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.

The assertion that 80 per cent of New Zealand’s original fish stock has gone due to commercial fishing needs to be challenged, writes Tim Pankhurst.

The game fishing season has started with some of the best fishing seen for 10 years.

It took seven hours in the water and a 12-minute tug-of-war, but Rochelle Potter has fished up a world record.

Maritime law has a loophole at present which allows skippers and boat owners to exploit the lax conditions of other countries while sending the boats down under, writes Sam Judd.

When Shane Jones headed out with some mates on a charter boat in the Bay of Islands, he wasn't expecting to land a 305.9kg blue marlin.

It's summer on the Tongariro River. There's little to hear but the hushed burble of the river's shallow rapids, or the noise of the birdlife filling the bush that hugs its bends and banks.

What does our food say about us as Kiwis? In a five-day series, Jamie Morton and photographer Alan Gibson head out to discover what’s on the plate in our summer places.

In the year of dirty politics, Prime Minister John Key has often been accused of embarking on fishing expeditions.

In the second of the Sea Change series science reporter Jamie Morton looks at the health of the gulf’s fish populations.

A Kiwi invention that uses a drone to take much of the hassle out of fishing is gaining global attention.

Multimedia producer for NZME. Alan Gibson was filming near Gisborne when a kingfish tryed to swallow his camera. Alan was filming stingrays on the reef when the hungry fish had a crack at his GoPro.

The Ten Pound Contest will have anglers trying to catch the closest snapper to 10lb (4.5kg) around Auckland next week.

Which rig is best to use on the business end of the snapper line? Some people opt for a ledger rig, others prefer a trace.

Fishing is a waiting game at the moment, with wind and weather playing havoc with anglers' hopes of getting out on the water.

Crayfish and food. That is what springs to mind when the word Kaikoura is mentioned and the translation kicks in. So when Anton Evans offers to take us out in his 9m charter boat, the Rodfather, to pick up crays we don't hesitate.

A diver who died off the coast of North Cape yesterday passed away shortly after surfacing without his gear, police say.

The 2014 trout fishing season has opened. The New Zealand Herald ventured out onto Lake Tarawera to see how anglers were doing.

As thousands of Kiwis prepare their boats to make a splash over summer, fishing expert Nicky Sinden has urged boaties to ensure their journeys don't sink before their vessels even hit the water.