thanks rick for a great report once again.........looks like captain john baker has speared him self in the foot so to speak........bloody good job

Bazza...

Have a read of Rick's latest report in the BoP Report section on this site......I wasn't aware that John was on the steering committee and has been taking cattle truck loads of spear fishermen to the...get this...Volkners to target trophy Kingfish?....I have never met John but seems a little "off" to me?

Guess we should be all be extracting 3 fish at 75cms per day from that area till the reserve is set in place.....grrrrrrrr......

these green b@stards are dividing and conquering at an alarming rate!

Cattle loads...interesting as not many people could get out there before Xmas and his boat take 6 over night and maybe 8 for a day trip. Interesting also to not that John was one of the first to get involved with the 1 per day and must be 1 meter long. I know plenty of people that take their limits and John has never let us take more than 1 each and has always tried to convince us that a max of 1 each for the weekend is far better. I suspect that the rivilry between them may be now in print with only one side being "voiced". May pay to look at Johns version before makeing our minds up
truck laod== 6 people May not be a truck as I see it?

I actually like both skippers so am not trying to side either way

I dont think it is a "taking sides" situation, however I can tell you that the fishery at the volkners is as healthy as Ive ever known it to be and that is due to the protection measures that were already in place by the users. 

The marine reserve was not put in place to conserve "kingfish" the reasons behind the reserve from the minister himself and DOC was for the cultural significance and the flora and fauna found on the ocean floor.  Interesting really...... considering the only boats that anchor at the volkners are the dive boats, you dont catch kingis by anchoring there...so where is the threat to marine life??

i think he is a hypocrit...

Geeez Wayne, do you propose to do that with tanks or freediving?

 

A point that seems to be overlooked is the commercial guy, once a deckie on Pursuit & Zambucca, who is out there at White & Ranfurly, going like stink, catching upwards of 6 ton per trip! & I'm talking about Kingfish! 

That point was published but seems to have been largely ignored.

I think you better take a full quiver when you sort this lot out Wayne