fishing works on all tides ,some places fish better over high (as at low there is no water there) and some fish better low so you can walk out over rocks to get in to deeper water (guts) etc only by trial will you pick up as the best time to fish certain areas ,if it was so easy to catch fish off the bricks all the boaties would be swamping the place..just keep trailing areas Gos and keep notes on how you do (time ,tide ,bait etc)

otherwise if any of the other spots stated above such as cambells bay and browns bay are better than these black rocks please let me know...

A certain person P.R has been catching nice fish between Mairangi Bay and Campbells Bay and done in relative shelter during the past week of Westerlies!

Fished Campbells tonight -3 snapper all a bit small and one kahawai -but saw another guy catch one about 35 cm down southern end this arvo while out for a walk with daughter.  We fish there usually a couple of times a week.  Odd reasonable fish if you put the time in.

just try it out... learning is most of the fun..

i have fished most of the spots around campbells bay, and they can be very hit and miss but thats just like all spots.

Get out there on low tide, and try to make your way out to the furthest spots, then just work your way back as the tide comes in... there are a few general areas there that you can fish for a good few hours on the incomming provided you set your gear up on the higher rocks. Dawn and dusk are the times to fish... but lots of fish to be had on a late incomming tide if your up for it.

went fishing yesterday but didnt end up getting the chance to try campbells bay so me and a couple of mates just tryed our local birkenhead wharf for the first time in a while...got there at about 7.30am and fished the incoming and only got little bites, the guy next to us and he caught really small snapper but we didnt get anything hooked up...