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Bonze Lures
Bonze Lures

When it comes to marlin lures you can't go past Bonze Lures!

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Gear ReviewsCarl MuirMay 6, 2015Gamefishing, Striped Marlin, Blue Marlin, Big Eye Tuna, Bonze Lures, Bonze Apache, Bonze D ShackleComment
Autumn Fishing with the Family
Autumn Fishing with the Family

There are plenty of nice fish at the moment in close to Tairua. Carl and the family have been getting out and having a ball.

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Family Fishing, Local ReportsCarl MuirMay 5, 2015Family, Tairua, Tairua wharfComment
Paul's First Marlin!
Paul's First Marlin!

Good times this week with Paul landing his first striped marlin - and doing it the hard way - on 15kg! And scoring a new club record in the process - choice! The Bonze D Shackle on shotgun producing the goods again

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Local ReportsCarl MuirApril 3, 2015Striped Marlin, Bonze Lures, Bonze D ShackleComment
Awesome Week of Gamefishing - Team Tairua Butchery Nationals 2015.
Awesome Week of Gamefishing - Team Tairua Butchery Nationals 2015.

What a great week of game fishing with good mates! Tairua was ON this week and we came away with 2 swordfish, a crazy day that produced 3 stripeys, plus we managed 3 stripeys on 15kg, short bill spearfish and mahimahi. Good times!

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Articles, Local ReportsCarl MuirFebruary 28, 2015Swordfish, Striped Marlin, Gamefishing, Bonze Lures, Bonze D Shackle, Mayor Island, 3 marlin in 1 dayComment
Christening the Provider!
Christening the Provider!

Paul and Carl got out and christened Provider with some nice fat kingfish, crays and scallops

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Articles, Local ReportsCarl MuirDecember 16, 2014Provider, Kingfish, Crayfish, Jigging, DivingComment
100pd Hapuka and a mean day out with good mates
100pd Hapuka and a mean day out with good mates

A great day out with Tony and Owen with a bin full of nice eating hapuka and some tasty scallops

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Local ReportsCarl MuirOctober 18, 2014Hapuka, Deep Water Critters, Scallops, Opito BayComment
A mean feed to celebrate a great man!
A mean feed to celebrate a great man!

A week of fishing, diving and the eventual five course seafood meal to celebrate the life of a great man

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Family FishingCarl MuirAugust 1, 2014Seafood, Hapuka, Cooking, Crayfish, Diving, DiveZone Whitianga, Ocean to PlateComment
An Adventure with Two Bearded Men!
An Adventure with Two Bearded Men!

Some good autumn fishing up off Great Merc at the moment. Timed just right for the cameras!

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Local ReportsCarl MuirApril 25, 2014Kingfish, Great MercuryComment
Superb Autumn Fishing for Kingfish at the Aldies
Superb Autumn Fishing for Kingfish at the Aldies

Some sweet autumn fishing for kingfish at the Aldies while the cameras were rolling!

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Local ReportsCarl MuirApril 23, 2014Autumn, KingfishComment
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
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Meet some of the Men in our Summit Communit
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Tāne Retreat for Manurewa Marae
Tāne Retreat for Manurewa Marae

Reflections from hosting Tāne from Manurewa Marae - a men’s retreat and wananga especially for this group of Tāne & kaimahi

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March 2026 Men's Retreat - Reflections
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Men's Wellbeing Retreat Feb 2026 - Personal Development of the Mind, Heart, Body and Spirit
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Reflections from a powerful week on a journey aligning the mind, heart, body and spirit, with 4 good men who courageously showed up for our first Men’s Wellbeing Retreat of 2026

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At the south end of this beach, a Tahitian pearl shell fishing lure was found by archaeologists, carbon dated to 900 years ago. One of the ear
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