Opito Bay would rate as my favourite place in the world. I got to escape back there for some quality time on the water with the kids and good mate Dion over the last week
Read More3 Days, 3 Marlin including the Kid's First Marlin
3 days that will be etched in the memory banks for ever. Seeing the kids catch their first marlin out of Tairua.
Read MoreFebruary Striped Marlin Action - Tairua 2016 including Nationals week
A nice patch of striped marlin turned up wide of Red Mercury. Carl kicked February off with one solo then had a ball getting into some more with his mates.
Read MoreChasing Spring Hapuka - A great afternoon of it out of Tairua!
Paul and Carl took off for an afternoon at it chasing hapuka - and found some nice ones close to Tairua
Read MoreKingfish Jigging, Bluenose Dropping & some black gold!!
Great couple of days on the water jigging kings, deep dropping for big bluenose and gathering a nice feed of paua - maybe winters not so bad :-)
Read MoreBluenose mission
Trip out wide with the boys chasing bluenose for dinner on the TZ Touch
Read MoreAutumn Fishing with the Family
There are plenty of nice fish at the moment in close to Tairua. Carl and the family have been getting out and having a ball.
Read MorePaul's First Marlin!
Good times this week with Paul landing his first striped marlin - and doing it the hard way - on 15kg! And scoring a new club record in the process - choice! The Bonze D Shackle on shotgun producing the goods again
Read MoreAwesome Week of Gamefishing - Team Tairua Butchery Nationals 2015.
What a great week of game fishing with good mates! Tairua was ON this week and we came away with 2 swordfish, a crazy day that produced 3 stripeys, plus we managed 3 stripeys on 15kg, short bill spearfish and mahimahi. Good times!
Read MoreChristening the Provider!
Paul and Carl got out and christened Provider with some nice fat kingfish, crays and scallops
Read More100pd Hapuka and a mean day out with good mates
A great day out with Tony and Owen with a bin full of nice eating hapuka and some tasty scallops
Read MoreAn Adventure with Two Bearded Men!
Some good autumn fishing up off Great Merc at the moment. Timed just right for the cameras!
Read MoreSuperb Autumn Fishing for Kingfish at the Aldies
Some sweet autumn fishing for kingfish at the Aldies while the cameras were rolling!
Read MoreSwords and Bluenose with two awesome clients!
An awesome day successfully chasing bluenose and swordfish
Read MoreSummer 2014 Kicks Off
Summer is here - stripeys, crayfish and kingfish on the chew!
Read MoreNov/Dec 2013
True to form, some solid kingfish have been caught in November - biggest I've had on deck going to Dan on a live at the Aldies, well over 30kg! What a beast!
Got the inlaws out for their first ever blast on the kingfish!
Jigging around the trevally schools produced the goods.
Nice one Richard and Heidi!
Mark the Fly Guy was back and it was a blast fishing Cuvier for three days hard out with him, and countless kingfish on both flys and jigs. As usual, the bite moves up to Cuvier as the bait piles in there, was a buzz fishing with all sorts with these guys.
Always a buzz to have old mates out and Jimmy, Gez and the team brained a few up at Cuvier for Jimmys birthday
October 2013 Madness! BIG Hapuka and Top Water Kingfish
Monster Hapuka and some awesome top water kingfish action have made for an awesome October of fish
Read MoreKingfish and Hapuka - January 2013
Awesome fishing for kingfish and hapuka and the moment. Out wide the hapuka are in great condition with the biggest going 36kg this week
Read MoreSpring 2012 - Top Water Kingfish action and Jigs On!
Top water season is on and the Carpenter Gamma has been producing some awesome surface takes
Read MoreBig Winter Hapuka, Snapper and Kings June / July / Aug 2012
Loving this winter! The Hapuka have moved in to a patch of reef where we're consistently getting 30kg+ fish, and on the days where the wind has kept us on the coast some nice 20lb snapper have been hitting softbaits
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