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.

The search has resumed this morning for a fisherman missing since yesterday.

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.

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.

The Department of Conservation is warning anglers not to eat trout in areas where 1080 poison has been dropped - a reversal of its position seven months ago.

Dave Witherow's Open Season is pitched at anglers, travellers, tourists and anyone who appreciates skilfully told fishing yarns.

Hundreds of anglers will be out on the Waitemata and Manukau Harbours fishing from the shore and in boats next weekend trying to catch the biggest kahawai.

Things are picking up on the fishing scene and in Auckland you don't have to go far to find snapper.

Commercial fishing would be banned from the inner Hauraki gulf and the entire Marlborough Sounds under National's plan for new recreational fishing parks in those areas.

Jimmy Spithill was onto a big one. Over 400 metres below the glistening Bay of Islands sea surface, his bait had been snaffled by some monstrous creature of the deep.

Fish & Game officers step-up their efforts to combat the problem of trout poaching in the central North Island. Please help Fish & Game - if you see anything suspicious, phone 0800-poaching (0800-762244)

David Letterman once billed him as the "extreme fisherman" but Matt Watson sees himself as a custodian of the sea.

Three Auckland fishermen chanced upon a great white shark during a day in the Hauraki Gulf over the long weekend.