Opito paddle
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Category: Saltwater Fishing
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Printed Date: 10 Jun 2026 at 11:22am
Topic: Opito paddle
Posted By: Peter.Sea.
Subject: Opito paddle
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2005 at 1:49pm
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went for a paddle out from Opito on Sunday for a bit of a landbased fish off one of the Islands, got there nice & early & set up. It was fairly slow but we came away with 2 nice pannies & 2 that weighed 13 pounds, wasn't too bad considering the amount of boats that buzzed us all day dropped about 3 or 4 good ones (using whole kahawai fillets) it would start with a slow run & get quicker & quicker letting them take the bait for a reasonable time I would strike & come up with zip no weight at all happy new year everyone! Cheers, P.C. |
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Posted By: Lethal
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2005 at 3:49pm
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nice going P.C......... Peter did you notice if the fish had rolled the bait over the hooks after dropping the bait???????
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Posted By: Peter.Sea.
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2005 at 4:27pm
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hi lethal, I had a whole fillet & cut through the flesh down the middle of the fillet & then folded it back on its self & sewed the hook through it several times to hold it that way. Then rolled the hook into the flesh exposing the hooks point, a couple of half hitches at the top. you might be right there about the hook as the bait came back in a mess. but the thing was I didn't even feel the fish drop it, as soon as I struck there was nothing there! this happened more than once. I have had trev's do a simular thing but I can't imagine them taking a bait as big as that sitting on the bottom? P.C. |
Posted By: madmike
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2005 at 5:01pm
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hi there peter. the fat ******* from wgtn here!!haha ...finally got up and running in the forum,you were right this site is great.read your post on the barrier trip.still buzzing over that ...fantastic trip!!good to see you been out a bit sounds like u got a couple of nice snaps mate.havn't been for a fish down here as the weathers been a bit crap when i've been off work had a slow trip up the cape in dec weather not the flashest and fishing quite hard.ive put a post in the landbased section under mars eastcape story so u can read about it there if u like.i'm going to try and post a photo there soon.anyway must go tight lines cheers mike
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Posted By: Peter.Sea.
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2005 at 5:34pm
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Gidday Mike, you can't still be fat after all those promises you made on the boat, Ha! Ha! good to see you made it onto here. Just got back from Whitianga today & back to work tomorrow. looking forward to that kings trip mate! I'll check out that landbased post. cheers, P.C. |
Posted By: Lethal
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2005 at 7:04pm
| ive chocked a 26lber with a whole Kahawai fillet.... didnt even fight at all just floated to the surface belly up...... it wasnt till i looked inside that i found it must have tried to bring the bait back up to get rid off it and the hook got stuck in its throat...... but getting back to your bait i now use only long ways cut Kahawai fillets so im getting 2 baits out of one fillet....... this tends to stop the fish covering the points..... those bigger fish seam to sense when somethings wrong and can spit quick if they need to....... |
Posted By: Peter.Sea.
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2005 at 8:13pm
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yeh its a bit frustrating lethal, its nice to load up & feel the full weight/power (even if only for a short time) before they spit it though! P.C. |
Posted By: Phats
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2005 at 10:14pm
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Awesome PC ! Way to go Mate ------------- A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. |
Posted By: Peter.Sea.
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2005 at 10:02am
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cheers Phats, from reading your post you didn't do to bad yourself well done P.C. |