This year’s
trip to the Karikari Peninsula during the first week of the school holidays was
the second with our little FC465 runabout. What a fantastic journey it turned
out to be.
The weather,
which I'd anxiously watched in the lead up to the trip, blessedly included two glassed out days with almost no swell, allowing me to get well out
into Rangaunu Bay. I usually fished in close first thing, then moved out to
about 18m when the sun got up about 9am. When the wind blew up, I happily
fished the Rangaunu Harbour.
Being solo or
with my 5-year-old, I didn’t quite have the guts to head for the islands near
the tip of Karikari, but I was sorely tempted on those flat days.
The week highlights included:
My best snapper
of the trip was a tick over 9lb, on the Z Man Streakz Curly Tail in ‘Midnight Oil’, but the
last fishing session showed how awesome the area can be for small boaties. Due to the narrow shape
near the entrance, the Rangaunu Harbour can still be fished from a small boat
with confidence in strong easterlies. With the help of a good sea anchor and a 3/4oz jighead, I landed more than 20 keepers and a big trev in two hours – all on
the 5” Atomic Sunrise which they attacked as it reached the bottom in 8-9m
across the flats.
A very
special trip which will provide great memories for the winter months to come.
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