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Softbaiting from Land Part Two
Three evenings fishing on Waiheke Island and a surprise visit in the morning…
Author: Michael Jenkins
I worked from Monday to Friday on Waiheke Island last week. On day one I fished solo on a ledge, already known to me as a kingfish haunt. Because they frequently cruise along this particular point, I was confident, I wouldn’t need any berley to get things happening, it’s a great spot for throwing lures. ...
How to Catch Snapper from Shore
Author: Michael Jenkins (MJ)
I’ve recently made a career change which sees me working on the Hauraki islands for up to a week at a time. Last week we were stationed on Rakino Island, and each day after the work was done me and my workmate Andrew went rock fishing with Zman soft baits. I’d never been to Rakino before so day 1 saw us scouting ...
BY PAUL SENIOR
Had a great afternoon fishing today, not big fish tasty eating sized pan snapper, heaps of them smashing Microjigs and Jitterbugs.
We left at 4 PM and ventured out through the Motohuie Channel which was alive with terns and mutton ducks whirling around schools of bait fish, we tried for a quick drop , but were greeted with a large ...
When the urge to go fishing takes over
PRIMAL INSTINCT by PAUL SENIOR
When the winds are calm, the sun is shining and its good conditions for gathering food a powerful extinct comes over me and my fishing peers to get out on the water and fish. We find ourselves doing things we would not normally do, asking favors of people we would not normally ask and putting the task of gathering food for our families at ...
Author: Troy Dando.
Well it was a stunner of a weekend with no wind and no swell finally. This gave us the opportunity to get up to Durville Island for a fish instead of Tasman Bay. Plan was to look for a Kingfish / Snapper and get a feed of Blue Cod. The first two pieces of the plan didn’t go to well with a few hours jigging turning up nothing. ...