Fishing Reports

 

The game season is now up and flying, but better late than never. Marlin hot spots so far have been at 150 from Piercy to Home Point, the 200M line out from the Cavallis, 200 to 250 from Wekaroa to Doubtless Bay , the Karikari side of the "Tongue" at the Garden Patch, the gut inside the 505, and the Surville Cliffs area from 100M to 200M. The King Bank started well at the beginning of the month, but have been plagued by strong currents and cold water, but a warm patch seems to be moving west from the Surville Canyon area. Blues are still scarce, but plenty of yellowfin have shown up in the northern area. Although some very big fish have been landed, there have also been a large number of fish tagged at estimates around just 50kg. Best lure colours seem to be lumo and green and gold, though our trusty Fruit Salad has also been taking it's toll on both yellowfin and marlin, as well as accounting for 2 spearfish. Plenty of small albacore are available in the northern part of our area, with skipjack starting to appear out from the Bay. Snapper have been tough going in the Bay though some good fish are being taken in deeper water and reefs around 70M. Best of the close in spots seems to be the Brampton. Kingis are still providing some great action at Rocky Point, and around Bird Rock, with some very good fish also showing up at 71M Reef. Major Tom II is home based for most of the next month, so updated reports and email answering should be more consistent than for February, when we were based from Whangaroa, so feel free to send any queries to MAJOR.TOM@xtra.co.nz

 

From Major Tom II

Report type: Saltwater

Report date: 23 February 03