Pre-Competition seminar!
Whether youโre in it to win it, to simply enjoy the festivities or simply want to learn and apply more bait free fun to your fishing in general, itโs a great to place to make it all happen:
100% Bait Free Lure Fishing Seminars:Whitianga Longshore Marine Lure Competition coming up with a Pre-comp lure specialist talk, Tues. Nov 7, 6pm. Wellington KP Marine open day โ Softbaiting then and now at 1pm, Saturday Nov. 18
| Bait-free competition, with preceding seminar for the inside running…get the good oil. |
Joe Burrell this week with another stonker of a gulf snapper on a favourite Jack Mack Livie softbait . @joe.burrell01
Heard of it, but do you, do it? Light leader, the key to a many angler’s success, whether theyโll tell you or not, just dropping from say 30lb to 20lb can be night and day in terms of snapper strikes, going down further to 10-15lb on those quiet/soft bite times โ can bring home fish when otherwise itโs baked beans on toast for tea. Particularly when fishing in clear water over relatively open ground, light leader can give you the much-needed edge. Similarly with kingfish, depending on where you fish 30lb leader can be plenty! Especially on light gear out over open ground like most of the Hauraki Gulf for instance โ if there are kingfish around hounding those bait schools, theyโll be keen on a well presented/light leader lure (of many kinds not just speed jigs) mid water, good times are guaranteed. And what about those days when the fish are there but not biting, maybe a SE wind just prior to full moon?
Light leader time can change your fishing fortunes like Lotto. Catch Fishing Facebook page.
Local Hauraki gulf hits and misses. North and NE of Tiri to Kawau area has been really good fishing, lots of birds generally milling around the area just outside the cable zone to point the way, general area snapper fishing no real need to chase the dragon. Similarly eastern gulf birds are active but flying over wide areas, stop drop and hookup under the Moehau range. Softbaits are doing very well, including the big 10inch versions to target the big boys, and yes there are some big thumpers lurking around there, check out Joe Burrells snapper this week pictured. Dolphins periodically visiting around this area and along the Whangaparaoa peninsula, with the odd foray down along the bays too โ family hunts and captivating sights for the humans along the coastline to view.
Using your lighter leader for those wary fish (full moon at the end of this month for instance) is a great way to change minimal or soft tentative missed bites, into hook-ups and landed fish. The inner channels fishing your thing? Itโs time to start some worthwhile prospecting, grubtail softbaits are perfect for using here and hereโs a great approach to try, particularly with light leader, say 10-15lb. Literally grubbing your softbait along in the inshore mud/sludge, tail up is a dead giveaway due to the inherent buoyancy of the grubtail, add a small jerk of the rod to puff up the mud signal, then pause and let the snapper swim over, suck the wafting softbait in โ strike time. Noises, Rangi channel, Motuhie, even the Tamaki strait โ time to be prospecting. Further out, play time โ baby dolphins flipping around, whales puffing away in the distance โ aye a great place to be when the wind drops enough, and the whales can find enough baitfish. Hopefully some epic action between Flat Rock and Little Barrier is on the cards.
Christmas. There, I said it. Yes, the new normal means many things we may be wishing for or planning to get, donโt wait, there are already fishing supply chains that will be empty this side of Christmas. If thereโre those things you want for yourself, or for others, best to do it now and avoid that inevitable disappointment when the fishing trips and fun in the sun is well underway www.catchfishing.pro .
Enjoy!
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