Bay of Islands

fishing report

June 18, 2020

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Not the target species, but incredible eating nonetheless. This granddaddy Hapuka (aka mother in law, aka poor man’s crayfish) went back, but our Japanese clients absolutely treasure these fish as a real delicacy. Just watch the spines! as their defense venom will make you dance, and not in a good way.

Winter is here and i think the fish know it.

This week has been a bit hit and miss with some good fish coming on the bite, but only with a bit of burly into the water to get them going.

We’ve been throwing some good sized softbaits into the wash, which has been a good way to pass the time until that tide starts to run.

A good place to start is the inshore rocks and the shore line that run from the sisters out towards the cape. There have been some nice sized kingfish hanging around Bird Rock, where there have been schools of blue koheru and plenty of boats enjoying some action.

*Just like the Hauraki Gulf! Koheru attracting kingfish and boats alike*

*Kingfish candies, their favourite baitfish, blue koheru*

Live blue koheru have been boiling up on the tide changes so grab a live bait and slow troll, or a good sized jig matched on the new catch 6000 jig reels should do the damage.

If they are feeding on kohies, try a big jig with a bit of blue in it.

The fish change the way they feed over the next couple of months so it’s a good time to try and use all the styles and methods that are available to cover your bases.

Snapper can often be sensitive to the bite times and a big, slow moving bait is often the one that will get the moocher as their metabolism slows down. Shorter days make it easy to fish both changes of light without spending a massive day at sea, so it always pays to get at least a dawn or a dusk into your Days Out.

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Tight lines

Regards Darren

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PS: Feel free to ring me if you are out on the water and having a hard day 😉🎣

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