going for a night fish, surf casting at spot x on the matata straights sat night. this wild weathers meant to be calming down around midnight so guna fish from then through til it gets light sunday morning. that way will fish the whole incoming tide.  it'l will be the first time the wind and swell has dropped since this weather started so hopefully the fish will be feeding hard on everything that will have been stirred up. worst case if the waether doest calm down completly will have the 4wd to shelter in. anyway my question is has anyone else been surfcasting at night in that area in the last 2-3 weeks? and if so how did u get on? i know it slows down in numbers of snapper at this time of the year but the average size goes up. will post a report when i get back as to how i get on.

I'd check this forecast first and with a week of North easterlies pounding the area the weed could be a bit of a challenge, full moon's up also. Id give it a few days, let the southerly do its thing and the moon wane and come up a bit later, thinking about a winter trip myself, when its right....
http://www.swellmap.com/surfing/new-zealand/matata

I'm itching to get out but I don't like the idea of casting a bait into 2-3m crashing waves for hours on end re-baiting every 2 mins (in the rain at that)....I'll stay clear of the coast for a while. Prob still get into the harbour this weekend, as I said, I'm itching.

40knot on shore with a swell predicted up to 4metres tonight and still waiting for the rain!

Hey how did it go??? Manage to keep bait in the water?? It stopped blowing completely in Rotas around midnight and awesome morning this morning!! Hope you managed to check it out !!

Nothing worse than having wowsers for mates ay!! Barry Crump would be rolling in his grave!! Were's all the good keen men when you need them!