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Today is a nice day again. Light wind, smooth sea, a bit cloudy. Bites were active, clients caught 19 snappers and one kahawai. The biggest one is 48 cm long by a kid with light gear. So far, the biggest snapper of 2026 is 60 cm long (caught on 1st of January).

It's another good day.

Max and Lucy from the USA join3d us for a day on the water with the wish list being kingfish. Despite spending quite some time trying to catch livebaits they just weren't playing ball so the call was made to jig out on some of the deeper reefs. Despite Max and Lucys efforts the kingfish just weren't playing ball. We moved onto plan B where we would chase snapper around the islands with softbaits which also proved hard going until Max hooked a freight train that took a heap of line but with Max's skills he expertly played this huge snapper to the boat where oncevonboard we couldnt believe the size! A true trophy size snapper that saved the day for us on an otherwise hard days fishing. Well done Max you certainly caught one of the better snapper we have seen for quite some time..

Recently we have done several 4 hours short trips, in Matiatia Bay area. The catches over there were quite good, including big snappers, Trevalley, Yellowtail Kingfish, etc. Meanwhile big sharks are active as well—-Lemon sharks. We have released them successfully. When the weather is good we usually arrange open water trips. Over there the depth of water is about 40 meters, where there are more opportunities to catch different kind if fish, as well as decent size yellow tail kingfish. You are welcome to book our trips, and looking forward to seeing you on the water in Hauraki Gulf!

From the moment the line was in the water the bite was on plus a visit to Oteihei Bay was a bonus for these tourists

8th November 2025.. this time of year is usually hard on the fishing front as we are bang in the middle of spring and summer, with algae blooms everywhere and cold water still around but this November so far is different with the offshore water clear and blue and teaming with hungry snapper! My crew of 3 heading out to the Aldermen Islands in search of the normally elusive November snapper and upon reaching the islands it was clear there was very little current and a breeze from the south which usually spells disaster on the fishing front. We moved around to afew different locations until we the slightedt bit of flow out the back of the boat but thats all we needed with the 1st baits getting snaffled up not long after hitting the water. The next few provided much of the same with solid fish coming aboard consistently throughout the morning. Everyone taking home a good feed with many, many nice fish released to fight another day...