PIERRE TROLLIP is keen to share his knowledge of fishing with Times readers in his regular column.
As a retiree, I’m a very fortunate pensioner able to get out fishing just about every week. Living the dream.
Jacob, a local schoolteacher, and I again headed to spot Y. In glorious winter sunshine, we landed a decent bag full, with quite a few snapper over 40cm, as well as a nice gurnard, an entree to a sumptuous snapper dinner.
The following week, at the same spot Y, alongside Graeme on another Skipperi boat, the snapper were not even taking the Top Catch bait.
He moved to Motuihe Channel, while I headed to another old favourite spot, the trenches south of Rocky Bay.
In the shallows, I landed the trophy for the year, so far! A 52cm snapper. The Skipperi fleet of 25, Haines Hunter SF545s are available via a subscription service, the cheapest way to go boating in our beautiful Hauraki Gulf.
I took one of the Skipperi boats for a trip out past the Noises Islands recently. There were many other boats, all chasing the same illusive snapper.
Four other Skipperi boats, a SmartWave and Das on a jet ski amongst others. While it was a glorious sunny day, no one was yahooing.
Just like that, the fishing has become quite hard again. I managed to get the drone up, and some underwater video for the channel.
Home again, I cooked up a storm in the kitchen. A fantastic snapper curry was the recipe for the week.
I filmed the cook and taste and it’s on my YouTube channel: OutSmart – The Fishing Pensioner.
See you on the water.
