I expect OP is an abbreviation for Orere Point.

I use to love fishing at OP.  It sounds like it's been hard going recently. 

Mate that’s awesome nice feed there.

I recently picked up a second hand Viking Profish 400 which is fantastic, but I have one query that I've not been able to find an answer for anywhere. I'm hoping there is some knowledge here that could help.

There are three cord stays on the right side just above the paddle keepers. The image shows them in the green box. I cannot figure out what they're for. Not one of the reviews I've seen have even mentioned them and they didn't seem to make it onto new models so I guess they weren't that useful. Anyone here know what they're for, or have any use for them?

Not strictly Auckland, but not too far away. Decided to have a look at the Kaiaua farms on Monday and take advantage of the light winds. Paddled out first thing and found a nice looking spot, in 9 meters, between a laden row and a harvested row. A little slow to start, picking up the occasional pannie. A couple of hours in, a light bite became a decent run. I hit it and all hell broke loose. Luckily he took off under that harvested row, which gave me a chance. 5 mins later, a solid 13 pounder popped up. Pretty stocked, but still had bait to use. 30 mins later, another good run and on again. Once again, it headed under the harvested row. Another intense fight and a 15 pound snap popped up. I was feeling pretty stoked, particularly when using 6kg line. Decided it was a good note to end on, so home I headed. Strips of salted trout were the magic ingredient when it came to the bait used.

I Have been a bit slack on trip reports but have only managed two trips so far this winter, with winter sports 3 kids and weather windows, it's tricky.

14 June Orere Point
Winter is my favorite time for fishing, very few people on the water, snapper in good condition and the chance of catching bigger fish. Was a beautiful morning with good snaps on straight away. With 6 in the bin and one going 58cm I thought one more would top off a great morning. Sure enough the rod bent over and with no drouge in the water I went for a bit of a ride. Was absolutely stoked to get a 69cm fat snapper on board with no net ( need to get a new net ) it was home before lunch prepping snaps for smoker.



July 26 Orere Point.
With more big snaps on my mind I paddled out into the cold just before first light straight into a South easterly, freezing. In the distance I could see a boat drifting on my regular spot doing exactly what I do. We mirrored each other's drift lines for about an hour before the boat gave up and took off into the distance. It was slow going in the cold but still managed a bin of 40cm snappers. Hopefully back out there soon.

Managed to sneak out last Saturday to a new piece of coast line i have been eyeing up for a while. Was up very early and paddleing out in twilight, still haven't replaced the sounder so studied a chart and had a rough idea where i wanted to set up a drift line. Was straight into the snaps with lots of throw backs and every fifth one or so worth keeping. Was drifting quickly as the wind was strong so paddled back to start point and in real close to beach, about 200m off beach and in about 4m of water I did a second drift parallel with beach and picked up a good feed biggest going 40cm. Fish were all in real good condition. So good seeing some new scenery with a bin full of fish and far less distance to paddle.

Back out there with my boy Saturday morning very early. Wind was supposed to pick up about 9am but it was glass as we paddled out as the sun came up. Unfortunately that was probably the best part . Fishing was very tuff. The thick cloud never let the sun come through and after 2hrs of casting softies we were both pretty cold. Lots of tail grabbers and a few undersized released we made the last cast call at least 10 times. We came across a patch and I landed 2 @40cm fish and the young fella managed to make one stick , to small to keep but big enough to raise his spirits. A real testing day that makes the good days special. Fresh air, good exercise and feed so can't complain. Taking the young fella up north in a couple weeks for a private yak comp so all good practice. 👍

Our annual trip to Papa Aroha, Coromandel was last weekend 8th 9th, for nth shore kayak fishing club
Word around the campground mentioned it was really hard going all week, both in close or to the outer islands.
Plenty of undersize fish everywhere with some nice ones if you can get on to them... they said



Friday morning, perfect conditions. I stayed in close. The current was ripping thru in 9m. Plenty of bait sign with not much else around, except throwbacks
Before top of the tide I got some snaps to mid 30s on fresh macks... all released then it stopped for me around high tide
Soft baited while dragging a slider, snagged the slider then pulled up a rock with shellfish on it.
Marked that spot then kept going, paddled back in
Went out again for last few hours of the outgoing, all undersize = skunking

Sat morning perfect conditions again... went straight to the snagged spot.
First drop, fish in the bin straight away & that was it for the next 2hrs, few undersize went back, kept some fresh macks but was very quiet - now what
Paddled around, found some nice reef structure under a cliff face. Up comes a gill bleeder just over legal, kept for the bin then the tide changes
Paddled to the other end of the reef for the outgoing. First drop with fresh mack baits, a good line puller on my 4kg mono setup. The fish stayed high in 5m, pulled more line a few more times then slid in the net
Enough fish for me, headed back in. Couple low - mid 40s & a nice conditioned 63cm

Bullet wrote: Slow going, nice to round out the club trip with a few. Wish a few more would post on here again.