Tapotupotu and Parengarenga Harbour Fishing Spots
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Topic: Tapotupotu and Parengarenga Harbour Fishing Spots
Posted By: ponty
Subject: Tapotupotu and Parengarenga Harbour Fishing Spots
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2012 at 8:53am
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So the weather is looking mint for new years and am taking my Fyran 450 up to Tapotupotu. So is the fishing around that general area all in close? Or are there pins/ good drop offs in the general area out a bit more? I have never been and would love to be able to catch fish that are hard to come by in the Gulf ie bigger Kingfish, big Snapper and maybe even Puka. With Parengarenga Harbour I hear you need to go to a local to get the keys to be able to launch? Do people know anything about this? I hear the fishing in the harbour is mainly sight fishing. Should I be starting by fishing the edges of the sand banks? Any advice would be appreciated
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Posted By: Lethal
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2012 at 11:44am
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the Gulf is way better....
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Posted By: Tagit
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2012 at 11:53am
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Long time since I fished Parengarenga, but this is what I recall - Access you are talking about is probably at Paua. One of the local stores hold the key I think. We found snapper fishing good around the mouth and had some good spots up the southern channel that worked when the mouth wasn't, so don't be afraid to fish up the harbour, but watch the tides. Lots of big Trevs if you target them, and heaps of Tope that will annoy the hell out of you. SWF on the flats is a good possibility and there are spots on the northern tip of the southern head that are great for Trevs. Overall though, a great place to explore and fish. If you can get out over the bar (be careful) there are lots of patches of foul in ~20 - 40m between there and North Cape. Good big snapper country if you can find the foul and explore around. Do not burley as there are also plenty of sharks. Also more foul south of the harbour entrance, but maybe a bit harder to find unless you know the area.
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Posted By: ponty
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2012 at 1:34pm
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Thanks for that. From what I have seen from tv episodes those trevs in the harbour are heaps of fun. Hope the swell will die down though. |
Posted By: Potty
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2012 at 1:47pm
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Ponty - keys for the Paua reserve & ramp are available at the Te Kau store. Ramp is concrete to the high water mark (basically a concrete track through a cutting giving you access to the flats), very shallow gradiant, I wouldn't try it without a FWD. IMO best to use at high water or low tide. The Ranganunu (Awanui) harbour would be well worth your time also. ------------- Love fishing, love my job. It's a bloody shame that they clash. http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Zambezi
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2012 at 1:55pm
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Yeah I'm still trying to find out how to get to the parengarenga mouth via beach access. Thought I had found the access road but I don't think its the right one. ------------- A man’s comfort in life can be measured by the quality of the toilet paper he uses to wipe his arse. |
Posted By: Cbro
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2012 at 5:15pm
You wont mate...only special people get onto great expedition. don't see the point in going up there anyway, fishing is over rated and loads of thieves |
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