Thread: Northland - Karikari Peninsula

Originally Posted by nickbop

good beach launching on waikato bay, nice hard sand, shot a few decent snaps up the top of the penisula in those broken islands, was a rahui up there on the eastern side last time we were up there, mint spot for the 20lb challenge

You can no longer launch there. the gate to beach is closed and locked by the local maori. You can launch at Whatawhiwhi and at Rangiputa. Whatawhiwhi is a shallow beach with not much drop off so launching and retrieving needs a little care, but you should be Ok with a couple of guys and the small boat, from there all the coast up to Knuckle is good for casting soft baits into the wash and foul ground and for stray lining. The Whatawhiwhi side of Brodies creek is particularly good for big snaps. There is a pin which comes up to around 6 metre which is a couple of K's off Brodies creek (shown on the charts) which is good for Kings, Also right on Knuckle point if the weather allows it. Over the Rangiputa side if the weather is crappy go up into the harbour and fish the channels right up to the mangroves in the shallow water with Burley for big Snapper. The channel between the the entrance beacons is good for trolling for Kings or nose hook and slow troll a Kahawai. Further out try the Motorara rocks which are just of the RHS headland. Really good for soft baiting on the harbour side of those rocks and big kings hang out around the rocks. For snapper drifting off East beach can be good, look for the birds, or just start a drift a couple of Ks off the beach and sooner or later you will usually run into fish.
Hope this helps, Good Luck.