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Swords and Bluenose with two awesome clients!
Swords and Bluenose with two awesome clients!

An awesome day successfully chasing bluenose and swordfish

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Articles, Local ReportsCarl MuirMarch 21, 2014Swordfish, Bluenose, Mayor IslandComment
Opito Bay Summer Trip 2014
Opito Bay Summer Trip 2014

One of the best family breaks ever, fishing, diving and eating seafood at my favourite summer spot - Opito Bay!

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Family Fishing, DivingCarl MuirFebruary 5, 2014Summer, Opito Bay, Family, Scallops, Diving, Crayfish, Lukes Kitchen, Kingfish, TuatuaComment
Summer 2014 Kicks Off
Summer 2014 Kicks Off

Summer is here - stripeys, crayfish and kingfish on the chew!

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Local ReportsCarl MuirJanuary 16, 2014Crayfish, Striped Marlin, KingfishComment
Nov/Dec 2013
Local ReportsCarl MuirDecember 24, 2013Kingfish, Cuvier, Salt Water Fly FishingComment
October 2013 Madness!  BIG Hapuka and Top Water Kingfish
October 2013 Madness! BIG Hapuka and Top Water Kingfish

Monster Hapuka and some awesome top water kingfish action have made for an awesome October of fish

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Local ReportsCarl MuirOctober 31, 2013Hapuka, Top Water Fishing, Tairua, Aldermen PinsComment
Winter 2013 Highlights! 40kg kingi with Mark Kitteridge, fishing with ET & some big Puka
Winter 2013 Highlights! 40kg kingi with Mark Kitteridge, fishing with ET & some big Puka

Feel privilged to fish with two of Australasia's fishing legends this month. Both Australia's Andrew "ET" Ettingshausen and New Zealand's Mark Kitteridge jumped on board for media trips this month.

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Fishing with LegendsCarl MuirOctober 1, 2013Kingfish, Fishing with Legends, HapukaComment
February Marlin Action - Hokianga

Two great road trips, one to Whitianga for the Bonze Skins and getting Sam his first marlin, and another to Hokianga and getting Ants his first NZ marlin. 

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NZ MissionsCarl MuirFebruary 26, 2013Bonze Lures, Hokianga, Fishing Tournaments, Nationals, WhitiangaComment
Waihau Bay Gamefishing Trip 2013

Just back from Waihau Bay where the game fishing action is just kicking off - pulled the hook out of a nice Blue, and got a fat 100kg+ stripey - both on the Bonze Hercules.

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NZ MissionsCarl MuirFebruary 6, 2013Waihau Bay, Gamefishing, Striped Marlin, Road TripComment
Kingfish and Hapuka - January 2013

Awesome fishing for kingfish and hapuka and the moment. Out wide the hapuka are in great condition with the biggest going 36kg this week

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Local ReportsCarl MuirJanuary 26, 2013Summer, Hapuka, Kingfish, Furuno, TZ TouchComment
Spring 2012 - Top Water Kingfish action and Jigs On!

Top water season is on and the Carpenter Gamma has been producing some awesome surface takes 

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Local ReportsCarl MuirNovember 14, 2012Top Water Fishing, Carpenter Lures, Fisher Chicks, Kingfish, SpringComment
Big Winter Hapuka, Snapper and Kings June / July / Aug 2012

Loving this winter! The Hapuka have moved in to a patch of reef where we're consistently getting 30kg+ fish, and on the days where the wind has kept us on the coast some nice 20lb snapper have been hitting softbaits

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Local ReportsCarl MuirAugust 31, 2012Hapuka, Kingfish, 20 pound snapper, Softbaiting, Livebaiting, WinterComment
March / April / May 2012 - Bluenose and Solid Kingfish

You can't beat Bluenose when it comes to eating but with the size of some of the bluenose that have been turning up lately, they've been a sport fish in their own right!  Also some very nice kingfish on jigs

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Local ReportsCarl MuirMay 31, 2012Kingfish, Jigging, Bluenose, XzogaComment
ANTS 106kg BIG EYE Nationals report 2012
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...

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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!!

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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...

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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!

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Local ReportsCarl MuirNovember 28, 201120lb snapper, Top Water Fishing, Carpenter Lures, Jigging, Kingfish, 30kg kingfish Comment
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

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Local ReportsCarl MuirNovember 1, 2011Kingfish, Jigging, Broken Arrow, Aldermen PinsComment
June - July - August 2011

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

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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!

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Local ReportsCarl MuirJune 1, 2011Furuno, Jigging, Kingfish, Aldermen Pins, G SpotComment
Family and Friends at the Three Kings
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...

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