will def go up again for another go but prob high tide in the morning rather that evening..

 

anyway was all good for the first time,

 

ill let you know how i get on

 

cheers

 

This spot is not a consistent producer of fish but it's a nice easy introduction to west coast surfcasting and it can sometimes turn it on, and if the fishing's crap on the day then at least the scenery is outstanding.

I've had my best days surfcasting a few hundred metres up the beach from ninepin when I landed 15 kahawai in a couple of hours with the largest going 3kg, was awesome.

If you're going to try the kaipara then mossie bay is at the end of south head rd, steep track straight down, fish it about 2-3 hours either side of low. It's best to go to the left or right of the bay as there seems to be a shelf right in front that will lose you a lot of sinkers and mess up your line. Shelley beach wharf is supposedly a hotspot for gurnard but I've only ever caught small sharks there, I think it fishes best on an incoming tide from about half tide in.

Good luck

There isn't any west coast beaches you'd want to fish (surf cast) from on your own. I've learn't this and I wear a foam life jacket all the time out west wether I'm on the beach or the rocks.

 

If you do go to Whatipu, walk out to Nine Pin rock, it's got a light house type thingy on it, and fish to the right of it, be aware of the tide coming in around you though so you don't get cut off. Fish there three to two hours of out going tide until an hour after low tide, it comes in really quick depending on where the sand has moved to.

 

There's a spot at the end of the road on the kaipara peninsula with a track down to the rocks? I think???

I can't remember the name of it, but I'm sure someone here will tell you.

Wouldn't bother in more than 1.5m of swell but thats just my take on it especially from rocks out west.

Remember west coast = many more rouge waves twice as large as you expect.