hi all,
i have finaly booked my flights and we are off to the south island.
i will be taking the marlin 30 30 for a look so if any one around the southland area wants an off sider give us a pm.
maby give me a heads up with what to hunt and where is worth a look if that dont impose to much.
also when is the trout season starting? i think its end of oct? better pack a rod to!
thanks in advance
greg

HAVE FUN MATE IT WILL BE A BIG CHANGE FROM THE TOP END TOO...TAKE A COAT!

make sure that coat is fully waterproof and seem sealed! itll be worth the extra money to get a decent one and stay dry!

coats all sorted, i got one last time i was over there
greg

Greg
trout season opened on the 1st of October for the downland streams and rivers,ie the bulk of the brown trout fisheries. Most rivers that flow from the mountains into any of the lake systems open on the 1st of november, maily the rainbow fisheries. When you pick up your fishing lic you should get a booklet that will list all the open waters.
If you haven't heard of the algea Didymo(rocksnot)then check that info out as well.
enjoy.

thanks for that highlander i herd about that algea shit, is it verry common? and affecting fish? its not poisonous but stops food being prodused?
i will be mostly down on the lower rivers so i will keep an eye out
greg

Didymo is spreading really fast and while is it having a huge effect on the fisheries its not affecting the fish to any noticable degree as yet.
Didymo is widespread and being spread further all the time by a number of different vectors. As anglers its our reponsiblity to make sure we are not one of those vectors.
Hopefully,I'll be a tad annoyed if you are not, Biosecurity will issue you with the spreadsheet on Didymo as you enter NZ, other wise Fish and Game will certainly have all the details.
Basically clean your footwear and gear when going from one fishery to the next.
Your correct in that Didymo is not poisonous, is a very simple silica structured algae that only needs sunlight and clean flowing water. It attaches itself to the structure on the stream beds and once established will blanket the stream bed and by so doing reduce the habitat for invertabrite insects(fish food).
Enjoy.

highlander
thanks for the heads up, ill be dooing my best to NOT be speading that shit. my mates got a beautiful stream running thru his block he has fish running up it now apparntly, so i will be having a good look.
greg