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 use softbaits at this time of year and try to match the hatch (softbaits that look like the prey the predators are chasing). Yesterday was a perfect day for softbaiting in the deep with no wind and a slow drift. We fished 45mtrs west of ...

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 when fishing the workups and bait schools out wide, and in the middle ground of the Hauraki Gulf, they can also be targeted in close. As you will see below JD are attracted to Jitterbugs and we seem to catch more of them on ...

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 the bins right through the bite time and up to high tide.

With the pressure off we had lunch (including smoked kingfish and cheese from the Bradley’s Smoker), and then contemplated our next move while the tide turned. We decided ...

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 20-25knts with a large swell. Fishing was hard with the wind and fast drift. My son and I managed a feed but it was hard work. The Zman bruised banana once again out performed all other lures and I have decided that it is a ...

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 the Motuihe channel toward the end of the Moehau).

The area was absolutely packed with bait and sporadic gannet workups. We watched a workup go for about 15mins while we caught a few pannies around 45cm. Tried Jigs but the softbaits were ...

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 high). The crew was PDSquid, Rich, Steve and myself. We left Te Atatu boat ramp at 10am with the sun shining and seas flattening. Reached the 42 metre mark around the elbow (corner of Telecom Cable zone). There were small spread out workups as ...