Oreti River Southland

A quick stop on the Lower Oreti river just up from Sandy point for about 20 mins plenty of perch about and one fish I'm not sure if it is a trout or not.
Gear I used -
Rod - Shimano Zodias 7ft Ultra Light
Reel - Shimano Stradic Ci4+ 2500HG
Main Line - J-Braid 8lb
Leader Line - OCEA Leader 6lb Fluoro
Jig Heads - Berkley nitro Sniper
Softbaits - Berkley PowerBait T-Tail Softbaits
Camera - GoPro Hero 8

[@banditoo7]

Awesome mate. I've just moved down from Taupo. Will be living in Otatara. Can't wait to try this spot and others. Thanks for sharing your videos. Subbed

[@waikarimoana]

Nice one and good day for it.

[@meagain1248]

that was a salmon at the end you can tell by the tail and back fins i have caught them there too.

[@nakedlakedip57]

My old stomping ground Otatara,

[@lauriebanks4272]

great class of Redfin there.

[@downsouthfishing-nz6061]

Yeah the lower Oreti is full of them

[@campbellkemp7196]

Nice video. Looks like a khawi the small silver bullet

[@downsouthfishing-nz6061]

Yeah it was a cool wee fish I didn't notice the tail until I edited the video

[@dakatak247]

You just pulled out more fish in 20min outta there than I have in past 20 odd years 🤣🤣.

[@downsouthfishing-nz6061]

Hahaha its the way ya hold ya tongue bro. Just a little to the left 😆

[@Kevinohanlons]

Definitely a small Chinook salmon you caught

[@davidfinlayson5125]

Are there often Perch at this spot? Might take the kids. Also, what weight jig head were you using?

[@downsouthfishing-nz6061]

Yeah the lower oreit is full of them. Jig head weight is based on the flow at the time. Could of been a 1/16. I normally start with a 1/12 then go heavier or lighter from there.

[@lucasdobbin9096]

Perch slayah

[@harlemkaretai6847]

I live in invercargill got told not to eat out there any chance i should try eat out of there

[@lawrencetaylor3797]

where is this spot please?

[@mbktm2212]

the bridge from otatara to sandy point and theres a wee walking track car park