Tutukaka Coast, Nz

[clutch]

Hello Raiders, my Kim and I have just returned from a week away 2.5 hrs north of Auckland at a beautiful bay called Matapouri. Our trip was mostly to relax, however the rented home had a 10 ft tinnie so I took my 5 hp so we could get out and try our luck on the fishing front

Arrived friday night and arose saturday morning to stunning weather so I readied our gear and out we went mainly on a reconnaisance mission as we havent fished there before.....spent most of the day putting around cheching the place out before we anchored and Kim landed her PB Kahawai/Salmon

The wind started picking up in the arvo as a storm was brewing and by the time we returned to Matapouri at near low tide the estuary had no water in it and we had to carry the motor, boat, rods, etc, etc up the beach and to the house

One can only navigate the estuary a couple of hours either side of high tide so from now on we would strictly adhere to the tides

Sunday was a rainy, stormy day that helped whip up some huge swells outside the bay. We stayed home all day

Monday things had improved immensley and we decided to venture out. As we exited the bay we were met by said huge swells .......they probably werent too big for you guys but in the 10 footer they seemed decent sized. In fact Kim mentioned to me that maybe it was a bit too rough but we anchored with the motor running for 5 min to make sure our little pick was holding against the NE swell wanting to push us toward the rocks.........We were fine so over the lines went and maybe 5 min later my rod bent over and I was on...........it was taking line so I increased drag and over the next minute or so ended up maxxing my drag and basically waiting for him to tire sufficiently to take some line back. He was still able to take line off the TLD15 ....which is loaded with 15kg.

Note the waves either side in this pic. This is my PB Kingy at 78cm

Tuesday were back out swells a little better but still there. Kim caught this Porae, a first for her so another PB

Wednesday was our last day and although we had been regularly catching small snapper we werent able to catch any of size so the trip was a little dissappointing from that perspective.

But on Wednesday we had only just parked up and Kim was on.......with a NEW species and therefore another PB. ...She caught a Kingy!!

It was also Kim that got this tho..........

Any way a great trip away, but back to work tomorrow.

[Guest Big-Banana]

Some ripper fish mate!!!

[Flattieman]

Yeah!!! Ditto! Great scenery as well. That's the biggest "porae" I've seen - it looks like a morwong.

Flattieman.

[Penguin]

Niiiiiiiice pix Clutch,good read,

all good fish especialy that fat Kingy,

your seems to be a good fisherwoman,

excelent scenery too.

Cheers penguin.

[Spanker]

Clutch we all love your reports and photography. I would almost sponsor you to go out and catch big snapper and kings just to post the reports and photos.

You're a blessed man to have a missus who will cheerily wet a line.

Good on ya mate

spanker

[Guest fishrunner]

Nice report clutch,

Congrats on the great king and congrats to Kim for so many pb's. .

cheers

[mottyman]

Super report there Clutch and Kim

Sensational fish and dead jealous as always.

Well done.

David.

[ozeash]

Great report clutch. Well done to you and Kim on scoring several PB's. The photographs were excellent mate, I did check out the swell, would've been worrrying in a tinnie...

Cheers,

Ash

[Lunker_Hunter]

Looks like an awesome location to have a holiday.

Great catches, well done on the PB's!

The last picture looks like the thing you put at the bottom of your door so the wind doesn't blow in.

[Guest madsmc]

Great trip there Clutch! Congrats to you and Kim on some excellent fish, especially those kings

Shane

[hatheadheaven]

Awesome Clutch! Great fish as usual.

Will be in NZ for 2 weeks from 15th April - and will be zippin around the Nth Island from 21st to 28th so PM your details and we'll see if we can catch up. Would love to get onto a NZ kingy......

Cheers

Simon

[clutch]

Thanks for your great replies guys We had a great time up there and will definitely be going again. Initially we were going to take the tinnie to the rocks and cast from the rocks but the swells ensured quite a bit of lift, making it a bit of a mission getting from boat to rock and vice versa

Next time we will do things a little different. I've kinda caught the Kingy "Buzz" and will be live baiting next time. Those two were caught on pillies sent to the bottom, so I imagine that with live-bait you could have a field day

We ended up finishing early on the last days session as heaps of small crap/ and bait fish were attacking our baits as they hit the water and followed it down to the bottom where they devoured it

I remember looking at some sabikis I have at home and didnt take them

In the 10 footer you dont have much room........we took no berley, not even a net or gaff.....that Kingy was just dragged over the side like everything else.

Heres a pic you may be able to make out some fish attacking our baits

that Porae looks like a morwong, is it a morwong and u guys just call them porae like the salmon and kahawai?

CFD

Chris, you and Flattieman may be onto something. I did a search and the Blue Morwong and the Porae look like the same fish to me

Spanker, if only I coulld find a job like that

Simon, I'll PM you.

[Penguin]

Hi Clutch,

can u tell me if a Porae is also known as a Terakihi?

cheers penguin.

[clutch]

Hi Clutch,

can u tell me if a Porae is also known as a Terakihi?

cheers penguin.

No Penguin mate, they are different in that they have a distinctive black "saddle' on their shoulders

you know i've heard about Terakihi all my life and have never caught one...........cant be many in the Hauraki Gulf

Heres a pic

Edited April 7, 2006 by clutch

[Penguin]

Hi Clutch,

We used to catch em in Wellington harbour with and without the black

saddle,and they are called Morwong or Mowies here in Sydney.

Keep up the good fishin reports.

penguin.