Articles Posted in the Trip Reports Category

  • White Island Trip Reports

    White Island Trip Reports

    Some of the forum members headed over to White Island for a bit of fishing, read the reports on the forum > White Island Trip Reports

  • Wondaboys 25lb snap

    Wondaboys 25lb snap

    Wondaboy and I decided to try a new spot today that we had thought about giving a go for awhile. We thought we could do with a change from White cliffs and chasing big snapper. The launch spot looked OK when we got there so we readied the yaks and started paddling. We could see [...]

  • Great Barrier Island – May 2010

    Great Barrier Island – May 2010

    Here is a video I made from my recent trip to Great Barrier Island… httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-BkzVlXJNs

  • Piwi 1st 20lber

    Piwi 1st 20lber

    Went back to the spot where my boy got the 10lber last week and met up with 3 others. A few waves but we all got out clean. Everyone was catching except for me, I was just feeding small bluecod $2 crazyleg baits. Anyway I did get a 70cm kingie and a pannie when my [...]

  • Mojo Returns – HLD

    Mojo Returns – HLD

    After being severely humbled by Mentals cracking fish (and my lack of ) I had to get back out onto the water to reassure myself, at least that was the excuse to Mrs. Dwarf The snotty weather forecast hadn’t arrived by this morning with the exception of a few skiffs of rain, but definitely wasn’t [...]

  • You Gotta Love Winter! – Yakman

    You Gotta Love Winter! – Yakman

    Well I thought I would go out this morning and try a get something like Mentals fantastic fish! Went to a spot that has produced in the past and started to fish. The sea was a bit sloppy and the fishing was slow but after an hour and a half I had enough for dinner [...]

  • Toots Kingi Bash – Mental

    Toots Kingi Bash – Mental

    Ok here we go… The report you have all been waiting for… So the trip had been in the making for sooooooo long and we had a small window in the weather for Friday May 29th, the "who’s available?" call goes out, Hairy Little Dwarf, New2Yaking, and Mental step up to the mark… Here’s my [...]

  • Toots Kingi Bash – HLD

    Toots Kingi Bash – HLD

    I’ll just put a summary up, and the others can chip in when they get back online The predawn was still and clear, but not too nippy, as I met up with Mental and New2Yaking at Pacific Bay in Tutukaka Harbour. Didn’t take long before we were on the beach for final preflights, and away [...]

  • NZACA Nationals, Coromandel – delbnz

    NZACA Nationals, Coromandel – delbnz

    The NZACA National Fishing & Casting Champs; Coromandel, 2009 Every year the best of anglers from all NZACA affiliated clubs are invited to fish the NZACA Nationals to compete for the title of National Champion. This year’s champs were based in Coromandel Town, on the Coromandel Peninsular. The NZACA Nationals are a tournament to decide [...]

  • Taranaki Comp – Mental

    Taranaki Comp – Mental

    Ok, here it is at last, sorry for the delay… Friday Finish packing my bags, end up with one rucksack and one back pack full of gear and clothes and one home made rod tube for a couple of rods, Mrs Mental gives me a ride out to the airport, check my bag in and [...]