Impromptu Autumn Fishing Trip to Opito Bay

Opito Bay would rate as my favourite place in the world. I got to escape back there for some quality time on the water with the kids and good mate Dion over the last week

Family Fishing, Local ReportsCarl MuirApril 29, 2016Opito Bay, Bluenose, Snapper, Trevally, John Dory, Maven, TZ Touch, Furuno, Great Mercury, Red Mercury IslandComment

3 Days, 3 Marlin including the Kid's First Marlin

3 days that will be etched in the memory banks for ever. Seeing the kids catch their first marlin out of Tairua.

Family Fishing, Local ReportsCarl MuirApril 20, 2016Striped Marlin, Family

February Striped Marlin Action - Tairua 2016 including Nationals week

A nice patch of striped marlin turned up wide of Red Mercury. Carl kicked February off with one solo then had a ball getting into some more with his mates.

Local ReportsCarl MuirFebruary 29, 2016Gamefishing, Striped Marlin, Yellowfin, The Hook, Bonze Lures, Bonze D Shackle, NationalsComment

Chasing Black Marlin in Cairns with Team Pies

The dream trip to Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef for Pies 40th, with all 8 boys getting into Black Marlin to 850lb

Articles, Offshore TripsCarl MuirNovember 19, 2015Black Marlin, Gamefishing, Cairns, Fishing Bucket ListComment

Chasing Spring Hapuka - A great afternoon of it out of Tairua!

Paul and Carl took off for an afternoon at it chasing hapuka - and found some nice ones close to Tairua

Local ReportsCarl MuirOctober 10, 2015Hapuka, Spring, Bottom Fishing, TairuaComment

Lighting up the RH620

Pimping out the RH620 with some cool lighting from Lumitec

Gear ReviewsCarl MuirOctober 2, 2015Lumitec, Underwater LightsComment

Tonga Trip 2015

I'm just back from an awesome first ever trip to Vava'u Tonga with a great bunch of fellas! We got into Blue Marlin, sailfish, yellowfin and wahoo with Cascade Charters. What a great adventure

Articles, Offshore TripsCarl MuirSeptember 8, 2015Tonga, Vava'u, Offshore Trips, Blue Marlin, Sailfish, YellowfinComment

Kingfish Jigging, Bluenose Dropping & some black gold!!

Great couple of days on the water jigging kings, deep dropping for big bluenose and gathering a nice feed of paua - maybe winters not so bad :-)

Local ReportsCarl MuirAugust 5, 2015Bluenose, Kingfish, Jigging, Deep Water Critters, Provider, Paua, Seafood, FurunoComment

Bluenose mission

Trip out wide with the boys chasing bluenose for dinner on the TZ Touch

Local ReportsCarl MuirJuly 28, 2015Bluenose, Deep Water Critters, TZ Touch, FurunoComment

Furuno Marine Electronics

If you want to find fish - you need Furuno!

Gear ReviewsCarl MuirJuly 8, 2015FurunoComment

Carpenter Lures

It doesn't get much better than seeing big fish eat lures right in front of you. And when it comes to top water fishing for kingfish they don't come much better than Carpenter Lures

Gear ReviewsCarl MuirJune 10, 2015Kingfish, Top Water Fishing, Carpenter LuresComment

Bonze Lures

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

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.

Family Fishing, Local ReportsCarl MuirMay 5, 2015Family, Tairua, Tairua wharfComment

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

Local ReportsCarl MuirApril 3, 2015Striped Marlin, Bonze Lures, Bonze D ShackleComment

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!