Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

Just interested to see if anyone else has been catching snapper with very white flesh.
What I have found is that up to 50% Snapper taken off the sand out of Whananaki (Northland) have white flesh, which is a sign of malnutrition according to MPI.
This is the first year I have seen this in big numbers and in the past 30 years of fishing in the area have only seen this in a single fish before.
Can now identify these fish when caught as they a a bit skinny and are slimy to touch.
There are a lot of bait fish about and there are more snapper than I have seen for a number of years.
From conversations with other anglers, it appears that reef fish, while still effected don't have the same frequency of the issue.
Just interested to see if the issue is wide spread.
Cheers