Epic Adventures NZ Photo gallery June 2nd-7th 2009
When you've got back to back Alderman Islands jigging charters booked for a week, you sort of hope the kingfish play ball!! Well, we couldn't have asked for much more out of Tairua over the last week, the fishing has just been insane, big FAT kingfish hitting jigs left right and centre! An awesome run of great clients who got stuck into some big fish and enjoyed some great days on the ocean! This is what winter fishing in New Zealand is all about!
We've loaded up some of the best pictures from the epic week of fishing below, enjoy!!
Russel Rothwell from TopPro and Rustler fishing products with the first of the week on a Pink Williamson Benthos....
Bill Bell with a prime Aldermen Island kingfish on a pink Katch1 spear....
Ian Holmes with a cracker New Zealand kingfish on a pink Zest curved slider jig....
Bill with another one on the Pink spear......anyone noticing what the colour of the day was??
And Russell again with the fish of the day, a trophy fish of 20kg which was released to be caught again some day....
Noel Edwards puts his new Ugly Stick jigging rod and Saltist20 to the test!!
Mick Johnson with his first for the day on his TCurve
Noel gets into his second Tairua kingfish for the day and the Ugly Stick has been tested well and truly now!
Six months ago Mick couldn't walk with his back broken in six places......here he is six months later slaying kingis at the Aldies...on ya Mick!!!! And on that pink spear again!
Elliot cracks into some epic fishing action before he heads back to Papua New Guinea
Mick goes down to 15pd softbait gear and a 7" Nuclear chicken works on a fat kingi on the soft bait gear...kingis just love them!!
And now for something heavier...skull dragging one on the Stella at full drag
Roy Baker with another big Aldermen Islands kingfish about to be released in prime condition
Are the lads having fun? You bet....that Ugly Stick once again getting a work out
Roy with one caught on our Smiths and Stella combo about to be released
Sean Bruffus pretty stoked with his first kingi on the day...
And another cracker...both caught on Ocea Jigger, Jig Star 300 and Katch1 pink spear jig
As the day got brighter the orange jigs were the go.....25kg kingfish decided to ""Monster Mush"" our clients own jig rod.....three piece now...
Cracker of a day though......
Matt Kirke joined Bell Allen from Recruit IT for a lads weekend in Tairua and they had a ball on the kingis....
Ben a.k.a Pies with his first of the day
Bruce Campbell with one for the smoker
Matty again and the Blue King jig from Sportfishing NZ was the jig of the day, accounting for most of the bigger fish
Some more carnage as the Stella loses the handle.....
A long wind with no handle....
Doug Clarke gets his fish though after an epic fight as the Stella got demo'd
Bruzer again with another fat king that was released
And Matty with the King jig with a fatty
Arms are too sore to hold them up now....
Doug with the last one of the day.....time for some kingfish sashimi, macadamia crumbed kingfish and a few at Punters...
Next up was Garry Gorham and 3 mates from the Auckland Hospital. Garry with a nice fish here
The lads got and and done the job despite some average conditions, no time for a cup of tea today!
Jonesy with a nice fish
Pink jigs were the hot colour again today
This one on a pink blade jig from Katch1...what a fatty!
Garry prettyt stoked with this big fella which was released for another day...check out the swell!!
Another one about to go back for another day
Garry with another one on the Jig Star and Ocean Jigger, another released fish
This one destined for the smoker....love the sea in the background!!
Another good fish for Garry.
A rare occasion, the skipper gets away from staring at the sounder or tracing fish get his arms stretched.....this one on a livey on the Jig Wrex 100 and Tyrnos 10....stretched to the max!!!
And Glenn Van Hellemond a.k.a The Bill Collector with a couple of nice fish that started the week off...
Both caught on YeeHaa pencil jigs
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