whatuwhiwhi
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Topic: whatuwhiwhi
Posted By: metalman
Subject: whatuwhiwhi
Date Posted: 12 Feb 2010 at 6:21pm
| headed up to whatuwhiwhi this weekend last trip before uni starts in welly again, anyone been up there recently? Any positve reports? Was up there couple weeks ago and did allright despite the snotty weather. |
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Posted By: John_Ra
Date Posted: 13 Feb 2010 at 9:54am
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I know, that place, have surfcast off the beach at dusk & done well snaps to 10.2lb's..
At the moment bro who stays there, reckons brodys creek is doing very well & that big rock just off the beach works well during evening, string pullers there. just off the beach down by Urlich creek local spot good too.
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Posted By: tas-tackle
Date Posted: 13 Feb 2010 at 10:29am
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metalman... doubtless has been hard fishing over xmas but is now picking up nicely.. on the puheke side and off henderson, it is going nicely with bro in law and party getting quota in the 2-3kg range quite quickly..
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Posted By: Sufishent
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 9:54am
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I'm heading up there this weekend with a couple of mates (Grrr - clashes with the small boat forum trip). I'll be in my Marco 460, possibly launching at Matai Bay - are there any other ramps you can suggest (we'll have a Prado for launching)?
How's the fishing up there at the moment - we'll be using softies mainly and should we go deep or stay shallow?
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Posted By: Speedy
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2010 at 10:36am
There is beach launching opposite the Top 10 holiday Camp at Whatawhiwhi, and from there you can venture left for reef action - or my fav, SP's along Tokarau beach at dusk - stay shallow, i.e 5 - 10m.
Easy beach launch at Rangiputa also, easier on a half tide, but can do any tide ok. The channel marker to the right of where you launch is an easy spot to find a feed. Or carry on out into Karikari Bay infront of Puheke in 20m...
Gotta love Matai though, I'm there over Easter for a week and can't wait!!!
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Sufishent wrote:Posted By: metalman
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2010 at 11:04am
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Cheers guys agree with speedy, drift tokarau at dusk, but early in the morning also change of light they come on good, (snappers and big ass travally,) chart pepper neons do the damage. Huge kahawai work ups at the moment too and there bloody big kahawai's really nice smoked, even caught one off the beach with my sp rod. Sux to leave returning easter weekend with mates 7m boat keen to try the moturoa islands, will get some pics up tonight. |
Posted By: tas-tackle
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2010 at 11:50am
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Sufishent... launching at Rangipta will allow you access to great exhibition bay... directly out from Puheke and drift in 70-80 feet of water with softies and squid bait is the flavour of choice... (pillies oks)... (Just make sure you park above the high water mark) whatuwhiwhi.. easy beach launch... for doubtless other side.. taipa all tide ramp.. mangonui... all tide with pontoon...
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Posted By: metalman
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2010 at 5:50pm
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Posted By: Sufishent
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2010 at 6:11pm
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Thanks for the info lads - can't wait ------------- You can never have enough fishing tackle |
Posted By: metalman
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2010 at 6:21pm
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Posted By: NZFisher
Date Posted: 17 Feb 2010 at 8:40am
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Hey Metalman - nice work.
Are you the bloke who was there with our old man a fortnight ago?
Looks like you got into them a bit better this time if so!
Any kings around?
Derrick
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Posted By: Speedy
Date Posted: 17 Feb 2010 at 10:44am
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Metalman, nice fish there - especially that Trev...
Where are you staying over Easter? we'll be camping at matai with family and will be keen to catch up and run a few missions... We'll be in a small bucaneer named 'optimissed'
Cheers
Speedy
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Posted By: metalman
Date Posted: 17 Feb 2010 at 5:51pm
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our place is over the hill from the camp ground, patia point its called, you can see a batch on the beach and one on the hill, ill post a pic when i get home. and a little portacom under the tree, ill be there at easter hopefully and my mates brining his chanti 615 up, we were there in that on auckland aniversary weekend. And yeah we jigged up a few kings at the middle pin 55m between knuckle and berghan point pics soon cheers |
Posted By: Speedy
Date Posted: 19 Feb 2010 at 5:39am
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Sweet, Will try to track you down - are they the batches near the beach that you launch from at Matai?
Cheers
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Posted By: metalman
Date Posted: 19 Feb 2010 at 8:21pm
| we just launch straight in front of our batch at whatuwhiwhi (patia point) |
Posted By: metalman
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2010 at 12:51pm
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Posted By: metalman
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2010 at 12:53pm
| Thats the view of the bay from batch on the hill, theres another little batch right on the beach and a portacom under the tree |
Posted By: metalman
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2010 at 12:55pm
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Posted By: Mahiman
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2010 at 3:50pm
| Looks very nice I am coming up there for a holiday in April staying in a batch on the beach cant wait will be there for 10 days.... |
Posted By: Muppet
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2010 at 4:50pm
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Will be up that way soon love it up there. |
Posted By: metalman
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2010 at 6:09pm
| me too, paradise! |