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Welcome to the home of fishing in New Zealand, where you'll find everything from hints and tips for newbies to the latest tricks and techniques for experts. Our fishing reports provide the latest intel on the best fishing spots around the country, and our Bite Times will give you the inside running on when to be there.
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Our Father's Day Gift Guide has all the inspiration you need to spoil the outdoor-loving dad in your life...
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The Yamaha F115 has built its reputation through delivering dependable, efficient, and predictable performance year after year...
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For fishing and fisheries management purposes, one of the most important things we can know about a species of fish is its spawning characteristics...
August 2026
The NZ Fishing News team hit the Hauraki Gulf to check out Extreme Boats' brand-spanking new 696 Xpedition Ampibious & 746 Game King...
August 2026
Our Father's Day Gift Guide has all the inspiration you need to spoil the outdoor-loving dad in your life...
August 2026
The Yamaha F115 has built its reputation through delivering dependable, efficient, and predictable performance year after year...
August 2026
For fishing and fisheries management purposes, one of the most important things we can know about a species of fish is its spawning characteristics...
Extreme 696 Xpedition Amphibious + 746 Game King
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Raglan Fishing Report - 20/08/26
Solid snapper in the deep Excellent snapper continue to be caught out deeper in 70... Read More >
Coromandel Fishing Report - 20/08/26
Snapper and kingies on the menu There are plenty of snapper around the coast and... Read More >
Bay of Islands Fishing Report - 20/08/26
Impressive catches coming in It seems that over the last fortnight I’ve spent as much... Read More >
Bream Bay Fishing Report - 20/08/26
Bait and berley does the business The message from those on the water is a... Read More >
Outer Hauraki Gulf Fishing Report 20/08/26
Winter still hanging on The outer Hauraki Gulf remains firmly in winter mode, but there... Read More >
Outer Hauraki Gulf Fishing Report 06/08/26
Mixed fortunes The coming week of weather looks like a tale of two halves for... Read More >
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SNA1 Recc fishing cops the blame.
in Fisheries Management77 hours ago
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What Liegasea won’t tell you is that some of their own fisheries contractors were co-authors of this study for fear of being called hypocrites, one of...
Mc Tools berley mincer
in The Briny Bar115 hours ago
Mc Tool
Well I got my money back for the pulley. Bank were really dragging the chain , but in the meantime I got a full refund from...
here is one for you Tonto
in The Work-Up120 hours ago
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Boat maintenance happening as we speak, hoping to get into late November...
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21 August 2026
20 August 2026
Get ready for spring fishing action with the latest NZ Fishing News spring 2026 magazine, in stores from Monday, August 24th...
18 August 2026
XPO Exhibitions announces Stabicraft as the Official Grand Prize Boat Partner for The Hutchwilco New Zealand Boat Show for 2027 and 2028...
13 August 2026
New Fisheries NZ research has quantified, for the first time fishery-wide, how many recreationally caught snapper die after being returned to the water...
August 2026
The latest fishing reports from around New Zealand - brought to you by Mercury Marine...
August 2026
Get ready for spring fishing action with the latest NZ Fishing News spring 2026 magazine, in stores from Monday, August 24th...
August 2026
XPO Exhibitions announces Stabicraft as the Official Grand Prize Boat Partner for The Hutchwilco New Zealand Boat Show for 2027 and 2028...
August 2026
New Fisheries NZ research has quantified, for the first time fishery-wide, how many recreationally caught snapper die after being returned to the water...
