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Fishing Reports
Welcome to our Fishing Reports page, your go-to source for the latest updates and insights from the water. Here, you'll find detailed reports on current fishing conditions, hot spots, and what’s biting in Auckland and a whole lot more! Whether you’re planning your next trip or just looking to stay informed, our reports offer valuable tips and real-time information to help you make the most of your fishing adventures.
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Blood moon fishing spells, inner channel fishing v's outer gulf options, season change brings better fishing - ready?!
Spellbound, March's full blood moon. That big full blood moon worked its almost predictable magic, casting contrasting spells on much of...
captainespresso007
Mar 193 min read
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Crazy-good fishing, how to target snapper better, free lessons, videos and more!
Auckland's irresistible fishing! Baitfish to big fish, getting more bang for our buck with inshore fishing, such a good time to enjoy our...
captainespresso007
Mar 57 min read
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Fast 'n Furious fishing, multi fish-species buffets - a special 'long weekend' report.
Here's a Fast and Furious Espresso Report for you – a special update. Solid snapper on the bite - it's the perfect time to go get some!...
captainespresso007
Feb 43 min read
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Zero to hero fishing tips, getting schooled by anchovies and helping your bait-mates catch fish!
Stainless silver glints, anchovy saltwater fly assist, stunning and so effective! As the anchovies make their way closer to shorelines,...
captainespresso007
Jan 284 min read
139
The Fishing School is LIVE, YFT in the gulf and summer snapper secrets.
The 1st Fishing School is a reality! Here it is, the details  created to help you, and your mates (let them know) get so much more from...
captainespresso007
Jan 85 min read
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Close encounters of the whale kind, hot snapper fishing and big Kingfish on the chase!
Baitfish buffets providing spectacular local feasts, and its kingfish time too! This week's Espresso Report brings exciting news for...
captainespresso007
Nov 28, 20244 min read
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Let’s go fishing, its Snapper Time! Fishing Updates for the Hauraki Gulf, Waitemata Harbour.
Insights and Upcoming Highlights Current Fishing Conditions in the Gulf Prime snapper time in the Hauraki Gulf is now as we leave spring...
captainespresso007
Nov 7, 20244 min read
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Fishing Auckland for big snapper, tricks and treats, mega soft bait savers!
Macro to Micro Soft Baits, an Espresso Pearl . Mouthwatering morsels – your soft baits, here’s a simple way you may not have thought of...
captainespresso007
Oct 22, 20243 min read
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Kayak fishing, PWC fishing, Workup knowledge and On-the-water Coaching!
This past week has been pretty wintry again in terms of fishing the inner areas of the gulf and local harbours especially, slow in a...
captainespresso007
Oct 7, 20245 min read
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Blue Whales, Blue Hail, Fishing the Big Blue!
New Zealand spring weather is a continual surprise, not just in terms of what the weather is today, more like what it will be in the next...
captainespresso007
Sep 18, 20244 min read
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Whale Watching and Spring Snapper
Your Espresso Report … but FIRST!  Embracing the ever-progressive nature of life, it’s thrilling to announce www.FishingCoachPro.com...
captainespresso007
Sep 4, 20243 min read
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THE ESPRESSO REPORT MARCH 7 2024
The winds of change, every 4th year we get that extra day, 366 this year, leap year and a full moon thrown in – now that made for some...
Captain Espresso
Mar 7, 20243 min read
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THE ESPRESSO REPORT 22.2.24
Whether you love or loathe eating little anchovies yourself, they are fish of the day, to almost all other out there right now! Worth...
Captain Espresso
Feb 22, 20242 min read
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THE ESPRESSO REPORT FEBRUARY 2 2024
Ristretto , short ‘n sharp – but make mine a looong weekend 😊 Monday and Tuesday look primo Waitangi Day ‘n all, in fact most of next...
Captain Espresso
Feb 2, 20243 min read
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THE ESPRESSO REPORT 25.1.24
When the smile says it all! Full-Moon-Friday it is, so what should we expect? Sluggish snapper slowly feeding a lot of the time i.e....
Captain Espresso
Jan 25, 20243 min read
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Espresso Report 25.1.24
Whales ‘everywhere’, but in terms of fantastic fishing as the normal and expected result more akin to ‘water water everywhere but not a...
Captain Espresso
Jan 25, 20243 min read
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Espresso Report 25.10.23
Fish just don’t seem to care! Wind, rain, hail – pfft, meaningless to those a few metres below the surface. So some inshore fishing has...
Captain Espresso
Oct 25, 20233 min read
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THE ESPRESSO REPORT FEB 9, 2023
Are we there yet, are we there yet? Summer, and fishing that is? Well surprisingly the waters around the edges of the gulf have cleared...
Captain Espresso
Feb 9, 20232 min read
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THE ESPRESSO REPORT SEPT 22 2022
The rumble in the jungle of Spring snapper fishing is good, very good. Planning to be hot on the heels of some snapper? Well here’s a few...
Captain Espresso
Sep 22, 20221 min read
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