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ONE BASE 2010 OVERALL RESULTS Congratulations to all prize winners, this year’s results included some impressive fish weights and it was great to be able to award prizes for most sections....
Woke up this morning to an alarm that sounded several times louder than normal, what’s going on, lifted my head off the pillow and it felt twice as heavy, hmm, this ain’t good, yep thick...
Nik Mathieson of Saltflyer fishing charters ,Mark Armistead Bay Fisher writer and Niks client Chris frm Denmark fishing near Schooner rock yesterday caught this 117kg striped marlin. The trio...
Been raining on and off here in Whangarei today, looked like it was going to be a wet one tonight that’s for sure, but by the time I got home it turned out to be ok, a bit of a breeze was...
The wind has been up all day again, the swell forecast was big so where to go, I didn’t fancy being tossed around again, so wanted to stay out of the open ocean if possible, could do the...
Hiya Could you please put this photo in your magazine? Jason Groom, from Papamoa, caught this at Te Kaha (where he fishes every couple of weekends) whilst fishing the Nationals, was having a 'lei...
MERCURY BAY GAME FISHING CLUB – GAMEFISH CLASSIC 20 – 22 FEBRUARY 2010 With a fantastic lead in to this prestigious tournament (over 40 marlin caught in the two weeks leading up to the...
Yay, day 29, the end is now well and truly in sight! As you know I didn’t go North for the weekend and ended up back in Auckland yesterday afternoon. Was good to surprise the family as they...
After such good conditions last night, and a nice clear day all day today, I planned on heading out of Matapouri, and paddling around and fishing the heads between Matapouri and Tutukaka.
Day 28 should have been day one of the Beach and Boat fishing comp for me but after earlier in the week deciding that it just wasn’t me this year and then coming down with the flu, I decided to...
Something different today! After discovering a gem of a fishing spot on day 14, and having my family (including my nine year old son Josh) with me this weekend I decided it was time to put Josh in...