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Hello...

Posted by Si19761 on 3/9/2012, 4:48 pm

Hi guys,

New to sea fishing (and NZ...Yip, anther bloody POHM) and have been loitering on the website for a couple of weeks now. Thought it was about time I said hello!

Got this Friday off work (no wife or 2yr old lad for the day) and am planning on getting out to one of the beaches here in Hawkes Bay.

Question is...Is it really worth fishing anywhere other than at the river mouths at this time of year? Everyone seems to head to the Awatoto or Haumoana river mouths for Kahawai, is it worth heading north of Napier or to Te Awanga or Ocean Beach? Am I likely to catch anything?

Cheers,

Si.

Re: Hello...

Posted by Phill on 3/9/2012, 5:29 pm, in reply to "Hello..."
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Welcome aboard , the Pania guys will be able to tell you were to fish . The river mouths usually fish well for KY!s while the Whitebait are running.

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Posted by Mark Roberts on 3/9/2012, 5:58 pm, in reply to "Hello..."

Te Awanga is close to my home. If the conditions are good, there's an outside chance of an early snapper. I'll be trying.

The Clive river mouth is probably your best bet for a kahawai. The Tukituki mouth does not appear to be fishing well, but every day can be different.

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Posted by SNAPPA NAPIER on 3/9/2012, 7:25 pm, in reply to "Re: Hello..."

Ocean will be worth a look later this week. Might just go have a nosey beak myself

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Posted by Si19761 on 4/9/2012, 1:05 pm, in reply to "Re: Hello..."

Thanks guys. Think high tide is at about 1015am on Friday, so might head to Awatoto in the morning, then maybe head to Te Awanga or Ocean in the afternoon for an hour or three.

Si.

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Posted by Yoey on 4/9/2012, 5:58 pm, in reply to "Re: Hello..."

Pania SCC meeting tomorrow night, Napier Fire Station Social Club rooms, out the back of the station. Starts at 7.30. Your welcome to come along,

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Posted by SNAPPA NAPIER on 4/9/2012, 7:22 pm, in reply to "Re: Hello..."

Huge schools of Kahawai busting up anchovy shoals at Whirinaki this avo. Gotta love those springtime offshore westerlies

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Posted by GaryK on 5/9/2012, 6:49 pm, in reply to "Re: Hello..."

3 Kg snapper landed at TeAwanga last day or two by a past member of Pania.

The snapper don't know where the car park is!
Sometimes it is better to travel than to arrive.

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Posted by Si19761 on 5/9/2012, 9:38 pm, in reply to "Re: Hello..."

Any tips as to the best bait to use for Snapper at this time of year? I've read about the reef/mussel bed off the point at TeAwanga, presumably shellfish would be the best bet there?

Cheers.

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Posted by GaryK on 5/9/2012, 11:10 pm, in reply to "Re: Hello..."

Anythings worth a try. Mussels puts you in with a chance of a big moki that hang out there too.

The snapper don't know where the car park is!
Sometimes it is better to travel than to arrive.

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Posted by SNAPPA NAPIER on 6/9/2012, 12:53 pm, in reply to "Re: Hello..."

if you guna try that reef use a tough bait like occy or fresh Kahawai to keep the pickers at bay a bit . Or a yellow eyed mullet?

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Posted by Si19761 on 9/9/2012, 7:59 pm, in reply to "Re: Hello..."

Thanks for the advice guys. Managed just 1hr on Friday as the little one came down with a bug and got sent home from nursery.

Got another day off this coming Friday so will give it another go. I might be tempted to go to Kairakau instead though. Had a couple of hours there today and it looks promising.

Si.

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