Bathed in early morning light yesterday, a fisherman takes part in the Otago Salmon Anglers' Association fishing competition. Photo / Linda Robertson
Bathed in early morning light yesterday, a fisherman takes part in the Otago Salmon Anglers' Association fishing competition. Photo / Linda Robertson
Forget the pub with no beer.
What would happen if you had a Dunedin salmon fishing competition and no-one caught a salmon?
More than 200 people entered the latest Otago Salmon Anglers' Association fishing competition, held over the weekend, but not a single salmon above the 45cm lower size limitwas caught, association committee member Gavin Cameron said.
One person caught a 10cm-long salmon on Saturday but it had to be returned to the harbour, he said.
There had been one other time in the annual competition's history, about eight years ago, when no-one caught a salmon.
Before he joined the committee about three years ago, he had entered the competition for about 15 years and never caught a salmon, but a day without catching anything was definitely not a day wasted, he said.
Dave Taylor was embarrassed by the size of his 0.68kg kahawai which won the prize for the heaviest kahawai at the Otago Salmon Anglers' Association fishing competition at the weekend. Photo / ODT
It was a lot of fun talking to friends on the wharf or in various spots around the harbour, and was a relaxing way to spend the day.
"You have a bit of a laugh, just catch up with people, share stories as well."
"It gets rid of that stress," he said.
In the competition, there were also prizes for the heaviest kingfish and kahawai.
Unfortunately, no kingfish were caught either.
But several kahawai were caught — the heaviest being a "pitiful and embarrassing" 0.68kg kahawai, caught by Dave Taylor, who was not impressed by his haul.
