Thread: Catch Any Trout Today?

Originally Posted by kiwijames

Get into it mate. These fish were ok but in comparison to the fish in the lower tributaries they have a lot of catching up to do.
The Tarawera fish on the koura are great eating but I gave up on trout years ago. I'm think I ate too much and lost my appetite for it. You will remember John Barrowman. I fished the Wairoa with him as a kid when he was the principal at Western Heights. I think his waka needed a few tows from you We caught some fantastic fish there the went to the breading program.

I got to the stage when I was sick of rescuing him. One day he sank his boat in 80 ‘ of the mouth of the Wairua. Silly old prick tried to drive ot whe it was full of water, luckily for him there was another boat handy and just got to him in time. No life jacket, Swan Dri jacket and thigh wdersWe used Resue 1 and I was on the Patrol vessel. I was the Maritime Officer for this Lake And others. We actually used a Maritime Act to make sure he couldn’t buy another boat again. He would leave his car with the keys in it on the boat ramp, piss off to the Wairua for the weekend, He was very mentally not well and had no one looking after him. The rescue on his sunken boat he tried to give the Harbour Master a bottle of whisky to pay for it, my bill alone was $700.00 which I was paid by Regional Council. I believe he never came back out after that incident. Shame really as he did a lot for Rotorua Marine Radio.