Sorry to hear Mike,

That really sucks!

Well done that man!

I was on the water soon after Jumboz.

Lots of fish, mostly juvenile.
Got my limit by 11am ranging 35 - 49cm.

Channel 8 and 0276127422.

Plan to be on the water at 6.30, paddle towards Manaia harbour and drift back with the incoming tide around 11.

Probably around the 12 metre mark but of course plans change if I see bad weather or good workups.

Car is loaded and ready to roll

See you there

Agree with Andrew. The tide can push you along pretty quick. Goat Bay, (next Bay north) would be worth exploring and there's a few spots the rock fisho's fish within 1km of Fantail that produce well too. Last time I was there fishing was a bit tough, I paddles back to the bay to have a shoal of 20 o...

That guy

dedant wrote:

Hainesy wrote:

dedant wrote:He ain't no Nicky Sinden!

Mate ... I'm waaay better looking !!

yeah well, I have seen you in tight track pants...umm.

Thanks again Rob.

Keep 'em coming

HLD,

Flick me your address.
I have one but won't be able to send it until Thursday.

For me, while fishing was a challenge it was a great weekend. I don't get the opportunity very often so my goal was to Jig from a kayak and catch a Kingfish. Following KK's lead and watching and awesome sunrise on the way out I was soon put onto the fish. 4 Rat kings on the Jig and one (sorry about ...

I think KK was waiting to get a pic of me crapping myself

Welcome back Destin.

Cheers for the trip report

Great read as always HLD.
Congrats on the new PB!

Even better that is was next to a boat full of anglers.

It is a bit of no brainer Bruce, base your self at Papa aroha, so many options, and I haven't been there many times and there has not been other yak fishos up there... from there you have the top of Coro, be wary of big currents, short drive will have you to Fantail bay, a little further to goat ba...

Awesome compilation HLD, thanks for sharing.

......and Matai bay...... what were we thinking ????

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?................ Back on subject, MPI had a road check point at Clevedon on our way back through, run just like a Police one with good numbers of staff and they were clearly getting stuck into transgressors. I have to confess that I have had the odd day that starts well so I throw lots back immedi...

Where are you burleying? I could be keen for those dates (I will be on holiday still) Sent from my Vodafone Smart ultra 6 using Tapatalk Yeah, whole bonito, steel trace, 14/0 hook and working on finding some homekill........ buckets and buckets of it. ....... will have to abort the burley plan if t...

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