Nine Pin Rock - Whatipu
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Topic: Nine Pin Rock - Whatipu
Posted By: iFISH17
Subject: Nine Pin Rock - Whatipu
Date Posted: 14 Nov 2014 at 4:51pm
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Wassup everyone I headed to Whatipu this week the weather was pretty crazy. I was told to go to Nine Pin Rock but the conditions werent the best so i didnt go. Just a couple of questions. Do you get stuck on there as the tide comes in ? What size sinker should i be using ? Is there anything i should watch out for while im on there ?
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Posted By: topdog
Date Posted: 14 Nov 2014 at 6:10pm
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Hi, yep better be careful on the nine pin rock. It does get surrounded with water at ful tide, and can be dangerous trying to wade back through the water to land when there is a swell running. Many people over the years have had their last day out there. Sinker size? Depends on how much tide is running, you will soon find out. Most people use break-out sinkers (sand grip) down that way as the tide rushes past there. Sometimes easier just to go up the beach a bit from the ninepin and surfcast. A number of good fish caught there in the last year. Good luck |
Posted By: rusty360
Date Posted: 14 Nov 2014 at 6:28pm
be bloody carefull out there mate. Ive done a few searches looking for missing people in that area that have not ended well
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Posted By: Big Kev
Date Posted: 18 Nov 2014 at 4:07am
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you lose a lot of gear off the 9 pin lots of mussells and you have to stay out over the high tide, not ideal if you have an accident, good fishing off the beach yhough ive caught some big trevs and huge kahawai out of the bay by the 9 pin or walk a bit up to the surf beach for snapper or go to the left and around the back of the rocks there for kingfish ------------- "The worst day fishing is better than the best day working" |
Posted By: eynon
Date Posted: 18 Nov 2014 at 5:02pm
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do you ever have to wade at low tide? or is there always dry access on the low? whats the security like in the carpark?
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Posted By: mouthu
Date Posted: 18 Nov 2014 at 9:08pm
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At low tide the access is usually dry, but sometimes not. The sand moves around all the time. Don't risk it if the water is knee deep, a life jacket isn't a bad idea there either. The car park is pretty safe all the time. ------------- Yes it was me, I screwed it up for everyone. |
Posted By: andy101
Date Posted: 19 Nov 2014 at 10:08pm
don't think that sounds right ,(the car park is pretty safe all the time.) |
mouthu wrote:Posted By: mouthu
Date Posted: 19 Nov 2014 at 11:01pm
Well in the 20+ years I've been going out there to fish, I've never had any issues with rods I've left on the roof rack while I've been there, and I've noticed other people haven't had things stolen when I've been there either.
This ain't the North Shore. ------------- Yes it was me, I screwed it up for everyone. |