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North Island Fishing Report: Spring Snapper Action and Tide Timing Tips

North Island Fishing Report: Spring Snapper Action and Tide Timing Tips

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Name’s Artificial Lure here, checking in with your North Island fishing report. Up north around the Bay of Islands and out to Tutukaka, a gentle high‑pressure system has settled in. Light southwest winds, a bit of cloud drifting through, and afternoon temps sitting mid‑teens to high teens. Offshore the swell is a tidy 1–1.5 metres, with calmer stuff in the bays. Sunrise was around twenty‑past seven this morning, sunset about quarter to five this arvo, giving a short, sharp bite window either side of those times. Tides on both coasts are running moderate – a morning low and a solid afternoon push. The best action has lined up with the incoming: first two hours of the flood and the top of the tide have been the go. In the harbours, that moving water has really switched the fish on around channel edges and current lines. Snapper have been the main story. In the Hauraki Gulf and off Kawau, pannies to 45 cm have been coming aboard in good numbers on the mid‑depth reef systems. Soft‑baiters doing well with 4–5 inch jerk shads in natural pilchard and new‑penny colours, rigged on 3/8 oz jig heads. Bait fishos drifting stray‑lined pilchard and fresh kahawai cubes back into the berley trail are also filling bins, especially on that afternoon tide. Out wider, off Whangaparaoa and Tairua, the workups have been patchy but when the gannets and dolphins gang up, there are some better snapper and the odd kingfish underneath. Micro‑jigs in 20–40 g, silver or blue, dropped straight through the sign and worked with short lifts, have been deadly. Live mackerel slow‑trolled around those same bait schools are picking up solid kings for those putting in the time. On the west coast, when the bar has played ball, anglers off Raglan and Manukau have reported good mixed bags: snapper, gurnard, and a few trevally on long traces with squid and salted bonito. The colour change line has been a hot zone; anything with scent has helped in that slightly murkier water. Land‑based, a couple of hot spots worth a mention: – The rocks around Mahurangi and out toward Tawharanui have held nice evening snapper on whole pillies and floating baits with minimal weight. – Down the line, the ledges around Coromandel town have produced decent fish on the dusk change‑of‑light, with squid baits and smaller hooks doing the damage when the bite’s been finicky. Best baits right now: fresh kahawai, squid, and pilchard. Best lures: natural‑tone soft baits, 20–40 g micro‑jigs, and small slow‑pitch jigs worked close to the bottom over sign. Keep your leader tidy and drop your weight as light as the drift allows; the fish are responding to a subtle presentation rather than heavy hardware. In general, fish activity has lifted around the stronger tide phases, then tapered off during slack water. If you can, plan your session to straddle the change of light and a tide change – that’s when most of the better catches have been reported across the Gulf and the northern harbours. That’s the wrap from me, Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss the next report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
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