Wellington / Kapiti

fishing report

November 11, 2020

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The biggest and most exciting thing for me at the moment is the ‘return’ of the blue moki. It’s been going off, if you wanted to catch some blue moki now is the time. All through Palliser Bay there is great moki fishing, and they are not requiring the greatest of skill to find. Normally moki can be quite fussy and particular about where they hang, sticking to specific areas where foul meets sand or structure, but at the moment they seem to be everywhere out there, happily schooling out over the sand allowing even novice fishermen to catch several in a trip from the shore.

It’s the best moki fishing I have seen in a long while, and there are some really nice sized specimens up around 5kg being caught.

There are a few spotty sharks frequenting the same area, and I had my rod buckled out of it’s spike by a decent one. They certainly can give you a good go and a bit of sport if that’s your thing.

Moki fishing should hold steady for a while now, especially off Palliser and further around to White Rock, so if you are a keen land based fisho, this is a rewarding species to target when you get onto them.

Snapper fishing seems to have buttoned off a bit after a great season all year. There are still some good fish north and south of Kapiti, still holding in the deeper water 50 – 60 metres, and often the big ones will move in towards Tanimoana at this time of year.

Otherwise it’s been a bit slim-pickings around Wellington on the snapper for us, with Mana and south of Mana not really firing.

The terakihi have also been a bit short in supply as well, but this can often change just as quickly for the better around the Wellington region.

Kingfish are going well though, around the reef systems at Kapiti in particular.

The puka are also back on form, and Fisherman’s would be a great go-to at the moment.

There’s good reports from the south coast, the trench and also Palliser for puka, which is pretty standard for this time of year.

As soon as the weather opens up a window, get on out there, the fishing should be awesome.

Pop in and pick up some of the fresh crayfish and skipjack burley I’ve been making up. It’s a messy business putting these together but you know the fish love it.

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Cheers

Pete

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