Fresh Tairua Fishing Reports

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...

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!

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!

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!

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...

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!