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Planning a trip to mokau

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 8/9/2013, 3:14 pm

I am starting to get plans into motion to give it a try down at mokau for my first time. Any tips for fishing that area will be using pulley rigs and considering fishing near the mouth of the mokau heard nothing but good things about fishing this area. Other than chances of getting a snapper or a kahawai what other species are frequently caught at mokau.

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Posted by Chad <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=Chad' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 8/9/2013, 6:30 pm, in reply to "Planning a trip to mokau"

Gidday

There is also a decent number of trevally there, but this depends on the condition of the river, the trevs are caught at the mouth. I really like the area, to me low tide is best, fishing the spit area.

Weather is your biggest issue, but if it plays ball you will enjoy it, huge kahawai in that area, and they are the main catch.

Personally though, there are more exciting areas to fish like waikawau, through the tunnel ect... Might be a good time to door knock for private access

Wairoa
Hawkesbay

Take Nothing For Granted

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Posted by GaryK <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=GaryK' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 8/9/2013, 7:11 pm, in reply to "Planning a trip to mokau"

If we can wake up Hardy down south he may have something to say. He had a holiday in the area a year or so ago. I have never stopped but the area around there looks exciting. Lots of opportunities if the weather is good.

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 fin-nor <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=fin-nor' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 8/9/2013, 7:18 pm, in reply to "Re: Planning a trip to mokau"

will get further south one day once i have got camping gear sorted but for now mokau is an easy day trip for me (1hr45min each way)

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Posted by Hardy <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=Hardy' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 8/9/2013, 7:45 pm, in reply to "Re: Planning a trip to mokau"

Ok Gary. Im awake and yes I got the PM.
I didn't like the beaches that much, around Mokau. Seemed pretty shallow to me.River mouths looked pretty good tho. Had lunch at the local pub. There were Best Catch boards up for the local fishing club, asked the Publican what the surfcasting was like around Mokau. He told me the Kontiki's had thrashed it to death, so rod casting was pretty useless these days. Stayed at the Mokau Motor Camp and all I saw was countless quads and kontiki's heading down the beach. Around 20 I counted. That was it for me. Bye bye Mokau.

Did have a look through the tunnel, that is public access. And that looked really good, nice headland there to, looked very fishy indeed. Imagine you would have to keep an eye on the tides tho. And pick a sorta calm day. Was a bit rough the day I was there. Wasnt that impressed with Marakopa, bit of a hike to the rivermouth for an ole fella like me, if I had a quad, guess I would have been impressed. Ole Geno used to talk that area up. Whatever happened to him.

Cheers Hardy aka Trev
Can I go back to sleep now Gary. Please

Time to go fishing again

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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 8/9/2013, 7:48 pm, in reply to "Re: Planning a trip to mokau"

I have seen a previous thread via google where I think it was hardy talking about it and I had the place recommended to me so it is time to stop talking about it and get my butt down there, my fin-nor has not had a decent fight with a fish yet apart from the half alseep 1kg kahawai I pulled in with it a couple of weeks back at kawhia. just need this weather and wind to play ball for the west coast again as I seem to have more luck out west at present.

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Posted by Chad <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=Chad' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 8/9/2013, 9:59 pm, in reply to "Re: Planning a trip to mokau"

The spot im refering to is actually north of Mokau mate. Gem of a spot. Much better than the location you will be heading too. Spend a little bit of time on google earth.

Ether way, sounds like you will have an enjoyable trip, best of luck

Wairoa
Hawkesbay

Take Nothing For Granted

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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 9/9/2013, 7:19 am, in reply to "Re: Planning a trip to mokau"

I will keep an eye out for that area when I do get the chance to head down

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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 9/9/2013, 3:44 pm, in reply to "Re: Planning a trip to mokau"

Over here n the bay over the next two months the fishing is/can be very good. Waihi through to pap not so much but Pukehina through to whaketane and beyond well worth the effort.

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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 9/9/2013, 4:28 pm, in reply to "Re: Planning a trip to mokau"

was at waihi for a total of two hours on fridy and the sea lettuce started to piss me right off went to whiritoa and got nothing starting to think about trying rogers road and pikowai again sort of trying to plan round trips to only use half a tank of diesel until i can get some reegular work to be able to do the round trips over 300k return sort of scrimping on fuel and RUC costs with a tight budget at present now that my temp assignment has finished till the next one comes up. out of curiosity grant how is the beach across from simpson road(was bought up there) and down the end of beach road (grand father used to live down there) in papamoa fishing these days my dad and grandfather used to do rather well down there when i was a kid.

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Posted by Naki-Fisher <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=Naki-Fisher' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/9/2013, 5:04 pm, in reply to "Re: Planning a trip to mokau"

If your coming down let me know.

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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 9/9/2013, 5:13 pm, in reply to "Re: Planning a trip to mokau"

I certainly will naki-fisher always good to meet fellow message board members

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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 9/9/2013, 6:29 pm, in reply to "Re: Planning a trip to mokau"

To be honest i used to do alright at Whiritoa at this time of year, manly on Gurnard. Paps a bit hit and miss unless you got a quad and head down towards the Kaituna cut. Grant place is not to bad to fish off in summer and autumn, same with the far end of beach road, but we notice the difference in catch bags on club weekends of those that dont go down the beach as far. Rogers road was good on the weekend for me and the father n law, he came over to get away from the sea lettuce, a hand full of kahawai, 1 gurnard and 5 snapper between us. Two best snapper went 3.4 & 3.3 kgs. Have you try Aotea habour? Used to be good for trevs and kahawai up towards the entrance. Try loosing the pully rig set up for the east coast, never worked for me. Running rig on short 6 inch traces, no floats just bait. Waihi will fish better in December for king fish and good size trevs, and the odd snapper after dark.

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Posted by Naki-Fisher <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=Naki-Fisher' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/9/2013, 7:12 pm, in reply to "Re: Planning a trip to mokau"

Hey Grant what time and day over the weekend were you out?

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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 9/9/2013, 7:35 pm, in reply to "Re: Planning a trip to mokau"

Saturday 5pm till 11pm

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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 9/9/2013, 9:33 pm, in reply to "Re: Planning a trip to mokau"

whiritoa definitely does not require a pulley rig ended up just using the old school ball sinker job,and ledger rig with it being such a steep drop off from the waters edge, however before the lettuce rolled in at waihi i was getting small kahawai on the pulley rig.

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Posted by Naki-Fisher <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=Naki-Fisher' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 10/9/2013, 7:53 am, in reply to "Re: Planning a trip to mokau"

Cheers

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Posted by tomdaniel <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=tomdaniel' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 10/9/2013, 10:01 am, in reply to "Re: Planning a trip to mokau"

On any surf beach any where I use a pulley rig with BOS sinkers,depending on the wind tide and surf conditions as to how heavy the lead is I use,,but the northern end of Whiritoa I have had moderate success using a single hook ledger rig with a 3 oz bomb fishing amongst the rocks at that end, or a ball straight to the hook.

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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 10/9/2013, 11:31 am, in reply to "Re: Planning a trip to mokau"

that is where I was fishing tom was at the northern end of whiritoa wasn't till I changed to fresh mussels after I spotted rock full of them at low tide I started getting bites (not the typical snapper or kahawai hits mroe like short sharp tugs ont he rod)and had also dickied up a ledger rig out of some spare mono I had and cut up a couple of traces for my pulley rig to get hooks for it but then I swapped to the ball sinker job and was able to use the clip on traces for that . But I am reall tempted next time to throw a whole pilly out on an unweighted strayline on one rod and ledger or ball sinker rig on the other with there not being much heavy current there as the ball sinker rig stayed straight out and never moved up or down the beach once must be close to 15 meter deep at full tide there.

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Posted by tomdaniel <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=tomdaniel' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 10/9/2013, 12:45 pm, in reply to "Re: Planning a trip to mokau"

Absolutely Ross shes a deep beach alright , like most NZ beach's they are nearly always shallower at the northern ends compared to the southern ends,and I reckon the spotty s (Hiwhiwi) may have been dinning out on the mussels that you so kindly provided

for them.If no work this weekend Im looking at fishing some haunts along the Thames coast if your interested, I hear some snapper being caught in close and I havnt had a feed of fresh fish all winter, keep in touch bro..

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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 10/9/2013, 1:27 pm, in reply to "Re: Planning a trip to mokau"

would be keen Tom
south end of whiritoa is 7m deep (could explain why my mate has been getting tope there)middle is 4.6m deep,north end is 3.6 then drops off to 8m of water going by chart NZ541, hopefully i can get out on saturday or sunday as I am tied up tomorrow and friday doing a supervised hamilton to auckland freight run to get my class 4 drive time up to go towards my full class 4 license license on those two days. And yes i would not be suprised if it was those bloody spotties having a go at the mussel baits but what ever it was they were good sharp taps going by the rod tip in saying that I have half a dozen of those fresh mussels shucked and salted down for the next go will be getting a few more to salt down from pak n save for extra bait options.

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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 10/9/2013, 3:59 pm, in reply to "Re: Planning a trip to mokau"

Yeah i have fished the northern end twice for 0 so fished the southern end straight out off the last car park and always come home with a feed of snapps and gurnard. Baby squid, and i mean the tiny ones, or small bits of pillie or anchovies. The snapper i did catch were not large there 30cm but still always enough for tea the next night for 4. The reason i use a short trace and running rig with small baits is for distance. Seems the further the cast the faster the bite there, and fish well into the dark on a rising tide to increase your chances more.

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