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MARINE ELECTRONICS With Sean Ryan sean@fluidelectronics.co.nz

What’s happening below the water started on the surface.

Following up on the ‘CHIRP’ comes broadband radars! The most common style of radar is a ‘pulse’ radar. It repetitively sends out a microwave signal that reflects off any target and converts the returning wave into an image on your screen, displaying targets at different ranges and bearings. It alternates between sending a signal and receiving one.

The signal can be compared to a loud ‘bang’ creating a sunburst around your vessel on the screen but in-built suppression blinds your view of anything in close proximity to your position.

These radars revolve around a component called a magnetron (figuratively speaking).

Those who have had experience with them will know that the magnetron is the part that gives you all the grief. Magnetrons variety greatly in size and make and there is no consistency between models of radars within the same brand. Their life is limited. The older the radar, the more difficult to find a magnetron so when it gives up the ghost, it can be game over.

A nasty side of magnetrons is the harmful radiation they emit. If you are still in your baby making years then you don’t want to stand too close to the scanner when it’s going!

Over seven years of R&D by the NAVICO teams in Godzone have resulted in ‘Broadband Radar’, which represents the most significant advance in navigation technology in over 40 years. This radar revolution uses solid-state componentry, eliminating magnetrons. They emit less radiation than your mobile phone so you can hug it and still look forward to babies later on! Another plus, these little beauties don’t need to warm up, so hit transmit from

start up or standby and it’s instantly working.

Put simply, broadband uses a continuous signal from a range of frequencies simultaneously and with two antennas inside the dome. It sends and receives at the same time.

The outstanding result is when the returning band of signals is digitally interpreted; the unit automatically displays the image from the frequency within the band that has the clearest image of the target.

The signal is a ‘whisper’ compared to the ‘pulse’ units which means an effective range of 50 metres, targets only two metres from your position are detected and displayed.

Unrivalled is the clarity in which the targets are displayed, it’s amazing range discrimination allows targets on the same bearing to be identified as separate.

‘Whispers’ use a lot less energy than yelling and this transfers into low power consumption on your vessel, making broadband ideal for small recreational boats and yachts.

They are packed with features including built in MARPA tracking to help you see what vessels you need to be careful of.

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Grunty Groper Placate Kate

Allan Knott with the only kingfish of the trip.

Kate Percy of Blenheim held quite a sterile view of fishing until a trip during April, with an ‘old salty dog’ changed her perception of fish power! Kate and the crew aboard the vessel Solomara powered out to an undisclosed location in Cook Strait and dropped baits. Kate initially thought she had snagged a small part of the South Island topography, when her rod loaded up with a hefty weight.

It was not till the ‘snag’ began to tussle back did she opt to fight on, and not cut the line - her first idea. Elated, Kate could not stop screaming when the double header of groper surfaced after a 20 minute battle.

Knott’s Knots Not Fit For A King

By Allan Knott

A couple of years ago a bunch of us went on a winter fish around d’Urville Island and had such a great trip I thought it was about time to pack up the Osprey, sort the gear and head off to Wairangi Bay for a couple of nights and a possible trip around the Island. Arriving at the bach Friday afternoon and being greeted with a typical Squally Cove squall, we prudently decided scallops and cod were off the menu - after a few cups of tea and a yarn or two, we finally hit the sack . Next morning was just as predicted, calm and sunny but pretty icy, so first stop was to put out our first set line and motor to the Beef Barrels for our cod. Another set line was placed further up the coast then we headed off up the western side of d’Urville, stopping here and there for a jig in deeper water.

First drop resulted in an immediate hit with a good tug or two, but only a barracouta - at least I didn’t lose a good jig!

Moving north we stopped at Port Hardy and the boys got amongst some sharks, but not me - 90m down in some good

current my line peeled and peeled, resulting in a nice kingy and a lift in spirits for the team.

Now, bearing in mind the stupid ‘cod’ rule, we couldn’t go around the island because we had our three-bag-limit of cod, so we back tracked. That suited one crew who drank too much tea the night before. We picked up the first set line, which had three spiky dogs tangled in one BIG mess, and 15 doggies on the next line as well.

A quick drag or three for a feed of scallops, getting nowhere near the limit as we didn’t hit the right spots, and time was running out for the thirsty crew. A great dinner was had that night, consisting of the kingy on the barbecue and a few oysters to complement it.

Next morning saw another quick cod session, a thorough clean up and heading home to plan the next trip for a few weeks time. Hopefully by then I have the knots out of the setline!

Kate Percy with her double of groper from Cook Strait.

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Havelock Highs And Lows

By Olly McPherson

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‘Beep beep beep’ the alarms went off, awaking my wife and I. We let the boys sleep another half hour as we finished preparing for the day.

The boat was ready, breakfast was packed when we woke the boys for what was to be our first full family fishing outing. We launched the boat and headed off from Havelock. It was half tide, plenty of water - or so I thought. All of a sudden the boat came to a abrupt halt. “Bugger!” In my haste, we had deviated off the notorious channel markers. It was only about one foot deep and we were grounded. To make things worse the tide was going out at quite a rate of knots. I jumped overboard filling my Red Bands and pushed hard for about 100 metres. Thank goodness I only have a light alloy boat.

We soon continued on our way to spot x. After 20 mins motoring we pulled up, I prepared the rods for the family. Cody 5, Lucas 3 and my wife dropped them down. I hadn’t even set up my rod when Cody hooked up. It was definitely target species with serious head nodding going on. After about five minutes I netted it. Cody was grinning from ear to ear as if to say, “That’s how

ya do it dad!”. To me this was more rewarding than catching a 20lb + snapper.

I rebaited his rod and down it went. It hadn’t even hit the bottom when it was hit again. This was much bigger; Cody attempted to wind it in but wasn’t getting any gain. I took over.

Unfortunately I got it half way up when it headed for the anchor rope. Ping! And it was gone - bugger. I should have left Cody to get it in, I thought to myself. We carried on fishing for another two hours with consistent pannies up to 5lb. The boys were starting to tire and I knew we needed to head home. I decided to have one last throw of the dice myself as the boys had given up. Lucky I did as the resulting fish won the competition, a mighty 20lb red.

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Old Macky’s Back In Town

Jim Mikoz is pictured holding a 2.18kg Peruvian mackerel caught earlier this year off Wellington’s south coast, weighty enough to break the previous NZ all-tackle record of 1.85kg set way back in 1999. Jim fishes with the Wellington Surfcasting & Angling Club.

Drifting in 80m of water, Jim was taken by surprise when the impressive mackerel hit his squid bait around 20m off the bottom.

Peruvian mackerel are not often taken by anglers in our waters and can be differentiated from their close cousins the jack mackerel by their colour and tail shape.

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Jean’s Redtail Turns Silver

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By Lyndsey Bishop

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The day finally arrived: I was off on my first actual fly fishing trip. It was fine and calm as I arrived at the helipad. The gear was loaded into the chopper, pre flight checks done and lift off. We buzzed up and over valleys and mountain ranges, with my eye eagerly looking into the distance for our intended landing spot.

The river was low and gin clear, with some great looking pools visible from above. The pilot skilfully manoeuvred the chopper onto the landing site near the hut. I’d had a great trip already and was yet to cast a fly!

“Thanks, see you tomorrow,” I said as the pilot flew off to his next job.

The riverbed was a bit different to any I’d encountered before, with large rounded boulders

protruding along the river’s edge in places. The first pool was long and slow moving with a nice run at the top. I spied a good fish right in the tail: up goes my nymph, the fish turned to take, I strike and yes, I’m in… but only for a second as with a quick head shake, it threw the hook.

I moved on and as I near the top of the pool another brown showed itself, drifting from side to side sucking in passing tasty offerings. I was confident of a result. Again, up goes my nymph, which I’d rigged under a large deer hair indicator fly. As it drifted near, the shape rose from the depths to break the surface and took the dry. A firm hook up this time, with the fish taking me up and down the pool several times.

It eventually tired enough to allow me to net it; a cracking 7lb jack.

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‘WOW!’ A quick photo and he is returned to his natural habitat.

I continued up stream and as the sun got higher, the fish became more visible, although now became a little more selective and I had to use very small nymphs to entice them. Another nine fish between four and six pound were caught and released that day, with a few more escaping before the net.

Next day dawned clear, with blue skies and with only a few hours until the chopper was due to pick me up, I shot downstream. This water was more accessible and the fish here were a little more wary. Again, small nymphs were required. I also had to put a bit more time and effort in so before I knew it, I had to double time it back up stream to catch my ride. I

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It was our lads’ 23rd birthday and, despite a rotten forecast, the order of the day was to go fishing at Twizel for the birthday.

Sam and Jake’s mate, Josh, picked up a marginal salmon on a Tacklesave Redtail Spinner and chose to return it. Sam hooked a smaller one, which was obviously returned, and then things got interesting. Wife and mother, Jean, called out that she was hooked up on her Redtail too. Looking across, I saw the pressure wave from her catch and asked if she needed the net.

“I think so,” she duly replied.

As I drew close, I saw the back of a very well endowed fish, which then sank from sight and ripped line from her reel.

Thinking, ‘I can’t let this one get away,’ prompted some simple instructions to do with care, and urgency prevailed.

Jean’s pretty savvy on playing fish, but she freaked out when this ripper came close.

“Just swim it straight into the net,” I said and she did exactly that on the first approach!

Shrieks of awe, the odd profanity and laughter captured us all at the size of her biggest ever catch; one never to be forgotten and one that’s going to be hard to beat. Just a smidge over 15lb and causing some small adjustment to the slightly overworked net, this was a moment of disbelief.

I have only ever known Jean to be bored with freshwater fishing, so she hardly ever goes with me. Funny how she fished her heart out for the rest of the day, hoping to limit out, and almost clean forgot she had a bottle of pinot gris on ice - LOL. I know one angler that is so glad she went fishing in crap weather today; Josh topped out his day with a respectable 6lber while the other three of us will have to wait for our day... bugger!

still hooked four and landed two cracking five pounders that morning, making for an amazing trip into what I felt was middle earth.

As I spoke with the pilot on our return trip, I grilled him for as much information on any other areas worth a look sometime, as I will be putting a little bit of cash aside each week for my next trip - just don’t tell the wife!

Jean Bishop is thrilled with her 15lb salmon.

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MONSTER Gives Lip

Let the SPRING battle begin!

Brady’s lip-hooked snapper.

By Brady McDonald

We headed out for Rabbit Island off the Coromandel in the late afternoon, armed with big hooks and big baits. Thirty yards off the island, two guys dropped down with snorkel gear to look for mussels, but came up saying there weren’t many there. Before surfacing, they had the foresight to smash a couple of kina for ground bait.

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I was holding the Penn rod and reel with 60lb braid, lowering it down with a light sinker when the line began to tighten. Something had taken a whole squid, so I let it run for 30 seconds before striking hard. There was no stretch in the braid so the hook set deep in the lip of the monster – a 16lb beauty!

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Captain’s Log: Beam me up spotty ‘Danny’ the Champion of the World!

Fresh back from my two-month family sabbatical in Europe, I would like to thank and congratulate the team – Reagan, Ron, Paddy and James – for doing a sterling job in getting the paper out and to such a high standard. I was so impressed with how things were run, I have invited James to stay on as part of the team, so you will be seeing a lot more of him. The net result is that I am now redundant, so I might as well head back overseas where I can continue the life of traveller, vagabond and wastrel; something I found I was a natural at!

As with any long spell of travelling, there were highs and lows on the trip and they were not always the same for each of us. I learned that you don’t really know your family until you travel with them; what I thought each would like or dislike not always came close and sometimes the high or low points came from the most ‘unlikely’ scenarios.

A definite low for all of us was being ‘rolled’ by pickpockets on the Paris Underground. I’d schooled the family up to be alert to them but these guys were fast and slick. As we boarded the train, five big black guys burst from nowhere and corralled us: don’t give me grief about being racist; they were bloody big AND black – if they were average and white I would have said so.

They separated Annette and Daniel, and jostled Anna and I into position.

I instantly knew something was up, so protected my wallet and cell phone pockets. I felt one behind me go for my backpack and pushed back into him; I later found he’d sliced into it but hadn’t managed to get anything.

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occasion, one made a subtle play for Anna, our 13-year-old daughter, and leered at me. I instantly took my hand off my wallet pocket, which was zipped and hidden behind my big thigh pocket, and moved to block the guy’s hand from sliding onto Anna’s.

It took a few seconds and in that time the guy behind me reached around, unzipped the hidden pocket, slipped his hand in and took the wallet without me feeling a thing. They timed this to coincide with the train pulling into a station and bolted just as the doors were closing, but not before Daniel had a chance to shout out: “Hey – NO!” I looked around and he was holding up Anna’s iPod. One of the thieves looked back with a sheepish look on his face and went red – not easy for a big black dude. They had made a mistake when they cut 10-year-old Daniel out of the family group because he wised up that something was going down and spotted one dude slipping something in his pocket. While they were distracted, he slipped around and noticed Anna’s iPod sticking out of the guy’s jeans, so quietly picked the pocket of the pickpocket! You got to love that kid – he punches above his weight!

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be coaxed into a bite and thoughts duly changed to snapper, to satisfy the need for line-stripping speed. Overnighting had allowed the lads the luxury of fishing on when other boats were heading in - it was towards the twilight when the big snapper finally hit. Succumbing to a glow-in-the-dark jitterbug, Shon’s big beauty was struck in 70m of water ‘somewhere north of Port Hardy’ and pulled the scales to an impressive 23lb.

I FISH After 35 years of marriage, a husband and wife go in for counselling.

When asked what the problem was, the wife went into a tirade listing every problem they had shared in the years they had been married.

On and on and on: neglect, lack of intimacy, emptiness, loneliness, feeling unloved and unlovable, an entire laundry list of unmet needs she had endured.

Finally, after allowing this for a sufficient length of time, the therapist got up, walked around the desk and after asking the wife to stand, he embraced and kissed her long and passionately as her husband watched - with a raised eyebrow.

The woman shut up and quietly sat down in a daze.

The therapist turned to the husband and said, “This is what your wife needs at least 3 times a week. Can you do this?”

“Well, I can drop her off here on Mondays and Wednesdays but on Fridays I fish.”

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Timing is Everything

By Craig Grant

It was winter and time to go red cod fishing. High tide was just after sundown and the red cod really come on the bite at the change of light. Normally I fish the Wairau Bar a couple of hundred metres above the mouth in these conditions.

There the incoming tide pushes a layer of salt water up the river along the bottom and the red cod come up with it, feeding on the crabs and the mullet.

Where you see the shags diving in the river there are mullet.

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This time I decided to try the Wairau Diversion.

Trevor and I were there by 4.00 pm. The weather wasn’t great: overcast with a cold southerly blowing.

People were leaving when we arrived and we had the whole place to ourselves.

A shag was working the Diversion just up from the mouth, which was a good sign.

I had a couple of rods rigged with big sabikis and heavy sinkers. For bait I had a few frozen spotties and a couple of mullet. The fish were cut across into steaks for bait and I noticed that the smaller tail section didn’t hook any cod. Red cod have big mouths. You need big hooks and big baits.

It was almost instant fish.

Trevor got the first cod. It was a 3 kg beauty and in great condition and more fish followed. We didn’t need to stay long and Trevor declared that he had just experienced the best hour and a half’s fishing of his life.

It took almost as long for

me to carefully fillet the fish.

I only take the top half of the fillet and avoid all the bones. Most of the meat is in the top half, the rest is just too thin, fiddly and time consuming to be bothered with.

The tide will be right in another two weeks time. I’ll be going cod fishing again then, because timing is everything.

Trevor with a perfectly timed Marlborough red cod.

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“It instantly put me in the spotlight and in terms of my shyness, helped me break down some walls,” he told The Fishing Paper recently.

Matt said that working on ‘The Wall’ with Pink Floyd also opened doors for him, as he was recently invited by the Chinese government to advise on a restoration project for the Great Wall. The natural body oil from millions of fingers touching the wall has caused the thousand-year-old mortar to break down and the Great Wall is now crumbling into the jungle. It is predicted that the wall will disappear in the next four thousand years if something is not done urgently.

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Preparation for Paddling – the Paddler Last month we discussed getting our kayaks ready for summer - but what about you, the paddler? Are you ready to get on the water?

Here are a few things to think about before you go for your first paddle of the season.

Take it easy on your first outing. Fish more, paddle less! Or go for a short paddle on a calm day.

Have a think about how you hold your paddle.

Too tight of a grip will often cause wrist trouble.

Stretching and warming up before paddling will get your body ready for paddling and also helps prevent injury.

Are you ready to lift your kayak onto your car? If you are unsure about loading it onto the roof rack, ask someone else for help. There are plenty of methods you can use to load the kayak, as well as accessories you can get to aid with loading. Do not risk injuring yourself by lifting a heavy kayak up high.

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of your kayak then address them before you head out paddling. An uncomfortable seat can be fixed with some glue, some foam and a couple of hours.

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Set aside a few hours and go through the basic skills. Then you can be sure that your skills are current and that you are ready to go paddling. It’s a great feeling when you can head out with the confidence that you can get there AND back again.

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Matt hopes this picture of him posing with his favourite read will get him back in the paper. It has and he only had to fly 12 hours to achieve it. So much for fishing at your feet!

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Sniper Shot, Soup & Tears

By Daniel Crimp

“Daniel, Daniel wake up,” said Dad, “It’s time to go hunting.”

“But its 4.30am,” I groaned, “Let me sleep in a bit longer!”

I didn’t want to go hunting, but little did I know; this was going to be the greatest day of my life...

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We had soup for breakfast – as always! I was hunting in Hungary with Dad and our guide, Roland, and Hungarians love their soup. We crept across the gravel path, past the sleeping dog, over the frost-covered grass that glistened in the moonlight, to the Jeep Cherokee. It was time to go hunting.

It was a twenty-minute drive through acres and acres of sunflower and corn until we got to our hunting grounds and straight away we spotted deer. Dad, Roland and I snuck through the sunflowers to get a better look. A roebuck popped up in front of us and Dad shot it off the sticks.

He didn’t just get the roebuck but also got a little ‘magnum eyebrow’ to go with it.

Now it was my turn. I had never shot a deer before and was so excited. This could be my chance to get one. We drove through more corn and sunflowers until the blind old man (Dad) shouted, “There’s one over there!”

Roland parked the car and by now the deer had vanished into the bush. We weaved through the trees to a good vantage point. Roland set up the sticks and I lay the twenty-two across them, and looked through the scope. Roland whipped a roebuck caller out of his pocket and gave a couple of blows. On the third blow I made out some antlers in the scrub and whispered, “I can see him, I can see him!”

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Roland whispered back, “Be patient – he’ll come closer.”

The buck burst out from the bush and charged toward us – I thought he was going to run us over.

He stopped, staring at us from 40m away. I had to shoot – I didn’t have much time – he was looking right at us. I took a deep breath, put the crosshairs on him, blew out and squeezed off a shot. He took off into the bush and for a minute I thought I’d missed him, but Dad and Roland agreed that it sounded like a hit. On closer inspection we found blood on a tobacco leaf, so we left it for an hour so we wouldn’t scare it off.

We came back later with the dog and showed him the blood. He took off, bounding toward the bush. Roland and I waited until we heard barking and then we went after him, following a trail of broken bushes and branches, and found him only five-metres inside the bush.

I was ecstatic – I’d finally shot my first deer, but I think Dad was happier than I was – he was in tears!

I’d hit the buck right through the neck. Roland called it a sniper shot.

My first deer and it was a trophy. To top it off, we went for lunch… MORE SOUP! For more info on hunting roebuck in Hungary, contact Crimpy: editor@thefishingpaper.co.nz or 021 472 517

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Arguing From a Point of Ignorance (Part 1)

By Daryl Crimp

The recent sensational media feeding frenzy over a handful of Crusaders players hunting in South Africa highlights an alarming trend – the increase in people arguing from a point of ignorance. Add to this, emotive bleating as opposed to reasoned argument and intelligent debate flies out the window.

Put to one side for the moment that the situation was cleverly exploited by an animal rights activist group to destabilize a legitimate and healthy industry, and look at the knee-jerk reaction it sparked. The outraged squealed the same old tired, hackneyed, emotion-charged rhetoric; hunting is a cruel blood sport, inhumane, hunters are murderers and should be shot, and so on. What they were actually saying was, “Hunting offends my sensibilities.”

A perfectly acceptable viewpoint, but that’s where it should end.

Women’s magazines offend my sensibilities but I haven’t started a crusade to have them banned and I don’t scream in the face of those who enjoy them, that they are shallow, vacuous parasites that inflict pain and misery on our super stars because of their insatiable lust for Paparazzi fed celebrity gossip.

More worrying, is that by sheer weight of numbers these hysterical and ill informed ‘animal advocates’ have the power to effect change, which, in more cases than not, has a detrimental effect on the animals they are purporting to protect. If they were to educate themselves they would better appreciate the good hunters actually do and how much animals benefit collectively from the sport.

If we stick with Africa as an example and look at the facts, the reality is those countries that support good game hunting infrastructure and management have healthy and, in many cases, growing populations of animals. Consider Rhodesia, later to become Zimbabwe. When it was established by Cecil Rhodes in 1890 there were an estimated 30,000 elephants in the country but now, under a flourishing hunting regime, there is a growing population of over 100,000 – a more than threefold increase and in a far limited area.

However, those countries that have banned recreational hunting have shown a marked decline in game numbers, which, in some instances, has been catastrophic. Take Kenya, which at the time recreational hunting was banned in May 1977 had a population of approximately 170,000 elephants and 8,000 black rhino. Today it is estimated that only 20,000 elephants and 500 rhinos exist! Lions, once in abundance, are now threatened and it is expected that they will become extinct in Kenya within the next two or three decades.

Tanzania was closed to hunting from 1973 to 1983 and in that time its populations of 380,000 elephant and 18,000 black rhino slumped to less than 80,000 and 100 animals respectively. After safari hunting resumed, elephant numbers bounced back to around 130,000 by 2009.

It is clear that hunting is not the ‘Wicked Witch’ it is made out to be, so what is the biggest threat to animals? One is loss of habitat and competition with Man to occupy the land. It seems modern Man cannot co-exist with wild animals. The second and most pernicious is poaching, which is the chief cause for the dramatic declines mentioned above.

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Once you put a value on an animal, it will either be protected or exploited. If the poaching model is given priority, a black market will flourish and the ultimate outcome is population collapse. In 2000, the black market value of ivory to poverty-stricken villagers was $5US per kilo and sold in China for $400US per kilo. Today illegal ivory is worth $100 per kilo to the poacher and sells for $1,800 in China. Why the increase? China has a burgeoning wealthy upper-middle class that ‘needs’ to spend money on ‘status trinkets’ in the form of carved ivory pieces!

How does hunting help? Hunting too puts a value on the animals but at a ridiculously low harvest level; would you believe in the case of a celebrity species like the elephant, the actual harvest sits around one half of one percent of the total population; that’s 0.5%.

However, poachers, who have switched from the noisy and inefficient AK47 and hit and miss snares to cyanide in the water holes, kill entire herds, family groups and non-targeted species indiscriminately in the pursuit of ivory.

A healthy hunting industry makes it hard for poaching to exist because it funds anti-poaching campaigns and provides jobs and food for the native Africans, who, without it, become the poachers.

In the most part, animals aren’t killed vaingloriously but utilized to give much needed protein to villages. In the absence of hunting, poverty driven desperation drives ordinary Africans to poaching as a simple means to exist.

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I am probably preaching to the informed and converted so if you know people who fervently argue towards the banning of hunting, encourage them to read this. Then I would pass on a simple caution – be careful what you wish for, because it could very well bring about the demise of what you are trying to protect!

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I went out with one thing in mind, I wanted a ‘long shot’ to test my new Mauser 2506 for long range accuracy. I chose an area in the forest where the track ran straight and level for a thousand yards. With fading light, I used my binoculars to study the track. Something dark in colour was on the track about halfway down, I switched to my Elite scope and wound it up to max zoom. This gave me a brighter picture than the binos and brought the object closer. It was two deer, one was a big one, the other looked like a yearling. I was so far back that I decided to go for the little one, surely an easier carry out!

I centred the cross on its chest, took a deep breath and touched one off - the 117 grain Hornady sped down the track. Through the scope, I saw the deer trip and then both animals dash off to their left into the forest.

I leveled up slowly, giving plenty of time to allow the shot deer to rest. Heading over to the shot, I spotted the prints and tracked them to the

animal. Upon seeing it, I was surprised by its size - it was a big one, meaning the other one must have been a stag, because he was twice as big.

Realising I now had a big job on my hands, I decided to take my rifle and daypack across the track, cut straight through the forest and nearby farmland and hope to get everything back to camp before dark. As I came out into the light I saw another deer, feeding on the grass, about 250 yards up on the edge of the forest in the direction I was going. I thought I would have a go for the head, just to double check the gun’s accuracy. I took a rest against a tree and fired. The hind dropped like a stone.

“Bugga!” Now I really had some work to do.

When I got to her, she also was quite large. I photographed the headshot and picked her up, hoisted her over my shoulder and started heading back. By the time I reached camp the sun was well down - after a quick drink I turned back for the first animal. I hauled it up and stared into the gloomy darkness ahead and started the long walk back out.

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When Acting the Goat Rylee’s ‘Ducky Tune’ Bags Brace Becomes Pulling The Pork

By Ian Sutherland

My young daughter Rylee is not your normal keen budding duck hunter; she likes pink, especially as it is the colour of her duck call.

“Dad, can I come duck shooting with you,” she said one Saturday arvo.

The weather was warm and we wouldn’t be long – ideal daughter weather.

“Yep,” I answered, “bring your caller and camo, and

we’ll walk the creek!”

We hadn’t gone far and needed a rest after bagging a few ‘pooks’. Rylee took out her pink duck call and started playing a ‘ducky tune’.

Imagine my surprise when a pair of mallards dropped out of the sky and into the creek in front of us! They were quickly bagged as they tried to escape.

Rylee had done it - she had managed to call in some ducks!

Billy is looking a little hamstrung over what happened to porky.

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Rylee Sutherland with the spoils of piping a pink tune.

We’re partial to an evening meal of chevon, known more commonly as goat meat. Unlike some, we don’t resort to sourcing quality cuts from the supermarket, we take matters into our own hands. Firstly we both acquired .223 rifles, good scopes and lots of ammunition, then we visited several high country runholders and asked their permission to cull goats. They said “yes” and cull we did. We were happy, they were happy.

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on the opposite side of the large rock’s base. I maxed-out my varipower rifle scope but to no avail. With all day ahead of me I opted to pique my curiosity and made a rapid descent towards that unusual black spot. It was at the base of a steep rockslide, and amidst minimal cover but I was sure it was a large animal of some description.

It seemed I was acting the goat myself as I rock-hopped down the boulders of the rockfall.

My route was rugged and ankle-snapping dangerous but well worth the effort, for, once I’d closed the distance, my binoculars revealed that the black spot was a sleeping pig. It was a very large pig which I presumed was a boar.

My continued descent was now a study in silence and stealth. I welcomed the frost-cold breeze which wafted airily into my face. Ideal.

Once I’d substantially closed the gap between the pig and myself I chambered a round, knowing full well that a 55 grain .223 bullet was poor choice against a large, tough skinned wild boar. With adrenaline spilling forth, and breathing anything but regular, I slid and rock-hopped nearer and nearer my target.

At a mere fifty metres I took a last long look at old ‘Boris’. He was pure black, his colour

absorbing the warmth of the sun as he lay in blissful slumber. His eyes were tightly closed and he lay on his belly, his long snout resting between his extended forelegs. His tusks were exposed on either side of his snout and the width between his shoulders suggested he was above average size.

I made myself as comfortable as possible on my boulder-strewn settee and then began to assess approximate range and trajectory before raising my Ruger.

Steadying my breathing was no mean feat as adrenaline now coursed through my bloodstream and buck fever set in.

I aimed carefully at the slumbering giant’s nearside ear and gently squeezed the trigger. Holy macaroni did that pig waken and accelerate away like nothing I’ve ever seen. It took me several seconds to stir from open-mouthed surprise to quickly chambering a second round.

Unlike my first shot which was sitting, steady and thoroughly calculated (and a fraction too high), this second shot was most unlikely to succeed.

To see the boar now I had to stand on tip-toe, balancing precariously atop an angular boulder. Then, hazarding a guess, I gave the boar (who was forging downhill at tremendous pace) a hopeful amount of lead and yanked roughly at the trigger as I toppled from my lookout post.

At a rapid scurry I gained my feet once more only to see that this most ridiculous shot had been a killing one and the huge pig lay on his back thrashing his cloven hooves in the air.

Further rapid scurrying found me alongside this mighty black boar.

Only when my pounding heart slowed and my trembling hands steadied did I take in what I’d just slain. He was a beauty. Further investigation revealed that my first shot had hit the tip of the ear opposite to where I’d aimed. No wonder he woke so quickly.

My second shot, the one which was nothing short of sheer fluke, was a very effective head shot. A 55 grain projectile in the brain is as devastating as any heavier calibre. The fact that this second shot had gone exactly where I’d aimed the first time did not elude me. My luck was in, it doesn’t happen often!

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TOTALLY REFRESHED During the last 12 months, the team at Totally Boating has been refreshed, bringing onboard a new approach while staying true to the local boating passion that the well-established brand has always been renowned for.

Husband and wife Andrew and Natalie Dobson form the revised management team, bringing international experience to the day-today running of the business. After roles both in Auckland and overseas, the Dobson’s settled in Nelson and recently welcomed a beautiful new daughter to the family, Pia, who keeps them entertained when they are not working on the business.

The entire team is proud to offer a new lineup of products for 2014, through the sale of quality established brands that New Zealand boaties can trust: • Regal Boats direct from the USA • Fi-Glass boats made in New Zealand • McLay Crossover range - boats with pontoon stability and great looks • The full Mercury range of outboards in 2-stroke and 4-stroke • Chandlery, accessories and electronics

Andrew is the Service Manager and oversees the operation of the experienced workshop to ensure all servicing work and fitout of new boats is done to a very high standard.

Natalie operates the administrative side of the business and oversees the staff, sales and stock roles to bring Nelson boaties the right mix of products and expertise on all things boating.

Tim Wells heads the sales department and is a family man, passionate boatie and fisherman with extensive family roots in the wider district.

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• Fully welded tread plate floor giving under floor buoyancy • 130Lt under floor fuel tank • Painted top & side stripe with Nyalic balance • Large transom storage cover with two hatch covers • Cabin shelves • Navigation and anchor lights • Lined cabin and dash • Padded squabs in cabin • Fishfinder/chartplotter • Rocket launcher • Featuring the powerful new Mercury 115hp 4 stroke engine + too many other extras to list!

• 3mm sides and top • Marine grade 4mm chines • Anchor locker • Bilge pump • Bow spit with rope guides

• Fully welded 3mm tread plate floor giving under floor buoyancy • GME VHF & aerial • Nav & anchor lights • Nyalic coating • Swivel seats on pedestals • Toko multiroller galvanised trailer • Two dive platforms & ladder • Walk thru wraparound perspex screen

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You’ll wile away many happy summer hours with the whole family in this beauty, creating memories that last for years to come.

• Width on trailer 2.17m • Length on trailer 5.85M

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Smartwave boats are built to handle harsh environments and to take a hammering, with a thick outer skin for impact resistance. Warm to sit on, stable and quiet to ride in and UV stabilised for lasting good looks. The smoothest and safest ride in a small craft you will ever experience!

The 4200 is rated to carry 5 adults comfortably and is equally suited to a day out fishing as it is to towing the kids on waterskis or a ski-biscuit.

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Osprey 610 Hard Top package with 150hp 4 stroke The Osprey 610HT is just the right size - big enough to carry a boat full of your mates.

With Osprey’s signature hull it’s more than capable of handling a big sea to get you home safely. It is compact enough that launching and retrieving is easy and towing on the single axle trailer is a breeze.

Osprey boats are well renowned for their soft ride, their deep vee and entry means they’ll out-perform many other boats available on the market today. At Totally Boating we can provide the full package on this boat with all the extras. Our professional

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Boat Expo Saturday September 13

Nelson’s Number 1 Marine Team

Totally Boating are pleased to announce the addition of Regal Boats to our range. We have selected Regal Boats because they are a premium brand, their products are made to the highest standard and this is a good fit with our existing product range.

A number of our staff are keen on watersports and the Regal 1900ES is well equipped for all watersports activities as well as a day cruising out with the family in all the beautiful waterways we have on our doorstep at the top of the South Island.

Regal have a wide selection of boats

from their 5.8m 1900ES Bowrider up to large 53 foot launches. A number of the innovations in hull design and the finish that you see in the much larger Regal boats are also included in their smaller runabouts. All their boats are finished beautifully with stunning upholstery, more stainless steel fittings than you see on equivalent boats and slick paint finishes.

Regal have won a number of awards in the USA for their products and customer service so we look forward to working with them to provide top quality boating experiences for discerning customers.

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Auction for Starship

Totally Boating are pleased to announce the auctioning of a boat at our Expo on 13 September, with all proceeds benefitting Starship Children’s Health in Auckland.

The Starship Foundation is a social-profit organisation that raises funds so Starship Children’s Health can better care for more than 120,000 young patient visits each year.

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Totally Boating are working to help out a deceased estate and present this beautiful Trophy 2302 - 7m Hardtop boat for auction. We’re also honoured to be able to contribute the proceeds towards an organisation that is making a difference in the lives of families in our community.

The 7m Trophy 2302 Hardtop has an extremely deep vee hull which provides an incredible soft, dry ride and amazing performance in all conditions. The hardtop cabin configuration has plenty of protection from the elements and heaps of storage onboard. The boat is packed with extras including GPS/Chartplotter, Depth Sounder/Fish Finder, radar, compass, toilet, hand-basin and much more.

Equipped with a super powerful Suzuki 250hp 4 stroke

Auction will be running at 2pm at Totally Boating’s premises – 225 Akersten St, Port Nelson.

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Releases NEW Four Strokes Lightweight Design

Strong Efficient Performance

✓ Lightest 115hp available

✓ 2.1 litre displacement

✓ 359lbs (163kg)

✓ Best in class

Smooth Quiet Operation

Extreme Durability & Reliablity

✓ Sound absorbent cowl design

✓ Based on 150hp architecture

✓ Tuned idle exhaust relief ✓ Focused mount system

Corrosion Resistance

✓ New clutch shifting strategy

✓ XK360 low copper alloy ✓ MercFusion paint process

Built-in Efficiencies

✓ Extensive stainless steel

✓ Optimised low friction design

✓ 3 year corrosion warranty

✓ Performance- tuned scroll intake ✓ 35 amp charging system

Easiest To Maintain with Lower Cost of Operation

✓ Low friction SOHC valve train

✓ Maintenance-free valve system

✓ Multi-port EFI

✓ No-mess oil change system ✓ EZ fuel filter service

Heavy Duty & Efficient Gearcases

✓ Colour-coded maintenance locations

✓ Robust “Command Thrust” (2.38:1)

✓ Up front freshwater flush system

✓ Streamlined standard (2.7:1)

✓ Single latch, lightweight guided cowl (easy on & off)

Come see us for Mercury specials on 13 September

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The Re-launch of the FIREBALL First released in 1968, the Fi-Glass Fireball is without a doubt the most popular fibreglass boat ever produced in New Zealand.

From humble beginnings to defining modern boating, in excess of 3500 have been produced today, firmly positioning it as one of the most iconic Fi-Glass boats on the market. A notion clearly highlighted to Fi-Glass Managing Director, Griff Simpson, during discussions with boating’s best: “A senior, well known local business figure, John Butterfield who has won international boating championships and owned countless boats, has often asked me whether there has ever been a better boat than the Fi-Glass Fireball.”

2014 sees the re-launch of the Fireball. Completely new from the keel up, it boasts a contemporary interior, coupled with a modern stylish look. It is easy to handle on and off the trailer, while offering drivers fantastic sea keeping ability.

Longer than the original 14 foot 6” design, the 2014 Fireball is wider and has a deeper vee. With the original Fireball coupled with a 40hp Mercury, Fi-Glass turned once again to Mercury to complete their offering. The result sees the 2014 Fireball base package include a 50hp oil injected two-stroke with trim and tilt, as the power plant. Add to that a galvanized multi roller trailer and a starting price point of $19,990, this Fi-Glass Fireball will not only appeal to the first time boatie, but the most discerning of boating consumers. Accommodating their growing export market in the Pacific rim, the Fireball will also be available in centre console and tiller steer options.

Having identified a gap in the market for a versatile runabout, Griff and his team are confident the new and improved Fireball is an absolute winner.

“Whether it is for fishing, skiing or just family fun on the water, the Fireball will deliver the perfect boating experience time and time again,” shares Griff.

At the centre of creating fantastic family memories on the water, at a price everyone can afford, the 2014 Fi-Glass Fireball is a new and improved slice of kiwi ingenuity.

Boat Expo Saturday September 13

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TOPIC TACKLE - THE ISSUES ISSUE Election time is upon us - during the last government term in particular, fisheries and 1080 have both been contentious topics amongst the various stakeholders. This has been echoed in the feedback, letters, columns and correspondence to The Fishing Paper - both positive and negative.

We presented the major political parties with an opportunity to be a part of this feature and put to them two commonly debated questions, asking them to answer the one they felt most strongly about.

Recreational fishers are concerned our rights continue to be eroded and that we have no legitimate stake in the fishery, or meaningful input into fisheries management - what specifically do you intend doing to address this concern?

Q1 Q2 Or:

The use of aerial 1080 in New Zealand is one of the most contentious issues facing Kiwis. Hunters and outdoor enthusiasts, in particular, are concerned about the increasing widespread and indiscriminate use of aerial 1080 and threat it poses to our hunting, and potential risk to our native wildlife. What is your party stance on 1080?

Make your vote count

Conservative Party Response

Labour Party Response

The wild fish of New Zealand belong firstly to the New Zealand people for their recreational enjoyment and secondly as a resource to be sustainably used by the commercial sector. Our policy called ‘Thriving Oceans’ will ensure New Zealanders enjoy catching fish both now and in the future.

Conservatives will: - Make the legal size for all species the same for both recreational and commercial fishers.

- Ban inshore commercial trawling along with a ban on commercial fishing within the Hauraki Gulf.

- Legislate that kahawai and kingfish become recreational only species and are not a species that can be commercially harvested.

Going out fishing for the family is an iconic Kiwi tradition. While we need to maximise the value of our fisheries industry and protect the sustainability of our fishing stocks, we must ensure that tradition is preserved.

We should all take part in preserving our fishing stocks, not put the burden on recreational fishers. That’s unfair. Labour will preserve our snapper fishery for future generations and in doing so we’ll put recreational fishers’ interests first.

Labour will improve non-commercial access to coastal fisheries by working with the recreational fishing sector to protect their rights and the expectations of all New Zealanders to access public fisheries resources.

- Make commercial fisherman return to port all their by-catch and prohibit the dumping of fish at sea.

- Introduce a monitoring programme to limit bycatch and ensure commercial vessels observe the inshore fishing ban.

Party vote Conservative to catch more.

For more common sense visit www.standforsomething.org.nz

We’ll commit to a forum for the recreational sector to establish the rights, obligations and objectives for the long term confidence of recreational fishers.

We’ll initiate research and consultation on rebuilding SNA1 stocks, including waste reduction measures to accelerate this.

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Response to Question 2

Changing the way NZ does conservation

The use of aerial 1080 is one of the most contentious issues facing Kiwis. Hunters and outdoor enthusiasts, in particular, are concerned about the threat it poses to our hunting, and potential risk to our native wildlife.

The Ban1080 Political Party policy is an end to the aerial application of 1080 to our environment. DoC’s ‘Battle for the Birds’ is seriously flawed propaganda.

The reality is this year’s beech mast is light to moderate at inland sites and DoC’s own science says rats explode to four to five times

normal levels for up to six years after a 1080 drop.

More native birds are added to the endangered list each year. 20% of birds killed on an average drop are kea, and 11 of the 19 native bird species killed by 1080 have never had survival studies done.

If we get parliamentary representation, we will only support a government that ends aerial 1080. We need your vote to achieve that. It’s not about alternatives, 1080 has been used in NZ for 60 years and needs to be seen as a failed experiment.

there’s nothing pure about 1080 poison

NZFFA Response The NZFFA are pleased to see freshwater centre stage this election. There’s the Green Party’s ‘Rivers We Can Swim In’, The Maori Party’s ‘Te Mana o Te Wai’, Labour’s ‘Swimmable Rivers’, NZ First’s environment policy, United Future’s impressive ‘Keep Freshwater Fresh’ and Internet/Mana Party, promoting mauri of freshwater bodies.

It’s not just politicians however; Otago and Horizons local councils and the Ruataniwha Board of Inquiry have set freshwater pollution limits far more stringent than the current government’s ‘National Bottom Lines’, the latter giving a green light to continued degradation of our rivers and lakes. There’s also the grass roots movements to protect our

rivers and lakes.

Fish & Game, as ever, are at the forefront fighting for good habitat for trout and salmon.

Given that our sports fish are very dependent on clean and cool water it’s a pretty simple equation: no freshwater = no trout and salmon.

Nearly everyone cares about freshwater.

Give your party vote to those who see freshwater as more than just an economic resource to plunder and pollute.

nd to aerial spreading nto our environment.

to this policy if elected. on September 20th.

Love rivers as much as we do?

Ban 1080 Changing the way NZ does conservation

✓ Our only policy is an end to aerial spreading of 1080 poison into our environment.

We are committed to this policy if elected.

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On 20 September - Use your party vote for fresh, not foul water.

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Make your vote count NZ FIRST Response NZ First has a comprehensive fisheries policy intended to maximise fairness, sustainability, and economic benefits to all stakeholders.

We hold that the fisheries resource belongs to the nation as a whole. Whilst the commercial fishing industry has a right to earn an honest living, the needs of recreational fishers must never be regarded as secondary.

The QMS has provided a framework for managing the fishery for some 20 years and is now in need of a revamp. Our policy aims to dramatically increase this harvest and resource.

NZ First policy calls for the exclusion of trawling from some inshore fisheries. This will encourage the regeneration of fish stocks and ensure that both recreational and commercial fishers have easier access to appropriate size and species-specific target catches.

Commercial fishers will be compensated for loss of access to the inshore. In addition we oppose both licensing for recreational saltwater fishers and the imposition of resource rentals for commercial operators.

We propose to restrict, in specified areas, inshore catches to local trade only, other than for crayfish and shellfish.

We aim to end dumping waste and to maximise economic returns by requiring all fish to be landed in New Zealand for further value-added processing.

Don’t Suppress Your Voting Voice

By Paul Clark - New Zealand Ammo

It is probably no surprise that one of the biggest issues on most minds, aside from the usual introspective concerns, will be the national elections coming up this month. It is better to be part of the process by voting, than to stand sitting on the outside moaning about a result that you don’t like. This is the reality of politics in a democracy. Is it a coincidence that this week two major 1080 drops were announced on public land? I don’t think so. While most hunters won’t agree with these drops, some other people will.

Over the last couple of years I have met with a number of senior National party politicians from the prime minister down - and firearm issues have been discussed.

The recurring message I receive from many of them is that politically, shooters and their allied interests are substantially invisible. Invisible people don’t get their interests looked after or heard, in my opinion.

Therefore my message to hunters is to make an appointment with your local member of parliament, or somebody standing in your electorate whose policies might reflect your interests. Tell

them politely but firmly that shooting sports matter greatly to you and enquire if are they are prepared to look after your shooting interests. Remember that this is the one time in the three year election cycle that these people need you and your vote, so you have something to bargain with and you maintain the right to ask the hard questions.

On a more positive note, I recently attended parliament as the chairman of Colfo to help celebrate New Zealand’s ratification of the Arms Trade Treaty.

Colfo has been involved for a number of years as an accredited NGO member at the United Nations in New York on firearm issues. For the past couple of years we have been part of the official MFAT delegation to the UN meetings in New York on this issue, our concerns were listened to and acted on at the highest level. At our own expense we have sent several members of the Colfo executive to New York to attend the relevant international meetings on the Arms Trade Treaty. It goes to show that being involved can work if you make your voice heard.

Policies worth taking, Hook, Line, and Sinker. www.nzfirst.org.nz

‘It’s common sense’ Party Vote NZ First

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DO YOU CARE ABOUT FISHING AND HUNTING of TOMORROW?

Not just for your enjoyment but your children and grandchildren too.

On September 20, election day don't be an ostrich, keep your head out of the sand and vote with purpose The Council of Outdoor Recreation Assns of NZ (CORANZ) believes

The crisis is quiet but urgent!

as US president the late John F. Kennedy once said. “Each generation must deal anew with the raiders, with the scramble to use public resources for private profit” Examples: • Saltwater bag limits slashed to give your fish to commercial corporates • Commercial over-fishing - e.g. kahawai, Marlborough scallops • Commercial allowed to take undersized crayfish • 1080 and brodifacoum ‘ecocide’ poisons on public lands killing insects, birds, deer, chamois, tahr • Foreign corporates buying land and erecting locked gates

• 60% of rivers unfit for swimming and fishing • Canada geese sentenced from game bird to pest status.

What’s next?

• Threats to curtail Fish & Game councils • Oil drilling explorations by foreign companies in your forest parks • and more threats to public’s outdoors

The Council of Outdoor Recreation Associations (CORANZ) polled political parties for outdoor recreation and environmental policies. Full replies and results of analysis of responses by politically independent analysis can be seen at www.coranz.org.nz The conclusions (check the web site to see if you agree) and scorings by a politically independent analysis were:

NZ First 88 out of 100 - first

Labour and Maori 35 equal,

ACT and Mana 0 (no replies)

United Future and Conservative 76 - second equal

Greens 12

National minus 29

Inserted by Council of Outdoor Recreation Assns of NZ

CONCLUSION! CAST YOUR PARTY VOTE FOR NZ FIRST, UNITED FUTURE OR CONSERVATIVE

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Stick Your Oar In Have Your SAY…

Mail your letters to Stick Your Oar In The Fishing Paper, PO Box 9001, Annesbrook, 7044, NELSON email: editor@thefishingpaper.co.nz

Hypocritical DoC Woeful & Wanting Dear Ed, DoC should get their own house in order before identifying trout as the scapegoat for loss of native fish. DoC’s recent review of threatened fish identified three species of native fish found only in Otago, which are ‘nationally critical’ and Pete Ravenscroft, DOC’s freshwater ranger for Otago, stated that trout are having the ‘most devastating impact’ on these fish.

To suggest that trout have a greater adverse impact on freshwater life than irrigation abstraction, dairy pollution, untreated sewage discharge by councils and sediment run off from clear-felled forestry land is unqualified emotive bunkum. I think it highly unlikely that there is even one iota of evidential data to support this outburst and it smells of the ‘all native is good, all introduced is bad’ fundamentalism we hear all too often coming from DoC. Carnivorous behavior is not the sole domain of trout - big fish, unsurprisingly, eat smaller fish, whether it be native longfin eels preying on bullies or native kahawai devouring smelt, this is nature – red in tooth, claw and fin.

Instead of painting trout as the reason for the decline in our native freshwater fish, DoC would be better positioned to put their energies into fighting for our rivers to be maintained in their natural state. I find it hypocritical that DoC purport to care about native fish yet failed to bother joining the Federation and Fish & Game in the protection of the Makororo River from the Ruataniwha Dam, took $20M from TrustPower in lieu of submitting against diverting two thirds of the Wairau river into a canal and didn’t submit against a dam on the Nevis River, home to a native galaxid only found in that river!

The NZFFA advocates for the protection of the natural environment of New Zealand and, in particular, its freshwater ecosystems.

David Haynes, President of the New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers.

Pipedream a Funding Nightmare Dear Ed, I refer to the oversea’s and local consortium’s cost estimate of $230-$300million for the proposed Arawhata-Hollyford road.

Federated Mountain Clubs have come up with a whopping $1billion, but my estimate is a more realistic $500-$600million. However, whatever the cost it will have to be borrowed from Chinese financial interests.

Interest!

Taking the lower ball-park figure of $250million, this would incur annual interest of about $20million, which over the projected four-year building period would be some $80million added to the loan

principal. And this relating to the lower cost figure! Double it to my projections and we are in the region of $40million a year in interest alone.

Interest in huge sums of this nature are material additions to cost. Interest would reduce if the principal is diminished in the far off future, but the interest will be a huge addition to overall cost for the first few years and still very costly thereafter.

Mathematically, at $35 a passenger, it will take the income from either about 650 thousand or 1.3 million, depending on the actual cost of this project, to pay the interest alone on this debt. Then there will be the inevitable cost overruns for men, machinery and maintenance to be expected from the making of a road in such a remote, high rainfall and inclement weather area.

The idea of a 30-year toll collection and road payment period is a pipe-dream purely dependent on projected incremental annual increases in road-users, which has no firm foundation. The government has wisely blocked both the recent plans for extra access routes to Milford – both a monorail and a tunnel over fears of underfunding and non-completion leaving central government to clean up the mess. Both of these projects were far more realistic in less remote areas than the proposed Cascade-Hollyford road to Milford, which in worst case scenarios could either end up with the Chinese owning by default a partial road through a once wilderness or as a massive burden for both rate and tax payers.

Mike Bennett.

Barrytown.

Spin Doctors Can’t Count Dear Ed, The recently released Department of Conservation booklet titled “Battle for the Birds” contains ‘spin doctored’ misleading information that supposedly justifies DoC’s spreading of 1080 toxin over large areas of New Zealand’s public lands. A typical example of this ‘spin doctoring’ centres around the $17 per hectare cost that the DoC booklet claims to be “The average cost per hectare of aerially spreading 1080 control rats, possums and stoats across large areas of often difficult terrain.” DoC’s hierarchy and ‘spin doctors’ are so wrong, DoC’s own documents prove it.

In their 1995 Document “Cost-effectiveness of different Possum Control Methods” we are told on page 10 that aerial operations cost $30 per hectare.

We are then told on page 6, “The costs reported here do not include overheads. DoC Head Office retained 31% of the national budget allocated for possum control, to cover both their and Conservancy overheads ( G. Adams, pers. comm.)” DoC’s average per hectare cost then was one helluva lot more than $30.

The 2010 independent review of the Animal Health Board by Outcome Management Services revealed on page 22 that the average cost to AHB for aerial 1080 operations was $35+ per hectare. If all components mentioned in table 3.4 on page 21 of the same review were used the cost per hectare for a West Coast operation could cost up to $71 per hectare.

Have DoC “spin doctors” read this AHB figure and then reversed it? Whoever in DoC’s hierarchy approved this misleading figure of $17 per hectare for publication should now either prove, through this paper, that claimed figure or be held accountable for misleading the people of New Zealand. Public money funds aerial 1080 operations and DoC propaganda booklets.

Ron Eddy Wairau Saddle F&G Cop ‘Good Fish Bad Fish’ Rap Dear Ed, Firstly, North Canterbury Fish & Game need to be congratulated on their change of regulations pertaining to salmon fishing. To prohibit fishing for salmon between the hours of 10.00pm and 4.00am, moved to 5.00am later in the season, has put an end to this crazy trend of using lumos that has crept in over the last few seasons, which has seriously ruined the traditionally most productive times, the change of light. It also severely hampers those whose nocturnal activity fall out side the realms of sportsmanship The brickbat goes to Central South Island Fish & Game: who, unlike their northern cousins, lack the fortitude to implement such a policy; even though at times the gut on the Rangitata resembles a night over Baghdad during an American bombing raid. There also exists a serious problem with illegal nocturnal activities.

Come on guys, instead of some of the stupid regulations that exist in this region how about showing some leadership in implementing regulations that will not only severely restrict those raping the fishery, but not hamper those who revere the king of fish.

Ken Lloyd Christchurch

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SAY…

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Free River Crossing And Wader Safety Training Courses

By Lawson Davey

Ever fallen in the drink, out of your depth, with tramping boots or waders on before?

Chances are you haven’t or you might not be here still to read this – they can very quickly turn into a death trap. Crossing at the wrong location, a swollen river, using poor crossing technique or not knowing when to abandon the attempt, kills far too many New Zealanders.

Wearing waders is something most anglers, whitebaiters and game bird hunters just take for granted, knowing it’s probably not the best to fall in but that “it won’t happen to me!”

What if it does? Do you know how to react in an instant to position your body so that the river current will assist you to get to the bank or if tramping how to get out of your pack should you need to? Do you wear a wading belt if using chest waders or a quick release belt if you own a pair of nylon thigh waders?

I can guarantee if you attend one of the safety courses, you will never have a casual view of the dangers again. You also only have to visit a New Zealand cemetery to see how many citizens historically died of ‘the great

Photo credit: Martin de Ruyter.

NZ death’ i.e. river crossings – unfortunately drownings are still our number one cause of death in the outdoors today.

Because drowning in our outdoor aquatic playground still remains at such a concerning level in New Zealand, Water Safety New Zealand are funding qualified river crossing instructors to run free training courses, with Fish & Game administering the bookings.

There will be four courses held over the next 12 months: two in Nelson and two in Marlborough. The first of these courses will be run on 19 September entitled ‘Whitebaiters and wader use’ with an identical one to also be held in Blenheim (date yet to be confirmed).

The two other courses will be orientated more towards hunters and trampers and the equipment they generally use. Keep an eye on the Nelson Marlborough Fish & Game website at www.nelson.fishandgame.org.nz/ for more details and booking information as it becomes available, or in the meantime contact the Nelson office of Fish & Game on (03) 544 6382.

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Intro to SLOW JIGGING With Bryce Helms

With spring just around the corner, hungry pre-spawn snapper will soon be showing up in numbers from the far north to Tasman Bay in the south. For me, one of the most effective and sporting ways of targeting these aggregations of big snaps is with slow jigs.

‘Slow jigging’ is an extremely versatile technique and ideally is suited to the aggressive manner in which spring snapper feed. It is especially effective in deeper (20m+) water and should always be used on the drift, not at anchor.

One of the best aspects of slow jigging is the gear used - it is lightweight, powerful, and an absolute blast to use. While almost any lightish set with braid on it will catch the odd fish, to do it effectively, specialised gear makes a huge difference. Both overhead and spin setups are available, but I far prefer overhead setups due to the increased control on the drop phase. When snapper are feeding aggressively, they will often come a long way off the bottom to nail a falling lure and these hits are often missed with a spin setup.

Baitcast style reels are perfect overhead reels for this type of fishing, especially the larger 300 size.

My suggestion for a suitable rod is to select light, graphite, high-modulus construction. Ensure you get a soft tip to maximise the lure action. Specific slow jig rods are available at most good tackle stores. The set I’m currently using is an Okuma Citrix 364 matched with a CD Nano Slow Jig 150g rod, and it truly is a jack of all trades, dealing to everything from cod and snapper to 40lb plus kings.

The basic technique for slow jigging is very simple; dropping the lure to the bottom, engaging the reel and very slowly retrieving the lure through the bite zone, usually the first 10m or so. Then simply drop back to the bottom and repeat the process. Sometimes a more active retrieve with either slow lifts of the rod tip during the retrieve, or alternatively simply yo-yo-ing the lure along the bottom will produce results as well.

In terms of the lures themselves, the best place to start would be with a handful of ‘Inchiku’ style lures in a few colours and weights. I have found the most reliable colours to be blue and pink - 60g to 150g in weight. Vary the weight depending on depth and current so that you can keep in touch with the bottom - if your line is more than 45deg out the back of the boat, and you can’t feel the lure touching the bottom - slow your drift. The slower the drift, the better and I often deploy a sea anchor in strong winds to stay over fish I have located. reel: Revenger, While slow jigs are extremely effective at nailing these big rod: X-Factor 7’0” 2pc snapper, it is worth keeping in mind that these fish are coming • Multi-disc, oiled felt drag system in to breed, so only take what you need, and if possible snap a • 3 ball bearings for ultimate smoothness • Multi-stop anti-reverse system few pictures and send those big breeding fish back to do their • Machined aluminium spool thing. Good luck and tight lines.

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By Poppa Mike

THE PIRATE WRECKERS Last month’s article about the Somali pirates operating in the Gulf of Aden prompted me to think of the days of sail, in particular the busy waters around the British Isles. This was the part of the world where a different ‘modus operandi’ of piracy was perfected.

With very busy shipping lanes, particularly through the English Channel, Bristol Channel and the Irish Sea, many small remote villagers waited in hope of a ship in trouble at the mercy of the elements. Villagers quickly prepared themselves for action, not necessarily to carry out rescue of lives but to carry out piracy. Speed was of the essence, a quick row out to the shipwreck and a systematic stripping of all valuable goods then a quick retreat to hide the loot ashore.

Slick operators working in teams could carry this out long before the Coastguard or Customs had left port. On some well documented occasions villagers deliberately set up false navigation lights or moved existing ones, then sat in wait for the first victim.

One notorious region was the coast of Cornwall, another the Strait of Dover.

Shipping leaving the River Thames heading south would often wait for favourable weather inside an area known as The Downs. Here the sandbanks, known as the Goodwins provided some shelter from rough seas, however shifting sands and fickle winds captured many vessels – over three hundred shipwrecks.

One particular nearby village, Deal, specialised in making fast craft called ‘deal boats’ that could quickly move to

wrecks in these shallow waters yet have great capacity for carrying lots of loot.

Overnight whole villages would be activated, larders stocked, new clothes for everyone, and luxury items adorning stone cottages. Surplus goods, in particular crates of alcohol, would be quickly stashed away in caves, buried or moved to other locations. Such opportunities made the difference between living well and just getting by, until the next wreck occurred.

If you would like to read more on these pirate wreckers then I strongly recommend ‘The Wreckers’ by Bella Bathurst.

TALK Fly fishing demands patience, concentration, skill and a damn good spot far away from modern society and stress. Rivers provide all types of environments, insects and elements that may upset the balance of a good fly fishing day. Insects come in many forms, shapes and sizes with just as much variety in how they bite, sting or attack. The worst is their ability to cause allergic reactions. Out in the wild it can range from an irritating bite to a life threatening reaction. Every person reacts differently but it remains constant that ‘prevention is the best form of treatment’.

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Coarse Fishing

By Dave Dixon

Fur & Feather Competition Last month I travelled to the Mangawara Stream near Huntly to fish the annual Fur and Feather competition for the first time. I’d never considered mid-winter coarse fishing in New Zealand before, but with the river holding more water at this time of year the fishing can actually be better than in the low flows of summer.

Surprisingly, the river level was not as high as I expected, so on the first day I was very happy to draw Peg 23 on the outside of a bend giving me good steady flow and eight foot of depth under the near bank. Having learnt a lesson from the Nationals in February, I had stepped up all my gear to stronger line and bigger hooks to make sure I’d land any carp that came along - but my approach was still the same: to catch anything that swims.

A steady day followed and I put quality rudd in the net at regular intervals together with three bonus carp, which, while not monsters, boosted my total weight to 29½ lbs and a clear match win.

My closest rival weighed in 16lb and with the competition being decided on total weight rather than section points I had a good head start. The second day saw me on Peg 8. Not usually a noted spot but it had won ‘A section’ on Saturday so it wasn’t without form. This area of the river demands a twopronged attack, with the feeder cast across to a row of far bank willows, and the pole fished closer in. From the start both lines produced fish but they were small. At intervals I tried bigger baits such as bunches of maggots, worms and sweetcorn to try and find the bigger fish, but each time it was a tiny rudd

that swallowed it first!

Looking around it was clear no-one was busy as I was so I got my head down and went as fast as I could. Inevitably, a few carp popped up in pegs along the bank but there seemed to be none in front of me. At the weigh-in my 16½ lbs had been narrowly beaten in the section by three anglers each catching carp but none of them could match me for total weight. It all depended on the results from ‘B section’.

My son Harry had fished there and had had a similar day to me putting a small rudd catch of 12lbs on the scales, but it was current National Champion Gary Bourne of Auckland who had done the damage with his carp attack.

Casting a feeder baited with three grains of corn tight to the far bank requires nerves of steel, as a lot of time goes by between bites, but Gary knew what he had to do and his six big fish won the day with 34lbs giving him a two-day total of 50lbs and just edging my 46lb into second place.

This years Fur & Feather was excitingly productive in the higher winter water volumes.

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Te Papa Press - RRP $80 (available from Te Papa website store) Reviewed by Imo McCarthy Have you ever been disappointed to find that it isn’t a small kahawai attached to the lure you haul in but a large lump of seaweed? Toss it over the side – but what was it? What sort of seaweed? This book will help you find the answer.

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THE McCASHIN’S STORY - By THE McCASHINS Published by Random House - RRP $45 Reviewed by Poppa Mike

The subtitle for this recently published book is, ‘The First Craft Beer and the Kiwi Brewing Revolution it Sparked’, which covers the two main threads of this wonderful piece of New Zealand’s history. Told by the McCashin family to the writers John McCrystal and Simon Farrell-Green, it follows a logical sequence in an easy to read, easy to follow manner.

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The Four Biggest Trout I Never Caught PRODUCT PREVIEW NEW LED Lenser NEO (Episode 4 of 4) Headlamp

By Frank Cartwright

The Taieri is the principal river traversing the Maniototo region of Central Otago.

It rises in the Lammerlaw Range and flows north in a series of convoluted loops towards Ranfurly.

After clearing the rugged Rock and Pillar range, it then flows south down a gorge to reach the Taieri flood-plain before discharging at the Taieri Mouth, a mainly recreational port for boaties who brave its notorious river bar.

The entire river is a significant brown trout fishery and top fish are found throughout its 200 kilometre length. I have fished it many times and my favoured fly locations have invariably been near the town of Ranfurly or further upstream near Styx where a rough spur road provides access up the historic Old Dunstan Road to Loganburn Reservoir. It is a wild and windswept place.

Beyond Waipiata it enters the scenic Taieri Gorge and gathers volume. This area also provides good fishing and is where a nephew recently caught an 8 pounder.

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In the spring of 2008 during a regular trip to Ranfurly, my buddy and I decided to fly fish the Taieri at Styx, work our way upstream, break

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for lunch around mid-day and then fish back using a wet fly or a lightly weighted nymph trailing a wet fly.

Fishing a wet fly is simplicity itself. Cast across the current, mend the line once or twice and let it swing downstream before quietly retrieving. Trout invariably take the tail of the fly, either savage or subtle, as it rises on the swing.

Having arrived at Styx, we assembled our fly rods and worked our way upstream, casting and retrieving, constantly searching the water. My buddy favoured a Woolly Bugger, the hot local fly, while I put my faith in a Humpy; but our offerings drew no responses. We called a halt and stopped for lunch.

Post lunch, a southerly drizzle suddenly set in but with no parka, my buddy was obliged to head back to base, leaving me to fish on. After

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donning waterproofs, I tied a dark green Antron & Partridge ‘wee wet’ to the bend of a Copper Nymph with 30cm of 4 lb tippet and cast this across the current, index finger ready to respond. I continued without a touch, until my fly line hesitated. I tightened up and was rewarded with an explosive leap from a very lively trout. After dashing about, the nicely conditioned jack brown of 2.5 lbs slipped into my waiting net.

Buoyed by success, I hastily resumed my sport. Cast across, mend the line, let it swing, quietly retrieve... rhythmical casting was pleasantly relaxing till the familiar hesitation in the line appeared again. I lifted my rod and was rewarded with a solid hookup. An enormous trout momentarily showed itself, dived, and took off downstream. Line screamed off at a furious rate.

I stumbled along, desperately maintaining tension to slow the run. Eventually the trout turned and headed back - which had me furiously retrieving line. After crossing to my side, I could see it was a trophy fish - but to capture it, I would have to be patient.

For twenty minutes the trout was in charge. Wherever it went, I was obliged to follow.

It was much too heavy to exert full control over, but gradually its dwindling stamina allowed me to work it closer to the bank. I found myself a fair distance downstream, towards the tangled remains of a semisubmerged fence - if I was to avoid it, I had to net the trout soon. Exerting as much pressure as I dared, I eased the trout closer, ever closer. I shortened line and lifted my rod high, drawing the tiring behemoth in reach.

‘Easy does it, easy does it’ I muttered as I stretched my net out - but just as I was closing in, the little fly pulled. I was stunned. In total disbelief, I watched a rare trophy trout asthmatically submerge and vanish. If only my buddy had been with me. He could have come to my aid like a good ghillie and done the netting honours. Instead, I duffed it.

Defeated, deflated and in now dismal drizzle, I broke down my rod and trudged back to the 4WD for a warming cuppa and the sympathetic ear of my buddy. Being a man of few words, he merely said, “Let’s head for the Patearoa pub. You just might want to drown your sorrows!”

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Lowrance Announces Outboard Pilot

Lowrance, a world-leading brand in fishing electronics since 1957, announced today its all-new Outboard Pilot for use with the Lowrance High Definition System (HDS) series. This easy-to-use autopilot system allows fingertip steering of the outboard engine giving anglers an ‘extra hand’ so they can focus more on their fishing activity. Featuring integrated control from an HDS Gen2 or HDS Gen2 Touch, the Outboard Pilot can be installed with hydraulic or cable steered outboard systems – all with commands coming directly from the HDS display.

Designed for single outboard set-ups on boats to 30 feet, the Lowrance Outboard Pilot can steer to a selected heading, waypoint or along a route, as well as execute a selected turn pattern. Additionally, the Outboard Pilot allows users to create routes from saved trails with the touch of a button, giving anglers the ability to retrace previous tracks from a fishing area back to the dock. The new and innovative Lowrance HDS SmartSteer™ interface provides outboard control as well as the ability to control a MotorGuide Xi5 Pinpoint electric-steer trolling motor. This new steering interface – available with the free HDS 3.5 software update – allows anglers to easily switch between the Xi5 trolling motor and the outboard motor with the push of a button.

The Outboard Pilot is easy to install and configure, right out of the box, featuring all the required parts for a do-it-yourself solution.

Other key features that simplify the Outboard Pilot installation include: a Virtual Rudder Feedback (VRF), which eliminates the need for a rudder position sensor, as well as plugand-socket connections with no complex terminal wiring and a straightforward firsttime installation guide. The complete system includes a Point-1 GPS antenna with heading sensor for extremely accurate and rapid boat position and heading updates, at any speed, as well as a dash-mountable auto/standby button that changes the autopilot from STBY to AUTO mode with one press.

The Lowrance Outboard Pilot will be available in November from authorised Lowrance dealers and distributors throughout the APAC region.

Offered in hydraulic or cable-steer versions, the Outboard Pilot is priced at a considerable value versus competitive solutions - at RRP of $1,500 AUD and $1,799 NZD for hydraulic and $2,500 AUD and $3,049 NZD for cable steer. Both include the NAC-1 autopilot computer, Point-1 Heading and GPS sensors and either the HELM-1 or PUMP-1 drive units.

The free Lowrance HDS 3.5 software upgrade, featuring the SmartSteer interface is scheduled for release in August. For more information on the Lowrance Outboard Pilot, the entire Lowrance line of marine electronics, or to locate an authorised Lowrance dealer, please visit www.lowrance.com.

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Searun Trout The Searun Run-Down

Success

By James Cameron

“I’ll be back in an hour or two, you can put those pork chops back in the freezer - it’s going to be trout for tea”.

“Heard that one before” dad burbled. His words fell like an emotionless autoreply as he mulled over his tenth crossword of the whitebaiting trip.

The ‘bait had refused to run for us in any decent quantity, and with a week on the ‘coast coming to a close I had decided to switch targets. I knew whitebait were shoaling at the river mouth - the constant seagull action and occasional predatory swirl from below gave their cover away. They just didn’t have the plucker to dash up the river. I knew those muscular, clever searuns would be haunting the margins of the mouth on the outskirts of the schooling kahawai and mullet, picking at the shoals. The trick would be trying to place a lure in the area where the kahawai missed it and the searuns would run it down. I watched the patterns of the mouth, as the outflow surged and boiled up against the half-metre sea.

With the river entering the sea at an angle, it

left a nice little eddy rotating away at the north side of the mouth. It wasn’t too deep and every dozen or so waves, the eddy would empty itself, exposing and churning the shingle base bed leaving sparse patches of whitebait wriggling on the stones till the next surge washed over and ‘rescued’ them. The surge also delivered their death sentence. It was at the leading edge of this surge I spotted the wily searuns. Two, three, sometimes more, would dart along the surge line, picking up the stranded ‘bait and shooting back to the cover of deeper water, to circle back into the mess of kahawai and gulls, and repeat the trick.

Tying on a weighted silicone smelt, I cast into the building surge, and drew the lure back across the face of the advancing water. The smelt was right at my feet when the searun ran it down, I had the pleasure of watching the entire take unfold before me. I respected and admired his spirited fight, nickel plated flanks and perfect shape. Later that evening, Dad admired the delicious baked fillets, seasoned then parceled in foil before a 10 minute date with the open fire, “That beats pork chops!” he remarked between shovels of the moist, salty orange flesh.

1) ABOUT SEARUN TROUT

4) LURES AND FLIES

Searun trout are brown trout that choose to spend time in the ocean and saline environs.

They attain a highly silver coloration and can be mistaken for smaller chinook salmon. The searun trout is a very common occurrence in cooler southern rivers, where the comparatively warmer ocean offers bountiful food options making searuns grow very quickly.

Searuns are often more aggressive and have a broader diet than true river fish. They readily fall for white and yellow lures that effectively imitate smelt, whitebait and silveries. The Black Toby is also a favorite pattern worth trying.

Try soft baits or natural baits if they are fickle.

Make sure you have enough weight in the lure or terminal tackle to work in the river flow.

2) LOCATING SEARUN TROUT Searuns are usually found at river mouths and in estuarine environments but they can be found surprisingly far upstream. Sea anglers occasionally nab searuns out at sea on rods or in nets. Searuns follow food - they might be everywhere one day and absent the next. The most reliable time of year to encounter them at lower reaches of rivers is August-December.

3) SEARUN BEHAVIOUR Searuns will roam for a feed; often hunting in numbers at river mouths, guts and around lagoons. Because their diet is so varied and rich, they can expend more energy fuelling themselves and growing. Whilst active around the clock, even at daytime when river trout often take a lower profile, searuns are on the go mostly during low light or the dark.

5) RODS, REELS AND GEAR Spin gear accounts for most New Zealand searun trout. Match your gear to the river size you are fishing - 4lb line is too light to control a lure in a swift water! Fly gear is perfectly suitable above 6weight and in Canterbury, lure rods with heavy main lines are popular in larger braided rivers.

6) PREPARING SEARUN TROUT Searun trout have beautiful vibrant orange flesh that is not unlike salmon. Smoked, baked or on the barbecue, searun is delicious and flavoursome. The saline water gives the flesh a salty quality. Usually, the nearer the ocean the better it tastes.

The clear difference between a river run brown trout (top) and a silver searun brown trout (below).

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Tales from a ‘WHITEBAIT WIDOW’

Each year about this time, solitary men gather at river mouths along previously deserted parts of the West Coast. Wobbly huts go up, potbellies are stoked and Dimp is applied. White and blue collar men are transformed into feverish, greedy trolls who spend their nights in dilapidated shacks and days squatting on stands of contorted steel, mesh and twisty boards.

Corralling absurdly little fry that waft up creeks and estuaries, their lives are ruled by the tides and the rains.

But what of the wonderful women these baithobbits leave behind? The TFP caught up with one ‘whitebaiter’s widow’ to get the other side of the season’s story: 1) What do you look forward to about the whitebait season?

The bank account starts looking healthy, I rub my hands together and think, ooooh what shall I buy this year! I do also like only having to think about one person...myself!

2) What do you hate about the whitebait season?

I can’t say I really hate much about the season, the time does go fast. It’s sometimes frustrating talking to a deaf and blind dog who doesn’t know what time of day it is most of the time - but the phone calls don’t last too long! I’m joking, the dog I’m referring to is our family pet who is my companion while he’s gone.

3) When does he start getting ready to go? Does he make setup trips?

Trips to the supermarket looking for meat and spud bargains and getting his homemade rum supply up and ready (I think that comes before the meat and the spuds). A setup trip is needed about 1-2 weeks before the season, to put out the stand and to make sure the hut hasn’t floated away….again 4) Does the season ‘change’ your husband - any bad habits?

As far as bad habits go, yes, he smokes! But as soon as the season is over, he stops, BANG! just like that, complete cold turkey. And we have already mentioned the rum habit. So I have to bite my tongue when the grumpy withdrawals come in during December.

5) What things do you laugh about that he can’t see the funny side of?

There have been plenty of mishaps, losing and rebuilding the stand so many times after storms come through is the ‘bugbear’; very frustrating and time consuming. Boat problems and people problems are a common one and of course, the ‘West Coast dance’, swatting sandflies!

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Visitors to a West Coast river mouth during the whitebait season could easily get the impression it’s simply a case of sitting around and waiting for a feed. In reality, real success comes with the ability to observe, read the water and adapt accordingly.

Some come for profit, others are happy if they manage to cover the cost of three month’s rough living, while there are those who simply seek the laid back lifestyle.

For nine months South Westland river mouths are all but deserted. Tides inexorably ebb and flow with few around to observe the subtle cycles in New Zealand’s last stronghold of freshwater fish diversity. However, it is a different scene between September and November when the hordes descend from all points in pursuit of whitebait. Let’s look over the three main methods of whitebaiting technique: Stand Fishing Although there are skills associated with fishing from a fixed stand, the vagaries of current and tide effectively dictate the size of the catch.

Some years a particular stand will consistently out-fish others, but this is usually due more to river channel dynamics than any pre-determined human strategy. Stand fishing tends to be the domain of those who are lucky enough to own one! A whitebait stand is private property managed under a lease arrangement with council and DoC. Even when a stand is not being fished, it is considered inappropriate to fish it, walk onto it or fish directly near it when you are not the stand owner or do not have permission to do so from the stand owner.

By Chris Tonkin

Set Netting Set netters, or ‘pot netters’ have a little more flexibility in that, within the space available they can choose where to set up so as to gain the best effect from tidal fluctuations. As with investment in real estate the success or otherwise of this method is largely a matter of location. For example a net set in ‘dead’ water, which is away from the current, will generally miss most of the fish. The ‘set and forget’ approach is highly popular with those looking for a relaxed outing.

Nets often have traps that prevent caught bait from escaping easily.

Scooping and Dragging The stretch of river downstream of the stand fishers and pot netters is often the domain of the ‘draggers’ or ‘scoopers’. The scooper generally perches shag-like on a high bank or rock and relies on being able to spot shoals that are close enough to scoop. Dragging on the other hand is for those lacking the patience to wait for fish to turn up. Depending on the size of the river and the state of the tide the drag zone might extend upstream from the breakers for half a kilometre, but more usually it is a matter of 1-200 metres, and often less.

To the uninitiated observer the immediate impression is one of a procession of people each undertaking a muscle straining battle against tidal surges. At the end of the drag the fisher trudges back to his bucket, separates the catch from the gravel, twigs and sundry debris before wearily lining up at the tail of the queue to do it all again.

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

Port Taranaki

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1:18 2:09 3:12 4:23 5:38 0:37 1:38 2:32 3:22 4:09 4:55 5:41 0:08 0:54 1:42 2:36 3:38 4:49 6:00 0:53 1:42 2:23 3:00 3:34 4:07 4:41 5:15 6:51 1:11 1:55

3.1 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.9 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 3.6 3.4 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.7 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 3.3 3.1

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2:22 3:16 4:23 5:39 0:33 1:39 2:37 3:30 4:20 5:08 5:55 0:29 1:16 2:06 3:00 4:00 5:07 6:14 1:01 1:55 2:40 3:20 3:55 4:29 5:03 5:36 6:11 0:35 2:14 3:00

7:40 8:31 9:33 10:44 11:58 6:48 7:49 8:43 9:33 10:19 11:05 11:49 6:26 7:11 8:00 8:53 9:56 11:09 12:20 7:01 7:49 8:30 9:06 9:39 10:12 10:44 11:17 12:53 7:30 8:15

0.8 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.9 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.7 0.3 0.5 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.1 2.8 2.9 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.3 0.6 0.7

13:43 14:39 15:47 17:04 18:17 13:06 14:04 14:55 15:44 16:30 17:15 18:00 12:34 13:20 14:11 15:10 16:21 17:36 18:40 13:17 14:02 14:41 15:16 15:49 16:21 16:54 17:29 19:07 13:33 14:19

0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5

19:34 20:26 21:16 22:05 22:54 23:43

2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.3

19:20 20:17 21:16 22:14 23:07 23:56

0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7

19:05 19:43 20:20 20:58 21:38 23:19

2.1 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2

18:42 0.6

3.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.1 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 3.5 3.3 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.8 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 3.2 3.1

8:37 9:32 10:40 11:54 6:52 7:56 8:54 9:47 10:36 11:23 12:09 6:41 7:29 8:18 9:11 10:12 11:19 12:27 7:16 8:09 8:53 9:31 10:06 10:39 11:12 11:45 12:18 7:48 8:28 9:14

Anita Bay H+0:26 L+0:27 Hokitika H+0:10 L+0:10 Whanganui Inlet H-1:05 L-1:05

0.7 0.8 0.9 0.8 2.7 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.5 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.1 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1 0.4 0.5 0.6

14:45 15:44 16:57 18:14 13:05 14:07 15:03 15:54 16:42 17:29 18:15 12:55 13:42 14:32 15:28 16:32 17:41 18:48 13:27 14:18 15:00 15:37 16:12 16:44 17:17 17:50 18:25 13:54 14:35 15:22

2.7 2.6 2.6 2.7 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.0 3.3 3.2 3.0 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.5 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 3.0 2.9 2.8

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5:20 0:03 0:51 1:46 2:47 3:53 4:58 6:00 0:33 1:26 2:18 3:08 3:58 4:46 5:35 0:29 1:21 2:16 3:13 4:11 5:06 5:57 0:19 1:00 1:38 2:16 2:54 4:32 5:12 5:55

Auckland 0.7 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6

11:45 6:05 6:56 7:55 9:00 10:06 11:08 12:05 6:57 7:51 8:43 9:33 10:22 11:11 12:01 6:26 7:19 8:17 9:18 10:16 11:09 11:55 6:42 7:24 8:03 8:41 9:18 10:57 11:38 12:23

Coromandel Harbour H-0:21 L-0:15 Mansion House Bay H-0:15 L-0:04

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19:30 20:11 20:47 21:21 21:53 22:25 22:58 23:33

3.0 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4

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Kawhia H+0:24 L+0:00 Opononi H+0:05 L+0:02 Patea H-0:10 L-0:10 Pouto Point H+0:41 L+0:36 Whanganui River Entrance H+0:20 L+0:29

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18:52 19:49 20:52 21:56 22:59 23:58

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Houhora Harbour Entrance H+0:39 L+0:28 Marsden Point H+0:00 L-0:04 Port Jackson H-0:37 L-0:36 Tutukaka Harbour H-0:15 L-0:14

Ahipara Bay H-0:15 L-0:15 Onehunga H+0:49 L+0:47 Otaki River Entrance H-0:20 L-0:20 Porirua (Mana Cruising Club) H+0:03 L-0:12 Raglan H+0:25 L+0:07

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

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19:23 20:23 21:17 22:07 22:55 23:42

2.9 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.6

19:01 19:50 20:42 21:42 22:49 23:58

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19:45 20:32 21:11 21:47 22:20 22:53 23:26 23:59

2.6 2.7 2.8 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1

20:04 0.5 20:47 0.6 21:39 0.7

Greymouth H+0:00 L+0:00 Karamea H-0:35 L-0:35

17:42 12:33 13:27 14:29 15:34 16:37 17:36 18:32 12:59 13:51 14:41 15:30 16:20 17:10 18:03 12:54 13:50 14:48 15:46 16:41 17:30 18:15 12:37 13:16 13:53 14:31 15:10 16:51 17:34 18:21

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0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7

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9:41 10:26 11:12 12:01 6:32 7:24 8:20 9:19 10:20 11:22 6:08 7:05 8:01 8:56 9:51 10:44 11:36 6:15 7:01 7:46 8:31 9:16 10:02 10:51 11:40 6:14 6:59 8:44 9:29 10:14

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16:05 16:50 17:35 18:22 12:53 13:47 14:43 15:41 16:40 17:39 12:23 13:24 14:23 15:21 16:16 17:08 17:57 12:26 13:13 13:58 14:41 15:25 16:10 16:57 17:45 12:30 13:20 15:09 15:56 16:43

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18:56 19:35 20:14 20:52 21:31 23:12 23:55

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9:07 9:56 10:47 11:41 6:16 7:13 8:11 9:09 10:06 11:02 11:57 6:39 7:35 8:30 9:25 10:20 11:14 12:07 6:42 7:32 8:20 9:05 9:48 10:30 11:11 11:52 6:24 8:08 8:54 9:42

Akaroa H-0:42 L-0:43 Kaikoura H+0:17 L+0:16 Rakaia Mouth H-0:46 L-0:46 Timaru H-1:13 L-1:15 Waimakariri Mouth H+0:10 L+0:10

2.2 2.2 2.2 2.3 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.2 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.3

15:19 16:10 17:04 18:00 12:36 13:32 14:29 15:24 16:20 17:15 18:10 12:52 13:47 14:42 15:39 16:36 17:32 18:26 12:59 13:46 14:31 15:13 15:54 16:34 17:15 17:56 12:35 14:20 15:07 15:57

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

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22:04 1.6 22:49 1.6 23:36 1.6 19:11 20:03 21:00 21:59 23:00

0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

18:38 19:36 20:33 21:29 22:23 23:14

1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6

18:44 19:27 20:10 20:53 21:38 22:26 23:16

0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7

18:34 19:22 21:09 21:55 22:41

1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6

5:19 6:05 0:38 1:32 2:31 3:35 4:40 5:42 0:24 1:19 2:12 3:03 3:53 4:42 5:32 0:17 1:08 2:02 2:57 3:52 4:45 5:36 0:09 0:51 1:31 2:10 2:49 4:29 5:10 5:53

Tauranga 0.3 0.3 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

11:36 12:23 6:54 7:49 8:48 9:50 10:52 11:51 6:41 7:37 8:30 9:22 10:13 11:04 11:55 6:22 7:13 8:07 9:02 9:58 10:50 11:38 6:22 7:06 7:47 8:28 9:07 10:47 11:29 12:13

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1:19 2:06 3:04 4:14 5:30 0:29 1:29 2:22 3:11 3:57 4:41 5:24 0:04 0:47 1:32 2:22 3:19 4:24 5:35 0:43 1:31 2:12 2:49 3:23 3:56 4:30 5:04 6:40 1:16 1:57

1.7 1.7 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.8 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8

17:40 18:30 13:16 14:15 15:17 16:19 17:19 18:16 12:47 13:41 14:34 15:25 16:17 17:08 18:00 12:47 13:41 14:36 15:31 16:23 17:12 17:58 12:23 13:05 13:45 14:25 15:06 16:48 17:32 18:19

0.4 0.4 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

23:51 1.7 19:24 20:22 21:24 22:26 23:26

0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2

19:11 20:04 20:55 21:46 22:36 23:26

2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9

18:53 19:49 20:45 21:41 22:34 23:24

0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

18:41 19:22 20:02 20:41 21:20 23:00 23:42

1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8

Gisborne H-1:18 L-1:12 Tolaga Bay (Cooks Cove) H-1:04 L-1:10 Wairoa River Mouth H-1:37 L-1:28 Whitianga H-0:04 L-0:10

Nelson

3.7 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.4 1.1 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 4.4 4.1 3.8 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.1 1.3 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 3.9 3.8

7:23 8:11 9:10 10:23 11:44 6:44 7:50 8:47 9:38 10:24 11:09 11:51 6:06 6:49 7:32 8:21 9:19 10:35 11:58 6:43 7:40 8:27 9:07 9:43 10:18 10:52 11:26 13:01 7:18 8:00

Croisilles Harbour H-0:18 L-0:02 French Pass H-2:00 L-2:00 Picton H-0:46 L-1:21

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Fishing with the skilled boys from Big Blue Dive & Fish, Craig (pictured), Curtis (front cover image) and company, landed a fine haul of snapper to 22lb in late August at Stephens Passage at the top of the South Island.

A mixture of techniques and tackle brought 30 good snapper to the boat for the day, with 21 successfully released to breed again. The banter onboard was rich; competition between the ‘bait boys’ and the ‘softies’ prevalent against the ‘bottom shippers’ and ‘jig wigglers’ - all providing humor for the day. Tui beer was the choice of refreshment to keep the busy boys hydrated and humorous, and while it wasn’t a competition Craig maintains

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The Fishing Paper talks to James Bennie from the Wellington Surfcasting and Angling Club. WSAC is one of the biggest surfcasting clubs in New Zealand and competes at a very high level in national competitions.

What are the areas most commonly fished by club members?

The three areas we most commonly target are: 1) Wellington’s South Coast - popular beaches being Long Beach and Bach Beach.

2) South Wairarapa and the East Coast – the ever popular Palliser Bay with Ocean beach, Oneke Spit, Whangaimoana right round to Ngawi and past the lighthouse.

Then up the East Coast fishing areas such as White Rock, Tora and Flat Point.

3) West Coast – off the rocks and up on the big open beaches of the Kapiti Coast, Santoft and up as far as south Wanganui.

What species do members like to target?

As the blue moki is on our club crest it’s a highly prized catch by club members. The elusive blue moki can be a great challenge to catch and it’s very rewarding, pulling in a bag of them.

Spotty sharks or rig (grots as we call them at WSAC). Clubbies love targeting them as they put up a great fight and are good points in the club comps.

Snapper - last season we saw the best snapper numbers in many years including some beasts from the west coast around the 7kg mark.

Who have been the outstanding club fishers over recent years and what has been their major claim to fame?

Zeb Livingston is 2013/14 Shore Champion and Pairs Champion, fishing with his brother Zac. Zeb also took out the most moki award, with 24 for the season.

Felix Wenzel has been in the club since he was a junior and in recent years has been the back to back Shore Champion over two years. Felix has a broad range of skills, whether it’s big snapper from the west coast or big bags of fish from the Wairarapa.

B, B, B, Bennie and the Crest!

What are the main benefits of being a club member?

There are many benefits with joining a club. Knowledge has be one of the main ones; learning from fishing and talking to other club members that have been fishing for years and hearing their tips and tricks.

During the WSAC fishing season we have plenty going on, 12 shore comps, social fishing every fortnight, club nights once a month, family fishing days and we also have a club bach on the south coast that’s available for club members to use. And of course making great mates along the way!

How to get in contact for prospective members?

James Bennie – new member contact – wsac.inc@gmail.com Facebook - www.facebook.com/wsac1958

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James and Reagan from The Fishing Paper sat down with Hunting & Fishing store owner/operator Chris Scully to get the inside mail on his story, his new Richmond store and his catch of the year - which might surprise you!

James: Chris, congratulations on the new store in Richmond. Tell us a little about your story with the Hunting & Fishing brand.

Chris: Initially I was pretty keen on getting into farming, but a job at age 14 with H&F in Wellington started my journey in retail.

I really enjoyed the work and moved to the Tauranga store where more of a management role further developed my love of the job. After missing out on buying the Hamilton franchise, I put an offer in for the Nelson store when it was owned by Murray Tait. Moving down here brought me closer to extended family and I relished the great hunting and fishing on our doorstep. We now have 1200sqm of floorspace in Nelson - up from 200sqm at Montgomery Square.

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