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Hey all,

Happy new year, hopefully everyone's getting amongst it currently.

Just written a report on the state of things in Tauranga. Check the link for more.

http://kingtidesaltlfly.com/2017/01/04/2017-coming-in-hot/
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Looking good Lucas Thumbs Up Tauranga showing that it's still one of the premier kingfish on fly destinations on the planet. A great start to the season Clap


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Cheers Craig,

So much harbor and it's teeming with life currently. Would be nice if the wind eased a little but there's normally somewhere to hide.

Hope up north is treating you well.
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Hi all,
A mate and I are planning on heading to Tauranga tomoz for a bit of a nosey. Will the harbour be fishable after all this rain or will it a bit pea soupish? 
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Judging by what is happening in Edgecumbe I would say it will be very brown. We got off very lightly up here - perhaps a quarter of the rainfall they had down that way, and yet all the inshore water is still very brown. I could be wrong. Hopefully someone from Tauranga will chime in.
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Thanks Craig and that was what I was thinking. Will hopefully get some confirmation from the Tauranga brigade soon. cheers 
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Managed to put together a little edit of some recent Autumn Kingfish action in Tauranga harbour. Quite possibly my favourite time of the year with light winds and fish fattening up for winter.

Click here for video link

Enjoy
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May be me the Link not working, keen to see that thx.
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Hey Will,

Link working now. Was a glitch in my input.
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Wow great scenes, sells itself.
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Cool vid Lucas! Onya mate!!
Approach with extreme caution - I NEVER look where my back cast is going....
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Wow! Epic footage. Almost (almost.......) makes me want to move there from the Bay of Islands
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Great footage and some nice tunes to back it up bro!! Lovely work.  Making me jealous as hell! Cool

Next summer maybe?
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Thanks for the good feedback. Always helps when the fish and weather behave themselves.
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Wicked footage Lucas - gets the ole heart ticking just watching it....
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Summer must be here- I actually went fishing.

Went out the back road to one of my big snapper spots. The sea was still a bit big though and I was forced into a quiet corner.

I had natural flies (fur with brown rubber legs) to test against my usual bright interceptor type flies.

Lost the fur fly on a rock after fishing it for twenty minutes with no hits. So tied on a pink/yellow/orange/white interceptor. Fished it for twenty minutes then nailed a nice squid. Very happy to pin that one on the single hook. Other squid turned up but they weren't so easy and I'd failed to remember my squid jigs. Damn!

Then a nice snapper flew out of the kelp at my feet and nailed the fly just beneath the rod tip. Strip struck hard and nailed that one. Held it hard and didn't let it run much as I was worried about the 16lb tippet touching any rocks. I should have really changed the tippet up to 20lb at least but was too lazy.

Checked the tippet after that fish and noted it had a few knocks and scapes but still failed to change it. "She'll be right" I said to myself.

Continued to fish on and was watching the sea build in my quiet corner as the tide rose. Figured I'd have to leave soon.

At that point an absolutely humungous snapper that was an easy 12 kg erupted out of the same patch of kelp at my feet and absolutely monstered the fly - again straight under the rod tip. I struck it with a clinical strip strike that was probably more reflex action than anything then pointed my rod out to sea and held the stripping line out in order to clear line as the big fish tore off out into the ocean.

I didn't fancy my chances, and quickly realised that this was where I was going to pay for not changing that 16lb tippet, but a fish like this in this kelp jungle was going to be a mean feat on any tackle. 

As it was I did manage to stay connected for a good ten minutes before it smashed the leader with one of its head shakes down in the kelp. I didn't mind too much. I would have released it anyway and it was nice to see the monster rather than just have a blind tackle destroying hit.

Sea was rising and I went home after that. Sun was warm and it was a great morning to still be alive.

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Nice work Craig!  What a pity about the big boy?  Oh well, you win some you loose some.  We have all had a few of those "if id only" moments in our fishing career!  Im climbing the walls for the rivers around here to open up.  Only 4 weeks now!!

Must try and get up to the NI and chase of saltwater species this summer? Iv got a good mate & his wife, who has just moved to Tauranga.  Might have to pay them a visit over xmas?

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Nice Craig! Was up there a few weeks back digging around you know where but that wind and rain shut it all down for me, went cockle hunting instead. Good to see you're pulling a few out. Ten minutes on a big boy like that in that sort of terrain is very impressive!
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Excellent! Hope I get something tomorrow. Unfortunately it looks like I will be very wet  but I will let you know if I succeed!
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Wow so cool to even see a monster like that at close quarters, hard luck on the bust off...

Great motivation to tie up a couple snapper flies!




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