Continuing on last week's theme, the other change in the last 2 summers has  been big increases in the amount of fish showing up. Snapper last year, and tarakihi this year. We've seen increases in most areas, from Town Pt to Mayor in both quantity and fish size, mainly due ,Ithink to the increased north and n'easterly winds bringing down the warmer currents.

There's also been a lot more food- krill, jelly, plankton etc- which might explain why you can sometimes be sitting over good sign and not catching a lot. As well as the usual intangibles, current, thermoclines, ground swells which all have an impact, we just don't know how much of one.

If next summer follows on from the last 2, it'll be interesting to see if there's more hapuku and bass around, they've been hard to find for a while now, and the bluenose were better this season, so maybe the big boys will mooch back in next year.