Kawakawa bay advice
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Topic: Kawakawa bay advice
Posted By: nick.g
Subject: Kawakawa bay advice
Date Posted: 12 Jul 2014 at 3:53pm
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Hi All, Looking to head out from Kawakawa bay tomorrow if not too windy. Can anyone suggest good spots to try on outgoing tide? In A 3.2m inflatable so not too far out. . Any advice appreciated. Cheers Nick.
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Posted By: Steps
Date Posted: 12 Jul 2014 at 6:23pm
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Yep we are looking at a dawn launch.. head up waiheke channel and if just swell and the opposing tide dosent lift it to high, out side the islands, maybe up around Hooks or Shag... Maybe worth going that way if the swells coming into KK bay a bit more than expect. |
Posted By: pjc
Date Posted: 12 Jul 2014 at 6:33pm
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just try the shallows,straight out from ramp,about 3/4 way across to 1st island not deep 4 to 5 metres but can produce ------------- Sex at 58.Lucky I live at 56 |
Posted By: KiaOraBro
Date Posted: 13 Jul 2014 at 6:18pm
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how did you get on? i went out today aswell from kawakawa and only got 3 snappers, tried multiple spots but very slow day |
Posted By: nick.g
Date Posted: 13 Jul 2014 at 8:11pm
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Cheers for the tips guys. Got out about 9am to the shallows as advised above. Fist time i've stayed put in one spot in kawakawa which is nice. Pretty slow but very steady with a range of sizes in the 30's and 40's to get my limit. . not a single kahawai which was a change. Burley with squid baits did the trick. . a few good strikes on SP's but not enough patience to persist this time. Pretty stoked that the weather turned out, apparently the road was closed the day before. . Previous most successful spot in the bay has been north of the sandbar between the small island an Ponui. Now quite keen to find out how to target kingi's in the area. . |
Posted By: Steps
Date Posted: 14 Jul 2014 at 11:11am
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Rather slow up top of the islands also... found out going tide not quite as producive.. and tide against swell packed the waves up on the outside.. no chop thu Happy , good day out and couple families home with a couple good feeds ... |
Posted By: 3rnzir
Date Posted: 18 Jul 2014 at 9:49pm
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See the dude at the `Tackle Box` container type outlet that does bait and tackle. Buy something from him and he will tell you where his regular customers have been doing well. He is located just down from the KBBC ramp. Can`t miss him. Cheerz ------------- Peace.Via superior firepower.. |
Posted By: James00
Date Posted: 02 Aug 2014 at 12:00am
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Yeah, you can try the shallows, about 3/4 way across to 1st island...Try it out... ------------- http://www.goldstarheatpumps.co.nz/" rel="nofollow - Heat Pump Specialists in Hamilton & Auckland |
Posted By: nick.g
Date Posted: 18 Sep 2014 at 6:41pm
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Hi guys, thanks for previous replies. Shallows as suggested have worked out well on a couple of occasions. Keen to get out sometime this weekend if weather is clear enough, but wondering if anyone can say whether Waiti bay would be sheltered enough in a westerly? Is it possible to launch there? Only got a the 5hp for the time being so can't go too far. I heard of mussel farms round there but not showing on google maps, is this right? Cheers, Nick.
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Posted By: The Brown Hornet!
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2014 at 3:47pm
| yeah mate there is a mussel farm across the other side of the bay (Taniwhanau Point). Not sure about Waiti in a Westerly as the wind can sometime pump through the channel there |
Posted By: Pipo de Clown
Date Posted: 25 Sep 2014 at 9:28am
This really helped me out. Thanks man!
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3rnzir wrote:Posted By: Olfart
Date Posted: 25 Sep 2014 at 10:32am
There is a spot just here that has worked well for me in the past on an incoming tide:
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