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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28 Dec 2016 at 10:03am
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Hi bite,

I saw these yesterday in about 400m behind aldies. I thought they were a mix of pilot whales and large bottlenose dolphins.

Lots of sooty shearwaters and molymawks with them but not a single gannet.

Like you we didn't even get an albie but was a nice day out. Saw a devil Ray (think not a manta) in 150m just north of aldies on way in.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28 Dec 2016 at 10:10am
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Out from whangamata to mayor worked the SW corner large flocks of gannets and a few dolphins. Nice blue water. Got 4 alerts from 3 to 6 kgs. Had been eating tiny squid and anchovies.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28 Dec 2016 at 10:26am
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Last year those Bottlenose dolphins and False Killer Whales were hammering the bluenose out on the Mayor Knolls. We saw them in action, big patch of bluenose on the sounder first drop instant double hookup, then these buggers turn up and the school of bluenose scatters and not a single bite after that. Heaps of Mollymawks and Mutton ducks with them, when they surfaced the birds would go crazy around them so obviously they had caught fish.
 
Spoke to the guy doing the documentary on the false killer whales and he said that the False Killer Whales and Bottlenose Dolphins often travel together and sometimes with pilot whales as well. He said they will find a rock holding bluenose especially around spawning and hammer it, go away for a few days to let them settle down and then come back again and again.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 Dec 2016 at 6:21pm
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Anyone out there today?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 Dec 2016 at 6:53am
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Seems to be the bay of empty at present still very early the old man has cranked out 300nm since Xmas for one albacore
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 Dec 2016 at 10:00am
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Heading out tomorrow from Tauranga, any advice what area to work?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 Dec 2016 at 10:29am
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Go west east is dead
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01 Jan 2017 at 7:36am
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Shot out with the kids for a troll over the knolls yesterday arvo- picked up two albies 10kg each
Lost a tuna lure day before same area too.
Boat Name- Solace
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01 Jan 2017 at 8:04am
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We trolled from mayor up to alderman rise yesterday, picked up an Albie over the knolls. No other sign. Water got to 20.4.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 02 Jan 2017 at 11:52am
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It's that time of the year when the false killers come closer to shore to feed on any large fish. They will eat anything from kahawai to blue nose, hapuka, big tuna and marlin. There's only about 200 of them that come into near-shore waters between the Three Knights and East Cape.

If any of you guys see them out there, PLEASE give me a call on 0800 FAR OUT (0800 327 688) or post here or on our Facebbok page: https://www.facebook.com/FalseKillerWhalesNZ/.

Thanks for your support!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 Jan 2017 at 9:23am
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watched  ocean monarch  come  in to tauranga marina  yesterday  with a marlin tag flag flying and 2 tuna flags 

first billfish for the tauranga club i think 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 Jan 2017 at 9:33am
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Yep, saw that on facebook yesterday, sounds like they were pretty wide. https://www.facebook.com/MercuryBayGFC/posts/1184996471568883
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 Jan 2017 at 11:49am
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Got two more albies yesterday 2 miles out of Sou east bay- 6&8 kg.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04 Jan 2017 at 5:17pm
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Anything going on out there fellas?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04 Jan 2017 at 5:51pm
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mit be looking in the next day or so , but lets face it its still early        Thumbs Up



  and with this dam off shore  lol how far outs the water 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04 Jan 2017 at 7:02pm
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TAURANGA SPORT FISHING CLUB's trailer boat tournament is on the 6th and 7th hope that will flush out a few fish.
skull draging and taging
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04 Jan 2017 at 7:08pm
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We are heading out tomorrow for a look
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05 Jan 2017 at 6:46pm
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Water pretty cold still and this wind tdy won't be helping best temp we got was 20.5 at ohena still not flash but couldn't get better than 19.7 at 1000 mtr good luck
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05 Jan 2017 at 8:01pm
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Trolled around tuhua for nothing, we really should have given the knolls a go but the other crew members werent keen. Just rat kings and a couple teraki for the day slow going on all fronts
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05 Jan 2017 at 8:29pm
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Cheers for the report Mattoo. Thinking about heading out tomora for a fish. What was the conditions like mate? What size ship were u in? Cheers.
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