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The fishing reports are somewhat mixed with some anglers reporting school fish stacked up at the 30m mark and others (like myself) who struggle to find them. I’ve been out a few times over the past fortnight and my best success has been deep, around 75-80m on heavy slow jigs. Compared to last year, the Bay just hasn’t “fired” yet and despite marking a lot of bait, we haven’t encountered a decent workup. I’m finding I have to resort to adding a bit of bait on the slow jigs to generate a bite and this makes the day more interesting...

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...

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...

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...

Ryan fishing from his kayak reports that the Screaming Reels cap catches fish! The fishing has been fantastic although the windy weather has limited the fishing opportunities. The large school snapper have arrived and a few days ago I weighed 2 pin fish for the Davey family. Young Tylers went 8.6kg but his Mum, Louise, beat him with a solid 9.75kg fish. Both pinfish for the BOI Swordfish Club.My fishing on the other hand has been somewhat average and we struggled last week to catch a feed. We followed the gannets around for most the morning and ended up with...