The weather will be perfect Richard!

Se good results from the weekend. Got a pic from a mate with some real fat gurnard.No point asking him where with the Grunter Hunter looming :)

Weather looks very promising!
Based on previous grunter hunts... what size gives you a decent chance of winning the top prize?

Went out from Armour bay yesterday, stacks of kahawai everywhere, I went from the middle of the bay to Lawry pt
At low tide, went into the channel & drifted baits on dropper rig, snagged & lost gear, marked it thinking was a mussel bed, anchored on it did baits for more kahawai, gave up.... kept 4 kahawai released heaps of them, like 12 plus, zero snaps
Water cold, temps 12.6 - 14.2 on the incoming

Another stunning morning on the harbour today, headed over to Ropers again and picked up these. Most were caught in the first couple of hours after high tide and the biggest went 44cm. Also got 1 x 33cm snap and lots of small KY. On the way out there were a few patches of really thick fog then clear around them, weird.

Thanks for the intel Hookski, congrats for 4th
What a difference a day makes eh
I was in shallower like 2m sussing out different spots for next time, prolly too much reefy structure which is better suited for snaps
I used kina mussel berley that time..... reckon not needed as it attracted too many kahawai, also used fresh mussels that I prepped a day early, bonito seemed best that day followed by mussels, salted pillie, squid last

This was this morning’s effort, we got 8 up to 43cm from 8.30 - 11.30. We only started to get KY towards the end and the carrots seemed to come through in waves throughout the morning. Wondering whether they tend to move around in shoals?

Good one Flawone, not sure if it’s a particularly good season for carrots or I’m actually starting to get a handle on them. I’ve fished Ropers a fair bit now so it’s about time I prospect a few new areas. There are a few likely looking spots in those side channels off the Papakura channel further up.

Bloody good on the gurnard there guys.... awesome

Fished kaitarakihi bay today, completely sheltered from the predicted northerly breeze
Kept 3 kahawai small snapper & a trev, missed other snaps, mouthing baits, pulled lots of string then fell off.... reckon needed smaller hooks with smaller baits in winter, me thinks
Lost some fish at the surface before netting them
Released 2 small rig sharks
Clouds came over & did wee wees on me for 15mins twice
Best baits frozen squid & frozen pillies
Salted bonito pillies, refrozen squid, both fresh mussels & salted mussels were all stink today
Very slow day, weather report lied as it was 3kt the whole day, I could have gone onto the banks looking for gurnard instead
Got my fix anyways