With the weather starting to warm up up here in the Far North so has the fishing.

I have been trying different spots around the Far North with some hot days & some not so hot days but its all about learning about the area’s & what works & what doesn’t.

There seems to be plenty of Pannies in the Harbours up here with Snapper to 5-6kg being caught on a regular ...

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 ...

The weather has been calm lately, which means we had a great time getting in the middle of the sea to catch as many fish as we could.

Every day there was a feast of fish, and Friday was no exception.

I felt privileged to be invited by Maxim to ride on his Stabicraft 759 Super Cab. We had a couple of trial runs while putting her into charter.

While I thought of ...

Sunday morning came and bought a new body on board, young Connor Scott from New Zealand Outdoors. Connor was a ‘virgin’ when it came to squiding, but we set off with high hopes as we went and got familiarized with the new territory. The smile on his face said it all – he was hooked.

We arrive at the same spot where we were yesterday and what a sight to behold. ...

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My wife planned a family trip to Bangkok City to experience a different culture and indulge herself in its mega shopping malls. My mind started ticking away, thinking about fishing. Was it possible in this mega-metropolis? I very much doubted it. So, unbeknownst to my wife, I was a little disappointed. In the past we have traveled to tropical islands where I usually found ...