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A update from Spearfishing New Zealand, including results from the World Championships in Spain plus upcoming local events.

Spearfishing for Yellowtail Kingfish and Big Snapper in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand in Spring. So much fish life it was insane!

Young spearo Ollie Craig has developed a huge following with his epic spearfishing and diving stories. Check out this for an absolute monster of a kingy!

Part 2 of my Solo overnight Solo Camping and Spearfishing adventure along remote NZ Coastline. Crayfish for Breakfast before hunting NZ's Famous Snapper and managing to find some more Crayfish

head off on an epic solo road trip to explore some new coastline of New Zealand for Spearfishing. I am greeted with incredible conditions with flat calm seas and clear, blue water. I find a very fishy piece of coast and manage to spear some huge Snapper, one close to the magic 20-pound mark and spear a nice big Yellowtail Kingfish along with some tasty other species such as John Dory!

Nice little vlog catching crays inshore from GP Fishing Adventures

The most important part of stickbaiting is how to swim a stickbait. If you can do that well you will get lots of strikes and catch lots of fish. Here I go into details of stickbait techniques for swimming these lures. This video is aimed at beginner to intermediate fishermen who are getting into stickbaiting. This is part 2 of a series on how to stickbait for kingfish, see part 1 for info on gear to use.

Night jigging for bluefin has been a successful method for catching these fish when they are feeding down deeper at night, and gives you the option to double your opportunities once you've travelled all the way to the tuna, or when they are just not coming up to hit trolled lures. Here's a few tips on how they rig and the lures used overseas, that will absolutely work here in NZ, as proven by young angler Flyn Jack recently.

Here's a refresher or a beginner's how-to for fishing the deadly Inchiku style jigs that are so effective on everything from snapper and kingfish to john dory and cod. Check out the video from Grant 'Captain Espresso' Bittle explaining the ins and outs.

The new Motiti Protection Area comes into effect on 11 August 2021, creating three protection areas around Motiti Island where the taking of all plants and animals (including fish and shellfish) will be prohibited. To protect the reef systems, anchoring on these reefs will also be prohibited. This is to protect indigenous biodiversity and acknowledge the significant marine, landscape and cultural values in the area. Those three areas comprise of Ōtaiti (Astrolabe Reef); including Te Papa (Brewis Shoal), Te Porotiti, and O karapu Reef, Motuhaku Island (Schooner Rocks) and Motunau Island (Plate Island).

Here is the correct way to crimp a lure using mono for tuna and marlin, as instructed by Bonze Fleet from Bonze Lures.

If you’re anything like me, you are lucky enough to regularly find yourself filleting nice eating sized snapper. Surely practice makes every cut perfect then? Yeah, not so much. Every time I think I have filleting dialed, and I might get a few absolutely bang on, there’s always that fish that just throws you, and you end up feeling like Edward Scissorhands on the piss. Here’s a quick vid taken on my phone by my mate Lloyd, after a brilliant morning session on the kayak.

The FG Knot with a Rizzuto finish is my go-to leader knot. I'll use it for GT, Tuna, Bass and everything in-between! But this here shows you the exact knot I tie when Popping and stick baiting for GT with my heavy setups.

Amazing overnight camping in Northland, New Zealand hunting big Kingfish (Yellowtail). We head out at sunrise on the hunt for our first Kingfish for the season and get lucky on some very nice fish!

Here's a great look at all the key factors before planning a fishing trip courtesy of ol mate Briggsy from Aus. In this educational fishing series we look at time of day, tide, moon phase, current, and weather.

Wettie TV takes us diving at the 'Mighty Mokes' with some great hints and tips and awesome footage. Check it out.

A nice video showcasing some awesome freediving from Ritchie Johnston down in the deep south west.

Check out a little video log we made a few years ago featuring Edward Uhai Lee landing his first sword. Drop number 1 on a picture perfect day out off the mighty Manukau a few clicks. These are definitely strong beasts, and took a bit of grunting to get this one on deck.

With the popularity of inchiku, slow pitch, and speed jigging, it's often the assist rig that gets beaten up before the metal jig. In some cases you might just prefer to customise your own rigs to suit your choice of hook. If you want to get the edge on your mates, here's a cool video showing how its done.

Spearfishing New Zealand. A nice video with a bit of advice chasing snapper, yellowtail kingfish, crayfish around NZ, Comandel, Northland, and 90 Mile Beach.

A basic guide to spearfishing.

Check out this really delicious recipe that works well with any of the New Zealand tuna species apart from skipjack. Yellowfin, albacore, bluefin, or even a few oily non tuna species such as kingfish will work with this one.

Jason 'aka The Fish Whisperer' is one of the best surf fisho's around. Here's a bit of his expert advice for tackling Auckland's Muriwai Beach

Epic spearfishing action in the Coromandel and Hauraki Gulf with the Aquatic Rehab team

Nice spearo action here. Some inspiration and a few hints and tips along the way from the boys at Aquatic Rehab

Check out some gold tips from the experts at catching yellowfin tuna. Luke from Yeehaa Fishing Tackle takes us through top lures, how to run them, and has some great advice if you want to target these fantastic fish.

Fishos spend countless hours on the water but most of us tend not to get in and discover the whole other world under the waves. John Durrant fulfilled a long-held ambition to obtain his PADI open water certificate and quickly reaped the rewards that diving can bring.

Impressive double cray grab by Wellington spearfisher. Here's how it's done.

Ever found a crayfish, gone to the surface to breathe up and come back to find that it's tucked back and locked in to the crack or cave it's hiding in? Try this..

Join Aquatic Rehab TV as they showcase four common spearfishing locations in the Hauraki Gulf of Auckland, New Zealand. In this episode they hunt the elusive snapper, dodge sharks and land a big yellowtail kingfish.

Spearfishing is a sport growing very quickly in New Zealand. Matt Lind has been doing it for quite a few years and has some good advice for those wanting to get into the water. For me, spearfishing has become an obsession. Over the last 10 years it has taken up more and more of my free time and has now become the central focus of my working life as well.

Winter still has its grip on the watery world at this time of year, however Matt Lind shares how to pick the hot conditions for cold water diving and hunting.

About January last year I was eating breakfast watching TV, about to start a day’s paua diving in the Chatham Islands, when the news of a shark attack off the Auckland coast came on.

Many fishos are too quick to discount the muddy Manukau Harbour as a land-based option but, Michael Parker explains, there’s quality fishing to be enjoyed if you pick the right spot at the right time.

Nothing is more kiwi than catching a feed of crays. I’d hazard the guess that they’re one of the main reasons that most people get into diving in the first place.

I guess whenever you do something for long enough you begin to get a bit stale on it. The initial thrill wears off and the novelty wanes.

Matt Lind sharing valuable advice on one of the most important aspects of spearfishing; timing. Like most fishing, timing is everything when spearfishing from the shore…

Summer brings warmer waters, species variety and, of course, demands from the family to fill the table with seafood for Christmas. Here are some tips for divers hoping to catch snapper, kingfish and crayfish this December.

Another awesome video from Breathless addiction, this time from the Beautiful Kingdom of Tonga.

Matt Lind goes back to his fishing roots and fulfils his boyhood dreams with his new camping set up. Nothing is more Kiwi than a summer camping holiday.

Three epic days diving the Three Kings. Big kings and big trevally.

Freediving and spearfishing around the pristine waters of the North Island of New Zealand.

As an adventure sport, spearfishing can be very safe; but the ocean is an unforgiving environment to the underprepared.

Let’s face it, winter spearfishing can be hard. Good weather days are fewer and further apart, and the thought of climbing into a cold wetsuit isn’t really the most attractive thought as you lie in bed. However, it’s not all bad…

Seven of New Zealand’s best trophy fisherman share their trophy fish secrets and stories

Here's Part 1 with Markus Church taking you through the basics and a bit more on how to rig and fish live baits. In Part 2 we cover gear and technique

This video takes you through rigs, gear and techniques with expert angler Markus Church