Hi there,
I have lived in the hawkes bay for a couple of years now and had a small boat for a bit and done a lot of fishing in close for snapper, gurnard, kingfish etc. I have just purchased a 5.7m marco boat and want to head out a bit wider in search of hapuka, blue nose etc. I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction on where to start looking for them? Not asking for marks, (all though that would be awesome if someone had a couple to share haha) but just a general direction, depth or area would be a great help for me to go and start hunting for some spots, it will definitely save a lot of time and petrol. I understand I will have to really pick my days and watch the weather closely in a boat this size if I want to go out targeting these fish as well.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
Fletcher

Thanks for the advice mate. Yea I am in napier and fairly new to fishing here. I moved up from kaikoura where you only have to go a few km off shore to get puka/bluenose/rays bream etc. It's a lot different fishing here but I enjoy it.