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Counties Sport Fishing Club

Newsletter November 2023

www.csfc.co.nz

Contents Club Details

Bits ‘n Bobs

Counties/Clevedon Interclub

Surfcasting Competition

Hauraki Gulf

Diary

Committee

Leader Board

Sponsors Grid

Cover Photo : November is surfcasting month here at Counties, with our “Biff Ya Shit Out” surfcasting competition running until the 26th , if you haven’t entered yet grab a ticket on Sporty. Prizegiving will be held at our November meeting. Counties Sportfishing Club Inc. csfc@hotmail.co.nz

0800 482 248 www.acslgroup.nz

Next Meeting Wednesday 29th November At Waiuku Cossie Club Meeting starts at 7.30pm

Prizegiving for the surfcasting competition will be at this meeting You do not need to be a Cossie Club member to attend. All CSFC members and guests welcome. Why not come early and take advantage of the great food on offer at the Cossie Club.

Important Note: if you intend to have a meal before the meeting it would pay to book to avoid disappointment as the restaurant is very popular and often full. Shunters Restaurant Phone 09 2359131 ext 5

Counties Sport Fishing Club We are a family friendly West coast club based in Waiuku, just south of Auckland. With around 1000 members, trailer boats make up the majority of our fleet. Celebrating fishing of all kinds, from the humble Gurnard to the mighty Broadbill. Club waters span from Raglan north head to Kaipara south head and include the Manukau harbour and Waikato river.

To join the club click HERE New and Used Boats, Motors, Accessories, Servicing They have a reputation for good quality workmanship, honesty and reliability. The onsite technicians are experts in Mercury, Etech, Evinrude & Johnson servicing and repairs as well as Yamaha, Suzuki and Honda. They can also fit new or used outboard engines and do trailer repairs, springs, winches and rollers.

9 Crosbie Road Pukekohe 09 2389180 3

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SPORT FISHING CLUB INC

Bits & Bobs Counties “Biff ya Shit Out” Surfcasting Competition This competition is underway right now and runs right up to the 26th of November. If you haven’t done it yet grab a ticket on Sporty and get out there. You can fish as many, or as few, days as you like. This is a length based competition, so entries will be by submitting photos of your catch on an approved measuring mat. The prizegiving will be held at our November club meeting on the 29th November.

Fish ‘N Chicks Returns Great news for anyone who was missing this great competition. After a couple of years off due to various issues it is now back for 2024. The date you need to put in your diary is 2nd March. There will be the usual range of amazing prizes up for grabs, so start getting your teams ready.

A nice snapper for Cray Curley and a good sized gem fish for Dion Watts.

Competition Dates Dates for all our competitions for next year have been set, take a look at the diary page and make sure to get your time off booked.

Previous Newsletters Newsletters, back to January 2018, are available online here. They have been uploaded in higher resolution then the old pdf versions were emailed out in, so the pictures especially should be better quality.

Something for the Newsletter? We’re always looking for items to include, so if you have a fishing report, some photos, or just a good story to tell please drop me an email on kevin@nzsteele.com

Counties/Clevedon Interclub

Things didn’t quite go our way at the interclub competition this year, but on a positive note we were able to donate fish to Grandparents raising grandchildren -which was gratefully received. It’s been a while since we had a good result in this competition, so we really need to get ourselves together with a plan for next year. Ideally a plan that involves us catching more fish than Clevedon.

Counties Sport Fishing Club

“biff ya shit out” Surfcasting Competition th th 4 - 26 November Fishing from Hoods Landing round the peninsula to the Kentish

Fish as many days as you like and enter as many fish as you like. Entry is by length measure, photos to be submitted. Prize-giving at the 29th November club meeting 1st, 2nd & 3rd prizes for Snapper, Gurnard, Kahawai, Trevally Junior Prize - Longest combined length of four fish One snapper, one gurnard, one kahawai, and one trevally

Entry Fee members $30, non-members $70 All fish to be measured on NZSFC length measure measures can be purchased with tickets if you don’t have one

Footee & Jaleh

Hauraki Gulf It’s staggering to realise that the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park was established in 2000 to protect this maritime jewel for the benefit of the community, yet 23 years later it has become more degraded. The scallop fishery is closed, the crayfish population is described as functionally extinct, the invasive Caulerpa seaweed is spreading, and mushy flesh fish are more commonly caught. If we want our kids and theirs to enjoy a vibrant marine environment, now is our time to speak up for future generations. Currently, the government is consulting on four options to limit bottom trawling and Danish seining to large areas called ‘corridors’ within the Gulf. Submissions were due with Fisheries New Zealand by 6 November, they are now accepting submissions until 4 December. None of the options remove all trawling and seining from the Park, as recommended by the Sea Change Stakeholder Working Group. Officials have already closed consultation on proposals for 19 new marine protected areas (MPAs). These are important issues for people who live inside and outside the Marine Park boundaries, and that’s why we have developed an alternative plan – Option Zero. LegaSea is concerned that officials haven’t given sufficient thought to any knock-on effects from their proposals, because what happens in the Park can affect the people of East Northland, the Coromandel and Bay of Plenty. The Hauraki Gulf Marine Park extends from Te Arai in the north to Waihi. However, the management area for many of the species caught in the Gulf extends from North Cape to East Cape.

Fisheries New Zealand’s (FNZ) options one to four do not include any cuts to catch limits. And there’s no intention to create a separate management area for the Gulf, so catch and fishing effort will be concentrated in some of the remaining productive areas. Then we must factor in the 19 new MPAs where no bulk harvesting will be permitted. All this adds up to pressure as industrial fishing shifts out of the Park. Option Zero is no bottom trawling or Danish seining in the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park. To avoid shifting effort into other regions, the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries must designate the Hauraki Gulf a separate fisheries management area so catch limits can be adjusted for species such as snapper that are caught inside and outside the current boundaries. These are pragmatic steps to achieve the government’s transformation plan, to shift from bulk harvest, destructive fishing methods to more innovative, lower impact techniques such as longlining for finfish. Option Zero also recognises that commercial fishing is important to New Zealanders, for jobs and fish supply. The loss of the scallop fishery has had a profound effect on fishers, families and businesses in Northland, and people in the Coromandel who are still dealing with the aftermath of last summer’s cyclones. It may also be the incentive to fast-track the resumption of a viable scallop fishery when the beds have recovered from decades of dredging. Science has moved on since trawling was first permitted in the Gulf over a century ago. There is no longer any plausible deniability. There is certainly no justification for continued use of destructive fishing methods in a marine park. Option Zero has the potential to pave the way for no bottom trawling and seining in inshore waters around the country. Make your voice heard by 4 December at optionzero.co.nz.

Diary Be sure to put these events in your diary or phone Counties/Clevedon Interclub Competition

28th - 29th October

Counties “Biff Ya Shit Out” Surfcasting Comp

4th - 26th November

Club Meeting

29th November

Club Meeting

31st January 2024

Marlin Money Competition

3rd, 4th or 6th February

Nationals

17th - 24th February

Fish N’ Chicks Competition

2nd March

Classic Competition

8th - 10th March

Club Meeting

27th March

Junior Nationals

13th - 27th April

Family Day Competition

27th April

Club Meeting

29th May

Grunter Hunter Competition

16th June

Icebreaker Competition

5th, 6th, 7th July

Club Meeting

31st July

Club Meeting

25th September

Committee Position President Secretary Treasurer Vice President Committee

Name Matthew Douglas Barbara Prescott Nick King Stephen Harper Bob Hilton Michael Parker Patrick Egan Carey Walter Bruce Sloane Phil Nicklin Shane Johnston Clint Hunt Polly Eyre Mike Oldfield Bert Duncan Social Media Maddie Hull Merchandise Alvin Pacey Fish ‘n Chicks Claire Hull Newsletters Kevin Steele NZFC Reps Stephen Harper Darin Burns Head Weighmaster Stephen Watts Non Committee Scott Warrender Weighmasters Pete Sellers Sarah Parkinson Charlie Norton

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Email fishdougie@hotmail.com 15bjpre@gmail.com csfcoffice@gmail.com sharperuku@gmail.com Bob.hilton9@gmail.com smudgethefisherman@gmail.com patrick@eganbricklayers.co.nz c_walter146@msn.com Bron.sloane@xtra.co.nz philandces@gmail.com shanej@envirowater.co.nz clintonhunteng@gmail.com maizienz@hotmail.com biff_mel@ps.gen.nz bertoduncan@gmail.com maddyhull@rocketmail.com allynpace@hotmail.com underway11sc@gmail.com kevin@nzsteele.com sharperuku@gmail.com Darin.laura@hotmail.com teressawatts@slingshot.co.nz

Sparks.s@xtra.co.nz

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Leader Board

LENGTH RECORDS we need a clear photo of the fish on the approved measure, which are available for $25. The photo must be of the whole fish lying on its side with the mouth touching the head of the measure. We will need details of where it was caught and the name of the angler.

Weighmaster contacts Steve Watts 021 0335145 09235002 Clint Hunt 021 08097284 Scott Warrender 021 626076 Pete Sellers 0210 412 943 Sarah Parkinson 021 669944

DJS FLOORING

Sponsors Grid 1. Rhys Davies Contractors 2. Hunting & Fishing Franklin

3. Super Freight 4. Brett Duncan Contracting

5. First Flex 6. DJS Flooring 7. Bodman Fencing 8. Gubbs Pump and Well 9. Onform irrigation 10. Counties Marine 11. Nils McGee Roofing 12. Castaways Villas 13. Envirowater 14. Hynds Pipe Systems 15. Auto Hub Waiuku 16. Egan Bricklayers 17. Wecks ITM 18. Liquorland 19. ReliableCarpentry 20. Galaxy Telco 21. Hot Springs Spa 22. Super Freight 23. Wecks Bins 24. ACSL Group

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