Enjoyed some hot top of the Coromandel and Barrier fishing over the weekend, biggest went 12 kilo on softies off the jet-ski. Enjoy the vid and if you Subscribe to my channel you will get notified when the 26 pounder vid is uploaded.

Cheers, Andrew

FizFisho wrote: Did you tow to PJ and launch or did you motor from Aucks? Not sure what the round trip would be to barrier on a jetski or if even possible? Good vid !

I towed to Port Charles and beach launched, not a big ride from there to Barrier or Cuvier on the right day, just have to tick all the safety boxes :-)

Bugger all. 10L each way if that

nice fish, those Gulp look the go alright, certainly big enough to attract the monsters.

12kgs is the one I've been after for years  Great fish!

FizFisho wrote: How do they hold up under attack by pickers? I went off gulp after having my squid vicious always coming back with no limbs. These look nice and thick and hopefully have the same attractant. what oz head were you using and how deep was the water? i found my 2oz nitros were ok up to 35ft on a slow drift. the important factor getting them down as quickly as possible.

30 to 40 metres depth I use the 2oz Elevator Rig... Yes the softies can get hammered by leather jackets and cod but I tend to move on once seeing to many hole punches in my baits. Squid Vicious will get more action with their floating tenticles, at least you have at least 3 chances with the fish! All my best Snapper have come higher in the water column, typically 10 metres from the surface, no probs with small fish trashing your baits with that type of fishing on the cast.