Jeremy has 50 years of fishing 
experience and provides his tips 
to become a better angler.
A
fter I spent the 
first morning of 
duck shooting 
on a large dam in 
Northland back in 
early May, I decided 
to hunt over maize 
in the afternoon 
for paradise ducks on a mate’s 
farm.  He had told me they had 
recently cut a lot of the maize and 
there were plenty of ducks which 
needed their numbers culled.
I meet up with another local, Brian 
Snooks who was keen to tag along 
and check out the top of the hills 
where the native bush provides 
good habitat for pigs and goats.  
We both met at the farm gate and 
as we drove up, we could see the 
tractors and harvesters still cutting 
the maize in a race to get it done 
before the rain arrived.  The noise 
meant the parries were nowhere 
to be seen, so the duck shooting 
was out, and we drove on up the 
steep metal track to the cabin that 
was recently built with stunning 
views out over the countryside.
Brian and I wandered around the 
clearings below the cabin looking 
for a pheasant that had been 
hanging around but after nothing 
was seen, we headed back to 
sit on the deck of the cabin and 
glass the valley and hilltops for 
any animals that had come out to 
feed in the late afternoon sun.
PIG SPOTTED
After I put away the shotgun in the 
case and locked it in the ute, Brian 
and I sat on the deck enjoying the 
sun and chatting over a beer.  He 
was checking out the valley below 
for any goats and I looked up to the 
ridgeline about 700-800m above and 
could see a few goats out feeding.
Glassing from the deck of the cabin, 
the viewpoint offers stunning views 
down the valleys, and we spotted 
the pig from here above us.
 /FISHINGINGODZONE  65

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