REEF MAGIC CHARTERS Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Hey guys.. Mike & myself along with his 2 sons headed over the ditch to fish with our mate. We fished for 4 days at Great Barrier Island off Auckland the weather not playing the game but the snapper fishing was great. We fished a combination of washes & gravel beds all with soft plastics and caught some good fish & lost plenty bigger ones due to light tackle & smart fish. We had constant rain one day & the winds never got below 20 knots & up to 38 knots at one stage but that's the beauty of the island being able to get into areas out of the wind. That was my ninth trip over there and never seem to get sick of it. Cheers Damo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camo1808 Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Wow. Some ripper reds there mate. Makes it all the more better when persisting in shitty weather pays off. Congrats mate Sent from my SM-G920I using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgrant666 Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Whoa well done, didn't even know reds grew that big!! Looks like you had a ball :-) Sent from my D6653 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jed38 Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 How could you get sick of that, they're huge...almost look prehistoric in the photos!! Nice work, should put NZ snapper fishing on the bucket list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Nice work damo! I'd never get sick of catching cracking reds like that either. Geez, mike doesn't look to comfortable with that fish! Lol Good onya fellas! Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little scratchie jnr Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 nice work damo and I would love to go to nz to catch kings and snapper to they are probs the biggest I have ever seen cheers Brando Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REEF MAGIC CHARTERS Posted December 13, 2015 Author Share Posted December 13, 2015 if you want to go somewhere to catch reds its like that from November through till May. The weather was so bad we couldn't get to our kingy spots but they are generally bigger in April than November anyway. We stopped on one pin & dropped 2 livies in and got 1 x 10kg king & a 30kg mako. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portstar Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Wow that looks like one of the great fishing trips, great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Squid Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Hi Damo, Looks like Brett was able to save the trip and put you on some great snapper while the weather was bad. Too bad about not being able to get to the kings as I know what it's like when Brett puts you in the right spot. Squidy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Wow nice looking beast snapper there. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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