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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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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...
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...
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Bream Bay Fishing Report - 20/08/26
Bait and berley does the business. The message from those on the water is a... 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 >
Raglan Fishing Report - 20/08/26
Solid snapper in the deep. Excellent snapper continue to be caught out deeper in 70... 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 >
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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Yeah but nearly 4 times the price , and way more importantly ,things arriving from Ali ,Temu etc are quietly slipped into the mailbox over the...
Whangarei Harbour report.
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krow
Yeah I too have been unable to get a tarakihi in my "usual" spots off The old woman. Have to go to my puka spots at...
Manukau Harbour & West Coast fishing
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gurnard
I use mono predominantly. I do have a jigging setup for use in the deeper channels when the current starts motoring. Definitely helps to get the...
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The public’s views are being sought on whether to reopen some scallop fishing in Whangārei Harbour after a four-year closure, Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones...
21 August 2026
The latest fishing reports from around New Zealand - brought to you by Mercury Marine...
20 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
Over the past month, multiple recreational fishers were fined thousands of dollars for marine offences....
August 2026
The public’s views are being sought on whether to reopen some scallop fishing in Whangārei Harbour after a four-year closure, Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones...
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...
