A teen who caught a 203.7kg marlin has won big at a Bay of Islands fishing competition.

Weekend asked Nicky Sinden, host of TV show ADOS Addicted to Fishing to name her favourite weekend destinations with boat and trailer

Commercial anglers are black marlin's greatest threat.

The tourist was given advice on notifying someone of his plans, and any changes to those plans.

Three men were pulled from waters off Blue Fish Point at Manly early on Sunday, one of whom could not be revived.

The wild weather this week could be just what is needed to stir up the fish.

Aucklanders have been hooked by a Coastguard funding drive to catch fish for charity.

Show us the best weekend road trip, and you could soon be taking to the road for a weekend in a refined Ford Everest.

Even though metrics has been the official system of weights and measures for a generation now, serious anglers still rank their catches the old-fashioned way.

With cooler-than-normal water temperatures game fishing has been slow to start this summer, and numbers of game fish are down.

Almost six months after falling 14m down a Coromandel cliff face a 20-year-old man has made a full recovery, which he credits in part to his speedy rescue by the Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter.

Geoff Thomas writes: My friends' experience is a stark lesson in the danger of discarding anything in the water that is not natural.

The moon does affect the weather, and it usually delivers fine, settled conditions.

Fish are motivated by two factors - food and security.

Incredible footage shows shark making a spectacular break for freedom.

Over the past five years nobody has beaten four out of the six trophies in the Rheem Big Six Challenge. But this year Tony Cain changed that.

Sharks coming in close to the shallows, providing a lot of action and entertainment.

There are several golden rules that apply when fishing from the rocks.

This is what you do when you need to take home a massive fish.

A new fight may be developing between Government and iwi over fishing rights, this time in the Marlborough Sounds.

Two young men in a kayak managed to haul a 150kg shark to shore in the Bay of Plenty last night.

It is a good opportunity to teach youngsters how to tie basic knots.

Kiwi anglers will be able to log their catch this summer - and contribute to data around our fish stocks - thanks to a free app.

Where there is a large reef structure, it is pretty obvious that it is potentially good country for crays.

Important fishery in good shape after Kaikoura earthquake.

The recent earthquakes have affected fishing, and after last weekend's shake the fishing was fickle.

Our most popular fish, the snapper is not actually a snapper, and it has many names.

The search for the fisherman still missing after the Francie disaster has been called off.

The Ministry for Primary Industries is touring the country holding public consultation meetings, seeking feedback about its 'Future of our Fisheries' programme.

This week's "super moon" raises the question of whether the lunar effect on the earth's gravity is magnified by the closer passage of the moon's orbit.