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First doggy

Posted by CharlieF <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=CharlieF' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 21/1/2014, 6:39 pm

Headed out to Kawhia last Friday in atrocious conditions. Howling SW wind, 3 metre+ tide and full moon and went to fish a hole that had yielded 6 pannies on my last trip. I had re read an old article of SNAPPAs called smooth hounds unleashed and bought 2 big paddle crabs from Pak n Save on my way out. After soaking anchovies for an hour or so for one decent KW I decided to give the paddle crab a go I chopped one up and got 4 good baits out of it and managed to get a cast over the shore break. I noticed my line had heading down the beach and thought the sinker had pulled however after a bit of a tussle landed a good sized spotted doggy, my first off the beach. the trunk was 55cm. No action after that but I'll be back to that hole for sure, specially seems I can get around there in my Rav. Thanks for the article SNAPPA!

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Posted by SNAPPA NAPIER <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=SNAPPA+NAPIER' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 22/1/2014, 7:31 pm, in reply to "First doggy"

All good Charlie. A lot of people rubbish them and they don't get the recognition they deserve. They certainly pull harder than a pannie and are great fun to catch. Well done. Theres quite an abundance of them locally around Napier. Plenty of tucker for them to get stuck into(CRABS).

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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 23/1/2014, 7:39 pm, in reply to "Re: First doggy"

Surprising how many are around the Naki too.
Well done Charlie that time were you out?

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Posted by CharlieF <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=CharlieF' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 23/1/2014, 8:08 pm, in reply to "Re: First doggy"

About 5 - 6 pm Naki. Will be targetting them again for sure, just got to figure out how to catch some paddle crabs on my rod rather than pay $5 each for them. The one I caught fed 5 of us.

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Posted by Panser <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=Panser' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 24/1/2014, 3:54 pm, in reply to "Re: First doggy"

Get some raw whole prawns from Pack&Save, the Spotties love them.

Born to fish. Forced to work.

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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 2/2/2014, 8:25 am, in reply to "Re: First doggy"

I need to get back out to kawhia again for another fish, I know of that hole you are talking about as I normally fish there but wanted to give the hot springs another go last time I have not been game enough to take the bighorn around from the boat ramp at the marae as I am one who does not keep an eye on the time while fishing so I always go over the sand dune even though it blows my foo foo valve on the way back to the car it is worth it.

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