Target Taupo Contents July 1989 to Current Issue DOCCM-2829944- Bob Berg- Taupo Resident- June 2016 1 Issue 1/ July 1989 4 “The Nymph Fishing Issue” – What’s changing and why 8 Guest Editorial – Mike Fletcher discusses the Ward System 9 Autumn 1989 – “The Roar” How things went at Taupo this year 13 Bitz ‘n’ Pieces – News items from around the conservancy Kaimanawa Forest Park’s Management Plan Boating On the Tongariro Licence Fees Hunting Permits Pig Hunting Hunter Diaries 16 Mother Nature Does a Better Job – The life-cycle of Taupo trout 19 1989 Game Season Report 20 Something Fishy - News items from around the fishery Acoustic Survey Children’s Fishing Days Maori Land Act Pine Trees Law Enforcement – Anglers Angling Information Signs New Aquatic Plant Loophole in the Taupo Fishing Regulations 22 “Hunting the Roar” Is it all it’s cracked up to be? 23 Winter Fishing at Taupo – Tips for those who perhaps don’t fish the Taupo area as often as they would like to 25 Manager Profile – Meet the Team DOCCM-2829944- Bob Berg- Taupo Resident- June 2016 2 Issue 2/ November 1989 5 Is Catch and Release Needed in the Rangatikei and Ngaruroro Headwaters? 6, 7, 8 are missing 10 Guest Article – Wayne Fraser discusses Sika research 12 ‘Success on the Tongariro’ – a summary of the winter angling survey 19 Helicopter Hunting’ – notes on reporting illegal helicopter hunting 21 Something Fishy - News items from around the fishery December Angling Survey Taupo Ward of the Conservancy Council Changes in The DOC Structure Conservation Law Reform Bill Decisions and Amendments to The Conservation Act 24 ‘Winter Hunting Summary’ 26 ‘Children’s Fishing Days’ – gaining popularity 27 Bitz ‘n’ Pieces – News items from around the conservancy Rubbish Bags Hunting Permits Tongariro Red Deer Tongariro Forest Goat Control Wildlife Observations 28 ‘Taupo District Fishing Licences 1989/90’ 30 ‘Spring Smelting’ – Tips on how to take advantage of this opportunity 32 ’Crowding on the Tongariro’ – Opinion of Alan Simmons 33 ‘Thinking Ducks in November’ 33, 34 are missing 35 Manager’s Profile - Meet the Team 35, 36 are missing DOCCM-2829944- Bob Berg- Taupo Resident- June 2016 3 Issue 3/ March 1990 4 The ‘Big O’ – Lake Otamangakau 9 Hunting Tongariro National park – Guest Article by Roy Grose 11 Spring/Summer Hunting Summary 15 Something Fishy - News items from around the fishery 1989 Lake Taupo Angling Survey Harvest Survey Fish Salvage Big Changes in The Trout Centre 17 Deer Jaws – What do they really tell us? 18 Gamebird Trend Counts, 1990 20 Bitz ‘n’ Pieces – News items from around the conservancy Additional Helicopter Landing Sites 1080 Operation Western Bays Te Tatau Pounamu Sika 22 Fishing Small Streams – Tips from a local angler 26 Creating ponds and wetlands for successful long-term benefits of gamebirds” – the first in a series of articles by Landscape Architect, Herwi Sheltus 28 Manager Profile – meet the team DOCCM-2829944- Bob Berg- Taupo Resident- June 2016 4 Issue 4/ July 1990 4 The diet of trout in Lake Taupo 7 Guest Article: “A Meal or a Menace” – Louie’ the fish’ de Nolfo puts his views on channel catfish 9 Autumn Hunting Summary 12 Something Fishy - News items from around the fishery Fishery Survey – Waipakihi River New Name for Rainbow Trout New Angling Information Signs Changes to Taupo Fishing Regulations Conservation Law Reform Act 16 Compliance and Law Enforcement Update 17 Bitz ‘n’ Pieces – News items from around the conservancy 1080 – West Taupo Additional Heli Pads Kaimanawa Forest \Park Kaimanawa Forest Park Draft Management Plan 1990 Pureora Hunting Competition Tongariro Goat Shoot 19 Tongariro National Trout Centre 22 Winter Hunting – some tip for those prepared to brave the cold 23 Creating ponds and wetlands for successful long-term benefits of gamebirds” – the second in a series of articles by Landscape Architect, Herwi Sheltus 27 Manager Profile – meet the team 29 Reader Questionnaire DOCCM-2829944- Bob Berg- Taupo Resident- June 2016 5 Issue 5/ November 1990 5 Angling Forum Report – Fishery Staff Report on the September Public Meeting 7 1990 Goat Shoot – Guest Article by Tauramanui Rod, Rifle and Gun Club President Dick Scheyvens 9 Conservancy Winter Hunting Summary 13 August Angling Survey – Were the fish really less numerous? 17 Something Fishy - News items from around the fishery A New Bag Limit for Taupo? Has Anyone Seen 1700 Trout Who Have Lost Their Way Litter Taupo Fishery Advisory Committee Light Stick Lures Fishing Licence Sales Under-Sized Fish 21 Creating Wetlands for the Long-term Benefits of Game Birds – The fourth in a series of articles by Landscape Architect, Herwi Sheltus 29 Kaimanawa RHA Deer Jaw Analysis Programme What have we learnt from seven years’ jaw analysis 33 Bitz ‘n’ Pieces – News items from around the conservancy Sika/Red Deer Diet Study Aerial Wild Animal Recovery Have A Thought – Rubbish in The Bush Tongariro Forest News Hunting Permit Requests 36 Discretionary Power – a Compliance and Law Enforcement Update from Senior Compliance Officer Sid Puia 37 Kids’ Pond Ever Popular – Errol Cudby reports on the year’s fish-out days 39 Manager Profile – Meet the Team 42 Reader Questionnaire DOCCM-2829944- Bob Berg- Taupo Resident- June 2016 6 Issue 6/ March 1991 5 Diet Study of Sika and Red Deer in the Kaimanawa and Kaweka Ranges by Wayne Fraser, Forest Research Institute, Christchurch 8 The Brownie – Taupo’s Forgotten Trout 11 Spring-Summer Hunting Summary 16 Who Hunts in the Tongariro/Taupo Conservancy? 18 Bitz ‘n’ Pieces – News items from around the conservancy Kaimanawa Forest \park helipads Wildlife records Hunting permits Beware – thieves operating Tongariro Forest news Southern Erua goat control Good news for Oamaru hut users Some useful hints Conservation at its best 22 Something Fishy - News items from around the fishery Fish salvages Taupo Fishery Advisory Committee 1990 Liberation from the National Trout Centre Harvest survey update Tauranga -Taupo River Access Power scheme news 28 Compliance and Law Enforcement Update 30 Manager Profile – Meet the Team 31 Reader Questionnaire DOCCM-2829944- Bob Berg- Taupo Resident- June 2016 7 Issue 7/ July 1991 5 The Catfish – Ictalurus nebulosus 8 Autumn Hunting Summary 12 Wild Animals in Austria 14 Taupo 1991: Changes in the Fishery 17 Bitz ‘n’ Pieces – News items from around the conservancy Kaimanawa Forest helipad 1080 operations – winter 1991 Closure of Access Road 10 to Kaimanawa Forest Park Southern Conservancy – Quiet Roar New Public Access – Whakamoenga Point Temptation – Clements Road 19 Measuring how many fish were caught last season 21 Something Fishy - News items from around the fishery National Trout Centre Kids’ Fishing Days 24-hour Fishing Licence Agents New Taupo Fishing Regulations New Taupo Fishing Licence Fees Anglers access tracks – Tongariro River DOC blows blockages – Waiotaka River Releases into Lake Otamangakau – clipped fingerlings Escapement Surveys – Whitikau, Waipa and Waimarino streams and Te Whaiau Stream Closed fishing areas Hirangi Stream 26 Finding Your Way 30 Current Fishery Status 32 Hatcheries and the Future of Salmon and Steelhead in the Northwest 38 Trout Centre Water Supply 39 Reader Questionnaire and Subscription form 41 Manager Profile DOCCM-2829944- Bob Berg- Taupo Resident- June 2016 8 Issue 8/ November 1991 6 Down that Same Old Road? Guest Article by Peter Deakin 7 Comparison of Two Strains of Rainbow Trout in the Whakapapa River and Lake Otamangakau 12 Kaimanawa RHA Sika Deer Jaw Programme – 1990 Results 14 Angler Satisfaction Survey 16 Bitz ‘n’ Pieces – News items from around the conservancy Access Road 10 to Kaimanawa Forest Park more helicopter access to Kaimanawa Forest Park Kiwi sightings 1080 poisoned possum carcasses Red Deer and Sika Deer Rumen samples Southern Conservancy Tongariro Forest \news – access roads – Kapoors Road – Pukehinau Road – Dominion Road Tongariro Forest Goat Shoot 20 Finding Your Way 23 Winter Hunting Summary 1991 27 Something Fishy - News items from around the fishery Waimarino River changes course Opening Day at: Lake Otamangakau Rob Pitkethley Departs Willow Eradication Signs – upstream limit signs Compliance and Law Enforcement Update The trap runs this year Juvenile trapping How many trout can a stream produce? Taupo District Fishing Licence Sales Catfish harvest proposal Spring fishing – smelting Spawning habitat restored – Whitikau Stream Trout genes studied 37 Manager Profile 38 Reader Questionnaire 39 Subscription Form DOCCM-2829944- Bob Berg- Taupo Resident- June 2016 9 Issue 9/ March 1992 5 Keeping Tabs on the Taupo Fishery 10 Kaimanawa Sika – Guest Article – by DJ Comber 11 Spring-Summer Hunting Summary 16 Bitz ‘n’ Pieces – News items from around the conservancy Helicopter access to Kaimanawa Forest Park Southern Conservancy – Road works Te Iringa Hut re-vamp Clements Road – upgrade Report from Hawkes Bay Conservancy: new helicopter landing si9tes in the Kaweka Forest Park 1080 poison operation, Tongariro River - 1992 21 Something Fishy - News items from around the fishery Spring/summer fishing Speed limit on Lake Otamangakau Christmas harvest – measured the trout harvest Kids fishing days 1991 Tongariro Power Scheme resource consents Increase in trout numbers Juvenile fish tagging River watch – Waitahanui River Compliance and Law Enforcement Update Taupo Fishery Advisory Committee Downriggers Changes and improvements to landmarks – upstream winter fishing limits 32 Finding Your Way – The Upper Tongariro 35 The Tongariro National Trout Centre 39 Manager Profile 40 Subscription