How to tie a pulley rig for surf casting

Explore innovative techniques for soft bait fishing and take advantage of quieter weather to refine your skills, as suggested by the latest updates and fishing conditions in the Hauraki Gulf.

Any day now the snapper work up season will be upon us. What condition is you line in?

Most fishos only need to know five knots. Here's what we reckon they are...

Surfcasting is an effective and cheap method of fishing that the whole family can enjoy. The beauty is you don’t need a lot of gear to succeed.

Straylining and dropper (ledger) rigs are usually the first methods that people try as they’re easy, relatively cheap and can deliver good results

This could be the winning ticket in so many scenarios, have you tried this? Add a new secret-weapon approach to your fishing armoury for land-based/kayak/ski and boat, worth a quick look.

From the print archives: After a great trip soft baiting on a perfect day at the Graveyard on the Kaipara Harbour, we decided to come back and give it an even better crack.

Trevally are one of the hardest fighting sport fish New Zealand has to offer yet they are surprisingly under-rated by many fishos. It may sound mad to many, but a lot of fishermen still see trevally as nothing more than fresh bait.

Fishery officers will be inspecting catch bags and bins all weekend as the blue cod season opens throughout the Marlborough region.

Fishery officers were called in by Hawkes Bay police yesterday after they stopped a car with a big haul of pāua inside.