Thread: Info wanted on Kontiki

I made my own electric Kontiki out of a piece of PVC sewer pipe which worked bloody well but I gave up fishing with it and sold it after a few years ..... 25 hooks and any where from 10-25 doggies per set was getting pretty depressing

The sea conditions didn't seem to matter too much, judging for the wind and currents and setting the off set and rudder appropriately was the key to getting it off the beach and this did take some practise but was easy enough to achieve.

Fishing it in Hawkes Bay between Kidnappers and Whirinaki I caught 1 Gurnard, several Kahwai, a very small Bronze Whaler and bloody hundreds of Dog Fish over a four year period.

I still like the idea of fishing with them but the effort is not really worth the return around these parts ATM.

The Seahorse and the Shark Kontiki's look like the biz alright, especially with the GPS guidence system.

Cheers
Pete