The gannets set their sharp wings like those on a jet plane. A day out on the Hauraki Gulf last weekend proved, yet again, how fickle our fishing can be. All reports suggested an abundance of snapper had moved into the inner gulf as the seasonal migration from the northern depths started. Every year, there is a flush of snapper from Bream Bay and waters offshore down the coast past Kawau Island to the wide flats where the water varies from 20m to 30m in depth. Another similar wave of snapper moves past the tip of the Coromandel Peninsula into the Firth of Thames. A lot of fish remain in the shallows right through winter, but the bulk of the snapper population moves around with the seasons,...
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