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Epic Adventures specialise in affordable fishing charters and guided fishing holidays for one person up, giving you a good opportunity to hook into a decent snapper or New Zealand yellowtail kingfish. Tairua and Whitianga on the Coromandel are renowned for great fishing, and we have a reputation for putting people on to big New Zealand kingfish.
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>Fishing Report 6 June
Australian TV Show Mark Berg has been with us for the last week with another lucky angler and a challenge that including kingies from the boat, trout on the fly and LBG snapper. Mark reckons its one of the best double episodes they've shot, we won't ruin the suprise as to how the lucky angler faired but heres our LBG guide Owen with an 11kg snapper he snagged during filming! Epic!
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>Fishing Report 3 June
Theres been big some big kings round the last week anda great example is this beaut Aron Mckeown snagged at Cuvier that went 27.6kg.
Coupled with some mad action at the Mercs its been a hell of a week.
Check Tobes report here for some of the very cool pics from on board Sanity |
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>Fishing Report 2 June
When you get the man behind NZ's biggest fishing website on the boat you certainly hope you have a good day.
Well what transpired on one of the trips this week when we had Grant Blair from the NZ fishing website on board was something out of the bag!
We struck some crazy shallow water action around Ohinau with most fish in the 20 - 30kg mark, including these two late 20kg models to Aidan and Adrian.
The fish were all hooked on slow trolled lives over the shallow foul and the hit and fights were incredible!
There was also some epic surface takes on stickbaits.
Theres been a few puka around too and more of these should start making their way into the shallows a little closer to the kingi action as the water cools.
The kingi action out wide has still been pretty consistent with good catches at both Red Merc aka s block and the Aldie pins
For more check out Carls report here
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>Fishing Report 27 May
The good weather and good fishing continues out the back of Cuvier with some primo snapper beating the kingfish to the baits with many around 6kg and biggest on Sanity this last week going 11kg
Dead baits have been working just as well as live at times on the kingis - you just never know and the fish of the week on Sanity, this nice 25kg kingfish for Dave Ryder, was taken on a cube of maccie!
Scott Tam was back from Aussies and got into a nice line of snapper and kingfish on his two days fishing here.
For more pics check out Tobys report here |
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>Fishing Report 24 May
We've been very fortunate to have Sami Omari from the Australian fishing magazine Fishing World fishing with us over the last week.
We got a mixed bag of weather but managed to get Sami on to some sweet fishing and he got his arms well and truly stretched and got plenty of winding in ;-)
We started off at the Aldie Pins where we gave Sami a dose of some thumping big kings and Carl managed a PB snapper.
From there Sami joined the action on a charter and we nailed some more nice kings and snapper at the Aldies before making the most ofa pretty mean bite offRed Merc.
Then we jetted down south to Mayor to show Sami whats on offer down that way, and prospected some of the deep knolls for some Bluenose, they'd dropped off the side of the knolls so not as thick as the last few trips but still managed Sami a PB Bluenose of 20kg.
Awesome to have one of fishings super nice guys on the boat again. Check some more pics from Samis few days on Epic and Gamechaser here and watch out for Samis article soon.
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>Fishing Report 23 May
Cuvier and Red Merc have really fired up over the last two weeks and Tobes has been having some fun up there with clients aboard Sanity.
The kingis have been jig hungry which is great to see! The snapper have been pretty thick and hitting livebaits on the deeper reefs.
Shannon Stocks from Te Aroha took out second in his local comp with a primo snapper!
While the water has cooled down there have still been a few marlin sightings around the boat.
For plenty of epic pics from Tobes and his latest report check it out here |
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>Fishing Report 21 May
It has been a great run of trips lately aboard Epic, and its been nice to have the bait tanks all loaded before the engine is turned on, with plenty of bait at the Tairua wharf at the moment.
Jigs have also been firing very well but its all good having some fail safe jack macks in the tank to fire down to the kingfish.
The Aldie Pins have delivered some monster kingfish, and these two lucky ladies opposite have been amongst those nailing some trophy fish.
Tash from Blue Water Motel came out and had to sit down to hold one of the biggest kingis to grace the decks this year, well over 30kg, a few pics then this trophy fish was released to fight another day!
Over the last week or so the kingfish have gone a bit deeper and the darling of last year a little rock that Tony found this time last year - dubbed S Block has fired up again.
We've been getting kingfish as deep as 220m, with the odd puka thrown in amongst them, like this very nice one for Cres at the hook yesterday.
If a barrell sized kingfish is what you are after with some other goodies like puka and snapper thrown in are what you are after then the next few months are the time to come and get amongst it.
Check Tonys report and pics here for the lowdown on the last few weeks trips aboard Epic. |
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>Fishing Report 19 May
Our Epic landbased guide Owen Wills has been smashing some very nice fish from the bricks at the top of the Coromandel Peninsula lately.
Right now we are going into prime time for chasing big snapper and fish from the stones.
The smaller snapper have taken off leaving the big moochas in around the kelp, right at your feet, and they just love coming right up a good burley trail.
Big fresh baits at the ticket for the big snapper as Mindi found out on her honeymoon, nailing a nice line of snapper that were released to fight another day.
Owen had a couple of boys up from the Naki and a 22kg kingi off the bricks, and snapper to over 8kg were the result - well worth the drive aye fellas!
If catching a big snapper is on your bucket list then a couple of days out with Owen chasing some fish from the bricks in one of the most stunning parts of New Zealand is a great way to acheive that goal.
Owen has a few more pics in his report here |
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>Fishing Report 16 May
We love Autumn!
Big kingfish, plenty of snapper thrown in, and loads of live bait before the key is even turned on at the Tairua wharf - choice!
Peter Wright and his mates smashed over some big kings on their NZ kingi trip this week - this brute of a fish made for one very happpaaay angler on Gamechaser for Norm.
Steve Soley was back for some more Epic NZ action with his mate Scott in tow this year, joining two different casuals each trip and was rewarded with plenty of green and gold machines like this one.
Plenty more pics in Carls report here
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>Fishing Report 13 May
The boys have been doing a few trips down to the mighty Mayor Island from Tairua lately.
The results have been pretty choice, with some nice kingfish from the deeper reefs and some very big bluenose hitting the decks as well.
The Bluenose have been anywhere from 250m ++ but some of the best results have been anywhere up to 400m - thats a whole lot of winding!
Regular Graham 'Boulder' McKenzie netted this 28kg model from the boys last trip down there on a cube of mackeral caught from Tairua wharf that morning.
Carl and Tonys first trip of the bluenose season saw a new PB Bluenose for Carl of 37kg, caught on a livebait sent down to 350m+.
The boys have also been having a shot for a daytime sword and Tony's rig has been working sweet as for getting the baits down to 500m tangle free and the boys had their first bite, just a matter of time before one hits the deck!
Check some more photos from the Bluenose missions here |
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>Fishing Report 3 May 2013
The autumn kingfish action has been fast and furious, with some good fishing north and sout. Tobes has been getting into it at both the Aldies and Cuvier, with some very nice kingfish on both jigs and livies and some fat snapper to add to the mix too.
Check his report from the last few weeks here |
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>Fishing Report 19 Apr 2013
Brett and the Tech 5 crew were out for another charter on Gamechaser and what was supposed to be a kingi trip turned into an epic marlin battle when a chunky striped marlin wolfed down a live yakka on 100lb leader, Jigging Master Ocean devil rod and JM PE5 reel.
The angler Rangi Williams did an awesome job on the rod and reel and eventually a 135kg striped marlin was boated!
The boys went on to get some very nice kingfish on the charter as well.
Check out Carls report from and epic day aboard Gamechaser here |
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>Fishing Report 17 Apr 2013
Its coming into that season where epic sized snapper lurk into close to the rocks, and Owen our landbased guide has been getting some cracker snapper.
Mike Hobbs came up from Christchurch and nailed and 8.5 and 6.5 kg snapper in the same outing with Owen. Well done Mike! |
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>Fishing Report 16 Apr2013
Awesome weather, great customers, and big fat kingfish on the chew! What more can you ask for!
Its been an awesome week of fishing action, and fish like this caught by Mark Edwards caught aboard Gamechaser on a corporate trip for BNZ this this week is what its all about. Check Carl's report from the last weeks action here |
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>Fishing Report 15 Apr2013
A great patch of kingfish chomping jigs and livebaits at the Aldie Pins has meant a lot of fun for anglers aboard Sanity. Jono from Adelaide managed to take full advantage of that releasing over 80 kingis in 6 days! Nice work!
Check out Tobys report and pics from the last week here |
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>Fishing Report 14 Apr2013
Another cracker week of big kingfish aboard Epic, and this donkey is no exception! There's a wee bit of a story behind this fish too with an angler getting a wee bit of a dunking from a kingfish on the same trip :-)
Check Tonys report from some choice kingi action aboard Epic here |
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>Fishing Report 7 Apr2013
Been some nice snaps swimming round amongst the kingis and they're suckers for fresh maccas!
The kingi bite is still mental as and anglers aboard Sanity have exprienced some outstanding fishing.
Check Tobys report here |
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>Fishing Report 3 Apr2013
The last week has seen one of the craziest kingfish bites on jigs ever! The jigging has just been off the chart with triples and quads of barrel sized kingis the norm! Still marlin around too and Tony got a nice stripey boatside this week.
Andrew aka Demo pictured here with a nice kingi taken on a JM rocket aboard Epic. Check out Tonys report here |
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>Fishing Report 31 Mar 2013
March is traditionally a month where there are plenty of kingfish on the bite, and the last few weeks have certainly lived up to that reputation - then some!
Check Tobys report out from the last few weeks of fishing charters out of Whitianga on Sanity and some cool pics from his recent kingi trips here |
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>Fishing Report 26 Mar 2013
The last few days have produced some more big barrel sized kingfish aboard Epic!
This visiting Swiss fresh water angler got a taste of what salt water fishing is all about when he hooked into a 30kg brute yesterday!
Female angler Grayson pictured as well with another very fat kingfish.
Livebaits have been the ticket to some very awesome action on these big kingfish, but jigging is producing some very nice fish as well.
Check Tony's report from a couple of days on some barrell sized kingfish and some more pics here |
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>Fishing Report 23 Mar 2013
It was an Epic two boat charter today with eight guys out to do battle with some greeen and gold brutes, split into two teams of four on Epic and Gamechaser and plenty of banter between the two boats. With a great bite there were 60 odd fishfish released, regular Mike Brunt pictured here accounting for 13 of them on the day including this nice fish, check the full report from a fun day out fishing here |
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>Fishing Report 21 Mar 2013
There's been some pretty special fishing over the last few weeks as the kingfish bite has gone mental out wide.
Warmer than usual temps for this time of year, and the days getting shorter equals kingis going ballistic!
Its been great to see plenty of anglers from US and UK over for fishing charters joining the Aussies and Kiwis in some of this crazy action
We've been picking off some nice fish in the shallows to warm the arms up then heading out wide to really stretch them on the big fat barrels.
Check Carl's report out from some of the kingi action on Gamechaser here |
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>Fishing Report 16 Mar 2013
The Epic summer continues! With a predominant easterly pattern the good water and currents have kept the kingfish biting in big numbers and solid fish too. Amongst them theres been some nice puka like this 30 odd kilo fish to visiting angler Shabs. Check Tony's report here for the latest action on Epic |
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>Fishing Report 9 Mar 2013
Murdoch Groves from Australia and his mates and family have just finished an Epic four dayer.
The kings were smashing jigs and liveys left right and centre. Murdoch smashed the two biggest fish of the trip himself, the biggest coming on one of our trusty livey hooks to Murdoch a nice king pushing 30k, the other coming the very first drop of the trip on a JM rocket jig.
The boys smashed plenty of big kingfish and finished the trip with lashings on NZ seafood, including some very juicy Mercs scallops!
Check the trip photos and report from their trip with Tony and Carl on Epic here |
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>Fishing Report 5 Mar 2013
The run of epic kingi and snapper action continues.
Just take a look at the latest report from Toby here, with anglers from around the globe getting into some wicked fishing.
As well as some quality snapper and kingi fishing, there are a few marlin lurking around too, two days ago one of Tobys crew hooked a marlin on a macca livie after a marlin chased a kingi into the boat only for the hook to pull out 40 minutes in.
With awesome blue water, nice current and plenty of fish biting hard the stunning summer fishing should continue well into autumn.
Check more pics and report from the last couple of weeks on Sanity here |
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>Fishing Report 24 Feb 2013
February has continued to produce some Epic kingi fishing!
With Tony and Carl off gamefishing in a couple of comps, Owen and Roy took made a great team for a week aboard Epic, and put the clients on to some choice fishing. Owen aka Bush Billy showing he's just as much at home on board Epic as he is guiding people on to big fish off the bricks!
Amy pictured here with a very nice 25kg kingi from the Aldie Pins, and another cracker from the G spot which is firing at present.
Over the week there was some great fishing both on the kingfish and some big snapper lurking in the deep with a good bin of snapper each day as well. Check Owens full report here
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>Fishing Report 21 Feb 2013
With a few days earmarked off to chase some marlin Carl, Tony and good mate Ants snuck off with Gamechaser to Hokianga at the Far North of NZ's west coast for a few days chasing striped marlin, where word had it there was a good marlin bite.
The boys found no shortage of fish lol - ten odd marlin bites, but just the one sticking - always learning!
Ants bagging a nice stripey - while hes caught plenty of marlin this was his first NZ marlin, so well worth the trip, and it certainly opened the boys eyes to what a cool fishery Hokianga is - we'll be back for sure and can't wait! |
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>Fishing Report 15 Feb 2013
February has been a cracker of a month for kingfish, and there has been some biggies amongst them including this cracker of a kingfish from the Aldies pins.
JIgs have been working OK, but the majority coming on livebaits baits, especially the bigger fish..
Bait has been pretty easy pickings in the bay, and the odd nice kingi on the lught gear in amongst the bait schools of makkas.
The odd nice puka has been a welcome bycatch, including this nice puka for Jezza from the Mercs on a livey.
For more pics and reports from recent trips on Sanity check Tobys report here
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>Fishing Report 11 Feb 2013
Here's something a little different for ya! Simon Milne has just been on one of our new Epic Road Trips!
Simon and his mate Pete, toured through the North Island checking out the best of what NZ has to offer.
Simon started off in Turangi chasing flyfishing for trout with guide Karl Sawyer, and nailed plenty of trout including this beaut 8lb brown.
Then it was off the the remote far north of the Coromandel Peninsula chasing some kingfish and snapper LBG styles with Owen our LBG guide.
The fish of this leg of the journey was a beaut 8.5kg head thumping snapper.
Then it was back to Epic HQ for a dose of our traditional fare, back to back arm stretching NZ kingfish action!
Simon and Pete released 30 odd kingis between them on the last day to cap off an epic trip!
Great to have you back after five years Simon! Check the full report from the boys here |
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>Fishing Report 9 Feb 2013
An Epic 30th birthday bash for long time customer Sam Stringfield whos been fishing with us regularly for over 5 years!Sam's and a bunch of his mates fished on Epic's Gamechaser in the New Zealand Marlin skins held by renowned lure maker 'Bonze'
The last day of the tournament was Sams 30th birthday and it turned out to be one he'll never forget, him and his mates smashed over some nice kingfish first thing, and then an hour later we had a couple of striped marlin in the gear, with Sam on strike he went on to tag a nice striped marlin just off the Aldermen Islands in 100m of water. Check the full report from the tourny here
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>Fishing Report 2 Feb 2013
Carl and Tony have blooded the new Senator - Gamechaser, on a road trip to New Zealand's game fishing mecca - Waihau Bay.
Two hours in the boys hooked a Blue Marlin, which initially came up on the Bonze Volcano teaser, and then bit the Bonze Hercules and unfortunately the boys pulled the hook on it after an hour planing it up from the deep.
The next day the same Bonze Hercules in Taniwha pattern got bit, Carl played a 103kg striped marlin and this one came home for eating. A great way to break in the new boat before a few weeks marlin fishing begins back on the Coromandel. Check the guys full story from Waihau here |
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>Fishing Report 21 Jan 2013
Over the New Year we launched the third vessel on our booking calendar. Gamechaser is a 760 Senator Typhoon with a F250 Yamaha and Furuno Navnet Time Zero Touch. She will initially be based out of Tairua doing fishing charters but the idea is she will travel over time to where the fishing is hot and so some epic road trips! She has been put through her paces over the last couple of weeks as we get used to her and produced some sweet fishing!
Graham Timms was hell bent on a puka that would settle a score with a mate, and he well topped the mark with a 36.14kg puka!
Next day Andy Pryor, along with his old man Owen slammed some mean puka as well on the Accurate Slammer, the guys on the charter went home with some very nice hapuka.
We've been catching all these puka on the same rigs we fish for kingfish on, using the Epic livebait hooks available on our online shop.
The kingfish have been big and fat and Andrius and his Russian mates were one of the first crews on board and hit a crazy bite with most of the fish on the day 20kg and over, just choice fishing.
Gamechaser has also done its first five dayer, with Aussie crew of Manny, Bob, Nick, Pete and Karim nailing some nice fish along with some good light tackle fun in the Mercury Bay and the boats first dive with some seriously fat Opito Bay scallops.
Check out all the pics from their trip on Carl's report from the last few weeks
With the good water now arriving and some marlin turning up it'll be time to go and put a marlin on the deck soon! |
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>Fishing Report 18 Jan 2013
Tonys been having a top few weeks on the kingfish out of Tairua and the Aldermen Islands with an awesome line of big fish hitting the deck.
A regular crew from Japan were first up and nailed some big fish all on jigs. These guys come armed to the hilt with all sorts of new jigs the kingfish have not seen and together with a unique style of jigging they seem to nail a very nice line of fish and the boys got well and truly railed!
By and large the rest of the fish have been on livies, with some very crazy bites after each of the onshore blows, then the fish turnying abit finnicky on the bite once the weather settles or the current goes away. Even on those days though there have been some big fat NZ kingfish hitting the decks.
Regular Wayne Henson was out with Tony yesterday and him and his crew nailed a some donkeys, Wayne was tickled pink with the Makaira reel he nailed this fish on.
Check Tonys full report from his last few weeks on the water out of Tairua here
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>Fishing Report 16 Jan 2013
Tobes has been having a ball on Sanity the last few weeks with plenty of big kingfish and the odd puka failling victim to the big makkas that have been coming out of the Mercury bay outside of Whitianga.
Johnnie and Andy from the OPC mussel plant were out for their annual trip with us and just like last year nailed some very nice fish, included this doozy of a kingfish for Johnnie.
Regulars Grant, Geoff and crew enjoyed a sunny day out at Cuvier, and this nice puka was one of the rewards of the day.
January 2013 has been pretty crazy as far as the quality of kingfish goes, and there have been plenty of big kingfish have been captured and released, a few photos, then the fish going back to fight another day!
There has been a good patch of bait and plenty of smaller kingfish inside the bay which have been giving anglers some good fun on light tackle.
For more check Tobys full report and pics out here |
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>Fishing Report 4 Jan 2013
Summers here and in full swing! Josh from Smart Marine and some buddies were om board to see the New Year in on Sanity and nailed some nice kings as Toby reports from the last weeks action here. There's stacks of bait to be caught in the bay at present, some nice kings amongst them and theres been some choice bites on the kingis out at the pins in the last few days. |
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>Fishing Report 1 Dec 2012
Its been two awesome weeks on the water out of Tairua, capped off with a pretty special day today with Carl's Dad and Uncles on the water and Neil Muir pictured opposite nabbing the honours for the day with a 25kg kingfish. A lot of kingfish are moving inshore and we've been having some fun fishing stickbaits as well, not to mention some big fat scallops - check out an epic report from Carl and Tony here |
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>Fishing Report Nov 14 2012
Water temps are on the increase, some of the kings are showing signs they have already spawned and that means a lot of fish will turn up inshore soon. The jigging and livebaiting has still been hot and plenty of triples of kingfish being caught like this one here. Check Tobes report of whats been going on on Sanity here |
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>Fishing Report Nov 11 2012
November is shaping up to be a cracker month for kingis with the consistency of the kingfishing matching or exceeding what we come to expect during the usual hot month of October.
The big fish keep coming and with all these bigger ones released to fight another day, they'll be back!!
Visiting Aussie angler Mark nabbed this awesome 28 kg kingfish on his first day of his five day Epic Adventure yesterday.
Con and the boys from Aus had some awesome kingi fishing as well, along with an inshore day testing out the new Trigger X softbaits from Shimano NZ, Con nailing this sweet snapper from the shallow foul north of Boat Harbour.
Check the full report report here |
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>Fishing Report Oct 31 2012
The tail end of October saw some more great kingfish action!
We had a great of 8 Aussie guys here for a week getting in 5 or their 7 days booked! A great sign the weather is settling.
Jigs worked just as well as livies for them, and the jigging has been as good as ever lately with the run of fresh spring fish turning up. As far as jig colour goes - any jig as long as its blue will see you right!
As well as surface action on lures, floating livies have been producing as many fish at times as baits mid water, like this very nice fish to female angler Nadia Williams.
For more info and plenty of pics of solid fish from the last few weeks of Epic check Carl and Tonys report here |
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>Fishing Report Oct 27 2012
October continues to be a superb month for catching kingfish! We've had a few crews over from Aussie lately and as Tobes details in his latest report, they've got into some epic action! Jim from Sydney is pictured here with horse kingfish from the Aldies, estimated at 35kg before being released. Check the full report here |
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>Fishing Report Oct 9 2012
What a first week of October we've had!
Mick from Aussie turned up and got into some awesome kingi action and tucked into some crayfish as well, pictured below with a nice crayfish just around the coroner from Tairua.
The XOS spring kingfish have turned up well and truly and Jarrod is pictured here with a 27kg model from a trip where the Kiwi FIshing boys came out and did some product testing of the OTI rods and reels, two big kingfish in the late twenties plus a run of very nice fish released as well.
October would have to be the pick of the months to fish for kingfish so if you want some big fish like this nab some dates for 2013 NOW!
Owen who has been doing a bit of decking for us recently is setting up to guide for us up the far north of the Coromandel landbased.
I got up for a look at what the snapper fishing was like up there with him, and a 9.6, 8.2 and 6.2 snapper off the bricks in one day...it doesn't get too much better than that. If you're keen on some landbased action for big snapper to mix up with your epic trip to NZ just let us know. Check the full report and pic here |
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>Fishing Report Oct 8 2012
Spring is hitting its straps and with it some awesome kingfish action is out the at the moment.
Adam is over at the moment on a multi day kingfish charter on Sanity and nailed this beaut fish yesterday. Check out obys report from the last couple of weeks here |
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>Fishing Report Sep 28 2012
What a very cool time to be fishing! The surface action has gone crazy with big fish and big bust ups!
Pictured here are two Radio Networks boys with two kingfish taken from a double on surface casting lures at the Aldermen Pins - just awesome visual fishing! Check the full report including one of the craziest days in the last six months here |
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>Fishing Report Sep 19 2012
Its top water time!
We've had the kings crusiing high the last week off the Mercs and Matty and the Aussie boys accounted for some nice kings on stickbaits, livies and jigs on their Epic four dayer over the last week.
Check out Toby's reports and pics here |
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>Fishing Report Sep 12 2012
The equinox has thrown us some foul weather the last two weeks, but we've still managed a fair few charters and the Aldermen Islands and Mecury Pins have been producing some solid fish. Willy is pictured here with a nice Aldermen kingfish from a charter for Simon and the Welly boys. Check out the report from Tony here |
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>Fishing Report 30 Aug 2012
The hot bite at Red Merc continues, with some wicked fishing, the Kiwi Fishing boys were back this week for another blast and released 40 in a day.
Aussie snowboarder Viet Tran pictured here snuck a few days of fishing for kingfish into his NZ snowboarding holiday and was rewarded with some great jigging. Click here for more pics and Tobes latest |
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>Fishing Report 25 Aug 2012
The last two weeks have been full of EPICNESS! Awesome kingi sessions out wide with a hint of spring in them ;-), some wicked shallow water action and we even snuck a bit of pig hunting into the mix!
This 27k kingfish was nabbed yesterday close to Red Merc, check the full report from the last two weeks aboard Epic here |
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>Fishing Report 10 July2012
The first two weeks of August have seen some choice mid winter fishing. Deacs came on one of our very first Epic Adventures and since then seems to nudge his PB up a notch every time doing it again this trip, out testing some of Kiwi Fishing's gear. Plenty more kingfish madness has ensued over the last few weeks, check the full report and diary here |
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>Fishing Report 23 July 2012
The big winter fish keep on rolling in.
Some more big kings and puka hit the decks of Sanity - Richard nailing this beaut 28kg kingfish from the Hook off Red Mercury.
Prospecting a bit deeper this time of year can produce some nice big fish!
Ange nailed this big fat hapuku from the Aldermen Pins.
To top off a crazy three weeks Tobes hooked a marlin - in 15 degrees of water in the middle of winter on a live mackeral put down for a kingfish!
Check his full report here |
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> Fishing Report 15 July 2012
BOOM! Omar Charide from Sydney nailed this 32kg kingfish on Epic this week on a spear jig, 50lb braid and 200gm jig rod! A great catch! The boys were fairly new to kingi fishing and did a one day charter before their NZ snowboarding trip! The kingi was released to fight another day. Theres been some more great kingi catches the last two weeks check out Carl and Tony's report here |
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> Fishing Report 1 July 2012
To cap off an awesome run off fish in June, the last weekend saw some more big Aldies kingfish and hapuka hit the decks
Mark from Christchurch got this monster kingfish on Sanity, a super fish which had him squeeling!
The next day Ruvuan snagged a very nice Hapuka from amongst the kingfish bite.
Check Tobes report here
We've got plenty of mid week spots coming up so get in touch if you'd like to get into some of this action. |
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> Fishing Report 30 June 2012
What an epic month June has shaped up to be this year!
We have had some outstanding fishing considering we are now in the middle of our NZ winter.
There's a few highlight fish from the last few weeks on Epic.
There are some nice big snapper lurking in the shallows and Stefan Hanson from Fishabout in Sydney got this awesome big snapper at Hot Water Beach.
The nice snapper was caught on a Gulp 5" Nuclear Chicken.
Some big hapuka have been coming onto the offshore reefs and we've had a few over the magic 30K mark in the last two weeks, including this nice one caught on a Ocean Mark reel testing day. An epic sized hapuka!
We've had some awesome kingi fishing too on both livies and jigs. Pink spike and white Alien being the two hot jigs.
We've got some fish up to 20k in around the bait grounds and out wide the fish are skulking pretty deep but there is still been a long line of kingfish released each day.
It has been great to have some long time regulars scoring some nice fish on board, and one of those such catches was Graham McKeznie aka Boulder nailing a nice 30kg hapuka with us last weekend.
So all in all a choice few weeks on Epic, check the full report and plenty more photos from the last two weeks here |
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> Fishing Report 24 June 2012
Some more epic fishing action aboard Sanity this month. Day tripper Tony took out fish of the day this Saturday with this nice kingfish.
In Tobes latest Whitianga report here you will see theres been some more light tackle fun in the Bay and some nice kings coming from both Cuvier and the Aldies |
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> Fishing Report 10 June 2012
The days following the full moon have provided some exceptional fishing the last few days. Kingfish have been feasting up large with yesterday seeing 50 fish released in the course of the day. Some nice hapuka have hit the deck the last couple of days as well including this nice fish to regular Epic client Mike Rixon. Check the full report from the last few days of Epic here |
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> Fishing Report 5 June 2012
We've had a great run of trips on Epic lately and some big kings! Jigs have been working well as you'll see in the latest report and some nice fish have fallen to jigs over the last few weeks. Queens Birthday weekend was a cracker weather wise as you can see by this pic and some big fish in the mid 20's made it even better! Check heaps more pics from the last few weeks and a cool vid from Pierre and the boys from the epic 5 dayer here |
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> Fishing Report 31 May 2012
Its been a May of full sized kingfish, with great fishing for kings both in close and out wide, but one of the highlights has been some pretty special fishing just minutes away from Whitianga. Kiwi Pete Gregory pictured here with a king in the 20's taken from 5m of water near Simpsons.
Theres been plenty of Aussies over doing battles with our kingfish on multi dayers too, check Tobes full report from Mays action on Sanity here |
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> Fishing Report 13 May 2012
An epic sized report here, with plenty of kingfish from two 3 dayer Aussie trips and a whole lot of one dayers as well, Tony guiding most of the trips with Carl away for a week guiding some regulars on a Three Kings trip.
Simon Skelton pictured here with a solid kingfish from a client hosting trip from the Aldermen Islands
For more of the hot Autumn action check the full report from aboard Epic here |
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> Fishing Report 6 May 2012
The superb autumn bite continues with a great bite of kingfish out wide, coupled with some superb kingi fishing in the shallows around the inshore Mercury Bay bait schools as well.
Brett Meyer pictured here with a very nice kingfish taken on a corporate fishing trip.
Check Tobes latest report here |
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> Fishing Report 26 Apr 2012
What a cool couple of weeks!
We were lucky to have Team Xzoga from Malaysia and Singapore over and it was a ball fishing for them.
Sailfish captains Sky amnd Steven Chong knocked over plenty of kings, including the beauty opposite to Sky.
We've had an awesome run of autumn kingfish, the majority released to fight another day.
Aussie lads James, Chad and crew had a blinder of a three dayer this week with countless mutiple hook ups each day and solid fish, Chad here with one of the many beauties he landed and released.
Check out some video action from the last few weeks, a full report and photos here |
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> Fishing Report 23 Apr 2012
Tobes has been having some fun on Sanity, some great kingi action and a few puka and snapper thrown in to.
Regular Russ pictured here with a nice puka taken from Cuvier.
The Mercury Bay just out from Whitianga has been loaded with bait and some fun kingi action on the light gear before heading out to the monsters at the Alderman islands or Cuvier.
The last week has seen some epic action on livebaits with a great run of kingfish through each day.
Check out more of Tobes April pics and report from recent trips here |
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> Fishing Report 15 Apr 2012
Jigs have been the killer kingfish weapons over the last few weeks with a really good run of kingfish on jigs.
The white Jigging Master Alien jig has been the best of the bunch accounting for plenty of quality Aldermen Pins kingfish, most of which have been released to fight another day.
Pictured opposite is Kylie from ReelFishChix with a fat Aldies kingfish taken last Friday and Steve from Aussie with a nice on an Action jig at Castle sland earlier last week.
The fishing has got progressively better through the week to boiling point over the weekend, with some of the day charters releasing 40 odd fish in a day, and most on jigs.
Check the full report from Carl and Tony on Epic here |
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> Fishing Report 31 Mar 2012
The deeper reefs off Cuvier Is have fished very well throughout March and here Tobes has a report from his March kingi trips.
Craig and the Ozzie boys had a great two day at Cuvier with the opposite kegger of a kingfish taken up there.
Most of the bigger fish have been taken on livies but as you will see from the report jigs are working pretty well too, especially pink jigs.
Colin pictured opposite also had a great day at Cuiver mid March with a couple of solid fish in the 20's like the kingfish opposite.
There are still gamefish around, one of the crews had a marlin come in and buzz them while they were kingi fishing.
Check Tobes full report from Sanity's March trips here
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> Fishing Report 28 Mar 2012
A few weeks of awesome weather and epic fishing! The kingfish have gone crazy at the pins on jigs, the Bluenose have gone off their rocker at Mayor and some tasty hapuku and snapper to boot!
Jamie and the Singapore fishos were back for another multi day Epic fishing trip.
Two days on Epic and they slayed the Bluenose to 21kg on jigs, nice kings to 20kg at the Aldies and Mayor and a nice hapuku to boot.
Ben is pictured here with a nice king on jig from the Aldies (G Spot), Loius with a solid puka from the hook, and Phoebe with a monster Bluenose from Mayor.
It topped off a good few weeks with some crazy days releasing 50 kingfish in a day at the Aldies of late on a few of our day kingfish charters.
Right now is a great time for variety, with some awesome kingfish jigging topped with plenty of other species on offer, espec for multi day trips.
Carl and Tony have an epic report for you to check out from the last few weeks here |
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> Fishing Report 19 Mar 2012
The NZ weather gods have challenged us a bit over the last two weeks but when we've got out the fishing has been epic!
Greg Mailman was over from Oz and while we were blown out on the East coast, Tony towed Epic over to the west coast of Coromandel Peninsula and managed to put Greg on to a big 25kg kingfish - a great result in the conditions.
We had our first group of Turkish anglers over who got some nice kingfish on jigs at the Aldermen Pins, and then Huharrem and the boys smashed the Bluenose on jigs at the Mayor Knolls. This is always one of the best times to catch fish on jigs.
For more reports check Tony's report from the last two weeks here
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> Fishing Report 3 Mar 2012
With a crew of avid jig fishermen onboard Epic this week, it seemed an ideal time to go a little wide of Mayor Island and track down some Bluenose. They luuurv jigs, and they'd have to be one of the tastiest fish, you've gotta be keen on winding though you won't get them in much less than 250m and we were dropping to 350m.
Coxy from Jigging Master Australia and Hunting Fishing Camping led a trip of keen NZ and Aussie fisho's out with us and we smashed some nice Bluenose on jigs and the boys nailed some nice kingfish on jigs through the week as well.
Stef is pictured here with the kingi of the week taken close to the back of the Aldies, very close to where we nailed some kings on stickbaits too, for the full report and photos read more here |
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> Fishing Report 1 Mar 2012
The last two weeks of Feb have seen a long line of epic sized kingfish hit the decks of Sanity, with some great fishing at both the Aldermen Pins, and Cuvier Island.
Livies have been producing all the quality fish over this time, while they've been a bit harder to get of late, the time spent getting livies each morning has paid off with some quality kingfish.
Tobes also had another encounter with a marlin taking a livebait on the kingfish grounds, this time it resulted in a bust off, but it was a spectacular experience for the customers nonetheless.
Pictured opposite is Aaron with a Cuiver kingfish taken on livebait at Cuvier and Matt with a nice kingfish taken from the Aldies.
Check Tobes run down on a couple of weeks worth of kingi action here |
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> Fishing Report 26 Feb 2012
We've just finished a crazy week in the NZ Nationals fishing competition which has run for the last eight days coinciding with the Whitianga Marlin Classic and the Whitianga One Base.
We've fished the tournament the last five years and it is always a good break for us to do something a little bit different fishing wise.
The crew consisted of Carl, Tony, Ants, Wayne, JP, and Ski.
The highlight was good mate Anthony Honeybone who has fished every Nationals with us getting a 106 kg Big Eye Tuna! It was one hell of a fight and we had to scramble back to just get in for the 5pm weigh in that day.
The Big Eye took a Bonze Darter lure on the shotgun. Epic Adventures took out the Tuna section of the NZ Nationals and Anthony got Champion angler overall and line class for the tuna section of the Nationals as well as the Carol Atwood Trophy for most meritorious tuna.
Wayne Henson, a regular who came with us to hopefully nab his first marlin and he managed to tick that off the list 2 hours into the Marlin classic and Nationals. We put a tag in this fish and it earnt us 2nd equal in the tag section on the Classic.
This striped marlin was taken in the middle ground near the Aldermen Pins on a Bonze Trojan lure.
Over the course of the three day Marlin Classic we had a few other stripeys on as well, one to JP from YeeHaa which we dropped at the boat. The Bonze Trojan on short rigger and Azure Hayleys Comet on short corner produced these bites.
Some groundwork went in the day prior to the Nationals to find the bait, marlin and good water and with us was Woodsie and crew and Woodsie got to stick a tag in his first ever striped marlin too.
This one came on the Pakula Lumo sprocket and Woodsie did and awesome job getting the marlin to the boat in 15 minutes.
With the water still warm, lots of bait around and some full sized tuna showing up who knows what the next epic week will bring.
In the meantime check out the full report and pics from the week aboard Epic in the Nationals here
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> Fishing Report 16 Feb 2012
An epic week of fishing on Sanity has been topped off with Sanity's first marlin of the season.
Aaron Ho getting a suprise when a macca livebait he was dropping for a kingi got smashed by a striped marlin.
Aaron knocked it off in style on a MC Works 516 jigging rod and Jigging Master PE5 reel.
It capped off a great day where he also caught a PB kingi.
The kingi fishing has continued on the exceptional path it has taken over the last two weeks, long may it continue.
Today saw plenty of bites on the marlin from the Hook off the Mercs down to the Aldies and with plenty of boats out in the Marlin Classic this weekend it is shaping up to be another epic week just round the corner, stay tuned.
Check out Tobes full report from the last week on Sanity here |
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> Fishing Report 11 Feb 2012
Its been another awesome week on Epic. Plenty of big hard fighting kings at the Aldies scoffing livebaits and the marlin action is hotting up. The hot gamefishing area has been the inside of Mayor Island.
Epic has had four stripeys and a blue on, with the one stripey coming to the boat, a nice stripey taken today at the Whanga trench near Mayor Island by Skirmantas, a regular with us.
The striped marlin took the Bonze Trojan in Thriller colours. Working a solid area of bait paid off with three shots and Ski's fish which put up an awesome aerial show for us.
Its' been another epic week on the kingfish with so many 18-25kg fish including this awesome fish to James last week.
The currents have predominatly been coming from the south which has kept the G spot at the back of the Aldies loaded with some big kings, the pins have also had good numbers of solid fish.
For the low down on the last week and plenty of cool pics check Carl and Tony's report here |
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> Fishing Report 6 Feb 2012
More doubles and triples of big hard fighting Aldermen kingfish, the kingi fishing continues to be exceptional.
As you can see from Tobes latest report here the hot fishing action has not let up!
Pictured here is regular Hamish with the fish he was hoping for, and get got plenty over the course of one day on his recent fishing charter |
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> Fishing Report 1 Feb 2012
It has been a huge week for big kingfish.
The aptly named G spot has gone off and so have the Aldy pins, both getting swept by a strong southerly ocean current eddying up the coast and stacking the bait up for the kingfish to feast hard on.
There have been some monster fish like this one which went 30k to Mark Saunders from Tauranga and a solid mid 20k fish to young fella Sam - one of many kings landed by young lads recently
Once everyone has had enough kingi action we've been wetting the lures and have had another four marlin shots since last weeks stripey, all in the 140m - 100m line north of the Aldies.
For the latest report and pics from recent day trips on Epic from Carl and Tony click here |
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> Fishing Report 31 Jan 2012
Its been a great week for big kingfish on Sanity.
Brad from De Coro is pictured here with a solid kingfish taken from the back of the Aldermen Islands, theres been a long line of these prime kingfish.
For more pics and an epic video from a blinder day this week check Tobes report here |
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> Fishing Report 24 Jan 2012
Our first marlin for the season was landed today, aboard Epic with Tony guiding his first multi day trip from Australia on to some awesome fishing!!
Not only did the boys get into some fantastic hard pulling kingfish to mid 20K's over their three day trip but the last afternoon saw them get into a mad bite on the marlin and getting 5 bites in an hour with one stripey sticking and one of the lads getting their first marlin!!
Most of the kingfish action came from a great bite on livies on the guys first day fishing, with some horses landed in the mid 20's/
The last day the kingfish were acting pretty cagey, with one monumental smokings amongst the action, but some Epic marlin action at the end of the day made up for that. The Striped Marlin was caught on the Bonze BTK, for more check Tony's full report here
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> Fishing Report23 Jan 2012
There has been some Epic fishing at the Aldies the last few days. Awesome 20K ++ kings smashing baits and when the tide has gone slack, a few for puka for the taking as well, this primo model some nice eating for Regan and the boys.
Check Tobes full report and pics from the last week on Sanity here |
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> Fishing Report 21 Jan 2012
Three hot spots over the last week have been the G Spot at the Aldermen Islands, Crackerjack at the Mercs and also Cuvier. Tobes fished all three over the last week and got good action at all as you will see in his latest report here. Drew and Dave are pictured here with a primo double of 20K + fish taken out the back of Cuvier on Sanity last weekend. |
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> Fishing Report 17 Jan 2012
After six months decking for us and doing his skippers ticket at the end of last year, Tony Carpenter got the helm of Epic all to himself for four trips over the last week. He nailed it with clients getting some awesome fish to 24kg, the highlight this awesome fish opposite. A lot of the fish have moved hard into the Aldermens, probably due to the abundance of marlin now on the outer pins! Check all the pics and report from Tony here |
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> Fishing Report 12 Jan 2012
With loads of bait on the coast at the moment there is some kingi fun to be had amongst the Whitianga bait schools in the morning as Tobes details in his latest report from Sanity here . Out wide around the Aldermen Pins when the East Auckland current has been pushing good water into the outer pins some epic kingi action has been had, Paul here with primo mid 20's kingfish taken on livie |
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> Fishing Report 4 Jan 2012
What and EPIC start to the year! Not only some awesome kingfish jigging but we managed to bag a 56kg bass today!
Hobbie from Sydney was the lucky angler and nailed it on a JMPE10 reel with 100lb braid and an Amberjack Sniper JM rod. He was seriously railed on this fish needing close to 30kg of drag to keep it from the reef. We caught the fish out the back of Red Merc.
We've had some keen crews out over the last week, including a gun crew of Japanese jiggers who slayed it on the jigs with fish to 25kg taking jigs and a few broken rods thrown in for good measure!
These Japanese anglers sure know how to jig, a very different action and it certainly produced some fine fish during their trip.
Livebaits are easy to get at the moment right up and down the coast and are producing some quality fish, like this 24kg specimen with expat Kiwi Hunty who was back from Singapore for Xmas and nailed a nice new PB kingfish yesterday.
Along the coast with the baits schools there is some good stickbaiting and top water kingfish opportunities and we've been having some fun catching kingfish in the shallows in the morning before heading out wide jigging.
For a full report from the last two weeks and plenty more cool pics click on our full report from on board Epic here |
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