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Winter fishing on Softbaits
by Julice O
Winter fishing means changing techniques to catch fish. Going out wide and then teasing those tentative fish to bite can be difficult. I like to us...
How to catch John Dory in Auckland
by Julice O
John Dory would be one of my favourite table fish. I love the firm white fillets and their subtle flavour! Whilst John Dory is a great by-catch wh...
Snapper fishing at bottom end
by Julice O
With an early bite time of 7.30 until 10.30 we left P21 at 6am and headed to the bottom end of Waiheke Is. The snapper were hungry and we filled...
JD’s Love Bruised Bananas
by Julice O
Sunday was supposedly the best day of labour weekend to go fishing with light westerly winds (yeah right). Got out and it was howling about 20-25kn...
Zmans at 45 mtrs
by Julice O
Left te Atatu boat ramp at 1pm with a couple of old school mates . Decided to head down the Coro Rail looking for bait and workups (straight down t...
Spring Workups at 42 meters
by Julice O
With a SE wind and reports from Friday saying that the mad bite had slowed down since Wed/Thursday, we ventured out (our expectations were not that...
Chasing the spring workups
by Julice O
Headed out on Friday morning with a couple of mates to check out the spring workup action that has been happening along the east coast up to Kauwau...
Bottom End Waiheke 24th August
by Julice O
Sunday morning was looking like a nice day to get some mates out for a fish. SE winds meant that it would be touch and go regarding getting a feed ...
Noisies and surrounding Islands on Sunday
by Julice O
Sunday was one out of the box with light warm winds and flat seas. I decided to head out to the Noisies and surrounding islands and reefs for a loo...
Little Barrier 9th and 10th August
by Julice O
The boys winter trip to Lil barrier was planned and hatched. Stayed at a mates batch in Point Wells and headed over in 20KntSW winds. Saturday – A...
Taka Cliffs on a Rainy Sunday
by Julice O
It was raining but the wind was down so decided to have a quick fish off Taka Cliffs on Sunday. Wind and tide lined up for the outgoing tide and I ...
Winter Snaps at Bottom end and Coromandel
by Julice O
Looked like a weather window on Sunday so grabbed some mates and headed out at 8.30am from Te Atatu. Destination was the bottom end of Waiheke Isla...