Jigs the Flavour of the Month! - April 2011

Orange jigs have been the flavour of the month!

Local ReportsCarl MuirApril 30, 2011Jigging, Kingfish, Broken Arrow, Blue Spike Jig, Jigging MasterComment

Mixing it up between Marlin, Kingfish and Snapper - March 2011

You've got it love it when marlin are a consistent by catch! A good patch of marlin around the kingfish grounds has kept things interesting. The Bonze Apache has been the go to lure

Local ReportsCarl MuirApril 1, 2011Striped Marlin, Bonze Apache, Bonze Lures, Gamefishing, Aldermen Islands, G Spot, Senator, KingfishComment

Tairua Ladies Fishing Comp - March 2011

Bindy, Hayley and Tarn clean up the Tairua Ladies comp.

Local ReportsCarl MuirMarch 15, 2011Fisher Chicks, Fishing TournamentsComment

Nationals 2011 - Marlin Magic!

A wicked patch of striped and blue marlin have hit the Coromandel coast, and we've had a ball chasing them in the new custom Senator, including days with multiple marlin.

Local ReportsCarl MuirFebruary 28, 2011Striped Marlin, Blue Marlin, Tairua, Kingfish, Gamefishing, Bonze Lures, Bonze ApacheComment

Big Kingfish Week - First Week in the Senator!

A big first week in the new custom Senator, big ocean currents and a patch of horse kingfish coming to the party!

Local ReportsCarl MuirFebruary 19, 201130kg kingfish, Senator, Aldermen Pins, KingfishComment

Jan 2011, Striped Marlin, Big Kingfish and Big Snapper

A good way to see out the old Stabicraft with a marlin in her last week, plus plenty of big kingfish, 20lb snaps and fishing with Carpenter lures

Local ReportsCarl MuirFebruary 1, 2011Striped Marlin, Gamefishing, The Hook, Bonze Apache, Bonze LuresComment

Nov/Dec 2010 Tairua Fishing Report

Big kingfish, bait balls and spring snaps

Local ReportsCarl MuirDecember 25, 2010Kingfish, 30kg kingfish, SnapperComment

36.5kg Kingfish and some mental spring kingfish action!

The big banana cracks it with a 36kg horse! Plus mental kingfish action out at the pins and surface fish everywhere!

Local ReportsCarl MuirNovember 19, 2010Kingfish, Jigging, 35kg kingfish, Spring, Broken ArrowComment

Crazy Spring Action and 100 Kingfish in a Day!

Quite possibly the craziest week of fishing ever, four very nice fellas and loads of angry kingfish, with the last day producing 100kingfish in a day - all on jigs!

Solid Winter Fishing - Big Tairua and Gt Mercury Island Kingfish - Aug/Sept 2010

Man there's been some SOLID kingfish turn up of late! We've released some monster kingfish out wide

Local ReportsCarl MuirSeptember 23, 2010Kingfish, Jigging, Crackerjack, Mercury IslandsComment

2010 Adventure to Vanuatu

Another winter escape to Vanuatu! This time GT's were the highlight.

Offshore Trips, Local ReportsCarl MuirJuly 31, 2010Giant Trevally, Vanuatu, Yellowfin, MahiMahi, Offshore TripsComment

Filming with Mark Berg - Mark Bergs Fishing Addication comes to Tairua!

Mark Berg's first visit to Tairua! Awesome time with a father and son team

Local ReportsCarl MuirJuly 15, 2010Mark Berg, Kingfish, Jigging, Snapper, Slipper IslandComment

Mayor Island Mission - Winter 2010

The Bonnici's were back and we fished some new grounds, including some awesome shallow water fishing at Mayor

Local ReportsCarl MuirJune 24, 2010Kingfish, Top Water Fishing, Popper Fishing, Crayfish, Jigging, Mayor Island, CuvierComment

Autumn 2010 - Aldermen Pins Kingfish jigging and some Tairua salt water flyfishing

Autumn has to be one of my favourite times to be fishing. Great fishing on the coast as well as some primo fishing out deep too

The ultimate day! Marlin on Jig Rod and awesome kingi jigging and soft bating to boot!

When you've got an great crew, sometimes everything just falls into place. Mike and Hayley were back and in one day we had awesome kingfish jigging, shallow water soft baiting and got a nice striped marlin on jig gear! All time!