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And so it begins..

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Category: Saltwater Fishing
Forum Name: The Briny Bar
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Topic: And so it begins..
Posted By: Big -Dave
Subject: And so it begins..
Date Posted: 23 May 2020 at 7:16am
7am at waikawau..
Queues...

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you can't fix an idiot with duct tape, but it does muffle them for a while...



Replies:
Posted By: bricker
Date Posted: 24 May 2020 at 8:54am
Yep.......still mega queues at 9am so drove on to next wee ramp 5 minutes up the road. Back at ramp at 3.30pm - 2 boats waiting so 5 minutes and we were on the trailer. Had to chuckle as we passed Waikawau heading south. At 4 pm we counted 68 boats waiting to come out; by conservative my reckoning about 70-90 minutes.
At what stage do the committee running Waikawau do one of two things:
   - limit numbers.
   - invest in new facilities.
I think most people would be happy to see an increase in ramp fees to begin to manage the issue. A 20 minute wait is acceptable.......an hour and a half is a joke.


Posted By: taurangatroutmaster
Date Posted: 24 May 2020 at 10:23am
Yet another reason land based fishing is better


Posted By: Brad76
Date Posted: 24 May 2020 at 11:36am
Kawakawa Bay was the same yesterday.
Ended up using the public ramp as the queue to go our the club ramp was right down the road.

Coming in there was easily an hour wait of boats sitting to go in. Zipped round to the public ramp and only couple of minutes wait.


Posted By: Big -Dave
Date Posted: 24 May 2020 at 2:57pm
I go to otautu bay, just out of Colville. ..never any queues there...
And the fishing was up to scratch too..., a nice bag of snapper and a 22lb king. .

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you can't fix an idiot with duct tape, but it does muffle them for a while...


Posted By: Crochet Cast
Date Posted: 24 May 2020 at 4:34pm
Hi Bricker. What’s the next ramp like i.e. is it usable at low tide?


Posted By: bricker
Date Posted: 24 May 2020 at 5:29pm
Yes....all good.



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