Gamefishing Updates - Coromandel to BOP - 17/18

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Been hunting the deep water stuff this week but lots of skippies in 45m straight off the mount
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I was out from Whakatane on Sat. Skippies at 43m (one lure to a mako), marlin lures in at 60m and out to 100m. Eventually headed back towards Whale and had a strippy interested at 73m but no joy. Didn't find any decent temp breaks. Congrats to the boats that pulled YFT that day. 
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Sweet good to know I've got the itch I've been camping since boxing day down the line suck when your 400km away and the old man sends a yellow fin pic back today in time for weather to go to crap bugger good to know they are in close this hopefully this blow doesn't screw it up
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Out on the millpond on Tuesday at Whakatane. See and release






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Mercury Bay Gamefishing Club Tuna Tournie this weekend is cancelled due to the poor forecast.
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Originally posted by REIVER REIVER wrote:

Out on the millpond on Tuesday at Whakatane. See and release







thats awesum you let it go after seeing it man!!

looks bloody nice that's for sure
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What ya reckon guys? Missed opportunity? Taken 30th December inside the knolls.
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looks like school of bait fish and a couple of predator fish. Big marks. Marlin maybe?
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Maybe Albacore . No predators on that screen
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Albacore schools are like vertical cigars - a column from surface down to 50 metres, so not a!bids but could be jack macs and marlin.


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Quick run out to the trench last night off whk one word green
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stripey for a  big boat out of tauranga yesterday  120 i think , Monday 
 we trolled out to mayor got a about a 300 kg hammer to the boat ,  and pinged it of  about 3/4 hour fight time western side of the island 
 Tuesday   out and to the auldies   for  zero not even a skippy , this morning  pulled baits western side of island for zeros  lots of skippys about mostly inside mayor and i have heard of at lest 5 hammer heads seen  we saw 2 

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Spent Sunday to Tuesday dragging lures from mayor to mercs and back. Saw a couple of free jumpers around 450 and a couple of boats hooked up (not sure what to). Water up to 22ish but not blue anywhere. Best action was a gang attack of kings over the penguins.
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cheers bite. hammers in there are a good sign.
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If you ever want to catch yourself a big hammerhead in NZ the western side of Mayor is the best place. I like them they give a good scrap and are a great fish for inexperienced crews to practice on. We have hooked up to five in a day in that area. I personally think they almost give a better scrap than most stripeys do, they just don't do the aerial display, but they usually do 2 or 3 good runs.
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Originally posted by Marligator Marligator wrote:

If you ever want to catch yourself a big hammerhead in NZ the western side of Mayor is the best place. I like them they give a good scrap and are a great fish for inexperienced crews to practice on. We have hooked up to five in a day in that area. I personally think they almost give a better scrap than most stripeys do, they just don't do the aerial display, but they usually do 2 or 3 good runs.



 yes they pull line at a good rate ,  and lots of it 
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They sure do we tagged one on Monday inside mayor est 150kg ,good to test out the gear and hear the tiagra 80 screaming again
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Big 3 days for us. Ammo dump to 800m on Friday. Looked very fishy with inky blue water, 22 deg and birds everywhere. Saw a couple of spearfish jump and a large tuna break the surface but no result. In closer to the Hook the water was greenish and 21 deg. Saturday 400m to the Middle ground and South to the Aldies. Water was blue and 21.8 deg but devoid of life. Found a 0.5 deg temperature break in 160m behind the Aldies and dropped a live bait. Hooked into a feisty mako that was tagged and sent on it's way. Sunday headed out to 200m outside the Aldies and found blue water and 21.8 deg. Saw 2 x free jumpers. Dropped a live bait in the general area but could not get a bite. So a lot of miles for no fish. The radio was quiet, only 2 x tuna and 1 x marlin caught for the whole 3 days so we were not the only ones who struggled.
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350.2 kg blue  for ocean monarch, and tauranga sports fishing club   
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At last count we are over 140 hours for this season with one strike on the first weekend of December (Bigeye) which we lost after 25mins. Other than that it has been dead as can be. So many boats trying for very few fish.
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