Coast Fishing Kapiti - Wellington, Paraparaumu, Raumati, Otaki, Mana, Pukerua Bay, New Zealand.

Hearing the news about dead fish washing up on Kapiti makes you wonder whether it’s a slow news day? Or do we have a serious problem? I took the dog for a walk along the beach and sure enough I did notice a few extra fish washed up than normal. So what could have caused [...]

We went out fishing a week or so back and managed to get 1 Snapper, 4 Kahawai, 1 Baracudda, 1 Gurnard, a few smaller Sharks and a couple of undersized blue cod – unfortunately I forgot the camera. It’s been a bit tough over the last week or so to get out due to the [...]

I have been recently told the best way to catch Snapper at Pukerua Bay is just of the reef next to the highway. You find where the reef ends then drop your burley down and try and attract the fish away from the reef. I have been told it doesn’t have to be deep either [...]

We went out today and caught 4 Snapper, sized between 4kg – 7kg, drifting between Kapiti Boat Club and Raumati Beach, at a depth somewhere between 20 – 30m. We also caught another 2 pan size Snapper. We released 3 of the 4 large Snapper due to the fact they were just to large for us to keep, also they were older Snapper ideal for breeding stock. I caught two of the four large Snapper using the Snapper rig with a Large piece of Squid. My brother caught his two large Snappers on the Snapper rig using fresh Mackerel.

Hi all
We’ve been in NZ for less than a week now (from UK) and I’m itching to catch a fish! I have no gear yet so can anyone recommend a tackle shop (beach casting if possible).
And can anyone offer me any useful pointers on fishing off the beach here in Raumati (Bert’s Beach end)?
I’m desperate to catch [...]

Well we went out today and caught about 4 Kahawai and lots of Carpet Sharks, a string ray and aBlind Eel but no Snapper??? Well we went out just off Kapiti Boat Club and started fishing about 200m north of the Club. We caught a Kahawai there and I also caught an undersized Blue cod… a bit random I thought considering we were over a sandy bottom. There must have been quite a bit of Blue Cod there, as our lines kept getting stripped of bait.

Raumati Beach – 7 Snappers – 3 Kahawai – 2 Gurnard – 2 Mackerel – 1m Shark DRIFT FISHING

10 – 12 ft Great White hooked off Kapiti Boat Club this morning 20 m depth of water – Is this common??? it jumped out of the water about 8 ft before making a huge splash

Huge Gurnard, great fishing Saturday. A bit Rough however.

Caught a Snapper, Trevally, and Kahawai also tried out our home made down rigger