Where:Marine Gardens, Raumati

Registration from 6.30am at Marine Gardens, Raumati Beach on Sunday 22nd. Or early registration is also available on Friday 20th and Saturday 21st at the Village Inn between 5pm and 6pm. $20 for adults, $10 for children.

Rods in at 7.30am and out at 3pm. All welcome, entry is on the day at competition base at Marine Gardens. Final weigh-in at 3.30pm followed by prize giving at the Village Inn from 4.30pm.

Major prize $1000 for surf casting for heaviest kahawai. Also 1st, 2nd 3rd in seniors division and again in junior division, 8 other species categories with prizes for overall heaviest. There is a ladies division. For more information ph Mark & Myra 04 905 8100.

Discussion can be found on our forum here: Raumati Beach Fishing Competition 2012 Discussion

If you catch a Kahawai you will want to bleed it fairly quickly otherwise the meat will spoil or you might end up with that fishy taste. The best way to bleed a Kahawai is to cut up through the gill latch just past the gills (with a sharp knife) then up through until you reach where the spin and head met. This will cut through first the Ventral Artery, and then through the Dorsal Artery and Vein (found just under the vertebrate).

Next pull the top of the head back towards the spin and blood should start to squirt out. You can also cut up from the bottom of the tail through to the vertebrate (this cuts through the lower Dorsal Vein and Artery). If you are on a boat do this over the side since it can get messy. It’s a good opportunity as well to gut the fish and clean out any excess blood using the sea water. To keep the meat in its best form you should then put the Kahawai on ice.

Bleeding Kahawai is a good idea and the sooner you do it the better the result in terms of meat quality. A common mistake is that people don’t bleed Kahawai soon enough and the result is horrible tasting meat which might put them off eating Kahawai ever again. This is a common mistake with many newer fisherman and as a result Kahawai often get labelled as a second class fish for eating. If you bleed Kahawai and preserve them well then this is a great source of fish for dinner and since it’s a very easy fish to catch your dinner plate shouldn’t get empty.

For more information on the Fish Blood Circulatory System VISIT THIS LINK

Forum Topic can be found here: Discuss the Moki $1,000 Competition Here.

Moki Fishing Competition in Cape Palliser Organised by the Fielding Surfcasting Club

The Entry fee for this competition is $20 and entry can be obtained by emailing the following details to this email address: bryan@kairangaeggs.co.nz

Feilding Surfcasting Club
ENTRY FORM MOKI $1000 26th November 2011

Name ___________________________________________________

NZACA member Yes / No

Address ______________________________________________________________________

Contact number ____________________________________

Male Female Junior

Number of rods ______ @ $20 per rod
Entry fee attached $ Cheque or
Direct credit to 010625 0147731 00 Feilding Surfcasting Club
Entries to:
Bryan Snaith, President Feilding Surfcasting Club
4 Willhart Court
Feilding 4702
Or email entry to bryan@kairangaeggs.co.nz with direct credit payment details.
Office use: Date received M F J Early entry Yes / No
Entry number Receipt number Rods Confirmed

Bait and Berley will available for pre-order with early bird entries,also we will have a chiller/freezer at the briefing on the day(cash only) as no card access over there this will be a good comp,some of the area being fished has not had a line in the water for roughly 2 years so there will fish to be caught if I can help with info let me know as happy to help – Action Bait and Tackle

Andy and Dave had bought along a Kontiki, which in its self was a mission to launch in such narly conditions,this was deployed since the conditions were tough on any form of rod fishing.  A long cast was needed as the steep drop off caused good swells to dump right on any short casts.

Tally of the mish
Scuzzy~Lost four ledger rigs
Jordan~0
Andy~Wet chest from wave hitting Quad incident
Dave~Lost one Surfcaster
FreeSpoool~ Found one Dive knife sheath, found one Surfcaster belonging to Dave three hours later,and caught one ledger rig lost by Scuzzy.

Great mish, even though the conditions didnt play ball, great to be out and about. Nice to meet others from here, look forward to the next mish. More than likely stuffed up the pics but not to worry, had a great time and was good to catch up with a few of the guys, we will do it again.

Half kilo fish minced/ mouli’eed or otherwise mashed
1 stalk lemongrass finely chopped
2 birdseye chillies finely chopped
Handful of coriander roughly chopped
1 egg
1 cup mashed potato
1 cup breadcrumbs
Thai Fish sauce
Half teaspoon curry powder or paste equivalent

Mix together shape into fritters, pat into more breadcrumbs, shallow fry in quality oil

good with sweet chilli dipping sauce

Fish Blood Circulatory System.

Like in humans the reason for the blood circulatory system is to move blood around the body to keep the different organs and functions working. The system which moves the blood around is made up of arteries and veins. Simply put Arteries move oxygenated blood while veins move deoxygenated blood. In human’s blood is moved around the body using the heart, deoxygenated blood travels through veins to the lungs where it gets oxygenated and leaves through the arteries. It is similar with fish however the deoxygenated blood travels through veins to the gills where it gets oxygenated and leaves through the arteries. The main Arteries in a fish are the Dorsal Artery and the Ventral Artery. The Dorsal Artery runs underneath the vertebrate from the tail of the fish through into its head. The Ventral Artery connects the heart to the gills which is found underneath the gills back through the gill latch. The Dorsal Vein runs a similar line to the Dorsal Artery.

Diagram showing the Dorsal Artery and Vein and also the Ventral Artery

How to Bleed a Fish

First kill the fish, whether this is with a donger or iki spike. The heart will beat for several minutes after the fish has died, so there is no worry about the blood not coming out. If you catch a fish like a Kahawai you will want to bleed it fairly quickly otherwise the meat will spoil or you might end up with that fishy taste. The best way to bleed a Kahawai or other fish is to cut up through the gill latch just past the gills (with a sharp knife) then up through until you reach where the spin and head met. This will cut through first the Ventral Artery, and then through the Dorsal Artery and Vein (found just under the vertebrate). Next pull the top of the head back towards the spin and blood should start to squirt out. You can also cut up from the bottom of the tail through to the vertebrate (this cuts through the lower Dorsal Vein and Artery). If you are on a boat do this over the side since it can get messy. It’s a good opportunity as well to gut the fish and clean out any excess blood using the sea water. To keep the meat in its best form you should then put the Kahawai on ice. Bleeding all fish is a good idea and the sooner you do it the better the result in terms of meat quality.

Diagram showing the cuts made to bleed a fish

By Ozz
haha yeah, we got out there a bit late… wasn’t a bad day fishing, pretty dead over the mid day high and cheers again for taking my pack that last 20m pretty unfit(and u know why) and u realised what i was to tired to realise as well. Pack straps were too loose (don’t use that pack often, the pack swaying on my back was taking the piss out of me)… my god that berley u picked up was SHIT and that’s an understatement!!! blue/green rotten logs of crap!!! I’m 90% sure it wasn’t even fish as well, it smelt like rotten meat, like rotten old maggot filled steak!! not rotten fish… and those pillies I picked up on the way that weren’t even pillies… moral of that story don’t buy southern bait rubbish, make ya own berley, double check there are actually pillies in the bag when ya buy them, or buy the action bait pillies, they were in a class of there own compared to the southern bait ones… they don’t have all the oil/flavour/juice frozen out of them… shit one bag of the southern bait pillies even had some weird flourie shit all over them, almost like salted but wasn’t salt, was flour or something…
lol… the story of the swimmers/warehouse dive gear kids around the corner that made me laugh… we heard voices around the corner so Mark goes up to check, sees these teenagers messing around “oi, OI, hey you guys!! we been berleying up hard!!! we had some big sharks coming threw right where ur trying to dive!!!” almost walking on water out of there and gone… We go back to fishing without Muppet’s scaring off our fish… just like that Muppet in the yak that parked right on top of our lines “duh huk, what are the fishing regulations around here??!?!”
I’ll remember to bring the water when u remember to to take a good 50m off ur calcutta, fair enuff? lol at ur 9/10 casts bird nesting just coz u were too lazy to take take some line off and tie the trace back on, spent way more time fixing the nest each cast then it would have to take the line off… mind u were both lazy fishos, sit back relax and just wait for the clicker to click…

Baited Crab on hooks - Click for larger image - Thanks Carl for the image

Technique

- Pull off the limbs and shell and cut it in half down the length of it.

- Put 6/0-8/0 hook though leg socket in middle and angle it towards the back of the crab slightly and push it out through the underside of the crab.

- Wrap in bait elastic (what is bait elastic? Like cotton however it’s elastic so its very stretchy, it’s found at most fishing stores (even the Warehouse) and is used to wrap bait onto the hook so that it stays there. Essential if using fresh softbait like mussels or crab. )

notes: use frozen crabs as it is much cleaner and easier to do. Also with frozen crabs, when you make the cut, the white crab meat will separate from the guts and crap in the front of the crab leaving you with just meat (better with larger crabs).

Alternative Additions (Thanks Carl):
A couple of ways I like to rig up paddle crab baits, prepare as dj says above by removing the shell and legs.
- For half a crab bait I like to used a single 4/0 or 5/0 Gammy circle hook.
- Ensure your hook isn’t too buried in the bait otherwise you can drop fish.
- For small crabs I like to use two 2/0 Gammy circle hooks.

if the wather stays nice like this RF, ignore my txt, i might make the drive up to that place tonight,ill bring the crab and cray and we can throw out big baits over night for 15kg+ grots till first light and hiff the snapper baits out, and if it actully turns 40kt SSE ill have my shark reel in the truck and put a whole live ky or whole 3-4kg skippy out under a rubbigh bag 1.2-1.5km off shore, if the winds like that there aint no harm in trying… and that place we might be is going to be really dirty water, i find it magnets for sharks, the merky warm water…