Fishing Rigs
With the knowledge on how to tie a handful of fishing knots, you can have the satisfaction of making your own saltwater fishing rigs at your leisure.
Our running sinker strayline rig can be used for straylining with bait and the dropper rig is a handy one at anchor or for drifting for a variety of inshore species including snapper, gurnard, terakihi, and blue-cod. It's also useful for a livebait when you're targeting kingfish or john dory.
Strayline
July 2020There are many different styles and variations to stray-lining, however the common theme is that it involves using the bare minimum of weight to get your rig... Read More >
Livebait
July 2020There are many ways to rig a live bait. The first is through the back, generally just before the dorsal. The trick is to go deep... Read More >
Dropper or Ledger Rig
July 2020A popular rig for a wide range of fishing options that includes deep water drifting and channel fishing and is effective on most species. The rig... Read More >
Flasher Rigs
July 2020Fasher rigs have become a mainstream method to catch fish. Flasher rigs are very versatile and will catch just about any fish species that swims in... Read More >
Latest News
23 June 2022
June 2022
Shimano takes lion’s share of records and veteran Tutukaka skipper, John Going, acknowledged with Tommy Gifford Award....
Kaikoura Residents Upset with Paua Take
20 June 2022Some Kaikoura residents, including commercial fishers and members of the Kaikoura marine watchdog groups Te Korowai o Te Ti o Marokura and Kaikoura Marine Guardians, are... Read More >
Feedback Sought on Tarakihi
19 June 2022Fisheries New Zealand is seeking feedback from tangata whenua, stakeholders, and the public on proposed changes to sustainability measures for East Coast tarakihi stocks to be... Read More >
Research Project Reaches 20-pound Milestone
16 June 2022Angler Scott Miller landed a huge 20-pound (9kg) brown trout in the Tekapo Canal in April 2022, catching the attention of Central South Island Fish &... Read More >
Boat of the Show Honours to Circa 950
14 June 2022The Circa 950 Cruiser won the coveted Boat of Show honours at the recent Hutchwilco NZ Boat Show awards. To qualify, the Circa first had to... Read More >
Southern Bluefin Tuna Survey
11 June 2022New Zealand has a world class tuna fishery within range of recreational fishers off the eastern Bay of Plenty and Cape Runaway. Over the last 4... Read More >
Export Competition's $80,000 Prize Boat Heads to Hamilton
9 June 2022Before Stuart Webb’s name was drawn as the Export NZ Fishing competition boat prize winner, his fishing had been confined to land-based and, more recently, kayak... Read More >
Be in to Win with NZ Fishing News
8 June 2022Winter is here, and no doubt the wet weather won’t be far behind. To entertain our subscribers through the colder months, we're giving away two WilliamsWarn... Read More >
Snapper Bag Increase Sought for the Sounds
3 June 2022The Marlborough Recreational Fishers Association (MRFA) wants the recreational snapper bag limit of three fish raised to six and will be writing to the Minister of... Read More >
Fishers Caught with 45 times the Snapper Limit
31 May 2022On May 12 two fishery officers were doing boat inspections at the Halfmoon Bay ramp in East Auckland when they encountered a group of five recreational... Read More >
Fishing Reports Visit Reports
Rotorua Fishing Report - June 17th, 2022
Lake Rotoma fish in good nick Lake Rotoma has begun to fire up over the... Read More >
Turangi-Taupo Report - June 17th, 2022
Tongariro gets the big flush out The winter fishing has kicked off, and so has... Read More >
Bream Bay Fishing Report - June 17th, 2022
In close at Te Arai fishing well There is not a great deal to report... Read More >
Canterbury Fishing Report - June 17th, 2022
It’s fair to say that the weather in the past period has been terrible! The... Read More >
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