Gamefishing Updates - New Plymouth to Raglan 17/18
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Topic: Gamefishing Updates - New Plymouth to Raglan 17/18
Posted By: Grunta
Subject: Gamefishing Updates - New Plymouth to Raglan 17/18
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2017 at 3:31pm
| Game-fishing reports, updates, and pics here. Good luck for the season folks. |
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Posted By: Rainbow
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2017 at 5:23pm
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Apparently two schools of albies have been seen at 80m off the port. Has anybody else seen any???????? Conditions would certainly OK for them so early. Cheers Rainbow
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Posted By: Catchelot
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2017 at 7:34pm
There is very good SST off NP, I will see if I can find the pic...
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Posted By: Catchelot
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2017 at 9:25pm
Here tiz, looking very good... |
Posted By: Rainbow
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2017 at 9:33pm
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Update: 4 albies were caught straight off the port Rainbow
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Posted By: ninjabert
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2017 at 2:22pm
| Sweet - good to hear. Guess it's almost time for the drive up from welly :) |
Posted By: Rainbow
Date Posted: 31 Dec 2017 at 8:21am
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G ood to be out wide with the boys. As secala said lots of kings following us under the yaks but were not really interested in our lures. Water temperature colder than recent at about 18degrees dropping to 17 in the afternoon. Colour a washed out blue all day. Good to see that Rodney scoring the first albie of the season but still in 2017 !!!!!! My kingfish was 91cm and 10.2kg Rainbow
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Posted By: ninjabert
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2018 at 11:26am
| Also scored 2 albies late december around the 80m mark straight out from the port. |
Posted By: BenM
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2018 at 9:11pm
| Woops I wrote a post in here that was meant to go in the Manukau thread! Can't see a delete button sorry mods... |
Posted By: Moocha
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2018 at 4:04pm
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First stick face for the season in the Naki I hear
Well done crew on Wild Bill and team Moratti.
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Posted By: Keith C
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2018 at 4:06pm
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https://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/100754739/teenager-jumps-off-boat-after-landing-his-first-marlin%20" rel="nofollow - https://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/100754739/teenager-jumps-off-boat-after-landing-his-first-marlin
link to moocha's post above.
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Posted By: Ho Dee
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2018 at 8:38pm
| was out there today nothing for us heard of quite a few fish being caught over the radio including a boat out of Kawhia I think tagging 3 from a triple hookup |
Posted By: Fishb8
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2018 at 8:48pm
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Awesome going, indeed!! ------------- Be yourself; everyone else is already taken |
Posted By: Fishb8
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2018 at 8:49pm
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Supposedly 9 or more marlin landed off Raglan ------------- Be yourself; everyone else is already taken |
Posted By: Tagit
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2018 at 8:59pm
| Didn't we have a season like this a few years back. Almost more Blues than stripies on teh East Coast and acres of Stripies on the West Coast?? |
Posted By: Alan L
Date Posted: 22 Jan 2018 at 7:47am
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2 yrs ago they hooked in excess of 500 I think. Amazing. Alan ------------- Legasea Legend member |
Posted By: matto1234
Date Posted: 22 Jan 2018 at 10:18am
| 5-5-5 striped marlin for boat Albatross over the weekend. Out from kawhia |
Posted By: Moocha
Date Posted: 22 Jan 2018 at 10:28am
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Got to love La Nina
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Posted By: RH580ikanui
Date Posted: 22 Jan 2018 at 10:42am
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What depth are you finding them? ------------- "IKANUI" RH580 SUZUKI DF140 |
Posted By: Fishb8
Date Posted: 22 Jan 2018 at 9:34pm
------------- Be yourself; everyone else is already taken |
matto1234 wrote:Posted By: matto1234
Date Posted: 22 Jan 2018 at 10:14pm
| ^not me mate just reporting. Very good effort |
Posted By: feeder
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2018 at 7:20am
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There were another couple weighed in as well at Kawhia over the weekend. Cheers ------------- The only bar to frequent is the Kawhia Bar |
Posted By: Reel Deal
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2018 at 10:44am
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Yes does anyone having any depth knowledge. I cant get out for two more weeks due to work but I'm guessing they will be around the 30m and out from Raglan by then if they aren't there already. Promised the wife a day putting around not too far out towing plastic this year. Cheers ------------- The gods do not subtract from the allotted span of men's lives the hours spent on fishing - Assyrian Proverb |
Posted By: Gowest
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2018 at 1:12pm
There might be the odd one in 40/50m as skippies and albies are in shallow also but if you want a real shot the 100m mark is where its all at. About 15 fish tagged & landed out from Kawhia/Raglan weekend just been mostly between the 80m and 120m mark and spread from Port Waikato to behind gannet. We went a tad too wide on Sunday and should of stayed in closer round that 100m mark. Lots of action to be had.
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Posted By: Fishb8
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2018 at 6:42pm
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If you don't want to go too want too wide then the 23/21/Gannet line always hods fish. Never too far from skippies and Albie's. No skippies or Albie's then no marlin. ------------- Be yourself; everyone else is already taken |
Posted By: Ho Dee
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2018 at 5:27pm
| Heard there was a 324kg blue caught at the 124 out rags today. Well done them |
Posted By: Fishb8
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2018 at 9:02pm
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348Kg!!👍 ------------- Be yourself; everyone else is already taken |
Posted By: benwa
Date Posted: 27 Jan 2018 at 11:36am
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Launched at manu bay yesterday. Found heaps of bait 190m just inside the 124. Hooked a marlin at about 1.15pm. Stubborn fish. Ended up losing it on the leader. Lure taken rg2 in evil on long corner |
Posted By: Fishb8
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2018 at 8:03am
------------- Be yourself; everyone else is already taken |
Posted By: Pillager
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2018 at 11:53pm
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Went out to 90 meters off Albatross today. Very quiet. Not even skippies or albies. Saw a small sunfish. But that was the most eventful part of the day. Temperature got up to 26.4 degrees
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Posted By: mahora
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2018 at 10:52am
| Stripey landed off Mokau this morning. Well done to the boys on Mahora. |
Posted By: Pillager
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2018 at 3:16pm
| Well done. How deep? |
Posted By: feeder
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2018 at 7:53pm
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On Saturday we hit the albies and skippies at 58m south of Gannet, and that was it. Cheers ------------- The only bar to frequent is the Kawhia Bar |
Posted By: mahora
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2018 at 10:30pm
| 45m off the mouth. It done two big runs then died. Definitely wasn't tail wrapped. Went 150kg. |
Posted By: Tagit
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2018 at 9:31am
| Unusual for a Stripey to die like that. Did anyone check that it wasn't a small Blue? |
Posted By: mahora
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2018 at 12:00pm
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Posted By: bite
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2018 at 8:07pm
| short bill could be a blue dorsal dont look that big ether |
Posted By: Jayr
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2018 at 8:18pm
| We have had fish die on us very quickly after hookup but this has been from being lip latched or bill wrapped, generally with two hook rigs. It would be interesting to hear the anglers details of what happened? If a fish cannot get water running over the gill rakers they will die very quickly. |
Posted By: Snappa Geoff
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2018 at 8:38pm
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Posted By: Muzzfishing
Date Posted: 02 Feb 2018 at 11:09pm
  A bit late, headed out on Tuesday 30th went to the 42 to see if any thing was actually on the bottom on a mark I have in 70 meters, nothing there so headed towards the 124 caught a few Albacore and and a couple of Skippys in 75m weighed the 2 biggest one was 9.8kg and the other 8.9kg one on a rod other on a bungee cord carried on out in beautiful blue water to 95 meters. No more fish action or birds working so decided to head back in didnt catch any more fish. Covered 124.8 km for the day and used 63 lts petrol for 9.1hrs mostly trolling with some cruising on the way out and in.
------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">  A Good Skipper Keeps the water on the outside of the boat.
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Posted By: Bigfishbob
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2018 at 8:53am
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Nice work Muzz, gotta be happy with those albies and fuel economy. ------------- www.waikatosportfishing.co.nz |
Posted By: kaveman
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2018 at 9:27am
stripey mate -------------  www.kavemantackle.co.nz
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Posted By: Muzzfishing
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2018 at 11:14am
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Albies have been smoked, tasted good. I havent seen water that blue for a long time, was nice to be out there. ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow"> A Good Skipper Keeps the water on the outside of the boat.
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Posted By: Marligator
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2018 at 4:53pm
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Yes it is most definitely a stripey. ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 04 Feb 2018 at 8:57am
I weighed a 122 kilo stripey for a couple of guys a week or two back that died early on. That's the first one I had heard of of the fish I've weighed. It looked no different than any other stripey I've seen. ------------- Best gurnard fisherman in my street |
Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 04 Feb 2018 at 8:58am
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Nice report too Muzzfishing!
------------- Best gurnard fisherman in my street |
Posted By: Marligator
Date Posted: 04 Feb 2018 at 9:23am
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Just because a fish is not tail wrapped at the boat does not mean that it was not tail wrapped earlier in the fight and then unraveled once it died due to a different angle of pull. ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: mahora
Date Posted: 04 Feb 2018 at 12:12pm
| Hi marligator, maybe you're right that it tail wrapped earlier in the fight Or like jayr said with the double hook setup as that's the same rig the boys were using. It's hard to tell when you're not on board. I'm just going off the stories they gave. Thanks |
Posted By: Marligator
Date Posted: 04 Feb 2018 at 12:41pm
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By the way forgot to say it was a really nice fish at 150 kg. ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: sink
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2018 at 8:14am
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really nice stripie there Mahora. |
Posted By: mahora
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2018 at 10:30am
| Cheers, tastes good too. |
Posted By: Marligator
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2018 at 11:38am
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I bet it tastes good, pity there are not a few more of them over on this coast. ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: nakifisho
Date Posted: 06 Feb 2018 at 8:38pm
 Hey Josh,Scott here Rhys brother,we were out with the boys on my boat when they caught it. The boys borrowed two of my lures put them out the back and within 30 minutes had the beast hooked,I had a look at the trace tonight and I'm no marlin expert but I'm pretty sure she was tail wrapped. There is about 40cms of obvious bill rash up the trace and then the next 2.5 meters is badly rubbed,as in no clear outside left on it, which I'm guessing means she was wrapped?what drags your 80 set at? The boys had no idea what they were up to and max dragged it from the go,they recon they could barely hold it so it must of been at least 15kg!!, awesome run your boats having man, good ****,I'm keen as to head out to the trench with you boys one day. |
Posted By: mahora
Date Posted: 07 Feb 2018 at 1:07am
| Hey Scott how’s it going? Thanks for your message. Next time I’ll try get the full story before posting it on here.🤐 Sorry fellas. As for those reels I’ve set the drags so strikes at 12kg while running 37kg line. I think the boys may have panicked when they saw the line disappearing off the reel quickly and jammed it on full drag. Lucky it never snapped. Anyway they got what they were chasing. I’ve always wanted to do a trip to the Mokau Trench but I wouldn’t have a clue where the trench is. Maybe/hopefully someone on this site can point us in the right direction. |
Posted By: Marligator
Date Posted: 07 Feb 2018 at 3:42am
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Nakifisho yes that "milky" 2.5m section of trace is a dead giveaway that the fish was tail wrapped for a while at least. Mahora all good you have absolutely nothing to apologise for at all. ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: nakifisho
Date Posted: 07 Feb 2018 at 8:44am
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Yea good man,na the boys did awesome to get it in,she's a big fish. Yea I've got nothing on what direction the trench is,a bloody long way!Iv heard there might be blues out there and possibly swords at night so she'd be good fun trying |
Posted By: nakifisho
Date Posted: 07 Feb 2018 at 8:46am
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Posted By: Catchelot
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2018 at 6:41pm
Black Marlin in 55m of water, classic! Congratulations to skipper Mike Flynn and angler John Warboton with his 198.5 kg black marlin weighed 10 minutes ago at the Kawhia boating and angling club for the 1st day of the Kawhia One Base. Caught in 55 metres of water.  |
Posted By: White snake
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2018 at 7:14pm
| Congrats guys absolutely epic |
Posted By: Tonyg26
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2018 at 10:37am
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Raglan One Base 15-17th March, See you all there! http://www.waikatosportfishing.co.nz/raglan-one-base/" rel="nofollow - http://www.waikatosportfishing.co.nz/raglan-one-base/ ------------- http://www.waikatosportfishing.co.nz |
Posted By: yellafin
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2018 at 4:42pm
| Anything happening up there? Nobody seems to report on here for some reason. |
Posted By: Tonyg26
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2018 at 6:10pm
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The horrible world of facebook is killing this forum unfortunately, Everyone seems to have gone reporting on there now.  ------------- http://www.waikatosportfishing.co.nz |
Posted By: White snake
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2018 at 10:34pm
| Hi guys.newplymouth just had it's one base.fished 2 days out of 3.nearly 70 boats entered and a total of 7 fish tagged and weighed. Very average. |
Posted By: krow
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2018 at 5:47pm
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Bit slow hard fishing. Hasn't been great up here either. |
Posted By: pirate
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2018 at 7:01pm
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88 fish for npl so far this season. Has Showed a lot of potential but not really firing by any means. Hopefully the next 2-3 weeks pick up or im going snapper fishing |
Posted By: the demon
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2018 at 7:45pm
Yes not like the good old days ,blue asparagus,kezza,lethal rip ,adam scott etc etc etc .The best one was fish I.D ,priceless really .This forum has turned to custard.I will still hang out here ,still a few good cobbers reporting in.
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Posted By: Don18025
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2018 at 8:38pm
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Thoroughly enjoyed the New Plymouth one base. Okay the marlin were not prolific. So no cigar... But the two days out fishing were enjoyable. Really nice waters and that Mountain looking at you all the time. Thank you to the local club members and supporters for organising a great event with a fabulous prize offering for nearly everybody. I think I might have to come back.  |
Posted By: Fishb8
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2018 at 7:57am
------------- Be yourself; everyone else is already taken |
Posted By: krow
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2018 at 8:26pm
 very well below average I'd say that's terrible. Must be about worst ever. |
Posted By: dillzy
Date Posted: 24 Mar 2018 at 2:03pm
| Any update out of the naki |
Posted By: Pillager
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2018 at 3:56pm
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feeder Tell us what you have been up to please.
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Posted By: Dave0308
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2018 at 8:35pm
| He’s probably still a bit busy and having a celebratory quiety 😉🍺 |
Posted By: matto1234
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2018 at 6:32am
| Skippies everywhere out of raglan yesterday. Came across a school of mahimahi in 45m off the bar. A Black was weighed at kawhia. |
Posted By: feeder
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2018 at 2:53pm
 Ok I fess up, Team Seaforce (2 gold card holders) scored the black at Kawhia yesterday, caught on a skippe Zuker, many thanks to Dave 0308 for coming to the rescue as we didn't have a sh*t show of getting it into the boat, Big Dave made it look like childs play.Ran out of rum after the big cut up, by the time Louie's bottle of gin was down a bit I was history. At the boat  Cheers, went 114.5
------------- The only bar to frequent is the Kawhia Bar |
Posted By: feeder
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2018 at 2:55pm
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And a big broadie was weighed in late last night off the boat Albotross, well done guys, caught out at the trench. Cheers ------------- The only bar to frequent is the Kawhia Bar |
Posted By: Fishb8
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2018 at 3:44pm
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Wow, still some good action! A black marlin on a skippy lure...zucker zuccini? ------------- Be yourself; everyone else is already taken |
Posted By: feeder
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2018 at 5:11pm
These 3 in the middle have been doing the damage and are our go to combo for skippies and albies, the outside 2 are Zuker knock offs the middle is genuine. I was prepared though it was on a 50 Penn Cheers ------------- The only bar to frequent is the Kawhia Bar |
Posted By: Muzzfishing
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2018 at 6:36pm
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Well done feeder, good to hear there is still some good fishing to be had. If only my days off would line up with the fine weather. ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow"> A Good Skipper Keeps the water on the outside of the boat.
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Posted By: Pillager
Date Posted: 27 Mar 2018 at 7:19am
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Well done Dennis. Kids saw it on fagbook, but I'm not in that cesspit so thought I would wait to hear it from you on here. Do you know how big the Broadbill was?
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Posted By: Dave0308
Date Posted: 27 Mar 2018 at 8:00am
| Broadbill went 227kg |
Posted By: Dave0308
Date Posted: 27 Mar 2018 at 8:05am
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Posted By: feeder
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2018 at 5:43pm
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Had another look around on Saturday, plenty of skippies, ran a livie for about an hour, that got scoffed by a rather large mako. Water temp got to 21.4, no cigar. Cheers ------------- The only bar to frequent is the Kawhia Bar |
Posted By: Muzzfishing
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2018 at 8:04pm
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Seems the fish are there just the fisher men are missing, what depth were the Skippys. Need to get some bait. ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow"> A Good Skipper Keeps the water on the outside of the boat.
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Posted By: feeder
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2018 at 8:24pm
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40 to 65m anywhere from Gannet down to Marakopa, 18 filled our big bin up, they are a nice size. Cheers ------------- The only bar to frequent is the Kawhia Bar |
Posted By: feeder
Date Posted: 08 May 2018 at 7:23am
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A Broad Bill t&r out of Kawhia over the weekend on Albotross, these guys put in the time and reap the rewards. Cheers
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Posted By: feeder
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2018 at 5:02pm
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Yet another broadbill out of Kawhia on the good ship Albatross last Saturday, T & R. Cheers ------------- The only bar to frequent is the Kawhia Bar |