Fishing Reports and Trip Reports

Te Ariki Nui –  16th to 21st January 2026

What an absolute week of chaos we’ve had for these lads on this shared charter this week. It was always going to be a challenge to run with the forecast we had with safety bring the main priority but we made it happen with great results! Luckily the first couple of days were stunners so a quick visit to the Three Kings was on the cards and we managed to cram a action packed day in. The lads got up close and personal with some big Kingys, monster Bass and some tasty bluenose to bring home. Its always hard to make dreams come true in one day but we did a bloody good job i recon.
With heavy easterlies on their way and rumors of a good patch of marlin down the coast, the decision was made to head south. A quick stop at Cape Maria Van Diemen saw a nice haul of far north moochers for the bin on the way past. The big trip down the coast for the next day proved its worth with a treble of Marlin. Something not many people get to experience at all! All up the boys landing 3 Marlin from 5 bites with 2 tagged and one coming home for a good smoking.
With a good bounty of fish, and an improving forecast, we made the adventure back over to the other coast for a sword drop which was a cool mission on its own. (Not many charters you can be landing Marlin on the west coast and catching swords on the east coast the very next day) and Catch a sword we did. Theres a very good sign there’s sea monsters bellow when you get as many bites as we did in a short time. Managing pluck out a nice eater for the boys at the end of the day to wrap it up!
Rain hail or shine, we’ll do our best to make it work as long as it’s safe to do so and the results speak for themselves.