The Tamure Kid wrote: Great report, FQ. Good on you for giving it a crack, not easy to move to a new place and have immediate success - especially a harbour the size of the Manukau. Dad and I drove all the way around to the Wattle Bay area on the Awhitu a few years ago with the dinghy, and had a go for gurnard. Dad got a couple, but I just hooked toothless sharks and kahawai. It was strange to have so much current, and be fishing ledger rigs in only a few metres of water. Definitely a lot to learn about tides, locations etc on what appears to be a pretty featureless harbour unless you're looking down on it from a jet aircraft, when the channels and banks are very obvious.
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Kevin.S wrote: A certain local gurnard expert has been heard to extol the virtues of manky old freezer burnt kahawai as great bait. Maybe bait, like fine wines and good cheese, just gets better with age. |
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