This morning BettyBoop and I exited Sulphur Pt for the top end of Karewa Island to fish softbaits.
On arrival we positioned amongst 5 other boats of similar size and realized we weren't the only one's not catching fishies today.
Fish on sounder as displayed and they resisted the Burley and played hide'n seek until we weighed anchor after high tide and departed home, stopping at Pilot Bay to scoff chease rolls and drink cappuccino before hauling out and Sulphur Point and home to Papamoa to clean Betty up.....Churr Peter

Plenty of Snapper from Waihi Beach to Whiritoa in 20-30m at the moment (haven't tried shallower) Caught 5 good ones on a 20gm jig while having a cup of tea before getting back to work

inner habour tommorrow see how we go 3 rd time ever out there first from sulphur point should be fun......dont want to go past mount till have new fish finder/gps sorted

had a play in habour today having never used sulphur point before was a great day would be keen on going out past the mount but want my f/f upgrade done first.went up the top of the habour and down to the island and around the mount for a grand total of 2 stingrays

Bugger aye.....I'm keen to learn more about the top of the harbour.....let's meet up sometime soonish ?

Headed to Major on Monday, left the Marina at 5.30 am  with the intention of some Terras & then kings.   The terras were there but the kings did not show . 

sunday was surposed to go to mayor for 2 days ended up on a family  day  trip with the  kids around the 5 mile to moti areas,   a few snaps  teras and cod  best about 54 , we got one here, 2 there , a few there, not a great fish a but top on the  water day , 

Left from sulphur point this morning and went left along the island. There is still a bit of swell and the wind picked up sooner and stronger than I was expecting. Water temp was 16. On the way down there were several birds working rilght in close but with the swell I didnt want to venture in to see. Tried at around 10 mtrs and struggled, had better luck and picked up dinner at around 15 mtrs on fire coloured gulps. Found several bait balls on the way back in at around 17 mtrs, sometimes getting smashed up by big schools of KY. No birds and the wind wave made spotting them hard. They didnt seem to be holding snapper underneath but did pick up and drop a stonker that had the Trinny 10 peeling well down on the exhaust side.

We braved the wind on Saturday arvo/Evening. Headed out along Matakana in about 18m of water. Conditions were ugly but the fishing was not. Really good bite with some great fish for off the sand. Three of us brought home 15 beauties with the best just over 5kg.