Bit of a late report , but went out targeting Tarakihi off Leigh on Sunday. I've been going up there for the past few years doing a couple of trips each winter chasing the Leigh Tarakihi which are big ( for Tarakihi) but quite elusive. The best I've done is 4 on a trip , but they were up around 50cm. Had a good search around pre dawn for about 45min without a lot of sign on the sounder. Finally settled on a few likely looking marks in 52m. Set the burley going and caught a procession of Gurnard and Pannie Snapper until the Kahawai turned up and had to haul in and release about 20 huge fat Kahawai around the 3 to 4kg mark. I found that by casting out to the side, not in the direct burley flow I would get more Gurnard and Snapper, finally managing a good 47cm Tarakihi. All the fish prefering shellfish or squid bait over salted skippie, unusual. After a few more double hookups on Kahawai that I was hoping would be massive Tarakihi, I pulled the pin. Ended up with 7 snapper to 45cm, 6 Gurnard of medium East coast size and one 47cm Tarakihi so not bad for a morning. I'm sure that there will be some great Tarakihi spots in the area, I just haven't found them yet. Looking forward to getting back for another hunt around.