Tiri Tiri Matangi

[Ross J]

Well guys, they're still out there.<br />

<br />We caught our limit for three fishermen in 2 hours.<br />The navy even put on a show for us with helicopters, planes and a raft. On the way in the Coast Guard announced on the radio a pyrotechnic show put on by the navy. Alas we had to miss that but I'm sure anybody watching would have had a good show!<br />What a day!!<br />

<br />Yes Neville finally caught his quota. He was a very happy fisherman today!<br />

<br />I didn't want to leave the brother-in-law out.<br />Ross

 

[62_Kiwi]

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Wow - what a great day you guys had! - And Neville looks much happier this time round! - still wearing the bright yellow too.<br /><br />I'm getting to learn some great fishing spots from these posts of yours Ross...<br />

 

[crab bait]

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CRICKEY,, IS THAT REALLY YOU , ROSS...that's nice fishin' all the way 'round.. see that NEVILLE catches fish on the " backs " of others... lol .. the fish must of been hungrey & bold as to not run away from the " neon yellow " or they'er just gettin' used to it , by now..

 

[derwood]

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nice catch dude. what kind of fish did you say they were? maby nevel out to rip a hunk of that PDF off and tie it to the hook. he can blind em first and then snag em before the shock wears off. i'm sure if you guys sweet talked those navy guys with a case of wisky they would let a round off a hundred yards or so from the port side and you could just scoop em up with the net. just make sure that nevel runs that PDF up the flag pole so they don't hit the boat. <br />nice catch! derwood<br />P.S. sorry nevel, just jerken your chain a little.

 

[Ross J]

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Hi Derwood, these fish are called "Snapper". They are a species hunted by both recreational and commercial fishers alike. They inhabit waters around En Zed down to about half way down the South Island. They are excellent eating and/or smoking. They're realitively easy to catch. Having said that we watched a commercial charter skipper with a paying guest fish about 200 metres away and catch little until the guests pointed out that they could see us doing OK. The skipper bought his boat over to mine and they picked up nicely. <br />This afternoon I've been smoking three of the largest snapper of 8lbs, 6lbs, and 5 1/2lbs. The rest are for dinner with guests tonight!<br />Ross

 

[derwood]

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hey ross, i was tellen my brother that they looked like a cross between a snapper, sheepshead and a goldfish. the goldfish for color only. we have a bunch of snapper here to and they come in a lot of differant colors, red snapper,mangrove snapper, mutten snapper and grunts to name a few. but i never saw one like that before. what kind of snapper is it? sounds like that charter boat captin owes you one all of the snapper here taste real good. except the mango... not all the time but if they get stressed or scared i guess they put out a deffencive chemical or secreation of some sort. it makes them smell like ammonia and when they get like that they taste like your bitting into a fork. sometimes they do that and sometimes they don't. i know it has something to do with how i keep them after hooked, but just when i think i know why they do it, they will do it for some other reason. they are the most plentiful near shore, and i don't try to catch them, but if i can get into a school of them that are not hooksmart i will try for them. they get real hooksmart so to catch them big enough to keep you have to get to the wild ones, or have some trick gung fu to get past the small ones. <br />derwood

 

[Ross J]

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Hey Derwood,<br />That trick gung fo to get past the small ones I havn't mastered as yet but I have found one way to catch some more big ones rather than small ones. It works on the principle like going to school - "If you toss out 5c coins then you catch pupils. If you toss out $5:00 notes then you catch teachers". Simple I know but generally over here it works.<br />As for the keeping them fresh problem, we iki all our catch the moment it's in the boat - even before it's off the hook. That way the fish don't get to pump the adrenalin (or whatever it is fish have) into their meat. If they stay flapping in the boat then the taste changes dramatically. It's most noticeable when I take folk fishing and they keep fish their way and I keep them my way. After a days fishing if they come home for dinner the comment often made is that my fish taste better. I put it down to that combined with icing them immediately.<br />The snapper we catch here is known as Chrysophrys auratus. The same species is found in Australian and Japanese waters. It grows 2 to 3 times faster on the West Coast than the East Coast because of the available feed. It's taken by both the recreational and commercial fisherman alike.<br />Ross