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Fish with Bish Newsletter
October 1998


New Article – A Bit of a Blue
Life’s true characters can be hard to find, but Blue out on the deep blue is a ton of laughs.

NZ Fisherman Magazine 10 Years Old with the October Issue which is just out.

In the world of publishing, ten years can be a very long time. But the boys have hung in there over the ten years and four owners and get stronger every issue. The new issue features a great new look which to my eyes at least the magazine looks very much smarter. The art director has done a great job.

Editorially, the magazine is printing more how-to articles. A recent survey of its readers showed this is one of the prime reasons they buy fishing magazines. Looking down the list of writers now contributing to the magazine, it is amazing just how much fishing knowledge has been assembled behind the words of one magazine. Looks great for another ten years – at least.

Night Fishing For Trout

It is Not For the Faint Hearted – But the Rewards in terms of bigger fish can be worth it.
There is a lot to learn about fishing at night and some of the lessons can be harsh – as I found out. Read about it in Night Moves 1.
But once the lessons have been learned, night fishing is worth the cold, and the dark. See how in Night Moves II

Tuna Cubing Has Place in Other Fishing

Cubing for tuna has been a well established practice outside New Zealand, and in the last couple of years has begun to be used with great effect here.
The principle is very simple – cut up baits such as pilchards, sprats or piper into three or four pieces – cut up fillets of skipjack, kahawai etc. into cubes.
Then start feeding out the cubes over the stern. As one disappears from sight toss in another. Once the trail is established put a hook in a cube and feed it out under freespool so the hooked cube sinks at the same rate as the free-sinking cubes. If the bait reaches the bottom untouched, wind in and start again.
While this is going on it is essential that the cube trail is maintained constantly – even while playing and landing a fish.
This technique works well for most of our fish, snapper, trevally, terakihi, etc. It is also one technique that increases the chances of catching fish that usually take live-baits, such as kingfish.

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