Good stuff Grz, some nice fish up to 11lb are turning up in the Pakatoa channell as well, pulled along side my old mate Tony Moyes from Fishy Biz charters last weekend, thay had some nice fish on borad, Tony will also do solely softbait fishing, but hasn't got the gear to hire if you haven't got your own. For those like you Grz with a few mates that want to try or learn more about the softbait fish on the water, Tiny can do an on the water school, he supplies all the rods and reels or bring your own gear if you want, takes you out shows you all the knots. gear, tricks and techinques, $300 for a 1/2 day plus a reduced charter boat cost, or $600 for a whole day plus charter boat costs, cheap as chips if your've got 7-8 mates to share the cost, and you will catch fish, he also uses "Colbalt" another great fishing platform to learn from . Your 12ft would be idea for that area if launched from Kawakawa Bay, there's also the Clevedon flats if you don't wish to venture out that far. We had John Moran from NZ Fishing World out there in his tinny, and he was smashing them on the softies, for a guy that loves his baits and burley he was more than impressed with how us Softbaiters can produce the goods.
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