Last 6 times been out at new plouth port nothong but sharks and cuda i need help... it sucks. Somebody please steer me right direction tried bell block reef, oakura waitara opposite the white bridge all depths and straight from port can someone please give me coordinates of a good spot as ive been out 6 times in 3 weeks and notjing its starting to put me off fishing all together...

I don't know the Naki, but this time of year on the west coast can be frustrating with sharks and couttas often very hard to get past. A few more weeks and it will be all on.

I fished out from newplymouth a few times when my old man lived there last year. We did all right around those islands by the port a few times. Otherwise just keep moving till you find the fish. Ha ve you got a depthsounder/fishfinder?
When fishing the west coast further north if not sure what depth to try I would start under 10m and just try for a while. Keep moving out and trying different depths until you get onto something good. Normally found snapper out deeper this time of year, but gurnard can be right in close.
And sometimes you gotta fish through all the sharks until you find something better. At least on the west coast its always gonna be interesting. Hang in there.......nearly spring.

30-40mtrs right behind sadleback there is good gurnad to be had......But like others have said this time of the year can be painfull

It will warm up soon

Cigar wrote: spaceships wrote: I fished out from newplymouth a few times when my old man lived there last year. We did all right around those islands by the port a few times. Isn't it a reserve around the islands? Trolling only when I was down there (no bottom fishing).

actually I think you are right but we did stay out of the reserve area