end of cornwallis
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Topic: end of cornwallis
Posted By: ratherbfishin
Subject: end of cornwallis
Date Posted: 04 Feb 2008 at 6:31pm
| were is the end of cornwallis, like were do they mean, and is that a good spot to target kingies |
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Posted By: bearfoot
Date Posted: 04 Feb 2008 at 8:54pm
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sam the end of cronwallis is,
the end of corwallis whalf [ manakau habour]
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Posted By: ratherbfishin
Date Posted: 04 Feb 2008 at 9:02pm
| i have fished off the cornwallis wharf many times, but was wondering if they mean end of beach or something |
Posted By: rocko
Date Posted: 04 Feb 2008 at 9:07pm
| I was out on Sunday morning off mako point, opposite Cornwallis...straight into deep water.....Apparently the cake is good for kingies, so ive been told by several people tho ive yet to try it.... |
Posted By: bearfoot
Date Posted: 04 Feb 2008 at 9:12pm
| have you got a boat rather b |
Posted By: ratherbfishin
Date Posted: 04 Feb 2008 at 9:12pm
| cake? |
Posted By: bearfoot
Date Posted: 04 Feb 2008 at 9:15pm
| need a boat to get to cake,or a strong pair of legs mate |
Posted By: JK
Date Posted: 04 Feb 2008 at 9:22pm
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who is they? why dont you ask they?
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Posted By: Athor
Date Posted: 04 Feb 2008 at 9:24pm
| this is like the third topic on how and where to get kingies |
Posted By: deacs
Date Posted: 04 Feb 2008 at 9:27pm
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To me end of cornwallis would be the wharf, but if not then you can walk out to the rocks on the right and go all the way to puponga point at low tide. You can walk to cake i have done it once but didn't end up fishing it as was unsure of how high the tide came up, its on the other side of the manukau opposite puponga point. Take the track over the hill much easier than going round the water side supposedly awesome for kings as it has a nice deap back eddy they come around in but be careful of the sharks! ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: JK
Date Posted: 04 Feb 2008 at 9:46pm
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Isnt the track over the hill private land or tapu or soemthing? never been out there myself but remember reading or hearing something like that ages ago?
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Posted By: bearfoot
Date Posted: 04 Feb 2008 at 9:52pm
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its the deepest spot in the harbour so close to land that is ,10 mters of its 120 feet +
dont know a bout tapu in the boat or other wise,but def only fishing is on the top or bottom of the tide because of the currents
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Posted By: ratherbfishin
Date Posted: 04 Feb 2008 at 10:10pm
| is the cake were you walk towards the memorial then take that little track down the side |
Posted By: rocko
Date Posted: 04 Feb 2008 at 10:17pm
| No tapu from what ive been told by local yocals,, its is one of the deepest parts of the harbour..1ve got 130 + off kauri point.....( with BIGGG dark shapes appearing on the sounder ) ive been told by few people now about sharks around there.. hence how mako point got its name,yet have the anchor maintain hold in that area while the current was on the move.... |
Posted By: deacs
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2008 at 8:57am
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Cake is on the other side of the harbour ratherbfishn (southern side), don't believe the land is tapu, there is an old buriel site on the hill to the left of cake, went up there with the ranger at the time and she said you just have to be careful, the hill looked like it had been a bit churned up possibly from livestock and don't think they would let them trample all over tapu land...... ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: ratherbfishin
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2008 at 1:12pm
| deacs, i just realised were it is, and i fished out of a boat there once, i caught a baby hammerhead there, so wouldnt be supried if there were bigger sharks there |
Posted By: deltadreams
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2008 at 2:57pm
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Cake Island was that once, but is now joined to the main land on the Awhitu Peninsular
With HUGE W.P. sharks Hammers in that area, and of course so Kings, a nice long walk tho.
Good Luck
DD
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Posted By: ratherbfishin
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2008 at 3:01pm
| can anyone tell me how to get there |
Posted By: JK
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2008 at 3:45pm
here ya go, quick bit of use of the old search function found this post from jake10....
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to get there drive to Wattle Bay ( at the end of the peninsular - well sign posted )plenty of safe parking then facing north towards Destruction Gully across the harbour , you go towards your left hugging the coastline , you go around the first point to Tipitai where you will see the remanants of an old jetty then around the next point where you will see the Posted By: ratherbfishin
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2008 at 4:19pm
| thanks jk, has anyone caught anything of there lately |
Posted By: rocko
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2008 at 8:22pm
| Where i normally go off mako point is able to be fished at all tides.. on the edge of the channel.... .as there is a big flat ledge to fish off ( high tide....) and low tide is climb down t the beach-rocks edge...... not sure of the cake R B? tho ive wanted to go over there but not solo..if you keen give us a tingle...Im in waiuku.. 20 minute drive to wattle ba |
Posted By: deacs
Date Posted: 06 Feb 2008 at 9:17pm
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Hey rocko, where abouts is mako point? Which bay is it out from?
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Posted By: Skoti
Date Posted: 06 Feb 2008 at 11:48pm
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Mako point is the point on the western side of Big Bay , on the other side of you know where . I've heard it produces well on the out going tide .  ------------- COVID is no joke ! One former patient was so brain damaged after , he thought he won an election he lost by 7 million votes . |
Posted By: rocko
Date Posted: 07 Feb 2008 at 5:08pm
| Thats it like skoti said.. awsom spot.. easy access... |
Posted By: ratherbfishin
Date Posted: 07 Feb 2008 at 5:20pm
has anybody tried here, theres a path to get to it, if not, anyone wanna try it sometime 
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Posted By: rocko
Date Posted: 07 Feb 2008 at 5:25pm
| Is that stony bay RB? never been over that side.. |
Posted By: ratherbfishin
Date Posted: 07 Feb 2008 at 5:40pm
| idk wat its actually called, but it is a very stony bay |