Raewyn Ensor Blue Ocean Fishing Charters

Lately we’ve had nice spring fish conditions with lots of action on Blue Ocean Charters’ Te Kuia vessel. The weather is warming up finally and sea conditions have been pretty well perfect. Getting out on the ocean has been a pleasurable experience!

The winter staple of tarakihi has been hit and miss, some days producing very good catches and the next the fishing has been decidedly difficult. Plenty of moves throughout the day have provided just a feed.

Tom Mayne took a trip out the other day and with the weather looking great and just a small crew they made their way along Matakana for a bit of a snapper hunt. The water was full of krill. Even though there was some good fishing sign the fish had other ideas and were probably too well fed to take the bait. The only big one to break the surface was a large whale, which came to have a look at the anglers. This did not bode well for the fishing so they headed out to 40 metres in the hope of finding tarakihi. Results were consistent with a steady stream of fish coming over the rail.

A group of keen anglers from C3 headed out to Mayor Island for an overnighter recently. There was selection of reef fish including snapper, tarakihi, golden snapper, pink maomao, porae and couple of kingfish caught in the evening and overnight. The catch of the night was Shane’s big snapper which weighed approximately 25-30lb.

He’d only just baited up his hooks and was first with his line in the water. Suddenly he had a big hit and an ensuing tussle to get the biggest snapper he’s ever caught back to the boat. He took it very easy and gave it plenty of line so as not to risk it dropping the hook.