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    Posted: 04 Feb 2010 at 6:26pm
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How many km offshore do you need to go in winter in order to catch fish? (I live on East Coast Bays, Auckland)
 
Can you catch any fish in the winter in a kayak? Or is it only a summer time thing?
 
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Nah fish stop eating from April 1st until October 29th then its all on.
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Phish is been a little sarcastic. Winter fishing is awesome better than november to january in my opinion. Here in the BOP its a good time to fish. Cant speak for up where you are.
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You need one of these lures for the fish you catch up your wayLOL


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Sure can.   Just dress for the cold and wet.     You will probably do better with natural bait and berley and by targetting reefs.    
 
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Originally posted by Naki man Naki man wrote:

You need one of these lures for the fish you catch up your wayLOL
 
Haha too true... too true. I caught a snapper which was 11cm long in the weekend.


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I live on the shore and I know you can get good snapper in close around the reefs but really never gave it a good crack. I must admit to being a bit of a winter hibernater TBHLOL and I don't really like making my kayak dirty with stinkbait and berley which is best in winter, although softies will work.
Had a lot of success off the rocks in winter though up the coast and that can be applied to yak fishing. 
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I mostly hibernate, but what I do catch in (Auckland) winters is usually large, so a trip out is worth it.

Also, kayak fishing doesn't have to be saltwater - I've had some great winter trips for trout to those central NI lakes and larger (slower) rivers that allow winter trolling
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