New Zealand fishing pixs

Kezza_Pacca · Jan-23-2007, 07:18 PM

just going thru my photobucket account and thought I'd sahre some pics of the fish and fishing we get up to downunder...

A Wreckfish around the 140lb mark

A 70lb Hapkua

A 200lb stripie caught on a handline from a 14ft dinghy - "mad mad and the sea"

50lb kingie on a jig

a 50lb phat albert

Rat mako on a soft bait

35lb kingie beofre release

20lb Snapper

10lb crayfish...yum yum

25lb snapper

10lb silver trevally

25lb snapper

20lb kingie

5lb John Dory

22lb snapper

19lb snapper

got loads more if you guys and gals are at all interested?

mr.K · Jan-23-2007, 07:30 PM

how do they run things down there, is like california chaters or open party trips, or is there packages

Kezza_Pacca · Jan-23-2007, 07:47 PM

a lot of fishing is done out of private boats here in NZ...I read somewhere recently that as a nation we have the highest number of 20ft+ trailer boats per capita on the worldwide scale.

There are plenty of charter options from extended long range to 1/2 day excursions and everything in between....sole charter and party boats....sorry I'm not being anymore specific, but let me know if there is anything you want more detail on or contacts!

Mischief · Jan-23-2007, 08:31 PM

oh man! i got to go to New Zealand someday, awww yes, i will go there someday! great pics, dude,..

Lo,.

The Notorious S.U.A · Jan-23-2007, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Kezza_Pacca

a lot of fishing is done out of private boats here in NZ...I read somewhere recently that as a nation we have the highest number of 20ft+ trailer boats per capita on the worldwide scale.

There are plenty of charter options from extended long range to 1/2 day excursions and everything in between....sole charter and party boats....sorry I'm not being anymore specific, but let me know if there is anything you want more detail on or contacts!

Any information on the long range fleet down there?

horn toad · Jan-23-2007, 10:29 PM

Awesome photos..the quality and variety of species is really amazing...peoples' head would explode if we could nail 70lb Hapkua on huge plasitics..Are those things in the Jack family like the kings? I wouldn't have thought the water was warm enough for snapper species, but obviously I was mistaken...
Better than catching sculpin and sand dabs here...that's for damn sure...
Mega-cepahlopods (giant squid) are the only game in town right now here in San Diego! Send the Albies this way...please.

HT

DawnPatrol · Jan-23-2007, 10:40 PM

Are you fishing out of Whatkatane area, or up on the Coromandel area?
Sweet fishing pictures, mate!

Kezza_Pacca · Jan-23-2007, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by The Notorious S.U.A

Any information on the long range fleet down there?

Ultimate Lady Game Fishing Charters

not quite in the price range of your average punter, but this is the most well equiped sport fisher I've ever had the pleasure to fish/film from....she is a minter and does amazing amount of sea miles to sniff out virgin fisheries...do agoogle search for the Wanganella Banks...anyhoo...not quite what your after?

Cascade Charters

these guys have a few vessels with long range capabilities...no quite up the the So.Cal fleet but 5 day live aboard to some of the most prolific fishing grounds available? and also giant bluefin tuna fishing?

Primetime Charters and Gamefishing.

Primetime is NZs undisputed heavy weight when it comes to fishing the famous 3-Kings...top boat since it was launched...giant kings, marlin, tuna, swords...you name it!! again 5-7 days with all the trimmings!

that is an over view of course, there are lots of boats around that would fall under the "long range" umbrella, just not on the same sort of scale as the So.Cal fleet.

hope that helps.

Kezza_Pacca · Jan-23-2007, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by horn toad

Awesome photos..the quality and variety of species is really amazing...peoples' head would explode if we could nail 70lb Hapkua on huge plasitics..Are those things in the Jack family like the kings? I wouldn't have thought the water was warm enough for snapper species, but obviously I was mistaken...
Better than catching sculpin and sand dabs here...that's for damn sure...
Mega-cepahlopods (giant squid) are the only game in town right now here in San Diego! Send the Albies this way...please.

HT

Hapuka are part of the Wreckfish family...deep dwellers and much sort after as table fare....and great fun on the softbaits!

Snapper (Pagrus auratus) are with out a doubt New Zealand's prefered and most sort after fish...the "magic" weight is 20lbs and can be caught in heaps of different habitats and depths with a variety of methods.....Soft bait fishing for them is blooming here currently and is a real blast!

(anyone know where i can get a good supply of Slug Gos or preferably any other similar stick baits in the 6" range??..NZ has been very slow on the uptake of soft bait fishing but it is going hard now!!)

how big do the giant squid (Architeuthis dux) get to?...was under the impression they are somewhat rare?.....or is "giant" a local name for humboltd/jumbos?

...I've seen video of a 200lb marlin denuded of flesh much akin to eating the corn of a cob by a seriously giant squid....the sucker marks left on the remaining skin were the circumfrence of a large cofee bowl....seriously large lump of squid...

Sam Salmon · Jan-23-2007, 11:53 PM

Great Pics-would love to see more!

halibutslayerII · Jan-24-2007, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Kezza_Pacca

got loads more if you guys and gals are at all interested?

Are you kidding

......dude, post all the pics you can!!! I can look at this shit for days

Cuda/Hoo_Killer · Jan-24-2007, 01:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Kezza_Pacca

(anyone know where i can get a good supply of Slug Gos or preferably any other similar stick baits in the 6" range??..NZ has been very slow on the uptake of soft bait fishing but it is going hard now!!)

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for tackle BloodydecksTackle.com

nice pics and info