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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...

Regular customer Alex headed out for a solo fish to get his fix and on his first drop, boom, got a 23lb snapper. Fortunately, he met up with a mate on the way home to get the photo! As is typical with the school holidays, the weather dutifully turned for the worse during the 1st week! Nevertheless, some young keen lads were down at the Tapeka rocks the weekend before last – braving the wet and windy conditions, they caught 3 great snapper. A couple of days later I was shown a video of a 20lb plus fish being returned...

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!...

Matthew Bell with a tasty albacore caught off Waihau Bay. Our consolation prize! Firstly, my apologies for missing the last Fishing Report. I was away trying my luck for an SBT down Waihau Bay however the weather gods did not cooperate. We managed a day and a half and landed one albacore. In the Bay I haven’t been out for weeks as any small weather window seems to conflict with work. My mate has just reported a successful fishing charter trip where they got a good bin of pannies out from the black rocks. A number of shop regulars, who...