ANTS 106kg BIG EYE Nationals report 2012

Every year the Nationals produces some superb game fishing, this time it was a 106kg Big Eye for old Ants! What a cool week of gamefishing including some wicked striped marlin action as well...

Articles, Local ReportsCarl MuirFebruary 28, 2012Big Eye Tuna, Striped Marlin, NationalsComment

Big Bass & Solid Kingfish - Jan 2012

Good way to see in the New Year with a crew of keen Japanese jiggers! And the hook produces a big bad bass!!

Local ReportsCarl MuirFebruary 1, 2012Tairua, Bass, Kingfish, G Spot, The HookComment

28 pound snapper and 15kg kingfish on fly rod!

Always a pleasure to fish with Mark Joseph, and this years salt water fly mission was all time! Big snapper and kings on the fly...

Local ReportsCarl MuirDecember 24, 2011Salt Water Fly Fishing, Kingfish, CrackerjackComment

Insane Spring Action - Kingfish and Big Snapper!

Awesome top water kingfish action, nice snapper and hapuka on softbait!

Sept 2011 - Kingfish back on the jigs

It is not often the score reads Jigs 44 - Livebaits 3 - but the kingfish have been preferring jigs and turning there noses up to the baits

Local ReportsCarl MuirNovember 1, 2011Kingfish, Jigging, Broken Arrow, Aldermen PinsComment

June - July - August 2011

For solid winter kingfish - look no further than the Coromandel!

Local ReportsCarl MuirAugust 27, 2011Kingfish, 30kg kingfish, WinterComment

Hapuka, Kings and Snapper - May/June 2011

When the Jigstar boys come to fish you know you're going to have some fun jigging!

Local ReportsCarl MuirJune 1, 2011Furuno, Jigging, Kingfish, Aldermen Pins, G SpotComment

Family and Friends at the Three Kings

A once in a lifetime trip that will be etched into the memory banks forever! Big bass to 67kg, hapuka to 42kg, kingfish to 40kg, but most importantly a trip to the mecca of NZ fishing with best mates and family...

Family Fishing, NZ MissionsCarl MuirMay 27, 2011The Three Kings, Bass, North Cape, Pursuit Fishing Charters, Northland, KingfishComment

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!