WSAC Newsletter 1 201718 season

November 2018

WSAC Newsletter No. 1 2017/18 Season

Winter Pairs Sunshine!

Welcome to the new season!

Photo credit - Felix’s neighbour and her baby

In This Issue •

Presidents Message & Captains Report

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Shore & Boat Comp Results

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All the action from the early season events!

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A blast from the past - Boat Records

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Get involved with the ‘New Fisho Challenge’

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From the Editor

What’s Coming Up 1st November

Club Night Pool & the Bristol

4th & 5th November

2nd Boat Comp fishing at any time over the weekend during daylight hours. Weigh in 15:30 Sunday

18th & 19th November

3rd Shore Comp start at 13:00 hours. Weigh in 13:00 Sunday

6th December

Club Night (details to follow)

9th & 10th December

3rd Boat & 4th Shore Comp. Shore comps start at 13:00 Boat comps daylight hours only. Joint weigh-in 2pm at Evans Bay Motor Yacht Club

3rd January

Club night (details to follow)

27th & 28th January

4th Boat and 5th Shore Comp. Shore comps start at 13:00 Boat comps daylight hours only. Joint weigh-in 2pm at Evans Bay Motor Yacht Club

7th February

Club night (details to follow)

3rd & 4th February

6th Shore Comp start at 13:00 hours. Weigh in 13:00 Sunday

10th & 11th February

5th Boat Comp fishing at any time over the weekend during daylight hours. Weigh in 15:30 Sunday

17th –24th February

NZSFC Nationals http://www.nzsportfishing.co.nz/

29th –31st March

NZACA Nationals http://www.nzaca.co.nz/nationals-comp/nationals-2018

Club Captains Report Club Captains Report We are right into the new season now and have had some great club nights, events and comps so far.

Club Captain - James Beanie

Meet James our new Club Captain... ”More to follow next edition!”

We kicked off the season like passed years with the annual Winter Pairs at Ocean Beach, we had a great turn out with around 45 people fishing and having a great day out. The weather played ball which is always a bonus.

The usual winter species were caught and even a couple of Trevally got hooked by Luke Taylor and John Trats. Plenty of prizes where drawn out for those fishing, so a big thanks goes to the sponsors for the day – Steve’s Fishing Shop, Kiwi Tackle, HospoTrain, Pete Lamb Fishing and the Hotel Bristol.

Our club open night and panel discussion was another hit with good numbers showing. I gave a run down on what the club has to offer, the club calendar and how the comps work etc followed by a Q&A with Steve Reed, Jim O’Brien and Felix Wenzel – there was some great fishing tips told so thanks again to the panel of pros.

Shore Comp 1 was in HUGE attendance with a whopping 28 anglers weighing in, I’ve never seem that many in my time. It was great to see lots of new members weighing in for the first time and some members who we haven’t seen in a while. Keep it up.

The second cub night was all about rigging up and baiting up. There were a few stations on each with members showing all types of ways to do it, these interactive club nights a great to learn from so make sure you get along to the next one as there’s always something to learn.

Shore Comp 2 was another one which was well attended with 25 fishos weighing – awesome to see so many people out there fishing.

Social Fishes are now in the mix, so keep an eye on the Facebook page and emails for where and when – these summer nights should produce some nice fishing – and the outings trophy is up for grabs.

New Clubbies for that season – again welcome, great to see most of you fishing. If there’s anything you want to know or not too sure on , just ask – you can contact me on the club facebook page or you can email wsac.inc@gmail.com November Club Night is next up on Wednesday 1st from 7pm – it will be a social one at the Hotel Bristol on Cuba street, doubles pool competition 2 4 1 Burgers and $5 beers. So come along for a beer, burger, game of pool and a yarn with other clubbies.

Thanks all for now.

Cheers James Bennie – Club Captain.

Winter Pairs -

- 27th August

Shore Comp 1 - 23rd & 24th Sept ‘17

Shore Comp 2 - 14th & 15th Oct ‘17

Mataikona Grouper When the crabs are in soft shell season!, the Spotty Shark's in numbers come into Castlepoint's Mataikona bay to feed. This is when the locals target the sharks.

The following article is one of their preparation methods they use for cooking up these fish as steaks.

Pic1: Shows a fully trunked Spotty shark. The next step is to use a garden hose jet sprayer. With the jet sprayer firmly pressed into the centre vertibrae, the trunk will swell until the pressure blows out the centre gel. You can get a little wet with some pressurised water squirting out the sides of the nozzle.

Pic2: Shows the tooth paste like gel removed from the trunk. This is the ammonia taste removed.

Pic3: Shows the steaks ready to cook with the skin on. The trunk can be cut up just like meat loaf!, any thickness desired.

One fish goes along away steaked up!.

Dave Pye

Tide High 19:28 Low 13:23

RESULTS OF SHORE COMPETITION No.1 23rd & 24th September 2017 Moon Weather 3 days after new moon

Fine light northerly

Scores as follows:

Name

Points

Details

James Bennie

856.7

Patrick Kavanagh

834.0

Nick Polak

735.7

Steve Reed

732.9

Anthony Sanger

606.6

Matthew Renata

519.4

Glen Silverwood

481.6

Bruce Hunter

480.2

Wade Nattrass

459.7

6 Cod - Red, 6 Kahawai, 2 Shark - Carpet, 6 Shark - Spotted, 5 Shark - Spotted Spiney, 1 Trevally 6 Cod - Red, 5 Kahawai, 1 Shark - All Others, 1 Shark - Carpet, 6 Shark - Spotted, 4 Shark - Spotted Spiney 1 Cod - Red, 4 Kahawai, 3 Red Gurnard, 6 Shark - Carpet, 3 Shark - Spotted, 6 Shark - Spotted Spiney 6 Cod - Red, 1 Elephantfish, 6 Kahawai, 6 Shark - Spotted 1 Cod - Bastard Red, 6 Cod - Red, 6 Kahawai, 3 Red Gurnard, 1 Shark - Carpet, 1 Shark - Spotted, 1 Shark - Spotted Spiney, 1 Skate - Rough 1 Barracouta, 6 Cod - Red, 1 Kahawai, 1 Kelp, 1 Scarlet Parrotfish, 1 Shark Carpet, 4 Shark - Spotted, 4 Shark - Spotted Spiney, 1 Skate - Rough 1 Eagle Ray, 3 Kahawai, 1 Moki - Blue, 4 Shark - Spotted, 1 Tarakihi 1 Cod - Blue, 1 Cod - Cloudy Bay, 6 Cod - Red, 5 Kahawai, 1 Kelp, 1 Shark Carpet, 1 Shark - Spotted 1 Cod - Blue, 4 Cod - Red, 6 Kahawai, 1 Red Gurnard, 1 Shark - Carpet

Rachel Silverwood

392.2

6 Cod - Red, 4 Kahawai, 1 Shark - Carpet, 2 Shark - Spotted, 1 Shark - Spot-

Gary Whitaker

355.2

Jim O'Brien

353.9

Tim Henley Steve Foreman

342.8 332.6

1 Cod - Blue, 2 Cod - Red, 1 Kahawai, 1 Shark - Carpet, 5 Shark - Spotted, 1 Shark - Spotted Spiney, 1 Skate - Rough 6 Cod - Red, 1 Kahawai, 2 Kelp, 1 Shark - Carpet, 3 Shark - Spotted, 1 Shark Spotted Spiney, 1 Shark - Tope, 1 Skate - Rough 1 Eagle Ray, 6 Kahawai 6 Kahawai, 1 Shark - Spotted

Collin Nattrass

329.0

5 Cod - Red, 4 Kahawai, 1 Kelp, 1 Red Gurnard, 1 Shark - Spotted, 1 Skate -

Thomas McCabe Hugh McCabe Deanna Stempa

310.0 240.7 236.9

6 Cod - Red, 4 Kahawai 6 Cod - Red, 3 Kahawai 5 Cod - Red, 3 Kahawai, 1 Shark - Carpet, 1 Shark - Spotted Spiney

Carl Foreman

221.4

1 Cod - Blue, 6 Cod - Red, 1 Kahawai, 2 Kelp, 1 Shark - Spotted Spiney, 1 Ta-

John Tritsarolis

192.6

5 Cod - Red, 2 Conger Eel, 1 Moki - Blue, 2 Shark - Spotted Spiney, 1 Skate -

Mike Stempa Sandra Judd Riki Nunez Charles Visser Riaan Van Vuuren Luke Taylor Adrian Bos Craig Boyes

189.3 158.4 129.2 100.6 56.0 55.6 49.7 43.4

3 Cod - Red, 3 Kahawai, 2 Shark - Spotted Spiney 3 Cod - Red, 2 Shark - Spotted, 1 Shark - Spotted Spiney 6 Cod - Red, 1 Kahawai, 1 Shark - Spotted Spiney 5 Cod - Red, 1 Kahawai 1 Cod - Red, 1 Kahawai 1 Cod - Red, 1 Shark - Spotted 1 Shark - Spotted 1 Kahawai

RESULTS OF SHORE COMPETITION No.2 High 12:56 Low 19:17

1 day after the third quar- Strong northerly southerly change Sunday morning ter

Scores as follows:

Name

Points

Details

Nick Polak

1394.10

6 Kahawai, 7 Moki - Blue, 1 Red Gurnard, 6 Shark - Spotted

Anthony Sanger

879.56

1 Cod - Blue, 6 Kahawai, 6 Red Gurnard, 4 Shark - Carpet, 5 Shark - Spotted

Carl Foreman

647.38

5 Cod - Red, 1 Eagle Ray, 5 Kahawai, 1 Red Gurnard, 3 Shark - Spotted, 6 Shark Spotted Spiney, 1 Skate - Rough

Gary Whitaker

552.29

1 Cod - Bastard Red, 2 Cod - Red, 5 Kahawai, 3 Shark - Carpet, 4 Shark - Spotted

Steve Foreman

504.12

5 Cod - Red, 1 Kahawai, 1 Moki - Blue, 5 Red Gurnard, 1 Shark - Spotted, 1 Shark Spotted Spiney

Collin Nattrass

492.89

1 Barracouta, 4 Kahawai, 1 Shark - Carpet, 5 Shark - Spotted, 1 Tarakihi

Jim O'Brien

492.24

Matthew Renata

438.33

Wade Nattrass

431.60

1 Cod - Bastard Red, 1 Cod - Red, 2 Kahawai, 5 Red Gurnard, 1 Shark - Carpet, 2

Craig Boyes

391.28

1 Cod - Blue, 6 Cod - Red, 1 Kelp, 1 Shark - All Others, 3 Shark - Carpet, 3 Shark -

Steve Reed

279.70

3 Kahawai, 2 Moki - Blue, 1 Red Gurnard

Tim Henley

238.54

1 Cod - Blue, 6 Cod - Red, 2 Kahawai, 3 Shark - Spotted Spiney

Glen Silverwood

233.52

1 Cod - Blue, 1 Cod - Red, 3 Shark - Spotted, 1 Tarakihi

Deanna Stempa

215.92

6 Cod - Red, 1 Kahawai, 1 Shark - Carpet, 6 Shark - Spotted Spiney

Rachel Silverwood

211.36

6 Cod - Red, 1 Shark - Seven Gilled, 6 Shark - Spotted Spiney

Eddie Szalkowski

202.30

1 Cod - Blue, 2 Moki - Blue

Glen Newman

185.38

6 Cod - Red, 3 Shark - Spotted

Bernhardt Schiftner

180.60

3 Moki - Blue

Mike Stempa

132.67

4 Cod - Red, 6 Shark - Spotted Spiney

Sandra Judd

130.26

6 Cod - Red, 1 Kahawai, 2 Shark - Spotted Spiney

Charles Visser

123.26

1 Cod - Red, 1 Conger Eel, 1 Shark - Seven Gilled

Thomas McCabe

83.46

2 Kahawai

James Bennie

77.40

6 Cod - Red, 1 Shark - Spotted Spiney

Riaan Van Vuuren

66.20

1 Cod - Red, 1 Kahawai

Matt Van Vuuren

35.36

1 Cod - Red, 1 Conger Eel

2 Cod - Blue, 6 Cod - Red, 2 Kahawai, 1 Red Gurnard, 1 Shark - Carpet, 6 Shark - Spotted Spiney, 1 Tarakihi, 1 Witch (Brill) 6 Cod - Red, 1 Conger Eel, 1 Red Gurnard, 1 Shark - Carpet, 2 Shark - Spotted, 6 Shark - Spotted Spiney, 1 Skate - Rough, 1 Tarakihi

POINTS TABLES AFTER COMPETITION No.2 SPECIES Jim O'Brien Matthew Renata Carl Foreman Anthony Sanger Collin Nattrass Craig Boyes Gary Whitaker Bruce Hunter Glen Silverwood Wade Nattrass Nick Polak James Bennie Steve Reed Patrick Kavanagh Rachel Silverwood Steve Foreman Tim Henley John Tritsarolis Deanna Stempa Charles Visser Sandra Judd Riki Nunez Mike Stempa Glen Newman Riaan Van Vuuren Hugh McCabe Luke Taylor Thomas McCabe Matt Van Vuuren Eddie Szalkowski Adrian Bos Bernhardt Schiftner

Count

Average Pts/Fish

12 12 10 9 9 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1

23.5 24.6 25.6 35.4 32.9 25.6 33.6 30.0 44.7 35.7 49.5 28.3 40.5 36.3 22.4 39.8 30.6 17.5 18.9 24.9 19.3 16.2 17.9 20.6 30.5 26.7 27.8 32.8 17.7 67.4 49.7 60.2

SCALE Nick Polak Anthony Sanger Wade Nattrass Steve Foreman Steve Reed Carl Foreman James Bennie Collin Nattrass Jim O'Brien Tim Henley Gary Whitaker Bruce Hunter Thomas McCabe Patrick Kavanagh Matthew Renata Glen Silverwood Deanna Stempa Rachel Silverwood Hugh McCabe Eddie Szalkowski Mike Stempa Bernhardt Schiftner Craig Boyes Sandra Judd Riaan Van Vuuren Riki Nunez Charles Visser John Tritsarolis Glen Newman Luke Taylor Matt Van Vuuren

Points 1480 1024 749 747 571 545 528 500 500 481 433 421 393 381 346 338 317 259 241 202 196 181 155 144 122 115 114 109 63 13 13

NON SCALE Nick Polak Matthew Renata Gary Whitaker Anthony Sanger Patrick Kavanagh Steve Reed James Bennie Glen Silverwood Jim O'Brien Rachel Silverwood Carl Foreman Collin Nattrass Craig Boyes Sandra Judd Wade Nattrass Deanna Stempa Mike Stempa Glen Newman Charles Visser Tim Henley Steve Foreman John Tritsarolis Bruce Hunter Adrian Bos Luke Taylor Matt Van Vuuren Riki Nunez

Points 650 612 475 462 453 442 406 378 346 345 323 321 279 144 142 136 126 123 110 100 90 83 59 50 43 23 15

POINTS TABLES AFTER COMPETITION No.2 SENIORS

Points

Nick Polak Anthony Sanger Steve Reed Matthew Renata James Bennie Gary Whitaker Carl Foreman Steve Foreman Patrick Kavanagh Collin Nattrass Glen Silverwood Tim Henley Bruce Hunter Craig Boyes Thomas McCabe Mike Stempa Hugh McCabe Charles Visser Eddie Szalkowski John Tritsarolis Glen Newman Bernhardt Schiftner Riki Nunez Riaan Van Vuuren Luke Taylor Adrian Bos

2130 1486 1013 958 934 907 869 837 834 822 715 581 480 435 394 322 241 224 202 193 185 181 129 122 56 50

VETERANS Jim O'Brien

Ladies

Points 2308

Jim O'Brien & Matthew Renata

1804

Points

James Bennie & Patrick Ka-

1768

604 453 289

Carl Foreman & Steve Fore-

1706

Steve Reed & Bruce Hunter Gary Whitaker & Craig Boyes

1493 1342

Points

Glen Silverwood & Bernhardt

896

891 35

Sandra Judd & Rachel Silver-

892

Wade Nattrass Matt Van Vuuren

Novice CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS

Charles Visser Riki Nunez Riaan Van Vuuren Luke Taylor

Points

Steve Reed Bruce Hunter Jim O'Brien

733 480 354

Steve Foreman

333

MOST SNAPPER

Points

Collin Nattrass & Anthony

Rachel Silverwood Deanna Stempa Sandra Judd

Juniors

PAIRS

846

Points 224 129 122 56

No.

MOST MOKI No. Nick Polak

7

Bernhardt Schift-

3

Steve Reed Eddie Szalkowski

2 2

Steve Foreman

1

John Tritsarolis Glen Silverwood

1 1

TREBLES

Points

Fish of the month - August & September Category

Weight

Species

Line

Name

Location

Date

Place

23/09/17

Winner

August No entries

September Shore SNR Shore Scale

2.63

Trevally

10

J Bennie

Palliser Bay

10th October Social Fish—Worser Bay

WSAC Club Boat Records (Part 2) Following on from my last club record article where I discussed a couple of the earlier and significant shore record catches, I would now like to give readers a bit of the history of two boat catches worth sharing. They are: Paul “Farmer” Crother’s Trumpeter As a background for newer members, Paul has been a member of WSAC for close on 50 years and has held significant appointments in key club management positions, culminating in the awarding of his life membership in 1988. Paul is the club’s honorary auditor, a position he has given 37 years’ service to. Paul established his club record trumpeter in December 1980 and while a good deal of his fishing is now from a boat, his prominent fishing place in WSAC history will record he won the senior points trophy on four separate occasions, the competition pairs trophy six times, the heaviest snapper and kingfish trophy’s (twice) and all this when competition was at its toughest.

When I tell you that Paul’s trumpeter was caught on a hand line a little more background is necessary to understand why Paul would use a hand line for boat fishing. The reason is that hand lines were often the clubbies tackle of choice, and relates back to earlier WSAC days when kingfish were almost impossible to land from harbour wharves on the rods and reels we then fished with. And so it became fashionable to fish for kingfish with heavy hand lines, affectionately known ever since in WSAC parlance as ‘tow ropes’. These were nylon lines with breaking strains of around 50-60 kilos, and while ‘couta and kahawai were easily handled, you needed very good organisation of your tow rope (best wound onto a large plastic hand caster) and even better management of the process of retrieving and/or giving line to the kingi. The learning process for the proper operation of a tow rope revolved around that short, easily understood word, PAIN. As pain came from severe nylon burns to fingers and hands, so quickly evolved the right and wrong way of heavy hand line operation.

So at long last we come to the bit about the trumpeter. Picture Paul, bottom fishing with his tow rope, ledger rig and fresh horse mackerel for bait, targeting and catching big blue cod off Ohau Point. Suddenly, something quite big grabs his line and a short time into the fight Paul is convinced he’s into a kingfish. The fish is putting up a strong fight, much stronger than the tope

sharks often hooked here. On several occasions Paul is forced to give the fish line and after what seems a long time, but probably more like five minutes, the fish comes to the side of the boat – all 16.783 kilos of it. Paul recalls that this fish was the most spectacular he had ever seen, with its strikingly fresh green and yellow colours accentuated by the sheer size of the fish. Paul’s first thought was “what a great mount this fish would make”. And that is what came to be, as you can witness in the photo of that fish.

Murray Davis’s Ling Ling generally live in the deeper parts of the ocean - even deeper than the usual depths where groper and bass are targeted. But there still is a reasonable expectation of a ling by-catch when fishing an area like the ‘trench’ on Wellington’s south coast. For Murray Davis the trench would have to be his favourite fishing place, and he has had some memorable catches from this area in the last thirty years. Apart from many spectacular catches of groper, bluenose (his forte) and the odd bass, Murray has also been responsible for collecting a host of little known deep water species for our country’s brilliant national fish collection, housed separately, but a part of our National Museum Te Papa. No wonder Murray holds more club boat records (12) than any other member.

When talking about catching ling I don’t need to write too many words about their fight except to say it is akin to reeling in a 30 kilo red cod from a depth of around 200 metres. But what makes a ling stand out is its pale pastel pink colours and often its spectacular size. While the fish does have a slimy skin it is not the worst eating fish around. It has a reasonably firm white flesh which lends itself to many ways of cooking.

Murray recommends a fish chowder.

Murray first held the ling record in 1994 when he boated a 26 kilo specimen and in 1998 he caught a bigger fish that pulled the scales down to 32.1 kilos. And while this is an impressive fish, Murray recently had a crew member aboard his boat catch a ‘trench’ ling which bottomed his scales out at 50 kilos. When you look at the accompanying photo to this article of a 24 kilo ling it will give you some idea of the size of Murray’s fish, which was 8 kilos (or a quarter heavier) again.

Jim O’Brien

Prize giving 20

016/17 season

New Fisho Sherpa Challenge!

Instructions The ‘New Fisho Sherpa Chalenge’ is open to all WSAC members. The idea is simple, undertake the activity listed and send us a selfie or a photo as evidence and then tick that item off your list. From time to time we’ll include an update of how people are doing in the magazine and at the end of year prize giving we’ll acknowledge those that have completed the list. Committee members and other clubbies will be able to offer advice about how to achieve any of the tasks that you are unsure about so just ask if you need help. Above all have fun completing your challenges! Send your pics to wsac.inc+sherpa@gmail.com

Name Date joined the club No.

Task

1

Fish the harbour

2

Catch a kahawai

3

Attend a social fish

4

Weigh a fish at a shore comp

5

Catch a spotty shark

6

Fish a south coast beach

7

Fish a west coast beach

8

Catch a snapper Photo credit - Felix’s neighbour and her baby

9

Attend a club outing

10

Catch a blue moki

Example

Achieved

Boat project update…

We’re on the water!!!!

It’s been a long slog and at times I wondered if I’d ever get her back on the

Newsletter Editor - Matt Balkham

water. But two weeks ago on a breezy afternoon with the help of a couple of clubbies I nervously pushed her back of f the trailer for the first time.

Well she floated and we managed a couple of quick test runs. She cut through the chop well and I could now call her a boat again!

Just a week later and it was time to give her the first proper run out on a fishing trip.

A special thanks to all those clubbies that have helped me on the way.

Particularly Gary, Matt, Craig, Steve, Dave and everyone else that has generously offer time, advice and support along the way.

From the Editor So here we go again! Another season kicks off and for a change we’ve had some decent early season weather. Numbers fishing the shore comps seem to be up a little on previous years which is great and hopefully will mean hard contested shore comps. Time will tell how many boaties are out there doing it but I know there will be at least one new boat fisho added to the ranks plus a few shiny new boats for a couple of the regulars!

So here’s the usual request for your fish photos, trip reports, articles and the like. I’m hoping to make submitting these much more straightforward this year and I really do want a few of you out there contributing to the magazine.

Hopefully you’ve seen elsewhere in this mag the new fisho challenge. I’m excited about this one and encourage you to take part. Send us your selfies or photos proving you’ve completed any of the 10 challenges and we’ll tick it off our list. We’ll feature some of the best photos in future mags and on our Facebook page and we’ll recognize those completing the challenge at the end of the season.

We’re going to run a range of new fisho features this season. Each one will hopefully make it easier for new clubbies to get involved. We have some ideas on what those features will include but if you have any ideas of what you’d like to see then let me know.

All that remains for me to say is get out there, get involved in what the club is up to and above all have fun hopefully catching a few!

Tight Lines - Matt

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