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On Fire! The Bay of Islands is simply on fire as the school fish have arrived and the weather has been great! Happy to report that every time we’ve been out, some great fish have been caught. The bite times from fishing.net.nz have been spot on, we fished for 3 hours with little to show for it and them boom, at the predicted time all hell broke loose! Interestingly, I haven’t come across a single work up in the last 2 weeks, but there this plenty of bait showing on the sounder. Find the bait sign, and drifting through it...

Mitch (aka Uncle) with a great fish caught the same day we were out! Finally! Its on! Dolphins, gannets, terns, seals and even a whale… simply chaos last Tuesday out in the middle of the Bay near the 50m mark. Myself and Pete were lucky enough to find this insane workup and everything we tried produced good pan sized fish. A softbait produced the biggest fish of the day but the slow jigs accounted for the most. We had our limit in under 2 hours and went home to share the bounty with friends and neighbours. The same day young...

Bryon with a cracker Snapper! Firstly, my apologies for missing the last fishing report. I was sunning myself in Rarotonga and Aitutaki where I managed to squeeze in a fish and was rewarded with a coronation trout and small mahimahi that were enjoyed at the resort restaurant that night. Upon my return, I have been met with “You should’ve been here, the conditions and the fishing have been awesome!” Local kayak fishers Ryan and Bryon have been doing great. Bryon particularly, who, while slow-jigging in around 50m of water, pulled up an 80cm snapper – followed by an 83cm one!...

Tyler Davey with the “Horse”, which after the photo was safely released I got my mojo back! Good weather and have enjoyed some great fishing. Been unlucky on the game fishing side although had two bites but it’s always great to see a marlin on the surface worrying the outrigger lure! Shame he didn’t stick but that’s fishing. I’ve also had the opportunity to take 2 young fellows out for a fish over the past 2 weeks and seeing the smile on these young, keen as mustard, anglers makes it so rewarding. Last Sunday I snagged a great snapper on...

Mitch with a nice snapper taken on a slider during a mid-week mission. The weather continues to be mostly settled and the shop has been doing a steady trade as a result. I went out last week for a morning fish and Mitch (aka Uncle) caught a thumper of a snapper on the old faithful slider. The fish ‘blew’ on the way up but was thoroughly enjoyed at the Swordfish Club for dinner by several people that night.Possibly the most meritorious catch has come from Bevan Beauchamp fishing solo from his trailer boat Blind Squirrel, who successfully tagged a blue...