Kingis and Hapuka - cuvier to aldermans
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Printed Date: 11 Aug 2026 at 9:02am
Topic: Kingis and Hapuka - cuvier to aldermans
Posted By: footey
Subject: Kingis and Hapuka - cuvier to aldermans
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2009 at 3:59pm
| We are heading up to Kuatonua out of whitianga for a week and plan to do some game fishing along with some time targeting kingis and hapuka. Would really appreciate any info or places to try. We will have 3 boats all around 7 metre and plan to fish anyway from Cuvier to the aldermans. Its a newish area to us as we mostly fish raglan/ waihau /tauranga |
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Posted By: Falco
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2009 at 4:12pm
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be careful where you drop jigs around cuvier we used to recreationally recover WWII navy shells up there-live in about 35m....nah youll be fine we used to disarm them aswell never had any problems.. ------------- as dead as dead is |
Posted By: footey
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2009 at 4:15pm
| That would definately add a bit of excitement to the day- Think I'll get one of my mates to get those off the hook! |
Posted By: metalman
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2009 at 10:05pm
| Heading to the aldermans aswell. Weather permitting. 4th of april on a jigging mission so any general advice on targeting the kings would be choice. |
Posted By: fooling fish
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2009 at 11:09pm
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Look for pinnacles.
Any where really, keep an eye on your sounder have seen them schooling 50m of th ebottom at times aswel.
Cheers
Kevin
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Posted By: kaveman
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2009 at 7:17am
Lots of pins within 5 miles north and south of the Aldies(most are on the charts and most just inside the 100m line) also few around 50-60m mark. Fish move around quite a bit so be prepared to do the same if you want to succeed
-------------  www.kavemantackle.co.nz
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Posted By: Capt Asparagus
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2009 at 8:04am
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Out of K'tuna.... go due east of Great Merc, look on the 100m line, you will see a very wobbly patch of bottom... that is really foul ground down there but there are some nice fish that lurk among the reefs. Otehrwise, you could try the pins around Richards Rock, if the weather is from the west/SW, it is slightly sheltered there. There is a marked pin about half way between grt merc and Cuvier that is not a bad rock for kings as well. Several pins between the 100m line and the east side of cuvier as well are worth investigating. cheers, Stu. |
Posted By: footey
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2009 at 3:16pm
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Really appreciate the info guys. Inside info always a big help! |
Posted By: Niggly
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2009 at 7:54pm
| Stu, you might have been looking in the mirror when you saw the patch of very wobbly bottom. |