Macro to Micro Soft Baits, an Espresso Pearl. Mouthwatering morsels – your soft baits, here’s a simple way you may not have thought of to make even more effective use of your current stash of soft baits, saving yourself a lot of money. Extremely effective whether you're fishing out in deep water or right up into the shallows, great for kayak and land based soft bait success too, definitely worth a quick look!
Workup mayhem and intensity in the Hauraki Gulf continues its upward spiral, and the condition of snapper has been very good, it’s far too early to tell but fingers crossed the milky flesh fish thing is going, going, gone? Time will tell, and speaking of time, it is definitely workup time. When you’re fishing them, turn your sounder off so you’re not annoying the dolphins and whales, and unless for some reason you’re not catching fish (?) there is no point to having it cracking away loudly disrupting the very mammals’ conversations and ability to round up the baitfish you’re relying on. Not sure about the fishing down into the Firth of Thames lately, haven’t been that side, especially since there’s been great action up the western half of the gulf, Kawau way and north - Little Barrier way. Some big aggressive male snapper will be on the hunt now, the early-birds to the summer party, looking back over the Espresso logbook diary of decades of fishing the gulf shows some big snapper are caught about now, and that 39-40m chart depth is well worth a good long look out off the northern Waiheke area and top of the entrance to the Firth, be prepared for some eye openers of serious rod bends and stress of the good kind, you know the ones, thinking you’ve hooked a kingfish but it turns into a heavy nodding thumping great snapper. Awesome. Around the edges of the gulf and harbour are still a little quiet for land-based anglers, pretty standard for early spring in terms of snapper, but targeting squid could be a great delicious alternative just at the moment, some good specimens being caught around the Whangaparaoa peninsula and no doubt other spot x's.
THANK YOU - because of your amazing response and requests ‘Espresso’ the boat is getting a treat, being readied to coach keen anglers and those that want to be, out on the local waters over summer. A very limited number of on-water workshops will kick-off around Christmas/New Year with Captain Espresso – so if you/your friends that want to experience and be shown personally, learning various successful techniques, the real ‘how-to’ of micro jigging, soft baiting, mechanical jigging and more bait-free fishing methods, best you email us know now here! fishingcoachpro@gmail.com
Trick or Treat – the best is by being both. Think about yourself, the temptation to ‘just have one’ (yeah right) is often overwhelming whether you are hungry or not, after all what has hunger got to do with eating a mouthwatering lolly? Or, when you’re famished and there’s a big slice of your favourite pizza offered – ‘get in my belly’ right!? Similarly with snapper and kingfish, your best lures are tricks and treats, better presentation and in particular better techniques make them irresistible whether fish are keen to feed or not. A favourite saying ‘action is everything’ often rings true, so remember to use a variety of techniques, and changes within those techniques (demonstrated in several seminars) will often trigger a bite, even when your mind was telling you there’s no fish here/they’re not hungry/only small ones etc. Changing between a slow pitch, to semi-speed jig briefly, to a painfully slow jig retrieve…and a virtually stationary expertise of Rod Holder approach significantly alters the action of your lure, change frequently and you can change the fortunes of your fishing day dramatically. Don’t just stick to repeating the same ol’, same ol’ textbook approach.
Perhaps something for a blustery weekend indoors? Enjoy the Secret World of Sound on Netflix by David Attenborough (for those of you who have been to an Espresso presentation may remember the importance placed on sound in fishing success), sound is a key aspect of excellent fishing, gob-smacking footage on Attenborough's film and some wonderful applications to our fishing a bonus.
Have a great Labour Weekend if you’re in New Zealand, PWC, kayaks, (amphibius) boats, wonderful times on the water ahead, including the amazing armada of the https://www.coastalclassic.co.nz/ out of Auckland, what a wonderful spectacle of vessels under sail!
Cheers
Espresso.
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