Report 080 Dive bombing Gannets in work-up mayhem... 4th of June 2012

I had just arrived back from the rainy weather of the Gold Coast to see an awesome local weather forecast in Auckland. I could not resist the urge to get the fishing mojo back! 8am on the Monday morning, I took full advantage of the easy lifestyle of Jetskifishing. Easy preparation, solo launching and a rapid ride out to the work-up area where I found some fellow Jetskifishos scouting the area for fish activity.

On arrival to the group of Jetskifisho’s, you could feel there was a work-up in the making as the Gannets were circling the area above and the schools of Kahawai were also active on the waters surface.

With the anticipation building we could see the Gannets starting to dive!

That was the sign for us to step up our game and join the action…

It was one fish after another with plenty of Snapper falling victim to the Gulp soft baits. We just had to have our witts about us with the Gannet frenzy all around us.

The Snapper were in great condition and were mainly hitting just under the water column of where the Kahawai were working.

The Kahawai were of good size and gave a great workout on the light gear. Of recent with the big numbers of Kahawai it has been a bonus taking a few home for the smoker so we can add them to a smoked fish pie.

Sessions like this are an epic experience seeing the fish life in the water and nature at its best with Dolphins and Whales amongst the feeding frenzy.
We all had plenty of dinner, so after a quick sorting of our fish on ice it was all four of us for a full throttle ride home.

The next report is the Jetskifishing “Goes Wild” Coromandel over-nighter, always plenty of fun on these trips and a great way to meet other Jetskifisho's.

Cheers, Andrew Hill