I fish much lighter than that in the harbour. I much prefer to strayline in the shallows. Seems to work
Far Quirk wrote: Saturday 3rd October 7:15am to 1pm Came over to the Manukau because the ramps on the Waitemata side would have been manic and the high tide was about 10am.
Perfect day in the Manukau harbour weather-wise, but would the target species play ball? Launched at Huia off the beach, no crowds, absolute doddle even at dead low, and headed round the corner to the Waterfall area and fished a couple of spots close to the cliffs around 10m deep. I stayed out of the big eddy in front of the falls. Nada. Back to Huia to a shallow spot that has produced gurnard in the past. More nada. Bit closer to Kaitarakihi in about 8m, more nada. Out on the inner edge of the Huia bank is a Spot X that is supposed to be good for trevally, about 15m. Released a medium shark and kept a KY for bait. Crossed the bank to the outer side and fished in about 15m. Released a few KY and busted off by a brute that took a big KY bait. The end of the 30lb main line was rubbed through, the trace wasn't long enough. Back to the trevally spot as high tide approached and left just after full tide - Nada. So an empty bin (family don't like KY so it serves us right). Used mullet, pilchard chunks, squid and KY strip baits. Used berley when the tide wasn't too fast (about 2 thirds of the time). Always had 2 rods with tarakihi terror 3/0 recurve hooks and small baits (pilly chunks, mullet and squid) hoping for gurnard. To start with had the sinkers at the top so the baits were on the bottom. Later changed one of them to a dropper rig with the sinker on the bottom. Fairly predictable result - more KY. Also had 2 straylines way out the back with 8/0 or 10/0 circle hooks and bigger strip baits. These caught sharks and a couple of KY. This continues a dismal run. Usually have most difficulty getting a feed in the spring. |
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