Captain

Darren Knapping

Paihia, Novi Zeland

50+ reviews

Capt. Darren has lived and fished the Bay of Islands. Growing up around these waters,and has a great deal of local knowledge about the fisheries in the bay of island's and beyond While serving in the New Zealand Navy for 5 and a half years, Darren traveled the world and then got his captain's license. He later engaged in commercial tuna fishing. Eventually, Capt. Darren has come back to his native fisheries and has run charter fishing trips forvover 30 years. He has accommodated many repeat customers. His vessel is one of the finest in the area. Capt. Darren will work to put you on fish and make your trip an enjoyable adventure.

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Charter

Days Out Fishing Charters BOI NZ

Paihia

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Trips from

US $812

Rating

5.0

55 reviews

5.0

Boat & Equipment

5.0

Captain & Crew

4.9

Fishing Experience

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97%

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100%

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All reviews (55)

Showing 1 – 5 of 55 reviews

Adriaan Steyn Adriaan Steyn
Нови Зеланд
Član od 2025
5.0
Verified
Listen to their customer and delivers exactly what they ask for
Privatni Hapuka duboko moreod decembar 17, 2025 • 2 adults
Darren is an exceptional Skipper. Thanks RNZN for developing people of this quality. Friendly, professional, knowledgeable, reliable and a great organiser. The boat is in perfect shape as is the gear. shout out for crew Johnny as well. Great guy. They don’t just take you to the perfect spots, they coach you in the technique for bait fishing (early morning adrenalin) to landing that big tuna and grabbing a snapper on the way home for dinner. But it does not stop there. Darren organised a Weighmaster on the way in to weigh that trophy and someone to cut it up, smoke it and send it home. In two words: “World Class”.
Jason Chan
Repeat angler
Аустралија
Član od 2026
2 putovanja
5.0
Verified
Terrific day out!
7-časovna tura – Kingfiš privatno/6 osobaod februar 11, 2026 • 5 adults
Darren and his team were excellent. We had a fun time and caught plenty of fish. Would highly recommend Days Out to anyone. The equipment was of high standard, Darren was highly knowledgeable, personable and entertaining, they really took care of us and anticipated our needs, making sure everyone was comfortable, knew what to do (coaching!) and had a wonderful time. Thank you, 10/10!
Response from Captain
mart 8, 2026
Was a pleasure Jason till next time safe travels
Tamara Burzinski
Repeat angler
Kalifornija, Сједињене Државе
Član od 2025
2 putovanja
5.0
Verified
Fantastic Day!
Special 4 hours trip for Tamara Burzinskiod februar 1, 2026 • 2 adults
very fun day of fishing with Captain Darren. Caught lots of tasty snapper, which we were able to take to a local restaurant to fry up for us for lunch before we boarded pur cruise ship. Bay of Islands is gorgeous, and we would love to rerturn and fish again with Captain Darren!
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John Sharpe
Repeat angler
Аустралија
Član od 2025
3 putovanja
5.0
Verified
Days Out Success
Izlet za Snapper – Privatno/6 PAX (AM)od oktobar 24, 2025 • 2 adults
Darren was a great guide. Caught my Pb Snapper and Kingfish. Boat was great and all fish expertly filleted. Also saw big pod od dolphin. Great day allround.
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Response from Captain
oktobar 24, 2025
Was great to get you out a fab day
Ted Dover
Repeat angler
Аустралија
Član od 2025
2 putovanja
4.7
Verified
tasty snapper
Izlet za Snapper – Privatno/6 PAX (AM)od decembar 3, 2025 • 2 adults
great skipper