... for your reel. The drag is… Excellent through the full range of settings. Most tellingly, it remains smooth right at the top end of the drag range, even on large fish. A 5kg rat was big...

... fewer game fishers trolling. Ranfurly Bank Fortunately, a bit of a resurgence here in every regard. Both (which have been fickle) and bottom grabbers (which have been difficult and small when...

.... There are around the baitfish schools and if you hang in there and keep trying, the reards can be well worth it. Up Tutukaka way the fishing has been better with Tarakihi at 70m with big schools...

.... This also works when using strip baits of other tough skinned baits such as trevally, kahawai and , but for thick, tough fillets I have a much better way. Skinless Kahawai Sausages Cut...

..., as well as and other species, while even larger lures with heads to match are opening up a whole range of deepwater soft bait fishing. All shapes and sizes I particularly favour jerk baits (jerk...

... the 4000D Baitrunner proved itself on a solid 16kg and 20lb braid. The 4000D easily handles a wide range of fish sizes and so is an ideal candidate for the extra spool strategy! Quite simply...

... Fighting a fish with modern jigging equipment is quite different to doing so with the other types of rods normally used to target . Firstly, you must keep a low rod angle when the rod is loaded...

... it my ‘Frog’ fly) has proven very successful on and schooling snapper. It is extremely easy to tie. The Gamakatsu SL12S hook used in its construction is a moderately-heavy gauge hook...

.... I despair when we get an image of a trophy fish – perhaps a snapper, , trout, hapuku or kahawai – that fails to make the front cover for reasons that could easily have been rectified. Here...

... objective of nailing a billfish on his Shimano Stella 20000. That same day the crew enjoyed some great bottom-fishing action, landing a number of to 30kg-plus, all of which were released...

... of tarakihi, XOS pink mao mao and other reef fish. have also been cooperative some days like mid spring – and some are not small! While jigs are mainly doing the business, the fish...

... a splendid kingi of 44kgs! With all the hearty congratulations the crew could give him on what was felt to be the biggest of the trip, fellow angler Ben Cochrane changed that on the next drift...

... for the rest of the afternoon. On a subsequent trip the 4000D Baitrunner proved itself on a solid 16kg and 20lb braid. The 4000D easily handles a wide range of fish sizes and so is an ideal candidate...

... structure for , or a skipjack or koheru for a marlin, a downrigger allows you to put the bait down to where the fish are. Downriggers are also ideal for towing lures such as bibbed or bibless...

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... for . Last trip we waited for 3 days for kingi action, this time it was three minutes before the balloon got sucked under and the reel started screaming. I flicked the big Daiwa into gear...

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