Keeping bait, food and drinks cold on the boat or in the camp-ground can be a headache but a smart approach with the chilly bin and ice will help and when it comes to turning the catch into freshly smoked dinner there is an answer for that also.

The less obvious but equally important principles of stray lining are often the underlying keys for success.

Waiheke Island could never be described as an ‘average’ destination, the stand out region for me has always been what is commonly known as the ‘bottom end.’

Winter fishing has its challenges. The Keys to success involves patience, keen observation and a variety of different types of oily berley.

Hey Swish, how did you get on?” “Bit slow but still got six nice snapper.”

Waiheke's bottom end; home to snapper, kingfish and scallops, is a quick run along either the north or south coast of Waiheke Island (depending on the wind and sea state) from the centre of Auckland. Around an hour to an hour and twenty minutes for the average powerboat.

Seven ways to extract every inch of value from a catch.

Fishing is a game of two halves; half skill, half sheer dumb luck. But the more mistakes you make the more you grow – here’s a few lessons from one old skipper

Despite being so close to so many people, the Rangitoto Channel still produces great fishing. It doesn’t always fish easily, you have to learn a few tricks to consistently score a feed.

Most of us get our first taste of game fishing when hooked up on a kingfish, the speed of these yellow tailed critters gives you such an adrenalin rush you can’t help but want to know what a marlin on the end of your line would feel like.