Have people successfully fished for marlin and/or tuna with poppers and stickbaits in NZ?

Trolled a big stick bait last season, with big single hooks, off the shotgun. Did not get bit, but the nomad guys have had success apparently so thought I would try again iof summer ever comes.

Last year we had 4 seperate fish come in on the stickbaits whilst chasing kingfish. With a bit more focus and emphasis on top wtaer ir will happen for sure this year.

 7/0 recorders.wrote a longer answer but had problems posting so thats my opioion and short version.

seen it done on a popper attached to a Torium 30....but I guess the Wanganellas don't count....stopped the boat right on top of a meatball getting demo'd hard, Matt cast the popper only 30-40ms and with in seconds there was a herd of the baskets on it....was an angry bite and even managed to get braid tangled around a second marlins pec fin during the fight.....at one stage there was 2 fired up stripies doing the haka simultaneously.....great days!!

so no one has any ideas what to use or try out, seems like experimenting will be on the cards, hooks will be the saving grace as I think the shot is there just need to set that hook.

that is some cool footage.... you get that sort of action much over there ? 

Thanks Mozz that was very cool