Huge schools of anchovies have arrived and it won’t be long until the pilchards come in as the water gets colder. This means the predators will follow and also means more consistent and larger workups.

We had a great day on 25th of March fishing huge schools of anchovies. They were hiding under the boat which meant we had a ring side seat to the Kahawai smashing through the schools over ...

Every year is different and we have found the fishing to be a bit late this year with February fishing like January and now in March it is finally becoming more consistent with the colder weather bringing the workups on.

The weather has been brilliant over the past month meaning we can go wide and enjoy a vast area to fish.

Every year is different and I think that is the magic ...

I love this time of the year when the inner harbour starts firing with an abundance of hungry fish and the occasional big one as well. I often keep this spot for the end of the day after we have been wide on my charters. At this time of the year it can be hit and miss out wide, so it is always good to have a backup plan.

Over the ...

The spring workups are in full swing now with large areas of the gulf producing some exceptional snapper fishing.The pilchards are getting rounded up and smashed by dolphins, gannets, kahawai, kingfish, snapper and humans! I believe we are in for an outstanding spring workup season this year. Please show respect for others and learn how to fish the workups so that you and others catch fish! Here is an article I wrote ...

Over the past 2-3 weeks I have been watching the bait getting denser and denser as I get closer to Auckland. The water temperature has stayed up and it looks like we will have a late season. With this in mind and also the fact that people have started squidding around Auckland a plan was hatched.

I talked my mate John Kite (Squid) into getting off work early to make ...

In the past couple of weeks we have been targeting Kingfish and Kahawai on light gear first before looking for the snapper. This is a great way to start the day and hone the anglers skills on the equipment we use.

We have been heading out the Motuihe channel and finding the birds working the smelt and anchovies.

We position ourselves up wind/current from them and then drift into them. ...