Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

Rakaia if you have a jet boat. Mid Nov can be a bit hit and miss. Dec thru to March will be you pick months.

Plenty of other rivers to boat , depends how much you want to bash your boat up I guess lol.

@Danny If your going to chase salmon in Canterbury. There is a good book that's worth a read.

Its called Salmon fever by ross millichamp.

I see there are a couple of cheap copies on tard me

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Y'all definitely have a very unique fish and game situation/management thing going on...invasive species dominating things on the mainland: trout, salmon, multiple deer, elk, tahr, etc. On one hand they're invasive so people say "they're an invasive species" on the other hand people seem to cherish them in the outdoors community. It's just crazy for me to hear and see so much great talk about how important these species are and how much joy they bring the residents yet as far as management is concerned there's always...**they are an invasive species. Unique for sure.

Originally Posted by Joe Schmo

Y'all definitely have a very unique fish and game situation/management thing going on...invasive species dominating things on the mainland: trout, salmon, multiple deer, elk, tahr, etc. On one hand they're invasive so people say "they're an invasive species" on the other hand people seem to cherish them in the outdoors community. It's just crazy for me to hear and see so much great talk about how important these species are and how much joy they bring the residents yet as far as management is concerned there's always...**they are an invasive species. Unique for sure.

Unfortunately there is still a proportion of the population that do see these valuable creatures as "invasive" and are hell bent on irradicating them. A bit of a hangover from mid last century when deer numbers were out of control and major damage was being done to the native ecosystem. Deer etc were labeled "pests" and it is only recently that they have been separated from introduced predators as the number one enemy to our native ecology. On this forum you see the people who do value them as a wonderful resource and would like them managed in a way that balances our endemic species with those that have been introduced.

I hate to say something that would get me elected mayor of NZ before even moving there but how about...$1000 Tahr, $1000 Wapiti and $500 all deer species tags for nonresidents

We need more of that sort of thinking over here. We tend to sell NZ short in a lot of areas.

Hmmm no fishing story's from the weekend huh.

Geez that would have been a workout in the flounder net

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Hmmm no fishing story's from the weekend huh.

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Please tell more!!

Thumper !!!

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Hmmm no fishing story's from the weekend huh.

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Looks like it's done 10 rounds with Tyson.

Originally Posted by burtonator

Please tell more!!

Old pic from a couple years back

Originally Posted by Shearer

Looks like it's done 10 rounds with Tyson.

Yup

Barstard thought you had caught another…had me in all kind of frustration…well played