The Lord of the Kings

May 31st, 2011 | By Ocean Blue

Check out Jack Scrine’s article from the Modern Fishing March 2011 Issue, “Lord of the Kings”, part 3 of a “Conquering KIWI LAND” series featuring incredible top-water kingy fishery in New Zealand’s beautiful North Island. View more

Keith’s 50 Pound Kingfish Report…Not bad for a Weekend’s Jigging!

May 17th, 2011 | By Ocean Blue

“We have seen enough to wet our appetite and plan to return when the surface action is hottest, In the meantime we can only dream of bettering the 50+ pound mark and catching one of these giants on a surface stick bait.” – Keith Wallin View more

NZ 3 Kings Islands Topwater Report

February 2nd, 2011 | By Ocean Blue

NZ Fishing TripIt’s exciting to picture what can be achieved here now with the evolution towards topwater stickbait techniques for these cool water torpedo’s.

The Magic Tonne – A Day to Remember!

November 5th, 2010 | By David Noble

Kings“Hi Dave, What a day!!! We’re on the way back in, It’s been a triple digit day – over 100 kingfish between the two of us, all on topwater! What more can I say but just totally awesome! Cheers Malcolm”
Live feed from Tauranga Bay of Plenty November ’10

Tauranga Topwater Kingfish

September 10th, 2010 | By David Noble

NZ Stickbait KingfishRead the report from Dave’s recent trip across to Tauranga in NZ, chasing hoodlum kingfish on topwater lures with renowned GT angler Malcolm Crane. Dave reckons he got more 1m+ kingfish to the boat in one day than he’s had in Sydney in the last 3 years…

NZ Is Officially Going Off!

August 27th, 2010 | By Mark Armistead

New Zealand Kingfish Surface PoppingThe fishing is getting better as every week goes by over in NZ, with fat, well conditioned kingfish getting ready to spawn that are hitting both jigs & surface lures with aggression. Check out skipper Mark Armistead’s latest trip report and pics from a recent charter.

28kg Kingfish Off The Surface!

August 18th, 2010 | By Mark Armistead

Topwater NZ Kingfish The topwater action in New Zealand has really started to fire; stickbaits have proven to be a better option than jigging during the last few sessions, with anglers taking advantage of the kingies’ aggressive surface bite and putting some serious bends in their casting rods.

NZ Kingfish Season Is Heating Up!

July 16th, 2010 | By Mark Armistead

New Zealand Kingfish Jigging ChartersAcross the ditch in New Zealand, peak kingfish season is not far away! Skipper Mark Armistead reckons the surface fishing should start to fire as juvenile squid move into the Bay of Plenty, predicting some excellent fishing if the last few years are anything to go by.

Heavy Metal Jigging Competition Report

July 14th, 2010 | By Mark Armistead

New Zealand Kingfish JiggingRead skipper Mark Armistead’s report from the recent Top Catch jigging competition in Tauranga. They’re now entering peak kingfish season over in NZ, if you want to experience some incredible jigging and topwater fishing for yourself, contact us now.