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Snapper invade Hawkes Bay Beaches!

Posted by GaryK <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=GaryK' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 20/2/2016, 7:45 am

Well thats the rumour, what have HB fishers experienced in the last week?

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 Andrew HB <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=Andrew+HB' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 21/2/2016, 8:26 am, in reply to "Snapper invade Hawkes Bay Beaches!"

Right species

Wrong size

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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 21/2/2016, 8:43 am, in reply to "Re: Snapper invade Hawkes Bay Beaches!"

That's my impression too. Juveniles curiously immune to 'pollution' that slipped through the holes in the net.

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Posted by racepics <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=racepics' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 22/2/2016, 3:20 pm, in reply to "Re: Snapper invade Hawkes Bay Beaches!"

Released a couple of baby snaps at Mohaka, nothing big enough to keep.
Plenty of mid size Lemons though.

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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 22/2/2016, 6:17 pm, in reply to "Re: Snapper invade Hawkes Bay Beaches!"

Come up to my Bay in a fortnight boys... Plenty for everyone.

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Posted by Duncan HB <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=Duncan+HB' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 25/2/2016, 2:30 pm, in reply to "Re: Snapper invade Hawkes Bay Beaches!"

I can 100 % confirm that very good snapper have imvaded our beaches.

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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 25/2/2016, 5:59 pm, in reply to "Re: Snapper invade Hawkes Bay Beaches!"

A 10 kg apparently. Now that's a good fish

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Posted by Duncan HB <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=Duncan+HB' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 25/2/2016, 6:48 pm, in reply to "Re: Snapper invade Hawkes Bay Beaches!"

Yea you are bang on rex. I pulled a 10 kg snapper in lastnight and also got one of 1.7 kg and another one of 2.1 kg. Got the 2 smaller 1s early in the evening. Then got the big boy just on dark. Was at the same spot that you have pulled a couple of big snapper from in the past. I also so know of another 8 between 1-3 kg getting caught just a bit further south of where I was.

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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 25/2/2016, 8:44 pm, in reply to "Re: Snapper invade Hawkes Bay Beaches!"

Well done The Dunker!! Seems all the hours waiting & waiting finally paid off.

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Posted by Duncan HB <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=Duncan+HB' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 25/2/2016, 9:48 pm, in reply to "Re: Snapper invade Hawkes Bay Beaches!"

Thanks geno

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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 26/2/2016, 1:35 pm, in reply to "Re: Snapper invade Hawkes Bay Beaches!"

Lol guess what. I was there on Sunday night and got plenty of bites and one good hit that just didn't take. I was sure they were there. Just needed a master to catch them. Well done.

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Posted by Duncan HB <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=Duncan+HB' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 26/2/2016, 4:56 pm, in reply to "Re: Snapper invade Hawkes Bay Beaches!"

Thought that may haue been where you were when I read your post in the casting day thread. Thanks the tail half of pillys on the bottom did the damage. Head halfs were getting the odd nibble but not many.

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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 26/2/2016, 5:50 pm, in reply to "Re: Snapper invade Hawkes Bay Beaches!"

Its great to hear the spots showing promise, that's the main thing. Its been a long time between fillets lol.

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Posted by Duncan HB <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=Duncan+HB' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 26/2/2016, 9:32 pm, in reply to "Re: Snapper invade Hawkes Bay Beaches!"

I totally agree. Was going try there 2mrw but decided to give it a miss when I saw that it was going to be off shore winds.

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Posted by Hangler <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=Hangler' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 27/2/2016, 11:21 am, in reply to "Snapper invade Hawkes Bay Beaches!"

Never been in favour of spot 'X'. I asked Dave Craft where the snapper are being taken, I was told TeAwanga and Clifton. He reported his customers have been catching quite well ... evidently he is not so keen on spot 'X' either.

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Posted by Duncan HB <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=Duncan+HB' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 27/2/2016, 12:02 pm, in reply to "Re: Snapper invade Hawkes Bay Beaches!"

Yea you got us Hangler clifton is the spot tell every one lol. That will leave the few of us in the know to fish the real hot spot in peace.

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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 27/2/2016, 3:23 pm, in reply to "Re: Snapper invade Hawkes Bay Beaches!"

I don't think there's been an invasion but there have been some sporadic appearances. One person got a good haul not far from where Duncan was fishing. As far as Crafty's info, I think its as good as any. There's no spot x around Napier, just the right place at the right time if you're lucky. Whirinaki was also producing so I was told. Good moon phase, good tides and time of the year were more of a factor I suspect.

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Posted by Hangler <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=Hangler' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 27/2/2016, 4:27 pm, in reply to "Re: Snapper invade Hawkes Bay Beaches!"

Duncan, I have spend much of the time I have been a member of this site sharing tips and information. I get many messages in my in-box thanking me for doing so.

This is a site where many newcomers head to for that little extra knowledge, to improve their catch rate, many just want to catch their very first fish. Just recently the site has had a plethora of questions from new anglers hoping to get established, fortunately several members have raised their hands and pointed them in the right direction regarding tackle, bait how to rig etc.

When a thread like this is started, then after a few posts members say they have struck a purple patch, then this is followed by what amounts to 'secret squirrel', it saddens me. In fact this goes totally against the true camaraderie of the sport I love so well.

Nobody would ask you for the exact spot you fish but a guide in the general direction should do any harm whatsoever. This week a member shared their success in where they caught a very nice Kingfish. They had no hesitation in making LeQuense Road the headline of the thread.

For 'you people in the know' to have said south of Napier or north, as ever the case may be, would have given very little away other than given our new anglers a bit of hope and encouragement, personally I don't think that is too much to share. I video my spots so they are easily identifiable.

Rex, I have known Dave Craft for thirty-eight years. We have fished together, shot together, both in the field and clay birds. We have played snooker together and I have fished from his boat (before it got stolen), on many occasions. I have always found his knowledge factual and helpful. As Crafty is a good regular sponsor to the Pania club, I believe he is worth far more than the way you have just presented him.

As for 'Those in the Know', well I guess that says it all. As I have already said, it saddens me.

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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 27/2/2016, 5:05 pm, in reply to "Re: Snapper invade Hawkes Bay Beaches!"

He has indeed been a valued sponsor and was exceptionally generous at the recent Kahawai Competition. I have received similar advice and good service from him over the years as well. I even found he has a sense of humor, some thing you appear to be lacking Hangler. But keep up your vendetta regards the Pania Surfcasting club, I'm sure somebody cares.

Just for the record, people don't give information on spots for very good reason. Recreational fishers aren't the only eyes that frequent these pages. To much information has lead to late night visits from your mates in the scooping trawlers at certain spots. In my experience its much wiser not to give to much information for that reason alone.

Any other vitriol you have to share on this thread? You seem to have butted in for no other reason than to attack people? Perhaps you have some positive information on the subject of snapper invading the Hawkes Bay beaches?

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Posted by fringsy <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=fringsy' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 28/2/2016, 8:35 pm, in reply to "Re: Snapper invade Hawkes Bay Beaches!"

Yes Hangler you are right on the money, Crafty is a great sponsor. If we all blurbed about where the fish were the long liners would ruin it for you and me. FACT!

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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 5/3/2016, 9:01 am, in reply to "Snapper invade Hawkes Bay Beaches!"

Good to see some decent snapper results coming in from surfcasters in the bay. Must say its about time.

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 GaryK <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=GaryK' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 5/3/2016, 11:41 am, in reply to "Snapper invade Hawkes Bay Beaches!"

Congrats toMark Roberts on a wonderful 23lb capture this morning. Its going crazy here in Hawkes Bay with great fish being caught as well as healthy shoalies.

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 Rex HB <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=Rex+HB' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 5/3/2016, 1:27 pm, in reply to "Re: Snapper invade Hawkes Bay Beaches!"

Mark does it again eh. Well done

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Posted by AndyG <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=AndyG' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 7/3/2016, 8:10 am, in reply to "Re: Snapper invade Hawkes Bay Beaches!"

Even I got one last night... only a 2.2 specimen but if I can anyone can.

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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 7/3/2016, 9:38 am, in reply to "Re: Snapper invade Hawkes Bay Beaches!"

Your doing better than me. I've had one trevally in 3 outings. Maybe this weekend ..... Or not

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Posted by AndyG <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/surfcasting/info/user=AndyG' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 7/3/2016, 12:55 pm, in reply to "Re: Snapper invade Hawkes Bay Beaches!"

2 snapper for me in the last 3 outings, dont think we are heading away this weekend so hope there's still some around locally for us

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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 7/3/2016, 4:06 pm, in reply to "Re: Snapper invade Hawkes Bay Beaches!"

Im the same. I'll follow you lol

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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 7/3/2016, 7:52 pm, in reply to "Re: Snapper invade Hawkes Bay Beaches!"

Get your arses up to the BoP. We've got millions of pesky snappers to get rid of.

Two more months of the buggers yet. lol

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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 8/3/2016, 11:20 am, in reply to "Re: Snapper invade Hawkes Bay Beaches!"

My heart bleeds for you Geno

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