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    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by bigbear View Post
    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
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    Quote Originally Posted by bigbear View Post
    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
    Quote Originally Posted by kiwijames View Post
    They do last a whole year. Don't give up just yet
    Yea you gotta pay for James's releases and prizes
    "Hunting and fishing" fucking over licenced firearms owners since ages ago.

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    Quote Originally Posted by veitnamcam View Post
    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).
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    Quote Originally Posted by veitnamcam View Post
    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kiwijames View Post
    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
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    "Hunting and fishing" fucking over licenced firearms owners since ages ago.

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    Quote Originally Posted by veitnamcam View Post
    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?
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    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.
    "ars longa, vita brevis"

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    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.
    "ars longa, vita brevis"

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    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.
    I'm drawn to the mountains and the bush, it's where life is clear, where the world makes the most sense.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JoshC View Post
    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.
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    [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
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    [QUOTE=oraki;520896]
    Quote Originally Posted by Tussock View Post
    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.
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    [QUOTE=kiwijames;520898]
    Quote Originally Posted by oraki View Post

    Isn't one of our members a F&G councillor for Southland.
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    Best we got today was 60cm jack on Lake Tarawera
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