Thought I’de write a story about a Snapper fishing trip from years ago as I listen to Led Zeppelin – Houses Of Holly album (1975).
Four of us decided to go on a Pelouers sounds trip chasing snapper. Peter Lamb, Craig Harrison, Alister Gemmell and I, all W.A.S.C members in the hay day of the club, [...]
IS A MUST,tried a few different things but here is what i have found to be the best when rock fishing,6 kgs of shellfish and kina minced(you should all know were to get it)mixed with 3 kgs of salmon(minced)also skipjack frames from you”r bait mixed in thats a good brew,alot to carry if you have [...]
Quick Facts:
Date: 30/10/210
Fish Species: Kingfish
Length: 94cm
Weight: 10 – 15kg
Moon phase: Full
Tide: About an hour before full tide
Location: Off Paraparaumu beach, 30m of water
The weather forecast was looking pretty good for the weekend so come Friday i was pretty excited at the prospect of getting out Saturday morning for a fish. I woke to my alarm [...]
THE SHERPPA CURSE
I have finally rejoined my old fishing club and for my first Fishing comp I decided to fish Wire Rock. I arrived at the car park approx 3pm got all my gear ready including the berley (with my secret ingredients) and off I went on the 30min walk, only to find a southerly [...]
How do you kill a Snapper effectively? There shape means you cannot hit it on the head with a “fish donger”. We found this to be an issue when we caught our first Snapper. Luckily we were semi prepared with an iki spike. What is an iki spike? Well the best way to describe it [...]
Just saw the sign for the annual Raumati Beach Surfcasting competition on the enterance of the Marine Gardens. Last year a record Snapper was caught, which I find an amazing effort especially surfcasting.
Here’s some details:
When: Sun 24 Jan 2010 at 06:00 AM – 04:00 PM
Location: Raumati Beach, Raumati. To get there take Raumati Road from [...]
We went fishing on Saturday at Paraparaumu and although there was a nice southerly blowing through we still managed to get out. Launching the Zodiac from the beach can cause some issues even with the smaller wave – we don’t have a front cover on our boat to keep the water from splashing over the [...]
wanting to start fishing kapiti and puk(wair rock) any ideas,want to chase snapper and kings
Though we all know there are plenty of sharks out in Kapiti and i would hate to see people move away from the beach however my brother went out surfing at Raumati South at the Esplande and a good size Shark finned beside him. Obviously he went straight in however this was only at waist [...]
Well as the title says, we went out yesterday at Paraparaumu Beach and caught 2 Snapper, 2 Kahawai a Gurnard and a Thresher Shark (which got off). It was great conditions yesterday – no wind and overcast. We went out at about 11:30am with the tide going out. We were hoping to catch the tide [...]