http://www.newzealandfishing.com/taupo-fishing-reports Taupo Trout Fly Fishing & Bay Of Islands Sea Fishing Reports Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:55:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 2568 Picked up locals Lesley and Nathalie from Russell wharf this afternoon for a quick snapper fish. Conditions were comfortable with a short half meter swell and small sea on top. The girls got a nice bag of pannie snapper to take home for Christmas lunch as well as ... http://www.newzealandfishing.com/taupo-fishing-reports/2009/12/24/bay-of-islands-charter-fishing/bay-of-islands-charter-fishing-nathalie-and-lesley-from-russell-snapper-fishing 2568 Picked up David and Lawrence this morning at a.m from Paihia and Russell for a kingfish section. Bait catching was slow like yesterday but we managed to get a few livies in the live bait tank and headed for Cape Brett and the hole in the rock which was ... http://www.newzealandfishing.com/taupo-fishing-reports/2009/12/24/bay-of-islands-charter-fishing/bay-of-islands-charter-fishing-david-and-lawrence-get-their-first-yellowtail-kingfish 2568 Conditions were a little choppy so I headed to a sheltered but less fishy area to begin with to see how the crew would cope with the sea state. A nice kahawai was landed and dispatched ready for the smoker and the crew seemed to be coping well so ... http://www.newzealandfishing.com/taupo-fishing-reports/2009/12/23/bay-of-islands-charter-fishing/bay-of-islands-charter-fishing-dusk-snapper-trip 2568 Took Ian from Bay Of Islands Resort - formery from the same area as me - Tikipunga in Whangarei - kingfishing this morning. Ian bought along his two daughters and his son. Catching the live bait was slower than normal but we still managed a few - daughter ... http://www.newzealandfishing.com/taupo-fishing-reports/2009/12/23/bay-of-islands-charter-fishing/bay-of-islands-charter-fishing-kingfish-for-ian-from-bay-of-islands-resort 2568 After a hardish trip last night I spent longer on the sounder before doing a test drift over some reasonable sound that I was 50/50 on being snapper. When 3 out of 4 of the test lines hooked up instantly with nice pannie snapper I put the pick down ... http://www.newzealandfishing.com/taupo-fishing-reports/2009/12/19/bay-of-islands-charter-fishing/bay-of-islands-charter-fishing-snapper-fest-for-steve-blakely-group 2568 Conditions were a little uncomfortable forcing me to turn back from the main location I had wanted fish. The guys and girls did managed a few fish but only four reasonable sized snapper amongst a lot of smaller ones. We tried hard but fishing being fishing - things ... http://www.newzealandfishing.com/taupo-fishing-reports/2009/12/18/bay-of-islands-charter-fishing/bay-of-islands-charter-fishing-slow-fishing-for-alex-klettes-family-and-kutai 2568 Took 2 friends of mine out this evening along with locals Mark and his 10 year old son Guy. Had a great fish, spent the first hour sounding new territory out of the wind then as the wind eased a little we hit some foul I have marked. ... http://www.newzealandfishing.com/taupo-fishing-reports/2009/12/09/bay-of-islands-charter-fishing/bay-of-islands-charter-fishing-good-fishing-for-mark-and-guy 2568 Picked up Shchalk Hugu plus wife and brother from Paihia Wharf at 12:30 for a snapper fishing session. The fishing was hot to begin with but tapered off shortly after high tide for a while. Shcahlk's brother landed the biggest of the trip at 8 pounds which we ... http://www.newzealandfishing.com/taupo-fishing-reports/2009/12/09/bay-of-islands-charter-fishing/bay-of-islands-charter-fishing-schalk-hugu-group-from-whangarei 2568 Took my good mate Johan Kok and some of his friends from MAF out for an evening soft bait session in the Bay Of Islands. The fishing was excellent with the group taking home a nice bag of snapper in the 2 to 4 kilo range. We let ... http://www.newzealandfishing.com/taupo-fishing-reports/2009/12/08/bay-of-islands-charter-fishing/bay-of-islands-charter-fishing-great-success-for-maf-group 2949 Picked up the Roadrunner team from the Paihia wharf at 5pm who were ready with all their equipment for a good social evening fish. With smokes and beers - and people on board we headed out to the islands. I think it was Carons 3rd take on her first cast ... http://www.newzealandfishing.com/taupo-fishing-reports/2009/12/06/bay-of-islands-charter-fishing/bay-of-islands-charter-fishing-mike-basil-caron-and-vaugn-from-the-roadrunner-tavern-near-paihia