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Late start got to ramp 5.30am and fished kaiaua farm 6.30till 8.00 for 1 x 46cm snappper.Crossed 1/2 to wilson bay and had a drift, 2 x 32 cm and a decent hammerhead. across to coro farm and sat for 1.5hrs nil. Went 1/2 across to ponui and another drift 1 x 33cm in my shallow spot at ponui and hooked a bronzie,bugger picked up 2x 33cm snapper and called it a day.

At kaiaua farm had a pod of dolphins go down row we were in,fast moving feeding on something.

Plenty of sign on sounder but at Bruce Duncan said in his report,guts still full so not feeding,these fish had roe yet last weekl nil roe.
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Got out today after being layed up for a few months with shingles, very hard going only took 3 lots of small ones. Filleted when got home and one was really white which pissed me off, what a waste of.

By the time I cleaned the boat and put everything away, I was stuffed.
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Originally posted by Kandrew Kandrew wrote:

Got out today after being layed up for a few months with shingles, very hard going only took 3 lots of small ones. Filleted when got home and one was really white which pissed me off, what a waste of.

By the time I cleaned the boat and put everything away, I was stuffed.
Were you fishing up whangaporoa way or down coro? Water seems warm for early summer holding sharks
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Originally posted by Pcj Pcj wrote:

Originally posted by Kandrew Kandrew wrote:

Got out today after being layed up for a few months with shingles, very hard going only took 3 lots of small ones. Filleted when got home and one was really white which pissed me off, what a waste of.

By the time I cleaned the boat and put everything away, I was stuffed.
Were you fishing up whangaporoa way or down coro? Water seems warm for early summer holding sharks
Around whangaparoa
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That sounds like a tuff day Kandrew i think we've all been there. 

What a great weekend it was for boating. After months of promising the kids i would take them on the boat the stars finally aligned. Had planned to go to Onetangi but have read no anchoring there due to calurpa weed. Didnt want to be that guy so 
after a last minute change of  plans i booked a table at man o war after being snobbed there last year and swearing never to go back!
Got to the ramp at 9am with wife and 3 kids to a empty ramp ( unheard of ) the conditions were mint and we cruised around the bottom end of Waiheke at 25 mph for 3900rpm. Dropped the mrs and 3year old at Man o War and took the 7 and 9 year old for softbait in the shallows. This piece of coastline is consistent for me and although has never produced a fish bigger than 50cm it is a great place to hone your softbaiting skills. starting a drift in 10m and fishing right into the coast, 1m or less sometimes. we were catching little snaps right away and wasnt long before we had a 35cm model for the bin. spending time with the kids and watching every cast go further, teaching them how to retrieve and stay in contact with the softbait is very rewarding. it was almost time to go for lunch when in about 1.5m of water both kids hooked up, a 40cm and 35cm snapper came on board. Both wanted to stay out and they never complained the whole time....Wow. After lunch with the rich and famous we headed home in glass conditions. my boy was a real help at the ramp and even winched the boat all the way on the trailer!

Sunday was a early start with workmate on board and we headed for the spot past the Noises where i had unfinished business with a Kingfish. Straight into some nice snaps with one going 55cm. Had a real good snap on for a minute or so before hook pulled ( bugger ) with 4 in the bin by 8am in then went real quite. Workmate hadnt landed a single fish and was looking pretty sad. he was time restricted so i did my best to get him a legal snap, we tried around Zeno rock, bottom end of Rakino and top end of Motutapu all for nothing! I was happy to go home before it really heated up and lucky for me mate everything on the boat gets split equally....... Ill take the kids next time lol. Got home sat down and i was still rocking with ocean. spent about 5 hrs cleaning boat and trailer and gave everything  real polish up. A great weekend to be out....... not so good for the bank balance.

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Great report, Hopkins, thanks for taking the time to post.
It's awesome that you were able to get some nice pannies not that far from a major city. We're still pretty lucky, even with the population pressure having multiplied.

We're at a similar stage in terms of the kids - my oldest (just turned 11) is able to cast and retrieve softbaits by himself now, while I fish on the other side and help the younger one (8) - or supervise him dragging a softbait.
They are both making positive noises about getting out again this summer, so I'm just waiting for the weather to play ball at the times we can go out. We'll go to similar areas as you, and target pannies. The older one is keen to get a big snap, but I've told him that's not particularly likely in our area. So now he wants to join me up at Houhora!
I think it'll be fun to take the older one with me to the anchovy workup action in a couple of months' time, as he'll have a ball on horse kahawai, and may even tangle with a kingie if he's lucky..
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Cheers TTK. It's hard work with the kids at times but better than them staring at screens.

We were back out there on boxing day. I saw a window and took it as the rest of the week was looking pretty bad. Battering the family through the classic Hauraki Gulf chop I dropped the wife and youngest at Oneroa and tucked into the coast out of the wind.

We were softbaiting in 10 - 15m and the kids were getting restless with me telling them, " its not on the bottom yet " , "stop winding so fast", "you were casting further last week" once again we were about to head in when my sons softbait took off while on the drop. " flick the bail arm over " NOW! Lucky I've got my expensive rods leashed as it nearly ripped out of his hands. Not a big snapper but a PB for him , it pulled some line and I could see him repositioning the butt of the rod under his armpit for more strength. The kids were buzzing with a 45cm snap coming on board. It was time to head ashore.

The ride home was wild . We got caught in heavy rain just north of Cruso rock. The kids thought it was great fun but the wife not so much , haha.
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Got away for a few days down coro town.Bait best bring to bring your own as squid seems to be the only bait availiable,Went out Tuesday to Waimate Island fished where harvester working nothing but undersize ,went around to other side more undetr size but did get a keeper. Got talking to barge skipper at ramp and said he noticed only undersize in crap going overboard.

Said going to work Mania on Thursday and to fish in front of him as he works in reverse when harvesting,nil/undersize. went out to deep farm towards kaiaua and had a bit ogf success,stopped at farm at deadmans pt and got our limitin quick time. Thanks to a maintaince vessel who was adding bouiys,came over and shook 2 rows a wave and left.Yep did the trick.Nothing big 33/40 but worth it. 

On the bait front took a drive across to whitianga for lunch and brought frozenflat pack mullet fillets. put some fishbite strip on hook to and most of time bait still there but fishbite gone so will get some more,got a few on sb in rod holder.

2 days 15 for home. no complaints
"Times up"
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