Yoti Rodholder Bearfoot / fishing report
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Topic: Yoti Rodholder Bearfoot / fishing report
Posted By: fush
Subject: Yoti Rodholder Bearfoot / fishing report
Date Posted: 28 Aug 2007 at 9:10pm
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Well I hear the fishing on rotorua is pretty good at the moment Yoti / Rod holder / bearfoot any details you can share. With opening just a month away and the trout caught around the ohau channel spewing at smelt opening day could be a cracker at the channel How have you guys been getting on and where should people be heading - you might have the best of the Nth island fishing right there at the moment Yoti - did anything happen at rotoiti this year or did it stay quite for you? |
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Posted By: sooshee
Date Posted: 28 Aug 2007 at 9:51pm
I have first hand report from pagrus catching 2 x 3-4lbers in their first hour at Rotoiti. Very nice of him to call me immediately, while I was working at the office. Congratulations to Mrs Pagrus on catching her first  . Apparently it was "assisted" by a baby stroller but I'll let pagrus share the details if he reads this.
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Posted By: bearfoot
Date Posted: 29 Aug 2007 at 5:53pm
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HERRING ,best spots that have been workin four the last 5 weeks 4 me are nongataha of the ramp in 9 to 30 feet and the island north eastern side ,same depth both places fish well in the morning 5 - 10 then go home for lunch and be back there from 5 onwards,i have been fishing 3 -4 colours with a black an silver toby with a silver rabit three meters behind that, they take both with equal amounts of strikes,on the other hand the brotherin law fishes 2 colors and a single frafic light cobra in the oposite rod holder and has just as much sucess ???
cant cath fish typin on this thing so get out there mate and let us know how you get on
im back there on the weekend and will do like wise
add me to youre buddy list an ill pm my cell number
cheers mike
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Posted By: roddholder
Date Posted: 03 Sep 2007 at 6:32pm
| herring. several large browns ,up to 12lb have been taken around the channel mouth last week, but most have found the wind a killer, gusting at 60kph not for the average fisho. The guides report the rainbows off ngongotaha are fat as butter and average around 5lb. fly fishing has been hard at rotoiti and oki but the odd fish is still being caught. I have been catching snapper and tarakihi out in the BOP and not wasting my time with mud fish!. |
Posted By: bearfoot
Date Posted: 04 Sep 2007 at 9:09pm
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MUD FISH ???
WHERE DO YOU GET OFF !!!
DONT GET ME WRONG RODDHOLDER,AS IM A KEEN SAILTY AS WELL,BUT WHEN YOU DO THE HOURS ON THE LAKE AN SEE THE [CHARTOS CATCHIN FISH ]WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE ONE THE WEEKEND .NICE FISH AN TOOK A WHILE TO BRING IN ON LIGHT TACKEL.AND EVERYTHING ELSE OF SMALLER SIZE,ALL CHARTER BOAT SKIPPERS SAY THERE GETTING BIG FISH AT THE TIME TO GET AND INCOURARGE MORE PUNTERS,LIKE THE GUY IN THE BOP FRIDAY FISHING REPORTS,HE GETS HIS INFO FROM LOCAL CHARTER SHIPPERS [READ BETWEEN THE LINES MATE ] THEY ARE ALL CATCHING GOOD FISH WHEN THE WEATHERS RIGHT
EXEMPLE >>>>I KNOW ONE CHARTER BOAT SAYS HIS CATCH RATE IS 3.5 FISH PER HOUR ON ROTORUA AND ANOTHER ON ROTITI IS ONE FISH PER 2.5 HOURS,OVER ALL I TEND TO BELEVE THE GUY ON ROTITI
DONT GET ME WRONG BUT THESE GUYS TEND TO HYPIT UP FOR THERE CUSTOMERS AND THERE OWN POCKETS,AFTER ALL ITS THERE LIVING /AND WHAT A WAY TO MAKE A LIVING [ GETTING PAYED FOR SOMTHING YOU LOVE TO DO }AS IVE SAID NO DISRESPECT INTENDED
REGARDS MIKE
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Posted By: roddholder
Date Posted: 06 Sep 2007 at 10:32am
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As i know the guides personally they may tell me a different story. But i have always reported it as i see it. If you dont take my word then get stuffed!. I have always shared my info with anglers of all types from learners to "experts". I posted reports all summer as to the fishing in the whole rotorua area as i was on the lakes 3-4 days a week. Winter fishing this year has been crap, as i predicted. Lake rotorua is the best fishing lake in the world bar none, and i bet any amount of money i could go on the lake and catch fish, in any conditions. One fishing guide i know gaurantees a fish so he must know what hes doing. if he says use a black toby at holdens bay i believe him. However that may sound like bs to you. thats your choice but dont ever say i mislead anglers on this site as i have been given heaps of grief for giving away too much info by some locals. All the guides i know are only too happy to share info as there is plenty of fish in rotorua to go around. The fishing shops all provide good info to all who ask and will show you how to set up gear etc. Alf from stormy seas caught a big brown last week (12lb) and released it, near the chanel mouth. Three of us caught 62 fish in 5.5hrs jigging on rotoiti in may. work out the catch rate of that. Or you may think i'm bs as well. |
Posted By: Fish Mad
Date Posted: 06 Sep 2007 at 6:59pm
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Keep up your great reports Pete.Ive allways found them very interesting & so have many others. You cant beat time on the water!!
------------- ~~REMEMBER;FISH HAVE TAILS AND THEY USE THEM?~~ |
Posted By: bearfoot
Date Posted: 06 Sep 2007 at 7:00pm
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SORRY RODHOLDER !!
i seamed to have rattled youre chain sunwhat,as i said no desrespect intended and not calling you a bs bye any means,
but i do the time [ more then what i should }but the guys in the paper tend to not say all the facts,and as you said seeing is beleveing,
3-4 DAyS A WEEK you lucky devil, some of us are not quite so lucky !!!
11. 27 fish per hour---3.75 fish per angler,
have to try jiggin in future
any tips for colours on rotiti
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Posted By: diamond
Date Posted: 06 Sep 2007 at 10:36pm
| Hi all, been fishing at ngongi for awhile, in the last few weekends we have got 14 trout between 350 and 370 but let them go all been in good condition, we fish 2 to 3 hours, we have kept 8 over 400 in the last 2 weekends |
Posted By: diamond
Date Posted: 06 Sep 2007 at 11:03pm
| forgot to mention we always take note of rodholders report, the 2 to 3 hours we fish is per day |
Posted By: roddholder
Date Posted: 07 Sep 2007 at 10:15am
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barefoot, a guy called Mike Cotter writes the Daily post fishing reports. He owns and operates O'keefes fishing shop. He gets reports from all sorts of people that come into the shop and from guides. He puts a lot of effort into this and he too would be pissed off to read your post. Spending a lot of time on the lake dosn't mean you become a better fisherman . If it did we would all be "experts". |
Posted By: bearfoot
Date Posted: 17 Sep 2007 at 8:50pm
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fishing was good on saturday,
thr fish where rising and free jumping all over the lake,flat calm weather and the cleanest water in the lake ive seen for a while !!
the channel ,airport and nongataha all projuced fish for us,my fellow fisherman losing a good double figure fish at the boat of the channel !!
all fish where taken on black mongrel fly fished behind either a rastifarin or trafic light in most of the time 2 meters or less of water,most had smelt in them but one was full of small snails,things are lookin good for the mounths ahead,
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Posted By: fush
Date Posted: 18 Sep 2007 at 7:35am
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Bearfoot - that lake is going to go off big time this side of christmas We could see some of the best fishing ever |
Posted By: roddholder
Date Posted: 18 Sep 2007 at 10:32am
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bearfoot, try fishing your fly in front of your lure. by hanging it off the lure hook you can stop the lure from performing its wobble effect. put a small swivel about 2m up your line from the end and slip the fly on your main line . it will pull down to the swivel and it will track there due to the force of the water. last week most of the fish i caught took the fly, a blood red rabbit. try mrs simpson, grey ghost, parsons, hamills killer, green orbit for a change. also try doing circle loops over drop=off from 2-5m of water around channel area. the fish tend to feed just on the edge or in the deeper water. |
Posted By: bearfoot
Date Posted: 18 Sep 2007 at 7:22pm
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thanks PETE.
i will try youre version on one rod an see what happens ?
and yes i did noyice the fish were right on the edge of the weed or drop offs ,bit of a pain as you tend to snag more often.i try to use the gps plots ive put in ( as a guide } to help with this problem,saves a bit of time.
on the weekend as you know a lot of the fish where surfacing , so given the set of surcumstances ?? we saw what depth of lead line would you run ?? i run a straight fly for a while on mono just to see if it might work ,but to no availe
cheers MIKE
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Posted By: roddholder
Date Posted: 18 Sep 2007 at 9:00pm
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i dont use lead line. i run a deep water xpress in front of an L.E.D. line this gives a depth of about 2m with 30m of line out. and 5m with it all out. the deep water xpress ensures the lure runs nose down in the water and gives a better action at a slightly faster than normal trolling speed. the L.E.D. is much more sensative than lead and gives the fish more feel on a lighter rod than you can use with lead. i use at least 8=10m of trace nylon. dont use flourocarbon as the lure wears it away in very short time and you will break of most times. even though the fish splash on top they quickly go back to 3 to 5m deep and so you wont catch many on top. i use a figure eight track over the drop offs going from 2m to 5m and back with the lure often turning. you get a lot of takes when the lure turns. |
Posted By: fush
Date Posted: 18 Sep 2007 at 9:39pm
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Rod holder - you just used up all my good advice Gotta keep that boat turning - changing the depths and speed of the lures I only use deep water express onto backing, which is than marked so I know what depth I have achieved eg 15 / 20 or 25ft depth I learnt that those fish you can see splashing are not the ones you are trying to catch. Best to keep just off the bottom. Also good advise on the fly infront of the lure - mind you running 2 kiwi lures gives quite a bit of movement to both lures. Hadnt heard of any rule changes but I think lead is banned from lake Rotorua?? |
Posted By: roddholder
Date Posted: 18 Sep 2007 at 11:23pm
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lead is legal in all lakes except waikaremoana. there is no weight restriction. you can use wire, downrigger etc. never tried two tassies. but when fishing is hard i go back to one lure or fly. you can spoil the fish for choice it seems. the black toby (turbo) is one lure i run on its own, the fly seems to change the action and it fishes better solo. i never use teasers on my lures either, if the lure is the right colour it shouldnt need one. |
Posted By: Yoti
Date Posted: 12 Oct 2007 at 8:01pm
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At last managed to get fishing again has been sometime. Two of us spent thursday afternoon and friday on Lake Rotoiti. Overnighted on the boat..very wet and foggy the thursday afternoon one fish for the afternoon. An interesting sight just on dark of a midge hatch the air was full of them and sounds as well like millions of mossies, the surface of the lake was covered in empty pupa cases in the morning. Friday weather improved one fish in mid morning four later in the day . All trolling lead line in 18 to 20 metres water on tazzie devils, light or dark purple , and clown. Fish very spread out its a matter of finding them. 5 feeding on smelt and 1 full of kura all very good conditioned fish one poorer forgot to weight the fish before cleaning weighed one cleaned and no head 3 lb. Herring.. winter fishing for me would be the slowest season I have had for awhile didnt spend the hours I have in the past either, the fish i did get were well worth the effort |
Posted By: Yoti
Date Posted: 12 Oct 2007 at 8:11pm
| oops would help if i got the days right .. wednesday afternoon and thursday on the water... |
Posted By: roddholder
Date Posted: 14 Oct 2007 at 12:07pm
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yoti, i have to say you have done better than most goys so faf this season on rotoiti. fishing has been real slow to put it mildly.
the fish however are in super condition, best early season condition ive seen but fish numbers are well down.
the smelt are not there yet so when they happen is anyones guess. ihave changed my jigging patterns to large rabbit flys, green and orange doing the trick but no great numbers, a couple of fish per trip.
on opening day we caught a fish with obvious net marks on it, flounder net size. reported it to F&G and i hear they got a guy netting the ohau channel. keep your eyes open for ANY suspicious activity and report any to 0800poacher. the wind has been a real bugger and the forcast is not good for a change. never mind, oh dear, how sad.
things only get worse , england have just beaten france, never mind i'll just have to go fishing to take my mind off it!!!!!!!
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Posted By: bearfoot
Date Posted: 04 Nov 2007 at 7:54pm
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fished rotoiti yesterday one fish for 4 hours on the water,tryed again this morning zilch !
i desided to go over to rotorua for the res of the day,fished hammerana through to just short of the airport ,five fish 2 - 5 lb all were taken on purple and black lures,there were heaps of boats out today and i saw most of them hooked up at somestage ,my luck stopped after losing the last purple and black lure on a[ locomotive ] of the ohau channel !!! man could that fish move ,i had it on for 5 mins before busting me off,never broke the surface but stayed out 50 mtrs and just went like a kingfish
tryed the pink lady but no takers
all an all another good day on the lake !!!
gona go back to good old nylon like you RODHOLDER any particular brand you favor or colour ??
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Posted By: roddholder
Date Posted: 04 Nov 2007 at 11:25pm
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sounds about right for rotorua bearfoot, still the worlds best trout lake. do you have the right "pink lady". it is purple with a black skellaton. dont know why its called pink but the maker sure got it right when it comes to fooling trout. i only use clear nylon, i have found the green or blue is too visable to trout. also i look for a soft non shiny nylon. platapus is my choice and is available in bulk spools. i wind a 100m onto an empty spool and keep the main spool away from light. i store it in a cupboard in the spare room. last bit of advice when using flurocarbon dont pull the knots up real tight. this causes failure, i tease the knot up with a small amount of pressure and find i get very few breaks. re-tie the knot after each fish is best. |
Posted By: Yoti
Date Posted: 06 Nov 2007 at 3:29pm
| Fished Rotoiti Saturday and Sunday.. put in some long hours came home with seven fish..caught 6 caught trolling and 1 jigging..had our chances of more but had some gear failures this time broke one off another cut the line on a hook barb when it jumped put one recovering fish back and 1 undersize. Caught on dark purple and light purple kiwi lures and smelt flies . most had been feeding on kura and some smelt..the fish were right on the bottom if our gear wasnt touching bottom every now and then we got no bites. |
Posted By: bearfoot
Date Posted: 06 Nov 2007 at 7:58pm
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HEY yoti ,
seen those kura flys [good imatation ]thought they would posible work well jiggin ,not that ive done a lot but maybe worth a try on rotoiti ??
good one on the fish you done heaps better than me
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Posted By: Yoti
Date Posted: 06 Nov 2007 at 8:16pm
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Hi Bearfoot I will have to go look for some kura flies I havnt seen them yet and I guess they should work . the fish we got last weekend had been feasting on kura some as big as your thumb, one had also eaten several small stones a little larger than marble size, same colour as a kura ..wonder if jigging a small stone would work . good to hear you got onto some fish in Lake Rotorua cheers.... |
Posted By: bearfoot
Date Posted: 06 Nov 2007 at 8:53pm
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heaps of good fish there at the momment!!
make the most of it before the bloom YOTI
CANT REMEMBER where i saw the flys ? think it might have been hamils in tauranga ,whanted to get some myself
will let you know if i find out or remeber ,whichever comes first
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Posted By: bearfoot
Date Posted: 10 Nov 2007 at 12:33pm
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YOTI
ive been to hamils and all the others ,then i rembered i saw them on trademe !!
the guys name is MARTIN DARFIELD and his handle on trademe is TELEMATH
he hasnt got any more on there at the moment,but ive contacted him in regards to supplying more via trademe,he comes from cantabry and has a range of nymps and flys still on there
regards mike
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Posted By: bearfoot
Date Posted: 18 Nov 2007 at 10:39am
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fished yesterday ohau channel and the pins,
5 fish all good nick ,and all taken on purple and black tassies
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Posted By: Wilago
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2007 at 8:39am
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Hi there, new to this forum and pretty green at fishing. Looking for a few tips and a bit of advise if you can help?
Have been out the last two nights on Rotorua and bought nothing home.
Both nights fished from around 6 until dark. Have trolled black Toby, traffic light, purple, clown, a red and white spotted type tassie devil, one with a copper coloured bottom with white and black top, and a copper toby.
Have been running a fly two metres up the trace.
Have been trolling leadlines with 3 to 4 colours out at the pins and ohau channel and two colours out from the ngongotaha stream.
Is there something I should be doing differently or is the fishing slow at the moment? Cheers Wilago.
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Posted By: roddholder
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2007 at 11:44am
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wilago welcome to the forum. all i can say is you are using all the right things but you may need to refine them a little. 1. speed is important. you need to be between 3-6kph. however every boat has its optimum speed so experiment, till you get it right. 2. depth of lure. as you adjust your speed so your lure will rise and fall as well as the amount of line you have out. 3. find your fish. this is where a good depthsounder is vital. fish the littorals. (the drop-off between shallow and deep water). fish cruise these areas looking for food. most of lake rotorua has a drop-off at 3-5m find this and use a zig-zag pattern along the littoral. 4. fish the weed beds in the evening light. use a very long trace 10-15m and one colour of lead. check your line regularly to make sure youre weed free. 5 talk to the locals. watch what the boats around you are doing. look out for the fishing guides, the are experts. if you can afford it book a trip with one and learn from that. 6. go into the local fishing shops and seek help there. private message me if you want. i'll help if i can. good luck and remember even the experts have the off days. the full moon is not a great help either so be patient. as rachael hunter says it may not happen overnight but it will happen. |
Posted By: Wilago
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2007 at 12:25pm
| Thanks for that Rodholder I appreciate the tips. Will give it a few days and have another go, maybe an early morning on the weekend. Cheers |
Posted By: Wilago
Date Posted: 03 Dec 2007 at 9:44am
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Hi Roddholder and others. Thanks heaps for your help last week and the info I have picked up on the forum.
Only chance I had to get out on the weekend was early evening Saturday. Fished the Pins and back towards Hamaurana. Got 4 fish in just over an hour and a half, the best a 5 pound Brown. 2 on the dark purple lure with black stripes on top and the other two on the pink with black stripes on the top.
Thanks again.
Cheers Paul
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Posted By: bearfoot
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2007 at 9:30pm
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good one willago !!
you done better than me
fished all sat except for the evening ,you must have gone out as i was comming in /?
i only got three keeping the best at 6 and a half of hammerana
also on purple and black
the water temp [surface that is ] increased from 19.5 ot 22 over the day maybe that had somthing to do with it ??
will be down there again this saturday
have you got a vhf radio on board ??
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Posted By: Wilago
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2007 at 8:32am
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Hi Bearfoot. Yeah we had lines in the water at 6:00, had hoped to get out earlier but it turned out pretty well, was certainly good to have fish in the fin after 3 trips without a thing to bring home!
My reading at the pins showed the temp down to 17 by then at the pins. I have a hand held VHF, must get round to sitting my license for it.
Not sure that I'll be out on Saturday, the forecast isnt looking great. Cheers
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Posted By: bearfoot
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2007 at 8:28pm
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HI WILAGON,
im going out hell or high water on sat,rotorua or what ever one of the other lakes has to offer depending weather??
launching from the airport side in a north easterly will be ok on rotorua,so from there down to the ohau channel should be allright in close
falling that ill go to OKAREKA or ROTOITI the cliffs on both lakes will give enough shelter from prevaling north easterles
ill be going sparrows fart and whont be going home without fish [ got a mate comming down from JAFA land and ive promised him a fish] weather out of a lake or out of my frezzer !! LOL
 CHANNEL 6 ON THE LAKE its a simplex channel and can only be used when boats are insite of each other
ill pm you my cell and home number
regards mike
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Posted By: bearfoot
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2007 at 10:44am
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went out yesturday,
rotoiti first ,fished gisborne pt for a couple of hours ,no fish but saw one nice fish of about 6-7 lb landed ,we then went back to rotorua seam the forcast hadnot run true to form [gale warning with suposed one meter swell ???] we got only three fish ,from hammer to the pins and ohau channel two of the fish took a traffic light and one on the old purple and black water temp was max at 18 c but that is only surface temp ,rotiti was only 17 c
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Posted By: bearfoot
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2007 at 6:46pm
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SORRY GUYS
used up all my browne points ,and excesess,so i cant see me getting out on the lakes this side of xmas [ bugger ] so i wont be able to tell you whats happening ??
maybe roddholder or yoti will be able to shed some light on whats going on,but i think roddholder has gone salty for now,Where are you YOITI /?
ANYWAY all the best for xmas guys and dont be shy to tell us all of youre trips ,good bad or other wise,
regards BEARFOOT
PS:WHOT THE FISH ARE TAKEN HELPS EVERYONE OUT good luck!!!
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Posted By: roddholder
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2007 at 11:08pm
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going salt tomorrow, port jackson. the trout fishing has been good all week and there has been no time for the computer. mate and i got 12 nice fish on tarawera last monday including a 70cm wild jack that was released as per regs. too go to kill . humphrys bay. jigging. went out on rotoiti last nite (4 hrs) and caught 10 very nice fish, 5lb average. 1 at about 8lb. brout 6 home and smoker going hard out all day while i visited uncle to get some of his famous snapper flashers. if they work as well as his tarakihi flashers we are in for a big bin full of snaps.
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Posted By: Yoti
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2007 at 8:12pm
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Hi Guys Well its been a bit of a fish drought about here been busy doing the seasonal work thing.. havn't been near the fresh water for weeks but have managed a couple of night trips on the Tauranga harbour.. brought home a few nice snapper each time. With the weather the way it has been for the last week or so it hasnt been that great time for me to be fishing anyway. This time of year my thoughts are that the night fishing on Lake Rotorua around Awahou stream area should be producing a few fish. good luck for the holiday season the fish are where you find them |
Posted By: Wilago
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2007 at 11:05am
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Hi all, got out last night for a quick troll around Rotorua. Got one at the pins about 6:30 on a fly (not sure what its called). There wern't many fish on the sounder so shot down to the Awahau for a look, nothing much there either so carried onto the Waiteti, few more there and lost one on the weedbeds which took the dark purple cobra. Had to call it a night then. Have a good christmas, tight lines. Cheers Wilago
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Posted By: bearfoot
Date Posted: 28 Dec 2007 at 7:07am
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HI guys,fished rotorua yesterday,
6 fish up to 2.4 kgs mixed between purple and black / trafic light lures,
fished the pins trou to ohau ch for most of them in the edges of the weed beds 15 - 25 feet.
did one short skint between the airport and the marie and got one in 4 feet of water nice fish to ,going to okatina to day will let you know how i get on tonight
hope you all had a good xmas
regards mike
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Posted By: bearfoot
Date Posted: 29 Dec 2007 at 8:14am
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okatina was quiet fished for three hours 4 one fish which took the trafic light, it was the first time that ive been there ,being unfamiliar with it and its spots ,never the less NICE LAKE.
WE whent back to rotorua for the remander of the day picking up another four fish ,all taken on the trafic light,not even a touch on my old fathfull purple and black ??
we fished from hammer to ohau,but most of the action was arround the pins around the drop offs,
there where a lot of boats fishing this side of gisborn pt at rotoiti on the way throu to okatina we should have stopped there ,given the wind conditions as it was not the best at rotorua with a varable half meter chop [suprised to get any fish ]normaly i have not had much luck at all in the chop on prev trips !!
How have the rest of you guys been doing ???
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Posted By: fush
Date Posted: 29 Dec 2007 at 7:12pm
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hi michael good to see you out there doing it over christmas I am sure many people are following your reports on where the fish are biting |
Posted By: bearfoot
Date Posted: 29 Dec 2007 at 9:59pm
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HI andrew.
spoke to a keen okatina fisho today !!and he normaly does well and hits it hardout ,jiging and the like ,but even he said he and all his mates have found it hard fishing of late !!!
so it makes me feal a bit better in one respect ,if the guys that fish regually arnt doing so well !!
but thats fishing !!
lesson to be learnt there somwhere ??
nice to be on the water ,but information is a good help [up to date] helps everyone
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Posted By: roddholder
Date Posted: 29 Dec 2007 at 10:06pm
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went out to rotoiti and fished at vercoes, 2hours 4fish around 2-2.5kg. good condition. nice little se breeze of5-10kph. all on jack sprat. lots of fish on sounder but not on the bite. great day on the water. better than workin!!!!!!
------------- she was only a fishermans daughter, but she reeled at the sight of my rod!. |
Posted By: bearfoot
Date Posted: 29 Dec 2007 at 10:11pm
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GEZZZE pete,
now im kickin myself LOL
new i should have gone to rotoiti
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Posted By: bearfoot
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2008 at 7:57pm
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fished rotorua again today,
the water temp was up high 22s ,and suprisingly over 23 just of hammerana creek,
there were lots of boats fishing the ohau till the wind got up,and they hightaled it home bye 12 oclock,i fished from hammer to the ohau ,lost a good one at the boat at the pins on the way ,nothing doing at ohua but picked up two on the way back from there of the pins in 25 feet and a little 1.5kg rainbow that someone had ripped its face of proberly a year ago ?,was caught of hammer stream in ten feet of water ,fifty fifty today on purple and black, and the old trafic light
cheers mike
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Posted By: Yoti
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2008 at 8:11pm
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Good to see you have been out on the water..keep up the reports.. still that work thing happening here but hope to get out on the salt over the weekend.hope it is not too long and i'll be trying for a trout as well. Have had one night out on the Tauranga harbour and brought home a feed of snapper Cheers |
Posted By: bearfoot
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2008 at 9:19am
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Posted By: Snuffit.
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2008 at 4:43pm
| NASTY!!!! |
Posted By: bearfoot
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2008 at 9:59pm
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fishings good in the harbour at the momment YOTI
shallows -out going last 2 hours to beat the weed ,fished the banks of otomoti last night,got this lot and didnt keep anything under 350,bonito squid and pilliys,.picky but hard hitting and screming runs in this depth [12 foot and 3-4 foot at end of the eb]
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Posted By: Yoti
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2008 at 9:02pm
| Hi there.. has anyone been fishing Lake Rotoiti it's about time I had a trout jigging trip ,been fishing the salt and doing ok |
Posted By: roddholder
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2008 at 11:07pm
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jigging on rotoiti is hot. epoxy jack sprat the fly. fish are fat and fiesty.....good luck.
------------- she was only a fishermans daughter, but she reeled at the sight of my rod!. |
Posted By: Yoti
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2008 at 7:44pm
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Hi Guys Took Daughter and Son inlaw to Lake Rotoiti and spent tuesday night and wednesday on the lake We caught one jigging at Gisborne point and did much better trolling brought 5 nice fish home returned several and lost a few as well. All fat well conditioned fish. A first for Son inlaw he hadnt been trout fishing before, enjoyed introducing him to trout fishing |
Posted By: fush
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2008 at 10:31pm
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Good stuff Yoti Check out Bearfoots photos above of all the wierd stuff he is catching in Rotorua |
Posted By: HareNcopA
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2008 at 8:09am
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I didnt know snapper spawned that far up the Kaituna
global warming!!! ------------- Behind every good fisherman is a lonely woman |
Posted By: bearfoot
Date Posted: 04 Feb 2008 at 9:01pm
| yea the lakes are so warm this year !!! i think the marlin might make it up to spawn as well HARENCOPA lol |
Posted By: bearfoot
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2008 at 8:31pm
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back from rotoma !!!
actualy got back last thursday,spent the honeymoon down there for nine days ,
no tigers to be caught again !!
up at 5 every morning [ much to the disgust of my newly wed] lol
the fishing was excellent to say the least ,the flys for harling at the momment are green ,rabits, orbits and any variation even yellow seams to be working as well,early morning up 9 oclock and 4.30 in the evening onwards,the south easter side being the most productive at the moment,all the fish apart from one slab jack were in good condition,being full of smelt and orange as salmon !!!
jiging on the lake is quite poroductive as well with some double figer fish caught of late bye a couple of the locals,
a three hook setup ,with smelt flys,going from green at the bottom and silver at the top,
we stopped of at rotoiti for the night ,but only had a quick fish of the wall [ nothing ] but it had died of at rotoma 2-3 days before hand with the full moon so i wasnt that dissapointed,
speaking to one of the local guides there at the ramp ,he said the fising had been great there that week ,he took a party of japanes out and they thought they were actualy catching salmon ,because of the size of them,
well back to work and reality for me now,BUGGER !!!!
cant wait to get back on rotorua,as it is still my favorite place of fishing !
just got to start stackin the browine point back up ,so i can make it happen asap
cheers guys,
whots happening out there ???
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Posted By: fush
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2008 at 8:56pm
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great report bearfoot whats best - being newly wed or a weeks great fishing |
Posted By: bearfoot
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2008 at 9:47pm
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a weeks fishing !!!!
hopes doesnt read this,or bye bye browne points for me LOL
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Posted By: roddholder
Date Posted: 28 Mar 2008 at 6:56pm
 i caught these two trout caught jigging on lake rotoiti today, the smaller fish was 4.5lb and the other just under 10lb both on grey ghost no12 epoxy fly had to get my mate to hold them while used my new digi camera
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Posted By: Pole Dancer
Date Posted: 28 Mar 2008 at 7:54pm
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Nice work there Rodholder.... ------------- http://www.clarkreid.co.nz" rel="nofollow - www.clarkreid.co.nz FFF Certified Casting Instructor / Umpqua Designer Tier 
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Posted By: HareNcopA
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2008 at 8:37pm
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haha the 4.5 pounder looks tiny next to that big fella ------------- Behind every good fisherman is a lonely woman |
Posted By: Kiwifisher1
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2008 at 1:29pm
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Yup, great photo Rodholder...puts a good perspective on sizes... ------------- Bending rods since the 70's www.kiwifisher.com |
Posted By: Nebuchadnezzar
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2008 at 7:47pm
| Nice fish there rodholder. What part of rotoiti was it caught? pic looks a bit like Ruato. Iev found the fishing very slow off Ruato, need some big rain and a drop in temp. Did you fish in the rotorua police fishing comp recently? |
Posted By: Yoti
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2008 at 8:39pm
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Spent yesterday and today fishing Lake Rotoiti Good weather and caught some good fish. Seemed hard going but ended up with 7 fish between two of us. best one 2.81 Kg. fish caught trolling and jigging |
Posted By: roddholder
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2008 at 9:53pm
yep, fished the police comp.3 anglers on boat got 72 fish for the 3 days, all jigging. only used one fly, the n0.10 pat swift epoxy jack sprat. got some nice fish up to 3.4kg but just outside the prizes. the lake temp is still 19.6deg so no sign of spawning runs. lots of wild fish but a few of the better fish were hatchery fish. had that photo fish in the freezer,  i should have sneaked it into the weigh-in. lol. a few too many cops around though!!!!!! .
------------- she was only a fishermans daughter, but she reeled at the sight of my rod!. |
Posted By: Nebuchadnezzar
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2008 at 5:40am
| Yeah I was lucky and didnt have to get mine from the freezer! I caught the 4.2kg that won the tournament. Only fished half days on rotoiti then moved to okataina for the arvo, man oaks is fishing well! We averaged 25 fish an arvo, lots of 2.7kg fish, 3.5kg the best, that fish also got me 3rd place. Size 8 ginger mick doing the damage. |
Posted By: Pole Dancer
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2008 at 9:18am
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Nice work Ol Betsy!!!! Congrats! ------------- http://www.clarkreid.co.nz" rel="nofollow - www.clarkreid.co.nz FFF Certified Casting Instructor / Umpqua Designer Tier
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Posted By: roddholder
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2008 at 5:01pm
great stuff trent, congrats on a fine effort. to win that many prizes was fantastic, esp as only one prize per fish. better make sure your warrant and rego are up to scratch though, them cops  have no sense of humour
------------- she was only a fishermans daughter, but she reeled at the sight of my rod!. |
Posted By: Yoti
Date Posted: 06 May 2008 at 8:34pm
| Fished Lake Rotoiti again over the weekend, overnighted on the lake,fished saturday evening sunday morning 7 fish between the two of us all trolling. Tried jigging with no luck this time.The fish are so full of smelt it surprises me that they even bother to take our trolled gear. Caught on smelt flies and clown tazzie devil |
Posted By: bearfoot
Date Posted: 08 May 2008 at 9:40pm
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nice to see [hear ] from you yoti !!
havent been out a lot myself of late,
a couple of times on rotorua ,the usual haunts,hammer to the ohau ,
fish size is down but sill heaps there !!!
silver smelt [ tazie ] was the go >>>>> purple and black not so good or trafic light.but parsons \ glory fly in yellow seamed to be more productive at a slower speed especialy around the ohau channel in 20 to 26 feet. the pins are still workin well as well !!!
9 till 3 seams to be the time the lake temp has dropped as well,and the fish are rowing up.
have been told the clowns are workin well but i still stick with the old favorites
might throw one out next time and see what happens ??
silver clown with the smelt i presume buy youre words might be the go ?
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Posted By: bearfoot
Date Posted: 12 May 2008 at 7:53pm
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rotorua again last weekend ,
white clown with red an black spots worked well,straight silver tasi did better,trafic light also working ,just about anything i threw out caught fish, the only exception was a black and gold toby ,did even get a hit on it [ most unusual ] fished as above wiht the pins doing better 6 fish 3 kept,
the condition factor was 50/50 being slab and good,
water temp was 13 to 14.5 c with most of the fish being in the 15 - 20 foot mark
i put a tag in to fish and game the other week
the results equated to !!!
released august 2006 at 200MM in lenght
captured may 2008 510 mm and 1.6 kg 450 grams of that weight was its row [ egg ]
thats all for now fellas tight lines and good luck on youre next trip
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Posted By: bearfoot
Date Posted: 17 May 2008 at 10:08pm
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ten fish on the lake todat !!
keept four to smoke, lots of small fish ,the water was on average 14 c and the fish were mostly in the 25 to 30 foot mark. lure of the day was the silver tasi again
the ohau ch was quiet with most of the fish being caught around the pins
there was a few boats workin the marie by the airport,speaking to on of them later in the day he said he had been not so lucky as myself, he was catching a lot of small fish and hadnt kept any
YOTI and RODHOLDER you guys fishing or what???
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Posted By: Yoti
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 9:36pm
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Well done bearfoot still thinking fishing now and then but flat out everyday lately with the kiwifruit harvest, might get some fishing in if the weather breaks but most likely will be after the fruit is done catch a few for me |
Posted By: bearfoot
Date Posted: 27 May 2008 at 7:49pm
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thinkin of hitting okatiana this w/end ??
anybody got any info please ??
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Posted By: Fish Mad
Date Posted: 28 May 2008 at 8:43am
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IF IT WAS ME THIS WEEKEND,WHICH IT JUST WELL MIGHT BE ON SUNDAY.
I WOULD BE TARGETTING THE 6 TO 10 METER LINE ON ROTOITI.
HAD A CRACK A WEEK AGO,FIRST TIME TROLLING/HARLING AND MANAGED A 4.1KG JACK 1st FISH UP.
HEARD OF OTHER GOOD REPORTS THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE!!
MAY SEE YOU OUT THERE. ------------- ~~REMEMBER;FISH HAVE TAILS AND THEY USE THEM?~~ |
Posted By: bearfoot
Date Posted: 28 May 2008 at 6:31pm
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thank madfish,
where abouts were you and what did you use ??
still going to okatina at this stage,first light, and rotoiti or back to rotorua for a dead cert
what sort of condition was the jack in ,all the ones at rotorua are slabs at the mo
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Posted By: Fish Mad
Date Posted: 30 May 2008 at 6:32am
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CHECK OUT THE PHOTO GALLERY.
WILL GIVE YOU AN IDEA.
ALOTS HAPPENING ON ROTOIT,BELIEVE ME!!
MATE CAUGHT A 5.1KG ON SATURDAY NIGHT LAST WEEK,AND ANOTHER MATE CAUGHT A 10LBER ON WEDNESDAY EVENING.
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Posted By: bearfoot
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2008 at 2:19pm
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whent to rotorua yesterday instead of okatina,
6 nice fish including this one ,which had a condition factor of 60%
5.5 lb the lure of the day was silver tasi
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Posted By: *stu*
Date Posted: 03 Jun 2008 at 12:34pm
| Thats got a mean fat back on it. If the gut was full up that CD would have been massive. nice fish. |
Posted By: bearfoot
Date Posted: 03 Jun 2008 at 5:41pm
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thaks STU
the gut was about 3/4 in roe
it was the best smoked trout ive ever had [ even thou i quick smoked it
cheers mike
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Posted By: bearfoot
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2008 at 7:06pm
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NICE TO SEE ALL YOURE FISHING REPORTS COMING IN FELLAS ????
NOT NO MORE FROM ME TILL I SEE SOME FROM YOU GUYS !!!!!
BYE THE AMOUNT OF VIEWS OVER THE WEEKS YOURE ALL LOOKING FOR INFO ??
AS IVE SAID IN THE PAST ,ITS A TWO WAY STREET,EVERYBODY BENIFITS FROM EVERYBODY ELSES EXPEPRIENCES GOOD OR BAD
LET US KNOW HOW YOU DID -- WHERE YOU WHENT --WHAT YOU USED , ETC
IF YOURE NOT HAVING ANY JOY ???
THERE COULD BE A GOOD RESON FOR IT !!!
AND ONE OF US WILL BE ABLE TO STEAR YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
REGARDS BEARFOOT
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Posted By: Kiwifisher1
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2008 at 3:52pm
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Here's one for you then barefoot...
My brother and his mate hit "The Pipe" on Rotoiti last Saturday evening and caught nought. Watched other anglers take three tho. Reckons the trout need rain as much as we do before they'll do anything really major. ------------- Bending rods since the 70's www.kiwifisher.com |
Posted By: bearfoot
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2008 at 8:59pm
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78 hits on this form since 7.06 pm 9/6/08
ONE REPLY,
THANKS KIWIFISHER
I REST MY CASE !!!
THIS THREAD IS DEAD AS FAR AS IM CONCERNED
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Posted By: Pole Dancer
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2008 at 8:41am
Calm down Bearfoot. 
That is par for the course on forums and as long as a thread get hits it shouldn't be considered dead. The number of people on here that fish that Rotorua region are limited and I'm certain the majority post about it and share what they can but forums always have a lot of lurkers who read and don't post. Your reports provide something valuable to those people. There are a number of forums where we'd like to see better incvolvement, freshwater being one, but keeping things peaceful, not shouting is a better way to go.
I don't even fish that area and look forward to reading your reports and I'm sure other do too...
keep up the great work mate! ------------- http://www.clarkreid.co.nz" rel="nofollow - www.clarkreid.co.nz FFF Certified Casting Instructor / Umpqua Designer Tier
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Posted By: Fish Mad
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2008 at 7:37pm
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Hi Barefoot,
I see you never had a look at Rotoiti the other week.
Well I managed a 3.4kg and 4 smaller around the 2 - 2.5kg mark, on the Sunday of long weekend.
I witnessed a 10ld jack in the bag and the same guy during the previous week had caught 2 fish at 11lbs.
Allso a 5.1kg has been caught and another angler had caught one at 10lbs.
A mate went out 2 nights ago and caught nothing.
Im on the lake at least once a week at the moment.
Will be there next week for 3 days,doing what Im very passionate about!!
I will tell all,when Im back.
Hope this helps???
Whats knowledge,if its not shared??
Look forward to your reports.
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Posted By: *stu*
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2008 at 4:37pm
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Hi bearfoot,
I've only been down twice this year in the last couple of weeks and have reported that in another thread.
I don't get down from Tga very often for a fish so your reports along with others are valuable for me to get a handle on whats going on down there.
much appreciated and keep up the good work.
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Posted By: FarmerBrowne
Date Posted: 19 Jun 2008 at 8:30pm
I have been on Rotoiti half a dozen time this year for 1 trout. Todays trip produced a slightly better result and included an 11 pound hen. All taken jigging (70 feet) and all hooked on the same small brown fly.
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Posted By: Yoti
Date Posted: 19 Jun 2008 at 9:44pm
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FarmerBrown...well done that's a magnificent fish. Mate and I had an night fish on Rotoiti on tuesday night around the dump area slow fishing I lost one good fish, mate got one as big as your little finger |
Posted By: Snuffit.
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2008 at 8:03am
| That's a fish to be proud of! |
Posted By: Pole Dancer
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2008 at 9:31am
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Awesome fish! ------------- http://www.clarkreid.co.nz" rel="nofollow - www.clarkreid.co.nz FFF Certified Casting Instructor / Umpqua Designer Tier
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Posted By: Kiwifisher1
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2008 at 9:35am
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MATE!!!!Nice fish.
My brother in law fished Ruato Bay on Monday night for a 9.5lb, an 8lber and a smaller 6lber. He was happy and I was jealous.
Here's his proof...
 Given what Farmer brown displayed above also it would seem Rotoiti is doing just fine at the moment.
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Posted By: Snuffit.
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2008 at 9:44am
| .. and i heard a ruomur of a 4.5kg number coming from the pipe on Tues night. look slike they're coming in. |
Posted By: *stu*
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2008 at 9:58am
| That's a great fish farmer browne. |
Posted By: Fish Mad
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2008 at 7:06pm
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As mentioned,I was going to give a run down of my 3 days over on Rotoiti.
Well like I said and advised in previous posts its been happening for a little while now.
Looking at the pics,tells all.
Excellent fish guys(FarmerBrowne,Kiwifisher1)
Monday night, I had 7 touches for no hookups,over a 2 hour period.I even trimmed down the tails to next to nothing.
I was out Tuesday and witness a couple of 8lbers,9lber and a couple arond 6lbs.Allso noted that the odd fish was looking like a bike tube!!
Myself I didnt do to well that night,but redeemed myself on Wednesday landing a 8lber.
Spooke to Matt from Fish & Game,he commented that the average for the season so far is 3.3kg,Okataina 3.2kg.
Mate went out today & hasnt feared as well as what he thought.Another day tomorrow.
You cant beat having your finger on the pulse???
Good luck guys,get out there and do it before its over!!
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Posted By: bearfoot
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2008 at 9:16pm
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THANK GUYS,
good to see youre input on this page not mention the size of youre fish !!!!
YOU have restored my faith in this thread
keep the thread going and the ups and downs of fishing a happening
whent to rotorua last week fridad to be exact,
as norm fished the pins to ohau ,the pins still doing well ,water temp down to 12.5 at on stage [no need to keep the beers on ice ]
got bored at one stage and decided to have a play with the fly rod !!
had a floatinng line spool on and decided to throw it out for a laugh with a parsons glory an a green orbit,still only had 9 foot of taperd leader on .let the line out till the backing hit the water,slowed the boat down to 1.4 knot and put [ lent ] the rod over the other seat[as i couldent slip it into a rodholder,
Well magick 2 NICE FISH one after another ,havent had so much fun for a long time,
the floater works well .over the shallows drop off !!!
i might in crease the leader a bit though 15 feet i think ,
but good fun on 9 foot of rod and circlcling the boat to get them in
let you know how i go next time im out
keep them posts comming in
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Posted By: roddholder
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2008 at 9:37pm
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hi guys just to let you know i'm still in the land of the living and still fishing. mostly salt water softbait but the odd fresh trip. went out yesterday to rotoiti and 3 anglers, we got 5 fish in about 4 hours. one went just under 8lb the rest were all maiden fish around 4-5lb and real fat. the jigging is harder now the water temp is 12.5 deg. it didnt fall below 14 deg last year so the frosts are cooling things down. the fish numbers are well down on the sounder to other years, and i think thats because fish & game arn't putting the fish into the lake in the numbers they claim. the fly fishers arnt having much sucess either with only the odd fish being caught. ------------- she was only a fishermans daughter, but she reeled at the sight of my rod!. |
Posted By: Yoti
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2008 at 10:48pm
| Fly fished off the beach at Lake Okatina tonight . I missed out, had one good bite, 6 fish landed around me.I gave up about 9pm it got too wet |