Thread: Northland - Karikari Peninsula

Been watching the thread, but have never fished up there, so can't really comment. I'm a few k's south, inside the cavalli's. The advice above looks pretty good though. In my area, similar to Doubtless Bay, I use soft baits in 40 metres on sand and drift. That's for snapper. Don't look for fish on sounder, just get your depth right. Must use a drift or sea anchor otherwise pretty much wasting your time. In that depth 3/4 to full ounce jig heads. Expect good trevs up there. I'd use my soft bait gear with small soft baits on them. The other advice above is good too. Kingi's, jig or bait, but you'll need good specific gear. Find a chart, look for good bommes or foul coming out of 30 to 40 metres of water. The harbour, I hear fish's very well. No idea about conditions though. Be aware that big rays and bronzies abound.

Thanks mate

Originally Posted by Gibo

Hi team,

Me and a couple of lads are heading up to Whatuwhiwhi for 6 days next week. Never fished this area before.

Any fishos on here that may have some intel? Likely areas, rigs, techniques?

Weather permitting we will hit the coast otherwise the Rangaunu harbour.

Target species are kingfish, snapper and trevally. 3 of us fishing out of a 4.6m kingfisher cat tiller styles so cant go too wide at all!

Thanks in advance to all you helpful buggers ad buggeresses!

you are going to fish city know it well - have fun- burley and a 20lb snapper plus is on the cards - Rangaunu is magic spot- huge stingrays and I mean huge 5-6 feet across - bronze Whalers I have seen bronzies in there that were close on 12 feet -- breeding ground for them - but fishy -have fun - you are in wonderland

There were some monster kings patrolling off Rangiputa around new years.
If launching from Parakerake Beach (whatuwhiwhi) best to stick to the LHS near the rocks, the sand is soft where the creek comes out in the middle of the beach.

try mooching down the southern side of karikari towards bumper point. Soft baits. got a couple of donkeys out of there over the years.

Its foul though with lots of rocks. Be careful.

Plenty of fish in Rangiputa and out in front of the mouth of the houhora harbour.

Your spoilt for choice up there. Thats why I have a house at Hihi.

How'd you go Gibo?

I’m there for two weeks every January for the last 12 years. Awesome area. Stick baiting kingis and softbaiting snapper is what we do most of the time. Occasionally we will do deep drops over the garden patch for bluenose. Watched a stripey free jump along the 200yd buoy line off rangiputa beach.


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I have Spearfished a lot of that area, great place . The group of rocks just out of Rangiputa entrance were awesome , very fishy, nailed some big Kings there.
Free dived and speared the Garden Patch twice, unreal spot to jump in. Your not top of the food chain out there .

Originally Posted by viper

I have Spearfished a lot of that area, great place . The group of rocks just out of Rangiputa entrance were awesome , very fishy, nailed some big Kings there.
Free dived and speared the Garden Patch twice, unreal spot to jump in. Your not top of the food chain out there .

was fishing those Rangiputa rocks one day - burley trail out and drifting baits - a school of fish appeared towards us - could not pick immediately what they were - not trevs or kahawai - when they got close looked bronze coloured - yup big school snapper - chucked baits in - caught two around 8 pound and they disappeared up into harbor