Hey everyone
I'm semi new to fishing and I currently live with my friend and his partner in their brand new 2 bedroom town house in Auckland. The house has no garage or outside storage or even a lawn so I basically have no where to fillet fish or clean and store stinky fishing gear like Chilly bins, bait boards etc
I don't want to stink their new house out with fish smell
Does anyone know if there's such thing as self service cleaning stations for fish/fishing gear in auckland?
How do you guys recommend getting around this problem?
Any answers appreciated

Find a fishing buddy - and you can fillet at his place :-)

I had similar issue after a productive day fishing in a whitianga comp while staying in an upstairs apartment. We went to the local camping ground and gave them 2 bottles of wine and made sure we left their filleting facilities spotless. 

lawabidingpoacher wrote: Move out

Maybe a portable filleting bench. Go to the beach, fillet fish, dump the scraps in a public bin. Then clean the bench up with salt water.

I know dumping fish waste is controversial, but can't help feeling that it is better in the ocean where it goes back in to the food chain rather than stinking out bins and ending up in landfill.  

MB wrote: I know dumping fish waste is controversial, but can't help feeling that it is better in the ocean where it goes back in to the food chain rather than stinking out bins and ending up in landfill.

You raise a good point there. I think the problem occurs when frame's ect get discarded in shallow non flowing water. Off a wharf or something similar is preferable to a beach. I still see public bins as an option though.

Public bench is fine as a filleting board.

kitno wrote: MB wrote: I know dumping fish waste is controversial, but can't help feeling that it is better in the ocean where it goes back in to the food chain rather than stinking out bins and ending up in landfill.   You raise a good point there. I think the problem occurs when frame's ect get discarded in shallow non flowing water. Off a wharf or something similar is preferable to a beach. I still see public bins as an option though.

Problem we have at Kawakawa bay with HFO/Fisheries is when they get rid of undersize fish,they slit it so it sinks but washes back on to beach/ramp. YES to bins provided they emptied everyday at beaches but some dont get collected for 2 or 3 days.

DIY wrote: The Auckland food scrap collection bins take fish frames. Maybe fillet carefully in the kitchen and put the waste in the scrap bin outside. If it’s going to be a few days then maybe freeze first.

HaHa we have had it in Papkura for a couple of yrs now and just lately they havent been picking it up,so most neighbours now deposit in council bins. Rang,We are short of drivers so put with normal rubbish. No time frame given