Fishing Reports

The gulf is really starting to fire , with some wicked fishing in around the area between Waiheke Island , Motatapu Island and Rakino Island. heres a break down of were the best fishing has been.
 
The Noises and Zeno rock
The area is starting to hold some serious numbers of fish now as the summer fast approaches. Geoff Boyd and his scottish mate Don fishing on "insaltagain" had a faboulous day in this area over the weekend.  Don landed a beauty of a fish - a healthy 11.3kg and then procceded with a 7kg fish straight after. Best baits were fresh slimeys which are now very thick in numbers in the gulf.  As they moved away to zeno rock they were smashed of by some big kings that were schooling the slimeys in the area up, along with some big trevs which were in feeding on the scraps.  The kings were  of great size with most destroying Geoff and Don on 15kg tackle.
 
Rakino channel
The channel has been fishing well on both tides with good snapper been caught on both tides.  Best rigs seem to be flasher rigs with big cut baits. Craig Innes and Steven Potter on board Predator landed a bin of nice snaps and trevs on the new mustad long red flasher. 

Their best fish coming from the Billy Goat point end of the channel and several well over the 10lb mark .  The point has also been a great place to fill the bait freezer for the summer months. Big schools of slimeys  mid water, a small jig will soon have the bin fill of fresh bait and a good supply for the freezer..
 
Thompsons point ( Waiheke island)
Big snapper have been hounding anglers who fish here in the evening. Best bite seems to be just as the sun gets low on the horizon. Big 8/0 Mustad big red snapper hooks on 80lb trace with a fresh live jack mack with tail cut of has been the most effective. Biggest fish to date went to 10.3kg to angler Rob Scott on his boat "At Work" . Heavy tackle will be required with some very ugly country around the point and some very (large) angry fish down below.
 
Otahuhu Point
Great place to get a good feed of snaps . The fish have not been huge but plenty of them and all good sized pannies up around the 30cm mark and has been reliable spot all day for those just wanting to get a feed or take the kids out for a play.

Plenty of berley will have the fish on the bite almost instantly. Best rigs seems to be a single hook strayline rig , try using a mustad demon circle hook of around 6/0 , and long thin strip baits with just enough weight on your trace to get you to the bottom. When the fish takes the bait let him run then slowly ingage your reel , letting the hook roll into the mouth,.

The fishing really is firing in the Gulf now , so make the most of longer evenings after work and get out there and do it.
 
Tight lines bent rods,
 
Terry Williams King