Captain
Jason Harris

Member since November 2017 Tairua, New Zealand
Background
Capt. Jason has been fishing since his earliest days. The fishing community respects him and he knows a great deal about the local fisheries. His skills and experience will be to your advantage when fishing with StrikeZone Charters. Jason has landed some really enviable catches throughout the years, including a Kingfish of almost 40 kg, solo Marlin. Jason is also the first angler to land a Broadbill Swordfish for the local fishing club. If you’re looking for someone who knows about what’s biting at what time of the year, Jason is your guy. When you go fishing with Jason, you will also get the chance to learn some new fishing techniques and Jason also knows a great deal about the history of the local area.
Techniques
Being on the water for more than 200 days a year we are in tune with what's working at the time of your trip. Weather it's livebaiting, bait and burley,softbaiting or jigging we will teach you!

Hey, I'm Captain Jason Harris

Tairua, New Zealand
Background
Capt. Jason has been fishing since his earliest days. The fishing community respects him and he knows a great deal about the local fisheries. His skills and experience will be to your advantage when fishing with StrikeZone Charters. Jason has landed some really enviable catches throughout the years, including a Kingfish of almost 40 kg, solo Marlin. Jason is also the first angler to land a Broadbill Swordfish for the local fishing club. If you’re looking for someone who knows about what’s biting at what time of the year, Jason is your guy. When you go fishing with Jason, you will also get the chance to learn some new fishing techniques and Jason also knows a great deal about the history of the local area.
Techniques
Being on the water for more than 200 days a year we are in tune with what's working at the time of your trip. Weather it's livebaiting, bait and burley,softbaiting or jigging we will teach you!
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Strikezone Sportfishing NZ

Excellent
4.9 / 5
(66 reviews)
Tairua
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Big Kingfish comes to the boat!
Big Kingfish comes to the boat!
Apr 30, 2025 Tairua
After getting busted off by some big kingfish our Australian angler did well to stop and hold onto this beast estimated at 30-35kg! It was nice to see it swim away strongly hopefully giving another fishermen to catch it again and experience the same thrill...
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30 kg Kingfish are out there!
30 kg Kingfish are out there!
Mar 12, 2025 Tairua
Despite a relatively slow kingfish bite during February the fish seem to be getting a little hungrier of late. This trip was a 3 day adventure with 3 Aussie regulars and while the snapper fishing was insane the kingfish only mediocre until the last day when the bite came on and the 3 anglers onboard all landing nice fish until the end of the day a monstrous fish was hooked nearly reefing the angler on the reef below. Eventually getting the huge kingfish boatside we were all stunned by the proportions of this fish. Easily in the 30kg bracket some quick pics were taken before releasing it back to the ocean...what a day!
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Kingfish action!
Kingfish action!
Nov 13, 2024 Tairua
The weather was pretty average and the seas were rough but we bashed our way out to the deep reefs where 300 gram long jigs were dropped to the dark depths to see if anything was biting. Upon hitting the bottom 250 ft below us a couple of cranks on the reel saw the boys hooked up to someting solid. A battle ensued for about 10 minutes before a large yellowtail kingfish came 8nto view. The decision was to keep this fish as one of the lads was feeling seasick in the rough conditions and home was calling so we left earlier than expected but job done and the boys were stoked with there big catch. A great morning had by all!
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Big kingfish in the 11th hour!!
Big kingfish in the 11th hour!!
Feb 22, 2024 Tairua
Will Barnett from San Diego USA only had time for a short half day morning trip but his dream was to catch a 40-50 pound yellowtail kingfish. Bait was a little hard to catch but we manzged to secure about a dozen jack mackerel before hesding to a reef that holds some nice kingfish at times. Sure enough 1st bait in the water nails a nice little 15 pnd king that grts returned quickly back home. Next bait hooks a monster of a kingfish that steamrolls Will into the reef leaving us dussapointed but also excited. Next bait again hooks a large kingfish and as the fish comes into view a 400pnd bronze whaler shark comes out of the depths to engulf our kingfish before our eyes! Running low on baits and time we move to a spot 2 mins from the boat ramp and upon putting the bait in the water it immediately gets monstered by a yet unseen fish. Lucky we were still over a sandy bottom with no chance of getting reefed so after a battle of 15 mins the huge kingfish comes into view and what a monster it was! Making the decision to keep this one fish we hauled it aboard. The smile says it all! Well done Will!
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2 days of epic fishing!
2 days of epic fishing!
Feb 13, 2024 Tairua
Regular Aussie clients enjoyed an epic 2 days of insane kingfish fishing with dome great fish caught on livebaits and jigs. The weather was perfect and we even found some exciting new spots that held some very respectable fish. These guys always seem to time it just right! Until next time guys...
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Kingfish coming!
Kingfish coming!
Nov 26, 2023 Tairua
The warm water is coming and so are the kingfish! A quick half day trip on sunday provided some good action on soft plastic lures with some lovely snapper,trevally and some great scrapes with kingfish with some bust offs and this beautiful fish of 15kgs hitting the deck afterca 30 min battle. Kingfish numbers are building and we are expecting a cracker off a summer!
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Excellent
4.9 / 5
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Excellent
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Appropriate for children
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John C.
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Never felt so broken....

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip - Kingfish on March 2, 2025
Immaculate boat, well appointed plus an excellent skipper made for a 10/10 experience. As well as some excellent fishing...
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Robert C.
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Nat Geo Wild

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (PM) on February 11, 2025
We had the most insane day with Captain Jason. He is awesome. Very knowledgeable and a great guy. The boat and equipment is...
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Terry H.
Excellent
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Awesome Trip

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (PM) on May 4, 2025
Went fishing with Jason, easy going guy great boat and good good equipment Water a little choppy starting out but started...
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Randal M.
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Fishing with Jason

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (AM) on June 1, 2025
2nd trip with Jason and Strike zone fishing and though the fishing wasnโ€™t great, it doesnโ€™t matter, because being out on...
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Bryce C.
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It was an amazing trip

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip - Mixed Species on March 3, 2025
My uncle Cousin and I went out and Captain Jason put us right on the fish he was an amazing captain and very accommodating...
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