Great photos Chad! Amazing colours in those fish when they are freshly caught! I am looking at heading up for a week in January..unfortnately I will probably have to battle with the rest of the holiday makers, but hopefully the fishing will be worth it!A man and fish wouldn't get into trouble if they kept their mouth shut.
Yeah its not the best time mate, lot of smaller fish, but it will be ok on the kings and trevs which are the two better draw cards of going. Send me a message on FB if you need any help Wairoa Hawkesbay
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Re: A few fishy moments
Posted by SNAPPA NAPIER on 15/11/2013, 9:03 pm, in reply to "A few fishy moments "
Fantastic Photos there Chad, looks like some pretty fine fishing. Amazing place. Welldone!.
Some older shots from the far north. The snapper don't know where the car park is! Sometimes it is better to travel than to arrive.
Re: Far North history
Posted by chris on 19/11/2013, 11:51 pm, in reply to "Far North history"
Was an amazing trip was truly blown away by the size the consistency of the snapper we caught, it was epic! Smashed my pb by a couple a kilo twice in a matter of hours, Insane! But what amazed me most was how on a daily basis for about 3-4 days how the snapper just got bigger and bigger and bigger and ...................................... Havent fished since the trip, and not really that bothered aye lol Actually a little afraid to as I know its gona b abit of a let down out here locally! Will have 2 tie a few more traces and drop the hook size for sure lol
Re: A few fishy moments
Posted by Naki-Fisher on 20/11/2013, 7:25 am, in reply to "A few fishy moments "
Absolutely beautiful photos Chad, that water looks amazing and the fish well they speak for themselves. Interesting what you say Chris on the 3 - 4 day as the snaps kept getting bigger what dates were those, was it leading up to/around the 6th??
The calmer and more settled the sea was, the smaller the fish, as soon as the sea picked up with more swell, the bigger the fish got, and that seemed to be the case in many of the spots, even the rocks to an extent.
I know around the 6th the tidal movement peaked, which would be what you are refuring too Naki, and is what the dates were based around. The week prior, in particular early in the week during the small dead tides, the snapper fishing was still very very good, and it was quite funny as this was when the kingfish fishing peaked, during the dead tide ( small tides ) which is the oppersite to what would usually happen.
The tides around the 6th were the largest I had ever seen, the sea moved mountains, truck loads of sand were soured away from different area ( areas I won't name) but it was bloody amazing.
The trevally were never really on, however were caught in both slack tides and 100% tides so not allot of difference there.
Over the two week period from the 25th, the number of snapper never changed at all, the snapper were on the hot bite and took everything at all times of the day, as mentioned above, the only real noticable difference was when it was rough. One morning it was rough..... no fish under 4kg caught, everything was big, that afternoon it flattened off, and the fish size dropped away.......
I would note, the snapper fishing through the day was allot better the week of the 26th of october in comparison to the week of November. In November they were harder to catch, but also there were sunny conditions to contend with.
In hind sight Naki, both sets of tides, both small and 100% tides had different advantages.
For your records Naki, there was also 3 snapper over 20lb on the 2nd of November caught. During the day.Wairoa Hawkesbay
Thanks guys During the 5th - 8th when did you start getting 20lb+ fish?
Actually the date of the 6th was due to history over the tides Chad. The TOSC was on around there I was checking it for all sorts and noticed that there was something special happening before and during that time.
My records show that on the 5th the tides should have peaked, from there they dropped away until the 12th. There was a very nice period on the 27th and 28th where the tide bottomed out for two days which doesn't happen to often, were these any good??.
My pick was actually more based on the Perigee being the 8th closest for the year falling on the 6th. My history showed that the days before should have been good around mid day and at night with bigger fish starting to show from the 5th and running through to the 9th peaking around the 7th as a boomer.
Its nice to have guys like you going on these adventures and been able to give me the info to cross reference against my history and data. Look forward to any more info you can share bro
on 13/11/2013, 9:42 pm
