[QUOTE=Roofless]Posting on behalf of bazza
Many thanx to "Roofless" for posting these pics on my behalf as the
image posting once more is not working for me inasmuch as will not show recent pics on file in order to be able to select those required. Even Roofless says he encountered problems posting them & had to crop them in order to post ... but at least he managed to locate the images in order to do so.
Like many here have been finding the fishing on the Kaipara ultra productive of late albeit can barely buy a bite in areas that have historically always produced in the past.
Don't know what others here think but I am rather puzzled as to what has brought about such dramatic change when fishing the harbour both good & bad.
Not so long ago a trip out on the harbour would normally result in a mixed bag of snapper, gurnard, trevally, ky plus un wanted species such as sharks, rays along with endless doggies & the scollies all but disappeared overnight. Nowadays the catch seems to predominately be a one or two species bag .... in a harbour as large as it is .... why ?????????
The up side of course is the fishing can be absolutely unreal as the photos being posted of late bear testimony to the fact & on a recent trip in about 4 mtrs of water had five rods down when it all went ballistic & in short order had five hefty snaps flapping on the floor of the boat due to no time to unhook them so had to reduce the rods to one each in order to cope.
Not only were the fish a good size but were fat as with uncharacteristic for the harbour had a deep pink / orange colouring as if they have come in from outside the harbour ... maybe they have. Another upside is that any bait offered is gulped down whole therefore can often be re used to account for another eager "customer" & last week only used four mullet fillets for a limit bag each which is a welcome change from the hordes of little bait snatchers occupying the gulf at present.
fish in from deeper water
Have noticed the OS snaps have tummies full of tiny mussels about 10 mm long ... could it be there are mussel beds forming that are luring the fish in from deeper water & reflecting back now we noticed how clear the water was which would support a mussel bed theory.
Anyone else noticed such dramatic changes & if so any suggestions as to what may have influenced them?
This weekend looking promising weather wise to test out any theories so see you out there.
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