WORLDWIDE FISHING

[Haji]

A recent post from "Jack" mentioned that he had fished both fresh water and offshore in Holland.

This led me to wonder how many of our members have fished in other countries, either as visitors or because they originally hailed from another country? (Europe, UK, NZ, US, South Africa, South America, Pacific Islands, Japan, China, India, SE Asia etc etc.

I believe that it would be very interesting to learn about fishing in other countries, including descriptions of tackle used, common rigs, types of boats, sea conditions etc etc.

So how about it guys, let's hear from you and if you have any pics, that's gold. (even fishing for carp and other coarse fishing in the UK would be of interest so come on you pommies.)

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Cheers

[nimrod]

Haji. The only fish I have caught in another country was a Salmon in Scotland.
Was there on holidays, being a tourist and a friend owned and operated a hotel and with this hotel he had the fishing rights to several K's of beautiful Highland Scotland river.
The town was a pretty little village about in the middle of the highlands called Killin.
We had lunch and were talking about the fish he had on the walls of the hotel, and he asked me if I would like to throw a few flies around.
I had never fly fished in my life ( and haven't since ) but I said yes.
We geared up and walked up stream a ways and he said OK here's where you will get one.
He showed me how to cast, and I had a bit of a bodgie cast ( at least the fly got wet, but was not where he wanted me to place it ) my second cast was a beauty ( fluke ) and he told me to just leave it for a second, and let it float down stream.
I was watching and seen a strike and instingt told me to strike now, ( before he could get the words out of his mouth ) I had a fish bending the wand over double.
I managed to bring it in after a bit of excitement and he netted it, and told me to gently remove the fly from it's mouth and release the fish.
He said it was around 11 pounds.
2nd ever cast on a fly rod and a trophy fish. Something that will fondly stay within my memory for some time.
Frank

[Dog Catcher]

So how about it guys, let's hear from you and if you have any pics, that's gold. (even fishing for carp and other coarse fishing in the UK would be of interest so come on you pommies.)

Well I did go to Tasmania once but didn't take a rod so didn't fish :devil-smiley:

[Pukunui]

I have done quite a bit of fishing over in NZ (south island).
when ever im in Christchurch i fish off a pebble beach (birdlings flat) and get kahawai and hundreds of dogfish (kind of like a gummy shark).
Its a strange beach to fish from because it drops off very steeply so you have big waves crashing right infront of you but they dont really race up like they do on a "normal" beach.

Of course there is the usual trout fishing in the lakes and river, which is always great even if you arent catching anything because the scenery is always amazing (even when the weather is miserable).

My favorite fishing area is a place called martins bay right down the south west corner of the south island in Fiordland.
The only way to get in there is to walk for a couple of days or jump on a helicopter or light plane which is great fun in itself.

#basically the area has a large alpine river (im 90% sure its the hollyford river ) running into a big lake which then runs to the sea and all of this is surrounded by snow capped mountains.

My uncle owns a hut in the bay at the sea end of the lake, There is a place a little way up from his hut with an air strip and a couple of people who stay there but other than that you would be lucky to see another person.

My uncle has a jet boat so there are plenty of fishing options.
- Trout fishing in the clear blue river
- trout fishing in the lake especially where the river come into it.
(although i think the seals have hit the lake trout pretty badly lately)
- night time flounder spearing in the shallows/flats near my uncles place
- Beach fishing for kahawai
- rock fishing if you like a really really long walk.
- paua (abalone), green lip mussels and crayfish if you feel like very cold swim at the seal colony.
There are also lots of deer if you like to hunt.

only down sides are the weather which is always crap and the sand flies, they are thick and they drive you insane.
It was a few years ago that i was there last but i still associate the smell of aeroguard with that place and all the sandflies.

Its one of those dream locations but its just hard to get the time/right weather to go there.
Its a pity because my cousin walked in a few weeks ago and asked if i wanted to come, but i didnt have the money for the flight over.
Think id rather save up and get the chopper in again though hahaha.

Just talking about it makes me want to go back.

Other than going there again i would love to have a month or two in NZ
so i could go fishing at Stewart Island (far southern tip of NZ)
and the marlbourgh sounds (top of south island) for some snapper.
Then somewhere up near Auckland chasing massive kingies.


Seems the grass is always greener on the other side of the tasman,
over there everyone is probably saying how much they want to go and fish FNQ or WA.

[xtosea]

Ive fished for European Pike in Poland. Live bait was the way we did it, very similar to what we do here, Catch your live bait and put them out live. I know they also fish for them with Lures and soft Plastics to some extent.
Kamil

[jacobvz]

I’ll tell a bit about my angling experience in Holland.

I have fished the freshwater mainly with a fixed 6.5 meter rod for fish such as carp (and others I do not know the English name for) in the canals and narrow waterways of Holland.
The trick with easily spooked carp is to use as thin a line as possible so it does become quite challenging and have caught quite a few 50+ cm fish on a fixed rod (no reel).
Made one attempt at flyfishing and caught nothing. Ditched that idea real quick.

Besides that I have fished for pike, Redfin and sander (I think this is the right translation http://www.vanzanen.com/images/duiken/vinkeveen20092003/pages/P1010036_JPG.htm) using live bait in wider canals and lakes. This required a rod and reel and a thin metal trace as they have the ability to bite the line (pike does anyway). Largest fish I caught on this was a 116 cm pike (not large compared with what they catch in Scandinavia).

I have also caught fresh water eel at night using a paternoster rig baited with your garden variety worms.

My offshore fishing have been two types. Jigging for cod on the wrecks in the North Sea or Jigging for, what I would say was, slimy mackerel (considered good eating fish when smoked).
This fishing involved going out on big former fishing trawlers and pick your spot on the railing (can be crowded in weekends but weekdays were generally fine). The captain put you on the fish.
The sea conditions on the North Sea can be pretty horrendous and recall one time the swells were so bad that the boat we were on was the only one game enough to go out. At times I had to have my foot on the handrail to keep myself upright. in hindsight not very safe. But I did catch lots of fish that day.
Biggest cod I ever caught was a whopping 60 cm J (but we did have fun)
Largest quantity of mackerel ever caught by me was a big black tub full of them.

So nothing to serious.

Jack

[garth]

i did an arvo of fishing in indo where the typical sinkers were nuts and bolts.

[Haji]

OK Garth, so what did you catch?

And Pukunui, Jack and Frank , that's gold mates, love your posts, that is the sort of info that I was hoping to raise in this thread. Keep up the good work.

And by the way Jack, do you know how to smoke Slimeys and/or freshwater eels? There are a few members who have expressed interest in eating smoked eel (me for one) at the next members meeting later this month.

Finally has anyone witnessed amatuer long line fishing off the beach in New Zealand where a small battery driven torpedo like unit tows a long line with lots of hooks up to 1/2 km from shore where the line is left for some hours before retrieval.

I understand that users of this system catch snapper, gurnard etc. Anyone?

Cheers

[BONECRUSHER]

I have caught and released a few sweet lips around the world. :hump: :rolling laughter:

I really want to do a trip to NZ fishing. Only been there once snowboarding its a beautiful place. (even with all the KIWIs) :rolling laughter:

[jacobvz]

OK Garth, so what did you catch?

And Pukunui, Jack and Frank , that's gold mates, love your posts, that is the sort of info that I was hoping to raise in this thread. Keep up the good work.

And by the way Jack, do you know how to smoke Slimeys and/or freshwater eels? There are a few members who have expressed interest in eating smoked eel (me for one) at the next members meeting later this month.

Finally has anyone witnessed amatuer long line fishing off the beach in New Zealand where a small battery driven torpedo like unit tows a long line with lots of hooks up to 1/2 km from shore where the line is left for some hours before retrieval.

I understand that users of this system catch snapper, gurnard etc. Anyone?

Cheers



I gave them to my neighbour who owned a smoker. You can buy these (in Holland anyway) fairly cheap or make the yourself. I'll see if I can find a plan for them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe4jK3A64lI

amateur long line fishing,.....hmmm where is the sport and challenge in that? It is pretty much a way to guarantee a feed.

Jack

[Haji]

Thanks for the link Jack, that is the first time that I have actually seen the fish smoking process in action. They results look pretty good too.

The set up looks fairly simple but would appreciate details if you can get them.

Bedankt (I hope that is correct Dutch for thank you?)

Cheers

[jacobvz]

http://www.rooktonnen.nl/maak_zelf_een_rookton.htm

in dutch but has pictures

http://www.raven.nl/nl/producten/overige/1832_rookovens/rookoven_vierkant/


brand new prices in Euro's, I'm sure they are locally as well, or people do not smoke here?

Jack

[Haji]

Thanks Jack, see the Private Message that I have just sent you for some comments.

Cheers

[Bass flicker]

I have fished in India, Bangladesh, and thailand. The gear in India was wooden baskets and nets and in Bangladesh I got a hold of a decrepit old bamboo stick. I also took my own telescopic rod but was never too keen to get it out and wave it in the face of the locals. Ive posted these pic before but many of you wouldnt have seen them we caught some carp and mullet looking fish.

[Pukunui]

OK Garth, so what did you catch?

And Pukunui, Jack and Frank , that's gold mates, love your posts, that is the sort of info that I was hoping to raise in this thread. Keep up the good work.

And by the way Jack, do you know how to smoke Slimeys and/or freshwater eels? There are a few members who have expressed interest in eating smoked eel (me for one) at the next members meeting later this month.

Finally has anyone witnessed amatuer long line fishing off the beach in New Zealand where a small battery driven torpedo like unit tows a long line with lots of hooks up to 1/2 km from shore where the line is left for some hours before retrieval.

I understand that users of this system catch snapper, gurnard etc. Anyone?

Cheers



I have seen the little submarine things you mention in NZ fishing magazines.

My dad and uncles used to use a similar technique when they were young.
while fishing from the beach with an offshore wind (Offshore is when its going from the beach to the surf isnt it?) They would make a little raft/boat with a simple sail out of flax wood (The stalk type thing that grows out of the native flax plants that are all over the place in NZ especially beaches).
They would attach their lines to this and let it get taken out the back of the waves by the wind.
Im not sure how much success they used to have doing it but have been told it used to be a fairly well known technique, so the one you mentioned might be a modern version.
I have also seen stuff in NZ fishing magazines about kite fishing.
Basically the same thing but uses a kite instead of a boat/submarine.

Another fishing technique (or not really fishing) used a bit over in NZ is small dredges for gathering clams from a drifting boat. Have never done this though, good snapper bait though and always good to be able to eat what you dont use for bait.:ohhh yeah:

[garth]

OK Garth, so what did you catch?

I didn't catch much mate. it wasn't a serious fish.

i went to surf.

here is a pick of the fish which were caught off lombok in 2004.

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[garth]

i'm going on a surfing trip to the southern atolls of the maldives in aprill.

will be crusing on a boat for about 12 days.

got a 50 pd braid bait runner on weekend for thumper gt's.

also planning to catch yft. yft is the second most common catch there.

hopefully i'll hook a marlin or dolly. gonna throw a spread out everytime boat moves to new spot or anchorage for the night.

stay tuned.. gt's on home made poppers comming soon

anyone fished there?

cheers,
garth