Fishing show helped save life
Dave Haskell's chance viewing of a fishing show may have been the difference between life and death.
Dave Haskell's chance viewing of a fishing show may have been the difference between life and death.
Some keen types ventured out on to the water last weekend, and Saturday was a stunner. Fishing was hard around Auckland, although one nice 6.5kg snapper did come from the Ahaaha Rocks.
Elisabeth Easther took her fondness for fishing to new heights - this time from a seaplane over Auckland.
Last weekend's lovely weather enabled anglers to dust the cobwebs off the boat trailer - and some did well.
They start off by piping in the oyster, an old Scottish tradition associated more with haggis than oysters. But not in Bluff. Oysters rule in Bluff.
They were a few kilometres off the coast of Coromandel trying to catch some snapper - they then hit a 63kg pig.
There are some good snapper to be caught at the moment - when the weather allows fishing.
John Waenga can see the funny side of a fishy tale which cost him more than $700 after he lost a rental car key in Bay of Plenty surf.
Big Al has been trying to catch a big GT for about 10 years. He has made thousands of casts with a surface popper on heavy tackle in waters from Vanuatu to the Cook Islands to Tonga.
After a four-hour battle with a monster tuna, an exhausted Donna Pascoe didn't need to be told she'd just hauled in a record-breaker.
A fishing boat captain has died after being impaled by a 1.82m-long swordfish in a Hawaiian harbour.
When you reach Welcome Rock 800m above the homestead at Blackmore Station you can see why visitors are amazed by the breathtaking 360 degree scenery.
A reader writes: Is it safe to eat the oysters growing in clumps in the Manukau Harbour?
Although they are frequent visitors to the Manukau and Kaipara Harbours, white sharks are rarely seen in the gulf.
Two seasoned New Zealand spearfishermen found themselves in a sticky situation when over half a dozen sharks swarmed and stole their catch.
Thousands of anglers will next month take to the waters around New Zealand for the Million Dollar Snapper Challenge.
Thousands of anglers will next month take to the waters around NZ for the Million Dollar Snapper Challenge.
Snapper are still in close and around Auckland they can be caught in 4m of water off beaches like Eastern Beach and Cockle Bay, and along the shoreline of the East Coast Bays.
The families of two fishermen missing at Port Waikato endured a third anxious night waiting for any news of their loved ones.
A man rescued from a ledge after a fishing trip went horribly wrong was worried about what to tell his wife when he got home without any fish.
The weather and the moon seem destined to influence fishing over the Easter weekend. A full moon on Sunday will be viewed by many anglers as negative, particularly trout fishermen.
Who owns the foreshore on the Waitemata Harbour? Who owns the various wharves along the city waterfront?
My metamorphosis from stuck-up Pommy bastard to blossoming into some sort of Kiwi has gathered speed lately.
It has been 100 years since the first marlin was caught in New Zealand waters on a rod and line, and game fishermen are celebrating the occasion in the Bay of Islands.
Fishing is all about learning lessons, often relearning them, and the smart angler will always have an open mind.
The lure of game fishing is pretty strong at Fiji's Mango Bay, discovers Nicholas Jones.
People all around the country will be chasing game fish tomorrow as the annual national tournament starts.
Anglers are being given the chance to reel in the catch of their career - a $1 million snapper.