by Fred Hemi | Apr 15, 2020 | Editor's pick, Features, Hunting
It is about this time of the year – around May’s duck shooting season – when duck shooters undergo a change of character. During this time, you will rarely find them at home. They will be in all sorts of places: on small creeks or ponds erecting their maimais,...
by Fred Hemi | Apr 6, 2020 | Features, Fishing
I chanced to be down in Marlborough last autumn and took the opportunity to fish for snapper in the Marlborough Sounds. The Sounds are a maze of river and stream valleys drowned by the sea at the northeast corner of the South Island and gives good snapper fishing...
by Fred Hemi | Jan 23, 2020 | Features, Fishing
The words of George Gershwin’s song Summertime from Porgy and Bess go like this: Summertime, and the livin’ is easy, fish are jumping. Summertime is great for trout because of summer insects such as cicadas that can send trout into a feeding frenzy – something to keep...
by Fred Hemi | Dec 11, 2019 | Features, Hunting
Dogs have long been a companion for keen hunters. They have pretty good noses to smell game with; it is a great aid in hunting. I can recall instances like hunting down a spur one evening when my Labrador suddenly raised his head, turned it to the right with nose...
by Fred Hemi | Nov 11, 2019 | Features, Fishing
For some recreational anglers, kahawai are often merely regarded as a by-catch; an unplanned encounter with a surface feeding spree. But there is growing appreciation that in its own right, kahawai are a respectable sport fish. Kahawai tend to congregate at...
