Not spawning yet . 18 degrees water temp is the magic number . Males always head inshore first. When you just start catching undersize inshore , that is when the bigger fish are at 20m spawning.

Nice one HY

I got my first snap with roe the week before, off Narrowneck (22nd Sept) the 2 others were male.
Also caught a bloody eel, which in my experience means that there's no other fish around.... & yup, no more fish for the rest of the sesh
There was huge currents that day. I watched a fala paddle against the current to his start point 2 times, then drift fast from Narrowneck to well past Cheltemham
Ive got a spot off Cheltenham & in big tides like that day, you need 6oz or more to get to the bottom...... not a good time to drift fish

Nice work HY. Don't know if I'd want two baby orcas following me ......


With a few weekends of bad weather reports that end up looking mint, I've lost all faith in just about every app.
So after checking 4 different weather sites! decided I was going regardless. The reported Easterly was a stiff southerly which I paddled straight into for 45mins before turning, dropping the drouge and casting. Was a slow morning with small rolling swell mixed with wind against tide chop, very unpleasant. Plenty of small fish coming in every 3rd cast or so with a few keepers to keep me intrested. A nasty wind with showers came through about 930am, so pulled the drouge and let it blow me home. Ended up with 6 so can't complain...... A good feed feed for me and my South Auckland family according to some politicians 😀 thanks NZF.

I wouldn’t call gurnard fishing at Campbells Bay heroic, but riding 1 meter + barrels with almost no idea of how to go about it, is some kind of action sport. 

Went out in the yak today, caught a few, and let a few go. 

Good work Bullet, yakking is a workout with 15kt squalls and a paddle home into the wind. It's easier to anchor and fish with bait I suppose, but I just get a bigger kick out of drifting and flicking soft baits, it feels like something could happen hehe...but I might try bait next week, I've got a lump of kahawai left in the freezer. It could be the last chance to use it before the hammerheads arrive...

Good stuff there HY

Just under 3hrs on the water off NN this afternoon 2.15-5pm
Went to my trev spot, a few undersize snaps went back, then got 2 trevs on fresh trev baits
Dropped down a sabiki for some fresh macks, ended up with 2 more trevs
I usually like the Hyabusa brand of sabiki, but none around the type I like.... next best were the wasabi brand size 14 = bloody good
It was pretty slow out there & took ages to get a snapper in the bin
About an hr before low tide (around 5ish) the current slowed right down, so I went for looksie to hopefully add more snaps to the bin.... not this time
I'm finding the last few times out on the water, that the fresh trev Ive bought from the fish shop has been a better bait than the mullet or kahawai that Ive bought, as not always I'm able to catch fresh baits on site, preferably yellowtail mackerel
Good day out in the end

Had 3 nights at Papa Aroha, just up from Coromandel township with the east auckl kayak fishing club
15 anglers, plus partners and kids.... its really good to catch up with everyone & be away from our regular busy lives
Id been looking forwards to this trip away for ages.
Because of the westerly winds, the fishing destination for the day was Tuateawa (yesterday) just north of Kennedy bay on the eastern side of Coromandel

The last few times Ive fished Tuateawa, both early & late Nov has been really good fishing for everyone, with mixed species & decent fish kept
Well....... yesterday was completely poos, for a few of us
No sign on the way out, water temp was the expected 17deg & that was it for me. The only thing I could do was mark some decent looking structure for next time & spent 6hrs looking around for some action
To begin with, it felt totally unusual leaving my bait fishing gear behind, but lures do work better there
The best snap was caught on fresh kahawai baits.... oh well

I can't read these posts on my mobile?