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Posted by fin-nor <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=fin-nor' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 15/8/2013, 6:08 pm

Hi
Just a quick note to introduce myself I am a keen fisherman, was bought up around Papamoa but now live in the Waikato so I spend my spare fishing time travelling between west and east coasts surfcasting but most of my fishing is predominantly done around waihi and bowentown. Gear I use is a fin-nor powerlight 14 foot 6 rod and shimano aerlex 8000XSA still got my warehouse abu garcia surf rod which I upgraded from and just waiting to get a new reel for that so the missus or my young feller can fish with it. Always keen to meet up with fellow forum members and head out for a fish.

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Posted by Phill <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=Phill' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 15/8/2013, 7:09 pm, in reply to "Gidday"
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Welcome fin-nor I'm sure you will find a few fishing mates up that way. You could also make contact with the Western Bays Club , they are a great bunch and have some pretty good and keen fisho's.

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Posted by GrantBOP <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=GrantBOP' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 16/8/2013, 8:43 am, in reply to "Re: Gidday"

Hey Fin-nor, my father-n-law lives at Waihi beach. If your up the northern end by the hot pipi cafe, go and bang on the door off the deck of the 2 story blue house and ask for Brian, hes always looking for an excuse to get out for a flick.
If you looking for some spots to try he should be able to help or try by the stream that runs out bout 5 k's down the beach there is normally some nice water round there you just have to have a look for it. Hope this helps and good luck with your fishing.

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Posted by fin-nor <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=fin-nor' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 16/8/2013, 4:42 pm, in reply to "Re: Gidday"

Yeah been studying google satellite images and hydro graphic maps to get an idea of depth location of holes and structures. LAst time I went I was about a K back from the bowentown entrance nice strong currents dropped a few good fish but am going to have a crack at the carrots at the northern end sometime. But do also have a mate down there who has mentioned a few primo spots and was supposed to be meeting him for a fish tomorrow but by the looks of this rain we are getting right now it may be stay at home and tie more surfcasting traces.

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Posted by fin-nor <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=fin-nor' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 18/8/2013, 8:11 am, in reply to "Re: Gidday"

Hi grant
Was out there yesterday and been put onto a couple of places in bowentown but was not there for long the wind started to kick up too much and had turned easterly on me while I was heading over there from Te Awamutu to top it off I spent more time pulling weed off my mainline than anything else after the stir up from the night before. Will be doing some more researching with the google sattelite images to compile a bigger list of spots I want to try and have seen that creek you mentioned on there.

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Posted by GrantBOP <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=GrantBOP' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 18/8/2013, 12:20 pm, in reply to "Re: Gidday"

Cool. The sea lettuce will be a problem over there. When the snapper are in then bowentown is the place to be. Fish it from low till you cant fish it no more, you will know what i mean once you fish there a bit. You need breakouts tho and i find that if they not the BOS variety then your fishing time is considerably shorter. Best bet for in front of the camp at bowentown is to drive half way up the hill on low tide when the seas a bit stirred up n look for any bits that stick out further and fish off those in the dark at low. Have caught hundreds of snapper off the beaches there the biggest being just under ten pounds. You also get nice trevs in the two to three kilo range, and make superb bait when used as fresh little strip baits. Hope all this helps might have to try make it over there next time you up, for a flick with ya, and say hi.

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Posted by fin-nor <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=fin-nor' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 18/8/2013, 12:27 pm, in reply to "Re: Gidday"

Yeah no worries Grant always keen to meet up with fellow fishos. when surfcasting I religioulsy use BOS unless I wish to take a walk down the beach. I have to work the next two weekends on a temp assignment but the following one I won't be working and will be buggering off back to bowentown should have a new reel for the ABU after I killed the last one (tried to fix anti reverse on cheapy reel) so the boss lady can have a fish too (more like I cast she winds in).

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