BOI Fishing Report - 2Oct25

Its on again! Managed to get out a couple of times chasing the Bluefin and have come home with a binful of snapper and trevally. Gannets and dolphins were encountered at the 60-65m area near the 9 pin and although the workups were short lived, a slow drift through the area resulted in some nice pannie sized snapper joining us for tea. Last Tuesday we fished around Waiwiri rock with 20 plus other boats, slow trolling livebaits for a bluefin bite. The area was literally covered in bait and birds and I noted some interesting arches underneath. Slow jigs and softbaits were deployed and we often had 3 way hook ups. In no time we had enough for the families.
 
On one of those drops, Pete hooked into a real string puller which gave him a nice work out! The fish went 85cm and was real fat! We estimate it at 24-25lb. A quick photo and it was back in the water where it kicked away strong.

The big bluefin are still around Waiwiri Rock and although I have managed to get a bite a few have been hooked up and some landed including a 208kg model last weekend. Yesterday the crew on Defiance landed one that went 247.6kg. Hopefully they stay around awhile longer and I get a crack at one.