Omaha Bronzie Trip
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Printed Date: 09 Jul 2026 at 8:58pm
Topic: Omaha Bronzie Trip
Posted By: Zambezi
Subject: Omaha Bronzie Trip
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2010 at 10:02pm
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Righto will keep this one shortish. Head up to Omaha and by the time I had picked up the crew and we'd eaten the sacrificial butter chicken pies from BP then finished the drive it was 10:30 am. Did a bit of sight seeing as the tide was in full flow by then and the frist recce of the usual spot didn't look good. One of the most in sane rips comming out the river chopped it up worse then we had paddled baits out in before. Decided to stick to the plan went back to the usual place after checking out the other side. Was now 11:00ish, unpacked car hauled it all down. Sat around scoping out the water (the most insane rip we had ever seen there). Got the frist trace made up as was showing the newbies how to do it. Trace was the usual 4 - 5m 400lb suffic touch trace, 14/0 circle hook with a 40 odd cm double crimped up with some electric tape for added protection on the double. Tooh picks were prodiced and the hook was held in place while the bait was taped up and prepared. Bait was a whole bonito as the first fish always (usually) takes the longest so we want the peckers to send some time chewing on a whole bait as a half would only last minutes. Bait and trace prepared my good mate and long time sharking buddy yakked the bait out. And cudos to him it was hell out there we kept losing sight of him. He dropped the bait over board on the shore side of the rip which we had deduced would be the prime spot. In the end not as far out as we usually put it. So got back in we set the rod holder up dug the sand anchor in and walked back up to the kit to apply sun screen and shoot the breeze while the long wait kicked in. About 20 minutes later one of the two new people we had along asked me. "How will you know when one bites the bait" It was half way through answering that question when I noticed the line had moved from the right (direction the current was going and towards the mina beach) to the left. I then said it was probably sea weed on the line and the eddy was pushing it back. If I had a fish on I would see the rod tip bouncing. When murphies law I swear I saw it bounce. Up like a flash sprinting to the rod ready to go and nothing. Flase alarm I put it down to the waves pulling the line stood around for 5 min memorized which way the line was facing and walked back up. Rolled up a durry and was just kicking back when my mate Ben goes "Bro can you hear that?" Sure as hell the ratchet was going nuts. Off like a flash giving shouting instructions to get the gimbal rope and bolt cutters. Got to the rod and the sand anchor and rod leash combo had done the job. Got the rob up and because it was a big bait decided to let it chew for a bit (later I realised it had probably been chewing for a few minutes already) It slowly start heading of towards the bathing beach and so I bumped the drag half way to strike. Ben caught up and got the bucket and gimbal on for me. We got the clips on to the reel and then I hit home to strike figure I had eased the hook into it long enough. Thinking all hell will break loose now I upped it strike and walked backwards. And it slowly chugged along. What the hell I thought? I'll let it know I'm here. Ran back wards now and WHAMO! Fish on, and holy **** did it run. And run, and run, and run. This shot was taken as it took off  Leaned back and held on for dear life. After about 2 minutes of this run I very quickley realised I had not preset the drag that day and did not know what strike was set too. As such this thing was very quickly making mince meat of my spool. Reaching new lows in line capacity I tapped it just a little past sunset and flattend the rod. That seemed to slow it but not much. Then it stopped. And the slog began. It had gone straight for the current and was just cruising, head towards the main beach. After about 20 min of give and take I decided to go to sunset, having figured I was probably pretty much there anyway with the spool as empty as it was. Hit sunset and it stopped him. Began walking up and down the beach slowly gaining line back. After another while I finally had about 400m on the spool thinking sweet only 200 and a bit to go this will be sweet... No it wasn't I managed to get him to the surface about 100m out when he went back to current and went the other way towards the groyn. I followed him up a slow pace trying to turn him back but no that wasn't going to happen. About 200m from the groyn with a good angle I told the other I was going to fight him of the front. Jogged up the beach till I had some slack. Eased of the drag to free spool, quickly bumped it up a smidgen and hauled ass up and over the rocks to the front. This had been going on about 45 min now. Just after he hit the current the gimbale clips and snapped so had been armstronging it for a while and they were getting knackerd.  Had switched to using the crook of the elbow on the beach. Up on the rocks that was not an option he was down deep and I was now out levered and really wishing I had my backbone broom stick as I would have skulled dragged it out if I did. I tried lifting to gain slack but he had stopped in teh current again and was not moving. So strat rock hopping backwards and slowly gaining line the reeling it back. This seem to take ages but finally he changed direction again and headed for the river. Using this I found a rock that would double and game chair and pulled as hard as I could and started to whinch him out.   The presure worked I had him turned for good and he was heading parralel to the groyn. I troted after take a good rest and keeping pace just stopping every now and then to get some line back. When he was about 40m off the beach I double timed over the rocks and onto the beach and dragged it into the shallows before he could get into another run. Went in to leader him in as I didn't want to stress the rod with that. Got it in shallow enough handed the rod over the a lady friend and went in to rop the tail. Ben came over we dragged it into shallower water so we could work on it.  All newbies that come get given a choice, get the hook out of hold the mouth open. My mate Scott chose the hook.  This was a prefect corner mouth hookup with a circle. He ended getting to do both and he was to worried about it having munch at him so we swapped places and I talked him through how to best remove them for future reference. Also showed him how to hold the head up in relative saftey. Hook out it was time for the money shots.  My good mate Ben on the left and a new lady in the middle.  And first timer Scott, who ballsed up big time and was calmer and less shaking like paint mixer then Ben on his first time.  And that was that. We put another bait out this time experimenting with a baby bonito soaked it for 40 min reeled in a fram that had been pecked clean. Called it a day and came home. Fight ended up in the 1 1/2 - 2 hour area. My first for the season of hopefully many more!!!! So ****ing stoked! ------------- A man’s comfort in life can be measured by the quality of the toilet paper he uses to wipe his arse. |
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Posted By: Zambezi
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2010 at 10:04pm
Woops ------------- A man’s comfort in life can be measured by the quality of the toilet paper he uses to wipe his arse. |
Zambizi wrote:Posted By: scuzzymoto
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2010 at 10:25pm
well done John.
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Posted By: Telecaster
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2010 at 10:37pm
| Man there is some serious bend on the rod on that last fight pic! Must hurt using such a long rod. |
Posted By: Bricky
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2010 at 11:20pm
| Why use such a long rod? I would have though a short (ish) rod would have been the go? |
Posted By: pure--lure
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2010 at 12:09am
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think its personal preferance like people who use 7ft rods of the rocks etc, personally I like surfcasters or at least 10 foot
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Posted By: Bungel_
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2010 at 12:17am
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YEEEEEEEEEEEEEAH! wickid bro! planned well and rewarded. ------------- here fishy, fishy fishy..... |
Posted By: Zambezi
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2010 at 6:57am
Thanks guys. Yeah would have prefered my shorter rod yesterday but it's in the shop having some fuji guides put on. Will be picking it up this week. Other wise off the beach I prefer the longer rods. How ever it's not designed for the TLD 50 which makes it harder and the bucket doesn't do to well with a low reel seat and big ass reel. Moving onto the rocks not knowing how much drag was on the reel was a big worry I struggled to lift it by that stage as was shattered until I thought of the make shift game chair thing :D Still great fun though, am feeling the pain this morning lol ------------- A man’s comfort in life can be measured by the quality of the toilet paper he uses to wipe his arse. |
Posted By: Double Shot
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2010 at 7:16am
Great stuff, awesome report keep up the good work... ------------- 70ml of 90deg C water pressurised through 13g of roasted finely ground tamped coffee for 25sec's to make a distinguishing sensory hit called a Double Shot |
Posted By: Kingie69
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2010 at 7:23am
should of kept the fins
------------- elusive goat island night fishing club |
Posted By: Catchelot
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2010 at 7:28am
Very cool, good on ya Zambizi ------------- "The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever." - Jacques Cousteau |
Posted By: one leg
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2010 at 7:52am
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very good report John and great pic's to as well, nice effort ------------- woman who say they are equal to men ,show lack of Ambition . |
Posted By: Seth
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2010 at 11:08am
Awesome report John, thinking I may have to get into this over th coming year in the manukau harbour  . Will be PMing you soon for info
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Posted By: hookerpuka
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2010 at 11:43am
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some big critter with very sharp teeth in the Manukau.... the current makes things very interesting over there especially around the platform and cake island etc. have hook some monsters over that way though. just remember certain species you get in there regularly are protected. but very bloody big :D.... Awesome Zam..... looks like its going to be a good season for them aye.... the whanagarei harbors loading up with em already. gonna take the old man out on the boat in a week or 2 and see what we can get into as well..... tis is the season to get some big ones.
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Posted By: Zambezi
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2010 at 12:00pm
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Yeah am really looking forward to this summer. If the weather does the La Nina thing as expected it will be all one like donkey kong.
Also getting some new gear soon to that I will using to punish them :D Can't wait. ------------- A man’s comfort in life can be measured by the quality of the toilet paper he uses to wipe his arse. |
Posted By: Ahab
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2010 at 12:21pm
| Excellent stuff, mate. Great report, epic fight and a beautiful fish safely back where it belongs. Inspiring work. I'm keen to try for sharks once I have a few more kings under my gimbal. Will refer back to this report when the day comes.... |
Posted By: Peter Poss
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2010 at 1:21pm
| Excellent read and even better photos. |
Posted By: the gas man
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2010 at 2:52pm
| Well done great stuff!! |
Posted By: Ian32798
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2010 at 2:54pm
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Holy s**t, Live just round the corner and going fishing off Omaha t,night. Awesome fish you da man. Cant wait to tell the old man about this, he lives in the U.K and is coming over in summer (mmm dont think he will be doing much swimming after he sees this). ------------- Life is never enough, but its all you get. |
Posted By: Zambezi
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2010 at 2:56pm
Will be up that way sporadically through out summer.
Just keep an eye on the boards if you ever want to tag along ------------- A man’s comfort in life can be measured by the quality of the toilet paper he uses to wipe his arse. |
Posted By: xsspeed
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2010 at 3:12pm
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So does the new lady friend still like ya? Must tag along one of these days, been trying to suss a fish out with MJ but he is only avail midweek. Has he gone sharking with you again since?
Edit: and by suss out I mean I mentioned I had some midweek manflu due.
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Posted By: Zambezi
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2010 at 3:15pm
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Nah haven't seen MJ since March :( been meaning to organise something for awhile.
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Posted By: xsspeed
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2010 at 3:50pm
| Think my olds have rented a place at Omaha in feb, would that still be 'in season' so to speak |
Posted By: Zambezi
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2010 at 3:51pm
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That's like prime time ------------- A man’s comfort in life can be measured by the quality of the toilet paper he uses to wipe his arse. |
Posted By: photog
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2010 at 5:08pm
Awesome stuff, looking forward to HP taking me shark fishing in Whangarei harbour. Till then I'll admire these pics. ------------- If I'm not taking photos I'm fishing. If I'm not fishing I'm taking photos, either way I'm having fun. |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2010 at 8:26pm
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well done nice size for your first one of the season. don't think Ill be doing the sharks till late december this year
xsspeed
late jan and feb is one of the best time's of year for sharks off the beach not just because of the numbers that are around but they have had there pups by then and fight alot harder and also will jump most of the time we the hook is first set, there's nothing better than a bronzie tail walking in a harbour or your favourite beach.
Zambizi
It must have been hard work with such a long rod. Shorter the rod the more control you have and the more pressure you can apply but not too short something around 7 - 8ft
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Posted By: Zambezi
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2010 at 8:38am
It was, and if I had my "shark rod" I would have used it.
The reel is not suited to that rod, the bucket is meant for rods with gimbal thingys on the end and even with the cross bar removed you can only pull the rod back so far before it the top lip forces the bucket out the bottom. Because of that I can't sling the bucket as low as I would like to which means I end up gripping the rod all munted like which makes yanking back on it hard.
I am going to pair the 14ftr's up with a Saltist 50 (which is what was paired to it before i was given the rod) and see about getting a bucket that's meant for the low pro butts, makes them much easier to fish.
Prefer them off the beaches, but once the fight moved on to the rocks I was wishing I had the shorter rod. The other thing that didn't help was the massive out going current that it decided to park in for 90% of the fight. Once I got it out of that it came in quickly. ------------- A man’s comfort in life can be measured by the quality of the toilet paper he uses to wipe his arse. |
Posted By: Corokingi
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2010 at 11:43am
well done man  looks like some fun |
Posted By: hookerpuka
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2010 at 12:39pm
Hey Zam FYI they been hooking into some good sharks threshers and bronzies along Waipu while snapper fishing right in behind the breakers in case your planning a trip up north anytime soon, or on your way to Omaha get lost and wind up further north 
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Posted By: Zambezi
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2010 at 12:47pm
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Thanks for the tip off, busy putting the plan together for this weekend :D ------------- A man’s comfort in life can be measured by the quality of the toilet paper he uses to wipe his arse. |
Posted By: Zambezi
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2010 at 5:13pm
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Is there 4wd access at waipu? Otherwise just going to scoot up to Ruakaka again. Will have a new toy to play with would anywhere along there would be perfect to test it. ------------- A man’s comfort in life can be measured by the quality of the toilet paper he uses to wipe his arse. |
Posted By: PandaUltracool
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2010 at 11:47pm
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good stuff bro!!! btw bro gud you gimme some pointers? me and a couple mates r gna try 4 a bronzie of omaha also as it is on the 'to do list'. is braid a definate?
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Posted By: BeachedAsBro
Date Posted: 10 Nov 2010 at 12:01am
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Awesome bro - efforts well rewarded. Good read too ------------- Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish caught will we realise we can't eat money. |
Posted By: Zambezi
Date Posted: 10 Nov 2010 at 6:51pm
Mono will do fine. Only ever ran with a braid backing to get more line on the reel. Just run 600m 24kg mono now. ------------- A man’s comfort in life can be measured by the quality of the toilet paper he uses to wipe his arse. |
Posted By: Jimm
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2010 at 1:42pm
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hi mate I have previously got some advice from the good guys at top
catch half moon bay on how to rig up a whole bonito as bronzie bait,
just wondering if you would agree? using a shark hook attached to the bait using bait tie through the eyes of the bonito (I have attached a crude diagram as example).  |
Posted By: Zambezi
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2010 at 2:00pm
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Funny that. A couple years ago Scott (assuming it was him gave me the same advice)
Still use the trace (with a few modifications) have also evolved the baits.
http://www.fishing.net.nz/asp_forums/shark-baits_topic51271_post728037.html?KW=Shark+Baits#728037 - http://www.fishing.net.nz/asp_forums/shark-baits_topic51271_post728037.html?KW=Shark+Baits#728037 ------------- A man’s comfort in life can be measured by the quality of the toilet paper he uses to wipe his arse. |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2010 at 7:00pm
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I was pushing a cable tie though the eyes and pulling down hard onto the head of the bonito this gives the hook freedom to roll into the corner of the shark's mouth and where getting 99% mouth hook ups , now i've got cheep and just hooking just though the end of the mouth of the bonito or trev frame and still getting 99% hook up
I say 99% because I have only missed one hook up on LBG shark
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Posted By: pure--lure
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2010 at 7:10pm
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Wouldnt have a clue as to the species of shark but there were a few big fins at mangawhai 2 day my dad was saying bout 400m of the beach second time iv heard of/seen this
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2010 at 7:11pm
This is the one i missed as you can see there the leader has a bit ofn a twist around the head of the bait and you can also see the black cable tie holding the hook to the top of the head.
This was hole when it went out, hook up was missed because of the twist not leting the circle hook do it thing
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Posted By: Jonny rotten
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2010 at 7:58pm
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there has not been to many bronzies around in close up north here yet ive been out a few times latley for a go and no luck. went up to parengarenga yesterday and put out a half skippy but no sharks around seems a lil strange i was seeing alot of them at this time last year. there has been a great white cruzing around up here lately maybe all the smaller sharks have left because of it? how long do you guys think it will be before the beach goers get annoyed at us going out at targeting sharks at there favorite swimming beach?
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Date Posted: 11 Nov 2010 at 8:43pm
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