Kaplin14 wrote: Thanks for the help smudge all I've been catching alot of is stingrays lols. Just need 2 try find something that will keep the wife happy so she keeps giving me gas money😅😅 |
3rnzir wrote: Got a txt from my Son last night.He landed a 80cm snapper off the end of the Matakawawau ramp right on dusk.Land based.In the chilli bin in the garage. An old money 20lber.Personal best for my boy.So happy for him. Measured it myself this morning after my shift. What a blessing that harbour is to our people. Must have been a great battle on a 15' Killwell Beach boss rod eh. |
Kaplin14 wrote: Thanks Mac il make sure I try that next time I head out. I've been using fresh mullet as bait but il try out squid next time. |
smudge wrote:
Mullet is as good a bait as you will get, but it's always good to have squid also. How deep are you fishing? We tend not to catch many rays these days |
Kaplin14 wrote:
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TimTheEagle wrote: Thats a good haul MacSkipper. You must be close to high or low tide to make the current tolerable. How big were your sinkers? We were out over the bar on Saturday and fished 55m, 50, 45, 35 and finally 30 before coming back in. We got 4 Kahawai, 1 Trev and an undersized kingfish (64cm). No sharks or snapper. Went back into the harbor and anchored off Taratara Point but found the current was to high to get to the bottom but alas anchor was stuck solid. I use an anchor buddy and thought I might lose that and the anchor, rope and chain. However managed to stretch the rope enough to get the buddy back into the boat. Then we did some more manoeuvring and the anchor came free. When we got it up we found that one of the danforth's flukes had most of it's welds broken so it bent and released. Called it a day after that but it great to get out and now having smoked fish. Sorry for the delayed report - must try to get onto sooner. One thing I would add to the discussion on bar crossing is the size of the tides heavily influences how rough it can be too. I think this contributed to it being a little lumpy but not breaking everywhere we went on Saturday. Also I launch at Cornwallis so a big low tide equals prepare to deal with mud and a lot more effort at the ramp - take trailer off, push out to boat, load and drag trailer with strop from vehicle up the beach. Thinking of checking out Huia. |
TimTheEagle wrote: MacSkipper my boat is a 5.5m Surtees so doesn't need much water and I tow it with an old 4wd.I need to check out Little Huia at low tide as I remember there are some quite big boulders when i looked a while ago unless they are gone now. I see some old posts saying things were going to change like parking in the paddock. Did that ever happen? Yes Joker - quite lumpy. The only thing quaranteed is that the trip will never be the same twice - always different. Don't giveup Tonto - victory will be sweet. |
TimTheEagle wrote: MacSkipper my boat is a 5.5m Surtees so doesn't need much water and I tow it with an old 4wd.I need to check out Little Huia at low tide as I remember there are some quite big boulders when i looked a while ago unless they are gone now. I see some old posts saying things were going to change like parking in the paddock. Did that ever happen? Yes Joker - quite lumpy. The only thing quaranteed is that the trip will never be the same twice - always different. Don't giveup Tonto - victory will be sweet. |
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