Fishing Reports

Xmas. New Year and lots of tourists have arrived and so have the fish.

 With good blue water and plenty of bait , boats fishing out wide have had plenty of action. Three shortbill yesterday, 3 marlin the day before, plenty of skippies, a few albacore and an occasional large yellowfin though none has been landed to date.

 Of the marlin catches so far, blues have been just as prevalent as stripeys.  Mike Irvine started with a blue of 224.4kg on Boxing day, but 10 year old  Brad Batterton has stolen the show with a pending Junior Club, and NZ Smallfry record with a fish of 226.6kg landed from Hook'n'Bull on 15kg standup !!

 Greatest demand for charter boats has come from snapper anglers, keeping Major Tom II amongst the "blood and guts" since before Xmas. Centre Foul has been producing well, though the fish are mostly small. The 30M edge of foul out from the western end of Roberton has been producing some good fish, especially on straylines. Best of the action is now out a bit wider at Whale Rock, with the added bonus of some very big trevally over the last few days.

 Kingfish action has been good. Steve Butler reports some good action from Rocky Point. He has also been fishing Bird Rock with good results but tells me that it's neccessary to anchor, and get the baits deep as lots of small kingies are in attendance.

 As always, drop me an email at MAJOR.TOM@xtra.co.nz if you have any questions