Fishing The Coast - Wellington, Paraparaumu, Raumati, Otaki, Mana, Pukerua Bay, Wairarapa, Castle Point, New Zealand.

We went out to Wairaka Rock at around 10am and high tide was around 9:30am… so by the time we got to the rock we were scratching our heads as to how you get over it.The front of the rock was about 1m deep of water so the high tide obviously comes around [...]

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 [...]

We went out fishing yesterday at Pukerua Bay as the weather was very calm and sun shinning. We haven’t had great luck in the past with Pukerua Bay mainly catching lots of small undersized fish, however this time we were equip with our new Garmin 300c Fish Finder. We were quite excited to see 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 [...]

2nd Day of sea fishing – Waitangi Day. The Wind got up and forced us to not fish Pukerua Day so we headed up to the Paraparaumu Boat club and ended up fishing just off Raumati Beach, with some great results!

First Day of fishing at Pukerua Bay.