Simrad Sessions: Adventure fishing in the mighty Doubtful Sounds

Are you need of a few tried-true land-based spots in the Tauranga area? Here's 11 wharf, beach and rock-fishing spots to get you started.

Full TV episode: The crew head to Whangarei for an overnight adventure at the Mokohinau Islands. They make the most of a squid session under lights before hooking into some solid kingfish and big snapper.

The Fishing and Adventure boys on Youtube with EP #1 of season 6. Catch their buzz right here...

Get a real feel for the bottom of New Zealand at Stewart Island.

This was not in high summer or autumn, the water was not warm and full of baitfish. It was during the deepest and foulest winter, and over our heads a 35kT northwester was blasting. It wasn’t the first green-backed beast we’d had pay us a call, nor was it our last.

The shredded rubber, vinyl and other material that makes up most of our trolling lure skirts is pretty flimsy and apt to get damaged, torn or simply chopped clean off by our finny friends. Happily though, replacing them is not that difficult.

Fisheries New Zealand invites written submissions in response to the request from anyone who has an interest in the species concerned or in the effects of fishing in the area concerned.

Graeme Paterson is always seeking new fishing experiences and to find out more about the sport. Here he combines two popular methods of targeting kingfish, and got the result he was after.

In this update we look at progress in the Exotic Caulerpa Accelerated Programme and advise on two new locations of exotic caulerpa in the Hauraki Gulf.

The recreational pāua fishery along the Kaikōura coast opens today for a limited 2-month season.