Aotea harbour
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Category: Saltwater Fishing
Forum Name: Landbased & Surfcasting
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Printed Date: 30 Jan 2026 at 6:37pm
Topic: Aotea harbour
Posted By: o Neill
Subject: Aotea harbour
Date Posted: 25 Dec 2015 at 6:55pm
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looking to have some trips there as a change from the Bop in the dark and snapper. trevs and big kahawai in daylight and perhaps some Gurnard.
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Posted By: Dave0308
Date Posted: 25 Dec 2015 at 7:50pm
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It's a nice spot you should have no probs with the snaps,ky & trevs but you might find it hard to find any gurnard, my family have fished there (although not much in recent times) since the 1930's and i only know of 2 good gurnard being caught, but you can see plenty of juveniles when dragging a net ??. They do get plenty of them in Kawhia harbor though
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Posted By: o Neill
Date Posted: 25 Dec 2015 at 8:06pm
thanks for that keen to try new venue guess I just walk towards the entrance?
Kawhia harbour down past the marae looks like another worthwhile spot for similar species.
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Posted By: Dave0308
Date Posted: 25 Dec 2015 at 8:27pm
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yep in the bay just before the entrance last 2 hrs out & first 2 hrs of incoming tide as there will be plenty of current but if they are small tides you may get a bit longer. Another good spot to try is where you launch the boats there are mussel lines there (spat only I think)either end but prob the southern end where another channel branches off, if you go there take tall mate and a flounder net with you and you should get a feed of them there. Himmmm I need to get back out there myself and get a feed of them flounders.
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Posted By: o Neill
Date Posted: 25 Dec 2015 at 9:38pm
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That's great thanks I'll look on Google maps and plan for trips in late summer/autumn and report back, be great to have a viable daylight venue.
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Posted By: GruntaSport
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2023 at 8:02am
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Just picked up a nice trev for breakfast off Lawton Drive
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