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A quiet but rewarding fortnight in the Bay of Islands, with a 177.3kg Pacific bluefin tuna landed, quality snapper and porae on the chew, and plenty of fresh local fishing intel from the water.

The big Pacific Bluefin tuna are back in Town!

XOS Kingfish and a trip to Waihau Bay to fish for Southern Bluefin Tuna!

Labour weekend Saturday was a great day for fishing and then it went pear shape! Those who got out on the Saturday reported some nice fish being landed or released. The Kingies were attacking jigs around the Hole in the Rock while some XOS sized snapper were snagged! One customer came into the shop and brought a net because his one was too small to fit the snapper and some scales as he wanted to weigh it! Friday evening I snuck out and found that the school fish were still deep at 70m plus. Heavy jigheads and softbaits and heavier...

Hit and miss! This describes our fishing efforts over the last fortnight. We have had the most success with slow jigs out at the 60m mark but one days its’ good and the next nothing to be found. I suspect I might have put my strayline/bait gear away a little early as reports of good catches on baits and live-baits around the Black Rocks have been heard. Workups have been few and far between and often short lived when birds have finally been found. Last Monday we had a cracker morning with Snapper, Terakihi, Gurnard and a large Blue Mackeral...