Thursday 15th December
Since mid winter, I hadn't caught any really big kahawai. Today however, I did. Two big kahawai, a nice snapper and some smaller kahawai and mackerel kept my belly full.
Wednesday, 14 December 2016
Kahawai Fishing Whangarei Harbour
Saturday 3rd December
I went down to the Onerahi wharf hoping to catch my first fish of the summer. Using squid for bait, I caught 19 kahawai and a decent Mackerel. Trevally, snapper and eagle Ray were also caught.
I went down to the Onerahi wharf hoping to catch my first fish of the summer. Using squid for bait, I caught 19 kahawai and a decent Mackerel. Trevally, snapper and eagle Ray were also caught.
Tuesday, 19 July 2016
Whangarei East Coast Rock Fishing
Tuesday 19th July 2016
I only had 25 minutes to fish before dark and before the tide came in too much so I had to be quick. I put half a pillie on my line and cast it out into the swell. I cut up some chunks and threw them in as berley. My bait got hit and I pulled in a large kahawai. Every line was getting hit and I went home happy with two big kahawai. Loads of kahawai everywhere.
Aidan
I only had 25 minutes to fish before dark and before the tide came in too much so I had to be quick. I put half a pillie on my line and cast it out into the swell. I cut up some chunks and threw them in as berley. My bait got hit and I pulled in a large kahawai. Every line was getting hit and I went home happy with two big kahawai. Loads of kahawai everywhere.
Aidan
Saturday, 16 July 2016
Eeling Tips
July 2016
Now that it's winter and the fishing in the harbour isn't so good, I've been doing quite a bit of eeling in nearby rivers and creeks. The good thing about eeling over fishing is that it doesn't matter what time of year you do it. Around New Zealand there are two types of freshwater eel; the silverbelly longfin and the shortfin. The more commonly caught is the silverbelly longfin but their numbers are slowly declining due to commercial eelers and dams which stops them from getting to the sea to breed. The shortfins are more unusual to catch but are at least concern. The way to tell the two species apart is the longfins have a longer dorsal fin and their skin wrinkles once it begins to die or is dead. Also the shortfins are a more olivey green colour and are smaller than the longfin. The way to catch them is to get a bit of bait, ( meat is best ), just put it on a plain hook, ( circle hook is best because that will stop some of the eels from swallowing it ). If there is current you may want a little sinker but it can get stuck in rocks and logs so that is the only negative side of using a sinker. You just need a little handline or rod and it will work. Pour coarse salt on the eel to humanely kill it.
My next post will be on where to find eels and what to do when you spot one. ( for people who have never eeled before ).
Now that it's winter and the fishing in the harbour isn't so good, I've been doing quite a bit of eeling in nearby rivers and creeks. The good thing about eeling over fishing is that it doesn't matter what time of year you do it. Around New Zealand there are two types of freshwater eel; the silverbelly longfin and the shortfin. The more commonly caught is the silverbelly longfin but their numbers are slowly declining due to commercial eelers and dams which stops them from getting to the sea to breed. The shortfins are more unusual to catch but are at least concern. The way to tell the two species apart is the longfins have a longer dorsal fin and their skin wrinkles once it begins to die or is dead. Also the shortfins are a more olivey green colour and are smaller than the longfin. The way to catch them is to get a bit of bait, ( meat is best ), just put it on a plain hook, ( circle hook is best because that will stop some of the eels from swallowing it ). If there is current you may want a little sinker but it can get stuck in rocks and logs so that is the only negative side of using a sinker. You just need a little handline or rod and it will work. Pour coarse salt on the eel to humanely kill it.
My next post will be on where to find eels and what to do when you spot one. ( for people who have never eeled before ).
Thursday, 2 June 2016
Early Winter Fish Onerahi
Friday 3rd June 2016
I went down onto the Onerahi wharf this morning to have a winter fish. The fishing was appalling, I caught one tiny snapper and apart from that got pretty much no bites. I think I'll stick to the eeling now during the winter.
Aidan
I went down onto the Onerahi wharf this morning to have a winter fish. The fishing was appalling, I caught one tiny snapper and apart from that got pretty much no bites. I think I'll stick to the eeling now during the winter.
Aidan
Sunday, 1 May 2016
Bloody Shags
Saturday 30th April 2016
Went for a morning fish on the Onerahi wharf. I went out in blusterous conditions looking for a meal. I had put on a whole small Jack Mackerel and as soon as it hit the water so something hit it. Unfortunately it didn't hit the hook and I pulled in a bare hook. Next time the same thing happened but the elusive fish generously left the head. The next time I put on half a mackerel and a sinker and pulled a snapper up alongside the wharf. The snapper would have been around 32cms and as it pulled my line deeper it suddenly went all heavy, as I got it up to the surface I found a bloody shag tearing this fish apart and eventually pulling it off the hook. After some bad words, I stormed off home.
Aidan
Went for a morning fish on the Onerahi wharf. I went out in blusterous conditions looking for a meal. I had put on a whole small Jack Mackerel and as soon as it hit the water so something hit it. Unfortunately it didn't hit the hook and I pulled in a bare hook. Next time the same thing happened but the elusive fish generously left the head. The next time I put on half a mackerel and a sinker and pulled a snapper up alongside the wharf. The snapper would have been around 32cms and as it pulled my line deeper it suddenly went all heavy, as I got it up to the surface I found a bloody shag tearing this fish apart and eventually pulling it off the hook. After some bad words, I stormed off home.
Aidan
Saturday, 30 April 2016
Feeding Frenzies at Change of Light
Friday 29th April
My second fish today was much better than my first. I could see splashing just out from the wharf. I went down sinker-less and hoped for the best. As I came down I saw magnificent sight. The water bubbling with fish and sharks, dolphins and birds surrounding them. Big trevally shot past the jetty and I caught three enormous mackerel. There's an eerie feeling down on the wharf just as it gets dark.
Aidan
My second fish today was much better than my first. I could see splashing just out from the wharf. I went down sinker-less and hoped for the best. As I came down I saw magnificent sight. The water bubbling with fish and sharks, dolphins and birds surrounding them. Big trevally shot past the jetty and I caught three enormous mackerel. There's an eerie feeling down on the wharf just as it gets dark.
Aidan
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