R Biddington placing whitebait nets apart in the Taramakau River.ca.1958.

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DescriptionR Biddington placing whitebait nets (also known as harbours) apart in the Taramakau River,
R Biddington placing whitebait nets in the Taramakau River, West Coast region. New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives. Ref: PAColl-8983-03. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22785511

Photographer unidentified.Date of PhotoSept,1958.Map^[1]External LinkNational LibraryContributorHeather Newby

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Location (city or town)TaramakauPersonR BiddingtonLandmark (Place)Taramakau River

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Date Created21st November 2022CommentsChris Wilson
No wonder there is not much left for this generation. Fantastic photo. Thanks

Gabrelle Hart
Chris Wilson Thats because of jetskis that can acess places us whitebaiters cant go..

Shaun Rose
Chris Wilson The way of thinking should be.
Thats why the catch numbers are less now than way back then.
Not just a shorter season,you can't see, nor can you catch the whitebait that far out and as for them saying the numbers are low
Weather will always contribute to catch numbers anyway and they are relying of feedback from whitebaiters

So realistically, they probably have no idea.

Allister Scott
A chain is 22 yards

Gary Cody
Allister Scott Correct The length of a cricket pitch.

Leonie Jennings
Really that’s joke.

Alec Birch
A link is 7.92 inches, there are 100 links in a chain,

Grahame Kelly
A chain is 66 feet! lol. Great photo.

Trevor Coleman
Grahame Kelly I thought it was 22ft

Grahame Kelly
Trevor Coleman 22 yards Trevor. 3 feet = 1 yard.

Trevor Coleman
Grahame Kelly you must have a longer chain

Grahame Kelly
Trevor Coleman The 'Chain' comes from the 'Surveyors' Chain', invented by Edmund Gunter, a mathematician who lived from 1581-1626, hence it is also known as 'Gunter's Chain'. As we all know, a chain is 22 yards, or the length of a cricket pitch.

Rachel Willoughby
Sheryl Pont show Andrew lol

Tanz Bryce
Les Bryce is that your cousin?

Les Bryce
Tanz Bryce Yes, Ron. Used to live at the top of the hill

Tanz Bryce
Les Bryce I thought it was Ron but didn't know

Dave Lyes
Defo a link, not a chain.

Maree Lewis
Good old R. Biddington! Playing those rule-makers at their own game!

Stephen Harris
The two chain apart is between his and the next stand up or down the river his nets are 10ft apart the net closer to the shore is the top-catcher the over 3 share the balance and two nets would catch just as many as 4 been there done that

Duncan Hamilton
Your chain is a little short should be 22yards

Trish Barry Andrews
100 links = 1 chain/66feet/792 inches and 1 link is 7.92 inches. 1 link = 0.201168 of a metre. A cricket pitch is 1 chain so maybe the nets are 2 yards (6 feet) apart? Baz.

Gabrelle Hart
Been there done that at the hockey, net was bigger than i was.

Anne Honey
My dad was probably there whitebaiting i used to sneak along the blocks to join him.

Bevan Pringle
Be hard work setting every thing up each day and checking nets full Time job

Clinton Chiffers
A cricket pitch is a chain end to end, 22 yards

Grant Ellingford
Clinton Chiffers yes a chain is 792 inches

Clinton Chiffers
Grant Ellingford yes the point makes a difference.

Lynn Mckenzie
Remember those days on the coast with a trench on the big Whanganui

Kevin Oregan
Small chains back then

Don Pearce
Is history being mutated by monkey business ?

Jan Page
Greed

Amön Greening
There use to be that much whitebait around n those days people use to fertilise their gardens with it..

Pete Lusk
One chain = 22 yds

Ed Dando
Can't let even 1 get away

Nicki Thain
Aaaaahhhhh the good ole days

Michael Rose
By 1998 both chains were rusted away

R Stuart Nicholson
They don’t stand a chance

Sharon Malloch
Great photo...but very low water for the Taramakau.

Ron Parish
Must be 20 or more years since had a feed of whitebait

Graeme Murray Bennett
A chain is part of the vessels anchoring gear

Dylan Antonievic
And people wonder why it's fucked Reply1w
Lynn Sheldon
No wonder whitebait is getting scarce.They should be illegal.

Lois Iacoppi
Haven’t seen a pattie this season maybe at the food fair tomorrowTe Ngarahau Mason
Now that's my style, he mite be one of my ancestors
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