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First gamefish caught 'late'

NZ SPORT FISHING COUNCIL & GRANT DIXON - © Fairfax NZ News

'First marlin' goal set and achieved

Tigers are on the prowl in Rotoma

Tiger trout,rather than the four-footed kind, have been released into lake Rotoma and they are keenly sought by anglers.

New website promotes fishing 'chicks'

KYLIE VERHOEVEN - © Fairfax NZ News

Yes, real chicks fish – and now there’s a New Zealand website dedicated to ladies who love getting out there and putting a line in the water.

New season of FCO Fishing NZ starts

A new season of the popular television series, FCO Fishing New Zealand has started on Prime.

Astrolabe Reef disaster far reaching

GRANT DIXON - © Fairfax NZ News

‘This disaster is going to take some time to recover from’ was the general consensus by those in the recreational fishing industry directly affected by the Bay of Plenty oil spill.

News Briefs

John Chibnall IGFA ‘Hall of Fame’ inductee

Seabird Trust looking for ideas

NEWS - © Fairfax NZ News

Seabird trust looking for ideas

NZACA elects new president

NEWS - © Fairfax NZ News

NZACA elects new president

Paddle-board snapper

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GRANT DIXON - © Fairfax NZ News

Paddle-boarders are becoming a more familiar sight around our inshore waters as the sport takes off in New Zealand.

'Bugs' boosts Tarawera trout-breeding programme

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‘Bugs’ boosts Tarawera trout-breeding programme

Second chance for eliminated apprentices

The Fishing Show - Matt's Apprentice

Second chance for eliminated apprentices

Coke-can mako

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Gamefish can be fickle creatures; sometimes they will totally ignore the best baits and lures presented to them, at other times they will strike at anything.

Hiwi the Kiwi Profile boat winner

MARK KITTERIDGE - © Fairfax NZ News

When Police 10’s presenter Graham Bell rung Ian Patterson and told him he’d won a Profile Boats package, his first thoughts were that it was a wind-up.

Boat Show award winners

Results from the Awards Evening

One of the highlights of the show for the marine industry is the annual awards evening hosted by Fairfax Magazine’s marine titles Boating NZ and NZ Fishing News.

'Recession over' as boat sales boom

Smuggler Marine co-owner Pauline Pringle echoed the thoughts of many when she declared, three-quarters of the way through this year’s Hutchwilco New Zealand Boat Show in Auckland, “The recession is over.”

Scamming the joker

GRANT DIXON - © Fairfax NZ News

Have you ever fished with one of those guys who always goes one up on you?

Discarded tackle can kill

PETER LANGLANDS - © Fairfax NZ News

Recently I was sent some photographs of an oystercatcher that had eaten a sabiki string of soft-plastics, which imitated the bird’s prey of shrimps.

Lucky Bar Escape

GRANT DIXON - © Fairfax NZ News

When looking at these four images you might well think there can have been only one outcome: the boat will turn turtle and the crew swept into the tide.

Monster Manukau striped Marlin

GRANT DIXON - © Fairfax NZ News

Auckland angler Richard Alexander has upped the ante in this season’s striped marlin stakes after successfully landing a 197.0kg fish out from the Manukau Bar on April 9.

Join us to fish Vanuatu in luxury

GRANT DIXON - © Fairfax NZ News

MV Island Passage is a purpose-built displacement catamaran operating within New Zealand waters from November through to April, before relocating north to Vanuatu from May through to September.

A shark bite incident - the real story

KYDD POLLOCK - © Fairfax NZ News

Late last year, while assisting with a marine research project at Palmyra Atoll, I was injured in an incident involving a grey reef shark.

Boat show gate prize ‘too new to view’

A new Extreme 530 Sportsfisher, so new it will be launched just days before the show, is to form the heart of the gate prize for the 2011 Hutchwilco New Zealand Boat Show.

New time slot for The ITM Fishing Show

‘Recreational fishing’ and ‘primetime’ aren’t words that go together very often on New Zealand television, and ‘primetime’, ‘fishing’ and ‘locally made’ have never gone together before on a major free-to-air network.

Making a stand for kahawai

GRANT DIXON - © Fairfax NZ News

Marlborough recreational fishers say low numbers of kahawai in the Marlborough Sounds and off eastern Marlborough are symptomatic of rampant over-fishing.

Sam wins new dive gear

GRANT DIXON - © Fairfax NZ News

Over summer, in conjunction with diving wholesaler Pro-Dive Watersports Ltd, the magazine ran a crayfish pic competition.

Blue cod - let's look after a Kiwi favourite

LEIGH MITCHELL, INSHORE FISHERIES MANAGER - © Fairfax NZ News

Big eyes, big mouth, inquisitive and fearless – that sums up the blue cod (Parapercis colias).

Fishy tales from the tournaments

GRANT DIXON - © Fairfax NZ News

Stories from fishing contests are usually varied and many; here are three from this year’s tournament circuit, with the first two related by Chris Hoult.

Monster mako just misses world mark

GRANT DIXON - © Fairfax NZ News

In a battle that lasted just on five and a half hours, Bay of Islands angler Dean Pollock landed a 324.0kg mako that weighed just 4.2kg shy of the existing world record and will easily beat the New Zealand 10kg tackle mark if ratified.

Matt's Apprentice' finalists selected

The search for Matt’s Fishing Apprentice is soon to hit your screens on the ITM Fishing Show.

Big Yellowfin capture defies odds

GRANT DIXON - © Fairfax NZ News

There are times when, despite the bad omens, a day out on the briny ends up well.

First Mainland sword?

GRANT DIXON - © Fairfax NZ News

What may be the first broadbill swordfish caught recreationally in South Island waters was recently landed by The ITM Fishing Show presenter, Matt Watson.

Another marlin from a jet-ski

GRANT DIXON & NZPA - © Fairfax NZ News

Whangarei’s Cliff Strydom, 37, has hooked and secured a 79.6kg striped marlin from his jet-ski.

An unusual snapper capture

Anyone with any scuba diving will be well aware of just how wary snapper can be under water, especially the XOS models.

Catching a stripy the hard way

TOBIAS KEMP - © Fairfax NZ News

The fish on the reef had been acting strangely over the last three days – all were wary of something and I couldn’t put my finger on it.

The ITM Fishing Show

Matt's Fishing Apprentice

BILL MILES - TIGHTLINE TELEVISION - © Fairfax NZ News

Most of you will be back in full swing at work by now, Christmas holidays will be a recent memory, and hopefully the batteries are full for another year.

Mr and Mrs Fishing News reader's trip

JANUARY 2010 - © Fairfax NZ News

Following on from the successful NZ Fishing News’ readers’ trip to Banks Islands, Vanuatu, staged last year, the exercise is being repeated in 2010.

Summer bylaw blitz

SAM STEWART - JANUARY 2010 - © Fairfax NZ News

It doesn’t matter how good your windswept hair looks, if you’re speeding on Auckland’s waters this summer, expect to get pinged.

'Undersized' supermarket crays 'legal'

GRANT DIXON - JANUARY 2010 - © Fairfax NZ News

Members of the public who see what they believe are the sale of ‘undersized’ crayfish in the supermarket should report the fact to their nearest Ministry of Fisheries office.

Triplets win TAKF MAC draw

Fisher in toy boat rescued

The folly of putting to sea in an inadequate craft - even in a harbour - was clearly illustrated during a rescue made by the Auckland Airport Emergency Services’ (AES) hovercraft recently.

Black Magic Fishing NZ back again

The first of this season’s 13 new episodes of Black Magic Fishing NZ will begin screening on November 15 at 3.00pm on Prime TV.

Have motor, will fish

When targeting big fish in deep water, you need all the help you can get, especially after the first dozen or so drifts and drops.

Kiss my bass

When Kim Pickard decided to head out for a ‘puka-fishing session northeast of the Mokes in mid October, he got more than he bargained for.

Simrad claims 'best of class'with new release

Marine Electronics

The latest multi-function marine electronic technology to come out of the Simrad factory promises ‘top of class’ performance.

Record Kingie beats 'giving birth'

October 2009

When Hillary Sheard headed out of Whangaroa Harbour early in September aboard the family’s well-known boat Kahlua, she had little idea she would return to port and hang up a 20.10kg kingfish caught on three-kilo line. This is a pending world, national and club women’s record, and this, in Hillary’s own words, is how the day unfolded…