Haha that was exactly what we were doing! yeah probly won't go back there for a while untill all the red weed that we were catching goes away  at least!

Cheers

Hey Brendon

some tips for fishing at Shelly: fish the high tide, cast as far as you can straigth out from the wharf, use a BOS type sinker and good baits are mullet and salted bonito.

Good luck for the manukau mate. Shelly is generally better in the summer too.

Hey all,

Went for a fish at Shelly Beach wharf on friday, tide was midday wind was gusting straight in and for four hours fishing me and my old man caught a small kahawai (which was returned), a paddle crab and a big sprat! Another couple of Maori ladies joined us and caught one small gurnard which they threw back aswell. Not good fishing at all but as they say a bad days fishing is better than a good day at work!

I have been fishing from the shore in the Manukau though within sight of cornwallis warf and have had heaps of kahawai and at least one monster sized gurnard each time ive been. So the fish are still around in the shallows in certain places. Out to the Manukau this Friday again i feel.

laterz

Brendon

wouldn't you know it, after two good fishes at MB by myself I took the wife and father inlaw there for the 430 low on sunday. wind was NE and blowing straight in, a bit unpleasant but had muddied the water and broke up the surface quite nicely.

thought it could be quite good but anyway, despite lots of little bites, no keepers.

a rig with small hooks revealed tiny snapper were having our baits for dinner.

oh well, if its not hard sometimes, then where is the fun when its good?

i hope the small snaps bode well for later in the season, as i've yet to catch one land based. (a keeper)

cheers all

Good on you Seal, well done.

The walk is only steep comming back eh! Just make sure you empty those wee brown bottles so you don't have to carry them up with all that fish in your pack!

Good to hear the M bay is still giving up the fish.

Ross

another westie here.

had an OK day on Monday at Mosq B. 4 Kahawai, 1 gurnard, on pillies and bonito. Fishing up (and past) the midday low tide. That's all the fish I can deal with eating!

I wouldn't beat yourselves up about going at dawn, although it was hardly electric fishing at this time over about 4 hours, and mostly quite sunny. As long as I get a feed i'm just happy to be there

you are right about the walk it's very steep.

Old shelly bearch wharf, been meaning to do a mission up there for a gurnard fish for a while now.

Too bad to hear ya didnt have much luck at Te Pora boz, dawn raid next time eh

Haha yeah gp the West.

Yep Mosquito Bay is fairly good Dan. Bit of a mission to get to. Basically drive towards helensville, then turn left and go thru Parakai and follow the road, thru South Head township and keep going til you go up a big hill and the road ends. Takes about an hour from my place i think, maybe a bit longer. Anyway u gota park at the top of the hill then walk down a steep hill.

Once at the beach then if its low tide then walk straight out to the water and wade a bit then cast and ya should be casting near or into the channel. If its high then you can stroll round to the rocks on the right and go till a cant go any further, bout 5 or 10 mins and cast off the rocks.

Apart from Mozzie Bay there's f#ck all, can try Shelley Beach wharf for a feed of gurnard or kahawai, with the odd snapp in summer.

Wizard, Mosquito bay can give a feed if you get the tides right. Interesting place to fish and sit while the boats pass by.

Good to see there's a bunch of us "Westies" on the net.

Ross