Millsy wrote: Good observations team. I can concur on one theme already. In my observations, particularly seeing kings I have tagged return daily to the same areas(often until I have tagged all of them), kings are like brown trout. They have a beat and they patrol it with the tides. They can definitely be removed from the area if people take them, no doubt. So many times I have heard people exclaim "lot of kings about I've see "X" amount at marker "A"". What they are seeing is the same school of fish using a marker or reef as a home base. I have seen those area's fished out over the course of a few weeks in the past. It's just ignorance or greed. Another stat that may interest ya'll is the commercial size for take is 65cm. Around 80% of the kings that a fly fisho's will run into of the flats are between 60-75cm. Doesn't take to much science to predict what would happen to a fly fisho's home turf should a gill net show up. In fact I have seen what happens and have moved as a result. You loose your fishery for a season. I think most people would agree our fishing reg's in general need a huge overhaul. Limits are obscene and non seasonal. We have collapsed a 1/3 of the oceans stocks already. 90% of our oceans fish stocks are occupy 10% of the coast line.The 10% that we humans generally fish in. I'm sure people think they oceans are just a constant source of fish that restock our food lockers. Ignorance is bliss until you hit the ground. |
Snuffit. wrote: Auckland area is pretty big and covers wholly or parts of 3 harbours.. if you're talking Waitemata I'd bet those flats have been scoped Craig, or most of them have. There's a bunch of guys spending a lot of time searching, and not talking about it here, which is good in a way. ### Long live Golden Bay I say. I've spoken to guys in the Cooks, Au, CXI and Argie to whom NZ flats kingi fishing is synonymous with one place only. The guys interested in visiting intended to grab the cheapest form of 5hitsmobile they could afford, live in it on a can of beans a day and thrash the living fk out of the place for weeks on end. There aren't many countries that allow such leniency and zero value add activities with respect to their natural resources so we get what we ask for I suppose.... and it is better than comms snaking all the fish.
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Millsy wrote: The best spots on the Manukau are pretty buggered smudge. Clark's is generally dirty for many reasons. I've spent many hours there and most of the time it was rubbish or barren. You might get it right one day and the next you have a commercial fisho shooting a 500-1000m long net for mullet. Sort of screws your fishing for a while after that. The best flat is in front of the airport. I rarely see people there. Again, popular spot for mullet netting and if you get it wrong you'll spend a long time high and dry. You also can't anchor and fish, so it is sort of protected from the mainstream angler. Sight fishing is a totally different game to live baiting, stick baiting or general gear fishing. You need clear water for starters, not something the big muddy is famous for. If sight fishing to kings with a fly rod was easy, everyone would be doing it. I never really saw anyone doing it in 20yrs and those who tried left heartbroken unless of course they were with me. |
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