Our first time surfcasting Kaimaumau (in thunderstorms) and a sneaky tiki set out front скачать в хорошем качестве

Our first time surfcasting Kaimaumau (in thunderstorms) and a sneaky tiki set out front

Our day 5 in the north was an interesting one with the weather map saying once again 30-35knt winds from the west but with rain, hail and thunderstorms. Being stuck on the land once more we wanted a change of scenery. The plan was to drive around the Harbour to fish a new place off the sand. We have fished this spot close by in the boat and have always wondered about surfcasting it one day. With the strong westerly being at our backs and a late switch to the south west, today was the day to have a new adventure. We left the cabin at first light (although I would love to be fishing the area at first light) but being our first time there off the sand we wanted to play it a bit safe. The plan was more of a scouting mish, to understand the area for a follow up mish next time in the north. We had the surfcasters packed in the car, but we also had the tiki on board knowing we could set it off the stretch of beach around the corner of the entrance. Arriving at this new spot it was like a summer's day, to see it you wouldn't believe that it was going to be a bit of a windy crappy day. It's always fun trying out a new spot, trying to figure out what tide would be best, where the deeper water maybe, if and where there maybe food for the fish or even where the fish may hold during the day. We had mangroves at the furthest point once we made it onto the sand, a couple of sand bars out in front of us and we knew there was a channel running between them and us. With the sun still shining, I geared up the good ole Kotare and flite surf. This has fast become my favorite surf combo. After flicking it out I then geared up my MC Nano and T-Rex combo. The tide was already dropping and not knowing what tide fishes best I wanted to get my baits in quickly in case that high tide was best. Being the same Harbour where we fish the other side, the day fishing there is normally hard when it comes to snapper. 95% of the time fishing it, it has always produced the best when dark - night time or early morning so I was picking it would probably perform similar? Kahawai and trev's are predominantly caught during the day at our spot, so I was hoping this would be the outcome here too at least. The MC had the first little nibbles on my very first bait, which was a good sign. A couple mins later I wouldn't of believed it but I had my first snapper hitting the sand at our new spot. Nothing big but well takeable - It was 1-0 to the MC. After that it went pretty quiet so maybe it was just a fluke and that day fishing is just as hard over here. What I did do was bring along my rock combo in hope to flick out a few softies once the edge of the channel showed. It was close to this time now so I geared it up with one of the new Rapala Crush city softies. My plan was to walk up to the far corner and flick, walk and retrieve with the flow of the current. But getting to the corner I could see huge dark clouds gathering and raining along the mainland. It was a huge front which only allowed me 3-4 flicks before running to the tree line for cover for about 10mins. I gradually made my way back to the car after that with no interest in the softie (I'll definitely try again when back). We had another huge front brewing but this time I sheltered in the car with rolling thunder and lightning. It lasted for about half an hour and once passed I wound in the rods, re-baited and flicked out. I started to get a few little taps then I was hooked up on the Kotare this time. It was another nice little Harbour snap. Now close to the low tide I knew Stevo was waiting for me to suggest "let's head round to the front and do a tiki set and try a surfcast around there. Stevo does seem to enjoy his tiki fishing and we weren't just here for my fishing so we packed up and headed around. The wind was strong around here, with gusts to roughly 35knts, maybe more. Once we had sorted out the tiki and it was on the soak I flicked out the rods. I had a few hit's and nibbles before I was hooked up on the MC to a nice snapper just before Stevo fired up the tiki. It wasn't a bad fish for off the sand being roughly between 55-60cm. My buzz was short lived as Stevo was waiting for me to come and help him with the tiki, but that was ok as we added another 4 nice fish to the bin. After that we did head back around to where we started the day off but with the wind still blowing it's tits off and now the change to the SW it was blowing straight up the Harbour, so we decided to pack it in and head back to the cabin. It had been a pretty awesome day overall, not too fishy but of what fish we had they weren't of too bad a size - more so from around the front. The main thing was, we had at last fished a spot we had been wanting to for years. We had scouted it out and we can't wait to fish it again when in the north on our next far north adventures. Tight lines