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Pania weekend

Posted by GaryK <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=GaryK' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 5/11/2015, 4:43 pm

Good testing weekend coming up!

The snapper don't know where the car park is!
Sometimes it is better to travel than to arrive.

Re: Pania weekend

Posted by Rex HB <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=Rex+HB' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 7/11/2015, 6:37 am, in reply to "Pania weekend"

Yep Again.......

Re: Pania weekend

Posted by racepics <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=racepics' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 8/11/2015, 9:22 am, in reply to "Re: Pania weekend"

Yep, testing my sanity....... Five different baits, three different locations, dawn and dusk, low tide, high tide,
Nothing..........again.....

http://www.paniasurfcasting.org
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Posted by geno <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=geno' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 8/11/2015, 10:24 am, in reply to "Re: Pania weekend"

The razorblades are in the glovebox Chris.

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Re: Pania weekend

And yes I do need a shave Geno

On the upside, a few Kahawai, a large Baracuda, and wait-for-it................. a SNAPPER! were weighed in today

http://www.paniasurfcasting.org
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Re: Pania weekend

Posted by Rex HB <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=Rex+HB' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 8/11/2015, 3:00 pm, in reply to "Re: Pania weekend"

Hear ye Hear ye! Ecstatic applause at the appearance of a snapper in Hawke's Bay. The press have been advised, MPI notified that a fish escaped the trawlers nets and there will be a parade to rival that of the All Blacks world cup win.Excuse me I have to go and ring the church bells. I will also pray for the man who caught it just in case he's struck by lightening.

Re: Pania weekend

Posted by GaryK <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=GaryK' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/11/2015, 4:17 am, in reply to "Re: Pania weekend"

Nice accolade Rex. Deserved too.

The snapper don't know where the car park is!
Sometimes it is better to travel than to arrive.

Re: Pania weekend

Posted by Hangler <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=Hangler' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/11/2015, 9:58 am, in reply to "Pania weekend"

Was the snapper taken locally (Napier district) or from further afield? At over three kilograms that is a nice fish but the Pania on-line news letter gives no details whatsoever, such as what bait, what rig, what time caught, south or north of Napier or locally.

Not for one moment am I suggesting the angler should give away his spot 'X'. However, it makes reports far more interesting and creates excitement and enthusiasm when a few snippets of information are given to to liven the story for the readers.

Re: Pania weekend

Posted by DrewHB <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=DrewHB' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/11/2015, 2:12 pm, in reply to "Re: Pania weekend"

Knowing the angler...at a guess a large hunk of occy. Near the reef. Local being hawkes bay.

Take less, leave more...tomorrow is another day

Re: Pania weekend

Posted by racepics <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=racepics' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/11/2015, 2:56 pm, in reply to "Re: Pania weekend"

It was taken at TeAwanga, and caught on a bait intended for moki

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Given that Snapper will eat anything that a Moki will eat, the above is not surprising. The surprising part was that there was a Snapper present to eat it

An accidental catch, but a very nice accidental catch, Well done Mark.

It often happens when targeting one species, you catch something else, not always better than what you were chasing, but very nice when it is.
My own best Snapper was taken on a tiny bait intended for Gurnard, but I'm not about to complain that I caught a Snapper instead of a Gurnard

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Re: Pania weekend

Posted by Hangler <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=Hangler' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 10/11/2015, 6:30 am, in reply to "Re: Pania weekend"

Last season, locally, I caught two snapper (one undersized) when targeting rays. He or she must have been a hungry little beggar.

I have always sworn by anchovies as bait, but this year I will be using other options. I fish a rocky area so both prawns and mussels will be given a go, also a tippet of squid strip. I have just purchased a shorter rod that I have converted to have a detachable butt section, this for casting no further than fifty metres from the shore.

If it is believed fish are scarce then it's important to try different methods, hoping to find the formula that suits.

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