Archives for February, 2010

Here we are day six already, that’s 20% of the way through! Tonights fishing was done in another new location, Tutukaka harbour.


Weather up here is still not great for kayak fishing but hey still worth a shot. Managed to get out of Whangaumu without too much trouble but after battling with the wind and the swell when I got there the open ocean wasn’t very inviting at all…


I’m back in Ngunguru now, so back fishing local, the weather has turned for the worse though, a steady 30 knot wind with a good 40 knot gust pretty much made kayak fishing out the window, so I dropped back to a bit of fishing off the rocks.


At midnight we made the call to move from the Barrier to the Coromandel because the weather heading our way was not good, with a forecast of 40-50 knot winds we wouldn’t have been getting home in a hurry. It turns out though that even when we got to the Coromandel that conditions wouldn’t let [...]


Another great days fishing at the Barrier again, same as yesterday it was done in the morning and afternoon from my kayak, followed by a quick evening fish from one of the tenders.


Right well here we go, the first day, and what a place to start it, I’m fishing at Great Barrier Island! I came here with a group of fellow kayak fishers from KayakFishingNZ.com aboard the Lara Star, we are here for three days in total so expecting to catch a few fish…


Yes I’m four days into the 30 days, will be trying to post daily but with being at the Barrier, and having to traverl from Auckland back to Whangarei posting time has been limited to say the least, I’m fishing tonight after work, don’t know where or how yet, it’s blowing a gale and pouring [...]