Rakaia if you have a jet boat. Mid Nov can be a bit hit and miss. Dec thru to March will be you pick months.
Plenty of other rivers to boat , depends how much you want to bash your boat up I guess lol.
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Rakaia if you have a jet boat. Mid Nov can be a bit hit and miss. Dec thru to March will be you pick months.
Plenty of other rivers to boat , depends how much you want to bash your boat up I guess lol.
@Danny If your going to chase salmon in Canterbury. There is a good book that's worth a read.
Its called Salmon fever by ross millichamp.
I see there are a couple of cheap copies on tard me [emoji106]
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Y'all definitely have a very unique fish and game situation/management thing going on...invasive species dominating things on the mainland: trout, salmon, multiple deer, elk, tahr, etc. On one hand they're invasive so people say "they're an invasive species" on the other hand people seem to cherish them in the outdoors community. It's just crazy for me to hear and see so much great talk about how important these species are and how much joy they bring the residents yet as far as management is concerned there's always...**they are an invasive species. Unique for sure.
Unfortunately there is still a proportion of the population that do see these valuable creatures as "invasive" and are hell bent on irradicating them. A bit of a hangover from mid last century when deer numbers were out of control and major damage was being done to the native ecosystem. Deer etc were labeled "pests" and it is only recently that they have been separated from introduced predators as the number one enemy to our native ecology. On this forum you see the people who do value them as a wonderful resource and would like them managed in a way that balances our endemic species with those that have been introduced.
I hate to say something that would get me elected mayor of NZ before even moving there but how about...$1000 Tahr, $1000 Wapiti and $500 all deer species tags for nonresidents :redbullsmiley:
We need more of that sort of thinking over here. We tend to sell NZ short in a lot of areas.
Hmmm no fishing story's from the weekend huh.
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Geez that would have been a workout in the flounder net :)
Thumper !!!
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Barstard thought you had caught another…had me in all kind of frustration…well played
VC caught that thing??!! I don’t care when you caught it…that’s awesome!! Gotta be almost close to 100kg there:D
Still feeding the snapper in upper Waitemata from the kayak. Got a couple of pannies for about a dozen throwbacks. Kahawai turned up when I was nearly out of bait. Caught a couple. Good fighters and nothing wrong with it in the pan.
Was that Bluefin good eating?
First light, 1 hour before and after full. It will happen! Good luck
Ok thanks
Made a detour on the way home from kids sport today to have a scratch in the mud/sand.
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Didn't take too long to get a feed (was kicking myself that i hadn't thrown in the drag net and wet suits this morning tho)
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There are a few different stories i have heard about how to make them spit out the sand. However there is basically no sand inside a cockle. All the grit comes off the outside of the shell when you steam them open. So the cleaner you can get the outside of the shell the better.
Best method i have found is to agitate them vigorously in a sink with water. When the water dirties empty it. Repeat the process until the shells are clean. Very tasty [emoji41]
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@JessicaChen this is what your looking for in that stinky papatowai mud, next time your down those ways [emoji6]
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Cold evening fishing watching the sunset is pretty nice way to relax, couple of Kahawai from a kontiki set and nothing off the rods, Ohope Beach fishes better with a kontiki due to its flat profile.
Fresh fillets fried in butter for breakfast with a couple of fried eggs and the smoker going now for smoked fish and salad for dinner. Its a simple way to eat and live
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Casting practice at the local boat ramp and my boy caught a fish on a spinner!
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Those little kahawai go great on lite spinning rods. Had a lot of fun catching them off wharves and river mouths in the past.
my fat belly would grow like a dog eating those fish :) it is a lot of work baiting all those kontiki hooks but I have always at least caught something. It does seem a bit more like work though compared with only baiting 1 rod. I don't use it much since I have the boat now but it would be cheaper than launching the boat I guess.
Agee Rugerman, catching a fish on a rod or handline off the beach, rocks or boat is way more fun. A boat is on the cards, I just have to decide where we are going to settle in NZ first. The kontiki or long line is way cheaper to buy, run and maintain than a boat, but as you know/say no where near the fun. Here I was thinking fish was good for your, maybe its all the butter..
Cheers FBD
Here you will probably end up spending most of your time looking at these guys:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_k%C5%8Dkopu Galaxiidae
or
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torrentfish
or maybe these interesting guys
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neochanna
Torrent and Mudfish are amazing.
Pity this guy is gone, he would have made for interesting sport fishing:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_grayling
Must admit, didn't know about torrent fish, very cool. I have a soft spot for bullies. Don't know how good the grayling would have been for sport fishing as no relation to European or Artic grayling. I have an amateur interest in marine/freshwater biology. Should have been a biologist!