Posted on behalf of Adam....take it away mate:

(sorry I have violated my own 500pixels wide policy but need to for the detail....no communication will be entered....thanks)

 

Last week from the sounds of it, the fish were moving up the bank all week, and we got there all the boats were driving around a small area of water at the magnet. Thats enough to drive anyone mad we buggered off down to the squiggles and found one. This is a very producive part of the bank and was holding good scatterings of bait last week. The 200m dropoff SW of the 28m rock on the bank is another good area to look at on the return to the islands (where we lost a Blue last week). The rise to the islands where the pink dotted line goes through often seems to produce strikes too. Last week the water between Spirits and the fingers was cold, dead and green then started to rise above 18deg around there, so that area is not worth much effort at the moment. Primetime is up there next week with SaltyC onboard, so follow him around driving 1m back from his riggers, Im sure they wont mind

the eastern ridge between the sguiggles and the magnet was anouther good place to look, is a better bet for a blue ,

most of the boats seem to congragate around the magnet , when its hot, can be a pain in the arse with boats ducking and diving all over the place

 

 

strawberry

Thanks for all the usefull info guys  - and particularly Adam - we expect to be in whangaroa friday night to kick off at sparrows fart saturday

 

cheers

Just about go dizzy looking at all those contour lines

very handy dandy info - happy hunting

Cheers - Damo

yes Houhora/Whangaraoa would be very handy. I think I have most of the areas off Houhora but would be great to have them confirmed

So interesting to look at those contour lines. Got my first marlin, from a double strike, on the Compass Rose.