Ristretto, short โn sharp – but make mine a looong weekend ๐
Monday and Tuesday look primo Waitangi Day โn all, in fact most of next week looks good for some excellent fishing times.
The NEW acrylic trolling SQUIDWINGS!
Weโre past that frenetic full moon fortunately, the tidal current is good but not too strong, primo, letโs go! Certainly good to be out after the big game โ old favourites and new hot looking lures in tow. Even the wind and tides line up a lot of the day for those fishing in closer to shore.
Anchor โn burley session anyone? And why not do the same but out away from the basking beach-goers, glorious wide open spaces of 30m and more, anchored with burley down, a heavy one of the collapsable metal pots would be good (or add a rock to your sock), or tie a burley down off the anchor warp so itโs near(er) the bottom flowing back under your boat and away out the stern. Then dropping straight into a super session with microjigs!
Alex #jig_creek_fishing with a fish-delicious dinner, catch ‘n cook, piper! Fun for all ages.
Ridiculously good fun laughing away as you hook up on your lightest gear. Snapper, gurnard, dory, mackerelโฆwho knows, probably a kingfish lurking around too, checking out what the commotionโs about. A great way to spend a calm sunny summers days out there, doing something a little bit different surprising yourself with what you can catch. The pick of micros โ that famous little 25gm Pocket Rocket, or the beauty of these little 20gm microjigs, simply lift and drop the rod allowing the micro to freefall on the drop โ even letting it hit the sea floor โ vary this and see whatโs working at the time. Or the partial-wind slow pitch approach, then a slow-ish gradual retrieve, tag tag โ strike and hook up! Hilariously good fun ๐. Mackerel (more are showing up around shorelines all over the show at the moโ) love the diminutive 7gm Pocket Rocket, again it can be like too much fun
Microjig magic – the tungsten Pocket Rocket
nice light drag settings and if youโre anchored the jig will get down no worries, use your lightest possible setups. The deeper youโre anchored the more vertically you can fish the micros, even very lightly weighted softbaits too โ like the nice โn tasty looking 5inch Livies ๐.
ICE your fish, in cold slurry as soon as youโve ikiโd it aboard, the degradation of the fish flesh will be rapid in this heat, within minutes.
Snapper are on holiday a lot in this heat, like many of us, no problem โ target a few of the other fish out there waiting for you, and you can be eating some of the best tasting fish dishes there are on the planet. Check the stunning and mouthwatering dish above, @Alex Bender ( #jig_creek_fishing ) showing how itโs done catch โn cook. Piper no less! And what we can do with mackerel and other fish is amazing. The NZ Ajing and light game Facebook page has many more delicious and fun fish to catch. While snapper is great, theyโre taking a well-earned summer vacation, so can we, embrace it, go light – there are a lot of other fish to fry. Imagine the tasty flavours from around the world from such simplicity, and the lifelong memories created for the younger generation on a catch โn cook day of their very own, school is just barely clicking into gear for the year. Thereโs no better time than now.
Cheers.
