b'Locations of Interest01 MANGAWHAI HEADS A good early season area when the pilchards are first moving into the Hauraki Gulf down from Bream Bay. It has a good boat ramp and small bar to cross but check weather before launching.It will still fish well at other times of the year but if you want to get into the fishing before everyone else, consider this area first. Kingfish can sometimes be easier to locate here than the wider Gulf as the season moves on.02 LITTLE BARRIER Watch out for the cable zone which is a no-fish area. The north and western sides of Little Barrier will often be the areas where workups develop, this is likely to coincide with the spawning areas pilchards will sometimes occupy as part of their life cycle. It can be frustrating to see everything going off just inside the cable zone - sometimes the fish just seem to know!03 EASTERN FLANK OF KAWAU ISLAND Earlier this year there was some hot kingfish action coinciding with theA workup snapper out bait schools in the area. The currentfrom Mangawhai Heads, a flow along Kawau is very noticeablegreat early season location and and I would assume influences baitfishit produces throughout spring movements. Workups around theinto early summer.low foul of flat rock are more likely to produce larger snapper as they come off the reefy areas to snack.One easy source of intel if you dont have keen mates getting out regularly is the Ocean Angler Facebook 04 NORTH OF TIRI ANDpage. Paul Senior has a top network of fishing friends who WHANGAPARAOA BAY These areas often hold baitfish in thecontribute to the latest info on where the action is, so this is workup season, some years more than others. Take your binos and watch out fora good place to line up some locations of interest.moving gannets or dolphins.will be around but not always in plagueCoromandel), but this can be a guide 05 NORTH OF THE NOISESproportions. Worth a look if yourewhen activity is not obvious, and you This is quite a large area, but itpassing through the area. need a plan to start somewhere. often has workups developing a bit laterOne final tip with workup fishing that in the season once schools of bait fish07 FIRTH OF THAMESwill double your chances, fishing with a have moved in from the north. Once youWorkups happen all over the placepartner boat is a great idea because you hit the 30-40m mark you are starting tohere, but the area east of Waiheke wherecan cover more ground and share the get into the zone. the water flows into deeper areas canintel as it unfolds. Searching different hold the fish. The Islands on the far sideareas (but not so far away that one cant 06 OFF THE BEACH -also attract fishy activity.join up with the other boat), helps double WAIHEKE ISLANDyour chances of striking gold, especially This spot seems to be a bit of a consistentWorkups occur throughout the Gulf, sowhen the fishing is a bit flat.Once you place to fire later in the afternoons whenthis isnt an authoritative map (I haventfind the action, its hard not to catch a theres a bit of afternoon breeze present.mentioned every definitive locationgood feed for the family and enjoy the Often has kahawai activity, snappereg. off the East Coast Bays or top ofaction. Tight lines.FIGZ /FISHINGINGODZONE25'