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Southern visitor James Lentjies – captain of the Highlanders – came into Screaming Reels the other day enquiring about where to fish off the rocks, so I invited him out on the Stabicraft the next morning. He got three decent snapper, all PBs. And as it turns out, he also plays No. 7 for the Highlanders – lucky number!

Well, it seems my prediction that it was about to fire a couple of weeks ago was spot on! The last few fishing trips have seen the bin full in less than half a day with many memorable and impressive fish caught. My new best friend visited the Bay of Islands, up from Rotorua and caught his first 20lber and the rest of the crew caught a number of fish that just missed out on the magic mark. Slow jigs and softbaits have been our goto but a number of locals are catching massive fish on livebaits. It seems every...

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