Well the fishing up here in the Far North has just got better & better with lots of good solid fish to be had in as little as 2m of water making it very accessible to even the smallest of boats.

I’m finding that the Snapper are staying close to the fowl rather than feeding out on the open sand so moving around a little till you find the fowl will ...

Whilst the workups are very enticing we have found the best snapper fishing away from them. Sometime the birds are only good to follow to find the bait and once you find the bait it is better to stick with it than to chase the workups.

Over the past couple of weeks we have been fishing 2 areas. The first is over Coromandel way about 2-3 miles out from Fantail bay. ...

After chasing the workups around for the past couple of months I decided to try something different. We fished the 50 mtr mark just NE of Anchorite about 2 weeks ago and hit the bonanza with great size fish and no one else to spoil the fun. A lot of these fish had been eating flounder/sole like creatures and were spewing them up in the boat.

The next time ...

Well it is that time of the year again. The bees are busy, the trees are budding and all things spring are happening (including huge schools of bait and all the ensuing predators doing their thing in the Hauraki Gulf). We really do live in one of the most amazing places in the world and even though I have been out on the water watching the seasons unfold every year ...

Author: Michael Walkley

So over the last few months the regular call from my fishing peers, is that winter fishing is hard. Well, I assure you it’s not, in fact winter stray lining sessions can be magical.

All you need is three main elements and a lot of patience.

The main thing you need to look out is the current. The more current  the better. Position yourself along some structure with the stern ...