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Our business has gone from strength to strength and we would like to thank all of our customers for their on going support. It was because of this support that we needed to make a decision to move into commercial premises located at Unit 2, 437 Nayland Road, Stoke, Nelson. It’s right next door to the Chocolate Velvet Bakery and everyone seems to know where they are. If you are not from the wonderful Top of the South then just keep contacting me direct or through the website. Thanks to The Fishing Paper distribution network we now have customers throughout the North and South Islands.

Our new premises look fantastic, especially now all of our signage is in place, so a big thanks to Steve from Footie Signs for his ideas and finished product. He’s well worth a call.

Our move does not change our mobile approach so if you are planning on coming to see us it would still pay to ring first. The new location makes us more accessible, with the added bonus of secure all-weather parking for

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To celebrate the move, we are offering free VHF health checks until the end of October, which is the perfect opportunity to make sure you, your friends, and your family remain safe on the water, before the busy summer months distract you. Our process thoroughly checks both the unit and antenna strength. We have also included a special for the month as set out below.

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I recently had one of the most enjoyable days fishing, because the skipper was crook and spent the whole day at the helm. I got the whole one side of his amazing boat to myself, while his brother, Tim, fished the other.

Jesse Crasborn put a great deal of thought into having his new Osprey 6.3 boat custom built: extended length, heavier grade alloy for the hull and sides, bigger underfloor tank, and double-skinned pontoons. The modifications were aimed at producing a smoother, quieter and more comfortable ride, and on this day it was put to the test.

With a big sea and a lumpy swell, Jesse’s skill became apparent, as it was one of the softest rides I’ve experienced. The sea was not ideal for fishing but, again, Jesse’s attention to detail and expertise turned what could have been a dog of a day into a stunner. He runs two Furuno touch screen display units: a TZT2 12” and a TZT14. On one he runs a chart plotter and the other is linked to the DFF1-UHD Furuno CHIRP sounder module. Jesse reckons this gives better target separation, which allows him to see more individual targets, rather than a large mass. This enables him to better identify species, which made it easier for us out the back to directly

target them.I had one rod set up for snapper and another for groper so I’d

be ready in an instant.“Okay - groper,” Jesse would yell, and we’d grab the

appropriate rig and get straight into it. This maximised our fishing in the rough and produced stellar results.

We also mixed it up with baits, slow jigs, and long jigs. A highlight for me was catching my first groper mechanical jigging, but to top that I jigged a huge, plump 57cm john dory out of the middle of a school of snapper! It didn’t matter what we threw at them, the fish kept lining up. You could have caught them with a shoelace and a gumboot!

Groper on a shoelace and a gumbootLuke Dell

Luke with a JD he just ‘snapped’ up.

Tim Crasborn was put on the spot for this groper.


When the old and new CLASH!Jason Neute

Having ‘acquired’ a new release Penn Clash reel to test for The Fishing Paper in advance of its 2016 release, and sworn to secrecy,

I slipped out for a few extra missions in the 12ft tinny and discovered that when the old and new clash… it can spell seriously exciting fishing.

With a southerly swinging to the southwest, a mate and I headed for Whangaparoa to strayline the shallows, which hold some good fish; it drops away quickly towards the NE corner, so you can change tactics if the fishing is slow. Straylining is one of my favourite ways to spend a windy afternoon - tucked up in the shallows drifting baits back down the berley trail.

The Clash is a sexy looking reel but beauty is not skin deep in this case. Boasting some technological advances, such as new CNC precision gears machined for zero tolerances, which are superior to those coming out of a mould. The state of the art software and CNC machining of the main, pinion and oscillation gear is to exact tolerances using premium metals, unlike other reels that have these made in moulds. This gives the reels greater durability coupled with a far smoother action. The 2000-5000 incorporate a machined brass pinion and machined ali drive gear, while the 6000-8000 utilise a machined brass pinion and drive gear.

They will also have a slower oscillation with appropriate spool dimensions (Leveline System) to deliver a perfect line lay for longer casts and fewer wind knots.

Another feature I like is the wave spring in the knob, which allows the full range of the drag and doesn’t bottom out like most reels where you lose 25% of your drag. The Clash still includes all the other quality specs like: braid ready, balanced rotor, full metal body, and the bulletproof HT-100 drag: it’s a lot smoother when adjusting under load, and it won’t bottom out and lose that last 25% of your drag curve due to wave spring, rather than a traditional coil spring like most other reels have. What’s the use of having 40lbs of drag if you can’t use the last 10lbs?

With the tide receding and the wind blowing

in the same direction, we headed for an old haunt and nudged up slowly, between a small cluster of boats, into our spot. Fish were being caught around us so we quickly dropped the pick and deployed the berley; the great thing was, with a few boats already there, you could see a good oil slick right around us from their berley.

This area is very rocky with clean kelp, I have been fishing this area for over 25 years and remember even catching good fish from the rocks with the old man. Being so shallow and with berley everywhere, I fished most of the day with no weight and small cubes of pilchard seemed to work best. The bites were instant and as soon as the baits hit the water, the line went tight.

Kahawai were everywhere and gannets were diving beside the boats; it was very fishy from start to finish, with the odd kahawai tail walking. Our first few ‘snaps’ were small, but every bait was getting smashed. Over the first part of the morning we caught a lot of fish, which mostly went back.

The little 5000 I was using performed stunningly - I just can’t fault it. It holds 14kgs of drag, weighs 448g, has a 5.6:1 ratio, and is perfect for straylining and soft baiting. All Clash reels have 8+1 bearings and are truly built for New Zealand conditions. We moved deeper before the tide bottomed. Once again our first baits caught small fish but it didn’t take long for better specimens to turn up. We caught fish for most of the day and, only needing a few to take home for tea, we kept a few goodies - and Pea kept a few kahawai to smoke.

Once I get my hands on a new 6000, which also holds 14kilos of drag, I will be jigging and throwing top water lures for kingfish.

Jason and a heap of snapper ‘clashed’ on a windy day at Whangaparoa.

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While fishing for tarakihi off Turakarae Head, south coast of Wellington, Danny Donoghue was surprised to land a sunfish. He foul-hooked the fish in the top dorsal fin, in 90m of water, which presented quite a challenge playing it. After a lengthy time to get the fish to the surface, special care was given to get the sunfish aboard and unhooked.

After a quick photo, it was released unharmed, other than a slight cut to its fin.

Danny estimated the weight of the sunfish at 50 – 60 kg, and apparently they are not an uncommon sight in the Cook Strait over the summer and autumn months. The charter operator, Jonathan Delich, said they have never hooked a sunfish prior to this surprise catch.

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There are three points of contact you have with your kayak - your feet, bottom and back and for those paddling a sit-in kayak, your hips. If these areas of the kayak fit our bodies more ergonomically then we should experience greater comfort.

When you sit in a kayak, all the weight of your upper body is transferred onto your bottom. It’s very easy for it to become a pain in the butt. The most obvious solution is to add padding underneath the seat or directly to the kayak if you have no seat. While this may help, it can have the undesired side effect of making your kayak less stable. This occurs because your centre of gravity is higher and even a small change in seat height will be noticeable. If you choose to go this route, go for a test paddle before you glue the padding in.

Another option is to look at the profile of your seat. Place the kayak on a flat surface and sit down in your usual paddling position. Take a look at how your bottom contacts the seat. If it feels like all your weight transfers onto a small section of your bottom, then you could benefit from adding some foam, closed cell foam, wedges under your seat. This will spread the load over a

greater area of your bottom. The wedges should be wide enough to go from one side of the seat to the other, with the edge at the front of the seat being higher than the back. This will spread the load from just your bottom, to also include your upper legs. Experiment with different sized wedges until you find just the right amount of support. Once you are happy, you can glue the wedge to the kayak. This customisation will suit kayaks with thin seatsbases the best. Those with thicker cushioning may not allow for any alteration.

Most SOT kayaks have a high seat back and these can offer a lot of support. Sit in your kayak in an upright position with a straight back and then tighten the seat back until it supports you. If you have the seat slightly reclined, it will not only reduce how efficiently you can paddle but it can also place a greater load on your spine. PFDs with thin foam backs or foam placed higher on the back allow you to easily sit in this position.

The way your feet are placed in the kayak is also important. Kayaks with adjustable foot pedals offer a greater range of positions you can place your feet in. An ideal foot position you will have the balls of your feet on the footrest. This will keep the tension in your legs to a minimum. With a little ingenuity you may be able to modify the set up in your kayak so your feet have a large area to rest on.

Modifying your kayak to better suit your needs is not difficult to do and the results are well worth the time taken.

Kayaking with Chris West

My mate and I have been rig fishing a small bay near Christchurch for a few seasons but had mixed results from shore; fishing at night with the surfcasters produced patchy results so we hatched a plan to go deeper, but it meant leaving the shore. One warm afternoon last Christmas we bought some prawns and headed out with the kayaks. With the sun descending on the rugged backbone of the Southern Alps, we paddled out into the bay and anchored up. I have a sounder on my kayak so I can find channels and banks, but this bay is very flat and featureless - and only 3m deep.

I use my salmon gear from the kayak: a Shimano Baitrunner 6000 paired with a 4 - 6kg rod, and run a ledger rig with 5/0 hooks and a sinker at the bottom. With the prawns hopefully seeping a tantalising trail into the water, we fished into the night in anticipation of catching a rig or two.

As soon as the sun started to disappear

behind the hill, it was all on for about a hour. The rig put up some tremendous scraps, moving our kayaks around and making us earn our keep. Without anchors, I’m sure we would have been towed a merry dance. I reckon catching rig from the kayak is much more fun than from the shore, because you don’t have that wave action to help you.

While we hooked and played seven or eight rig that night, we only landed two as we didn’t have a gaff or net to get them onto the kayak. We would bring them to the side of the kayak and try to grab their tail to lift them up onto the kayak, but as soon as we grabbed them, they would go mental and race off. But we had a great time.

We ended up going back a few more times during summer but made sure we had a gaff with us, and we caught fish every time we went out to the bay with the kayaks. We are looking forward to catching these awesome fighting fish from the kayaks again this season.

Catching mental rig from kayaksDwayne Aberhart

Dwayne with a 10lb rig successfully landed from the kayak.


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Over the years I have taught a number of women to fly fish and, without exception, have found it to be intensely satisfying. Women’s approach to fly fishing tuition is invariably different to that of male pupils, who often entertain pre-conceived notions that tend to inhibit one’s attempts to set them on the right path. Women, on the other hand, appear to approach the challenge of fly fishing much more open-mindedly and this characteristic invariably leads to their mastering the art of fly fishing with far less fuss than that of the opposite sex. In a nutshell, it’s more fun to be involved with females - they don’t know it all!

At least ten years ago I had the pleasure of coaching a delightful young woman in her mid twenties. She was a most attractive lass indeed but, more than her obvious physical attributes, it was her bubbly personality and uninhibited shrieks of laughter at duffed casts that made her such an engaging and memorable person. In all aspects of casting and rivercraft she was a model pupil, absorbed all I could teach her and graduated with honours as far as I was concerned.

Then I lost touch with her, until late one afternoon some two or three years later, I saw her walking up my driveway. She was

positively beaming and bubbling over with excitement.

“Hi Frank, do you remember the Black Gnat dry fly that you gave me after I had completed the course?” she asked. I nodded.

“Well, I was fishing this afternoon just below the Tuamarina Bridge and I caught a three pound brown trout on it!” and with that she gave me a big, fatherly hug. Then she added “I just had to come and tell you!” and with the lightest of kisses on my cheek, retreated down the drive and out of my life.

This particular episode is just one of many special occasions in my angling life that I like to quietly relive when winter winds confine even the hardiest angler to home base. Then it is time to open my fishing diaries, take a stroll down memory lane and perchance recall, with just a touch of nostalgia, a certain young woman who came back to thank me for favours received.

To steal a line from Bob Hope, “Thanks for the memory.”

It’s more fun coaching the fairer sex!Frank Cartwright

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Not feeling flat with Google fishJake Williams

On an overcast, rainy Saturday afternoon a good friend of mine and I decided to once again try our luck at drag netting, as our previous escapades had yielded only a handful of flounder - not enough to feed the family.

So work was put in scrolling Google Earth as we tried to find some likely looking Canterbury flounder habitat, easy enough to tackle with a 20m dragnet. Brooklands Lagoon at low tide was our next destination of choice, as South New Brighton and Lake Ellesmere had not recently lived up to expectations. Parking just below the Styx River Mouth, we set out across the expansive mudflats and paid out the net parallel to the water. We use no poles for this exercise, just a big weight at each end and some rope.

The first drag from one bank to the other got us our first legal yellow belly and our first little confidence boost. Perhaps we’re getting good at this? Keep in mind, drag netting was something I had attempted many years ago on the West Coast with great success, but teaching yourself how to effectively drag net can be like learning to walk in relation to where, when and how to use your drag net, as some adventures in Lyttelton Harbour had left us with one hell of a skunking and a net full of seaweed.

So with our first fish under our belt, we decided to drag the net up the lagoon towards the mighty Waimak’, stopping every couple of hundred metres to pull the net onto the beach and check the catch. In no time we were getting 3-10 flounder in a drag, with some surprise kahawai as a bonus!

But as the tide started to rise and the water slowly crept above our waists, we decided that 12 stunning yellow-bellies would be more than enough for our two families, so we packed it in. It had started to rain by then, so we were cold, wet, and shivering (even in an 8mm wetsuit) but happy! So so happy to have finally accomplished a rather impressive haul of flatfish - well, the looks on the whitebaiters’ faces suggested they were pretty impressed.

The parents faces when I walked through the door with a bin full of flatfish… not so impressed!

A fat Brooklands kahawai was a bonus for Jake.

Fishing Google Earth proved a winner.

I remember one evening on an adventure training exercise with the army in the Motueka River. We had decided to go eeling.

During the day a couple of us went to get some bait: a few old goose eggs I knew where to find and a freshly shot goat from a mate up the valley. After grabbing the general arsenal of equipment, spotlights, torches, spears and lines, we headed out.

We pulled up to the eeling spot in the Unimog. With me were Private Kupenga (Koops), Private King (Steve) and Kelly my wife.

Making my way down the rocks to the river I found a spot where there was only enough current to disperse but not wash away the eggs. From past experience with these eggs I knew there was going to be plenty of flavour in the water.

After about 15 minutes I got up to check our eggs, there were a few small eels in the pool and no egg left, so I grabbed a couple more and dropped them in. Behind me Koops and Steve were asking if there was anything there. I said, “There’s a couple.”

While shining the spotlight around the rock I was standing on, I could see three or four reasonable sized eels about two inches in diameter and about 2-3ft long.

Now Koops is quite a solid Maori fella and Steve a not quite so solid Maori. Koops, being the braver of the two, volunteered to be the spearman. As I shined the spotlight around I noticed another eel coming upstream. It was a beauty; 6ft long and about 5-6 inches diameter at its widest. The tough army boys hadn’t seen it yet.

I called out to Koops, “Hey, grab the spear, I’ve got one coming upstream you can have a crack at and if you wait a minute it should be in shallow enough water to spear.”

“Cool,” said Koops I turned the spotlight on and shone it on

the eel; ‘clunk, clatter, cadonk.’ I turned to see the spear bouncing off the rock and what looked like a Maori ghost scrambling up the rocks, screaming out something about, “That’s not an eel it’s a taniwha!”

Kelly was laughing and said, “Geez Koops, what sorta bloody Maori are ya?”

Due to Koops departure from the rock and dropping the spear, he seemed to have scared off the taniwha and most of its children. Because he was so in touch with his cultural side he decided tonight was a free feed for the taniwhas of the Motueka River and called the evening over.

All the way home all he could say was, “That was a monster,” and all the rest of us could do was laugh.

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Taniwha of the Mot RiverSteve Robinson


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I am, and I always agree with every one of them, albeit it with a bit of a qualifier, “Yes I am living the dream… but I went through a lot of bloody nightmares to get here!”

Those regular readers of the paper will have followed the family and my globe trotting adventures over the past year, and it has been an absolutely stellar period in our lives.

Last month I took the family to Niue for a week. Called The Rock of the Pacific, this magical destination is the last untouched paradise - ‘New Zealand in the sixties’. No plastic smiles, gaudy souvenir shops, contrived rituals, or crowds of loud tourists - just serenity, beautiful people and amazing activities.

We swam with the humpback whales and, “It was life-changing!”.

Eight encounters and two females actually brought their calves over to meet ‘our calf’ - young Daniel. As they did, they started talking in a magical melody…

While the trip was ostensibly a relaxing family holiday, you know me - there is always an angle! I am working with Mondo Travel to develop hosted group tours to some of my special destinations so I can share ‘Crimpy’s living the dream!’ with you.

The first will be to Niue Island, The Last Paradise, during our winter next year, to coincide with the whale migration. The packages will feature opportunities and experiences unavailable to anyone else, because I have made ‘special arrangements with special people’. Each trip will include the opportunity to fish and I will personally be cooking your catch for you, along with many other treats.

Spaces will be limited so it will be first in, first served. The packages will be advertised soon, but I am taking enquiries and expressions of interest now. Contact me now at [email protected]

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I hadn’t fished the Tekapo canals for years but when Logan Ahlfeld started consistently coming back with fishing tales involving big trout, I thought I’d better get back down there - and quick. So, about six weeks ago, the canals and I became reacquainted, and good friends again. I managed a few good trout, including a 25lber and 30lber, and then caught a monster that dragged the scales around to 34lb with its stomach still touching the ground. I like to release the big fish, so we agreed to cal it ‘34ish’ and returned it as quickly as possible.

Recently, Logan and I were fishing the Tekapo canal and working the waters of The Fish Bowl. We mix our techniques up between softballs and lures: plain softbaits during the day and lumo softbaits at night. We cast out, let the softbait sink to the bottom and then do a slow retrieve as it swings around. Alternatively, we cast, let it sink for a bit, and then retrieve with the odd twitch imparted to the lure. It really depends on the day what works best but, generally, we get the big browns at night and rainbows through the day, with a scattering of salmon thrown in.

On this occasion, both Logan and I were using lumo Tassie Devils during the day - you just never know! Because of

the ‘big’ water at this spot, we employed long casts and then let the lures sink for almost a minute before commencing a slow retrieve. We fished the lures right on the bottom so wound just fast enough to feel the action of the lure. I hooked a few small rainbows in the 3 - 4lb range and then got smashed by a real solid fish. I’d just cast and started the retrieve when, suddenly, the lure was smashed and the fish powered off. Line was melting off the reel and I feared that I was about to be spooled, so upped the ante. Unfortunately, I applied too much drag and the fish pinged me.

We had a salt and pepper day, with me losing a few and a smattering of salmon up to 7lb coming in amongst the feisty rainbows. Logan fared better, ending the day with two nice rainbows of between 10 - 14lb. The only thing he did differently was to fish with a single hook; my trebles seemed to be pulling during the aerial phase while Logan’s stuck like glue. There is a lesson in there somewhere and I think I’ve figured it out: to be guaranteed a great day on the canals, I’m going to replace all my trebles with single hooks - and leave Logan at home!

Logan’s run (front cover story)

Dwayne Aberhart

Daniel Crimp enjoying the “Rock of the Pacific.”


Battery comment sparks alertDear Ed,I refer to Merv Holland’s letter in Issue 119 of The Fishing Paper. I’m sure Mr Holland’s remarks are well intentioned and whilst I can appreciate the motivation to save money on an EPIRB battery replacement, as a representative of one of the world’s leading manufacturers of emergency beacons, I would like to correct a couple of misconceptions and set the record straight.Firstly, let me draw your attention to a situation that occurred in the USA a few years back. An EPIRB was returned to the manufacturer with the complaint that it failed to operate in an emergency situation. On investigation the manufacturer reported;

“The unit was opened and a foreign battery was found inside. The battery was built up using (manufacturer) fuses and wiring salvaged from the original (manufacturer) battery. They then covered their battery with the original (manufacturer) yellow heat shrink, (manufacturer) labels and taped it together. This was then covered with a black heat shrink wrap. The connections were soldered and not spot welded, as required by the design and performed in (manufacturer) production. The battery measured 8.7 volts. Our batteries read 9+

volts when they are new. This battery was installed one week prior to it being brought into (manufacturer).There was also evidence of water intrusion due to the crack in the top cap, which the servicing company did not recognise as they are not trained in these matters. ‘

This and similar incidents prompted the US Coast Guard to issue a safety alert in September 2009.‘Every approved (i.e., type accepted by the FCC) EPIRB is tested during its approval process using a battery, or batteries, specified by the manufacturer. Approved EPIRBs come with a user’s manual that describes battery maintenance and replacement procedures. In order for the EPIRB to remain within the conditions of its approval, the manufacturer’s instructions in the user’s manual must be adhered to. To ensure that replacement batteries are of the same type with which the EPIRB was approved, and are correctly installed, manufacturers typically specify that battery replacements only be done by the manufacturer or a manufacturer-approved shop.In order for an EPIRB to retain its approved status it must continue to be serviceable in its original, approved state. If any change is made to the EPIRB that causes it to be different from the way it was approved, including batteries

other than as specified by the manufacturer, it then ceases to be considered an approved item and may not be considered adequate to meet carriage requirements.’Within Australia and New Zealand all EPIRBs are required to comply with AS/NZ 4280.1, consequently the use of cobbled together battery packs or even the involvement of non manufacturer authorised EPIRB service agents not only invalidates the EPIRB’s approval status, it puts lives at risk.Only manufacturer approved beacon service centres are able to purchase the genuine spare parts, have the necessary test equipment to fully test and certify the EPIRB after battery replacement.Again with the greatest respect to your well meaning correspondents, the advice they are providing is flawed at best, irresponsible, and dangerous at worst. It’s

one thing to do risky things yourself, but it’s an entirely different matter to recommend to others that they do the same risky thing.These comments are offered in a non partisan manner purely in the interests of safety of life at sea. Sincerely Sean GriffinCommercial Consultant – GME Australia.

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Neville texted us. He had purchased a season licence and was going to join us near Twizel. Last time he was with us he had a day licence and I took him fishing and he landed a couple of salmon. He was hooked.

Shane, one of Neville’s workmates and his wife joined us next day and we went to fish the Tekapo canal by the salmon farm and caught nothing.

One of the other campers was having success with his dawn fishing, so Neville and I were on the road at 6.am the following day. Even then there were others ahead of us, so we took the leftover spot. It turned out to be a hot spot.

When the sun came up the fish started feeding. They were jumping out of the water all over the place and I soon had my first salmon on the bank. Neville wasn’t having any luck with his ledger rig. I was using a running sinker with a metre long trace. It had a cork to keep it off the bottom and I was fishing the slower water close to the bank, where there was a back current.

When Shane arrived I handed him my rod. He had broken his rod tip the previous day. Five minutes later he hooked his first salmon and I gave him some tips on how to use his rod to play the fish. He had spent a couple of seasons chasing wild salmon on Canterbury’s rivers without success. It was a golden

moment for him.Then I passed my rod over to Neville and he

got a small salmon he released. At 7.30am it was all over, we’d caught 10 fish.

Next morning Shane was in the hot spot waiting for us at 4.am. We joined him at 5.30am. The ‘Early Birds’ were ready for action.

I got the first fish just after dawn. Then we had a triple hook up. Shane and I had no problem with our salmon but Neville was into a big fish. He had baited his hook with three shrimps but his drag was set too loose. The fish headed across the canal and Neville followed it downstream. When Neville got the fish close to the bank I noticed a thick weed bed and sent him back upstream. The fish stayed out of the weed and I was able to net a well conditioned 7lb rainbow.

We left at 7.30am but Shane stayed on, he wanted a bigger fish, which he caught and he then joined us on his way back to Christchurch and we took a photo.

We headed off to Oamaru and Neville and his wife headed over to Lake Benmore to do some more fishing. As we were driving down the Waitaki Valley, Neville sent us a photo via Viv’s cellphone of another good fish he’d landed.

Just goes to show the ‘Early Birds’ can catch more than worms.

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Russell4:28 0.1 10:42 2.6 16:52 0.2 23:04 2.61 Thu5:18 0.1 11:33 2.6 17:44 0.3 23:55 2.52 Fri6:08 0.2 12:25 2.5 18:37 0.43 Sat0:48 2.4 7:00 0.3 13:18 2.4 19:33 0.54 Sun1:41 2.2 7:54 0.4 14:14 2.2 20:31 0.65 Mon2:38 2.1 8:50 0.6 15:12 2.1 21:31 0.76 Tue3:38 2.1 9:50 0.7 16:12 2.1 22:31 0.77 Wed4:39 2.1 10:50 0.7 17:11 2.1 23:28 0.78 Thu5:38 2.1 11:47 0.7 18:05 2.19 Fri0:21 0.7 6:33 2.1 12:39 0.7 18:53 2.110 Sat1:09 0.6 7:21 2.1 13:26 0.6 19:37 2.111 Sun1:53 0.6 8:05 2.1 14:08 0.6 20:17 2.212 Mon2:33 0.5 8:45 2.2 14:48 0.6 20:54 2.213 Tue3:11 0.5 9:23 2.2 15:26 0.6 21:31 2.214 Wed3:48 0.5 9:59 2.2 16:03 0.5 22:08 2.215 Thu4:24 0.5 10:36 2.2 16:41 0.6 22:46 2.216 Fri5:00 0.5 11:14 2.2 17:21 0.6 23:25 2.217 Sat5:39 0.5 11:55 2.2 18:03 0.618 Sun0:08 2.1 6:20 0.5 12:39 2.2 18:49 0.719 Mon0:53 2.1 7:05 0.6 13:27 2.1 19:39 0.720 Tue1:43 2.1 7:55 0.6 14:20 2.1 20:34 0.721 Wed2:38 2.1 8:53 0.6 15:18 2.1 21:34 0.722 Thu3:39 2.1 9:55 0.6 16:18 2.2 22:36 0.623 Fri4:44 2.1 11:00 0.6 17:19 2.2 23:36 0.524 Sat5:48 2.2 12:01 0.5 18:17 2.425 Sun0:35 0.3 6:49 2.3 13:00 0.4 19:14 2.426 Mon1:31 0.2 7:46 2.5 13:56 0.3 20:08 2.527 Tue2:24 0.1 8:40 2.6 14:49 0.2 21:01 2.628 Wed3:16 0.1 9:32 2.6 15:42 0.2 21:52 2.629 Thu4:06 0.1 10:23 2.6 16:33 0.2 22:43 2.530 Fri4:56 0.1 11:13 2.6 17:25 0.3 23:34 2.431 Sat

Burgess Island (Pokohinu)H-0:24 L-0:24

Houhora Harbour EntranceH+0:39 L+0:28

MangonuiH+0:33 L+0:45

Marsden PointH+0:00 L-0:04

Ngatehe PointH+1:40 L+1:41

Port JacksonH-0:37 L-0:36

TryphenaH-0:29 L-0:29

Tutukaka HarbourH-0:15 L-0:14

Auckland4:07 0.1 10:32 3.6 16:30 0.2 22:58 3.61 Thu4:57 0.1 11:22 3.5 17:22 0.3 23:50 3.42 Fri5:47 0.2 12:14 3.4 18:15 0.43 Sat0:42 3.3 6:39 0.4 13:07 3.3 19:12 0.64 Sun1:36 3.1 7:33 0.6 14:03 3.1 20:11 0.85 Mon2:32 3.0 8:30 0.7 15:02 3.0 21:13 0.96 Tue3:30 2.9 9:32 0.8 16:02 2.9 22:13 0.97 Wed4:30 2.8 10:35 0.9 17:00 2.9 23:11 0.98 Thu5:28 2.8 11:33 0.9 17:53 2.99 Fri0:03 0.9 6:23 2.8 12:24 0.8 18:42 2.910 Sat0:50 0.8 7:12 2.9 13:09 0.8 19:27 3.011 Sun1:33 0.7 7:57 3.0 13:50 0.7 20:09 3.012 Mon2:12 0.7 8:38 3.0 14:28 0.7 20:48 3.013 Tue2:50 0.6 9:16 3.1 15:05 0.6 21:26 3.014 Wed3:27 0.6 9:53 3.1 15:42 0.6 22:03 3.015 Thu4:03 0.6 10:29 3.1 16:20 0.7 22:41 3.016 Fri4:40 0.6 11:06 3.1 17:00 0.7 23:20 3.017 Sat5:19 0.6 11:46 3.0 17:42 0.718 Sun0:01 3.0 6:00 0.7 12:29 3.0 18:28 0.819 Mon0:45 2.9 6:44 0.7 13:16 2.9 19:18 0.820 Tue1:34 2.9 7:35 0.8 14:10 2.9 20:14 0.821 Wed2:28 2.8 8:33 0.8 15:08 2.9 21:14 0.822 Thu3:29 2.9 9:38 0.8 16:10 3.0 22:15 0.723 Fri4:34 2.9 10:43 0.7 17:11 3.1 23:16 0.624 Sat5:38 3.0 11:45 0.6 18:10 3.225 Sun0:14 0.4 6:40 3.2 12:43 0.4 19:06 3.426 Mon1:10 0.3 7:37 3.4 13:37 0.3 20:00 3.527 Tue2:03 0.1 8:30 3.5 14:29 0.2 20:53 3.528 Wed2:55 0.1 9:22 3.6 15:20 0.2 21:46 3.529 Thu3:45 0.1 10:12 3.6 16:11 0.3 22:37 3.530 Fri4:35 0.1 11:02 3.5 17:02 0.3 23:28 3.431 Sat

Coromandel HarbourH-0:21 L-0:15

Mahurangi HarbourH+0:02 L+0:12

Mansion House BayH-0:15 L-0:04

Thames (Rocky Point)H-0:17 L-0:12

Tauranga4:00 -0.1 10:21 2.0 16:25 0.0 22:44 2.01 Thu4:51 0.0 11:13 2.0 17:18 0.1 23:36 2.02 Fri5:42 0.0 12:06 2.0 18:11 0.23 Sat0:29 1.9 6:34 0.1 13:00 1.9 19:06 0.24 Sun1:23 1.8 7:27 0.2 13:55 1.8 20:02 0.35 Mon2:18 1.7 8:21 0.3 14:52 1.8 21:00 0.46 Tue3:15 1.7 9:18 0.4 15:49 1.7 21:58 0.47 Wed4:13 1.6 10:17 0.4 16:44 1.7 22:55 0.48 Thu5:10 1.6 11:13 0.4 17:37 1.7 23:49 0.49 Fri6:04 1.6 12:06 0.4 18:26 1.710 Sat0:38 0.4 6:53 1.6 12:54 0.4 19:11 1.711 Sun1:23 0.4 7:39 1.7 13:39 0.4 19:53 1.712 Mon2:05 0.3 8:21 1.7 14:20 0.4 20:34 1.713 Tue2:44 0.3 9:02 1.7 15:00 0.3 21:13 1.714 Wed3:22 0.3 9:41 1.8 15:39 0.3 21:51 1.715 Thu3:59 0.3 10:19 1.8 16:18 0.3 22:29 1.716 Fri4:37 0.3 10:58 1.8 16:59 0.4 23:08 1.717 Sat5:16 0.3 11:38 1.7 17:41 0.4 23:48 1.718 Sun5:58 0.3 12:20 1.7 18:26 0.419 Mon0:32 1.7 6:42 0.3 13:06 1.7 19:14 0.420 Tue1:20 1.7 7:31 0.3 13:57 1.7 20:07 0.421 Wed2:13 1.7 8:25 0.3 14:52 1.7 21:03 0.422 Thu3:13 1.7 9:24 0.3 15:51 1.8 22:03 0.323 Fri4:16 1.7 10:26 0.3 16:51 1.8 23:03 0.324 Sat5:20 1.8 11:27 0.2 17:51 1.925 Sun0:02 0.2 6:22 1.8 12:27 0.2 18:48 1.926 Mon1:00 0.1 7:20 1.9 13:25 0.1 19:44 2.027 Tue1:54 0.0 8:16 2.0 14:20 0.1 20:38 2.028 Wed2:47 0.0 9:09 2.0 15:13 0.1 21:30 2.029 Thu3:39 -0.1 10:01 2.0 16:06 0.1 22:22 2.030 Fri4:29 0.0 10:53 2.0 16:58 0.1 23:14 1.931 Sat

East CapeH-0:45 L-0:41

GisborneH-1:19 L-1:12

TairuaH-0:03 L-0:03

Tolaga Bay (Cooks Cove)H-1:04 L-1:10

Waipiro BayH-0:52 L-0:58

Wairoa River MouthH-1:37 L-1:28

WhakataneH-0:24 L-0:07

WhitiangaH-0:05 L-0:10

Port Taranaki0:20 3.8 6:38 0.1 12:47 3.7 19:00 0.21 Thu1:08 3.6 7:25 0.2 13:35 3.6 19:50 0.42 Fri1:58 3.4 8:15 0.5 14:26 3.3 20:43 0.73 Sat2:52 3.1 9:08 0.7 15:23 3.1 21:43 0.94 Sun3:53 2.9 10:07 1.0 16:29 2.9 22:50 1.15 Mon5:01 2.8 11:16 1.1 17:44 2.86 Tue0:02 1.1 6:15 2.7 12:31 1.1 18:56 2.87 Wed1:10 1.0 7:23 2.8 13:38 1.1 19:54 3.08 Thu2:06 0.9 8:18 2.9 14:31 0.9 20:41 3.19 Fri2:52 0.8 9:03 3.1 15:14 0.8 21:20 3.210 Sat3:32 0.7 9:41 3.2 15:51 0.7 21:56 3.311 Sun4:08 0.6 10:15 3.3 16:25 0.6 22:29 3.412 Mon4:42 0.5 10:48 3.4 16:58 0.5 23:01 3.413 Tue5:15 0.5 11:20 3.4 17:30 0.5 23:33 3.414 Wed5:48 0.5 11:51 3.4 18:03 0.615 Thu0:05 3.3 6:22 0.5 12:24 3.3 18:37 0.616 Fri0:40 3.2 6:57 0.6 12:59 3.3 19:14 0.717 Sat1:18 3.1 7:35 0.7 13:38 3.2 19:57 0.818 Sun2:01 3.0 8:19 0.8 14:25 3.0 20:47 1.019 Mon2:54 2.9 9:11 1.0 15:22 2.9 21:48 1.020 Tue3:58 2.8 10:14 1.0 16:31 2.9 22:57 1.021 Wed5:09 2.8 11:25 1.0 17:44 3.022 Thu0:08 0.9 6:21 2.9 12:37 0.9 18:52 3.123 Fri1:13 0.8 7:27 3.1 13:42 0.7 19:53 3.324 Sat2:12 0.5 8:26 3.3 14:39 0.5 20:47 3.525 Sun3:06 0.3 9:19 3.6 15:31 0.2 21:37 3.726 Mon3:56 0.1 10:09 3.7 16:20 0.1 22:26 3.827 Tue4:44 0.0 10:56 3.8 17:08 0.0 23:13 3.828 Wed5:31 0.0 11:42 3.8 17:55 0.129 Thu0:01 3.7 6:18 0.1 12:28 3.7 18:42 0.230 Fri0:48 3.5 7:04 0.3 13:15 3.5 19:31 0.431 Sat

Ahipara BayH-0:15 L-0:15

KawhiaH+0:24 L+0:00

OnehungaH+0:49 L+0:47

OpononiH+0:05 L+0:02

Otaki River EntranceH-0:20 L-0:20

PateaH+0:34 L+1:00

Porirua (Mana Cruising Club)H+0:03 L-0:12

Pouto PointH+0:41 L+0:36

RaglanH+0:32 L+0:14

Whanganui River EntranceH+0:19 L+0:28

Wellington1:58 0.5 8:04 1.8 14:25 0.4 20:37 1.81 Thu2:56 0.4 9:01 1.9 15:25 0.4 21:34 1.82 Fri3:52 0.4 9:57 1.9 16:23 0.4 22:30 1.83 Sat4:46 0.4 10:53 1.8 17:19 0.4 23:25 1.74 Sun5:39 0.5 11:48 1.8 18:12 0.55 Mon0:18 1.7 6:31 0.5 12:41 1.8 19:03 0.56 Tue1:10 1.7 7:22 0.6 13:33 1.7 19:51 0.67 Wed2:01 1.6 8:11 0.6 14:22 1.7 20:38 0.68 Thu2:51 1.6 9:00 0.6 15:10 1.6 21:24 0.79 Fri3:40 1.5 9:47 0.7 15:56 1.6 22:09 0.710 Sat4:28 1.5 10:35 0.7 16:42 1.5 22:56 0.711 Sun5:15 1.5 11:23 0.7 17:29 1.5 23:45 0.812 Mon6:01 1.5 12:12 0.7 18:16 1.513 Tue0:33 0.8 6:46 1.5 13:01 0.7 19:04 1.514 Wed1:21 0.8 7:30 1.5 13:51 0.7 19:52 1.515 Thu2:07 0.7 8:14 1.5 14:39 0.7 20:38 1.516 Fri2:51 0.7 8:57 1.5 15:26 0.7 21:22 1.517 Sat3:33 0.7 9:40 1.6 16:10 0.7 22:05 1.518 Sun4:14 0.7 10:22 1.6 16:53 0.6 22:48 1.619 Mon4:55 0.7 11:06 1.6 17:34 0.6 23:31 1.620 Tue5:37 0.6 11:51 1.7 18:16 0.621 Wed0:16 1.6 6:22 0.6 12:39 1.7 19:00 0.622 Thu1:03 1.6 7:10 0.6 13:29 1.7 19:47 0.523 Fri1:54 1.7 8:02 0.5 14:22 1.7 20:37 0.524 Sat2:49 1.7 8:57 0.5 15:18 1.7 21:32 0.525 Sun3:47 1.7 9:57 0.5 16:18 1.7 22:31 0.526 Mon4:47 1.8 11:00 0.5 17:18 1.8 23:33 0.527 Tue5:47 1.8 12:03 0.5 18:19 1.828 Wed0:35 0.5 6:45 1.8 13:06 0.4 19:19 1.829 Thu1:35 0.5 7:42 1.8 14:08 0.4 20:17 1.830 Fri2:32 0.5 8:39 1.8 15:07 0.4 21:13 1.731 Sat

Bare Island (Motu 0 Kura)H+0:21 L+0:20

Cape KidnappersH+0:18 L+0:17

Cape PalliserH+0:10 L+0:10

Cape TurnagainH-0:11 L-0:12

CastlepointH+0:20 L+0:18

NapierH+0:38 L+0:37

Porangahau Riv.EntranceH+0:00 L-0:01

Portland IslandH+0:23 L+0:22

Nelson0:19 4.6 6:23 0.2 12:49 4.5 18:47 0.31 Thu1:04 4.4 7:07 0.4 13:33 4.3 19:32 0.52 Fri1:51 4.1 7:53 0.7 14:18 4.0 20:21 0.83 Sat2:41 3.8 8:42 0.9 15:07 3.7 21:19 1.14 Sun3:36 3.5 9:37 1.2 16:05 3.4 22:33 1.45 Mon4:38 3.3 10:45 1.4 17:19 3.3 23:53 1.46 Tue5:48 3.2 12:07 1.5 18:45 3.37 Wed1:02 1.3 7:00 3.2 13:23 1.5 19:55 3.48 Thu1:56 1.2 8:04 3.4 14:22 1.3 20:45 3.69 Fri2:42 1.0 8:56 3.5 15:07 1.1 21:25 3.810 Sat3:22 0.9 9:39 3.7 15:45 0.9 22:01 3.911 Sun3:58 0.7 10:17 3.9 16:18 0.8 22:34 4.012 Mon4:32 0.6 10:53 4.0 16:48 0.7 23:06 4.113 Tue5:05 0.6 11:26 4.1 17:18 0.6 23:39 4.114 Wed5:37 0.6 11:59 4.1 17:48 0.615 Thu0:11 4.0 6:11 0.6 12:32 4.1 18:20 0.716 Fri0:45 3.9 6:46 0.7 13:06 4.0 18:54 0.817 Sat1:22 3.8 7:23 0.8 13:42 3.9 19:32 0.918 Sun2:02 3.6 8:05 0.9 14:22 3.7 20:18 1.119 Mon2:50 3.5 8:53 1.1 15:10 3.6 21:16 1.320 Tue3:48 3.3 9:52 1.3 16:13 3.4 22:31 1.321 Wed4:58 3.3 11:05 1.3 17:31 3.4 23:52 1.322 Thu6:14 3.4 12:26 1.2 18:49 3.623 Fri1:03 1.1 7:26 3.5 13:38 1.0 19:55 3.824 Sat2:03 0.8 8:30 3.8 14:37 0.7 20:51 4.125 Sun2:56 0.5 9:26 4.1 15:29 0.4 21:41 4.426 Mon3:46 0.3 10:16 4.4 16:16 0.2 22:28 4.527 Tue4:33 0.2 11:02 4.5 17:01 0.1 23:14 4.528 Wed5:19 0.2 11:47 4.6 17:44 0.2 23:59 4.529 Thu6:04 0.3 12:30 4.5 18:28 0.330 Fri0:44 4.3 6:49 0.5 13:12 4.3 19:12 0.531 Sat

Croisilles HarbourH-0:18 L-0:02

ElaineBayH-0:29 L-0:40

French PassH-2:00 L-2:00

HavelockH-0:15 L-0:35

PictonH-0:47 L-1:22

Stephens IslandH-0:30 L-0:30

French Pass times are Nelson less 2 hours, and are known to be unreliable.Boaties use them as a rule of thumb to determine the best times to navigate the pass.

Westport1:25 3.5 7:39 0.0 13:52 3.4 20:00 0.11 Thu2:16 3.3 8:28 0.2 14:42 3.2 20:52 0.32 Fri3:10 3.1 9:21 0.4 15:37 3.0 21:50 0.53 Sat4:09 2.9 10:20 0.7 16:40 2.8 22:55 0.74 Sun5:16 2.7 11:26 0.8 17:50 2.75 Mon0:06 0.9 6:26 2.6 12:37 0.9 19:00 2.66 Tue1:15 0.9 7:34 2.5 13:44 0.9 20:05 2.67 Wed2:17 0.9 8:34 2.6 14:43 0.9 21:00 2.78 Thu3:09 0.8 9:24 2.7 15:31 0.8 21:44 2.89 Fri3:52 0.7 10:06 2.8 16:12 0.7 22:23 2.910 Sat4:30 0.6 10:42 2.9 16:48 0.6 22:57 3.011 Sun5:05 0.5 11:16 3.0 17:21 0.5 23:29 3.112 Mon5:38 0.4 11:48 3.0 17:53 0.413 Tue0:01 3.1 6:11 0.4 12:19 3.1 18:25 0.414 Wed0:34 3.1 6:44 0.4 12:51 3.1 18:58 0.515 Thu1:07 3.0 7:18 0.5 13:25 3.0 19:33 0.516 Fri1:42 3.0 7:53 0.5 14:00 2.9 20:10 0.617 Sat2:21 2.9 8:33 0.6 14:40 2.8 20:53 0.718 Sun3:05 2.7 9:18 0.8 15:26 2.7 21:44 0.819 Mon4:00 2.6 10:12 0.9 16:26 2.6 22:48 0.920 Tue5:07 2.6 11:20 0.9 17:39 2.621 Wed0:02 0.9 6:22 2.6 12:34 0.9 18:54 2.722 Thu1:13 0.7 7:31 2.7 13:43 0.7 20:00 2.923 Fri2:17 0.6 8:34 2.9 14:44 0.5 20:58 3.124 Sat3:13 0.4 9:30 3.1 15:38 0.3 21:52 3.325 Sun4:06 0.2 10:21 3.3 16:29 0.1 22:42 3.426 Mon4:55 0.0 11:10 3.4 17:18 0.0 23:31 3.527 Tue5:44 0.0 11:58 3.5 18:05 0.028 Wed0:19 3.5 6:31 0.0 12:45 3.5 18:53 0.029 Thu1:07 3.4 7:19 0.1 13:32 3.4 19:42 0.130 Fri1:57 3.3 8:07 0.2 14:21 3.2 20:32 0.331 Sat

Anita BayH+0:26 L+0:27

GreymouthH+0:00 L+0:00

HokitikaH+0:10 L+0:10

KarameaH-0:35 L-0:35

Whanganui InletH-1:05 L-1:05

Lyttelton1:23 0.1 7:38 2.7 13:52 0.2 20:05 2.61 Thu2:18 0.2 8:35 2.6 14:48 0.2 21:03 2.52 Fri3:14 0.2 9:32 2.6 15:46 0.3 22:01 2.43 Sat4:11 0.3 10:29 2.5 16:44 0.4 22:59 2.34 Sun5:08 0.4 11:25 2.4 17:44 0.5 23:56 2.35 Mon6:05 0.5 12:22 2.4 18:42 0.56 Tue0:52 2.2 7:01 0.5 13:17 2.3 19:37 0.57 Wed1:46 2.2 7:55 0.6 14:10 2.3 20:27 0.68 Thu2:37 2.2 8:45 0.6 14:59 2.2 21:14 0.69 Fri3:25 2.2 9:34 0.6 15:45 2.2 21:58 0.610 Sat4:10 2.2 10:19 0.6 16:27 2.2 22:40 0.611 Sun4:53 2.2 11:03 0.6 17:07 2.2 23:22 0.612 Mon5:34 2.2 11:45 0.6 17:47 2.213 Tue0:03 0.6 6:15 2.2 12:27 0.6 18:28 2.214 Wed0:43 0.6 6:56 2.2 13:08 0.6 19:10 2.115 Thu1:24 0.6 7:39 2.2 13:50 0.6 19:54 2.116 Fri2:06 0.6 8:22 2.2 14:33 0.6 20:40 2.117 Sat2:49 0.6 9:06 2.2 15:18 0.6 21:27 2.118 Sun3:33 0.6 9:52 2.2 16:06 0.6 22:15 2.119 Mon4:20 0.6 10:39 2.2 16:56 0.6 23:04 2.120 Tue5:10 0.6 11:28 2.3 17:48 0.6 23:54 2.221 Wed6:02 0.6 12:19 2.3 18:40 0.522 Thu0:45 2.2 6:56 0.5 13:13 2.4 19:32 0.423 Fri1:39 2.3 7:51 0.4 14:08 2.4 20:25 0.424 Sat2:34 2.4 8:48 0.4 15:04 2.5 21:19 0.325 Sun3:31 2.5 9:46 0.3 15:59 2.5 22:14 0.226 Mon4:28 2.6 10:45 0.2 16:55 2.6 23:11 0.227 Tue5:25 2.6 11:42 0.2 17:50 2.628 Wed0:07 0.1 6:22 2.7 12:38 0.2 18:47 2.629 Thu1:02 0.1 7:18 2.7 13:34 0.2 19:45 2.530 Fri1:57 0.2 8:14 2.6 14:29 0.3 20:42 2.431 Sat

AkaroaH-0:43 L-0:44

Ashburton River EntranceH-0:42 L-0:44

KaikouraH+0:17 L+0:16

MoerakiH-1:53 L-1:18

Rakaia MouthH-0:46 L-0:46

Rangitata River EntranceH-0:58 L-1:00

TimaruH-1:13 L-1:15

OamaruH-0:52 L-0:54

Waimakariri MouthH+0:10 L+0:10

Dunedin1:18 -0.1 6:54 2.3 13:47 -0.1 19:20 2.31 Thu2:12 0.0 7:50 2.3 14:42 0.0 20:15 2.22 Fri3:08 0.0 8:48 2.2 15:39 0.1 21:14 2.03 Sat4:06 0.1 9:48 2.1 16:37 0.2 22:16 2.04 Sun5:04 0.2 10:49 2.0 17:36 0.2 23:19 1.95 Mon6:01 0.2 11:49 2.0 18:34 0.36 Tue0:18 1.9 6:56 0.2 12:45 2.0 19:28 0.37 Wed1:11 1.9 7:48 0.3 13:37 2.0 20:18 0.38 Thu1:59 1.9 8:36 0.3 14:23 2.0 21:03 0.39 Fri2:44 2.0 9:22 0.3 15:06 2.0 21:45 0.210 Sat3:25 2.0 10:04 0.3 15:46 2.0 22:25 0.211 Sun4:03 2.0 10:45 0.3 16:23 2.0 23:04 0.212 Mon4:41 2.0 11:25 0.3 17:00 2.0 23:42 0.313 Tue5:18 2.0 12:05 0.3 17:36 2.014 Wed0:21 0.3 5:56 2.0 12:45 0.3 18:13 1.915 Thu1:02 0.3 6:36 1.9 13:26 0.3 18:53 1.916 Fri1:44 0.3 7:18 1.9 14:10 0.4 19:37 1.817 Sat2:30 0.4 8:04 1.9 14:57 0.4 20:24 1.818 Sun3:19 0.4 8:54 1.9 15:49 0.4 21:18 1.819 Mon4:13 0.4 9:49 1.9 16:45 0.4 22:16 1.820 Tue5:09 0.4 10:47 1.9 17:44 0.4 23:16 1.921 Wed6:07 0.3 11:47 2.0 18:43 0.322 Thu0:16 2.0 7:05 0.2 12:45 2.1 19:40 0.223 Fri1:13 2.1 8:03 0.1 13:42 2.2 20:34 0.124 Sat2:08 2.2 8:59 0.0 14:37 2.3 21:28 0.025 Sun3:02 2.3 9:54 0.0 15:30 2.3 22:20 -0.126 Mon3:55 2.4 10:48 -0.1 16:22 2.4 23:12 -0.127 Tue4:47 2.4 11:41 -0.1 17:13 2.428 Wed0:04 -0.1 5:40 2.4 12:34 -0.1 18:05 2.329 Thu0:57 -0.1 6:34 2.3 13:27 0.0 18:58 2.230 Fri1:51 0.0 7:29 2.2 14:21 0.1 19:53 2.131 Sat

BluffH-2:03 L-2:37

BrightonH-0:25 L-0:58

Port ChalmersH-0:12 L-0:49

St ClairH-0:52 L-1:03

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Cast Back in TimeEarly rise on Rangitata

By Ken Lloyd

This 24-pound salmon was the icing on the cake after a very successful weekend fishing the Rangitata back in 2007. I usually pencil in the Friday of the first weekend in December for a salmon fish, in the hope of catching the early run.I arrived on the Thursday night to the news

that here had been a few fish caught in the gut, so Friday was going to be an early start. I was rewarded with two salmon that morning, so the day was one of relaxation.Saturday was a different proposition and with a

lower tide, the lure rod came out. I concentrated on the flow below the neck of the gut and success was fairly quick in coming, with a further two salmon coming to the bank. Another relaxing day followed.Sunday was another early start. I was seeing

if any searun trout were about, again targeting the neck of the gut. I had a very subtle take on the second swing but still being dark, I thought I was in to a decent searun. It bolted for the surf and with a bit of side pressure I got it out of the current and into the calm of the bay. The battle was soon over and I was rather surprised at the size and condition of the fish, which was the culmination of my best fishing weekend and one that I have been unable to repeat to this date.

A 24lb salmon caught back in 2007.


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Stephen was born in the Northern Territory, his early life growing up on outback cattle stations. He never needed nor had any plastic throwaway toys. The outback has a special way of providing its own more interesting pleasures. Such was the case when an aboriginal stockman presented Stephen with a baby kangaroo, an orphan whose mother had been killed. Stephen tamed Joey and made a cardboard box bed for him under his own.

One morning when Stephen woke, he reached down for Joey only to find a box full of bare bones. The killer was identified as the quoll, who had made his nest in the old unused stove in the old homestead. So what is a quoll you ask?

Quoll is an aboriginal word for an Australian native animal – a cross between a large cat and a large opossum. Their ancestry in Australia has been traced back 15 million years. Once widely spread and quite common, they are now only found in a few more isolated regions like the outback and in Tasmania. A couple of related types are also found in Papua New Guinea. It lives alone, yet will travel considerable distance to use a common toileting spot and only meets up

to mate. The female can produce up to 18 babies but with only six teats available, only the fittest survive. Like the kangaroo it develops a pouch to rear its young. Normally they feed on smaller animals like frogs, rabbits, possums, echidna, birds, lizards and insects but on this occasion the quoll found it easier to kill, with a crunching bite to the neck, baby Joey in the next room.

Larger, mature quolls can weigh up to 7kg, killing machines with highly refined nocturnal hunting and killing instincts. It is only good luck Stephen was not killed and eaten that night, little Joey obviously enough for one meal.

It was simply dreadful. It was simply brilliant. We had planned to get to Canada for years and, with a tail wind, Air NZ got us there in just 12 hours 35 minutes.

Leaving winter behind, 30 plus glorious degrees for five weeks, what’s not to like? Small detail – the visit did NOT include a rod! Not even a stick, string and bent pin.

Canada has a monumental number of lakes – perhaps three million - but apparently the precise number is simply not known. There I was, watching one after another as we glided past on the train, Greyhound and tour coach. We opted for a guided tour to ensure we saw as much of BC and Alberta as we could in the time available; we were on a schedule.

The nearest I got to fishing was as a voyeur! There was a bloke along a shoreline and others in boats, all having the time of their life. The variety of species is wonderful – mountain whitefish, brook trout, cut-throat trout, bull trout, to name a few. The waters were simply breath-taking – clear, unadulterated expanses, surrounded by forest and just waiting for someone.

I thought I’d get a fix by briefly visiting a sports store in Jasper to look at hordes of gaudy flies on display stands but came away with a selection of ties that will never get wet in Canada. By crikey I reckon they’ll be magical in Brunner though!

Crossing a bridge over a stream, the guide calmly said, “Please keep walking, do not stop to take photos, stay in a group,

because there’s a GRIZZLY just over there.”There he was alright, just downstream about 100 metres away.

Mr Grizz’ knew salmon were coming and he was waiting for a feed. He stood and watched our progress as we walked steadily by, getting slightly quicker as we went toward the relative safety of a 4WD bus.

We returned a couple of hours later and salmon were coming upstream in numbers but the bear had been driven off. It didn’t seem right, because we were the interlopers and with insufficient fish in his belly, he wouldn’t survive his coming hibernation. I guess having visitors being eaten is not good for tourism.

With the salmon arriving, some humans had begun to fish but none struck anything while we were there. To my eye they seemed to be opportunists with little skill, or perhaps I was just envious.

Way up north In Alaska it was also great to see the salmon. They were in the ocean, leaping out, perhaps to escape the attention of the dolphin, sea otter and orca whales that abounded. Then we saw them making their way up the creek at Ketchikan. We went

up Creek Street past the brothels and other purveyors of retail therapy perched along the bank and could clearly see the salmon twisting and turning in the current below. Following the creek up through the town, we saw more fish under bridges and in pools, and it was great to see a fish ladder had been in place for many a long day.

So there was no actual fishing for me - this time round anyway. What could be better than getting out into the pristine watery wilderness of Canada?

It’s just those bears. Oh and did I mention the wolves?

Coastlines Ivan Wilson

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The perfect chamois sanctuaryElliot Hendry

The end of July saw my mate, Alastair, and I fly into the tops of a South Westland valley. People think we are crazy going at that time of year but I think it’s a great time to go; often the weather is at its most settled and the animals are at their best, in a full winter skin.

Our camp was on about a metre of snow but, with good gear, being cold wasn’t an issue. Flying in also meant we could take a few luxuries and keeping our beer cold was easy; in fact, keeping it unfrozen was the challenge!

Our adventure actually started before the skids touched down, because we spooked a buck chamois from literally right on our campsite. It bolted over the lip and into a deep creek system that was jagged and scarred. Wasting no time, we gave chase but the rugged terrain had swallowed it.

Sitting on haunches, we glassed the country that unfolded before us. A small mob of chamois materialised some distance off and held

our attention until I caught a movement out of the side of my eye. Unbelievably, the ‘campsite buck’ was sidling around below us, so I immediately swapped the binos for the .270 and the shot put the full stop at the end of that sentence. If measurements are important to you, it went 8.75 inches and died cleanly 20m from where we were sitting!

The following morning we slipped into another creek system and quickly spotted three animals bedded on a ridge 350m away and below. A good looking buck sat about 20m above a doe and a kid, so we closed the gap. The stalk only shaved 50m off the distance but put

us on a ridge directly opposite the chamois. We had to play a waiting game because the buck was still bedded and it’s never a good option to shoot at a sitting buck!

The moment it stood, a shot from Alastair’s .243 rang out, but there was no full stop to this sentence - not yet. While the buck dropped, poleaxed to a good shot, we still had to retrieve it and weren’t prepared for what came next: four hours of tortuous climbing, sidling, scrambling, dropping and climbing through steep tussock gutters to

get to the buck.Staring down at the beautiful buck in full winter pelage, we reflected

on an incredible hunt that resulted in an amazing trophy destined for Alastair’s wall. At 9.75 inches it was a good head but made better by the effort expended in getting it. We had seen a couple better, probably over ten inches, but they were in no man’s land. As it was, our buck had picked this watershed for good reason - it was the perfect chamois sanctuary… almost!

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Productive springtime hunting with a Pulsar thermal imager

There’s nothing more satisfying than introducing a new person to a sport, and gamebird hunting is no different.

A keen crew of shooters headed out on a brisk weekend morning to see if they could bag a few paradise birds for some tempting meals. Crimpy’s cookbook, The Mad Chef, had some recipes that needed trying. The weather was overcast and light rain drizzled down early. We arrived at the farm, having phoned ahead to the farmer on the previous night, and made plans for setting up in the paddock where he said there had been a large flock of parries causing him a problem. They were fast becoming a nuisance with their grazing of his valuable pasture of winter feed.

A recce was done and our team soon found the

spot where they were settling in to. As many will know, you walk the first birds off and, before you get your decoys out, you can be into the shooting. Some birds are determined not to be put off and will zoom straight back into the field within a few minutes.

The action continued for several hours as small groups of birds returned to graze and others honed in on our decoys. Whilst passing overhead, others couldn’t resist joining the flock and soon became a meal for us too. It was an exciting day of steady shooting and something to remember as our youngest companion raced in and out of the hide to neatly arrange the downed birds amongst the decoys. What an introduction for the boy on the joys of paradise bird hunting!

Three generations of hunters in paradiseMike Stoneley

Spring is a great time to stock-up on venison. After the cold lean winter, a bounty of fresh new plant growth attracts deer as they feed-up to regain condition - so it can produce productive hunting on both private and public access land. Optically Speaking, our new Pulsar Quantum XD thermal imager could give you an edge and remove the risk of losing animals.

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A Pulsar Quantum thermal imager can also spot animals at extreme distances; the distance performance is determined by the magnification of the imager’s lens. Higher magnification increases the detection range of animals, and the distance at which a positive target identification is possible. When used in conjunction with a spotting scope, a thermal imager can rapidly spot animals in one single sweep - then the spotting scope is used for examination. It is also good to locate animals early; rising before daylight and scanning is a good way of pinpointing animals,

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CARCASS RECOVERYFinding a shot animal that falls down a gully,

runs and drops, or is wounded, can be challenging at the best of times, and virtually impossible at dusk. A Pulsar thermal imager will enable you to follow fresh blood trails, and find carcasses hidden amongst scrub. A deer carcass will remain visible 12 hours or more, making recovery next morning easier. Fresh sign can also be spotted, as long as it remains warmer than its surroundings.

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Mouse draws bloodKim Swan

You know your man has been working far too hard when, on the pretence of reading a hunting magazine, he slips into his sleeping bag at 8.00pm. You can guess his ‘lights are out,’ just five minutes later when you hear that magazine fall to the floor.

We’re camped at a backcountry hut and my big tiger is stacking ‘zeds’ while I’m stacking cards. Round after round of playing patience, till Mr Moon makes his appearance over the skyline to the east. A full moon has a strange effect on some people. I’m one of them.

You know that saying – ‘while the cat’s away?’ Yep, it’s true. Tiger is away with the fairies, so this little mouse is off to play with two dogs and a rifle!

Sneaky. Don boots, chaps, jacket and knife belt. Sling the 7mm-08 over my shoulder. Release Pearl and Gin from the dog box. Mr Moon beams down on us with a cheesy grin. No artificial light source required, my shadow and I head for the hills. Quiet as three little mice, our trio scuttle southwards with our noses to the breeze.

We vaguely see rabbits and hares and deer. We startle sheep and move moos. It is several kilometres before Pearl lifts her pink nose high then looks back at Gin. “Can you smell what I can smell, are you with me?” They hesitate momentarily then bolt into the gloom.

White Pearl, black Gin - both stick out like the proverbial canine’s testicle in the radiance of Mr Moon. Tracking hither and thither, proceeding at pace. Then the startled ‘Ffff ’ sound from Boris. I catch a glimpse as he sprints across the face. Oh my god, he’s huge. My heart rate doubles at the prospect of claiming a two tonne tusker.

Yeah, nah, settle down. When Boris changes tack and turns directly downhill he splits in half. Without his accompanying shadow, he’s just another black boar.

A yip, a thump. In a clump of tall manuka, an inky-dark hideaway on a hillside bathed in silver,

the dogs catch then hold. Seconds later Boris blows them off.

White dog, the glow-in-the-dark one, is sprinting, lunging, biting, trying to stop her foe. Black dog trails and trail-barks telling both boar and dog she’s right behind them. It’s all go.

“Get him.” Got him. Good!Sneaky again. This boar is no whopper but he’s

big enough. Two little dogs cling to his cheeks, all three wheeling in a tight circle. It’s a grim battle, a matter of life and death. Boris is grunting, puffing, grinding his tusks audibly. There is no squeal in him, not when I grab his hock, not when I tip him onto his side.

With a twist and a kick he rights himself, surges free of me and fights on. Another round, another down side up and still no squeal.

Boris is a tough guy but he’s outnumbered tonight. I’m the thug in the dark alley that slips a knife into his brisket. I’m the thug who spills his guts into the dirt. Mr Moon watches on, a silent witness to the blood on my hands.

We three silently scuttle back to the distant hut. Dogs boxed, I stealth indoors and shed boots, chaps, jacket and knife belt. Quietly I wash away the blood, sweat and grime. Then dirty clothes pile onto the floor before I slide into my sleeping bag.

It’s been a lively few hours, while the mouse she played. There’s an inclination to grab a tiger by the tail but the big cat is sleeping deeply still. He never knew I’d gone, he never knew I came back - nor that I have a boar laid-out beside a distant track.

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My daughter Connie knew what she wanted for Christmas.

“I want to shoot another goat, Dad,” her words that floated across the dinner table.

“No worries,” I replied and over the Christmas break I gained the necessary permission from a friendly farmer and put a plan in place.

We had Connie’s friend, Danielle, staying with us so there would be three on this mission. Goats are not prone to early starts and neither were we, so we pulled up at the farmer’s house at lunchtime for a quick chat and to drop off a couple of crayfish we had caught for him that morning. Then we headed across a small creek and onto a flat in the Hilux.

Once parked, we unloaded and headed up a creek that always holds goats. The day was brilliantly fine and regular stops for drinks in the creek were the order of the day. The girls looked quite funny out for a hunt dressed in their bright clothes but I guess it didn’t matter, because animals are supposed to be colour blind.

While we were negotiating some low scrub, we heard the unmistakable bleat of a goat just ahead of us. Before long, I could make out the black head

of a nanny looking at us from 50 metres. With no handy rest, we decided to stalk closer. This spooked the goats uphill, revealing about 15 of them in different spots on a face. I set the bipod up on the .223 and settled Connie in behind the scope, reminding her we had plenty of time and to shoot a big nanny in the chest. At the sound of the shot, the nanny crumpled and rolled down hill. I then had a couple of shots and dropped two more.

Danny stayed in the creek with our gear while Connie and I climbed the face to retrieve our kills. Connie did a great job and soon had her goat back in the creek for the obligatory photo shoot. I then removed both back legs from the nanny for the freezer.

Further up the creek we crossed the path of another couple of goats. Unfortunately, the weather had turned and as we were now getting a few spots of rain we headed for the Hilux which was a good hour’s walk away. After a quick thank you to the farmer we headed home with memories of another great day out doors.

Just goes to show the girls’ Christmas hunting trip was better than a present wrapped under the tree.

Girly goat dayMalcolm Halstead

Danielle and Connie enjoy a fashion day on the goats!


Fish Profile – Sea PerchDescription and Distribution.There are at least six members of this family living around our coast, the most common being the scarpee or jock stewart. Its large head, large eyes and wide mouth easily identify it. It is brown and orange in colour, with strong vertical bands extending along its length. It has large pectoral fi ns, a broad tail and the head and gill plates are covered with nasty spines.

It commonly grows to around 30cm, but can grow to 40cm.

Scarpee prefer rocky areas down to around 50m and this species is most common south of East Cape. They are voracious predators feeding on a wide range of small fi shes and marine life. This is a slow growing species.

Targeting Scarpee.This fi sh is high on the list of underrated species and is usually taken as a by-catch when targeting cod and other reef dwellers. Considered a nuisance, they are usually tossed back, which is a shame because they are superb eating.

Scarpee are commonly taken on 2-3 hook ledger rigs and will take any bait. Their large mouths allow the use of hooks in the 6-10/0 range, but they can be taken on smaller hooks – even 1/0. Scarpee take jigs bounced slowly off the bottom and are rather partial to fl asher rigs baited with thin slivers of bait.

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Sika unlucky in loveKevin Watson

Bruce and I stopped on a high point to listen for stags. There was plenty of noise, with at least three stags roaring. We managed to locate two on the slopes of a large hill in the distance, a red and a sika, but on closer inspection they were too young.

Standing in the light rain we continued listening and glassed the surrounding countryside. Twenty minutes later the loud roar of a sika drifted up from below so we left our vantage to find him. Moving easily through the open tussock we covered 200 yards in lightning speed. Bruce was leading the charge, heading to a point above a small creek, but stopped in his tracks and dropped to the ground. Seventy yards ahead, a sika hind was coming our way, and fast. Chasing her was a big eight pointer with a twinkle in his eye. The hind passed within 20 yards of us while I quickly nocked an arrow, but the stag had gone by before I could put my release on.

The hind led the stag to the head of the creek and out of sight. Catching our breath we wished the stag good luck with his amorous intentions but, given the speed the hind was travelling, we thought he’d have no show.

Ambling back to the truck we were surprised to see the hind and stag in the distance, on the other side of the creek but heading back down. She was running hard out and he hadn’t got the message yet.

It was time to try our luck elsewhere so, dropping into a large valley, we glassed the faces for deer. It didn’t take Bruce long to spot some activity: three hinds had attracted the attention of two stags 200 yards above and to the left of us. Reaching the edge of the cover, we watched the deer running about below. There were the three hinds and three stags, a small five, a large bodied one antlered one and the eight we had watched earlier chasing the hind. We were at least two kilometres from where we had last seen him. No wonder stags lose so much condition during the Roar.

It became apparent the one-antlered stag

was the dominant animal as he chased off the eight. The five-pointer was running about with the hinds, keeping one eye on them and one eye on Mr One-antler. The deer moved closer and dropped out of sight. Moving through the tussock we approached the deer.

Suddenly the five-pointer came right up to us, stopped briefly at 10 yards, looked at Bruce and then bolted back down the way he had come. As we moved forward, Bruce roared. The five-pointer stopped at the sound and looked back. Standing side-on at 20 yards he was an inviting target. I drew back my Hoyt Trykon but had nothing to line-up on. The stag saw the movement and ran off down the hill. Bruce and I ran forward and saw the stag stop again broadside below. Not needing any prompting, I was back at full draw. There was no time to use my rangefinders so I settled my 50 yard pin high on its chest, right in line with its front leg and released. I didn’t see the arrow fly but heard it hit something solid. The stag leapt forward and bounded downhill.

Bruce said, “Good shot,” as we watched the stag get further away. Two seconds later the stag stopped running, stood still and fell uphill, stone dead. Upon reaching the stag a congratulatory handshake was in order. The autopsy revealed my arrow had passed through the centre of the stag’s chest, the Tekan ll head slicing through the heart and both lungs. He had hit the deck four seconds after I shot him. I ranged the shot at 53 yards, the new record.

Kevin Watson with the rewards of a thrilling hunt.

Suddenly the five-pointer came right up to us, stopped briefly at 10 yards, looked at Bruce and then bolted back down the way he had come.


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way up?” said Bob.

Upon arrival, the boys were introduced to Chukkadadice and honoured with a traditional welcoming ceremony where the Indians danced and sang their tribal chant, Can we fi x it, yes we can! The lads partook in the ceremonial mushroom snorting - the fungi is dried and ground to a powder - and Bob said the solution to the ladder problem became clear.

“It was obvious we needed to build the ladder from the bottom, halfway up,” Bob said, “but it’s not as simple as it sounds.”

They fi rst have to build a ladder from the top to the bottom so they can then commence work on the ladder halfway up to the mushroom zone.

The lads spend their weekends fi shing for Arctic char from the riverbank but with limited success so far.”

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COARSE FISHING Dave Dixon

It’s time for us to celebrate New Zealand’s most prized coarse fish, the tench.

Although few people have heard of tench, they were introduced to this country in 1867 before the first importation of trout. Being a secretive and largely nocturnal species, it is not generally observed in nature. It is only really suited to still or slow-flowing water with a preferred temperature range of 20-21 degrees, which means it does not share habitat with trout. Tench were classified as ‘Acclimatised Fish’ under the Fisheries Act in 1983 and ‘Sports Fish’ under the Conservation Act in 1987. As such, a Fish & Game licence is required when targeting them for recreational angling.

Tench are lovely fish to behold, olive green in colour, which varies from dark to almost golden depending on habitat. They have a dumpy shape with rounded fins. The body is covered with small, smooth scales and they have distinctive red-orange eyes. Tench are generally bottom-dwellers and feed on zooplankton, insect larvae, small crustaceans and molluscs.

Of all coarse fish species, tench are my favourite. As a boy growing up in England, I would cycle six miles to the closest tench lake, with my fishing rod strapped to the crossbar and fish all night. My favourite

bait was a paste made from cat food and breadcrumbs, which was cast on a free line with no weight or float attached. My bite indicator was a piece of tinfoil folded across the line, just above the reel and it would rustle and shimmer eerily in the moonlight as a fish moved off with the bait. Later I regularly fished a farm pond where the tench would send up endless showers of fine bubbles around the float, which wobbled and shuddered but rarely submerged. The fish were almost impossible to catch but I had my moments.

Tench are found throughout New Zealand but are generally confined to a few sites in each region due to the limitations of their preferred habitat. The most ‘classical’ tench fishery we have is found near Otaki, north of Wellington. The silty-bottomed lake, lined with reeds and large beds of lily pads provides a traditional tench habitat, home to roaming shoals of powerful fish in the 4-5lb range. In Christchurch, Lake Rotokahatu is an old gravel pit, with steep sides and deep crystal-clear water. The tench are smaller but prolific and unusual as they will happily feed right through the sunniest of days. Anglers targeting tench should focus on areas with plenty of aquatic weed to provide cover for the fish and start the session by introducing some bread-based groundbait to attract and hold the shoals.

Tinned sweet corn is as good a hookbait as any. Any angling method that presents the bait on the lake bed will do but it’s always more appealing to use a float as well, offering a more sensitive indication of a bite. When hooked, the tench will make a short fast run towards the safety of the weeds but will then generally plod around using thumps of its broad tail rather than any speed.

Once on the bank, take time to admire your catch but don’t eat it! Although I can’t speak

from experience, I understand the flesh is bony and has a strong earthy taste. Far better to return it to fight again another day as careful catch and release will not harm the fish.

All anglers have a preferred species and style of fishing but whatever you enjoy the most, I strongly encourage you to go catch a tench some time in your life. I’m pretty sure you will enjoy the experience.

Celebrate our coarse fish

Sarah Dixon enjoys first time success!

Black market sale of fish using social media is a growing trend according to figures from the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI). This first came to light in 2012 when four cases of black market fish trading were identified online. This quickly grew to 39 cases in 2013, 173 cases in 2014 and 117 cases to the end of August 2015.

It is illegal for people to buy, sell or swap their recreational catch. Depending on the scale of offending, people risk facing prosecution and fines of up to $250,000, as well as forfeiture of any gear used in the offence, including computers and cell phones.

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• Online black marketer fined $8550 by court in 2015

MPI Compliance Director Dean Baigent says the online environment has given people a new way of trading black market seafood.

“Many businesses have taken their products online, including illegitimate businesses and opportunists,” he said.

“Once upon a time someone offered you some cheap crays and paua at the pub. Now people are getting Facebook alerts.”

Baigent says fisheries officers and intelligence staff have been quick to adapt to offending online.

“The pleasing thing is people are quick to tell us about this sort of activity, no matter where it happens,” Baigent said. “We get a lot of calls to our 0800 4POACHER hotline about online posts offering cheap seafood. If it’s a minor offence

we direct the seller to take the post down and advise them their name and details are stored by MPI and similar offending will result in a fine or prosecution. If the offending is more serious we investigate, with the potential of issuing an infringement notice or laying charges.”

Six people have been prosecuted this year for trading black market fish on social media. One person was sentenced to 225 hours community service, another was fined $8550. MPI gave three further people infringement notices and instant fines of between $300 and $500.

Mr Baigent says people who buy black market seafood pose as much risk to our fisheries as those who do the illegal fishing.

“If there are no willing buyers, there is no black market. If you are buying a few cheap crays, paua or a bag of fillets, you’re encouraging the illegal fishers to take more. It’s a vicious cycle and our fisheries and those who use them legitimately end up losing,” he said.

“If you happen to see anything of this nature on social media sites, please take a screen shot and contact MPI hotline 0800 4 762 243. All calls are confidential.”

Online fisheries offending is a growing trendJim Flack


CHALLENGES + IDIOMS OF COARSE FISHINGBreadcrumbs blackstrap and balls - Aaron Houghton

Ground bait is simply a coarse fishing equivalent to berley. What is important here is when, what and how much.

A basic mix will consist of breadcrumbs and blackstrap molasses. Coarse fish tend to enjoy sweet or fishy smells, but I have found it best not to mix the two as it seems to confuse the mix.

You can use the juice from a tin of whole kernel corn to mix the ingredients and dampen the crumb down so it sinks. You should prepare the ground bait 30 minutes before you need it, this gives the crumb time to absorb all the moisture, otherwise the mix will float.

The correct level of moisture will be when you can squeeze the mix into a ball and it stays there, yet you can crumble it to nothing when you lightly rub your hands together.

To start off, throw in two balls of ground bait the size of a tennis ball. The best way to do this is cast out your float to where you want to fish and try and hit it with the ground bait balls. Every three or so fish you should throw another ball in, sooner if you are not catching but know they are there. They will still be eating all your ground bait

so you need to keep it going in.The best all round bait to begin with is

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The use of berley is crucial for success.

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reefs while Gus steered through the coral channels. The water was so warm and clear I just wanted to swim, but the guides told me I could go snorkeling after lunch. Gus steered right alongside the outer reef but you could see the deep blue of the depth below.Suddenly, a strike: an explosive splash as

the popper was violently snatched. I had to hang on as Gus steered away from the reef and after a blistering fi ght, the fi sh was eventually brought to the boat. The Fijian boys squealed with genuine delight as the giant trevally was secured, my fi rst. Then another very powerful fi sh exploded,

stripping all my line before I stopped it. This one was a true bonito. Then I got a barracouta and fi nally hooked another trevally. It was chaotic. All I remember was Gus throwing the engine into reverse as the huge monster took everything I had. He told me to regain control and pull hard on the rod before the fi sh snagged the reef. I pulled and the rod tip broke off with a loud snap, but the next eye held. Gus was an expert at line retrieval and yelled instructions, pointing this way and that. I fi nally began to gain precious line and

could see a silver shape thirty feet below. I was stunned at the size of the fi sh. The fi sh pulled away again, like a Soviet submarine. The two boys were now cheering me on, as I assured them the fi sh was mine and, as it came within grasp, I grabbed my video camera to capture the moment it was dragged across the gunnel.

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There are five basic rules for going boating, and checking the weather forecast is one of them. However, some still manage to get into trouble when heading out in benign conditions. Is it because the magic man, Dan, forecast the southerly to come through in the evening so Folly Fred thought he would fish until six?

At six he ended up cursing Magic Dan freely as he pounded against the southerly on his return. At least Folly Fred made it home this time.

I have no tragic stories of people drowning locally, but it happens and should serve as a stark reminder as to why we learn from those who have made earlier mistakes. Let’s be real, that’s how rules and guidelines are

created; after a mistake and or a fatal incident.

I was recently reading an article on how to avoid a shark attack. Don’t go in the water was my first response, however, that would then curtail one of my favourite pastimes.

If the weather forecast is for strong southerly breezes later in the day, it makes sense to return very early in the day, or don’t go that day at all. If in doubt- don’t go out.

If the weather forecast is for a beautiful fine day, be wary of the sudden change - Magic Dan’s words sometimes need to be eaten. Watch the sky for the oncoming weather, clouds gathering on the hillsides, and ripple waves that become small tsunamis - a sure sign that

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“It is important we get up-to-date, accurate information to enable fisheries managers to make decisions on the best data available.”

The researchers have selected 54 days at random over the next 12 months on which to conduct the surveys at eight boat ramps: Tarakohe, Nelson, Okiwi Bay, Havelock, Picton, Waikawa Public, Waikawa Marina Ramp, and Waikawa Marina.

Returning fishers will be asked by interviewers if they can measure their catch, when and where they’ve been fishing, and what methods they used.

An aerial survey will also be carried out at midday on the survey days, to provide a snapshot of the number of boats fishing in all areas of the Marlborough Sounds and Golden and Tasman Bays. The information is then combined with the interview data collected throughout the day, to provide estimates of the harvest of commonly caught fish stocks.

Ms Davey stressed the interviews are voluntary but said the more information the researchers get, the better data is available to fisheries managers.

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Once upon a time I owned two packs. One was a 1960’s Mountain Mule with a heavy basic steel frame, a single saggy, baggy canvas bag and thin shoulder straps. The other was a state of the art - in the 70’s - K2 large tramping pack. I used the Mountain Mule for my surfcasting trips until I left it hanging overnight in the carport and a burglar relieved me of it, along with everything else left outside, axe, garden hose, the works.

I bought the K2 pack, along with a lot of other top quality outdoor equipment after spending a training weekend with the Buller Search and Rescue group. I turned up to the camp in a nylon parka, gym boots, with a cotton sleeping bag and a crappy tent! What a miserable time I had in the cold and drizzle. The outdoor lesson I took home and have preached ever since was, ‘in the outdoors you are only as good as your equipment!’

The K2 was purchased for outdoor education activities and was of a design far ahead of its time. Light alloy frame, padded supportive waistband, extra external pockets and ultra comfortable padded shoulder straps. Once the Mountain Mule had gone, I started using the K2 as my fishing pack and have never stopped.

It can easily hold everything I need for a surfcasting session, tackle box, rod stands, gaff, food and drink, sunscreen, jacket, sunhat, wet weather gear, large plastic bags and camera. I never carry bait in my pack. A medium sized chilly bin, which doubles as a seat, is my option for keeping bait in top condition.

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The factory shop of the iconic Motueka fishing company Talleys has been placed under new management with plans to better service the wider community.

Situated opposite the Talley’s factory gatehouse on Ward Street, the stylish, modern and airy shop is set against the estuary and marina backdrop, and with a quaint coffee shop next door overlooking the water, it is an idyllic shopping destination.

Originally a staff shop, Talley’s opened to the public a decade ago, offering friendly local service, in-depth product knowledge, and produce at factory prices. New manager, Donna Carroll, says the aim is to continue the same high standards set by previous staff, but also to increase the product range to extend beyond what is caught locally. Donna is assisted by school-leaver and passionate rec fisher, Anori Melchiors, and both are very customer focused.

“Motueka is a small town so we want to reflect that and give locals and visitors a pleasurable friendly experience so they go away feeling good, with good products at a good price!”

Donna also reiterates that Talley’s is a family business and staff see themselves as part of that family.

“So we want to extend that feeling to our customers and this is reflected in a good range of premium product at cheaper prices.”

Donna says that by being a ‘factory shop’ on site, they can be more competitive with prices and also offer the full Talley’s range of 100% New Zealand produce, including frozen veggies,

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Customers can look forward to exciting improvements over the coming months including a greater range of fresh fish and new offerings from the best local producers. Weekly specials will be advertised on page 4 of the Guardian newspaper and, of course, monthly specials will be advertised in The Fishing Paper.

To make the shopping experience even more enjoyable, there is ample, easy parking, EFTPOS and credit card facilities, and the charming, friendly personalities of Donna and Anori to cap off the Talley’s destination experience.

Shop hours: Tues - Friday 9.30am - 5.30pm, Sat 9.30am - 1.00pm (Closed Sundays and Mondays).

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Roger Hebberd, the Nelson hunter ‘coming up 75’ featured in June 2015 issue, p18, celebrated his milestone by heading south for a spot of fishing. With chilly conditions hovering around two degrees and snow crunching underfoot, things could have been unpleasant, but Roger didn’t get to that age without developing a bit of ‘native cunning’!

Roger and I enjoy traveling in our motorhome and discovered the Tekapo canals five years ago, returning to fish on four occasions. The first trip Roger caught a 14lber but, to be honest, we prefer the smaller fish as they fit in the motorhome freezer better, taste sweeter and are less fatty.

Setting up the motorhome below a salmon farm, Roger busied himself setting up the rods and rigging the bait. He likes to use a running rig, with a sinker above the swivel and a single hook on a long trace. Halfway along the trace he strings a cork; the canal

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While others were ‘roughing’ it on the far bank, casting endlessly in the bitter conditions, Roger and I were snug inside our home on wheels. Thanks to his cunning, we only had to venture out whenever a fish decided to take the bait: Roger had tied a bell to the tip of each rod so the salmon always rang for service.

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Kids’ Salmon SponsoredTh e Take A Kid Fishing day at the Groynes Picnic

Grounds is a calendar event in Canterbury and this year the Isaac Conservation and Wildlife Trust have donated 800 salmon for the outing, which will be released into the lakes. It is a very generous gift that allows a spread of 200 salmon per lake, which will give everyone a high chance of success and should see a high catch rate.

Th e event is open to all families and requires no registration, or fi shing licence because Fish & Game have provided a whole-of-site licence for the day. Adults are welcome to assist the youngsters but are not permitted to fi sh. Th ere will also be caravans on site selling food and drinks, so it really is an eff ort free opportunity for the family to have an exciting day out.

Th e day is divided into two sessions, with children 12 years and under getting fi rst crack. One lake has been set aside for the under-8s, who will receive a short one-on-one session with an expert angler. Skilled anglers from local clubs will be on hand to assist and there are some rods, tackle and bait for loan, but Fisherman’s Loft has also put together a special package deal on rod & reel combos, in association with � e Fishing Paper, especially for this event.

Aft er 1.00pm, the 18 and unders can fi sh, but will require their own gear.

Phil Keen will be there demonstrating how to fi llet the fi sh and then, with his hot plate, presenting some brilliant ideas for quickly turning your catch into a tasty dish.

&www.fishermansloft.co.nz

359 Lincoln Road, CHRISTCHURCH - Over the railway line

Ph 03 338 3131

Kids’ rod & reel combos from (2 FREE lures if you ask!)

SALMON SPECIAL$49.99

TAKE A KID FISHING Groynes Picnic Grounds, Belfast

Sunday 18 October

Please note new entrance to Groynes. 300m west of old entrance.Proudly sponsored by Fisherman’s Loft and the The Fishing Paper.

9am to 1pmThe morning session(12 years and under)

1pm to 7pmAll children

(under 18 years old)

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Issue 121 - The Fishing Paper & Hunting News