Thread: Has anyone caught a salmon this season yet?

Originally Posted by Mathias

Apart from @mikee comment about the Rakaia, I heard of one fisherman doing 20hrs in his jet boat for 3 salmon....so far.

Yeah 2 each total for the year is pretty poor for them, they virtually live on the river, (Whitebait at the mouth from Aug thru end november, then gorge for salmon December thru till end of season).

I remember when the limit was 4 per day and the fish were big, I can remember in early 90's when we were fishing at Waitaki, 6 of us in dads jet boat all caught our limits before 8am. So many fish in the boat we could not get up on plane. And before anyone goes "poos" nothing was wasted not even the frames.