As others have noticed, the usual hotspots in Auckland for shallow kings have been holding less fish so ive been venturing around out of town, exploring some new and triyng differnt tide cycles at others ive had sucess at,
Been bit of a journey, the funiest [and also a tad tragic], was a n area i thought bugger all people would bother travelling to only to find the place riddled with Motorhomes each carrying a set net kit!. I counted 20 nets over a 2 kilometre stretch!.
But the most fun and productive spot has been a real eye opener,It suits the Nucanoe perfectly, its a complicated terrain with gutters and bars and all sorts of varriation that would get any standard boat owner in areal tissy, constently changing depths and currents.[im constantly having to tilt up the honda and pole or drag myself out of the s#$%t !]
So after 3 trips there, Trip1 resulting in Nada,So i changed my choice of tide and Trip 2 resulted in sighting 3 kings in 0.5 metre, a solid eat that pulled hook[I was so happy to just see some fish, i really didnt care
].,
Trip 3[Today] sighted two shorttails with riders!! wohoooo,
1 ray with5 kings,
1 ray with 3 kings,
But get this, after multiple fly changes and observations,[the closest i got to a eat was on my old trusty small brown crease fly] detirmined they were keyed on to Crab or flounder, tyed on a pattern, got up to cast, and pooof, theve disapeared!!
went looking down gutters and channels for an hour but nada, gone burger.
Bugger,
all good
ill be back!
After a pretty slow season, with just a couple of bustoffs and few sightings, i was thinking 'maybe just stick to Tauranga', then i thought, Na, go have some fun, unravel some suspicions etc, im glad i did .
I havent completly written off some places,[ that look likely but havent produced] just need to try them again on a different tide.
I realise there will be those that already no this, But Hey, Its my Journey.