Thread: Save our Tarakihi

Strangely on the inshore (<7 km off shore) coast north of Dunedin when fishing for blue cod I seem to be catching increasing numbers of tarakihi for unknown reasons, last time out I got 11 I just fish a ledger rig with squid, often I use cheap 6/0 marine deals flasher rigs also baited with a bit of squid, so not really targeting them with shellfish baits, generally they aren't much over the limit size-wise so I'd rather catch a decent cod or trumpeter