Makarora River
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Topic: Makarora River
Posted By: Fishsnatcher
Subject: Makarora River
Date Posted: 02 Mar 2009 at 6:48pm
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Has anyone fished the Makarora lately, apparently it is quite heavily fished now.
I went up there once when I was younger, think I got a small salmon on my old spin rod.
I'll be heading up there this weekend, with fly and spin rod at the ready.
Any info would be great
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Posted By: Snap T
Date Posted: 02 Mar 2009 at 8:03pm
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Fished it 10 or so days ago. Had a chat to a station worker, he said the amount of anglers this season was considerably less than last due to the weather and such. However still very heavily fished. I found it fantastic, lots of fish taken on Cicada and Stimulator patterns, 2 - 9 lb plus a few larger spotted, but these fish were very spooky and casts needed to be precise and dragless drifts a must. The river has risen and dropped since then and I'd assume it is back in good fishing condition by now. Heard good things about the fishing closer to the lake with your spinner, but would definately say use the fly further upstream toward the tree line. Cicadas were deafening up there! |
Posted By: Fishsnatcher
Date Posted: 02 Mar 2009 at 9:22pm
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Stop it your making me drool, can't wait to get up there! |
Posted By: Barbary B
Date Posted: 04 Mar 2009 at 9:36am
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Take plenty of sandfly repellent. Clouds of them last time I was there.
Spectacular spot - I like fishing from the outlet upstream through the braided runs rather than the gorge. ------------- "Look ahead, look astern, look to weather, look to lea Look down along the coast of High Barbary..." |
Posted By: Fishsnatcher
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2009 at 9:16pm
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Unfortunately I came back empty handed... since I released this beauty Edit: can't seem to get image on to my post...
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Posted By: Uncle
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2009 at 9:22pm
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Posted By: Uncle
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2009 at 11:02pm
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Posted on behalf of Fishsnatcher...
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Posted By: TheBadger
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2009 at 11:44pm
| nice fish mate, did you weigh? If not then give us an estimate. 6-7-8lbs maybe? |
Posted By: Fishsnatcher
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2009 at 7:27am
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I weighed him at 8.5lbs, though what you don't see from the photo is how wide he is,
I thought I had hit a snag at first, took me 5 minutes to realise...
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Posted By: Kenshin
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2009 at 7:53am
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Nice fish there!! what lure did you use?
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Posted By: Fishsnatcher
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2009 at 8:07am
If I told you that, I would have to kill you 
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Posted By: Barbary B
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2009 at 12:48pm
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Ah ... let the guesses start then...
- black coffin (zed spinner)
- black meps with yellow spots
- Black and gold toby....
------------- "Look ahead, look astern, look to weather, look to lea Look down along the coast of High Barbary..." |
Posted By: Fishsnatcher
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2009 at 3:41pm
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This is gonna take a while.... |
Posted By: TheBadger
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2009 at 8:11pm
Ah yeah, just took a look at how thick that tail is, not surprised he weighed that much! Bit of an ugly brute...but the fish is quite good looking
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