Nice work PJC

I’m 50/50 at the moment, trying to decide if I’ll get up early tomorrow morning for a quick fish before work. No bait in the freezer so was maybe going to dust off the old soft bait set and lures.

Was going to head to Kaiaua as I live in Tuakau. I never do well out that side.

Thats a solid kingi Lingee, must be around 20 kg, good work out of a little boat. And then a good haul of snaps and trevs, I would be having a beer or 12 after that as well 👍

Good Morning,

I thought I would post this report in this thread soon I was out in my little 13 footer, shot out from Temata bay this morning out on to the firth fishing the 8mtr depth. 7 snapper and 1 gurnard in 45 minutes, nothing really big 350mm to 450mm all on softbaits and micro jigs.

The firth is still fishing well.

Yeah lots of birds around which is a good sign.

It’s been a long time since I’ve posted, plan on changing that because it’s about time I gave back to the place which has taught me so much.

My dad and I bought a new boat together, upgrading from a fyran 12 to something that will give us more days on the water. We recently got a 1450 frontier SC and I have to say it is everything we wanted it to be and more. Epic little boat which is offers so much more space than it appears on paper.

Today was my third fishing trip on it, and while the fishing was slow I’ve been more interested in learning the nuances of the new craft. Last Friday and today we found a few wash rocks to cast at, which in the past would have been a bit tricky to manage. Now we can drop the trolling motor in and sit comfortably just off the rock and cover the whole area with casts. Both times only revealed kahawai but with the security of not having to manage the boat while casting it was 100x the fun.

We normally drift through the Rangi channel right in close to start and finish a session, finding more often than not that this spot does better than whatever else we try. Which is primo cause you can still see the car. At $3/L nowadays that’s priceless.

A few snapper and a kahawai with the odd gurnard have been our rewards for sticking with softbaits and inchikus only (never take bait out) so hasn’t been amazing in terms of takes, but the enjoyment of being out in such a capable waka outweighs it.

If you see us around, come say hi. Gordon is my dad, I’m Ben. Will try share most reports from here on in. Churr