Gamefishing Updates - Whangaroa - 18/19

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 Feb 2019 at 6:42pm
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Mattoo,

As an ocean sst user can you see why the marlin have stacked up of cone rock from the data you have?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 Feb 2019 at 6:53pm
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Yes I can see with my own eyes  and experience from many previous years in same area, look for the signs, feel the ocean, birds have way better vision than my old eyes, smell the Marlin, all lead to same result. Too many retards don't know how to read the signs, rely on Facebook or messenger or keyboard warriors  which is way off track, ask any of my clients & friends what is going on by fisherman who actually catch fish, not just write about it.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 Feb 2019 at 7:27pm
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Oh My God. Those are the most eloquently spoken words I have heard for a long time! GO 19 20 21 22 23...……….
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 Feb 2019 at 7:34pm
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Yeah not really what I was Asking Steve that’s ok though.....
My question is ... is he finding it a valuable tool....?
Those fish have been off cone for a while in various numbers.
I imangine quite a few boats out there.....

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 Feb 2019 at 8:50pm
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Hodder,

I have no real time experience and as Steve points out being there is more info.

But as you asked.
I will have a look.
But my opinion or view on what I see maybe as valuable as thin air.

So where is cone rock.....
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 Feb 2019 at 9:17pm
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I don't know either but Cone Island is Northern end of Stevies so assume that is also called cone rock by the locals. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 Feb 2019 at 9:24pm
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Thanks Krow,
Also cone rocks off whangaruru if memory serves me.

However As Steve likes to hunt that northern area ill look at that zone.

More than likely though there was a party held by the locals and open to all visitors.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 Feb 2019 at 11:56pm
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Just got back from whangaroa.Been up there since Saturday. Had a great time.tagged a stripy and weighed my first yellow fin.also dropped a horse of a fish after 1.5 hours.All set for a day off newplymouth tomorrow.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 6:16am
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Cone rock about 3 nauticalmiles up the coast from Taupo Bay and about 1 nauatical up from that is Wekarua Island . Well done steve , looks like some fin about to .
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24 Feb 2019 at 11:54am
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Did a day live baiting the other day. Loads of boats and quite sloppy. While some launches did well all we.managed was a mako.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24 Feb 2019 at 11:56am
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Originally posted by White snake White snake wrote:

Just got back from whangaroa.Been up there since Saturday. Had a great time.tagged a stripy and weighed my first yellow fin.also dropped a horse of a fish after 1.5 hours.All set for a day off newplymouth tomorrow.


Congrats. Were you on lures? We did a couple of days now for no bites just seeing others. How deep were your bites
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24 Feb 2019 at 3:02pm
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Hi Jake.Both marlin were hooked off berghans in 127m and the yellow fin in 90m north end of stevie's.All on lures.seems alot of guys live baiting up there though.something I've yet to try
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 02 Mar 2019 at 5:54pm
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We gave the live bait ago. No luck for us
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 Mar 2019 at 9:26pm
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Hey guys hows the fishing been going over the weekend? Looking at heading up for the week from the waikato
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Mar 2019 at 7:09am
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There have been fish around. Others have done well. Read above posts.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Mar 2019 at 12:16pm
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Green gold Merlin strikes again. 130kg est in 130m off Karikari. Pretty quiet overall though. Even had to do some Snapper fishing
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 Mar 2019 at 3:29pm
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6am tomorrow morning and 22 hours of towing plus a stop and ferry ride should see me at Whangaroa.
 
Hopes, better weather than last year.
 
Ambition, catch one solo.
 
Wish me luck please fellas.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 Mar 2019 at 3:37pm
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Based on what we saw the past few days I would stay in the 90m - 130m depths from Stevies through to Karikari as a starting point. Seem to be plenty of skippies around once you find the right depths. Not a lot of bait around though so if you find good bait it is worth working around it for a while.apparently there were marlin rounding up bait in 90m on the North Ground yesterday morning.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 Mar 2019 at 4:40pm
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Best of luck reel crayze.

Big drive, bigger mission.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10 Mar 2019 at 8:19pm
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Weather looks pretty good for it up there too, best of luck to ya'll.
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