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SELWYN TIMES Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Tuesday <strong>August</strong> <strong>22</strong> <strong>2017</strong> 5<br />
a life member of the Lincoln Club<br />
For <strong>22</strong> years. I love it, it is<br />
excellent.<br />
Have you got any exciting<br />
tales?<br />
Not really, I have seen a<br />
few snakes and we do a bit of<br />
shooting. We get the odd wild<br />
pig and feral cats. The feral<br />
cats eat all the wildlife up there<br />
apparently, and they want to<br />
try get rid of them because they<br />
are a menace. It is a bit different<br />
in New Zealand. Them and the<br />
dingoes of course – they get shot<br />
too. I like hunting, fishing and<br />
shooting and so forth while I<br />
could still do it. I don’t shoot as<br />
much anymore. I mainly fish.<br />
What is the most exciting fish<br />
you have ever caught?<br />
The barramundi – we have<br />
caught them up to 1.2m long.<br />
They are quite a big fish.<br />
Was it a battle reeling it in?<br />
They fight quite a bit. It takes a<br />
while, but when we get them into<br />
the boat they get tired quickly.<br />
They are one of the better fish for<br />
taste. They are as good as New<br />
Zealand or Chatham Islands<br />
blue cod. We go over to Chatham<br />
Islands every second year to<br />
fish. My sons go snorkelling for<br />
crayfish. I have snorkelled a bit.<br />
We have caught groper over<br />
there. We’ve been doing that for<br />
12 years.<br />
Have you ever caught<br />
anything weird like an octopus?<br />
We have had an octopus climb<br />
on board at one stage. They are<br />
terrible things. They climb under<br />
seats and are terrible to get out.<br />
Mind you it wasn’t big but still<br />
a menace. It was caught on the<br />
line. Once it latched onto the<br />
boat it climbed on board. They<br />
are pretty slimy sort of things.<br />
You travel a bit with your<br />
fishing. Is there anywhere else?<br />
We have been to Stewart Island<br />
and Fiordland as well.<br />
Is there anywhere you like to<br />
go fishing in <strong>Selwyn</strong>?<br />
I think in the <strong>Selwyn</strong> River a<br />
few trout are caught. My boys<br />
ADVENTURE:<br />
Garry at the<br />
Kendall River,<br />
Far North<br />
Queensland,<br />
with a<br />
barramundi<br />
he caught<br />
measuring<br />
1.2m long.<br />
used to fish that years ago. We<br />
have been out on Lake Ellesmere<br />
and caught flounders.<br />
I hear you had a re-union last<br />
week?<br />
These guys were in the New<br />
Brighton Power Boat Club. My<br />
older brother and I used to race<br />
them but he passed away three<br />
months ago. There were about 17<br />
of us. We met up, had a couple of<br />
beers and food at Trevinos. Peter<br />
Knight was one of the racing<br />
guys we were with. He has been<br />
a world champion. We raced at<br />
New Brighton by the estuary. We<br />
used to meet every year. Last year<br />
they said we are going to meet<br />
every six months because one or<br />
two are starting to tip over. Since<br />
the last meeting two have passed<br />
WELL DONE: Garry with wife Bev and Lincoln Club president<br />
Lynn Townsend on the night of the award.<br />
PHOTO: STEVE MCLENNAN<br />
away. One was my brother and<br />
the other was a cousin of mine.<br />
Do you have any other hidden<br />
talents?<br />
In my younger days I used<br />
to play ice hockey. I played for<br />
Canterbury and was a New<br />
Zealand representative as well.<br />
We were going to go overseas to<br />
Canada and the United States<br />
but the money was the thing that<br />
held us up in those days. It was<br />
too costly for a young fella.<br />
How did you meet your wife?<br />
Actually my second wife. We<br />
celebrated 36 years last Thursday.<br />
She is a local girl from Springston<br />
South. We met at the Springston<br />
Hotel.<br />
Are there any other projects<br />
you have on the go?<br />
I do the odd jigsaw puzzle. I am<br />
waiting for the summer so I can<br />
get a lawn down and a couple of<br />
fences up. We are in a new house.<br />
Our other house got knocked<br />
over in the earthquake. We have<br />
been living in a portacom for<br />
five years. It hasn’t been easy<br />
but we got what we wanted and<br />
that is the main thing. That is<br />
what happens with insurance<br />
companies. You are forever<br />
battling them.<br />
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