Welcome guest, is this your first visit? Create Account now to join.
  • Login:

Welcome to the NZ Hunting and Shooting Forums.

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed.

Delta Terminator


User Tag List

+ Reply to Thread
Results 1 to 10 of 10
Like Tree5Likes
  • 1 Post By ebf
  • 1 Post By Maca49
  • 1 Post By ebf
  • 1 Post By Dundee
  • 1 Post By Tahr

Thread: East coast & Wairarapa coast

  1. #1
    ebf
    ebf is offline
    Mushroom juice ! Hic ! ebf's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2012
    Location
    Above the Hutt
    Posts
    6,872

    East coast & Wairarapa coast

    Guys,

    Looking for some recommendations about fishing and back-country roads pls.

    Plan is to take the long way home after a shooting comp in Te Puke, and do as much salt-water fishing as possible.

    Specifically interested in piers/wharfs, so that the Mrs can have a fish as well.

    Tolega Bay is a definite stop.

    Do any of the following have a good pier for fishing ? Nuhaka, Waipatiki, Waimarama, Herbertville ?

    Also, any advice on the road condition from Waimarama to Herbertville via Elsthorpe, Blackhead, Porangahau. Is this suitable for non-4x4 ?

    Thanks in advance
    Gibo likes this.
    Viva la Howa ! R.I.P. Toby | Black rifles matter... | #illegitimate_ute

  2. #2
    308
    308 is offline
    Member 308's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2012
    Location
    Wgtn
    Posts
    3,562
    From memory Herbertville has an incongrously Tudor-style pub at the turn-off and a flat windy beach that was overrun with dairy cows last I visited (long time back) but it does have a campground


    Pongaroa Pub is good

  3. #3
    Member
    Join Date
    Nov 2012
    Location
    BOP
    Posts
    20,759
    Good fishn in DDs river!
    kiwi39 likes this.
    Boom, cough,cough,cough

  4. #4
    Member
    Join Date
    May 2015
    Location
    Parahaki, Whangarei
    Posts
    1,274
    @ebf - unless you're 4 x 4 mounted, off-road excursions should be forgotten on the East Coast.
    Porangahau - great beach, pub not too bad, new owners a few months ago.
    I'd suggest you talk to our mutual friend in Norfolk Road - he rides a dual purpose motorcycle on tracks/gravel roads with an 84 year old.
    The 84 year old has a wealth of information about both coasts of the Lower NI.

  5. #5
    ebf
    ebf is offline
    Mushroom juice ! Hic ! ebf's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2012
    Location
    Above the Hutt
    Posts
    6,872
    Ta Wally, will give him a ring.

    Macca, I doubt the dannyvegas dwarf has salt-water fish in his river

    Did trip around East Cape couple of years back, so not too stressed about roads up there.

    Not sure about roads in the Wirarapa wop-wops at all.

    Had a good look at most of those places in sat view on Google maps, not much luck with piers or wharfs south of Tolega Bay.

    Going north into Coromandel might me a better option... Kauri Point in Tauranga, Whangamata, Tairua etc.
    Viva la Howa ! R.I.P. Toby | Black rifles matter... | #illegitimate_ute

  6. #6
    P38
    P38 is offline
    Member P38's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Location
    Hastings
    Posts
    5,692
    @ebf

    You could fish off the old warf at waikokopu just out of mahia

    Or fish off the beach further south at Blacks beach

    There is no warf at waipatiki or waimarama

    No sure you'll catch much off the beach there either.

    However you could try the river mouth at Waikare, turn of highway 2 at putarino beside the Waikare pub.

    You may even get a kahawhai or two fishing at the ngaruroro river mouth just south of Napier opposite the fertiliser works at awatoto.

    Good luck

    Cheers
    Pete
    Arguing with an Engineer is like Wrestling a Pig in Mud.

    After awhile you realise the Pig loves it.

  7. #7
    Member
    Join Date
    Aug 2016
    Location
    Gisborne Rural
    Posts
    3,252
    lottin point and hicks bay wharf

  8. #8
    ebf
    ebf is offline
    Mushroom juice ! Hic ! ebf's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2012
    Location
    Above the Hutt
    Posts
    6,872
    awesome Pete, much appreciated

    hope to catch up at Onga Onga in the spring
    P38 likes this.
    Viva la Howa ! R.I.P. Toby | Black rifles matter... | #illegitimate_ute

  9. #9
    Member Dundee's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Location
    Way East of D'Vagas
    Posts
    17,440
    I've been known to put too much salt and watties on our fish,so they are salty

    Pongoroa and Akitio are easily accessed with non 4wd,Porongahau is another that might be worth looking at.
    ebf likes this.
    "Thats not a knife, this is a knife"
    Rule 2: Always point firearms in a safe direction
    CFD

    tps://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20180505T00&p0=264&msg=Dundees+Countdo wn+to+Gamebird+Season+2018&font=cursive

  10. #10
    Member
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Location
    NI
    Posts
    11,849
    Its a nice drive (if coming from sth) to turn off at Pongaroa and follow the the Coast Rd to Akitio beach, and then cross the Akitio River bridge and take the River Rd back to Route 52 (or visa versa coming from the north).
    ebf likes this.

 

 

Similar Threads

  1. Waipero bay hunting East coast ?
    By dale in forum Hunting
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: 18-12-2014, 09:03 AM
  2. White bait west coast vrs east coast ??
    By Munsey in forum Fishing
    Replies: 6
    Last Post: 19-11-2013, 08:00 AM
  3. East coast charter.
    By CreepingDeath in forum Fishing
    Replies: 4
    Last Post: 24-01-2013, 05:41 PM
  4. East Coast Bay of Plenty Pesticide Summary
    By phillipgr in forum Hunting
    Replies: 8
    Last Post: 20-10-2012, 10:55 PM
  5. LR day on the Coast
    By Kiwi Greg in forum Shooting
    Replies: 24
    Last Post: 09-01-2012, 08:47 PM

Tags for this Thread

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
Welcome to NZ Hunting and Shooting Forums! We see you're new here, or arn't logged in. Create an account, and Login for full access including our FREE BUY and SELL section Register NOW!!