Fresh New Zealand Fishing Reports

Early Spring school of snappers encountered

Encountered Orcas on the way home. A lucky day!

Great day for this family from Hawaii the fish didn’t stop biting

Its been a summer of two halfs with lots of rain and wind but also some stunning days along with it. The fishing has been abit the same however id say overall its been tough going generally. Nothing has been consistent probably due to the increment weather and changeable sea conditions. Highlights over the last couple of months have included a stunning 50 kg Yellowfin Tuna caught by Guy Littlefair on a live jack mackerel set for a kingfish...what a surprise that was! Jori from Finland landed a beautiful 20 kg plus kingfish the other day to take out one of the bedt kingfish so far this summer. Snapper fishing has been very good and consistent bucking the trend so nothing really to complain about. There is still plenty left in this summer to go and traditionally the next few months are the best..

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..

What a lucky day it was! Feb 14, 2026: Sail GP racing in Auckland. Valentine’s day Dragon boat racing event near Rangitoto Island. And the client caught a 90 cm long kingfish.