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Fish with Bish Newsletter
July 1999

Well the winter trout fishing is well underway in the Central North Island. Well underway in most of the rivers, except the Tongariro. All sorts of reasons are being postulated for the poor runs of fish in the big T – perhaps the most plausible is the damage done to the fishery two and three years ago after the ash that got into the river after the big volcanic eruptions. The timing is right.

But all the other rivers are fishing very well, with some beautifully conditioned fish coming out.

Actually the condition of many of the fish is too good I reckon I am only landing somewhere around 1 out of 3 fish hooked, and my experience seems about the norm. These fish are very fit! Have managed to get a couple of fish over the nine pound mark, still waiting for the magic ten!

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Lose More Flies!

Have I gone mad, am I seriously suggesting losing more flies when winter fishing the big rivers of the Central Plateau on New Zealand’s North Island. I might have been able to get away with that sort of advice when I had my tackle store, but now? There is a method in my madness.

Stating The Obvious

A recently in the New Zealand Herald newspaper there appeared a report on the findings of a New Zealand study on the run-on effects of over-fishing. The study was conducted in the areas inside and outside the Goat Island Marine Reserve.

In the Reserve snapper numbers are way above the numbers found in areas outside the reserve. Do not have to be a scientist to work out why.

But the other factor of note is that in the areas outside the Reserve kelp beds and forests are being severly depleted as a result of exponentially increasing depletion by kina (sea urchins). The absence of snapper, has led to a huge growth in the numbers of kina.

OK so what’s the problem with losing a bit of weed and kelp, damn stuff just snags our lines anyway.

The trouble is that kelp beds are the prime areas for protection and development of much of the sea life in inshore areas. As kelp diminishes so does the fish life that it supports.

The scientists state that the study ‘confirms anecdotal evidence of recreational fishermen’. Maybe they might start listening to what we say more often and give us more credence. We can but hope.

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