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Tautuku Fishing Club Dunedin and Haast Inc. Monthly Newsletter January 2013 | Issue 27

Inside President’s Corner Salmon City News Fish to Beat Fish Dish Dunedin Light 'Seasons' Feature Articles & more!

Sealions @ our back door? page 4 Why did the sealion cross the road? who knows! Chris Keogh's has the photo's to show it though.. Introducing Bruce Moody! Ladies and Greetings to all readers and supporters of the Gentleman, the Salmon Anglers Association (NZSAA). Kingfish has left the... Cate reflects on the one Writing this editorial (with some help from my friends) is one of that got away. my first official duties as new President of the NZSAA. I hope you will find something of interest in this editorial as I recap Page 6 activities during the past months and let you know of future events for the NZSAA.

Two head(er)s are NZSAA was without a President when Ron Stuart did not stand better than one... for re-election and nobody was willing to take on the job. After some months as “caretaker Chairman”, I agreed to take up the Russell adds another 8 reins as President. Many will know me as a frequent figure at species to his ever the Beach Camp area and angling for salmon in the growing list...including a Waimak River. double header! This year also I will be wearing two official hats: that of NZSAA Page 7 President and also Fish & Game Ranger. I have been on the NZSAA Committee for a number of years and my particular interest is the ova planting programme where I have been involved in developing new incubation methods. As I write this report most of the salmon rivers are dirty as a result of the heavy rain on the West Coast and have been since start of the year with only one or two days fishing. In December last year we had one of the best starts to the salmon season I can

...continued page 3 President's CORNER Hi,

Compliments of the 2013 Season, to you ALL.

The 2013 Salmon Fishing Year has started with a BANG! Numerous catches off our Dunedin City Wharf & from boats up and down the harbour, have been recorded. Great weights from 6 – 10kg. I still have the smile on my face from the two Salmon I caught recently in the inner harbour. The harbour is alive with fish!

This Salmon success is rewarding to all the efforts by the Dunedin Community Salmon Trust, Otago Salmon Anglers Association and the Hen’s Jacks & Sprats Supporters. The 95,000+ smolt at the Sawyers Bay Salmon Hatchery are doing well – we are going for optimum weights before release. how I got the whoopers pictured above and photo's of many lucky punters down at the Our Club Salmon Competition for Club Dunedin wharf pulling up good sized fish left, members is scheduled for Sunday 3rd February right and center. followed by a FREE BBQ back at the Club. The annual Dunedin Harbour Salmon Fishing Feel free to submit photo's of your own catches Competition, organised by the Otago Salmon to me ([email protected]) for publication Anglers Association is been held on the days of in the Lure and the Dunedin Community Salmon 2nd & 3rd March 2013. Details are ‘posted’ @ Trust Inc. facebook page and website: our Club Rooms. All of these fishing activities on our City Harbour, certainly strengthens the case of Dunedin being New Zealand’s – Salmon City! Thanks to Barry Gibson for his donation of ‘fire Sad News of the passing of our Club Member, wood’ – all stacked away in our Club Woodshed Graeme Winter. A very kind and extremely for the coming Winter. We are repairing / generous person, who took great pleasure in replacing the ramp into the ‘upstairs’ area. Help helping others. Graeme helped with many Club is required. Those of you who could assist projects including the Club BBQ Conservatory Warren Mathieson (Club Maintenance Manager) construction, and the Club hosting of NZ Big Phone 03 4544261. Warren has the timber & is Game Fishing Council’s AGM, a few years ago. ready to start! Our Club gave Graeme a Grand Farewell including a ‘fish rod’ guard of honour. Our With the February & March traditionally giving deepest sympathies to Joan, & family. settled weather, take care on the water & have fun. Check out the other articles in this issue further proviPnaggeDu2 nedin is Salmon City; Steve Cheers, Newsletter Header Bennett's story about, amongst other things, Brett page 2 ...continued from front page remember with Waimak and Rakaia having great You too can help by encouraging “Catch-N- returns in that month. Release” once an angler has taken a reasonable number of salmon for the season. Many fish We have a great team of volunteers who are released have turned up at the hatchery of origin prepared to step up in all weathers to plant ova. and these have been tagged to prove their We use several methods for planting ova; Scotty survival. Other salmon at the hatchery have boxes, Barrel Method, Alevinator, Russi Boxes arrived with hook torn jaws, embedded lures and (old steel Lockers) From the efforts of these signs of being hooked up and escaping. So never dedicated volunteers, around 400,000 ova were delude yourself, a released salmon will survive as laid to grow in our rivers. our experience is much in favour of this. One Angler released a salmon that had swallowed the lure so deep if could not be released, so he cut the nylon and set it free. Another angler actually caught 6 salmon on Colorados from a pool and released the lot because they were becoming too ripe for harvest. Now there is a Salmon Angler of the Year. Many fish returning to the hatcheries show signs of being caught and released.

On the other side, there are those that catch 20, 25, 30 or more salmon a season. Why, what happens to their fish? Do they give it away, do they sell it or do they compost last season’s Fish & Game are growing hatchery fry for uneaten catch? Some justify their actions by release as 50g fish and 7gm fish into North saying “I’m supporting a Charity or Home”. Yeah, Canterbury Region rivers including: give me another TUI !!! Whatever, in these times 60,000 x 50g smolt from Montrose into the those anglers are nothing short of being outright Rakaia River, 30,000 x 50g smolt imprinted for selfish bastards without a thought for the salmon one month and released from Silverstream enhancement recovery. If you see such a person Hatchery, 30,000 x 50g smolt released from say “Come on mate, release that fish as it could Isaacs tothe South Branch of the Waimakariri go and spawn and provide 3000 fry to challenge River, 150,000 x 50g smolt grown for the Clutha the environment and maybe 300 will return.” River purchased by Contact Energy, 15,000 smolt for release into Lake Coleridge tributaries, 50,000 x 7g smolt from Montrose into the Rakaia River, 50,000 x 7g smolt from Isaacs into the via the South Branch, 3000 x 750g two-year-olds grown for young angler programs, 600 x 750g two-year-olds - Isaac Take a Kid Fishing (TAKF) sponsorship. Surplus ova for ova planting and 2000 x 750g two-years-olds grown for sale to other F&G regions, commercial sales etc.

These programmes give our fishery fantastic support. In one location, following 5 years of ova We spend many hours doing ova planting in its planting, our team reported a record number of various forms, $k’s are being invested to improve wild salmon returning to their place of birth and high country spawning grounds, F&G have laying down redds. We believe this is conclusive invested $k’s to breed hatchery fish and improve evidence that what we are doing helps. the fishery. Yet some anglers see it as macho to rape the fishery and in some instances secret page 3 their catch away with guilt. Please feel free to send me pictures of any This is no longer acceptable and shame is the salmon for our Gallery page. game, so tighten up and get real. We are better to have our own self imposed limits or licensing Bruce Moody, rules will set limits which will really take the President, NZSAA scope off your fishing. It’s better to be free and choose than be regulated and moan.

Strong message: CATCH-N-RELEASE, use crimped barbs on your hooks, convert to single hooks, play in your catch with care, release without handling and use your long nose pliers or cut off the lure and let the fish go. Then when you’ve done that reach up and pat yourself on the back well done buddy !!!!!

Please visit our website: www.nzsalmonanglers.co.nz where you will find movies, pictures, and articles on salmon fishing and other related subjects.

Sea Lions @ our Backdoor!

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page 4 N e w s f r o m t h e D u n e d i n C i t y W h a r f ! Y Numerous salmon have been caught off the Dunedin wharf and in the harbour

T off various boats. I Pieter Josephus has been fishing since 1998 and never seen such numbers caught

C off the wharf and on water as this year.

The collage of photos show the results from such recreational / voluntary work by the Dunedin Community Salmon Trust Inc & supporters to this important N DUNEDIN City venture!

O This is unique to New Zealand!

The next two Months ­ it's ALL ON! M L A S

page 5 T h e o n e t h a t g o t a w a y !

Every fisher(wo)man has a story about the one that got away and now I have too.

Nathan and I took the chance to go out on a charter trip for our first Kingfish in the Hauraki Gulf with Sandspit Fishing Charters (www.sandspitfishingcharters.co.nz). It was a brilliant trip!

We started off catching the live bait which is always fun and once the tank was full we took off in search of the Kingies. I’ve seen a couple of 1 00 fishing shows where they catch Kingfish but nothing prepared me for this experience! These fish are seriously fast and strong. Nathan and I both caught some decent fish over the afternoon and were amazed at the fight they put up, quite different to dragging in a line of blue cod!

I was feeling quite confident in my newly acquired Kingfishing prowess so was fairly relaxed when I felt the familiar tug on my live bait and braced myself for a bit of fun. Suddenly the line starts peeling off my reel and my feet go flying as my fish tried to drag me off the end of the boat. Quick reactions by Nathan, who grabbed me by the back of my pants, stopped me from toppling into the drink.

Then the fun really started with half an hour or more of battling a sea monster who continually peeled off line, letting me pull him back in only to peel off the line again! There was some frantic moving around the boat, narrowly missing falling into the bait tank, while the skipper used the boat to chase the fish with me and Nathan helpfully provided words of advice and encouragement. I was so intent on dragging in this fish I didn’t notice the passing torrential downpour of rain that drenched us both as we battled on. Anyway as the title suggests the fish won this battle ducking under a reef leaving me sodden and fishless. An absolutely awesome time and I have a new respect for these fish! We can both highly recommend this fishing charter, we are already planning the next trip!

Cate Bardwell & Nathan Pitcher

page 6 Our club fish species H U N T E R ! Russell Moylan our Club Records Manager is ‘true’ to his Club position – A record hunter! This is his report from the end of Year 201 2 visit to Lord Howe Island.

After no fishing at all, since the Nationals in February; a trip was planned to Lord Howe Island ( 550 km east off Australia ). There is not much there, ( ideal for bush walks, fishing & snorkelling ). Population around 300 and not much in the way of shopping.

On arrival, I found Yellow Fin Tuna; up to 25 kg were being caught out-wide of the island. Not many of the charter fleet were operating. A 6 hour charter was booked for my last full day of this trip.

I did a ‘coral lagoon’ charter, with the prime target being a Double Header Wrasse. Being the only person on this charter; I was able to make the call on what type of fishing was done. Double Header Wrasse were sorted early, so I could then feed my fishing addiction of ‘species fishing’. In all; nine different species were caught; three of which were new. Typical of my luck during the 201 2 Year, the last day charter was cancelled, due to wind. Apart from that the trip was a good one, with just under 80 fish caught of 1 7 species; of which 8 were new ones for me.

Lord Howe Island was listed as a World Heritage Site in 1982 on the account of it’s beauty and biodiversity. The island is ‘crescent-shaped’, approx 10 km long & 1.5 km at its widest point. The island is formed on top of an extinct under water volcano. It has the southern-most coral reef in the World. Only 400 tourists are permitted to visit the island at any one time.

page 7 Chairman’s Catch! On 9th January 201 3, three Trustees of the Dunedin Community Salmon Trust accepted an invitation from Lyall Nash to join him on his boat, the Western Star, for a salmon fish. Brett Bensemann, Roger Bartlett and myself met at the Otago Yacht Club jetty, and Lyall picked us up from there. We left the jetty at about 8.1 5am and trolled three lures at a variety of depths, turning towards the Harbour Basin. Within five minutes Bretts reel went off as we got the first strike. The salmon took an aerial route leaping out of the water behind the boat, as Brett kept the pressure on. Unfortunately the salmon spat the hook and gained its freedom. A quick set of the lines again, and we trolled back through the same area, but to no avail this time. On the third pass through the run, Bretts reel again went off. This time Brett got the upper hand, and a nice 8.825kg salmon was netted at the boat. A quick reset of the lines and a pass through the same run, resulted in Bretts line going off again. I am sure the residents of the greater Dunedin area heard the giant "woo hoo" as a second salmon came to the net, weighing in at a respectable 6.1 25kg. That was Brett for the morning, with a limit bag in the bin. Brett did however contribute by providing advice and tips to the rest of us. Despite the advice, nothing further came to the net, and we called it quits to go to work. A great time in Salmon City – Dunedin !

Steve Bennett

page 8 C Christmas Classic Fergus Mathieson Memorial o m Blue Cod - $50 BT – Cate Bardwell 2.680kg

Trumpeter – $50 BT – Murray Muir 3.610kg p Groper – $50 BT – Nathan Pitcher 7.890kg e Salmon – $50 BT – Grant Hutton 7.925kg t Sea Perch – $50 BT - Nathan Pitcher 1.235kg i

Barracouta – $50 BT – 2.855kg t i

Junior – $50 Cash – Jorja Hutton 7.925kg Salmon. o

Ladies – $50 BT - Sarah Hutton 4.220kg Groper. n

Trophy Winner – $100 Cash prize - Murray Muir 21.405kg Tope W i n n e r s

page 9 C L U B F I S H I N G C O M P E T I T I O N S Keep these dates Free – Early 2013

SALMON COMPETITION & COUTTA HUNT - Sunday FEB 3RD PLUS - Free BBQ ( RESERVE Sunday FEB 1 0TH ) NZ NATIONALS MEETING 6.00PM SUN 1 0TH FEB MOERAKI COMPETITION - SAT 20TH APRIL MATTINGLY CUP MAY1 2TH - RESERVE MAY 1 9TH

Prizes to be advised

RUSSELL MOYLAN – Club Chief Weigh Master & Records Manager.

page 1 0 Dunedin Light Seasons

A photographic journey around the beaches of Dunedin, New Zealand

Published by Adventure Media Group Ltd, Dunedin

Dunedin Light Seasons is a collection of photographs featuring the beaches and beach culture of Dunedin, New Zealand.

This hard cover coffee-table book features the photography of Derek Morrison. The 1 70-plus images are drawn from his weekly photo essay project to capture the surf, beaches and culture of the Dunedin coastline.

Images range from Karitane to Taieri Mouth and capture the changing faces, skies and beachscapes as the seasons roll through this stunning coastal city.

The four chapters include Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. The mix of images are 30% landscape, 30% people interacting with the coast, 1 0% the characters along the coast and 30% surf.

Each photograph includes detailed information about how it was shot including: Camera, Lens, Shutter Speed, Aperture, ISO and method.

This book will make the ideal gift for anyone with a connection to the vibrant city of Dunedin, New Zealand. Get your copy at www.ridemedia.co.nz

Got a question? Call Derek Morrison on 03 742 11 86, 021 1 39 81 88, email: [email protected] or drop by the office at Level 1 , 1 Dowling Street, Dunedin. page 11 t Blue Cod – Cate Bardwell 3.1 35kg. Ladies – Sarah Hutton 4.220kg Groper.

a Sea Perch – Nathan Pitcher 1 .235kg. Junior – Jorja Hutton 8.795kg Salmon.

e Salmon – Grant Hutton 9.50kg. Skippers Points – Non Game Fish.

b Alan Clearwater 1 Pt. Groper – Nathan Pitcher 7.890kg Grant Hutton 5 Pts. Nathan Pitcher 6 Pts.

o Trumpeter – Murray Muir 3.61 0kg.

t Provisional Points – Non Game Fish. Barracouta – Nathan Pitcher 3.575kg. Grant Hutton 3Pts. Nathan Pitcher 5 Pts. h s i f ! e Fishing the rivers from a ik ‘Mountain Bike’ ?! What happens when newly­crowned B Junior World Cross­Country Mountain a Biking Champion Anton Cooper, of y Woodend, Christchurch, goes for a n two­day trip in the backcountry? He ends up riding for two days and catching a giant brown trout for dinner. Well, not for dinner this time – you can't O eat a grand daddy trout with this much history.

Seventeen­year­old Anton was riding the Poulter River Trail in Arthur's Pass National Park for a magazine photoshoot and story when he came across the massive fish on a creek crossing. He jumped off his Trek cross­ country bike and wrestled the fish out of the water.

"We've seen them before when I've been tramping with my dad, but we've never caught one like this," ha laughed afterward.

Click on this link to watch the film from Anton's trip up the Poulter River. The link for the video is: https://vimeo.com/48990971

page 1 2 Haast – Here we Come!

Both Murray Muir & Nathan Pitcher required a variety fish dish ! So a recent trip to Haast provided the delicious crayfish entree and the Blue Nose ‘steaks’

By these photos – a great time had by all !!

page 1 3 Pan fried red cod on a bed of kale s with summer cous cous salad From'Kate's kitchen comes a fish dish that is not only tasty but inexpensive to prepare using tseeasonal vege and one of the south island's more abundant fish variety. Red cod has a habit of falling apart during cooking. To avoid this, dry the fillets with a paper Ka towel, sprinkle with a little salt and refridgerate for a couple of hours prior to cooking. INGREDIENTS 1 cup cous cous 1 cup boiling water juice of 2 lemons 1 /2 teaspoon Paprika 2 tbspn oil 1 red capsicum half a cucumber 1 onion small bunch of rainbow silverbeet handful of mung beans 2 cloves of garlic 1 /4 cup plain unsweetened yoghurt handful of fresh herbs (parsley, oregano, fennel) 2 red cod fillets small bunch of kale salt and pepper

METHOD Put 1 cup of cous cous in a bowl, add 1 tsp oil, 1 /2 tsp paprika, salt and pepper and juice of 1 lemon. Add 1 cup of boiling water, stir and cover for 5 minutes.

Grill 1 capsicum ensuring all sides are blackened then place in a bag to sweat for 1 0 - 1 5 minutes. Once cooled, remove skin, cut in half and remove sinue and seeds to taste. Dice finely.

Remove cover from cous cous and fluff up with a fork. Set aside to cool.

In a large bowl, add finely chopped onion, cucumber, silverbeet, garlic, sprouts, herbs and capsicum. Season with salt and pepper then drizzle with olive oil and lemon juice. Add the cooled cous cous mixture and yoghurt and stir to combine.

Blanch the Kale in a separate pan while cooking the Red Cod fillets in a hot pan - this should take around 3 minutes per side. Ensure the fillets are fully cooked but not over-cooked - the middle of the fillet should be white, not translucent. Season with pepper.

Drain the Kale fully and plate adding the fillets on top followed by the cous cous salad to the side. Garnish with fennel, Enjoy!

Kate Hansen page 1 4 Silly Season Photo's !

FUN @ the Club Christmas Party !

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