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Summer. It’s that marvellous time of year when you don’t need much more than your jandals, a humble dinghy and a set of oars to catch a feed amongst the shallow coastal reefs and harbours of our northernmost island. Summertime fishing in the shallows is the easiest and best value for money fishing you’re likely to find. For most of us above the water the long glorious days of summer (post silly-season), signal BBQs, beach-dwelling and broken New Year's resolutions. But for fish, the warm water signals metabolic overdrive and a burning desire to feed up for the coming winter.

It’s no surprise New Zealand’s most popular holiday destination is also ripe picking for anglers. Aaron Levien takes us on a tour of his slice of paradise. Whangamata lies on the east coast of New Zealand, approximately 100 kilometres north of Tauranga and Mount Maunganui. It has has been voted by Bookabach and NZ Herald as New Zealand’s most popular place to holiday for the last five years running.

In a competitive charter fishing market catching skills are important but, as NZ Fishing World discovers, it’s customer service that sets the best apart.

Sun, Sand, Sea and Snapper, your Nelson holiday destination has it all.

Keen fisherman Tom Black takes a trip with Captain Cam Allen and Grant Bittle to see how the experts fish the Hauraki Gulf. Like a lot of Auckland based fishos, every week I watch Grant Bittle’s Hauraki Gulf video fishing reports with joy and a little jealousy. This week I was lucky enough to head out onboard Wave Dancer with him and captain Cam Allen to see how he does it.

If you're in the Auckland area and looking for something fun and free to do with the kids these school holidays then be sure to visit Gulf Harbour marina to feed the fish. As we found out yesterday, they're quite fond of chelsea buns.

EPIC fishing action from Fiorldland, New Zealand. Awesome puka and crayfish!

Troy Dando talks to his mate Gavin Williams, about the secrets of catching XOS snapper in the Marlborough Sounds.

A huge and immensely varied fishing destination the Coromandel attracts fishermen of all types. Rock-hoppers worship its remote northern nooks while blue-water hunters plough the back paddocks of the Aldermans and the Mayor. Kingfish jiggers race from pin to pin through the Mercury Islands while snapper snipers snoop the rocky outcrops connecting its numerous glistening beaches. If any spot has something for all it’s the Coromandel Coast.