Fishing Reports and Trip Reports
Trip Report - Bluefin Tuna Charter
MV Pelagic – 7th August 2024
Awesome day out on Pelagic with an early morning double strike resulting in tasty bluefin for Brent and Christian with captain Andy and decky Ben.A couple of other Bluefin hit but didn’t hook and then an afternoon bite resulted in a bluefin for Jye.
As usual everyone got a good workout and enjoyed the challenge plus power of the mighty Bluefin. Even Jye who is an MMA fighter got a good sweat up during his epic battle.
Trip Report - Bluefin Tuna Charter
Te Ariki Nui – 6th to 8th August 2024
Back in the marina after an epic few weeks out east and finishing off with a “strictly jigs only” bluefin trip.
The boys were camera shy so not many pictures but they put in the midnight oil, jigging from dark until the wee hours for both nights picking up a total of 10 bluefin. The lads fishing with extremely light gear for a lot of the time and as expected they got rolled by a few bigger models.
That tips the tally over 150 Southern Bluefin for the season in 32 days of fishing on Te Ariki Nui alone! (an average of 4.7 per day)
Trip Report - Bluefin Tuna Charter
Te Ariki Nui – 3rd to 6th August 2024
Well just when you thought the fishing was tapering off we have is probably one of our most chaotic 24 hours of Bluefin fishing with a total of 25 Southerns landed.
This group of gents from North Auckland jumped on and we blew their expectations out of the park with one hell of a couple of days.
Jigging was very consistent all night until the boys could go any more and then after the lights went out even the deckies got amongst the action knocking over another heap while the lads slept.
Trip Update - Bluefin Tuna Charter
Te Ariki Nui – 4th August 2024
Trip Report - Bluefin Tuna Charter
Te Ariki Nui – 1st to 3rd August 2024
Back in for another turn around trip with more great news from out wide!
The Southerns are still well on the chew. Again, having to do the miles for the smiles and it was all smiles for this shared charter with everyone on board landing a bluefin. 3 double hook ups getting the lads all side by side to winch in fish next to their mates!
The average size is down this week but there’s still some XL models about with one absolute horse pulling the hook at the boat which was so heart breaking for all of us so finishing up with a total of 7 bluefin with a few albies in the mix.
Trip Report - Bluefin Tuna Charter
Te Ariki Nui – 30th July to 1st August 2024
Great day on the water for the young and old with this group getting in to a nice patch of Southern Bluefin today on board Te Ariki Nui.
Massive shout out to Paul who was friends with the late, great, Bill Hall and has fished on Te Ariki Nui back in the 90s and at the ripe age of 73 still made light work of his 70kg barrel!
The fish have been tricky to track down but once we got in to them it was all on.
Unfortunately after a good scrap with a real nice fish the hook pulled but the team still binning up on some good eaters!
Trip Report - Bluefin Tuna Charter
Te Ariki Nui – 26th to 28th July 2024
But the season is not over yet with reports there a more bluefin on the way up the East Coast which is good news.
With a northerly front on its way through, we have a couple of days parked up and back in to them soon!
Trip Update - Bluefin Tuna Charter
Te Ariki Nui – 24th to 26th July 2024
Relatively slow fishing out there today for everyone but this epic catch
by Jake deserves some credit. An absolute monster of a Bluefin!!!
Trip Report - Bluefin Tuna Charter
Te Ariki Nui Shared Charter – 16th to 19th July 2024
Well the good times keep on rolling on board Te Ariki Nui and it’s still good news from out east.
With another run of bluefin fresh around the corner this shared charter the lads created some cool bonds and were treated to some exquisite fishing and the proof was in the pudding that this was the right boat to jump on to.
The stats for the trip were right up there with some of the best including a quad, two triples a couple of doubles a few singles and 2 on jigs at night. Average size was well up there around 60kg and the biggest around 130kg. Total southern bluefin caught: 16 in 2 full days.
A quick visit to the mighty Ranfurly Bank did not disappoint with the guys picking up their fair share of Hapuka on every drop and a few nice kingfish.
These shared trips are a great way for individuals to jump on board and they always end up being a great time with great food and plenty of laughs and to top it off, bloody great fishing.
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Waihau Bay Blufin Tuna Fishing Report – 15th July 2024
We broke all our records last week with 59 bluefin tuna caught in 5 days of fishing.
Around half of them were at night on jigs which is several levels up when it comes to jigging.
The biggest on a jig was around 120+ kg. Absolutely insane!!
This picture is of our amazing decky Kale who’s getting ready to release this night jigging caught bluefin.
Trip Report - Bluefin Tuna Charter
Te Ariki Nui – 12th to 14th July 2024
We’ve just dropped off our latest group to Waihau Bay and pointed the boat back west to head to Tauranga for a little wind down before we’re back in to it.
The boys were treated once again to some spectacular bluefin fishing on board Te Ariki Nui. Night one we boarded the crew and it wasn’t 2 hours before we were in to the big boys. The lads cracking in to some epic fishing on the Jigs landing some real nice models straight off the batt. Once of which around the 120kg mark which put up a solid 45 minute scrap on the jigging gear at max drag which would be a struggle for anyone.
The lure fishing this trip was even better then the last with 3 triple hook ups on day one and another one on day 2, a hand full of doubles and the boys managing to crack 24 Southern Bluefin in their short time on board.
Trip Report - Bluefin Tuna Charter
Te Ariki Nui – 8th to 12th July 2024
What has been one of our most spectacular bluefin charters has now come to a close and it’s truely quite hard to fathom the insane action that we’ve just been treated to.
Night time jigging for tuna a is no new thing for us but it has become clear this week the behavior of these fish is somewhat different to previous years for us. The sounder is alive every night with huge packs of good sized fish under the boat and making it easy for our boys to put the jigs where they got to be getting railed time after time. The only reason why we stop is because we run out of anglers. Even our decky Kale getting in on the action.
We’re finding the morning bite on surface lures is somewhat where it is on this trip with 13 of the 35 bluefin we caught were all before 10am. And yes that’s no typo, we caught 35 bluefin on this one 3 day trip and we were fishing for hapuka on one of these days, which was spectacular itself.
Huge shout out to Jordan who today released his 10th bluefin and the rest of the crew for being put through their paces. Going to be some sore forearms for them this week.
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Waihau Bay Bluefin Tuna Fishing Report 11th July 2024
Well it’s been an astounding week with a staggering 30 Bluefin caught in just 3 days. The night fishing for Bluefin Tuna has gone ballistic resulting in an 27 Bluefin between Tuesday and 7pm Thursday!
21 of those Tuna were caught at night using predominantly jigs. If you love jigging for kingfish or you’re going to be in heaven as you hookup to a big barrel with no rocks to worry about. It’s not easu though, we had one barrel just power straight down like a train. Even on maximum drag with 120lb line we failed to stop it’s unrelenting run.
It’s safe to say the Bluefin fishing is very hot off Waihau right now with great numbers of fish in large schools from 6 miles west of the sea valley to cape runaway in 800 to 1600m.
Trip Report - Bluefin Tuna Charter
Te Ariki Nui – 10th July 2024 update
Fairly spectacular fishing last night under the lights on the Jigs for this mixed group onboard Te Ariki Nui.
After a reasonable day towing lures and the lads picking up 4 nice bluefin and a mission to Ranfurly Banks on the card the next day, the call was made to shoot east for the night and it wasn’t long before the hammers were pulled back and the call was made to ‘drop the jigs’.
The sounder was lit up like something we haven’t seen for a long time and instantly we had multiple bluefin hooked up. The boys not really knowing what to expect got instantly spanked having one reel get spooled as the fish powered straight down and even with 22kgs of drag on it, there was no stopping that beast.
Once the boys got in the groove, it was hard to keep a talley of how many were coming boatside with a few nice ones coming on board up to 100kgs and a whole heap let go. As soon as the sounder lit up, boom hooked up. We even got a spectacular show with fish coming up in to the lights and smashing the bait that was hanging around the lights.
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Ranfurly Banks Fishing Report – 10th July 2024
The banks are fishing very well for Hapuku with some nice bass in the mix also. We’ve also caught the odd kingfish and trumpeter there lately but Kingfish are not in season. We landed 19 Hapuku and Bass before 11am on Wednesday which is simply outstanding fishing.
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Tauranga Fishing Report – 9th July 2024
It’s not as easy as mid summer but there’s some great kingfish fishing and bluenose fishing happening right now as seen. Snapper fishing is a little slow but they are about around Motiti and other areas. Over 40m has generally been better for snapper and over 60m for Terakihi.
Trip Report - Bluefin Tuna Charter
Te Ariki Nui – 3rd to 5th July 2024
Waihau Bay is firing on all cylinders today with this group tucking in to some outstanding fishing for Southern Bluefin Tuna on board Te Ariki Nui.
The lads managing to hook in to a quad, two doubles and a single hook up with the single being the donkey of the trip touching the 90kg mark.
Back to Tauranga tonight for a weekend off and in to it again on Monday!
Trip Report - Bluefin Tuna Charter
Te Ariki Nui – 28th June to 1st July 2024
Here is is folks. After finding a fairly incredible patch of fish yesterday the lads tucked in to the hottest morning we’ve had. The first lot was a 5 way hook up. These were some truly amazing sized fish so the call was made to weigh 3 of these ones for the Tuna Tournament.
Unfortunately for us we lost one of those and doubly unfortunate was the fact the lines got tangled and due to the rods having to be handled and untangled, the fish were disqualified. Regardless, they were some monsters with the heaviest being 151.8kg gilled and gutted which would make it very close to the 173.6kg gross weight word record. We can’t wait to get back out there in pursuit of the next world record.
The action didn’t stop there with the boys picking up another 6 bluefin which were all let go. All of this before lunch time! The call was made to get in to some bottom fishing before the big steam back to Whakatane for a weigh, topping up the bins with hapuka and kingfish.
Trip Report - Bluefin Tuna Charter
Te Ariki Nui – Week 1 June 2024 report
Well week 1 of the Southern Bluefin season for us is done and dusted today finishing up with 11 bluefin for the week.
A couple of slow days in there for everyone but we still put all the boys this week on the meat with some nicer models in amongst the mix up to 90kgs.
Trip Report - Bluefin Tuna Charter
Te Ariki Nui – 15th to 17th June 2024
Season Opener 2024!!!
First trip of the 2024 southern bluefin tuna run for us. It’s not always easy and we had to hunt them down but we put the miles in for the smiles. Great result with 4 nice Tuna!
Congratulations to our anglers especially to Mark for plucking out the barrel of the trip which we estimate around the 90kg mark (the photos don’t do justice but this thing was round as). Not long after we were in to a triple hook up of nice school sized models between 40-50kgs.
The tuna are well and truly here folks so our anglers on future trips have a lot to look forward to!
Trip Report - Whangaroa Charter
Te Ariki Nui – 27th to 29th May 2024
** World Record Bycatch! **
Here’s an interesting one. Whilst swordfishing in the far north this week we had an interesting fish take our bait and it’s not something we would usually see! (I didn’t even know it existed!)
We had a bite which appeared to be a text book sword bite and it dropped the hook. A quick wind to tease another bite and boom the tip loaded up. Now we thought angler Cam was on here and it did all the right things to indicate we had a swordfish coming up. When it appeared it wasn’t what we though it was, we were all stunned.
Apon a bit of research, we found that we had a Large Scale Pomfret on the deck and that this one was a particularly large one. A quick weigh and a search on the IGFA database and we found we had a potential all tackle world record here.
For those wondering, the flesh was white and quite tender with a bland flavour.
Congratulations to Cam on this interesting catch of a lifetime and we look forward to seeing this record in the database for a very long time I would say!
Trip Report - Three Kings Charter
This week’s final excursion to the renowned Three Kings was a thrilling adventure for this group of enthusiastic anglers from across the country! With high spirits and higher goals, they set out to catch their PB’s plus make unforgettable memories. And that’s exactly what they did – overcoming challenges of behemoths and achieving PB success in one of worlds most greatest fishing destinations!
The kingfish seemed to put their heads down for a lot of the days but some hot bite times gave the guys some real hot sessions around the islands. Bait fishing was slow in the bay this week but lucky for us, the kingfish were munching back everything we threw at them. The presence of sharks was still there this week but the guys worked hard and fast and bet the toothy buggers more often then not. Check out the shot of the great white that angler Adam snapped around the islands!
Thankfully a lull in the weather for a few days allowed us to venture out futher on to one of our many ledges off shore for some wreckfishing and the big boys were on the chew with some real nice Bass up over 40kg along with a few pukas and bluenose and a real rare catch for us of a 20kg Trumpeter was a welcome sight!
That’s all she wrote for the 2024 summer season and it’s been one hell of a season for us. We thank and congratulate all of the anglers this year that joined us for some seriously epic fishing week after week.
For all those who are locked in for the already booked up 2025 season, we can’t wait to see you on board!
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Bluefin season is fast approaching – 24th May 2024 update
The Bluefin have arrived in the Bay Of Plenty with one caught out from Waihau Bay yesterday (23rd May) and big schools of them have been seen busting up.
Numerous are being getting caught down the East coast as they migrate up also. The numbers in the BOP will keep increasing over the next few weeks with big numbers arriving in June. We like the early season as there’s usually an abundance of jumbo models but school of big ones turn up at anytime.
Every season has improved recently and we were stoked to land 148 bluefin tuna last year.
The only thing better than a screaming Tiagra at daybreak is six screaming Tiagra’s. Amazingly this happens and we were privileged to enjoy the incredible symphony of 6 bluefin heading for the horizon from a single pack attack last season. They hunt in large schools so pack attacks are common and unlike billfish the hook-ups are often very good. In this case we were lucky enough to land all six after unknitting the web they had weaved. Just seeing one of these barrels of colossal power is an unforgettable experience on it’s own. Battling one just takes everything to the next level.
Trip Report - Three Kings Charter
The days are getting shorter and the nights colder but that doesn’t mean the summer fishing will slow down just yet and this weeks mission shows just that!
This week’s group were delt some tough conditions but that’s didn’t stop them from giving it a good nudge and their efforts prevailed.
We were lucky enough to be treated treated to some amazing kaimoana this week thanks to decky Jacob jumping in and fetching the boys some delicious crayfish, Paua and fat three kings Kinas.
One more trip to the kings for the season and it’s definitely bitter sweet. 100% going to miss the place but at the same time, bluefin season is just around the corner!
Trip Report - Three Kings Charter
Te Ariki Nui – 6th to 11th May 2024
A strong front of weather had us retreating to the mainland a day early, however the fishing around the north coast did not disappoint with moochers all round and some nice kingys. A visit from some big great whites kept the day interesting!
Time to load up for the next one and we can’t wait to show you what we come back with next week!
Trip Report - Three Kings Charter
Te Ariki Nui – 29th April to 4th May 2024
Well even though we’re in to the last 4 weeks of the Three Kings season, the fishing is showing no signs of slowing down at this stage. We’re extremely spoilt with this fishery and I’m so grateful I get to share it with literally the world.
Bait fishing was mind blowing at the start of the trip and generally that’s a sign everything else will be the same and it was true, the kingys were non stop to start the trip off and some true beastly green machines were hauled over the rail one after another until the boys had nothing left in them.
Bottom fishing wasn’t really on the top of the list with just enough to be consumed on board being required but in 3 drifts, we pulled up some absolute horse bass including a absolute whopper 74kg model. Good to get straight in to them and have the bottom fishing done with in an hour!
After all the boxes were ticked for the team, the call was made to go spend a day targeting a swordfish. Now I’m not sure of many charters that will so this as often as us, but we’re always more then happy to deviate from the plan and put the effort in to secure a dream fish like a swordy and that’s what we did this week. Whether is in the day in the deep or at night time on the surface, were always keen on conquoring a gladiator. It was a slow morning with no bites or action but plenty of bait around and after tracking out a little deeper then usual we we straight in to a textbook bite and then we were tight.
The fish was butchered on board, vacuum packed and is ready to be distributed to family’s all across the North Island to enjoy. We have a special plan with the frame so stay tuned with that one.
Trip Report - Three Kings Charter
Te Ariki Nui – 22nd to 26th April 2024
Trip Report - Three Kings Charter
Te Ariki Nui – 15th to 20th April 2024
It was definitely the bottom fishing that stole the show this week and it was 100% quality over quantity with some real nice puka and bass including Martys thumping Bass at 65kgs.
Kingfish had short and sharp bites and when it was on, it was non stop action pulling some nice fish on board.
Great to see Marlin hanging out on the banks in numbers again with with 2 nice stripeys hanging on until we got them boat side from 5 bites with in 2 hours and reports from private boats on the other bank catching multiple fish in a day. So as we wind in to the last 5 weeks of the season, our next anglers can expect plenty of incoming Marlin action.
Trip Report - Three Kings Charter
Te Ariki Nui – 25th to 30th March 2024
Wee bit behind on the updates as she’s been a flat out week last week but here’s some pics from 2 weeks ago with a hard case bunch of blokes.
Top water kingys were the stars of the show with some unreal sessions around the islands seeing some wicked models pulled over the rails by the lads who stayed committed to casting. The kingys continuing to take baits one after another but at one stage, favoring the stick baits!
Great to tuck in to some good cray diving between sessions and an added bonus to pick up a nice sized striped Marlin on the way up.
The highlight for the trip had to be the on board tournament between the Fruits of the Sea and the Ninja Turtles with the Turtles extremely unfortunate to fall victim to the punishment challenge. (We won’t go in to what that involved).
Trip Report - Auckland's West Coast Charter
Marlin Charter on MV Pelagic – 18th March 2024
Trip Report - Three Kings Charter
Te Ariki Nui – 10th to 15th March 2024
Fishing Report
Auckland West Coast Fishing Report – 9th March 2024
Out across the Manukau bar in 50 to 65m has been providing good fishing lately with the bite usually very consistent.
Obviously only go out there if you have plenty of experience there and conditions are safe. It’s a very dangerous place.
Trip Report - Three Kings Charter
Te Ariki Nui – 3rd to 8th March 2024
Trip Report - Auckland's West Coast Charter
Marlin Charter on MV Pelagic – 2nd March 2024
Early in the afternoon two marlin were spotted in the lures with one tearing some line off the starboard rigger. It came back for another bite on the same lure before subtly taking a pitch bait. The superb sound of the howling Tiagra followed along with the majesty of a grey hounding Marlin. The fight was on and this feisty Marlin put everyone through their paces with plenty of aerials and runs just when we thought we were getting the upper hand.
Congratulations to Britney for doing a superb job on the rod along with help from the whole team Jacob, Ray, Harmony, Greg and Karri.
Lots of boats were reporting pack attacks of between 3 and 6 marlin.
Thanks to Darrel for coming out as decky also. It’s great to have your help and continue the streak of always a good Marlin or huge bluefin when out with you mate.
The fishing out west is ultra hot right now everyone. Despite windy conditions keeping many boats inside the harbour there was over 25 Marlin tagged or caught on Auckland’s West Coast last Friday/Saturday.
Trip Report - Auckland's West Coast Charter
Marlin charter on MV Pelagic – 22nd February 2024
Fantastic to see Rudee doing the business with this nice striped marlin today.
It hit the short corner and crossed to starboard whilst tearing off line at high speed.
It then proceeded to light up the ocean with its aerial displays.
Rudee got to work and did a great job getting the marlin in!
Trip Report - Three Kings Charter
Te Ariki Nui – 18th to 23rd February 2024
We’ve done it folks, the beast we endeavor to capture every chance we get was finally welcomed aboard at 0245 on Tuesday morning after a hard fought battle for our angler Wella.
After a solid morning of kingfish at the islands and a variable forecast for the next few days, the call was made to spend a few days up in the sword grounds. Marlin were at the top of the crew from the South Islands bucket list and with a reasonably slow bite at the kings still, we pointed Te Ariki Nui towards the north west for a big afternoon steam.
Trip Report - Auckland's West Coast Charter
Trip Report - Three Kings Charter
Te Ariki Nui – 11th to 16th February 2024
Well the good times keep on flowing on board Te Ariki Nui trip after trip this year and this weeks tour to the Three Kings certainly has not disappointed.
Once again the Kingfish around the islands are where it’s at with hog after hog being hauled over the rails with all 7 of the boys pulling out a PB on the first day. It was definitely quality over quantity with the smaller 15kg “rats” no where to be seen. All kingfish were released for us to come back and visit next week!
Bottom fishing was something you just have to be there to believe it. The big bass were hard on the chew with 4 over the magical 50kg mark. The heaviest pulling the scales down to 72kg was one of an epic double header with a 40kg model for Charlie so a massive effort for him.
The 2nd heaviest at 64kg was plucked out of the shallows livebaiting for Kingfish! A good mix of bluenose and hapuka also being welcomed on board and a swordfish putting up a battle on the electric reel gear for an hour was an exciting treat for the boys.
Marlin are still fairly quiet north and east so the call was made to shoot for some good water on the west coast and once we found it, 3 hours of mayhem towards the end of the day. A total of 5 fish raised with one getting the welcome aboard batt for the smoker.
Another great trip with great company and a chiller full of meat to take home.
Trip Report - Three Kings Charter
Te Ariki Nui – 4th to 9th February 2024
Another wicked trip for our latest guests on board Te Ariki Nui with this week’s star of the show was the mighty Three Kings Kingfish.
Top water action was also running hot with spastic kingys smashing stick baits all over the surface!
In between kingy sessions at the islands the lads were kept busy with super sized trevalli with some huge models pulled out of the big boil ups of fish with the heaviest one being weighed in at 7.6kg!
Bottom fishing this week was a little harder to get past all of the spawning bluenose (what a problem to have!) which were in plague proportions but still managed to get some baits past them and in to the hungry mouths of some good sized Bass and Hapuka along with more then enough super fat Bluenose.
Definitely one to remember and with the kingfish bite so hot, I really hope the next group have been training their arms for what’s to come when we leave on Sunday!
Trip Report - Three Kings Charter
Te Ariki Nui – 30th January to 3rd February 2024
This week’s trip to the Three Kings saw a group of keen spearos jump on board Te Ariki Nui for the ultimate experience in not only fisherman’s paradise but any free divers dream destination.
The boys warmed up well and showed us nice and quickly how seasoned all 6 of them were with a nice warm up dive around the bays bringing in tasty treats like Paua and good sized trevalli. Once that was out of the way they were ready to the ripping currents of the Princess Group.
Apart from the Makos and Bronzies taking a small handful of kingys, the boys successfully managed to haul in some solid fish with everyone getting PBs and a huge congratulations to Jesse who organized the group on spearing his once in a lifetime 40.4kg greenback!
A half day between dives out on the king bank got the guys something other then kingfish to take home with some tasty XXL Bass, Bluenose and Hapuka pulled up from the deep to top up the bins.
Once the last dive was out of the way, not far from the islands a real nice Stripey come up on the shot gun and put a wild show on for the boys (who none had landed a marlin before) but with big Chaz on the winch, the marlin stood no chance.
Once again, another good bunch of guys on the boat and one hell of a trip! Back up there tomorrow!
Trip Report - Three Kings Charter
Te Ariki Nui – 23rd to 28th January 2024
Trip Report - Northcape Charter
Te Ariki Nui – 19th to 21st January 2024
What an epic way to end an epic 3 day Stag-do trip on the East Coast for these boys. Good sized fish to go in the smoker along with bins full of Kingfish and Bass!
Trip Report - Auckland's West Coast Charter
Marlin Charter on MV Pelagic – 14th January 2024
Great to get Darren out fishing on Auckland’s West Coast yesterday.
It was Darren’s first time Marlin fishing and the weather was stunning!
At 1pm the port corner tiagra ratchet screamed but only for seconds. A minute later the Marlin was seen taking the port rigger but again it didn’t hook up.
Finally 2 minutes later it attacked the shotgun with vigour and headed for the horizon followed by a series of exciting jumps. A 50 minute fight followed.
Darren won the battle was rewarded with this chunky Striped Marlin.
Following this Darren was also hooked and showed his commitment by keeping watch 100% of the time from our mini tuna tower.
We’ve done 2 days Marlin fishing out west this season and have had marlin on both days plus have seen 6 other Marlin including witnessing them feeding under gannet workups. Seeing that is always incredible.
Trip Report - Three Kings Charter
Season Opener on Te Ariki Nui – 12th to 17th January 2024
Trip Report - Great Barrier Island Charter
Te Ariki Nui – 11th to 16th December 2023
Back in Auckland from an awesome 6 days with the Menzies family all the way from Australia around Great Barrier Island.
Hammered by westerlies our first few days we sheltered around Fitzroy harbour and were treated with some amazing snapper fishing as we timed it impeccably with the snapper moving in for spawning seeing everyone catch some great sized fish in the shallows.
Smokehouse Bay provided excellent entertainment with the facilities for us to smoke up our catch in true kiwi fashion for the family and shared some chats with some families who are sailing around the world. The large population of Bronzewhalers gave the boys a lot of fun around the boat and off the shore with them landing a whopper and the fish was released to see another day.
And as promised the weather played ball yesterday and it was our time to show the team what we do best. Putting Braden on to his PB yellowfin was a great way to wake the family up after the steam out to an area we picked to look good on Timezero.
As we tracked further north to warmer water that would be best suited to Marlin, the signs be amended apparent something good was going to happen. Knocking on 20°c, bait, birds, great water colour and marling flying out of the water. We counted 5 free jumpers right near us through out the day but unfortunately failed to raise any before the trek back to Auckland had to begin.
Trip Report - Auckland Charter
Te Ariki Nui – 25th & 26th November 2023
A sensational weekend to kick it all off on board Te Ariki Nui out of Auckland with both charters binning up with some excellent quality and
good sized snapper coming over the rail!
Fishing Report
Auckland East Coast Fishing Report on MV Pelagic – 20th November 2023
Some berley and stray lining can result in some good fishing in under 20m at present but the snapper fishing has thinned out there which is common this time of year. There’s been some very good workup fishing just outside the cable zone off Kawau Island with good size snapper the main catch but the odd kingfish also.
Between Anchorite and channel Island has also been fishing well.
Trip Report - Hauraki Gulf Charter
MV Pelagic – 11th November 2023
Couple of young slayers on board MV Pelagic today in the Hauraki Gulf showing the old boys how to get it done!
Congratulations to Kyden, plucking out his PB 48cm snapper and 16yo Flynn with his PB 68cm horse!
Had to do the miles to get the smiles today but everyone on board took home some excellent fish!
Trip Update - Shared Three Kings Charter
Te Ariki Nui – 6th to 9th October 2023
You never know what’s going to happen on anchor at the Three Kings but one thing is for sure, it’s not unusual for these reef donkeys to disrupt your beer time.
Couples that slay together, stay together!
Anelize and Hanre tucking in to some good sized Bass side by side was a epic to see on board Te Ariki Nui yesterday!
Trip Report - Three Kings Charter
Te Ariki Nui – 20th to 23rd September 2023
Check out a few of shots we grabbed from our latest short and sharp off season trips.
The weather gods were kind and the fishing was on with the boys loading up with ease on Bass, Hapuka and Bluenose in no time at all! The kingfish played a little hard to get but once we got in to them it was non stop action for the lads from Taupo!
The kingys are only going to fire harder moving forward in to the warmer months and we can’t wait to get you guys amongst it!
