fisherchick

By Clare Crockford White Island: The kingfish-hunting mecca. But why would a seemingly-sensible girl think she could take on a monster kingfish hunt from a kayak - and a sea kayak at that - when she’d never even caught a 10lb snapper? Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time…Click here to read more

Story by Dianne Reihana

For as long as I can remember, even as a kid, I have had a fascination with the sea. My favourite programme while growing up was that doco Our World. It had that fella with the trademark voice - David Attenborough. I was mainly intrigued with it because I was so curious about the world around me, and I liked the fact that on the telly I could watch fish underwater without having to physically get wet! Even though I didn’t have much opportunity to experience fishing growing up, I knew that one day I would probably get a chance to throw a few baits around - from a wharf, a beach, or maybe from a boat. It wasn’t until I met my partner (now of 15 years) Matt that I would get to do some real fishing. Click here to read more

Story by Johanna Keyzer
Ever since the old boy hooked a marlin accidentally while out trolling for skippies (with a 6/0 Penn - and landed it with his 73-year-old mate) he has quietly beavered away at achieving a repeat performance ... part of which beavering involved seven years of ear-chewing to finally get the go-ahead on a 6.1m Surtees Barcrusher. I know – they were my ears!
There had been a lot of planning, reading multitudes of mags and perusing the internet (Fishnet has a lot to answer for!) The plan also included up-grading from the good old Penn reels that we used for hapuka to two beautiful shiny gold Shimano Tiagra 50 reels, complete with lovely custom-built fully-rollered game rods from Rodworks.Click here to read more