Wok Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Just wondering who would be interested in a Great NZ Molly hunt in Turangi. Date to be confirmed, but looking at weekend of Waitangi Day February 6-8 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Whats a great NZ Mollie hunt? Is it what it sounds like? Are you hunting in peoples fish tanks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wok Posted November 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 No we are not hunting in peoples tanks We are in fact going to dive head first into a local waterway to get them It's great fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 There is a wild population, been there for decades. They are able to survive in a pocket of warm water but can't spread (for a change!) due to lake taupo being too cold. I stopped there a few weeks ago and there were HEAPS I could potentially be keen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Where abouts in Turangi are the mollies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Yes - I'm interested! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 i wont be able to get there, but would love to be able to source some of these mollies, from pics i have seen, they are the natural variety i seek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim r Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 No we are not hunting in peoples tanks We are in fact going to dive head first into a local waterway to get them It's great fun I would not reccomend it as the water is only 100mm deep , the mud is 300mm deep and VERY,VERY HOT. :roll: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supasi Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/16-vt1 ... &start=225 Scroll down the page for pics. I never made it last time because of work commitments, but will be keen this time if work les me go :lol: :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucid Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Is it a good idea to be going back to the same place, trampling down their enviroment, scareing the buggery out of the fish and life in and around the area, and taking (potenually killing) the fish? How many people from the last hunt still have all or most (if any) of the fish they caught or obtained from the last hunt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jude Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 from what I saw of the photos from the last hunt, I doubt the fish were scared. Most of them would have been out of reach of the nets and laughing their little heads off :lol: :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 I thought taking them as live food was ok too? People breed them as live food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucid Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 I thought taking them as live food was ok too? People breed them as live food. Maybe so, but trampling down their enviroment is ok? And scaring the other wildlife (Aquatic and land-based etc) Each to their own then aye? Wouldnt want someone to come to my house and trample my home and suroundings. But please yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Its only happens in big groups every few years, and i doubt theres much aquatic life other than the ollies there, and they're not supposed to be there anyway.... But as you say " Each to their own then aye? " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_r Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 was great fun when i went there a while ago, bred like...mollies do still have some alive now was great fun, getting wet and muddy and catching fish, what more do u need for fun? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Maybe so, but trampling down their enviroment is ok? LOL their environment? Where do you think all aquarium fish come from? Somewhere along the line someone had to go out into the wild and catch them. As long as you're respectful to the environment and to the population of fish then its all good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suphew Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 How many people from the last hunt still have all or most (if any) of the fish they caught or obtained from the last hunt? Did you ones you got from the last hunt survive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucid Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 LOL their environment? It is theirs as they live there. Not their original one no (but then I never said that) but it is currently theirs. So yes. As long as you're respectful to the environment and to the population of fish then its all good. But again, you are not being respectful by trampling it all down now are you? We were given some from someone else, and then passed them on to another fishkeeper (as we ran out of room) From what we understand, MOST of the one caught by everyone died. Only a few survived, very few. What a waste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neon Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 I'd be keen to go on the hunt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wok Posted November 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Really not much to trample on, its mostly mud :lol: All great fun though, heaps of mollies, the last time I checked. they have awesome coloration. Would be great to put names to faces anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cesarz Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 I'm interested, but mostly in the guppies that is in the area as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diver21 Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 would love to go but sadly a bit out of the way, could you give away the spot you guys will be going to as i will be traveling through during xmas and would be keen to stop buy and have a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 MOST of the one caught by everyone died. Only a few survived, very few. What a waste. Totally true for most wild-caught aquarium fish. I imagine, for at least some species, very few actually make it to the shops. Back to mollying, it seems to me the simplest method of catching them would be to sink a large net over the accessible area, and have strings to the corners, go away and have lunch, then come back and pull up the net with billions of fish in it. But somehow the ease of it seems like cheating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 It is theirs as they live there. Not their original one no (but then I never said that) but it is currently theirs. So yes. So by your logic, pohutakawa forests are now the possums environment and we shouldn't be poisoning them? And as for "trampling it down", are you suggesting mankind should just stick to the concrete paths they have made and leave the rest of the world untouched and undiscovered? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edczuch Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Over the years I have caught and purchased "Wild Caught" fish from South America and Africa. I can say that I have had a over 80% sucess rate. I have caught guppies and mollies in the Caribean and flown 6 hrs back home, 10 hrs total travel time and may have only lost one or 2 fish out of about 5 or 6 bags. The group I had belong to imported African cichlids to Canada, over 36hrs travel time and again losses were below 20%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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