Rock Fishing DANGERS of West Auckland 

Stunning footage and beautiful landscape. Mate what a great video. A sobering reminder to be aware of the dangers of fishing the west coast.

i just don't risk fishing the rocks out west. far too risky especially with massive swells like that despite good fishing. just not worth it because one mistake is all it takes

More of this please. Thanks Bro

Awesome vid im not a fan of west coast fishing ive fished whangarei east coast and north a bit almost every eeekend for 16 years had one particularly close call the day a guy drowned a few kms away from us we shouldnt have gone but my mate was leaving to go back to Switzerland to live when we got to the fishing spot at dawn mid winter climed down the cliff the swell wasnt the 2m we had thought woulda been 6- 8ft or so we were fishing a good 15 or 20 ft above the water tide was 2hours or so down when we got there could see where it had been and like txt book right on low tide we had some waves come in higher than where the water had been at high tide lost all our kahawai a centimental gaff and a knief and hooks we had our bags up way higher luckily and to add to that to get away from a huge wave like that was a hardcore quick scramble up a face with bugger all to grab onto was one of the scariest days we coulda been gone wave came up right over me anda mate was like being hit hard with solid few buckets of water id clung to the rock thinking im gone few 2nds felt like for ever after that i pretty much stoped fishing my other mate kept going and hooked a fish that woulda gone 20 pound just to rough line hit the rocks🙄 that was 10 years ago done heaps of winter storm fishing and what not since then just find calmer areas with mean current and bit of surge plenty of burley👍 a fish aint worth ya life👍

Brilliant video, Thank you. I love it too much out there to give it up despite more than one near death episode. I'm never without my life jacket though.

Have been fishing the rocks in NSW for a bit, and the swells here are very predictable and I've only encountered probably 1 freak wave over the course of 3 years. I recently did some landbased fishing in NZ, and I found the weather and swell to be unpredictable and fast changing. It is a dangerous sport regardless, the ocean is to be respected.

Absolutely marvelous. This video must be shown to as many fishos.

Awesome video brother !

Excellent excellent video! Having a fair bit of experience on some ledges my self I have been hit out of the blue twice now, once back into the water. The fact is that you must remain constantly vigilant because the moment you relax is when they come for you :)

Great excellent video. Thank you for sharing. This saves lives 👍🏻

Awesome video mate

30 years rock fishing and have experienced some powerful freak waves slop point Southland

Great video this should be shared far and wide

Very informative bro might’ve just saved a life

He didn't even let go of the rod that was a monsta wipe I always let go when I get wiped

Absolutely bro, wont catch me out your ways ill just stay inner harbour mate Good wake up call to those that do venture out there

Well done bro...excellent video....im amazed that you haven't seen a drowning with all the time u spend out there.

great suff darkmoon well dun on this watch

The West coast will never get me. Won't fish it. Did me share years ago, got wiped out a couple of times, one of which nearly was good night. Too dangerous. We should have bolt holds so Fishermen can tie off to the Rock ledge.

Great video. No fish is worth your life. Stay safe out there Fishos 🎣 🍻

Super awesome

Well done sobering!

Hell yea Darkmoon Time!!

I usually fish from a boat, but if you're in a situation like that where you might get hit and need a lifejacket, should you wear a helmet instead? Getting tossed into the water and drowning seems just as likely as getting your brains bashed by the rocks on the next big set if you can swim or float.

Sport?...playing with nature aint so smart...stay safe

When the children of God does these things, we are putting a lot of pressure on the Angels who are looking after us, unseen of course. Sometimes they have to leave, and that's when you know what happens. For if God willing, one wouldn't even stub one's toes. And the Golden Age we were promised in Isaiah 11:6-9 will never come about if we keep hunting the creatures of God mercilessly. Think I am delusional. Well, think about power and influence today. I think we as a nation are quite updated in knowledge on how power and influence generally works. Can anyone today or in the future get everyone to mark the Year after themselves? Not really, quite impossible. But the Son of God did. Now, Who really is sitting there in silence and out of sight, watching us to see if we will keep the Law, is it the devil?