Kahawai tips
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Topic: Kahawai tips
Posted By: Youngfisherman
Subject: Kahawai tips
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2009 at 7:33am
| Hey just wondering if you guys had kahawai specif tips and some locations in wellington i could go to reel some in....on sunday at the sundaymarket near te papa i went to chech out some fish on sale at a couple of boats and what do you know a huge kahawai at least 70cm and really fat came out and started feeding on the guts of the fish awsome!! |
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Posted By: px
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2009 at 11:11am
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If you've got your Fish Magic just so, you can bring in some good sized Kahawai off the Seatoun or Rona Bay wharves. Serious about the Fish Magic though - for the majority of the time, they're difficult to find there. Though in saying that, I've pulled in gurnard, and my fishing buddy pulled in a monkfish during those Kahawai off-times. Oh, and a few congers and more spotties than I know what to do with. Anyone want a spotty? |
Posted By: Wgtnsurf
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2009 at 3:44pm
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Keep your Spotties px! May I ask, what is Fish Magic? Also where is Rona Bay? Sorry new to Wellington, is it near Seaview? |
Posted By: 41south
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2009 at 3:55pm
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http://zoomin.co.nz/?search/address/Eastbourne%2C%20Lower%20Hutt&id=103%3A480%3A%3A - http://zoomin.co.nz/?search/address/Eastbourne%2C%20Lower%20Hutt&id=103%3A480%3A%3A ------------- "A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history - with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila." -- Mitch Ratliffe |
Posted By: Wgtnsurf
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2009 at 4:03pm
| Thanks 41south, so would that wharf mentioned above be the same one at days bay or separate? |
Posted By: 41south
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2009 at 4:12pm
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I believe it is the same one - but somebody may jump in a correct me there. ------------- "A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history - with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila." -- Mitch Ratliffe |
Posted By: Youngfisherman
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2009 at 4:34pm
| just bought these "strike" fishing lures its like a rubber fish with a hook in it any one used these before got them from warehouse....planning on going tonight after tea or tomoz morning at 6am does it matter if its low tide any tips. |
Posted By: px
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2009 at 4:35pm
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It's not the one at Days Bay... keep driving. A bay around you'll find a road that goes off to the right called Marine Drive (from memory) and a couple of hundred meters down there on the right, there is an access driveway between two (again, memory) Norfolk Pines that leads into the Muritai Yacht Club... you can park on the beachfront and wander straight up onto the wharf. And what is Fish Magic? It starts with a dance. It's just a step to the left... Sometimes it takes the blood of a chicken. Other times, you have to use a divining rod.. You know, it's Fish Magic! |
Posted By: px
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2009 at 4:37pm
If you were out Eastbourne way at low tide, you'll need to cast out quite a long way to find anything other than spotties and small kahawai. In saying that, you'll still catch something, if something is passing by and is hungry enough. |
Youngfisherman wrote:Posted By: Youngfisherman
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2009 at 4:43pm
| im at the seatoun side of welly....most likely going to seatoun wharf, is it best to use live baits, and how do you catch baby kahawai i hear they are quite tasty panfried? |
Posted By: px
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2009 at 4:51pm
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To catch some small ones, a bit of squid on some 1/0s or smaller will do it. I haven't had any luck with soft baits as yet. The fillets on a small kahawai are... quite small. Great bait, for bigger kahawai though. Caught a reasonable size red gurn with kahawai as bait. I wholeheartedly endorse this fish as bait. Tasty with butter and garlic too, tho. |
Posted By: Wgtnsurf
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2009 at 4:57pm
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I have had no luck with soft bait, threw them in the bin after 3 fishless trips, back to the bait and catching again. I usually use 4/0 size hooks, but got told the other day by a passer by to use 1/0 or 2/0 at biggest, what's everyone's thoughts on this? I am not targeting any fish species in particular.. |
Posted By: Youngfisherman
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2009 at 5:05pm
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my dad used a metal fish once and reeled in around 5 about a year ago whats the biggest youve caught and where? |
Posted By: Wgtnsurf
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2009 at 5:17pm
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Biggest Kahawai - 58cm - Otahome (Wairarapa) Using Mackrel 4/0 hook |
Posted By: Hairy Little Dwarf
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2009 at 5:58pm
YFM: I use those strike lures all the time. Never travel in the yak without dragging at least one and always nabbing KY's on them, as well as the occasional king, but that's a one-way battle on my light KY lines...and a 20lber Snapper a couple of years ago. The "hex wobblers" are probably the best all round KY lure for shore fishing though. Easy to cast too. http://www.discountfishingsupplies.co.nz/shop/product_thumb.php?img=images/fishfighter_spinner.jpg&w=125&h=119 - http://www.discountfishingsupplies.co.nz/shop/product_thumb.php?img=images/fishfighter_spinner.jpg&w=125&h=119 ------------- The Dreaded Shark-Eating Man! |
Posted By: Youngfisherman
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2009 at 7:55pm
hmmm i dont use those i use these rubber ones that i can cut with my finger nail ...i am wondering how the hell they would hold in a kahawais mouth.Any way planning on heading out tomorrow morning if the weather is fine ill post a report as soon as i get back from school or if i have enough time tomorrow morning. Tips would be great on using lures never tried em 
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Posted By: Wgtnsurf
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2009 at 2:53pm
| Did you get out? If so how was it? |
Posted By: Hairy Little Dwarf
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2009 at 3:04pm
YFM: The soft rubber ones that you described hold up reasonably well, as the hook takes the load, and KY don't have teeth as such. Eventually the hooks start to pull out of the body, that's when I cut the hook off and tease the cat on the lawn whilst practising my spot casting  As far as using the solid metal lures, bring it in fast - You'll never outwind a KY. ------------- The Dreaded Shark-Eating Man! |
Posted By: OTK Lure fishing NZ
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2009 at 3:48pm
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I find the bright green flasher rigs work well on KY on the west coast of auckland, with pilchard for bait. Maybe give these a blast too buddy! Lures are good if the KY are in a plenty, but if you want a bait to sit out while the schools move through then a bright green flasher is the way to go mate!
The Fish ------------- Think like the fish, breath like the fish. I AM THE FISH! |
Posted By: Toad2
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2009 at 4:04pm
| to catch small ky, i use a small piece of bonito. berlying up helps |
Posted By: sooshee
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2009 at 4:15pm
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Hi YoungFisherman, I find that kahawai seems to be the most prolific at the wharves very early in the morning. I suspect they are there chasing the baitfish. Often don't even need to use burley at this time. One of my favourite techniques is to hook an unweighted pilchard and cast out - it doesn't need to go far. Occasionally retrieve slowly and repeat.
During the day, I like to use the hex wobbler and retrieve quickly like what Smudge said.
KYs will take rubber lures but you can't cast as far with them.
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Posted By: Youngfisherman
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2009 at 4:32pm
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I went this morning at 6:30 using the rubber lure no luck apart from a dang barracoutta...i thought it was a kahawai at first i was so sad hahaha |
Posted By: BFIST
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2009 at 4:58pm
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Here's a tip that works really well for me sometimes. If you target snapper, you will catch no snapper and will only catch kahawai. |
Posted By: Youngfisherman
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2009 at 5:00pm
| lol....we cant catch snapper where i go....uts like winning lotto if you know what i mean |
Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2009 at 7:11pm
| Hmmm I wrote a bit of a thing about catching kahawai a while back. I can't help with the location but the techniques should still work. Kahawai are a fish that can be caught on almost anything at times but the deadliest of all baits is a small livey, a yellow eye mullet, piper or such like fished under a small float will do the damage but will also get attention from barracoutta, which are great fun on light gear till they snip you off. |
Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2009 at 8:49pm
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http://www.fishing.net.nz/asp_forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=20322&KW=&PID=269109#269109 - http://www.fishing.net.nz/asp_forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=20322&KW=&PID=269109#269109 for part one.
Part two is here ...
http://www.fishing.net.nz/asp_forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=20343&KW=&PID=269327#269327 - http://www.fishing.net.nz/asp_forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=20343&KW=&PID=269327#269327
And part three is here:
http://www.fishing.net.nz/asp_forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=20356&KW=&PID=269530#269530 - http://www.fishing.net.nz/asp_forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=20356&KW=&PID=269530#269530
I don't have anything to say about wharves but I would use maybe 10kg mainline if the fish are big and you need to hoist them out of the water. Wharves arent the place for lively fish and light gear. A straylined pilchard with a couple of 6/0 hooks stuck into it would be a hard bait to beat. With mainline that heavy you shouldn't need a trace.
I hope that is helpful to you.
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Posted By: Youngfisherman
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2009 at 9:28pm
| Ok thanks but im into my lightgear unless i borrow my dads.....thanks for the help.will post a report on how i do when i next head out...any one know best time to go for yellow eye mullet? |