Fish for the famous Blue Moki- average size for the area 1.5 - 4 kg with the chance of catching a 5-7 kg fish, a power house of a fish.  Many of us travel north and support the comps up your way, so come on down south and support the Feilding Surfcasting Club who are also holding the 2012 Nationals.

yes you are correct,I have edited the post,I have seen big fish when diving the area and have seen a few fish in the 6 kg bracket hauled out as well my biggest for the area is 5.7 kg and have lost a few bigger ones

Rock or beach fishing scuzz??

Living locally I too have spent my fair share of time through there - as far as line caught fish are concerned 5-6kg fish come out of the bay every year but much beyond that i've not heard of. Let's not get carried away, the vast majority of fish are in the 2-4kg range. But here's hoping the comp produces some big boys! 

Shellfish only EditB, the beaches in this area are steep and most fish are caught just over the drop off

AL BG dont take it personal bro, read my post, I dont mention average sizes, I am stating there ARE some big fish there, just because you havent seen a 8kg MOKI doesn't mean they don't exist.................  I have seen the bugas, and not just one or two........

here is a copy of entry form for the comp guys

Al bg, there are certain people on here that talk a big game, funnily enough it's the same people that talk it up on other forums. Don't know why they do, some of them probably don't need to, some of them obviously do, but to be honest I don't really care. Best just to leave them to it. Hard to find impartial views on this sort of topic I guess.

Big Reddy wrote: Al bg, there are certain people on here that talk a big game, funnily enough it's the same people that talk it up on other forums. Don't know why they do, some of them probably don't need to, some of them obviously do, but to be honest I don't really care. Best just to leave them to it. Hard to find impartial views on this sort of topic I guess. Will someone attending this comp post up the results please?  Good luck to those attending.

Yes well I guess they're entitled, but when people are coming from miles around it'd be a shame from them to get a false impression. Naturally i'd be delighted for someone to catch an 8kg moki, but in my years in this part of the world i've only ever heard of three line caught moki topping 8kg, and they were all Wellington harbour fish (yes you read that right). I guess I do take some umbrance at it being implied that I don't know my stuff in this area, I commercial paua dived here many years ago in addition to surfcasting. However, each to their own and here's to free speech! And to all those fishing comp "may the wind be at your back, and the sand stay from your crack" - oh and I hope you catch a few

  Tempted to enter this contest, but crossing Cook is not cheap so going to wait to see the forecast before booking any tickets. Looked at flying but I really need my truck to transport all of my Surfcasting gear