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Surfcasting Whangapoua

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Category: Saltwater Fishing
Forum Name: Landbased & Surfcasting
Forum Description: From rocks or beaches, here's the place for the landbased fishos to share information
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Printed Date: 30 Mar 2024 at 2:12am


Topic: Surfcasting Whangapoua
Posted By: Arron
Subject: Surfcasting Whangapoua
Date Posted: 25 May 2020 at 8:15pm
Heading to Whangapoua for the long weekend, was hoping someone could help me out with some tips about fishing the area this time of year.
TIA



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Posted By: Reel Deal
Date Posted: 25 May 2020 at 9:49pm
straight off the beach with sack of Berley in the surf to target Trevs and snaps. Kawhia is a sure thing. 

The entrance was a famous locally kingfish spot in the early days you would be lucky these days and with the current a stick bait type of lure could be worth a shot.

Luck


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The gods do not subtract from the allotted span of men's lives the hours spent on fishing - Assyrian Proverb


Posted By: Nek minnit
Date Posted: 25 May 2020 at 10:49pm
Walk to the left end of beach to newchumbs.( dont know how to spell) takes about 1/2 hour. Fish off the point is awsome. Seen big snaps and kings at my feet. Take berley! Lucky you!!


Posted By: Arron
Date Posted: 26 May 2020 at 7:27am
Awesome, cheers for that guys! Just fishing ledger rigs with breakaway sinkers?


Posted By: pompey
Date Posted: 26 May 2020 at 8:08am
Originally posted by Arron Arron wrote:

Awesome, cheers for that guys! Just fishing ledger rigs with breakaway sinkers?

No, large baits with as little weight as possible.


Posted By: JK
Date Posted: 26 May 2020 at 9:27am
Harbour should have trevs, snapper and KY this tome of year too. Even spotted a few kingfish crusing the harbour shallows last month while we were down there.




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LedgeNZ LBG


Posted By: Arron
Date Posted: 26 May 2020 at 6:21pm
Cheers for that Nek Minnit, any particular time of tide or is it accessible all tides?


Posted By: Nek minnit
Date Posted: 26 May 2020 at 10:27pm
All tides from memory......but maybe play it safe and see if you can head out at full tide. Straylining whole pillies would be the go. If you can get fresh ky whole fillets would work great for big snapper.


Posted By: JK
Date Posted: 29 May 2020 at 8:07am
If you head out to new chums at full tide you will get very wet as need to cross the creek 2mins in to the walk. Its ankle deep or less at most stages of the tide apart from high.

Massive easterlies this weekend (wind and swell) so be careful if you decide to head out there


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LedgeNZ LBG


Posted By: Nek minnit
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2020 at 9:17pm
How did you get on?



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