thats brilliant nice fish

Tried a slightly different approach last night in the harbour. Anchored in about 4-5m in center of channel. Caught some baitfish and small snapper. Threw in the towel after a couple of hours and headed into a meter or so. Much more action there. Heard some splashing at the back of boat, had a look and thought "what the hell is that weird looking fish". A closer look with the spotlight and it was a rat trying to climb up the motor!

Hi everyone, here's a few pics of the last few weeks out front of my place in Papamoa....ok some of them are quite a way out front...anyway hope you like them. Happy fishing. Cheers.

Limit caught just drifting the entrance with softbaits yesterday on incoming tide in afternoon. Lots of action, few small ones in the mix drilling your softies but the better sizes come through. Should be the same story this afternoon. 

Caught 6 nice snaps drifting in the harbour yesterday on incoming tide, best at 57cm and in excellent condition.

Shot out this morning, was a little later as usual as wanted to get a look at the waves. Looked ok at the entrance so turned left, dont know if i timed it bad but got in some monster swells crossing the break. Settled down a bit on the other side but no fish in the bin by low tide and i changed plans and shot over towards motiti and got out the swells. Picked up 7 nice snaps out there on the incoming tide.

Hi guys, heading out to Plate tomorrow, never been there, does anyone have any general tips on fishing that area?

Yeah was crazy at sulphur point!! I got there at 5:30am so parking ok but coming back in was crazy!! Boats everywhere. Fishing was very good though, Jigs seemed to be working better than softbaits at the moment but got them on both including stickbaits and bucktails.

Good to catch up with you too Fred.

Getting very tempted to bring my FC390 over for a bit of a fish off of papamoa beach for a bit of a change from Kawhia harbour and to give the boat a good long run with a lure trailing behind followed by a drift fishing session which I can not do in kawhia due to strong currents in the harbour, would love to have a crack at a skippy or two (probably too late in the season for that) how far out would I have to travel to have a go at one without going past the safe limits for the size of my boat which is 3.95 meters with a 30hp on the back. Also where are the best boat ramps to get a shorter route out of Tauranga harbour without going near bowentown entrance (boat is not suitable for bar crossings and nor is my experience level) is there still one operating at pilot bay or are there much better ones to launch from.