Auckland Yakkers

Left Saturday morning with Kingiebasher on his first ever fishing from a yak mission up too a very popular spot north of Auckland(see secretive!!). We started poorly in the carpark with him breaking his rod testing his drag it was'nt funny..... After rerigging some rods we headed out to a spot where in the last couple of weeks I have been getting some decent snaps 5-6lb. NWester was pushing us along and we were flicking softbaits into the shallows I landed a few goldfish. I made a cast right next to an exposed rock and wham the line peeled and the hook set home, the first run I thought Kahawai as it stayed high up in the water. Then the nodding started and a bit more weight came on definetly a snapper might be a 10lber I thought. Kingibasher is about 100 m behind me and I yell to him I got a decent one on. A minute or so gone by and I think bugger this lets get this bugger up I wind hard out to get him in as I am heading in right into the shallows now. All of a sudden a huge lump of 20lb + snapper dark kelpie rolls next to yak I yell to Kingibasher to get down here, it makes a dive under the yak. A oyster covered bommie suddenly appears the big bugger dives into it and snags me on the upwind side and I am getting blown down the other side. In a desperate move I let disengage the bail arm and the fish bolts out I flick it back over and as soon as the weight came back on the braid parted.............Arrrrrrgh!!!

My dream fish gone in an instant I sit there cursing myself as Kingibasher paddles closer to me I was gutted.

I rerigged caught a nice fat 35-40cm ish pannie and about an hour or so later landed my first 10lber(released) off the yak. Kingiebasher got one around 40cm too take home too but overall apart from that it was steady without being as consistant as the last couple of trips.

Still feeling the sting of losing a local 20lber today but the fact they are there gives me more drive to go out and get one onboard next time. I will do things a little different next time I hook one that size in that shallow water and for the record it would have gone back too.

Planning on a Takatu shallows trip next week or Motoreke (spelling)Island weather dependant hope it is as good   

 

Hey - bugga about that one Muppet, but we've all been down that road before!!!!

Good to see the report!

 

 

I can sometimes be found there but normally head a little further north, but on Sunday I was in front of the box watching Bathurst...

 

Well done on catching a feed though!

 

All good reasons indeed Muppet. The pattern is a good idea. I've had a landbased one for a while now that works most the time. In the stages of building one up for the 12footer and getting more and more good quality info.

Went out sunday morning early in my mates 12 and got a few of area said above. Some reasonable fish in there!

 

Launch at Waiake head straight out on the edge of the cable zone.

 

So you raided the shallows too JK there is definetly some nices around at the moment.