Thread: Snapper rig and advice for Kenepuru area

Dumb question time leathel.
Are your hooks opposing with one free running or are they around the same way?



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I snell the hooks together facing the same way, 5-6/0 is the size I use depending on how thick the mullet or Kahawai strip is.. Hook the bottom hook in first... In the Manukau I get a fair few Stingrays with it as well

I use the same rig for pillies with the top hook in the head ...3/4 or whole pillies

Fishdehook.com - Home page - Fishermans Mate Fish Hook Removal Tool

I have a shorter version of that hook tool and its brilliant for removing gut hooked rays...even use it for lip hooked ones as you dont need to bring it in the boat

Cheers D I will give that a go. Kids caught some small kawhia.
I need all the help I can get and haven't even had the boat on the plain yet.....lol


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if fishing is slow and you are getting baits raided 3/0 re-curve flashers are great for the kids... even got some pretty decent snaps etc on those and you can rod holder catch fish with them easy enough...will catch smaller fish though and you want get much time to fish if you are removing hooks...bring in more bait fish too

I usually have a re-curve 4-6/0 flasher in the rod holder and a stray line on the go at once...unless it really slow like last week when I had 4 flasher rigs out and one stray line....and I was the only one on the boat. I got a couple of rays to the boat without a tangle...might have been fun if a kingi hooked up
So much current in the Manukau the Kahawai often don't tangle up too much.

If you have a rocket launcher and you get a small kahawai or mackril in chuck a hook up thru the nose and chop the top of its tail fin off (to keep it up top) flick it out with little drag and put the rod in the launcher out of the way ...might pick up something big...if its not too deep a big snap might even pop up for a munch. Kingi's down there isn't there

I have it on good authority there is kingis.
I have some of those flasher rigs. Do you bait them?


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Originally Posted by R93

I have it on good authority there is kingis.
I have some of those flasher rigs. Do you bait them?


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yup.. I use pilies, if they are big pillies I cut them in half length ways then in about 20mm lengths and run the hook though once, small baits are best, bait goes further and hookup seams better, Don't strike the fish to hard with re-curve hooks, lift wind then lift again, Re-curve the the hook needs to roll in to the corner of the mouth so give it time...put the weight on when you feel more than the initial bite keep the tension on.... if you get a bad hook up rate put it in the holder with 1kg of drag approx and your hookup rate may improve as they hook them selves as they swim away

Octopus hook work better if you feel the need to strike every bite

Cheer D if I don't get any fish I can blame you Ha Ha Ha


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Just been to Havelock Marina for work. I can safely say that although the weather in Nelson is Pooo's today its nothing compared to Havelock this morning. If you are fishing in it R93 then I take my hat off to ya. Good Keen Man would be a gross under statement

Originally Posted by mikee

Just been to Havelock Marina for work. I can safely say that although the weather in Nelson is Pooo's today its nothing compared to Havelock this morning. If you are fishing in it R93 then I take my hat off to ya. Good Keen Man would be a gross under statement

No I am not Mike.
Hoping it improves soon!!! As I am typing this the wind has dropped a bit.
I am dumb enough too if I didn't have kids too take.


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well you should be in for a couple of days of less wind before the next front hits down there......


as long as the front stays down there until after the weekend ... I want out off the west coast for some proper fishing...been far to long for me being out there...... and now I have another 20kph to play with from the bigger outboard if conditions are right it will mean even more fishing time

Ha Ha hope your right!
Hope you fare better than we have.


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Port Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand - Boating forecast, conditions and marine weather information.

New Zealand Weather Forecasts

looks OK for the top end at least to Sat mid day... Your at the top ATM aren't you?

Swell looks good on swell map as well

That front will hit further south harder and with any luck it may blow out sooner than forecast

Shes pretty calm and sun shining here now Dave so Id say get the troops ready and be where you want to be before change of light in the morning

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Shes pretty calm and sun shining here now Dave so Id say get the troops ready and be where you want to be before change of light in the morning

Yep just coming right now. Will be itchin by mornin.


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Did you get out for a fish?

I didn't get out through the bar.... left the GPS at home and broke the transducer mount when I hooked another anchor...had to motor around to lift it....and the anchor I hooked had a heap of rope (some dick busted of with near 50mtrs out) and some ended up around the prop.... and hooked the transducer at the same time... still works but I have a mount to repair... Not keen to cross without both, bugger.