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Awesome Spring Kingfish Jigging and Top Water Action

Carl Muir October 11, 2018

This week the flick got switched and the Coromandel kingis hit feast mode. We had three awesome days chasing them on stickbaits and jigs at Mayor and the Aldies.

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In Local Reports Tags fishing charters, Top Water Fishing, Local Reports, Jigging, maxel, Tairua, Mayor Island, Aldermen Pins, Hot Bite
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Kingfish Jigging, Bluenose Dropping & some black gold!!

Carl Muir August 4, 2015

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 :-)

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In Local Reports Tags Bluenose, Kingfish, Jigging, Deep Water Critters, Provider, Paua, Seafood, Furuno
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Christening the Provider!

Carl Muir December 15, 2014

Paul and Carl got out and christened Provider with some nice fat kingfish, crays and scallops

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In Articles, Local Reports Tags Provider, Kingfish, Crayfish, Jigging, Diving
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March / April / May 2012 - Bluenose and Solid Kingfish

Carl Muir May 30, 2012

You can't beat Bluenose when it comes to eating but with the size of some of the bluenose that have been turning up lately, they've been a sport fish in their own right!  Also some very nice kingfish on jigs

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In Local Reports Tags Kingfish, Jigging, Bluenose, Xzoga
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Insane Spring Action - Kingfish and Big Snapper!

Carl Muir November 27, 2011

Awesome top water kingfish action, nice snapper and hapuka on softbait!

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In Local Reports Tags 20lb snapper, Top Water Fishing, Carpenter Lures, Jigging, Kingfish, 30kg kingfish
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Sept 2011 - Kingfish back on the jigs

Carl Muir October 31, 2011

It is not often the score reads Jigs 44 - Livebaits 3 - but the kingfish have been preferring jigs and turning there noses up to the baits

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In Local Reports Tags Kingfish, Jigging, Broken Arrow, Aldermen Pins
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Hapuka, Kings and Snapper - May/June 2011

Carl Muir May 31, 2011

When the Jigstar boys come to fish you know you're going to have some fun jigging!

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In Local Reports Tags Furuno, Jigging, Kingfish, Aldermen Pins, G Spot
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Jigs the Flavour of the Month! - April 2011

Carl Muir April 29, 2011

Orange jigs have been the flavour of the month!

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In Local Reports Tags Jigging, Kingfish, Broken Arrow, Blue Spike Jig, Jigging Master
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36.5kg Kingfish and some mental spring kingfish action!

Carl Muir November 18, 2010

The big banana cracks it with a 36kg horse! Plus mental kingfish action out at the pins and surface fish everywhere!

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In Local Reports Tags Kingfish, Jigging, 35kg kingfish, Spring, Broken Arrow
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Crazy Spring Action and 100 Kingfish in a Day!

Carl Muir October 11, 2010

Quite possibly the craziest week of fishing ever, four very nice fellas and loads of angry kingfish, with the last day producing 100kingfish in a day - all on jigs!

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In Articles, Local Reports Tags Jigging, Kingfish, 100 Kingfish in a Day, Tag and Release, Crackerjack, Aldermen Islands, Aldermen Pins, Jigging Master
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Solid Winter Fishing - Big Tairua and Gt Mercury Island Kingfish - Aug/Sept 2010

Carl Muir September 23, 2010

Man there's been some SOLID kingfish turn up of late!  We've released some monster kingfish out wide

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In Local Reports Tags Kingfish, Jigging, Crackerjack, Mercury Islands
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Filming with Mark Berg - Mark Bergs Fishing Addication comes to Tairua!

Carl Muir July 15, 2010

Mark Berg's first visit to Tairua! Awesome time with a father and son team

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In Local Reports Tags Mark Berg, Kingfish, Jigging, Snapper, Slipper Island
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Mayor Island Mission - Winter 2010

Carl Muir June 24, 2010

The Bonnici's were back and we fished some new grounds, including some awesome shallow water fishing at Mayor

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In Local Reports Tags Kingfish, Top Water Fishing, Popper Fishing, Crayfish, Jigging, Mayor Island, Cuvier
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Autumn 2010 - Aldermen Pins Kingfish jigging and some Tairua salt water flyfishing

Carl Muir May 28, 2010

Autumn has to be one of my favourite times to be fishing. Great fishing on the coast as well as some primo fishing out deep too

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In Local Reports Tags 30kg kingfish, Kingfish, Jigging, Massive Mako Shark, Salt Water Fly Fishing, Top Water Fishing, Popper Fishing, Crackerjack, Aldermen Pins
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The ultimate day! Marlin on Jig Rod and awesome kingi jigging and soft bating to boot!

Carl Muir March 18, 2010

When you've got an great crew, sometimes everything just falls into place. Mike and Hayley were back and in one day we had awesome kingfish jigging, shallow water soft baiting and got a nice striped marlin on jig gear! All time!

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In Articles, Local Reports Tags Marlin on Jig Rod, Striped Marlin, Snapper, Jigging, Tairua, Aldermen Pins, Gamefishing
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Nov/Dec 2009 - NZ Salt Water Flyfishing, big Kingfish to 35kg, and an end to a massive year

Carl Muir December 30, 2009

Brad nails a beauty! And we get into some salt water fly fishing action for kingfish!

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In Local Reports Tags 35kg kingfish, 30kg kingfish, Jigging, Zest Jigs, Salt Water Fly Fishing
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Summer 2009 - Yellowfin on a Stella, Big Kingfish, Hapuka, Big Albies and a sweet summer of fishing

Carl Muir February 16, 2009

There is a nice patch of yellowfin wide of Tairua and we managed to score one this week on a Stella & popping rod!

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In Local Reports Tags Yellowfin, Tairua, Jigging, Stella, Summer, Albacore, Kingfish, Hapuka
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2008 Nov/Dec Report - 20lb snapper and insane kingfish jigging

Carl Muir December 31, 2008

Its always a buzz putting your mates on to nice kingfish! The Aldies produced the goods for some top mates this week

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In Local Reports Tags Tairua, Jigging, Aldermen Pins, Slipper Island, Fishing with Mates
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2008 Spring Report - Hapuka, Big Kingfish on Jigs and Surface Action

Carl Muir October 31, 2008

The spring hapuka and surface kingfish arrive!

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In Local Reports Tags Hapuka, Kingfish, Tairua, Jigging, Aldermen Pins
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Winter 2008 Fishing Report - 30kg Kingfish and Hapuka on the Chew out of Tairua

Carl Muir June 26, 2008

Kezza bags an XOS winter king!

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In Local Reports Tags 30kg kingfish, Winter, Kingfish, Tairua, Aldermen Pins, Jigging
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