Northland and The Bay of Islands

The Northland region is recognized as a world class fishing destination. Despite the close attention such a reputation attracts, the resilience of the Bay of Island’s marine habitat continues to provide both local and international fishers with memorable fishing experiences. In addition, the bay is sheltered from most weather by the extensive Cape Brett peninsular and countless islands. The result is a playground for boaties with options a-plenty in all but the most severe weather. Snapper, kingfish, terakihi, hapuku/bass are all prolific species and the gamefishing in the summer can be quite spectacular with striped and blue marlin being a target species from January to May.

Small Boat Fishing in Whatuwhiwhi, Northland June 2020 Shane Hartstone recently purchased a portable inflatable boat which he keeps in ... Read More > Tweet

Softbait Fishing In The Far North Of New Zealand March 2020 Softbait fishing in the far North of New Zealand and how to catch big snapper an... Read More > Tweet

Fishing North Cape New Zealand March 2020 Nick Jones travels to the North Cape to target kingfish, snapper and hapuku. Whi... Read More > Tweet

Landbased Fishing In The Far North February 2020 Landbased fishing is sometimes the only option when the weather turns sour. This... Read More > Tweet

Gamefishing on the Wanganella Banks January 2020 Shay Ward details his adventures gamefishing on the Wanganella banks and shows w... Read More > Tweet

A trip to The Three Kings with Hauraki Express January 2020 After much planning, time and money had gone into a proposed Three Kings trip ab... Read More > Tweet

Destination: fishing at Cape Palliser January 2020 After spending decades fishing around the north island, Gary Kemsley finally had... Read More > Tweet

Catching big trevally in the Far North January 2020 Snapper and kingfish have traditionally been the focus of Jason Neute’s an... Read More > Tweet

Doubtless Bay fishing spots October 2019 The Far North has an amazingly diverse and healthy fishery, and I personally hav... Read More > Tweet

Channel Island September 2019  Rob Fort ticks another magical location off the list, and has a great time... Read More > Tweet