Fishing from shore, Mangawhai Heads
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Topic: Fishing from shore, Mangawhai Heads
Posted By: jdogfisherman
Subject: Fishing from shore, Mangawhai Heads
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2020 at 10:48am
| Hi there, my 10year old son, pretty new to fishing, wants to fish from shore line or wharf (or somewhere from land not on a boat) in the Mangawhai Heads area. Any recommendations? |
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Posted By: FishMan
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2020 at 2:02pm
| For a ten year old I would suggest fishing a straight shank number 6 hook (Gamakatsu baitholders are perfect) above a sinker on a short dropper rig for parore in the harbour holes. Use pipis as bait. There are plenty of big parore in the river and some nice deep holes down by the heads. |
Posted By: jdogfisherman
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2020 at 2:41pm
Thank you!! 
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Posted By: MB
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2020 at 2:55pm
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Kids like catching fish, so don't set targets too high. As FishMan says, parore are a good place to start. There are many other species around wharves that can easily be caught too. This thread may help: https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/topic131472_post1758238.html#1758238" rel="nofollow - https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/topic131472_post1758238.html#1758238 Good luck!
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Posted By: kingiFiddla
Date Posted: 16 Mar 2021 at 6:42pm
| I've a spare beginners kayak and paddle (no spare PFD sorry) he's welcome to use and keep at yours. Catching small kahawai in the estuary is fun for kids of all ages :-) |