Hi All!

We're officially in to winter but with the water temps we have, the bait that is around and the spell of weather we've had lately who would know it!!!  

SST charts are showing patches of water still pushing 19 degrees in places, the bait reads on the sounder have been chocka, there have been dolphins and birds galore and the fishing - well it has been red hot!

KINGFISH

The last two weeks we've continued to see some awesome action on the kingfish front, some nice kingfish have turned up in close round the bait schools on the coast and out wide they have been feasting up large.  On several occasions out wide we've had bait being pushed right to the surface presenting opportunities for stickbaited kings and kingfish slow trolled on the surface (pretty sure we missed a marlin bite this week doing just this as well...).  

All day bites on kings in the teens to early 20kgs have been the norm.  Livies are more consistent producers of the kingfish but jigs still producing some good fish for the guys and gals that have gone hard on the jigging front.

There are some freight trains out there too, best to hold on tight and keep some steady footing, as one of our anglers found out getting pulled over the rail by a beast and losing $2500 worth of kit......more on that in our full report here

HAPUKU

More a bycatch for us, but with these tasty beasts turning up round the Aldies, Mercs and Cuvier for spawning its hard not to fish your livebaits a bit deeper than usual.

This nice 21kg puka opposite was a nice reward for an Aussie angler who did just that.

SNAPPER

Plenty of eating size fish along with the kingis, and some horse sized fish turning up in the shallows, now is a great time for getting in close and casting some softbaits.

SWORDS

There have been a lot more boats out there this year trying and Tairua clubs first ever broadbill was weighed last weekend for club member and Pure Fishing rep Jason Harris from the vicinity of the Aldermen Knoll on Innova.

Some awesome captures have been taken out the back of Mayor as well.

SPOTS

We've got plenty of openings over the next few weeks, if you are keen to get amongst the kingi action check our calendar here www.epicadventures.co.nz/availability.html

All the best

Epic Adventures

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