Targeting gurnard with the kontiki and few fat carrots on the surfcaster
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- čas přidán 18. 07. 2020
- With the Easterlies still in play and a mtr swell with off shores out West there was only one thing to do for this time of year, that was to go target carrots off the sand out West for a few hours. Targetting them with the kontiki can be hard to do but if your catching them on the surfcaster then there's no need to send it to the horizon.
We made our way up the beach with a plan to set the tiki just beyond the breakers and I was really looking forward to flicking out a bait on the surfcaster. Stevo was up from Tauranga so a bin of carrots would be great to take home. Driving the beach I was on the look out for a particular spot to have a good shot at a gurnard on the rod. I have caught a few over the years off the sand, it can be hit and miss and with the tide pretty much on the rise I had to settle for a hole that would fill up over the high.
Half way up I got Stevo to do a quick turn around, I had seen what I thought was a Kahawai lying on the beach which would be perfect bait for our first set. It was a Kahawai and it had no tail so picking it must of had a toothy critter attached to it at some stage. Arriving at a spot where a hole sat to the side of a little bank Stevo started on setting up the tiki while I set up my surfcaster and flicked out a bait. With having fresh Kahawai already we didn't have to wait for fresh bait so we baited up and had the tiki pulling our first set.
Getting back to my rod I noticed the line had become slack and pulled to the right, winding up the slack I struck just in case something was still on. I could feel a fish at the other end and a minute later I had a solid Kahawai sliding up the sand. We had more fresh bait for our second set if it was needed. I flicked out a new bait - half a pillie was my choice for the day for targeting gurnard with the rod, moments later I was onto my second fish, this time I could see a bit of orange in the white wash - yea boy it was our first carrot.
After that Stevo fired up the tiki winch and we noticed the GPS hadn't worked as the line was coming in hard right from being pulled in that typical north current. We were hoping even though it didn't go out straight the baits were still just on the outside of the breakers for a chance of a carrot or two. We ended up with 4 on our first set, even though not a lot it was a good start to our gurnard day plan. We fixed the GPS Mac-Guyver styles so it would go straight out this time and once we had sorted out the second set I was back out there flicking out another fresh bait, it didn't take long for my second gurnard to make it's way to shore. I love surfcasting Muriwai and although it was slow on the rod I was loving it.
I got no more enquirers on the rod as Stevo fired up the tiki winch for the last time, it had been soaking for 40mins just out past the breakers and we were hoping for a few more carrots for the bin. This set was a lot better for us, carrots were lined up coming in through the surf. One after the other white wash turned to orange as another carrot made it's way up the sand. In the end we ended up with a nice harvest of fresh carrots, with a couple on the rod and the rest on the tiki which basically gave us 7 nice fat carrots to take home each.
Another great Reel Kiwi Fishing adventure with a mate and a few fish in the bin - can't ask for much more than that.
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Excellent stuff :)
Love Gurnard 2 😋💚✨❄️
Legendary mate ive never seen so many gurnys at once😂 awesome
Cool! Thanks for sharing!
The talk around Kahawai being JUST a kahawai is a bit yesterday. Be awesome to hear…. Yee hee hee a KAHAWAI… yeee boy.
Pretty cool that you still get excited inspite of how many fish you have caught over the years.
Cheers RCNC
I just love fishing from the sand, this is where it all began for me. It excites me that since fishing Muriwai from the late 70's it still produces today....
I'm from WAIUKU West ,Bornbreed 💙💚💙💚💙💚💙💚✨❄️
A nice haul, there are a lot of them around right now. I got 20 from my kayak of the East Coast Bays in Auckland last week, they seem to like Kahawai there too, when they are on the bite they just keep coming, I could have caught another 20, the swell is a little too big though. Keep the clips coming.
Cheers LM
Yep they will be showing up in big numbers off the bays - haven't fished for them off the bay for awhile, might have to head back out for a harvest at my bays carrot patch...
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Good going Jase, you rewarded for your efforts as usual👍
Cheers SW
Was a fun day - it produces most times for us and love the surfcasting side :-)
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Que legal!!! Carlos. Brazil
Nice one 👍
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Mmmmmean! Im sold as on the contiki
Geez great size looks perfect
Love you videos bro ✌️
Cheers MI
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Cool video mate. You seem to have a lot of luck at muriwai, I suppose that's the magic of the place, I'll have to have a long surf casting weekend up there in the summer 🤙
Cheers fc
Yep it's a magical place that has a part of my sole - I grew up fishing it with my dad back in the late 70's so have fished it off and on over the years but have started to do a lot more fishing up there past couple years. It's a great place to go for a weekend over the summer - cook ya fresh catch and you can fish and move along it over the tides....
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Awesome bro.
Thanks man ✌️
Awesome guys, how long do you set the timer and how long do you leave the Kontiki soaking before you haul it in.
Hi S
It depends on where we are and if the fish are in big numbers - most times we will set it for a 20-25min run and soak for 30-45mins but when fish are in close obviously set it for a 15min run and a 20-30min soak.
West coast in summer soak for 15-20mins
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What size wheels have you got on the Prado? Does is have a lift kit? Looks good without the running boards too
Hi iw
This was Stevo's old truck and has since got a new one - the Prado was only the 2.7 petrol so was a little under powered on the sand - think it had a lift kit but unsure what the size were on the wheels :-)
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Kahawai for bait on the rod as well to get those gurnard? We got a couple carrots today on the low using tuatua from the beach
Yep we do quite well using Kahawai on the surfcaster and stays on well...
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Love it when a plan comes together. Do those traces have no floats on them? Was that intentional targeting the gurnard?
Cheers JP
Yep most have the floats on them, gurnard have no problem coming up off the floor for there food. We catch a lot of them in the boat on flasher rigs. The plan was to try for gurnard just outside the breakers - I catch them on the surfcaster so knew they were in there close - time of year also is when the area fills up with them.
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@@Reel-Kiwi-Fishing Chur!
Nice! So what are these fish called anyway?
Hi TQ
These are Gurnard (aka carrots)
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Nice haul bro, I think I know exactly where u are. Where your truck is parked up that track there was a hut that was built in the bush.
Was a fun day - we fish all along it but more so a good 15-20k's up the beach
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Beautiful video and machine .do you have remote control if its go laft or right
How you make im go straight
Hi YK
Cheers for the kind words. This model is a GPS one so you set it in the direction you want it to go, then once launched it tracks that line until it stops then soaks for how long you want it to.
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@@Reel-Kiwi-Fishing thak you good fishing
Must be to hard to fill a bucket next to the esky to clean your fish bro.
Solid carrot session bro. Great viewing
Cheers J
Was a good day and fun to catch a couple on the caster as well :-)
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Mean fish man. Carrots on
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Kia ora bro. What rig where you using on your surfcaster
Hi SR
I'm using a running rig
Because I use braid I actually use 2 traces to allow my sinker to run up and down mono not the braid - czcams.com/video/4kgOsNRAVmY/video.html
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@@Reel-Kiwi-Fishing just wondering why you don't like the sinker running on your braid 🤔
@@smoothrider7521 not to sure of the friction the metal would do to the braid? may try a hard ring on a split-ring to the wire of the breakaway one time. Haven't really tried it so just use a fluoro leader.
@@Reel-Kiwi-Fishing I attach the sinker to a snap swivel. But yes. I also wonder if the the metal is doing any damage. I well try your rig. Have also thought about using a shock leader.
@@smoothrider7521 have you had any breakages? Have never used a shock leader and never really had any problems without one.
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Nice vid just subscribed I have a very similar CZcams channel to you
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These are an electric kontiki made by seahorse, unsure if they send over seas? www.seahorse.net.nz/products
Please thread length, diameter or thickness//// kontiki/
I think it is 150lb main line some are 200
Will it snug?
Hi J
Yes it can snag up as you run sinkers on the main line so you need to know the spots well when setting it.
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Car why
because.