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Having a change of scenery for a week at Houhora. Beautiful part of the country.  Only bought up my 12f tinny so staying in the harbour. Getting a feed of small snapper and getting bloody proficient at targeting big sting and eagle rays albeit by accident.
A boat came into the game club last night and weighed a 247.5 kg blue.  Impressive fish.
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Got out this morning 
Didnt expect to given apparent cyclone, water like glass
KY everywhere
Saw a few kings, one hassled livie by nothing more
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Fished the Mount Entrance yesterday just after low tide.  Did well on snapper and hooked a few large bronzies or similar breeds that are still swimming with some of our gear still in their mouths.
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slayed it today. 1st time ever :) 3 of us unintentionally got our  limit of snapps motiti spit. in 3hours.  7am till 10am   contant fish . caught nothing under 30. threw back anything under 35cm.. all around 40cm. strayline got 1 all day... rest caught on 4 ounce sinker above swivel. 2 metre trace. 5/0 hook.
couple of 50 sumfn cm trevally. nice calm day.
what more can a man want  on his 1 day off a week :)
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Fished out fo Thornton beach 7am to 1130 softbait on JetSki, only one bite and no fish, worst fishing day I’ve had
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Bait freezer looking rather low so shot out too Pudney this arvo,Skippys around Pudney but nothing sighted on the way or returning home.Blue and white BM chicken the flavour of the day,12 in the bin lost about the same number.Blue water from 40m+.
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i tried googling it but wheres thornton beach? katikati in the harbour?
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Badger99 - Thorton is the mouth of the Rangitaiki River, between Matata and Whakatane
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cheers :)
did you head out today?

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No, I am heading out today and tomorrow to do the Wrightson's tournament.
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On the water at 7am this morning and out to Pudney.  Half a dozen skippies then back to a spot off Matakana. Two limits of snapper in under two hours. I was messing around with a stray line and a micro jig and got four.  The wife got the rest on a ledger with an 8/0 hook.  Frozen skippy or fresh kahawai were the baits. Didn't seem to make a difference which one. 
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How far along Matakana Kev?
I was in 14-18 mtrs, Tga side of Karewa, hooked up to a kingi for about 90 mins before I landed him ( on sb rod, lol)
Saw plenty of snapper sign as I was being towed around the oceanBig smile
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Basically straight in from Karewa in 58ft.  When I was pulling up my burly pot it seemed to get stuck but felt a bit strange. I pulled it loose and it was was followed up by the biggest bronzie I've ever seen. Well over three metres.  Few teeth marks in the pot.
Good effort with the king.  How big was it?
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I got a rough measure @+/- 1mtr but not accurate.
Will try & load the screen shot I took of the distance covered while hooked up..

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Can anyone give any advice on kingfish tips and spots in the harbour from a boat with live bait during the day? I only really go out with the family on nice days, around lunch or afternoon. I don't have trouble catching livies but have never had one taken by a kingfish. I rarely see kingfish, maybe I'm in the wrong spots or rigging them wrong. Two were swimming around my live bait at the weekend but ignored it.
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Which end of the harbour are you fishing?
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The Mount end, generally closer to The Mount / Hunters Creek, but I can and often do go in as far as Omokoroa / Motuhoa.
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Hi CB, my suggestion would be idling the boat against the current next to the two closest channel markers to A bouy as you want to avoid the power cable. Try a running rig with a big sinker above the swivel and a live bait bridle rigged onto a 8/0 recurve hook.

Different subject- I have a comp on this Saturday and am keen to have a look for a gurnard, anyone seen any lately?

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