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 and has been a regular reporter on Coromandel FM radio for many years.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 and has been a regular reporter on Coromandel FM radio for many years.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
5.0 / 5
(70 reviews)
Tairua
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Fishing Reports

Biggest snapper we've seen for some time
Biggest snapper we've seen for some time
Nov 24, 2025 Tairua
Max and Lucy from the USA join3d us for a day on the water with the wish list being kingfish. Despite spending quite some time trying to catch livebaits they just weren't playing ball so the call was made to jig out on some of the deeper reefs. Despite Max and Lucys efforts the kingfish just weren't playing ball. We moved onto plan B where we would chase snapper around the islands with softbaits which also proved hard going until Max hooked a freight train that took a heap of line but with Max's skills he expertly played this huge snapper to the boat where oncevonboard we couldnt believe the size! A true trophy size snapper that saved the day for us on an otherwise hard days fishing. Well done Max you certainly caught one of the better snapper we have seen for quite some time..
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Snapper on Fire!
Snapper on Fire!
Nov 8, 2025 Tairua
8th November 2025.. this time of year is usually hard on the fishing front as we are bang in the middle of spring and summer, with algae blooms everywhere and cold water still around but this November so far is different with the offshore water clear and blue and teaming with hungry snapper! My crew of 3 heading out to the Aldermen Islands in search of the normally elusive November snapper and upon reaching the islands it was clear there was very little current and a breeze from the south which usually spells disaster on the fishing front. We moved around to afew different locations until we the slightedt bit of flow out the back of the boat but thats all we needed with the 1st baits getting snaffled up not long after hitting the water. The next few provided much of the same with solid fish coming aboard consistently throughout the morning. Everyone taking home a good feed with many, many nice fish released to fight another day...
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Snapper on Fire!
Snapper on Fire!
Nov 8, 2025 Tairua
8th November 2025.. this time of year is usually hard on the fishing front as we are bang in the middle of spring and summer, with algae blooms everywhere and cold water still around but this November so far is different with the offshore water clear and blue and teaming with hungry snapper! My crew of 3 heading out to the Aldermen Islands in search of the normally elusive November snapper and upon reaching the islands it was clear there was very little current and a breeze from the south which usually spells disaster on the fishing front. We moved around to afew different locations until we the slightedt bit of flow out the back of the boat but thats all we needed with the 1st baits getting snaffled up not long after hitting the water. The next few provided much of the same with solid fish coming aboard consistently throughout the morning. Everyone taking home a good feed with many, many nice fish released to fight another day...
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The water is hotting up and so is the fi
The water is hotting up and so is the fi
Oct 7, 2025 Tairua
Italian angler Libero and his wife Sonia booked us for a honeymoon fishing adventure and what a great day it was! The plan was to fish solely with lures so off we set with a full arsenal up in the rocket launcher. 1st drop onto a deep reef produced the biggest fish of the day, a 40 pnd kingfish smashing the jig on the first drop, another big fish hitting the jig afew drops later that pulled alot of line before pulling the hook. Next a sizable barracouta before we headed into some shallower ground where we caught multiple snapper, pink maomao and even a big squid. At days end we headed in with a thousand casts behind us and memories made for life..
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Big kingfish in the 11th hour!!
Big kingfish in the 11th hour!!
Sep 25, 2025 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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Snapper moving inshore
Snapper moving inshore
Sep 22, 2025 Tairua
Its that time of year when the Snapper start there migration to the spawning grounds and spring is a great opportunity to take advantage of there good numbers on the open ocean beaches. On a recent trip with an Aussie client we unfortunately had much windier weather than the forecast suggested making fishing tough but looking at the Simrad electronics there were certainly plenty of fish showing. We caught fish in the inclement conditions and left wondering how we would've gone had the conditions been in our favour!
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Excellent
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Excellent
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Excellent
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Excellent
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Lara C.
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Awesome Experience

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (AM) on June 2, 2025
Such a great charter.ย  Beautiful boat and equipment.ย  Jason is such a great captain.ย  Highly recommend for a great day out.
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Justis C.
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Pearla of day

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (PM) on January 3, 2025
Absolutely stunner of a day safe skipper and knows the area well. Would recommend to anyone visiting the Tairua region!
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Russell T.
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Fantastic day with Strikezone

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (AM) on December 27, 2024
Great day out with our captain Jason in Tairua, plenty of excitement with Kingis and allround perfect day.
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James H.
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Winter fishing trip

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip - Mixed Species on June 12, 2024
Had a great day out with strike zone charters, Jason was a very experienced captain and despite the slow start to the morning...
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Randal M.
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Great fishing experience with Jason Harris at Strkezone

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip - Mixed Species on May 4, 2024
Jason, our captain and fishing guide, gave us a very relaxing and enjoyable time on the water. We landed a lot of good fish...
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