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Kite Fishing Report from Delaware, USA

Wow, was that fun!!! Now that I have used your kite rig, I am even more impressed with design and construction.

First day, the kite went up and flew further away than I have ever seen a kite go.

No fish, but lots of fun. The second day, life got a lot more interesting. I needed to tack a bit and learned why you use carbon fibre spars.

Took two splashes in the ocean before I eased off enough on the tacking.

I ended up with 4 skates on the line. Since I have no desire for these fish I send them back on their way. I have to say though, I have never had four of anything on my line at one time.

No fish, but lots of fun. The second day, life got a lot more interesting. I needed to tack a bit and learned why you use carbon fibre spars. Took two splashes in the ocean before I eased off enough on the tacking. I ended up with 4 skates on the line. Since I have no desire for these fish I send them back on their way. I have to say though, I have never had four of anything on my line at one time.

There was plenty of wind so I didn't need to use the skyhook, but that probably won't be the case the next time I go. Unfortunately, the striper run was not on for the week I was at the coast.

My skates were the only things caught on the beach that week that I am aware of. The rest of the week I got a lot of much needed experience and had many fishermen interested in the flexiwing rig.

A few think that they will build the rig themselves, I wish them luck. Personally I am very grateful that you share your experience. Your e-mail support has been invaluable assistance.

Thanks, you're the best.

p.s. My wife was downloading some pics from her camera and it turns out she had grabbed a couple of snapshots of the crime. I'll get you some better pictures in the Spring.

Charles Rowe (Chuck)

Whangarei Heads by Paul Major
Had a ball at "The Old Lady" fishing in 35 metres of water just outside the Whangarei Heads on the January the 4th.

Gary and I hooked this 13lb snapper on our second set of 25 target hooks.

This big snapper took a 4/0 with a small mullet bait and a floating bead trace.

Paul Major

Weymouth Boating Club

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Whatuwhiwhi Kitefishing Contest by Geoff Preston

Hi everyone, it's Geoff Preston here from Mokau.

Well, it's been a while since Steve McKewen and I ventured north for the Kitefishing competition and I thought I'd write down a few memories of the trip.

Firstly the hospitality and organization of the hosts was fantastic. For three consecutive nights we all ate great food and had prizes presented for merit or for spot prizes. All for one entry fee.

Above : The rock we fished, the kayaks and me and Steve. If you look really closely you can just see the kite in the top left corner.

Above : Trying in vain to feel a fish on the end of the line.

The fishing was tough during the day from the local sandy beaches so Steve and I had a plan to try and get a jump on the competition, which incidentally back fired.

Two kilometers offshore was bird sh@# covered rock (as we found out first hand).

We had permission to set our kite from the rock as it classified as being land based.

We rowed everything out there in our kayaks and waited for the wind which eventually came up at around 9:00 am and we had three great sets into deep water but failed to catch any fish at all.

A team from shore caught the winning snapper from shore right across from us. Bugger!

The final day of the contest we beach fished hard out and after six sets for the two days we finally caught two nice sized gurnard. We were rapt as our heaviest took out the first prize for gurnard.

I can't wait for some of the new friends I met to try their skills and luck down here in my neck of the woods at Mokau.

I've only had one set here since the contest and caught six huge gurnard.

The snapper (heaps of big ones) are getting caught by the boaties fishing at around 30 metres but they should be coming closer in to shore soon.

 

Above: Prize giving.

Steve and I and the Waikato boys with our heaviest gurnard and snapper trophies.

 

From Rob At The Kite Shop

Went up north and joined Paul Morris for a couple of days from Jan 16 to 18th. Reports from local fishermen were that the fish were scarce but the pan sized snapper being caught were all still full of roe.

This is a very good indication that the fishing season this year is going to be a long one. Good catches of snapper should go right through until around late March early April.

Tauranga Bay was closed for half a day to all swimmers as a large great white shark, (between 12 and 15 feet in length) cruised the area close inshore.

Huge Haul of John Dory

While Rob was away, Paul & I took over the shop.

It was a great opportunity to chat with the kitefishers and find out how their fishing was going. One outstanding report we received was from Steve Miers-Jones. Steve fishes a Flexiwing dropper rig and while kitefishing six weeks ago at Waihi Beach, he ran one set of 20 hooks.

The winds were reasonably light so Steve decided to set the gear with no weights at all on the line. The set returned SIX john dory, no other fish, just the dory.

It was interesting to note also that Steve had baited half his hooks with fresh trevally and the other half with a salted long life bait. No fish were caught on the salted baits, all dory were taken on the fresh trevally.

Catching one or two dory per 25 hooks set happens from time to time, but to catch six from one set of 20 hooks is extremely rare. John dory don't normally eat bait, as they generally target only live fish, rarely they can mistake the shining skin of a moving bait for their favoured meal.

The movement of the bait, slowly rising and falling as it travelled mid water on Steves unweighted rig, would certainly have helped create the illusion of a live bait fish and must be the reason he caught so many dory on one set.

Muriwai from Aaron Buxton

I got a phone call early Sunday morning, January 18th, from Aaron Buxton. Aaron had been fishing the southern end of Muriwai beach on the Saturday with his mate Ken. There was a huge swell and light winds so they decided to reduce the number of hooks set to only 6 and to keep the drag to a minimum Aaron also used his rolling weight for the first time. "It was awesome, I couldn't have set the gear without it." Other kitefishers were getting bogged at around 400 metres out but my gear just went out with no problems. I set the gear to about 950 metres offshore." Aaron and Ken caught a total of 15 snapper and one 5 to 6 foot bronze whaler shark on fresh mullet bait. All the snapper were a nice pan size up to 2kgs.

90 Mile Beach by Michael Shirley

At last another trip to the fabulous north on January 1st through to the 5th with my new mega air inflatalbe kites.

Day 1: A high over the North Island and sea breezes blowing onshore on both coasts, it had to be out with the rod. I wound up with 1 kahawai which I cut up for tomorrows bait.

Day 2: The high continues and still the winds blow in my face on both coasts. It was out with the rod again and I wound up with 3 very nice snapper from yesterdays kahawai bait.

Days 3 & 4: Fishing was very hard and no fish were caught.

Day 5: Yes, at last, a puff of the slightest breeze and I watched a family down the beach doing all sorts of tricks to get their nighthawk kite up in the air, but alas to no avail.

Out came my mega air 3 and whoosh, up she goes. The winds were there one minute and gone the next. I managed to get the kite just over the water and then nothing, the winds disappeared again completely so I quickly reeled the kite back in before it hit the water.

I guess it means, they won't fly in no wind at all, which means more time in the Maunganui Hotel. I must admit, the inflatable kite did fly when other kites didn't, despite their best efforts of racing them up and down the beach from their 4 wheel drives.

Never mind, I may go back up north again in April when I believe the fishing, and the winds, are better anyway.

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