Before I joined the North Shore Surfcasting Club I'd never heard of the Nationals, I'd heard of the Beach'n'Boat & the Snapper Classic but no competition that marketed itself as the NZ Nationals.

As I understand it the NZACA Nationals is only for members of affiliated clubs, non members can join the Kiwi Fishers(?) if they want to fish it. With club memberships generally declining around the country, is it time to open up the competition to all who want to enter?

I also am not in favour of a forced fishing location. Local knowledge and access aside, one of the things I enjoy about fishing new areas of the country is researching it on the various forums, talking to other fishos about it, google maps stalking it and coming up with a plan myself.

Personally I'd like to see the use of boats or kayaks to reach shorebased fishing spots. I put them in the same category as using a 4x4 wagon to access a remote beach, my car can't travel on a beach but it can carry a kayak which I can then use to access that ledge I want I fish, there's no difference.

We can leave the aircraft ban in tho, that's just sensible