Thread: 2016 Opening Day

i didnt bother to get a licence this year. sort of glad i didnt with the rain we getting on the east coast at the moment. the river down the road from where i live will be out for weeks now another heavy rain warning for as tonight

Originally Posted by bigbear

i didnt bother to get a licence this year. sort of glad i didnt with the rain we getting on the east coast at the moment. the river down the road from where i live will be out for weeks now another heavy rain warning for as tonight

They do last a whole year. Don't give up just yet

Originally Posted by bigbear

i didnt bother to get a licence this year. sort of glad i didnt with the rain we getting on the east coast at the moment. the river down the road from where i live will be out for weeks now another heavy rain warning for as tonight

Originally Posted by kiwijames

They do last a whole year. Don't give up just yet

Yea you gotta pay for James's releases and prizes

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Yea you gotta pay for James's releases and prizes

Yep, going to fish the Napier end of lake Tarawera Looking for a big prize.

You should fish the Nelson end of Lake Okataina.

No releases here bro (except Tutira, which is fucked again from eutrophication). All self sustaining, and still a world class fishery (not unlike a number of rivers and streams around Nelson).

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Yea you gotta pay for James's releases and prizes

Oh, and I've been a licence holder for the last 30+ years. I have the right to moan, unlike someone else.

Originally Posted by kiwijames

Oh, and I've been a licence holder for the last 30+ years. I have the right to moan, unlike someone else.

That there attitude is exactly the problem with Fish and Game and to a lesser extent but still the same the NZDA

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

That there attitude is exactly the problem with Fish and Game and to a lesser extent but still the same the NZDA

You lost me there.
F&G and NZDA should function completely out of their own pockets to assist people who choose to not support them?
Or is it that I expect the organisations I pay for, and vote for councillors to represent me is unfair on those who choose just to sit on the sideline and whinge?

Used to do hunting and Fishing trips in the Upper Mohaka for clients in the early eighties. Great fun and lots of fish, not so much deer as the Chopper were flying then. The odd wild sheep though and a shit load of goats. Fucking big eels as well.
Caught a nice 4 1/2 lb fresh hen last nite. sitting in lemon juice now and will be made into Ika Mata tonite. Orange flesh trout make's the best raw fish, as it has a good oil content.

Also, I once ran an Oar boat from Rabbits bridge to the Te Hoe conference on a live goat catching session, that was not such a good trip as my pig dogs were stock proof. How ever we caught enough to make the trip profitable, but a oncer. The Oar boat I also ran on the Motu. Visions of Grand Canyon rafting I guess. My brother had spent a season working there and came back with the ideas.

Lining up a nice wee bush river I know hardly gets fished for this opening. Had a f-up this morning, rod was in my truck and closed the door on it snapping it in two! Bloody expensive one too. Will have to go buy another today.

Originally Posted by JoshC

Lining up a nice wee bush river I know hardly gets fished for this opening. Had a f-up this morning, rod was in my truck and closed the door on it snapping it in two! Bloody expensive one too. Will have to go buy another today.

Was going to "like" that until I read you snapped your rod.

[QUOTE=Tussock;520797]Central South Island. No Fish n Game to speak of, trout, salmon, ducks absolutely everywhere else in good numbers.

Agree. There's no fish or game in CSI. So all you newbys and out of towners, just move on to somewhere else. The rivers have Didymo, if the water is even flowing, the lakes are stagnic cesspits............
Move on nothing to see around here
That should see me set up for opening nicely

[QUOTE=oraki;520896]

Originally Posted by Tussock

Central South Island. No Fish n Game to speak of, trout, salmon, ducks absolutely everywhere else in good numbers.

Agree. There's no fish or game in CSI. So all you newbys and out of towners, just move on to somewhere else. The rivers have Didymo, if the water is even flowing, the lakes are stagnic cesspits............
Move on nothing to see around here
That should see me set up for opening nicely

Isn't one of our members a F&G councillor for Southland.

[QUOTE=kiwijames;520898]

Originally Posted by oraki

Isn't one of our members a F&G councillor for Southland.

@Mike H

Best we got today was 60cm jack on Lake Tarawera