whats your target species ?

long way to go either way for just snaps but especially top of coro, takes a long time, especially in winter, last winter the little bay bridge had collapse and the road can wash out so check the website first, but top of coro is good for kings, i find the snaps tend to be better up north. strictly talking land based. but either location has both. do you know where abouts north coro you would fish?

Not to fust on traveling. We normally have an average dig for a king but always go back to getting a pb snap and getting a good feed for the wife and kids.

Thanks heaps mate! Great advice. Cheers for taking the time. Coro here we come

At Port Jackson campground, suss out the stream at first thing in the morning, change of light & put a live bait out for a king, some nice ones come out of there at times.
The "saddle" that FizFisho mentions is to the right of the hills that you will see from the campground. 15mins walk & is best in the last half of the outgoing tide, fishing into late afternoon/change of light. It gets a lot of fishing pressure as it is an easy access spot.

I would do the walk to the left of the campground, past the stream & go over the hill & through the gates & drop down on the platform, you will see it from the top of the hill... you will discover "new" mussels when you get back. Good for kings, snaps & kahawai. The water is shallow, similar to the "saddle" but gets less foot traffic there. It fishes well in a sou west wind on an out going tide, even tho the SW wind come directly from the auck area, the wind will be on your back if you fish the spot I am talking about

Do not rule out Fletcher bay & the Pinnacles. Campground & backpackers there. Its an hour walk to a hot & cold fishing possie, seen better kings come out of there, than PJ. Watch out if there is a ground swell coming in. Time your walk right as there is a place you will not be able to get through if the tide is 2.5hrs either side of high

All these places fish better either side of low, especially the last 2hrs of the outgoing, into late evening. You want to be up there from new moon to full moon & about 2-3 days after the full, around first quarter is ideal, after that it is barren. SE wind is bloody hard going but sort of ok to the left of PJ, but I wouldn't bother going up with a SE forecast
Unusual place up there, it is either on or off, even when you get the moon phase right. You don't want calm conditions either
Learn how to catch Piper, when Kings are on, most times there are no kahawai to be found, but there are heaps of piper... they love live piper

Good luck

BananaBoat wrote: At Port Jackson campground, suss out the stream at first thing in the morning, change of light & put a live bait out for a king, some nice ones come out of there at times. The "saddle" that FizFisho mentions is to the right of the hills that you will see from the campground. 15mins walk & is best in the last half of the outgoing tide, fishing into late afternoon/change of light. It gets a lot of fishing pressure as it is an easy access spot. I would do the walk to the left of the campground, past the stream & go over the hill & through the gates & drop down on the platform, you will see it from the top of the hill... you will discover "new" mussels when you get back. Good for kings, snaps & kahawai. The water is shallow, similar to the "saddle" but gets less foot traffic there. It fishes well in a sou west wind on an out going tide, even tho the SW wind come directly from the auck area, the wind will be on your back if you fish the spot I am talking about Do not rule out Fletcher bay & the Pinnacles. Campground & backpackers there. Its an hour walk to a hot & cold fishing possie, seen better kings come out of there, than PJ. Watch out if there is a ground swell coming in. Time your walk right as there is a place you will not be able to get through if the tide is 2.5hrs either side of high All these places fish better either side of low, especially the last 2hrs of the outgoing, into late evening. You want to be up there from new moon to full moon & about 2-3 days after the full, around first quarter is ideal, after that it is barren. SE wind is bloody hard going but sort of ok to the left of PJ, but I wouldn't bother going up with a SE forecast Unusual place up there, it is either on or off, even when you get the moon phase right. You don't want calm conditions either Learn how to catch Piper, when Kings are on, most times there are no kahawai to be found, but there are heaps of piper... they love live piper Good luck

Is snapper rock worth a look or not really?

nickstaa wrote: OnTheRocks wrote: Is snapper rock worth a look or not really?   If I had access to an inflatable , I would go as far away as possible from Snapper rock.

While I agree, I have seen and caught some pretty good Kings there, biggest being 18kg and plenty from 10-15kg. Also saw the biggest king of my life there a few years back, swear it had to have been 40kg, cruising along the ledge at my feet, thought it was a dolphin at first.

I haven't fished there for maybe 2-3 years though and you're normally very lucky to be fishing it alone. Worth a crack if you find it empty and don't fancy a long walk.

As you said though, far better options available with the inflatable.

Is this the spot nick?? (: