Hamiltons Gap can be snaggy from what I've heard and I guess it's those who allow their lines to sweep around that have trouble but I know a guy who sets his just south of the rocks there. I know you need a huge distance between lines

Thanks Smudge

smudge wrote: I know a guy here who regularly sets his  long line at Kario, I can't recall his user name but hopefully he will be able to help you out.

Is not Fishfeeder that goes kontiking awawhitu?? 

Had a trial run at H gap tonight and had her going straight out with the line off set at the back to counter the northerly flow in a pretty ugly Swell. Was going perfectly until my bro appears to have turned the motor off whilst playing with remote maybe 5mins of no pull and it getting washed north was enough to keep it at a angle to the beach when it continued on its way for the rest of the 30min cycle. It ended up still being visible but only about 3/4 through the breakers and 45deg from its original direction.

Seeing as it would have only washed ashore anyway we pulled it back in early. There must be a bit of a ledge there and maybe not the best spot as we caught a brown Gurnard on the the last hook (closest to beach) and had several with seaweed and a few traces missing too. One good kahawai and about half of the remaining hooks had bait eaten so maybe fishy but the issue at the start meant we were never going to do well.

Still a learning curve for us and a nice couple hours with family. But not sure if we'll be doing it there next time.