Epic Adventures
Tairua, Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand
Fishing / Diving / Accommodation
 
An Epic New Zealand Fishing Adventure!  Here is a photo gallery we've put together for Kim Pang from Singapore, fishing with his mates for a few days out of Tairua on the Coromandel Peninsula

DAY ONE!!

*Hooked up!

*First breakage of the trip.  The Daiwa Z30 at full drag.....

*Cherry boy slays another!

*Getting stuck into a kingfish on the Smiths 280 and Stella 8000

*25kgs plus of prime Tairua kingi!

*Holding on!!!!

*Another kingi strikes a pose before going back in the water!

*Another kingfish about to be released\.

 

First fish of the trip

*Another nice Alderman kingi on a Black Magic green and gold jig

*Double hook up!

*A fat as kingfish

*Kim slays one on a pink spike jig from YeeHaa!

*Another nice fish in the late 20kgs....!!!

*Arms are a bit sore now!!  Where's the massage parlour?

*Time to keep one for sashimi tonight!!! Just a nice eating size this time!

DAY TWO!!!

 

*Arms are a bit tired today. Softbait rods this time!

*7kgs of sweet snapper on softbait

*Double on softbaits

*Time to hit the kings again

*First jig caught king of the day

*Another big snapper on a GULP watermelon neon glow

*20kg king on a 400gm Broken Arrow

*Another king to be released

*7kg of snapper about to go back in the water

*One snapper like this after another!!

 

 

*First fish of the day on softbait. 13kg on 6kg!

*A new record for the trip!

*These softbaits work!

*Neon pepper working a treat today!

*Another jig caught king

*Big 7" Gulp baits going off their 'nana today

*The Daiwa Z30 getting tested on another kingi

*Snapper on GULP watermelon about to be released

*Yep and another

*We left them still biting!!!

DAY THREE!!!

*Kim kicks off with a fat 20kg fish

*Stanley with another nice king

*Albacore on softbait

*Trevally on jig

*Big jig!

*From a double

*YeeHaa pencil jig

*John nabs another nice kingi

*Mahimahi on softbait!

*Last fish of the trip - awesome 3 days!!!!!

 

 

 

 
 

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