Whakatane river mouth to mussel farm off Opotiki
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Topic: Whakatane river mouth to mussel farm off Opotiki
Posted By: craig.thesurfer
Subject: Whakatane river mouth to mussel farm off Opotiki
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2021 at 9:04pm
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Anyone know how far the mussel farm is from the Whakatane River mouth ? Didn't do well at all (no fish) at 40M off the rivermouth, so thinking of heading to the farm tomorrow. Any idea how far it is ? |
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Posted By: Accident Prone
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2021 at 10:00pm
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Hi Craig, I haven't checked the chartplotter but I would estimate around 12miles. I haven't been there for a while but you should do well there this time of year. |
Posted By: Fish Addict
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2021 at 10:00pm
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About 14-15nm by my reckoning.
Edit: 10nm is probably more accurate.
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Posted By: wayno
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2021 at 12:03am
I was out there on Wednesday last week, rather slow day after a good start with a Terakihi and Snapper off 1st 2 drops, then a bunch of small Kahawai. Plagued by the rats, with around 6-8 mooching around the boat attempting to grab the empty hook/small kahawai every time I brought a fish up. Moved 3 times for the same thing and ended up by losing 4 rigs before I spat the dummy and headed for home! ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">  To be old and wise you must first be young and stupid. |
Accident Prone wrote:Posted By: Coastbusters
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2021 at 6:55pm
| Why don't you head out from Ohope instead? It would only be about 5 miles out from there. There's a charter guy who takes a boat out most days from Ohope. |