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. ...

Easter is to me, synonymous with the beginning of the huge concentrated Autumn workups. Sure Easter was early this year, but the workups have not started as per usual and it is now April 11th. I believe this is due to the warmer weather and therefore the sea temps being around 20-22 degrees Celsius. The good news is that there is bait for Africa out there at the moment, and ...

The cooler weather has arrived and the water temperature has dropped from 26 degrees Celsius to 22 degrees and lower. This means the workups become more intense and concentrated and the snapper become hungrier as they bulk themselves up for Winter! It also means the snapper get bigger!

The wind has been a problem this year with the El Niño weather patterns. It has made it quite difficult to get ...

Wash fishing with Softbaits has to be one of the most productive & exciting ways to catch big Snapper & with all the Easterly winds we have been having up here lately  (Far North, Whangaroa) there are plenty of top spots with good wash (waves or swells breaking on or over rocks).

I have been doing a lot of this sort of fishing lately & catching some very nice ...

This weekend was the start of something good I hope! Fickle fish have left us frustrated over the last 2 months

The fishing was outstanding with lots of legal Kingfish and snapper one day and bigger snapper at the same spot the next. On Saturday we made our way to Anchorite  early in the morning and worked our big jigs for 7 kingfish. We found the best and legal ones drifting through ...

Lately we have been finding vast areas of anchovies and filling up the bins with KY and even the odd legal Kingfish or 3. Even more recently we have been catching Skip Jack Tuna among the mayhem (anchovy bait balls getting harvested by birds and bigger fish)! I believe this is due to the El Nino weather patterns and extremely warm weather and therefore warmer than usual seas. The northerly winds ...