Recently, despite it being the middle of winter, there has been some very good fishing. While not always full bags, the numbers are still impressive with plenty of good-sized snapper and gurnard at times. Additionally, we have been catching a few sizable kingfish on the west coast, weighing between 10-14kg, just using ledger rigs while snapper fishing.

Kahawai have been around in almost plague proportions at times, which can be challenging when you have a boatload of punters; there's plenty of work for the crew sorting everything out. Most fishing activity has been happening 45-55 meters off Albatross Point.

As for the weekend weather: better to stay home, as it's not looking great.

Kind regards  Rob & Jacqui Fitzgerald
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