing Club in Dunedin is one of the most proactive in the country and it is no wonder why when they have members like Cate Bardwell.

Cate is an enthusiastic fisherwoman who uses her beguiling charm to appease the sea gods so that she can

out-fish the blokes – that and a secret weapon. Cate believes in the power of the pink and it has certainly served her well on this occasion, earning her first groper.

Cate was so delighted with her efforts, you might say she was in the pink for the rest of the day!

Possum Guts and Pocket Knives

By Holly Jones (7 yrs.)

We caught a possum with Poppa Terry and we used the guts to try and catch an eel.

We went up to Poppa’s bach in Lamb Valley, Glenhope. It has amazing views and has a big pond below that pokes into the bush.

We sometimes see deer and there was this little deer in the middle of the paddock and Poppa was stalking it but he got too close and it ran away. It must have seen his gun.

We saw a big big eel in the pond and set the trap with the possum guts overnight. We didn’t catch anything but I got a $100 voucher at the Belgrove Pig Hunting Competition for the most innovative thing.

It was from Stirling Sports and I spent half of it on roller blades. I have $25 left and I might buy a pocketknife for Father’s Day.

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Cod it’s Huge!

By Daryl Crimp

That could well be the thoughts running through the head of four-year-old Kyla Mehrtens of Nelson, as she proudly shows off this thumper of a blue cod.

Kyla caught this fish all by herself and it put up a mean fight and gave her plenty to get excited about.

Despite the withering look, Kyla was over the moon with her catch and puts her success down to ‘The Power of the Pink!” The ‘look’ was aimed at her mother, Tash, who had just announced the cat would get the cod. It was the first time her slave boy, dad Kelvin, was required and now faces redundancy as a father!

Charming Isabella Handicapped By Dad Isabella Terry, at the tender age of sevenyears- old, is already a seasoned little fisher, having caught lots of fish in the Marlborough Sounds. Isabella lives in Christchurch with her mum, Ginny, and dad, Steve Pieman Terry, but loves getting away for a spot of fishing at the family bach at Ngakuta Bay, where she fishes off the wharf of an evening.

Her aim is to catch a trout at Lake Coleridge, where this picture was taken, but her dad lacks the skills to get her onto fish, so she’s thinking of taking the boat out on her own. Isabella did have a good day on Coleridge despite the lack of success, because she got to enjoy the company of her two cousins and her granddad. Her dad just ate pies.

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By Peter Hyde Field Operations Manager, Christchurch Phone 0800 4 Poacher

Recreational Fishing from a Charter Boat While most recreational fishing charter boats run very good operations, from time to time they can run into compliance problems.

aren’t confident that everyone on the boat is complying with the rules, then you should keep your catch separate and be able to identify it to a Fishery Officer.

When you board a charter boat for a recreational fishing trip the skipper should first give you a full safety briefing. There should be a Safe Ship Management Certificate displayed on the vessel. This will record how many passengers the vessel can carry. Occasionally you hear of people asking for payment to take people out recreational fishing and their boats aren’t under the Safe Ship Management System. This is illegal as well as being dangerous, as often they don’t carry the required safety equipment.

The Ministry for Primary Industries has become aware of some charter boat operators who are pre-setting fishing gear in advance of their charter trips and/or holding pre caught fish, for example rock lobster.

The skipper should also give a briefing as to the maximum number of fish you can legally take. Many charter boat operators will impose their own limit. For example they might decide two groper per person is sufficient. The skipper should advise you of the minimum legal size limit and then show you where on the boat you can measure your fish.

The usual practice on a charter boat, say targeting blue cod is for everyone to put their fish in a shared container, such as fish bins or a barrel. At the end of the trip the fish is divided amongst those fishing. This practice is fine if everyone is sticking to the rules. A problem occurs if a Fishery Officer goes through the catch and finds excess or undersize. No one can show you the fish they took and everyone will say it wasn’t them that took the excess or undersize fish.

At some point during the charter the pot is lifted and the people on the charter are given rock lobster.

The Ministry’s position on this practice is it would fall within the definition of sale and is illegal. * You paid money to go out on the charter; * You didn’t set the pots or catch the rock lobster yourself; * You received something of value being the rock lobster from the charter boat operator.

Sale has a wide definition under the Fisheries Act. The only people who can sell fish they catch themselves are commercial fishers under the quota management system.

Some charter boat operators are commercial fishers so they could sell you small amounts of rock lobster and declare it against their quota.

Ministry for Primary Industries have recently reminded charter boat operators that their clients can only take home the fish they have physically caught themselves.

The Fishery Officer is quite within their rights to give everyone onboard a ticket for being in possession of excess and undersize fish.

If you are put in a situation where you

Snapper Issue Spooks Elephant in Room

By James Cameron TFP Reporter

Last month, the MPI hosted three SNA1 meetings in the North Island - the planets and stars aligned and I found myself in Tauranga, able to attend the third and final meeting. We have all watched the SNA1 debate play out in recent media and the solid turnout at the Tauranga meeting certainly reinforced just how deeply this issue runs and how important a balanced resolution will be for each group involved.

Attending the meeting was a superb way to gauge the mood of those directly affected. It appeared to me that for this fight, recreational brought along guns and the Ministry wielded only knives.

James Cameron (on right) waits for an answer!

Blunt bone handle ones. If I was to round up the general opinion, and summarise my take that the Ministry even fronted an IPP housing on the soured relationship between recreational such suggestions in the first place. Any halfand the Ministry, I would present two major informed ‘reccie’ could have told the MPI that shortcomings - both have contributed to a severe the IPP would be a disaster of epic scale and the public breakdown and a repeated shattering of public would revolt. Does the MPI not employ confidence in consecutive Government’s ability even half-pie reccies? Are we so inconsequential that the Ministry should disregard our ‘muted’ to deal with fishery management. collective voice? It appears Ringmaster Guy The first issue, the elephant in the room, thinks so. is that recreational does not have effective If the MPI desired to be taken seriously at public representation. This is our fault. Recreational fishing is one of those odd grey areas where a consultation, they needed to front a sufficient huge asset of outstanding public interest and number of informed, engaged staff to maintain value is not effectively represented by its user control of the process and present a viable case. base. Address this, and the weight and might that This would have demonstrated that they take has reared its head in the last month or so, can this issue, and take recreational, seriously. Eight be consolidated, consulted and heard prior to the overwhelmed staff versus 200+ disgruntled folk MPI heading public with its IPP of tomfoolery in Tauranga? A laughable scenario.

The MPI needs a steep change in culture to and bravado.

The second issue is that those in charge do not make better - more acceptable - decisions going have a genuine grasp on recreational. We are not forward.

It would certainly improve the outcomes, which taken seriously enough and get pushed, bullied in turn improves our fishery. and shoved into submission.

This is demonstrated by the horrid public relations, disparate processes by which the MPI meetings were handled and fundamentally by the fact

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No Holden Back

Kayaking

By Daryl Crimp

with Chris West

Ease Back Into Spring Kayak

Nelson’s Jeff Holden is an avid kayak fisherman and a great advocate of that style of stealth fishing.

It is a fast growing sport and you can understand the popularity based on results. On a recent autumn outing Jeff caught this smorgasbord while fishing near Cable Bay, Nelson.

The john dory was another PB Jeff gets to add to a growing list of kayak achievements.

Fisherman survives croc attack and carries on fishing

For some people, winter is a time to do other things and the kayak sits in the corner of the garage looking lonely. If it has been a while since you last paddled, then it is worth ensuring that you and your kayak are ready for your next outing.

The start of the season is a good time to check over your gear. Given how few moving parts kayaks have, they do not require much in the way of maintenance.

• Inspect rudder cables (if rudder equipped), check screws and bolts for tightness • E nsure webbing on seats and fittings is not fraying •M ake sure that rubber hatch lids haven’t perished or that neoprene covers haven’t developed holes.

• I s your safety gear functioning well still?

•P FDs (personal floatation device) lose flotation over time and the fabric can wear.

Give it a look over and repair or replace if safety may be compromised.

• L astly, give you tie downs a once over before you tie your kayak onto the roof or

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mate Neil Fong to strike the reptile with an oar.

“With the other hand I had the outboard started and we were going backwards at a million miles an hour,” he said.

He said crocodiles were normally spotted on his fishing trips, but none had been so bold.

“They usually hang out at a comfortable distance, just waiting for you to make a mistake, but on this trip we had lots of episodes where they came right at us and were aggressive.”

He had one theory that as more people ventured into the area, they might be feeding the crocodiles.

“And that is causing them to associate humans with food,” he said.

Dr Rutherford was treated on a bigger fishing boat with the help of three other members of his group.

Rather than call off the week-long trip, Dr Rudeforth decided to continue fishing for several days with stitches in the wounds.

“It takes a lot to organise a trip like that,” he said.

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A fisherman survived an attack from a 2.5m saltwater crocodile, which leapt into his dinghy and clamped its jaws around his upper chest.

Bruce Rudeforth was fishing for barramundi in Secure Bay, Western Australia, when the crocodile launched at him.

“Out of the corner of my eye, this thing came at me,” the 59-year-old told the West Australian newspaper.

“It bit into my shoulder and I stood up and gave it one in the throat with my free elbow.

“I presume that’s what made it let go.”

The crocodile slid down and was teetering on the dinghy’s gunwale for several seconds.

“It was a bit touch-and-go as to whether it went back into the water or came into the dinghy with us,” he said.

“Things were a bit tense.”

Dr Rudeforth, a dentist, was bleeding underneath his shredded shirt, but the close encounter was not over.

The crocodile disappeared underwater but returned, forcing the dentist and his fishing

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Totally Boating Nelson’s No.1 Marine Team The name sums it up. Totally Boating is all and everything about boating; a company that strives to put customers into the best boat/ motor package specific to the individual need and budget. Totally Boating’s track record and reputation exemplifies this, a multiple recipient of the McLay Dealer of the Year and Mercury’s Top Service awards.

The Totally Boating workshop, consisting of three expert technicians and one apprentice, is qualified to service all makes and models to a very high standard. Dennis Ellmers, the workshop foreman and the friendly face of the marine industry in The Top of The South, has over 20 years of experience and is certified by Mercury, Yamaha, Suzuki and Evinrude engines.

Cameron Williams started with Totally Boating as an apprentice in 2001 and is certified in Mercury, Yamaha engines. A boat owner himself, Cam is a keen diver and fisherman, so brings a practical touch to his work and can tune your motor to get the best performance out of your boats in local conditions. He’s a good bloke, but try squeezing his secret spots out of him and it could be a different story!

Phil Harris, a gifted mechanic and meticulous craftsman, started with Totally Boating in 2008 and is certified in Mercury, Yamaha engines.

He has recently taken on responsibility for the Mercruiser division, completing several indepth courses to ensure he delivers the best service in the field of inboard motor servicing. With Phil’s highly tuned ear and diagnostic ability, he is the man to see if you have a Mercruiser.

In addition, Totally Boating has recently taken on Heath Hendrickson as an apprentice outboard technician. His enthusiasm for the marine industry and strong work ethic have been rewarded, because Heath has been supporting the workshop team for seveal years as after school boy. Heath has a real technical bent and has shown aptitude in the mechanical and engineering aspects of the business, so we are proud to have offered him a kickstart to a career in a field he is passionate about. As a young member of the staff he is a valuable asset as the

go to guy for young lads and lasses with boats, or those who have dinghies and small outboards.

The Totally Boating Workshop Team is managed

by Andrew Dobson, who strives to maintain efficient workshop turnarounds, which in return result in cost effective maintenance and a high degree of customer satisfaction. It is a demanding position that requires a lot of multitasking, scheduling client’s specific requests and working within tight time frames, but it has its rewards: seeing a satisfied customer heading for the Sounds of a Friday with boat in tow, knowing they’ll enjoy quality, uninterrupted time on the water with friends or family, and feeling that quiet assurance that their family’s safety has been enhanced, is very satisfying. Totally Boating Nelson team behind you, quality time and no compromises when it comes to safety on the water is guaranteed.

On the sales side, Totally Boating is proud and excited to welcome Tim Wells to the sales team.

Tim is an enthusiastic young family man who, along with wife Kristina, recently hails from Canterbury, but has his roots firmly in the region.

He fondly remembers trips as a kid to the family bach at Okiwi Bay, where he grew up around boats with his boating family. Both grandfathers, one an aircraft engineer and the other a dairy farmer, were keen boaties and instilled a love of the sea in Tim. His engineering grandfather introduced Tim to the mechanical aspect of boating and today he has a good balance of the technical and practical in his blood. That grandparent is still going strong at 95, and was still waterskiing at age 89!

As well as a diverse range of sales experiences, Tim brings a broad skill set to his position at Totally Boating, having worked in computer IT and as a professional musician playing drums for the American band, Luminous! This broad mix of work and life skills enables Tim to engage and relate with a wide audience, which is invaluable when it comes to fitting the customer with the right boat.

“Buying a boat is a huge luxury purchase so it is important we get it right,” says Tim. “It’s

important to have a happy customer, but it is also important to get the right fit for them so the boat and motor package fulfils their requirements – it’s got to do the job the customer asks of it, with horses to spare.”

He says that fitting the appropriate boat, motor and trailer package to suit the customers needs, dreams and aspirations then translates into safe and pleasurable boating.

“It’s something we all endeavour to do here at Totally Boating and we pride ourselves on doing it right,” Tim says. “I ask a lot of questions and sometimes customers end up purchasing something different to what they had perhaps first intended.

Tim describes buying a boat as a process and Toatally Boating will go to great lengths to guide customers through that process so that they are comfortable, fulling informed and are able to make the best decision or choice for them.

With eight staff and almost 50 years experience between them, it justifies the company’s claim to the title of the Top of the South’s Number One Marine Team. Michael Dobson, dealer principal, says the team are all passionate boaties and recreational fishers, so they’re not just there for the job. This is measured by Totally Boating’s desire to continually extend the boundaries and be market leaders in sales and service.

“We are a customer focused business and we’re working very hard on establishing long-term customer relationships with a mind to securing a loyal core of customers and repeat business.”

Totally Boating’s longevity speaks to this and the company has been enthusiastically endorsed by hundreds of customers from all over the region who chose to make Totally Boating their preferred provider of marine servicing, sales and chandlery… after all, the name says it all – Totally Boating.

Give them a call or come in and see how the team can contribute in getting you safely on the water this summer.

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STAFF PROFILES What is your most hair raising moment?

Having a photographer from the Nelson Mail on board and leaving the bung out. The photographer reckoned he could get us on the front page.

Your Secret Shame?

My stomach doesnt handle choppy water too well these days.

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Most Memorable boating moment Couldn’t reduce it down to one. Had numerous quality moments with my three sons. No better way to keep boys entertained than on water.

What is your most hair raising moment?

Trying to put the boat back on the trailer at Okiwi Bay in a big swell with a cross wind. Two of us had to jump in, clothes and all to keep it steady.

Your Secret Shame?

I’m a sucker for a good deal and I’m addicted to Trade Me - can’t keep off there!

Most Memorable Fish Anchored off Cape Soucis we hooked a good sized snapper. Just as he surfaced the hook popped out, I reached down flicked him onto the bow and bear hugged it, he didn’t like it and jumped back over the side. Never mind I pulled his big brother in a minute later.

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Area of Expertise: Mercury 2- and 4-strokes, DFI, Yamaha 4-strokes, Suzuki 4-strokes and E-TEC. What is your most hair raising moment?

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I’d rather not say.

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Most Memorable Fish Have caught plenty of good size fish over the years but most memorable is my daughter catching her first kingfish.

Area of Expertise: Mercury 4-strokes & DFI, Yamaha.

What is your most hair raising moment?

Flipping a boat upside down during a boat race.

Needless to say I didn’t win.

Your Secret Shame?

My mermaid fetish.

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Most Memorable Fish The spotty I caught for my mermaid.

Getting started in boating Getting Set Up - Setting it up depends entirely on what you want to do. Is it going to be the ultimate fishing machine? Do have thoughts of ski racing? Or is it going to be a general family runabout with a bit of fishing and maybe a bit of fun with a ski biscuit? Whatever you decide, the basic set up is the same.

Power - First, you need to choose the power source. The team at Totally Boating has the skill and experience to ensure your new boat has the correct motor. The highly durable and extremely forgiving Smartwave 3500 is a popular choice as a first boat for many, and with a 15 horsepower Mercury outboard motor it’s the ideal family fun boat. The 15 horsepower Merc is perfectly suited to the Smartwave with all its controls easily operated on the tiller. At just 35kgs it’s not a massive beast to be lugging round, but delivers excellent power. The general rule of thumb for any boat is put the biggest motor on it you can afford. There’s no substitute for cubic capacity. The bigger the motor, the less it’s working to get the hull through the water. That means there’s less friction and in the end, less friction means less fuel consumption, so an overall saving in running costs.

Lifejackets - Before you set foot on your new boat it’s vital everyone using it has a proper fitting, comfortable lifejacket. Totally Boating has a vast selection of sizes, shapes and colours which they’re happy to send home for the family to try on. There’s nothing worse than having a youngster whinging and whining that their jacket is; too tight, too small, too big, the

wrong colour. It certainly can take the pleasure away from a day out on the water because if the kids are unhappy then the boss isn’t happy, and if the boss isn’t happy the skipper’s life will be a misery, and the boat will soon be on the market!

Flares - The powerboat flare pack is perfect for boats of any shape or size. It comes in a sealed container and comprises three flares, two handheld smoke and a parachute flare.

Radio - You may only be keeping fairly close to home, but a VHF radio could be a lifesaver.

Cellphones are useful and are a perfect backup, but a radio is a necessity. Remember with a cellphone you talk to only one person, but with a radio you’re broadcasting to all other boats in the area. If you get into strife there’s possibly someone nearby who can help. Totally Boating have quality weatherproof handheld VHF radios from less than $300. A VHF marine radio also has the added benefit of regular weather forecast broadcasts.

Accessories - The sky’s the limit for accessories from small depth sounders and GPS units powered by a sealed motorcycle battery for your small runabout like the Smartwave, through to radars, chart plotters, sat nav units, entertainment systems, washdown pumps, navigation lights, water skis, the list is endless.

Equipping a boat is easy and hassle free when you have guidance, advice and a large range of products to choose from. Call in and talk to us.

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Area of Expertise: Mercruiser, Mercury, Yamaha.

What is your most hair raising moment?

When my mate’s engine caught fire and had to be put out with a swanndri.

Your Secret Shame?

As a kid I sank the same boat twice.

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Most Memorable boating moment Out on the water with my kids surrounded by a pod of porpoises. Not an everyday experience.

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What is your most hair raising moment?

Being on a boat that blew a rod out the side of the block at 5000rpm.

Your Secret Shame?

Forgetting to put the bungs in. You only do it once!

Most Memorable moment on the water Learning to bare foot water ski.

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Area of Expertise: Small engine division.

What is your most hair raising moment?

Still waiting for one.

Your Secret Shame?

My addiction to Sprig Tasman.

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Most Memorable Fish Hitting a shark with the prop at 30mph.

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The Osprey boats have a very fine entry angle and a 23 degree deadrise compared to 17 or 18 degrees on most other boats. This means the Osprey boats will ride a lot softer with a more comfortable ride and cut through the chop with less pounding. You’ll also get lower planing speeds for increased fuel economy. So you will make some savings on running costs in the long term as well.

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Setting the standard of feature-rich, highperformance, easy-to-use electronics with affordable pricing, the Elite-5 HDI is available as a fishfinder/chartplotter combo model — as well as a stand-alone fishfinder or chartplotter.

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The G.Dek - A New Age in Marine Entertainment

A leader in safety, communication and entertainment products, GME has just launched their locally designed, multimedia marine entertainment system: the G.Dek, bringing Digital Audio Broadcasting to marine entertainment for the first time!

The G.Dek means hours on the water listening to the latest playlist on an iPod or iPhone, following the cricket on the radio, or playing videos from a SD card or USB. All of this can happen with wet hands, while on the water in the face of fresh sea spray, and even when it rains!

The G.Dek’s DAB+ digital tuner offers a broader range of stations, in crystal-clear, interference-free digital sound. The DAB+ receiver will automatically tune into all receivable broadcasts and display the station by name, song being played and artist. To top it off, the G.Dek presents a powerful 4 x 45W sound output, and a sub-woofer pre-out.

The G.Dek is a remote-wired component system that includes a control head and a multimedia hub, suitable for a range of boats, including everything from small runabouts to large cabin cruisers. Easily flush-mounted onto any flat surface, the G.Dek’s head is completely sealed, waterproof and IPX7 rated – protected from the elements.

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From Sinker to Smoker

By Ron Prestage

Bill & Shirley: We use rod holders about 5 feet high on the rough days to keep the nylon out of the waves.

Use smaller ones on the calmer days.

Successful Surfcasters

TFP: What other types of fishing do you enjoy besides surfcasting?

- Bill and Shirley Chesmar

Bill & Shirley: Love targeting huge trout down the Ohau Canals. You can get them all sizes and they give a good scrap. Have caught many in double figures down there, the largest about 18 lbs, a baby compared to what some have caught there.

Shirley in surfcasting action.

Bill & Shirley: Standard dropper rig with two hooks and the sinker below.

TFP: What brand of rod and reel do you favour?

Bill: I use a Mitchel reel and a Penn rod.

Shirley: Prefer a Shimano rod and reel. Have just purchased a 14 foot 3-piece rod that is yet to be tested; has a slightly smaller grip which suits my smaller hand and is lightweight.

TFP: What baits do you mainly use for surfcasting?

Bill with a solid greyboy Bill and Shirley have been very helpful in getting the surfcasting section of the Marlborough Anglers and Surfcasting Club up and running again, after shifting to Blenheim from the West Coast about ten years ago.

The Fishing Paper: What are your first memories of fishing?

Bill: Heading down to Sumner with Mum and Dad to catch spotties, herrings and the occasional kahawai.

Shirley: Being shown how to ‘tickle’ trout in the Little Waihi in Geraldine when the water was in pools - something I haven’t done since, honest!

TFP: What stages have you passed through on your fishing journeys?

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Bill: Progressing to trout and salmon fishing, buying a boat and fishing and hunting in the Manapouri with mates, surfcasting and finding a woman to do it with, fishing that is!

Shirley: Showing my son how to fish off the Petone wharf from two years old, then in the South Island rivers for salmon and surfcasting off the Canterbury beaches, and teaching a two year old grandson to fish in the Kaiapoi River.

TFP: What has been your most successful day surfcasting?

Bill & Shirley: Surfcasting off the beach at Karamea, between us catching five large snapper, the biggest being 18 lbs, plus rig, gurnard, kahawai, and shark.

TFP: What is your favoured rig for surfcasting?

Bill: Herring, kahawai, mussels. Though most baits work.

Shirley: I liked to use eel on the coast, worked great for snapper.

TFP: What are your top tips for surfcasting success?

Bill & Shirley: Target your species and relax.

We always feel the day is successful if you can take home a feed, no matter what it is.

TFP: Do you have favourite surfcasting spots and how do you fish these places?

Bill & Shirley: There are plenty of good spots around Marlborough, but our favourite is Orari in Canterbury. Targeting the huge sharks, gives one a challenge. Plenty of red cod and good sized kahawai as well.

TFP: Do you have any special equipment to use for your surfcasting?

Shirley: I like to get out on the club’s fishing trips chasing the groper.

TFP: Besides fishing what else do you like to do in the outdoors?

Bill: Have always enjoyed hunting and tramping in the hills. Getting a bit old now but still chase the ducks around every year.

Shirley: Like to do a bit of whitebaiting when I get a chance. Like walking the Wither hills, or just wandering along river banks.

TFP: What do you think of the present state of the Marlborough fishery?

Bill & Shirley: Not too great in the places in the Sounds, but there are still plenty of fish to be found if you know what you are doing.

Footnote:

Shirley: Bill was a real hero at his work in Christchurch. When we got married he took me down to spend our honeymoon on the banks of Lake Aviemore for the opening of the trout fishing season!

Bill: Fishing has been an interest we have been able to share throughout our married life. Not everyone is that lucky to be able to have something that they both enjoy equally together.

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The Forget Me Not Deer

By Daryl Crimp

A few wisps of cloud struggled in vain to shunt the blue out of the sky, making a mockery of the weather forecast for the second day in a row. The stark, austere form of the Kaikoura Ranges loomed over us and the foothills, clad in manuka and other scrub, curled an arm around us and suggested that we’d better hurry if we were to find a deer before dark. Already long shadows were pulling the scenery closer and the air took on a crispness that reminded me winter wasn’t done.

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The Forget Me Not Deer continued...

Daniel and I had escaped Nelson to get a bit of ‘Man Time’ in the logbook and we were enjoying the company and hospitality of Ivan Wilson, iconic man of the hills and one time meat hunter. His wispy white hair and snow frosted whiskers belied a youthful vibrancy and fitness that had me struggling to match. The only thing to suggest he was in his seventies was a memory that faltered at the outset and never really got past go.

“What’s your name again son?” he asked Daniel for the umpteenth time, before

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instructing him to get out and open the gate.

We parked the vehicle a little further on – or rather, the vehicle parked itself… on the edge of a precipitous drop that looked like Hell’s ugly maw and would have swallowed the battered four-by-four ravenously if Ivan had of tried to extricate himself from the predicament.

“Hmmm… those town tyres don’t like the greasy grass,” he mused and then muttered something about the other wagon being in for a warrant.

Lucky for us, Shank’s Pony turned up and we hitched a ride, Ive taking the lead as if it was a bloody race. Daniel tucked into his slipstream while I puffed and blowed like an old draught

horse at the rear. We’d scarcely gone a couple of hundred metres when Ivan went into point like an old gun dog. Following his gaze, my eyes instantly fixed on the spiker standing alert a hundred metres away.

By the time I’d dropped my daypack, crouched and squirmed my way to the edge of the farm track, the deer was looking agitated so I didn’t deliberate. Thrusting the pack forward, I made a couple of adjustments by punching a hollow into it with my fist, slipped the suppressed .308 into the makeshift cradle and closed the bolt in one fluid movement. The veteran of over thirty years dependable hunting fell naturally into the crook of my shoulder and the crosshairs settled

on the fold above the front elbow – right where the heart lay tucked behind the ribcage.

I squeezed off the shot the instant the reticule found its mark; I’m a firm believer in taking shots quickly, as dilly-dallying allows time for mistakes to be made. The deer kicked both its front and back legs out at the shot and then bolted into the manuka, a classic indication it was heart-shot. The dull ‘thwump’ that followed the shot confirmed my suspicions.

The deer lay twenty metres from where it was shot and provided us with an easy carry to the road where we dragged it all the way back to the hut. I must ring Ivan and see if he ever did get the wagon off the hill. I hope he didn’t forget!

Shooting the Hollow Square

By Paul Clark - New Zealand Ammo

The old days of sighting your rifle in at a rock at 25 yards before packing into the hills for a hunt are long gone, at least where serious hunters are concerned.

Thankfully, better understanding of ballistics, more finesse and a desire to get the optimum from one’s rifle has resulted in the demise of the ‘she’ll be right’ shoot and hope science.

The test I’m about to describe, and one I prescribe for shooters of long range in particular, will test the intrinsic accuracy of your rifle, scope and mounts on a repeatability basis. Before attempting this test, a couple of fundamentals must be adhered to: a proper bench rest is required and you need to establish where your first shot from a cold barrel sits in relation to the group. If the shot falls within or near the centre of the group, that is fine.

However, some rifles move the point of impact and ‘settle down’ after the first cold shot is fired, which may be as much as a couple of inches away from the group.

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an extended period; allow at least an hour so the barrel doesn’t overheat. I like to fire groups of five because it gives a better idea of accuracy, and it also tests your ability to concentrate.

Most hunters these days zero their rifles at either 100yds/metres or 200yds/ metres. For average New Zealand hunting conditions, 100yds/m is adequate but if shooting over long distances you need to be more critical i.e. 100m = 109yds and 200m = 220yds, which won’t make a lot of difference out to those ranges, but the difference becomes appreciable at say 500m, which equals 550yds. If the bulk of your shooting is greater than 200m, zero at 200m and any errors will be less pronounced at further ranges. Remember also that flaws in barrel, scopes and mounts will be magnified by large calibres.

Fire the first group of five and then based on the centre of the group, adjust the scope vertically five inches. Slow fire another five shot at the original aiming point and they should group five inches high. Allow the barrel to cool.

Before sighting your rifle, clean the barrel AND the chamber of any excess oil. An oily chamber can create increased pressure on the bolt face, which may alter the harmonics of the barrel and alter the point of impact.

If your rifle, scope and mounts are in harmony, the shots will have made a five inch hollow square, with the last group overlaying the first group.

Many hunters or shooters settle for a three shot group, which is fine, but I prefer a five shot group for reasons I’ll explain later.

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Bobbing Bums and a Hot Brew

By Peter Harker

First Impressions: Hawker Hunt XT-2 Torch

By Daryl Crimp

The following day Dean crossed into the Big Grey Valley and then stalked down to the gorge.

This meant getting wet within a few minutes of leaving the camp, so I opted to take the quad to the bottom end of Thistle Flat.

A mob of cattle foiled my stalking ventures and as I was armed with just a camera, I was relying on a lot of ‘shhhhhhhhhhhhh’.

August weather on the West Coast was totally undecided in what to dish up each day.

Dean and I had planned a hunting trip and intended to use the old cabin above Thistle Flat as a base. I was also to meet a Mr Rainbow from Nelson at Springs Junction and collect a ‘barn find’ - namely a very early Yamaha AG 175.

The bike had been dry stored in a shed for 10 years and prior to that records dated back to the seventies – it even had the factory tool kit.

The meeting went well and by early afternoon we had arrived at the hut. Dean took off with his rifle while I put all our goodies away and mustered up some dry wood. The surrounding mountain tops still had gullies of snow and the river ran discoloured with snow wash.

Having reached the end of the river flat, I paused above a clearing and watched two hinds making ready to ford the river. No more than thirty metres away, I could plainly see that both deer had ear tags. Obviously the two girls had, at some time or other, escaped from a deer farm.

All went well until I switched off the quad.

A moment frozen in time, then a great scatter of shingle and some bobbing bums and they galloped off into the forest.

At about the same time the skies opened up and it poured.

Back to the old cabin and a hot brew.

Dean arrived back on dark, having almost walked into a deer as she stood feeding. It was the only deer he saw for the day!

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Technology has seen rapid advancement of torches and headlamps over recent years, and they are certainly a far cry from the heavy, cumbersome and weak-beamed dinosaurs I lugged around as a youth. One that I’m currently trialling in the field is the Hawker Hunt XT-2 torch developed and marketed by the Hawker family of North Canterbury. The innovative company is headed by dad Hawker, Brett, Mum Francie, and sons Courtney (Smack) and Pat.

mounting it on the scope. Mounts are sold separately because there is a range to choose from.

Light focus and adjustment is simple and functional; slide the light housing forwards or back with the thumb for spot beam or open beam for walking and general use. The kit comes with two chargers – mains and car – a spare rechargeable battery and an adapter pressure switch should you rifle mount the torch. This accessory adheres to the stock via a sticky pad and the switch is easy to locate and activate in the dark because it is large and responsive to a gentle touch.

The torch also comes with an adjustable wrist strap, which lessens the risk of losing it in the dark.

At 16cm in length and 190g with battery, the Hawker Hunt XT-2 is compact and lightweight, but it boasts more design features. The alloy casing is ergonomically designed to fit the hand snugly and a great deal of thought has gone into maximizing the grip: grip checkering, thicker battery cap to lock the little finger, four band housing collar for thumb purchase and indented and grooved thumb grips on the light housing.

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The torch gives out a good clear, focused radiant beam in walk mode and a very bright square spot in spotlight mode. It has been designed by the Hawkers for hunting in New Zealand conditions and to ‘throw’ the beam as far as possible so that you get clear target definition out to 300m (claimed by the literature). I never actually measured the distance but it is impressive and I’ve no reason to dispute the claim. Most torches diffuse light at the source, which results in constricting your pupils and making seeing clearly at a distance more difficult. The Hawker Hunt XT-2 torch has also been specially designed to ‘spill’ less light in the immediate vicinity, which means the pupils stay open and can differentiate greater detail at distance.

My first impressions are that this represents great value for money, measures up to the manufacturer’s claims and is a definite asset to the hunting kit. A great little piece of technology that has turned me into a thief – I am not returning the sample sent to The Fishing Paper & New Zealand Hunting News for testing. Arrest me!

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Ripper Rabbit Recipe

By Kim Swan

What a balls-up. How bloody amateur? While we wrangle the tangle of spotlight wire from around the hand brake, get the pointy end of the rifle out the window, work the bolt and get a grip of rifle and spotlight handle - so they’re both pointing in exactly the same place - the target has hopped behind a gorse bush. He’s not as slow as we are!

Anyone would think we’ve never done this before. And no one, no one, would believe I’d done it for a job. I might add I did that job pretty well - and would have ridiculed the knuckle-head nightshooter I’ve so recently become.

So here we are, ten years after I last spotlighted pestilent pests, and we’ve got to get our shit together. Got to become a team of smooth operators once again. Where one drives the hairraising high country tracks at the perfect speed (and safely) while the other works the ground beyond with regular sweeps of bright white light.

Got to get on the back, in the cold, and coordinate holding the light and the rifle. To spy a bunny or a hare and, be he running or be he still, to end his time quickly and kindly. And, if he’s handy, to retrieve him to the truck deck before leaping aboard in a single bound.

We’re out here tonight because of the trees.

Little pinus radiata and Douglas firs, which have so recently moved from nursery to forest block.

They’re planted from river’s bend to mountain high. A million little trees planted in lines several metres apart. On these big hills they’ll have to survive snow, hoar frosts, southerly gales and Marlborough drought. They’ll also have to survive bunnies and hares.

Ol’ Ms Hare will lope along, just that gentle lope that wiry old hares do, and she’ll vandalise tree upon tree just for fun. With one nip she’ll sever

them, kill them dead - often on their first night in the ground.

Bunny, he’s a busy boy, territorial too, especially at this time of year. He’ll pluck off needles, chew bark and dig at new roots. He doesn’t want trees in his territory, they’ll ruin his sweet patch of grass.

And they’ll give cover to the many wild cats which daily stalk him, his doe and their new litter.

You can call me a tree hugger if you will, but I love the baby radiata, the Douglas and my job working with them. Which is why we’re out at night with a spotlight and a .22 rifle. Which is why I’ll get my arms and my firearms sorted, my eye in and stand on the back of a truck in the bitter cold.

Besides being a tree hugger and an ex top gun, I’m an aspiring writer. I note with interest that some good writers in The Fishing Paper finish their article with a recipe, along with a wine selection. I’ve watched Master Chef often enough to know that one must include salt, sweet and sour to get top marks.

This is my very special secret recipe for success.

Trust me, every rabbit hunter can be a winner with this advice. First, shoot some wild rabbits...

Gut, skin and bone the rabbits. Cut the meat into even bite-sized pieces. Toss the pieces of rabbit meat in Diamond Coat’n’Cook, then fry it brown in oil. That’s the salty part sorted.

Save some money on wine by buying it by the 3 litre cask, (use the money you’ve saved for more ammo or fuel). Montel Sweet White Sauterne sure is a peachy treat and goes down easy. Do not drink it before spotlighting!

Sour, now that’s too easy. If you, Mr Bunny Worrier, want to sample some sure-fire sour just snuggle up to your sleeping partner when you come in out of the frost at 1.00am. Wrap your naked self around their warm bits and you might even get sour for two nights in a row!

BOOK REVIEW

Wild South

Hunting & Fly-fishing The Southern Hemisphere

By Peter Ryan Published by David Bateman RRP $40.00 Reviewed By Daryl Crimp

An introspective reflection of one man’s journey through life, shaped over three continents and his adoptive homeland, New Zealand, Wild South is ostensibly an eclectic mix of hunting and fly-fishing stories spanning half a lifetime and some raw and distant regions in the Southern Hemisphere. Peter has fished and hunted throughout New Zealand, Africa, Australia and South America, so there is plenty to interest the active or armchair outdoorsman, but between the lines the currents flow deeper than the mere retelling of events.

Through evocative prose and stunning imagery, Peter reveals his sensitive side and demonstrates a great reverence for the creatures he pursues, the domain over which he wanders and nature as he finds it. His ability to conjure a scene with words is quite something; he is clearly very observant, knowledgeable and researches well, so that the book is captivating, informative, poignant and inspiring.

There is much philosophising and reflective thought, which I think, although beautifully written and pertinent, imbalances the book to a degree. Peter maintains in the Author’s Note that he is not into the, ‘and then we bagged another animal’ school of writing and states upfront that it is a sentimental journey. Bob South, in the Foreword, lauds it for not being ‘some crass, self-

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absorbed, once-over-lightly, ‘me-me-me’ book about the hunt, kill or stalk,’ but I think this denies a truism that, generally, ‘the kill is the sum of the hunt’ and us hunters like to be in on the kill. Peter admits to firing literally thousands of rounds at game, yet we are only treated to glimpses of this. With his ability to draw in and immerse the reader in a scene, I think a few hunts culminating in a kill and described in detail, would have made for a more rounded and potent book, and certainly satisfied the needs of those who live vicariously through the writings of others.

The book meanders at times but the writing is that good, it doesn’t matter. In Wild South, Peter expounds his beliefs, touches on intimate subject matter and shares personal frailty in a way that evokes empathy from the reader, yet keeps them at arms reach – as though there is part of his soul that is still off limits. That is the mark of a fine writer.

Highly recommended.

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Low Lying Deer

By Dave McDonald

Norma Shipment New Zealand’s Largest New Zealand Ammuntion Company Ltd has just received a container load of Norma ammunition and components, the largest shipment to New Zealand for many years.

CEO of the company, Paul Clark, said that the shipment contains triple-two ammunition loaded with 40-grain V-max projectiles, up to .458 Lott ammunition loaded with 500-grain solids, just the story for that African elephant you always wanted to shoot. For smaller game, they have a good supply of Norma .22 long rifle 40-grain solid ammunition available. Also amongst the shipment

are some unusual loadings from Norma, like the 7x64 ammunition, and another old European favourite, the 9.3x62.

Paul announced they now also have in stock a full range of brass cases, from .204 Ruger, to .505 Gibbs, and a good range of brass in the popular Weatherby calibres. NZ Ammo also has in stock a limited range of Norma projectiles.

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To effect clean and humane hunting kills, GS Custom has designed their bullets to lose only its nose (but no more than a third of its weight) thereby creating more damage to vital tissue (heart, lung) leaving a cylindrical copper shank to drive through (usually exiting) to let out blood and let in air. For hunting, the bullets will be fully expanded at impact velocities as low as 1600 fps, but cannot

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I went to visit brother Clive after pheasant shooting at Mackaytown, His farm backs onto the Maramarua Forest.

There was a guy picking up flags around the edge of the pines and he said the deer may be laying low due to motorcross that had taken place recently. I looked around and found the head that I shot with my .22 a year ago, put it on a post

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It was 8.00am, so I hung her in a tree and explored the rest of the track system, but saw no more deer. They exist in small numbers, but I’ve yet to see a stag there. I think it’s too low lying for stags.

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After an hour I came across more sign. Something caught my eye up a steep bank to my left and a hind took off, quartering across the front of me. I swung the rifle up as it ran between two trees and disappeared. I regretted not shooting, but was instantly distracted by the sound of breaking timber. Another deer was taking the same course, so I quickly centred the crosshairs between the two trees. The shot sounded and I smashed her with 130 grains of Nosler softpoint, causing her to drop on the spot.

out by the farm track and photographed it. You can see the .22 bullet hole.

Deciding to rest the area, I went on to Clive’s. ‘Nephew Neil’ was there so it was good to catch up with them. His son Zak too.

Just on dark, I headed back to the area and hunted the newly formed motorbike tracks and quickly realised that they were leading to new areas in the forest where I had never been.

It got dark, so I returned to the car and slept in the nearby pines, listening to the wild pigs and possums all night.

First light was cold and misty, but I was in the right spot at the right time for a deer, and proceeded to hunt the new tracks. Deer sign was scarce, but having seen pigs and deer there before, I kept going,

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Something to Watch For!

By Kent Clarke

After a sabbatical of six years, best selling author Daryl Crimp is set to release a new book in time for Christmas.

He talks to journalist, Kent Clarke, about his return to writing.

in the restaurant as The Mad Chef. It launched my bookwriting career and stayed in print for twenty years.

writing books… the appetite is back but more importantly, the menu is now a little more sophisticated.

Crimpy: I didn’t have enough recipes to fill a whole book.

Crimpy: I think I’m better equipped to take on bigger challenges and, hopefully, deliver a better read. I’d like to think I earned these grey hairs for a reason!

KC: Why was it so important for you to include cartoons and tell the Mad Chef’s story?

KC: Meaning?

KC: What do you prefer – writing or cartooning?

Crimpy: I love both because I’m essentially a storyteller and they’re both just a medium – the vehicle if you like. I love the art of constructing a wellcrafted story, be it with ink and line, words on paper or through the telling.

Crimpy: Hmmm… I’ve never really kept track of them – over twenty.

fulfilling. It’s a process – like modelling with clay. You start with the raw form and work it; mould it, shape it, carve it, scrape it, break it down and then rebuild it, and then there’s a point you have to give it to the publisher and walk away from it because it’s never finished.

Crimpy: Hell no, but it’s enjoyable and incredibly

Crimpy: Because you can’t achieve perfection – it’s only a concept!

KC: You illustrated your first book almost thirty years ago - how many books have you written or illustrated since?

Kent Clarke: How did you originally get into publishing books?

Crimpy: An early mentor, Tony Orman, asked me to illustrate a book he’d written called The Trout Stream Papers. We then collaborated on The Saltwater Scrolls and from there it sort of snowballed.

KC: Did you plan on being an author?

Crimpy: I didn’t really consciously plan anything other than becoming a cartoonist, and that was all I ever wanted to be. After collaborating with Tony, I was approached to write a game cookbook and I agreed as long as I could fill it with cartoons and tell the story of my time

KC: You are best known for your fishing, cartooning and cooking, so why write a hunting book?

KC: Does writing a book come easy for you?

KC: Never finished – why?

KC: You last published a book in 2007 – why the break?

Crimpy: There’s no one reason… I think I just got tired. I had a lot of things on the go and I just had to walk away from writing books in order to get the hunger back, but I never stopped storytelling; I just focused on different mediums.

KC: Through the Fishing Paper?

Crimpy: And radio and TV. I also used the time to learn new skills and refine others.

Then there came the point where I realised I really miss

Crimpy: Because I have a story to tell. Hunting has been my passion and an integral part of my journey since I was a kid – it defines who I am. Hunting

also polarises people more so than fishing, yet fishing is just another form of hunting.

So I wanted to give people a deeper understanding and hopefully a better appreciation of hunting and what it means to me.

KC: What can people expect from the book?

Crimpy: To be entertained, to feel the thrill of the hunt, to smell the smoke from a crackling campfire at night, to feel the ache of a hard won battle, to chill at the sound of a throaty stag’s roar and to laugh.

KC: What is the title of the book?

Straight Shooting I had a young customer come in the other day wanting to know what I thought was the best scope, rifle, etcetera, for hunting deer up the Wanganui River. I told him the best gear is what works, if it achieves your purpose (ie: a deer) and you haven’t spent megabucks on equipping yourself, then you are winning.

We are spoilt for choice regarding equipment selection and this can sometimes confuse just what is useful to a hunter and what is just ‘bling’! Most of us born before the 80’s remember a time when your total equip for a hunt was a swanndri, stubbie shorts, gumboots and the old .303 (iron sights) brought back from WW2, with a pocket of no more than about ten rounds. New Zealand was built on this type of rough and ready hunting and I believe it will always have

Crimpy: Not telling!

KC: Why not?

Crimpy: Marketing ploy – come back next month and I’ll reveal it then. In the meantime I’ll give you a clue… It’s Something to Watch For!

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a place in our hunting identity. These days the type of equipment and technology being applied to hunting in New Zealand has come from outdoors and camping industries, right through to the military, raising the comfort level of the shooter and their capability to hunt longer and see further. These tools are useful but the hunting skill base remains unchanged even today and this, in my humble opinion, is more important than thousands of dollars of ‘gear’ to a hunter. Learned survival skills can save your life in a fix, but a $900 jacket cannot (although it helps) so money spent on a GPS locator tracker beacon and/or a bush survival course is never a bad idea if you are going ‘off path.’ Technology is a useful tool to enhance our skill base but it cannot replace good skills in the young hunter.

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Where Have All The Youngsters Gone?

Harbour Views

By Grandad Brucey Hobbs

I spend many hours around the top of the South Island’s many rivers and lakes, fly fishing for brown and rainbow trout.

In this time I have noticed an alarming lack of older fisher people teaching the tricky art of fly fishing to the younger generation.

They may even start off with a very simple rig consisting of a bubble, one metre trace (nylon 6-10lb and two nymphs). This works (see photos) and then move to the fly rod.

By Dave Duncan Marine Operations Manager / Harbourmaster

Someone’s Father The wind now whistled overhead as the other whining sound came from the fishing rod reel. Whatever it was, it was on the run again. Fred the fisherman had been at it for fifteen minutes and didn’t appear to be getting any closer to landing this one. You could taste the excitement in the air. If Fred and his mates had bothered to look around they might have seen the dark rain squall clouds scudding across the bay toward them.

Liam & Blake with fish they landed fishing a nymph under a bubble in the Motueka River.

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Size 14-16 nymph

Fred struck out for his son Jamie, desperate that he had neglected to insist on everyone wearing lifejackets. When Fred reached Jamie, who hadn’t really learned to swim well, he learned to his horror that he could not support him without being held under the surface himself.

They may have noticed the building groundswell of the sea, the tops of the waves now disappearing in a fine spray across the surface, but all eyes were in the direction the taut thin green line pierced the surface.

All eyes keenly tried to define the size and type of catch Fred had well snared. No one recognised the danger until too late.

So come on guys. We have our amazing waterways so let’s show them to the kids and who knows when you are old and worn out they may remember and come and spend time with you.

Blake with his 4.5 pound brown trout he landed on a 16 nymph.

Whilst the preceding story is one I have concocted, it is based on a true story, as witnessed on the Rescue programme on TV 1, where an overturned boat was found and later a body recovered due to being in suddenly changing conditions. The body was found without a lifejacket, less than 100m from a shore. It is firmly believed someone’s father, son , brother, uncle, friend would have got home that day if he had worn his lifejacket.

It had been a simple decision, well considered. “We will run for shelter just as soon as we have this one on board!” Only this one had instinctive strength, speed and guile and wasn’t coming on board as easily as Fred had hoped. As Jamie moved from the wheel to join his two fisher folk at the side, keen to spot the monster, the wave struck the boat just where Jamie had left.

Jamie’s momentum and higher centre of gravity crossed the point of no return at the same moment Fred lurched overboard due

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to the movement of the boat. It was all over quickly, rod released, desperate grabs for the gunwales or each other, shocked swear words reflecting the instant fear of the deep.

All three were in the water, one beneath the upturned craft, unconscious as a result of the debris smacking him on the head as the vessel upturned.

It was a swift and sudden change from a calm serene sea to one where the waves were as high as the gunwales.

Spring is a time of changing conditions, strong unexpected winds. Wear your lifejacket – simple!

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12:44 13:30 14:13 14:54 15:34 16:15 16:58 17:43 18:32 13:14 14:06 15:02 16:00 16:59 17:57 12:36 13:33 14:27 15:19 16:11 17:02 17:52 12:31 13:20 14:10 15:02 15:54 16:45 18:34 13:02

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

19:01 19:45 20:28 21:09 21:50 22:32 23:15 23:59

0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

19:24 20:17 21:12 22:08 23:05

2.2 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.3

18:53 19:48 20:42 21:34 22:26 23:16

0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3

18:43 19:34 20:24 21:14 22:03 22:52

2.3 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0

19:21 0.7

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& 8 – 10 large fillets cut into serving portions 1 litre of milk Nutmeg Zest of one orange 50g butter 50g plain flour 2 cups grated cheese Salt & white pepper

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Melt butter in heavy based frypan over a moderate heat.

When foaming, stir in flour and cook for one minute. Gradually add milk, stirring continuously until the sauce thickens. Stir continuously while cooking the sauce for 8 -10 minutes.

Turn heat off and stir in one third of cheese and pour over fish. Sprinkle rest of cheese over top and bake for twenty minutes in an oven preheated to 180°C. Serve with creamy mash and fresh vegetables.

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I Love Fishing With Naked Nymphs

By Frank Cartwright

Doubtlessly the heading will have instigated a considerable degree of curiosity and perhaps prompted redblooded fantasies of Elysian Fields where nymphs and shepherds disport themselves in lascivious gay abandonment in dappled glades beside limpid pools of aqua pura.

Alas no. Sorry to disappoint.

The headline simply concerns undressed patterns of nymph that I knock up for trout fishing. So I’ll get down to the nitty-gritty, confident that the potential for elevated pulse rates is now diminishing…

The Naked Nymph, to give it an evocative, truly definitive title, is a crude imitation of a certain little caddis critter found principally in rivers staple take-away tucker for trout which voraciously feed on them. By artfully presenting imitations of this little critter, the angler attempts to deceive

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salmo trutta into acceptance which is, in a nutshell, the Alpha and Omega of fly fishing.

All the fly tying books and the beautifully illustrated fly calendars that I have ever owned or read contain literally hundreds of nymph patterns and most of them, disappointingly, are just miniscule variations of reliable old standbys like the Hare & Copper or Sawyer’s Pheasant Tail. And just to confuse the issue, each year an avalanche of ‘New Season’s Hot Nymphs’ descends on the market to flummox novice anglers, eager to exchange their hard won dosh for allnew nymph ‘variants’ which, they convince themselves, will bring them resounding success.

Ah well, there’s one born every minute so they say...

These days I’m bit more pragmatic about what I flick up to a trout.

In a nutshell, if it’s vaguely brown, as thick say, as a wooden match, about 15 mm long with a barb at one end and an eye at the other, chances are it will catch trout.

In recent times I have vetted my fly boxes quite ruthlessly and now fish with just five simple nymph patterns in a modest variety of sizes which includes two styles of Naked

Nymphs. Here’s how I knock them up with copper wire salvaged from the transformer of a dead microwave.

Hook: 10 - 12 caddis.

Thread: Black, dark brown or dark green - it’s not critical.

Body: 10 thou. bright copper wire. Herl: Bronze Peacock, Black Ostrich or whatever takes your fancy.

Method: Bind thread along the hook shank to just round the bend and tie in approx 10 cm wire. Bring thread back to eye. Now bring wire forward in close turns to within

2 - 3mm of the eye and tie off. Tie in herl, give three or four turns and tie off.

That’s all there is to it. Simpler still, forget the herl and build up a nice little thread-head in lieu of.

As this nymph sinks fairly rapidly in relation to diameter, it can be increased by the addition of a bead-head or alternatively, using 20 cm of wire and winding it back to the bend to give a double layer of wire with a considerably improved sink rate.

The Naked Nymph fishes well on gravelled rivers and is often taken when more conventional patterns have been refused.

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Trout Fishing While You ‘Wait for the Bait’

by Rhys Barrier

Now the whitebait season is upon us, some baiters often chance their arm and throw out a smelt on a spinning rod to add a bit of variety to their day on the river. There are a few things you need to remember before doing this. Firstly, make sure you have a valid sports fishing licence or you open yourself up to prosecution through the courts if a Fish & Game ranger catches up with you (and yes some honorary rangers chase whitebait!).

If you do not have a 2012/13 sports fishing licence, you can either pay the reduced winter licence rate of $72 to take you through to 30 September 2013, or wait until 1 October 2013 and pay for a full 12 months fishing at $121, which is a better value option (24 hour licence options also exist at $23). If fishing within the tidal waters of a river mouth with fishing tackle/ bait that could be reasonably expected to catch a trout, then it is a legal requirement to hold a current sports fishing licence.

Once you have your licence, check the fine print in the regulation booklet that comes with it – bait fishing is permitted in the lower sections of the larger rivers only within the Nelson/

Marlborough region, so check your river is one of these. There are also a few rules regarding how you bait fish, to be aware of. To avoid ‘longlining’, the rules are you can have multiple baits on one hook, or one bait with multiple hooks in it, but not two or more separate baits each with a hook in them, so it’s a bit different from marine angling.

Once you’ve deemed yourself to be legal, fishing for sea-run trout using smelt from your whitebait net can be highly productive particularly in turbid water or low light conditions.

At this time of the year trout do not have the characteristic ‘muddy taste’ that can develop later in summer due to cyanobacteria blooms within our rivers. Best fish for the table are small good conditioned maiden fish around one kilogram that have not yet had a spawning season. These fish have pink-orange flesh and make great eating, whereas their older larger relatives will be skinnier looking with paler flesh, as they are still recovering from spawning at this time of year, although they improve by late October. Trout fishing can be an enjoyable distraction for those ‘half a cup’ catch days on the river.

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Northern Snapper Fishery Needs Management Across Sectors

By Tim Pankhurst, CEO Seafood NZ The politics of fishing have recently seen then Labour leader David Shearer wave a couple of dead snapper in parliament. As debate over the future of the fishery known as SNA 1 intensified, Mr Shearer used the fish as props to argue that recreational fishers are discriminated against. It is correct the rules for commercial and recreational catches are different, which causes a long term problem for a number of our shared fisheries.

The historical background illustrates how the current issue has arisen.

There doesn’t seem to be much doubt that the SNA 1 fishery, as it came to be, was historically overfished. Stocks declined. The introduction of the Quota Management System in 1986 put limits on how many tonnes of fish could be caught and thus, how many should be left in the ecosystem and to breed.

A suite of measures came together as mechanisms for protecting the future of a fishery. They include compulsory reporting of all the commercial catch,

stock assessments, deemed values charged for exceeding the Total Allowable Commercial Catch, and a periodic revision of the Total Allowable Catch. The tap can be turned on and off, or anywhere in between. The Total Allowable Commercial Catch is capped.

But for recreational fishers the rules are different. Obviously it is much more difficult to count the recreational take in most fisheries. Thousands of boats may go to sea, including charter vessels dedicated to recreational fishing. Some fishers will cast or net from the land.

The controls to protect this side of the fishery have been traditionally by limiting the bag and minimum length of the fish. Anyone abusing the system stands to be prosecuted. The system has worked through the years apparently reasonably successfully in most fisheries, albeit without producing much good data on what is going on.

Yet it has a fundamental flaw as human populations grow. There is no way to limit the number of fishers,

nor the frequency of the times they go out fishing. The overall volume of fish extracted is not capped.

In SNA 1, the allowance for recreational fishers, set by the government in 1997, has been hugely exceeded. It was 2,600 tonnes a year. It is now as much as 4,000 tonnes, that is 1400 tonnes above what the government is meant to limit it to.

And there is no reason to believe the volume will not continue to multiply.

Even with lower bag limits and longer minimum lengths, and 100 per cent compliance, the fishery could still get into serious trouble.

How the recreational catch is brought into an effective management regime is best worked out between the Ministry for Primary Industries and the recreational fishers themselves.

are and at what stages of growth. This includes real-time vessel reporting systems and in funding tagging programmes. Despite politicians and some news media getting mileage out the SNA 1, the generally conciliatory tone of the first public meeting between recreational and commercial fishers in Auckland recently, makes us optimistic that such management can be achieved.

SNA 1, in common with most New Zealand fisheries, is healthy and growing. It is in the interests of all users; recreational, commercial and customary, to maintain that health and growth.

The industry is certainly prepared to play our role. As the user of the most sophisticated technology, we can lead by example in reducing the wastage of the fish we catch and providing data to more accurately show where the fish

Alaska Arctic Sun Beckons Kiwis

By Daryl Crimp

What is the connection to the ‘Halibut Capital of the World’ and New Zealand? Easy – Alaska Arctic Sun. Confused?

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Zealand, but that’s where Captain Greg Northover and his wife Sheila found themselves in May of 2013. The couple fell in love with the place and the fishing so much they ‘bought the company!’ The charter company Alaska Arctic Sun, that is!

Growing up in Golden Bay, Greg developed a profound love of fishing and the ocean, so when the urge to broaden the horizons arose, the move to Alaska was opportune and fitted in with the couple’s adventurous lifestyle.

And it’s something they want to share with likeminded Kiwis.

Halibut are large flatfish like flounder and can grow to enormous sizes, and provide some of the most thrilling fishing imaginable.

The season, which starts

mid May and runs until September 5th, keeps Greg busy taking people fishing in his boat Quintessence, a 37’ Tolly Craft made in Washington State equipped and with twin diesel Cummins, while Sheila manages their three fully equipped Alaskan style log cabins.

This year has been an exciting first season for the Northover’s taking out Kiwis who have ventured to Alaska. Paul and Adriane Fraser, Des King-turner and the Everett Brothers, Miles and Don from Marine & General in Nelson, were treated to the amazing vistas of the beautiful Cook Inlet, the wonderful hospitality of Greg and Sheila, and of course they caught fish!

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Phillipe, cousin by marriage to Jacques Cousteau, can’t swim and became famous in France for his wildlife and nature series, Not the Underwater World of Phillipe Strang, in which Phillipe travels the world avoiding water and filming creatures above the high tide mark. While searching alone for the coconut bat, Phillipe became lost and walked along the beach for days until he discovered tracks going in the same direction. Realising he was heading toward salvation, the plucky Frenchman kept walking and walking. He was encouraged as he discovered more and more footprints going the same way, until he realised he’d been walking around the island.

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“I wouldn’t have bothered rescuing him,” said Fonu Fensum the fisherman, “but The Fishing Paper is hard to get here in Tonga!”

Phillipe said The Fishing Paper helped keep his spirits up during the ordeal and he survived on a packed lunch his wife made him before he left – a Mega Pie made by Pieman Industries in New Zealand. Pieman spokesman, Steve Terry, said the Mega Pie is the ultimate survival kit, with enough fat in it to kill off any tropical disease.

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TIDES OF CHANGE

By Poppa Mike

CHRISTIAN HILLY Born in the Yorkshire Downs, his god fearing sheep farming parents named him, well… Christian Hilly. In 1862, at the age of twenty, Christian headed for Liverpool then took a ship to New Zealand, seeking adventure and a chance to better himself. Seeking work as a shepherd, he headed northwards making it as far as Oamaru where he heard of such a job on a nearby station.

He accepted the position, worked hard and after a couple of years became head shepherd; at times managing the large station while the owner was absent. On returning from one such trip overseas, the owner instructed Christian to go Melbourne with his three dogs and bring back 500 merino twotooth ewes, to be landed at Oamaru.

In Melbourne, the stock agents soon found him the sheep he sought and arranged transport on board the small sailing ship, Aurora. As everything fell into place, Christian had no idea of what was to come.

Crossing the stormy Tasman proved challenging for the small ship and the sheep suffered badly, penned on the open deck and open to the elements. The captain sought shelter in Cook Strait and decided to go no further: Oamaru no longer the destination.

Aurora nosed into the Sounds and offloaded Christian, his dogs and the 500 weary sheep at Picton.

Unsure of where he was, Christian sought advice from locals and started heading

southwards following basic tracks along the coast. Along the way he came upon the occasional farm where he sought food and direction, and allowed his sheep to graze wherever they could. Crossing rivers and rough rocky headlands provided his biggest challenges, as did sleeping rough with just one blanket and a hungry, tired body.

Week after week he battled on. Weeks became months. His mission still firmly fixed on getting back to Oamaru.

South of Christchurch the going got better and he followed the primitive roads and got more regular food and grazing. Then one day the farm owner, back in Oamaru, heard a rumour about ‘this young guy bringing a mob of merinos down the coast.’

Without hesitation, he saddled up his horse and headed up the coast, where he soon found Christian and his three dogs faithfully moving the mob along. After all they had been through, they had lost only two sheep, drowned north of Kaikoura.

Christian later married and bought a farm of his own. Today, at the head of the Hakataramea Valley, the farm gate still bears the name CHRISTIAN HILLY. The full account of this amazing story of courage and endurance can be found in the book ‘Christian Hilly’ by Des Gregan.

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