Flat Rock - East of Kawau Is
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Topic: Flat Rock - East of Kawau Is
Posted By: bluecoraldiver
Subject: Flat Rock - East of Kawau Is
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2009 at 2:53pm
| Has anyone has good catches in this area lately. I'm thinking of heading there tomorrow morning before sunrise. I've heard it is good for Kingies. |
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Posted By: Blue Legend
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2009 at 6:15pm
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Flat Rock = F ck all
Never caught a fish there......EVER, last try.....Yesterday
Have heard of good catches here and I guess thats why I keep having a try there
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Posted By: Blue Asparagus
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2009 at 6:32pm
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yip go there but fish inside corner, 2nd you dont need to go that far, trust me have a look on your sea map, plenty of reef structure and best ,best ,best bait is piper dead or alive, but if your in close to kawau big **** off kahawai baits is the go, ask any of our family I am sure a fish of 88lb gutted would get the blood flowing.
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Posted By: Phats
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2009 at 10:56pm
Your Sihting me BA ? ....best bait is metal  Hush Mozz, Flat rock = F all ------------- A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. |
Posted By: mozz
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2009 at 10:57pm
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Posted By: kingyqueen
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2009 at 10:58pm
i gotta say that i have caught 85% of my kingies there ------------- www.bradleysmoker.co.nz |
Posted By: cosmo
Date Posted: 07 Jan 2009 at 11:44am
ok BA so when the mighty nymphos up and running am i there  with the whole 13ft 6 of her or am i pushing my luck dont even know where it is yet i know where kawau is.
off to google earth it ------------- i just want to go fishing..........amd ignore all my adult problems |
Posted By: mozz
Date Posted: 07 Jan 2009 at 12:06pm
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resident bait at flat is jack macs. the kings we got yesterday were full of them(4 big jack macs in a 30lb king). also slimys work well around kawau. i dont like piper as a bit but thats just me as it works really really well for some people, the jacks you can tow around live easily and cover more ground. kahawai bigger the better for shallow livebaiting at kawau your boat will get out there easy cosmo just remember a nasty little land breeze often comes up in the hour before dark round whangaparoa and sometimes makes a choppy trip back |
Posted By: cosmo
Date Posted: 07 Jan 2009 at 3:16pm
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SWEET i m there shortly hopefully ------------- i just want to go fishing..........amd ignore all my adult problems |
Posted By: Pot Hunter
Date Posted: 07 Jan 2009 at 3:29pm
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Flat Rock = F All in my opinion also. Sure if you work area hard you will bring home some snapper, but better places to fish. Agree some Kings there though. ------------- Don't weigh it - don't say it. |
Posted By: fozzie
Date Posted: 07 Jan 2009 at 9:40pm
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We were out there today, would of had a better chance of catching Snapper in the Waikumete cemetery..... ------------- Dont take life too seriously.....no one gets out alive any way. http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Carbine
Date Posted: 07 Jan 2009 at 11:28pm
tonight near flat rock fish starting out at 9 pounds  ------------- 
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Blue Legend wrote:Posted By: of2fsh
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2009 at 12:10am
Day time for sunbathing evening time for fishing....our 115L icytek was full to the brim with some fat as fish tonight...Dont bother even launching before 6pm  |
Posted By: bluecoraldiver
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2009 at 8:46am
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I manged to get an 8lb Snapper and a small Kingy there yesterday. Other than that it was very quiet.
What was with all those kahawai all around the rock that did NOT want to take any lures or baits. There were hundreds of them but not a single hookup. They just circled and circled. Maybe they only had sex on the brain?
My mate that was with me said at the end of the day that he's going to sell his fishing gear now. He was not a happy camper after yesterdays fishing. He got nothing. I'll be sharing my smoked Snapper with his family though.
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Posted By: fozzie
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2009 at 9:38pm
Pleased for you guys, when we were out there I said to Ledeine this would be a great night possie, unfortunately, prior committments prevented us staying out, but dont be surprised if you go out there and see a 6 metre Haines Signature in the hood...that will be us, reckon it was good of the day shift to prep the area for the night shift yesterday tho eh??? ------------- Dont take life too seriously.....no one gets out alive any way. http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Bruce
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2009 at 9:21am
| I have better luck drifting over the sand about 1-2 miles east of flat rock. Pretty much agree with of2fish's comments. |
Posted By: Raging Bull
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2009 at 7:55am
| Hey Blue Coral, in my experience it seems that when the Kahawai are there like that but not taking the baits its because there is a king or 2 upsetting there day. Ive caught a few kings when trying to get Kahawai and each time the Kahawai havnt been taking the bait, i guess if i was worried about a big fish eating me i wouldnt be to worried about grabbing a pie. |
Posted By: Fish Dish
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2009 at 11:52am
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Those kawahai are eating something, we have also tried to catch them. tried shiny lures, plastics baits all sorts.
If you drift quietly into them you will see they have their mouths open. Whatever they are eating is very small, they are scooping it into their open mouths.
The sooty shearwater birds were there eating the same thing.
For those of you who have never seen Flat Rock this is it.
In this second pic you can see the kawahai in the water.
This last pic shows one of the tight packed schools, plus the birds among them.
You would tend to think there would be snapper under these, but if there was we were unable to tempt them out. This confirms my thinking that whatever the kawahai are eating it's not messy.
Noticed there are plenty of sharks here though. ------------- One more Kingie |
Posted By: ski da mofo!!
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2009 at 11:56am
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i remeber a dive there once and those kahawai made a chimney arond me then a hole opened up and a big kingy swam inside the chimney ,eyeballed me then anothe hole and he disapeared out the other side wicked... ------------- BIG FISH IS WHERE ITS AT |
Posted By: Blue Legend
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2009 at 11:59am
| Any crays there Ski?? |
Posted By: ski da mofo!!
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2009 at 12:01pm
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on the rock no but further along the reef south east on another dive i found a couple theres also a cool arch that you can swim thru its big enuf to knell up in the sound is wicked when goin under bit like when ya put a shell up to your ear but louder... ------------- BIG FISH IS WHERE ITS AT |
Posted By: Carbine
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2009 at 4:45pm
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the kahawai are eating krill trie some salt flies -------------
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Posted By: Moocha
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2009 at 5:40pm
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That means you Si
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