Gamefishing Updates to Dec '23 - Waihau Bay
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Topic: Gamefishing Updates to Dec '23 - Waihau Bay
Posted By: JRudd
Subject: Gamefishing Updates to Dec '23 - Waihau Bay
Date Posted: 12 Jul 2019 at 9:20am
| Game-fishing reports, updates, and pics here. Good luck for the season. |
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Posted By: MATTOO
Date Posted: 12 Jul 2019 at 12:10pm
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Well still plenty of sbts being caught as well as some jumbo albies. Makes me want to consider another trip... ------------- Just cruising in my now sweetas pimped out Southern 755 HT0! |
Posted By: MATTOO
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2019 at 3:57pm
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Stipey off ohope last week. ------------- Just cruising in my now sweetas pimped out Southern 755 HT0! |
Posted By: RiceOwl
Date Posted: 02 Mar 2020 at 10:04am
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Hi All, It’s been tough for me to get away for a fish this year due to the birth of my daughter but have finally worked out a couple of days in the first week of April. Is that too late in the season for marlin down Waihau way? Thought it might be pushing it and obv a bit weather dependent but keen to give it a crack. Thoughts? |
Posted By: the demon
Date Posted: 02 Mar 2020 at 12:54pm
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no! april fine . Mate who is from there did the nationals and did ok. But said the water and activity has increased over the last few days , possibley getting better . Best of luck |
Posted By: the demon
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2020 at 9:14pm
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Just off the phone from my bud down waihau . This is massive news , 493kg blue weighed tonight !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All I know is they are trying to chill the beast . Be more tomorrow no doubt did my math 1114.18 Lb lol
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Posted By: Catchelot
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2020 at 9:22pm
I believe 492.4 kg or 1085lb  Massive Congrats to the team and angler
 ------------- "The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever." - Jacques Cousteau |
Posted By: Marligator
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2020 at 9:30pm
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Back to school for you The Demon actual weight is 1085.5 pound (492.4 kg x 2.20462). Fish was caught by Lynda Randrup on the boat B Caus skippered by her husband Mike Randrup and caught on 60 kg line, if all caught correctly this will be a women's 60 kg world record and women's all tackle world record and is the first grander pacific blue marlin by a woman.  ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: the demon
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2020 at 9:33pm
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wow , yeah that is a beast of a catch . Well done crew .!!! heaviest blue ever weighed in NZ  |
Posted By: [email protected]
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2020 at 9:38pm
| Wow awesome fish. Congratulations to all involved |
Posted By: Sambosi
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2020 at 10:30pm
| Amazing fish from an amazing place that delivers these big girls, congrats to B Caus. |
Posted By: shaneg
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2020 at 10:58pm
| pretty cool fish. Congrats to crew is most awesome fish from nz waters all time by looks. |
Posted By: Titahi
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2020 at 2:30am
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Cracking fish, looks like some damage to the fish between Amal fin and tail, hope it wasn’t the props..... ------------- "I love standing by the ocean and just knowing what its for" |
Posted By: terrafish
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2020 at 7:17am
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Cracking mother of a fish. Even more kudos that there was only two of them on board. ------------- Part time Devils Advocate, Fulltime procrastinator |
Posted By: jakepitsville
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2020 at 9:50am
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what an epic catch! |
Posted By: MATTOO
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2020 at 10:05am
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Outstanding achievement. ------------- Just cruising in my now sweetas pimped out Southern 755 HT0! |
Posted By: Catchelot
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2020 at 11:36am
------------- "The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever." - Jacques Cousteau |
Posted By: The Blue Meanie
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2020 at 11:36am
| Awesome catch - just reinforces what a magic place Waihau Bay is... |
Posted By: Catchelot
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2020 at 4:54pm
This is the lure that caught the big girl, T5 Samoan Trophy Lure  ------------- "The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever." - Jacques Cousteau |
Posted By: Catchelot
Date Posted: 16 Mar 2020 at 6:50pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kek1IdCFO2M&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2q5ZBx9nmrLSJXVXxEP6ISxq7wrC8EFUBawarPrJxK3mhUakBbLgCKjvE" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kek1IdCFO2M&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2q5ZBx9nmrLSJXVXxEP6ISxq7wrC8EFUBawarPrJxK3mhUakBbLgCKjvE
------------- "The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever." - Jacques Cousteau |
Posted By: MATTOO
Date Posted: 16 Mar 2020 at 7:53pm
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So kiwi, so brilliant. Something many fisherman could understand, but those who chase gamefish really will respect, capture, landing Taggers. Big ups for those fisherpersons. Angler epic result, skipper and crew and those who helped. Thanks Al for your continuous fishing real time updates. All gold. ------------- Just cruising in my now sweetas pimped out Southern 755 HT0! |
Posted By: the demon
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2020 at 8:58pm
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,bloody whopper !!!! cheers catchalot
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Posted By: Muzzfishing
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2020 at 12:16pm
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Shes a big girl Wow cheers for the video ------------- 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: Catchelot
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2020 at 5:11pm
160kg 
 ------------- "The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever." - Jacques Cousteau |
Posted By: MATTOO
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2020 at 5:26pm
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Epic, That's a ****e load of sushi... Cos if you cook it your a neantherdal. Would be interesting on how people look after there catch and what they do with there food, in respect to blue fin. Are they snapper in the bin,"she will be right". Or go to the appropriate Japanese formula of respect and culinary enjoyment. ------------- Just cruising in my now sweetas pimped out Southern 755 HT0! |
Posted By: Fishb8
Date Posted: 03 Jul 2020 at 10:58am
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I've enjoyed cooked BF - tastes good. Does that make me a phillistine? ------------- Be yourself; everyone else is already taken |
Posted By: MATTOO
Date Posted: 03 Jul 2020 at 4:43pm
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No of course not, It's just what your palate likes, I get that. To me it seems a shame to waste the highest end fish in that way. But that's on me not you. ------------- Just cruising in my now sweetas pimped out Southern 755 HT0! |
Posted By: Tzer
Date Posted: 05 Jul 2020 at 3:26pm
Might have been a W/R had the trace and windon not been over length. This is the second SBT caught around this weight from this boat, looks like my Friday night drinks with these clowns is going to be painful
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Catchelot wrote:Posted By: Catchelot
Date Posted: 05 Jul 2020 at 5:38pm
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Yes I heard they were DQ'd from a possible NZ record or was it world?? Sorry for the angler. 
------------- "The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever." - Jacques Cousteau |
Posted By: Fish Addict
Date Posted: 05 Jul 2020 at 7:24pm
WR is 167.5kg, it would have been a NZ record though. |
Posted By: Catchelot
Date Posted: 25 Jul 2020 at 7:04pm
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74.4 Kg Boat Whitangler (possible fishnetter) Angler Rata Denton  
  ------------- "The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever." - Jacques Cousteau |
Posted By: White snake
Date Posted: 25 Jul 2020 at 9:34pm
| Well done whitiangler.this crew catches fish👍🏻 |
Posted By: jakepitsville
Date Posted: 28 Jul 2020 at 8:26am
| Awesome catch Congrats! |
Posted By: shaneg
Date Posted: 28 Jul 2020 at 8:18pm
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Well done. another great ad for stabi by the way... seen boat at boat show couple of years ago. Designed and customised for what it is meant for ...to catch fish with very good anglers clearly evidenced by this result.
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Posted By: Catchelot
Date Posted: 29 Jul 2020 at 6:33pm
Our Koru and Mahita, first SBT well done Boulder!
 ------------- "The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever." - Jacques Cousteau |
Posted By: Fishb8
Date Posted: 29 Jul 2020 at 8:36pm
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Nice one Boulder👍 ------------- Be yourself; everyone else is already taken |
Posted By: shaneg
Date Posted: 29 Jul 2020 at 9:37pm
Awesome, very inspirational.
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Posted By: Speedy
Date Posted: 30 Jul 2020 at 10:13pm
LEGEND!!! ------------- Proud supporter of Ronald McDonald House & the team at Legasea http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Catchelot
Date Posted: 05 Aug 2020 at 6:51pm
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From the Red Gill Lures team. Last week I took a break from Red Gill Lures and took the Western Break east for a few days with Alan Langdon & Hadley Greenhalgh to chase the Southern Bluefin. Our goal was to catch one fish each to take home, tag a few, and then chase a record on 10kg line if we had time. We had an awesome trip and ticked all the boxes. Our first SBT was a PB for the boat at 137.2kg caught by Alan and it is the first SBT we have caught that put up much of a fight on 37kg line. It took us around 30 minutes to boat. This fish acted a bit like a Marlin on the strike, pulling the rigger lure out of the peg then going to the other rigger before finally nailing the RG1 -Evil on the shotgun after taking a good long look at it first. After that we caught multiple SBT every day, tagging 5 and processing 3 more immediately after capture to take home. All were around 60kg-90kg except one small fish I estimated at 20-25kg which was one of the fish we tagged. We also caught our share of pesky monster Albacore. The last day we dedicated to chase Hadley's record and we voted him as the angler since it was his idea. We only ran two lures. One on 37kg, and we ran an RG1 Kohe on a 4.4 meter leader on the 10kg. Our first fish was on the 10kg and turned out to be a 23kg Alby. Most of the Tuna we were marking were down at 90 meters but we went over a group of 5 Bluefin that were showing at 40 meters on the Raymarine sounder and I was just spitting out "get ready" when the 10kg got monster'd. The 37kg also got taken on the retrieve but luckily Alan managed to shake it off. After two hours Alan finally managed to get a Wrap on the end of the leader and we managed to boat the fish, which we immediately took in to the weigh station. The fish went 82kg and should be a new 10kg NZ record, beating the existing 30.5kg NZ record. I have added a screen shot from my new Raymarine Axiom Pro sounder unit, showing the five SBT just as we got the bite from the record fish. This 1kw Sounder is still amazing me at what a game changer it is. We ended up catching 10 SBT, Tagging and releasing 5, taking three home, and giving two fish to the locals. All of the fish were caught on RG1 lures in Kohe, RG-Evil, RG-Lumo, & Sanma colour.  ------------- "The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever." - Jacques Cousteau |
Posted By: Catchelot
Date Posted: 05 Aug 2020 at 7:20pm
More pics...
     ------------- "The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever." - Jacques Cousteau |
Posted By: Schmity
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2021 at 8:32am
| Looks like bluefin are off Waihau, but where do they go as they more north. For us that live further north does anyone know of anyone targeting these fish from Mayor Island north and how far out and what depth would we need to be in?. And info welcome |
Posted By: kaveman
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2021 at 9:02am
They travel north feeding up before returning down south again. There has already been reports of fish seen of the Rangatiras so they will be of the back of Mayor Is now. Last year there was a big school of fish in 700-900m just inside the Alderman Knolls for a 2 week period(about a 25nm run out from Whangamata) That is probably the closest they come to our shores, mostly they are further out at West or East Ngatoro knolls. I will post on here when the fish arrive but next full moon in 3 weeks should be a good time Lets hope the weather plays ball -------------  www.kavemantackle.co.nz
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Posted By: Muzzfishing
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2021 at 9:09am
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We caught two last Thursday, lost one at the boat on the leader and got one in the boat after it went around the motor and the other line, 60.6kg will try and put up a photo. ------------- 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: Schmity
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2021 at 11:45am
| Thanks for the info |
Posted By: kaveman
Date Posted: 03 Jul 2021 at 1:08pm
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Mate have just landed a sbf out by the Alderman Knolls on 24kg, 4hrs est 120kg
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Posted By: Catchelot
Date Posted: 03 Jul 2021 at 1:40pm
Are they sure it is a SBT? after a 4 hr fight suggests it may have been a BET... ------------- "The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever." - Jacques Cousteau |
Posted By: MATTOO
Date Posted: 03 Jul 2021 at 4:28pm
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That a a big unit. And along way out. ------------- Just cruising in my now sweetas pimped out Southern 755 HT0! |
Posted By: Schmity
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2021 at 11:46am
| Any reports? |
Posted By: Punter-Pete
Date Posted: 12 Jul 2021 at 2:57pm
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I think you can say the SBT are well and truly here. Look at the latest 3 x reports by Enchanter on their Facebook page. Catches of 14, 16 and 21 on 3 day trips. https://www.facebook.com/enchanterfishing" rel="nofollow - https://www.facebook.com/enchanterfishing
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Posted By: kaveman
Date Posted: 12 Jul 2021 at 3:09pm
definately a sbft, weighed at Tauranga, been lots weighed up to 161kg this year which is a record. Wasnt caught at Alderman knolls either i have been told, more out the back of White Island ------------- www.kavemantackle.co.nz
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Posted By: thunderlight
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2021 at 2:51am
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