MPI's crackdown on illegal fishing activity in Hawke's Bay and Mahia has netted two more people.

Large kahawai and good-sized snapper and big trevally are producing a windfall for anglers fishing from the shore around Auckland.

The Indian Summer continues to bring warm sea conditions and snapper fishing has taken off.

The lesson took place on a remote section of our rocky coast about eight hours' drive from Auckland.

New Zealand has been named as a popular fishing destination for millionaires.

With a 3.6m high tide in the harbour, the channels would be unfishable.

David Baty, the director of Prestige Events, still hasn't handed over ute prize to contest winners.

There could and should be millions more snapper in the Hauraki Gulf.

Dean Young caught a 136.6kg fish but had to take a polygraph test to prove the catch was legitimate. He was told he failed the test.

All four men aboard the fishing boat are adamant they caught the fish and should be handed the $48,000 prize, but the event promoter is so far standing firm. David Baty from OddsOn Promotions said former police detective Dean Young, who says he hauled in the 136.6kg catch, failed the polygraph test "terribly".

Details have emerged about how an angler allegedly failed a lie detector test after reeling in a huge marlin.

Snapper are proving a challenge to most anglers at the moment, and while there are plenty of fish around, the larger specimens can be hard to hook.

What is so amazing is that the marlin took a bait on a flasher rig which was aimed at snapper.

While snapper fishing is proving patchy at best, game fish are keeping anglers occupied.

John Key has downplayed the likelihood of a strict reporting regime for recreational fishers.

Recreational fishers may be required to report their catch in some of New Zealand's most popular fishing spots.

Kings are common from North Cape to the Marlborough Sounds, and have been caught off Christchurch, and spotted by divers in Fiordland and at the Chatham Islands.

With reasonably large tides this weekend and the bite time close to low tide this afternoon, there should be some good fishing.

When the weather is kind, the Hauraki Gulf teems with runabouts filled with fishers hoping for a catch.

The Government's proposals for revamping our marine protection legislation are long overdue. It is now 45 years since the Marine Reserves Act 1971 came into force, writes Raewyn Peart.

If commercial fishing is prohibited inside the boundaries of Recreational Fishing Parks, the displaced fishing effort will simply increase pressure on fish stocks outside the park boundaries, writes Jeremy Helson.

Hopefully the creation of these parks may shift the debate from who should get what, to what is holding back the fisheries to be more abundant, writes Katherine Short.

But Government plans to banish commercial operators from catching fish that are popular with recreational fishers.

Details of a controversial new marine park for recreational fishing that will banish commercial operators from the inner Hauraki Gulf will be released today.

Fishing has taken off and the summer season looks like being a bumper one.

Fancy foraging for fish like your forefathers? Look no further than the fruitful Kiwi foreshore this summer.

Fishing is hot in the Far North, with surfcasting on 90 Mile Beach going well and kontiki-launched long-lines pulling in snapper from Tokerau Beach.

Having hung up their boots for summer - or for good - rugby's world champions went fishing.

Looks like Matt had one hell of a time with the AB's. Courtesy: ITM Fishing Show