Cant believe how much better I fared in BOP as opposed to Hawkes Bay last weekend. 6lbs of whitebait in Pukehina River, 3 Snaps @ Matata plus Khawhai. As far as whitebait go, dairy farmers fence streams as per Fontera dictates,so a lot of stream side weed and foliage growth, therefore spawning habitat, but why the consistent Snapper catches etc all year round and not in sporadic HB?
Re: "The Bay''
Posted by GaryK on 1/11/2014, 9:17 am, in reply to ""The Bay''"
Water temperatures may have a "little" to do with it. The snapper don't know where the car park is! Sometimes it is better to travel than to arrive.
Re: "The Bay''
Posted by SNAPPA NAPIER on 2/11/2014, 3:02 pm, in reply to ""The Bay''"
Protected from the colder southerly currents that reem us and the mega abundance of shellfish that most beaches in HB lack. It renews your faith in fishing through there and further to the farthest north. But it teaches you to be a better fisherman fishing the in consistent waters of Hawke Bay.
on 31/10/2014, 8:55 pm