Bay of Plenty fishing report November 2021
Snapper fishing has been red hot in the bay!
Hay Fishos
The weather is playing its part with some long flat periods allowing lots of fishing time.
The snapper have been firing hot around the 25m mark. Heavy berley trail and that change of light is definitely the key. Straylines have been the hot pick with bonito working best. Pilchards, however, don't take much to bite off and have been getting chomped. Keeping in touch with your bait is how you get the connection to the bite. Picking the right amount of weight for your bait to drift down as naturally as possible while keeping in touch with the bait is advised. Tide is an important part of straylining as that spreads your berley and also drifting baits down the trail is how the big reds get nailed.
Sliders have been a good way to find a patch of fish as drifting covers more ground than berley.
Tarakihi are in their usual numbers. Hunt around for a patch and do a good anchoring and you will be into them. Small hooks with pipis or squid.
In deep water knolls the species kingfish and bluenose will be beginning to come up on top of the knolls. Bait fish will begin to ball up for the kingfish, making top water and live bait the best options.
Barracuda or squid have been getting bites from bluenose and hapuka. The early bird gets the worm in that game so a change of light is the trick.
Get out there and get some bent rods.
Happy fishing.
Brett Waterhouse - Wai Whare charters
