last summer was a sign of decline of numbers in that area, looking the same at mo,

use to be normal to see up to half a dozen fish at a time,

a good consistent NE pattern coming up that will bring bait in i think so ill leave it for  a while to see what happens.

I was up the upper harbour the other morning and bait and activity was very quite too,

what i did notice was how clean the sand was and clarity off water, positive side to droughty wheather.The developments up there have produced heaps off public walkways that are elevated around the shoreline, so frigging perfect for looking for activity, and massive rock retaining walls that are providing nice little ecosystems.

im off to Coromandel town tomoro, boat trip planned with cousie, and hopeing to get in some early morning low tide incoming wadeing sessions at some likely spots,

Hope everyone is enjoying the calm weather, Time out and no frigging Covid!

Happy New year to all,

We eventually ventured out toward Crusoe Island area and found a few kahawai schools on the surface over towards Motuihe.  Had a bit of fun chasing them around and had my first few fish for 2021 onboard. 

They were being a tad picky and to make it worse we had boats drive through the middle of the workup we were busy fishing to, putting them down on 3 occasions.  It's so frustrating when people do that and it happens all the time. They eventually became rather spooked and wouldn't really let us get close enough for a cast but by that time it was time to head home anyway.  

No video from this trip but I will go out and chase some snapper and kahawai soon and try to produce some good saltfly content again. Just haven't had great trips on the boat for some time but this summer is looking promising.

No, the way I figure it if there's a shore based angler there already I'll give them space, and its a popular spot so I tend to just call in if passing for a look.

I had a great morning out yesterday with Simon. we didn't hook up but we chased kings. We had a group of 3 come right up to the boat mulling over Simons fly but no takers. The wakes were out and easy to follow and or get ready for them to come back. We are learning more about what the fish are doing and getting better at getting shots to them. I had a lead right up to the boat as well and there was a split second there where the fish did a big kawoompf and we thought we had it but it must have missed the fly. This particular fish we had at least 10 separate shots at it over 10 mins, It seemed very angry to be honest and certainly showed us it was boss. 

At one stage we had a random drone circling the boat 30 feet away and had a bit of a laugh as we contemplated casting at it. We surmised that if we caught it we would iky stick it and throw it in the chiller.

Funny about the drone, it's actually illegal to fly over people without their permission and even if they weren't doing anything dangerous, just rather rude. Unfortunately they are the idiots who get more rules piled onto responsible drone users. End of rant