Comments on: Fishing

By: david

david — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:54:19 +0000

Philu,

The last lot of greenies I saw carried enough hardware in their persons to start a small DIY store.
Were they “hurting”?
Were they protesting at the cruelty of recreational fishermen (no fishers in my household)?
Were they trying to make themselves attractive to fridge magnets?
Were they trying to upset the MRI machine when the Drs were trying to find evidence of a brain?
What were they doing with all those body parts carrying random bits of metal?

Please help me phil, I’m puzzled.

By: AndyC

AndyC — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 08:08:31 +0000

There are no fish south of the Bombays and Cook Straight sailfish dont count.

By: helmet

helmet — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 02:37:17 +0000

A wider variety of fish Gavin? I don’t believe you. Marine biodiversity decreases the further south you go. All going south is good for is pauas ‘puka and blue cod.

By: beautox

beautox — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 02:01:39 +0000

PhiluPrick : the correct spelling is WHORE not WHOAR

http://www.blogossary.com/define/link-whore/

“A link whore is one who solicits links to her blog regularly or seems/is desperate to receive links to her blog.”

By: Gavin Knight

Gavin Knight — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 00:27:55 +0000

before getting into buying a boat you might want to try fishing charters
much cheaper than capital and running costs of a boat
and gives you a chance to try fishing wellington waters which are very different
there’s a much wider variety of fish down here and the charter guys know where and when to find them
eg pete lamb does the best charters out of wellington (www.petelambfishing.co.nz)

By: helmet

helmet — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 23:47:39 +0000

Phil- I hooked a kingfish yesterday, and it broke my line. I guess it was left with the hook stuck in its mouth, a big heavy gauge livebait hook no less.

Half an hour later it was back feeding like nothing had happened, and took another livebait.

I agree there is an element of cruelty in fishing, and you’d be silly to deny that fish feel pain, but not to the same degree that we do, or else that kingfish would never have come back.

By: helmet

helmet — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 23:40:04 +0000

They say boats can give you the two happiest days of your life:

The day you buy it and the day you sell it.

By: Murray

Murray — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 22:39:36 +0000

Hey was that the standard that had the Headline Farrar Rapes Waitatmata with Rabdom Dredging?

Mmmmm blow between the eyes.

By: Tauhei Notts

Tauhei Notts — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:40:19 +0000

Kahawai, that has been out of the sea less than four hours is beautiful.
Eat it the day it is caught.
Next day it is for the cats.

By: philu

philu — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:26:18 +0000

btw..

we are still taking bets on the sweepstake..as to when dpf will do his second (meltdown’) story..

in the meantime..

this should ‘keep you going’..

http://whoar.co.nz/2008/sorting-through-the-rubblein-post-bubble-americatodays-must-read/

phil(whoar.co.nz)

[DPF: 10 demerits for off topic]

By: dad4justice

dad4justice — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 19:44:59 +0000

I wish philu would land a huge angry barracuda and then attempt to give it mouth to mouth respiration.

By: side show bob

side show bob — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 19:37:05 +0000

Fuck philu is there anything you are not an expert on.

By: the deity formerly known as nigel6888

the deity formerly known as nigel6888 — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 19:19:45 +0000

yeah. News just in, fish die when you kill them.

By: TAB

TAB — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 19:17:35 +0000

Really Phil, why dont you fish off………….. nah, just joking

By: Andrew W

Andrew W — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 19:15:53 +0000

Boat 4 sale, Four Winns SunDowner 1950 only $28,000 good condition.

By: philu

philu — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:18:35 +0000

btw..fish have central nervous systems very similar to ours..

so..fisherfolk might like to meditate on what it ‘feels like’ to have a hook punctured through their cheek…

…and then that hook used as the fulcrum to ‘reel them in’..

..then of course..there is the ‘gasping for water’..

eh..?

the fishs’ p.o.v…eh..?

phil(whoar.co.nz)

By: tim barclay

tim barclay — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:55:33 +0000

Better still move to Auckland and smell the coffee. Real NZ does not live past Taupo.

By: philu

philu — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:54:19 +0000

“..I’ve never seen a fish gasp..”

complete and utter bullshit..!

(‘a quick blow between the eyes’..eh..?…(why..!..quite the ‘humanitarian’..aren’t you..?..)

and..’sorry about that hook-hole..!..but i’m having fun..!’.

eh..?’.)

there is a piece on pet insurance..in one of the sunday rags..

and there it is noted that new zealanders have a ‘farming’ attitude towards animals..

they don’t ‘care’ about them/their welfare/lives..

and just see them as a ‘resource to be exploited’..

fishing is just another thread of that exploitation..

and over-fishing will end that exploitation..

(a good idea ‘to get a boat’ tho’..

wot with rising waters..and the like..eh..?)

phil(whoar.co.nz)

By: Alces

Alces — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 10:15:17 +0000

Nah phil, a common misconception.

You want to keep a fish to eat , it gets harvested with a quick blow between the eyes.

You want to release the fish, that’s 98% of fish in my case, it swims happily away hopefully to be caught another day.
Released fish are kept in the water before release.

I fish a river in the SI where one 14lb monster rainbow has been released by fishermen good enough to catch her at least 20 times

I’ve never seen a fish gasp.

By: ManukauMum

ManukauMum — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 10:10:51 +0000

Yep it was flat as a millpond out there today. You should see the tracks those dredges make on the bottom – they pick up all the baby scallops as well as the big ones. Of course you would have to be diving for scallops to see the tracks on the bottom. I just hope no-one drops a dredge on my head when I’m down there.
Although if you have a trailer boat there is no mooring cost and not much maintenance. Although all the washing of the gear when you get home can get to be a pain.
I wouldn’t bother buying a boat in Wellington(unless its a yacht)- too windy!