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Mitch with a nice snapper taken on a slider during a mid-week mission. The weather continues to be mostly settled and the shop has been doing a steady trade as a result. I went out last week for a morning fish and Mitch (aka Uncle) caught a thumper of a snapper on the old faithful slider. The fish ‘blew’ on the way up but was thoroughly enjoyed at the Swordfish Club for dinner by several people that night.Possibly the most meritorious catch has come from Bevan Beauchamp fishing solo from his trailer boat Blind Squirrel, who successfully tagged a blue...

I’ve lost my Mojo! Between cyclones, power outages, internet and EFTpos failures, I just need a good fishing day. A chance finally came last Saturday and (drum roll..) we caught nothing! Not at all what was anticipated. I guess you gotta have these poor days to really appreciate the good days! Meanwhile, reports of meritorious catches keep rolling in. Coffee Cart Carl was casting a grumpy fish lure up front of the boat while waiting on the livebaits to get eaten by kingfish, and bam, pulls up a 22.5lb snapper. Kevin fishing with Mick Jepson on Kat n Fiddle caught...

Southern visitor James Lentjies – captain of the Highlanders – came into Screaming Reels the other day enquiring about where to fish off the rocks, so I invited him out on the Stabicraft the next morning. He got three decent snapper, all PBs. And as it turns out, he also plays No. 7 for the Highlanders – lucky number!

Well, it seems my prediction that it was about to fire a couple of weeks ago was spot on! The last few fishing trips have seen the bin full in less than half a day with many memorable and impressive fish caught. My new best friend visited the Bay of Islands, up from Rotorua and caught his first 20lber and the rest of the crew caught a number of fish that just missed out on the magic mark. Slow jigs and softbaits have been our goto but a number of locals are catching massive fish on livebaits. It seems every...