New fishing spots
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Printed Date: 03 Feb 2026 at 7:28pm
Topic: New fishing spots
Posted By: brdas
Subject: New fishing spots
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2018 at 6:04pm
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Hey guys I’ve had a boat now for a year and had a good summer exploring and fishing, come to winter and it hasent been so great so what I want to know is what you guys do when looking for new fishing spots, I want to start exploring new areas and wondering where to start |
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Posted By: MB
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2018 at 6:28pm
| Find the fish, that’s all that matters! Sometimes they are congregated in “featureless” areas of deep water. God knows why they pick that spot. Worms beds or some other food source maybe. |
Posted By: brdas
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2018 at 6:32pm
| Yeah that’s what I mean I know to find worm beds or structure but how would I go about researching before a trip out on a certain area? |
Posted By: coxie
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2018 at 6:48pm
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What area are you fishing? The navionics web app is a good place for research https://webapp.navionics.com/#boating@6&key=zo_%60F%7Bbui%60%40" rel="nofollow - https://webapp.navionics.com/#boating@6&key=zo_%60F%7Bbui%60%40
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Posted By: brdas
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2018 at 6:53pm
| Normally fish around motuhie but I’m keen on fishing new areas just wouldn’t know where to start with what to research or look for |
Posted By: Tagit
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2018 at 7:43pm
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There is quite a lot to it Bradov. Right now for instance the Motihue area would be highly technical to fish in terms of spots vs tides and even then you are searching for smaller numbers of fish. Snapper have a more or less typical annual migration pattern around the Auckland area and if you want to consistently get fish you need to learn that plus how to hunt for fish. Then you need to perfect your fishing technique whether that be bait or sliders or softbaits or jigs etc etc. For beginners I would normally recommend starting with some classic bait setups.
If you were going to head out next weekend for instance I wouldn't go anywhere Motihue. The best fish are further out. BUT if this Westerly storm rolls in and smashes up some reefy coastline out around Rakino or the Noises etc I would be tempted to go and burley/strayline onto some of that shallow reefy structure once the storm has passed. Need to get the wind and tide right though. Bottom line is that different 'spots' are just places to start hunting at the right time of year. 'spots' are often also tide dependent i.e. spot abc is usually good for the first hour of the outgoing tide from Feb to April etc. My favourite 'spot' is probably 10 square miles and is good from Oct to Dec. I know the good fish will be there, so just got to hunt until I find them, and then move again to hunt when the tide turns.
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Posted By: kitno
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2018 at 10:15pm
| Where do you launch from Bradov? |
Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2018 at 10:33pm
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Find somewhere with rocks or a reef and fish in close. A bit of berley flowing into the reef will help. Even very close to Auckland can work ok at times. Cast lightly weighted baits in as close as you can or use softbaits, There are lots of reef systems off of Auckland's waterfront that hold some good fish over winter.
Getting a bit late in the winter now mind you but we caught some reasonable fish in the shallows off Ponui island in the weekend ------------- Best gurnard fisherman in my street |
Posted By: brdas
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2018 at 2:33pm
Launch either half moon or beachlands but I fish abit up whangaparoa too |
kitno wrote:Posted By: Steps
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2018 at 4:49pm
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Like what many above say.. Seasonal.. inside the islands over winter , just get undersided and occasional pannie. We find baits work better than lures in winter.. often can see the fish, just need to stimulate them a bit.. Burley.. Strayline and drift. Dont write off shallows, 2 to 5m either.. Yes winter fishing is 'harder' but in saying that this and last winter have been the best we have seen in nearly 10 yrs.. numbers and size. Many think fishing is luck.. its not. Mark Twain said " Luck is directly proportional to the effort put in" As you have found a few spots over summer, and when 1st started , didnt find much.. same winter and spring. Its all about building up a data base, the spot, the tide, wind direction water temp and what caught and time/ date. Also keep in mind accurate positioning, if you are maybe only 5m off can mean catching and boredom. Wind direction is very much matching spots, being able to fish in lea of land, wind and tide same direction.. calm water/ drift direction. |
Posted By: kitno
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2018 at 6:31pm
I'll pm you with some winter spots a bit further east. |