Hi all, Been a while since i have visited this forum
Just wanted to share feedback. after a long spell of no fishing and recently moving to the north shore i trialed a few areas around Birkenhead with little luck. a month or so had past and this time wanted to try in the Tiri Channel for the 1st time but didnt quite make it out that far. Bait fish are in close and so are the Snapper, Kahawai and Kings. It was Saturday 1st April (Yes April fools day) 3 blokes about 1km from boat ramp and we had an amazing day. We caught our snapper with the added bonus of 4 Ocean run Kahawai and an even bigger bonus of 4 Kings. We released 2 other kings both around 12-14kg. released numerous amounts of snapper as well. Bite time for us that day was from when we started at 7:30am till when we decided to go home at 2pm. It was a recon mission as i had never fished that area before and i was completely blown away by the quality and quantity of the fish in that area.
Style: Strayline - 1/8 to no weight, tide/Current depending
Bait: Sanma, Bullet Tuna
High Tide: 11:40am
Bite time: 7:30am - 2pm (Consistent)
Species: Snapper(21) Kahawai (4) Kingfish (4)
Burley: Chunked out steady flow of Sanma and Bullet Tuna
Line Weight/Trace 20lb main/30ld trace for Snapper, 40lb main/100lb trace for Kings
Hope you all enjoy my feedback and hopefully this helps people whom are new to fishing.