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Hints & Tips
How to fillet a fish
If you’re anything like me, you are lucky enough to regularly find yourself filleting nice eating sized snapper.
Surely practice makes every cut perfect then? Yeah, not so much.
Every time I think I have filleting dialed, and I might get a few absolutely bang on, there’s always that fish that just throws you, and you end up feeling like Edward Scissorhands on the piss.
Here’s a quick vid taken on my phone by my mate Lloyd, after a brilliant morning session on the kayak.

Deep-water
Yamaha School of Fish - Deep Dropping with Whitiangler
Here is an absolute game changer technology advance from Yamaha that will hold your boat, single or twin outboards, over your fishing spot all by itself, letting you concentrate on the fishing. At does much more than that too, but take a look at the results we got on a great day out with Gene Denton 'Whitiangler' and the team from Yamaha.

Deep-water
How to make groper rigs
Check out the deluxe groper rigs full how-to video from Mark Cotton.

Deep-water
Deepwater fishing for hapuku, bass and bluenose. Pete Lamb Special
Big, fat fish that are awesome to eat! Deepwater species make up a staple target for fishermen all over New Zealand, particularly in the colder months when snapper and game fish take a winter break. The catch is often made up of fish that are large in size, where sometimes just one fish can fill the freezer and provide food for a month. It can be very rewarding, exciting, and certainly provides a solid work session if you are not using electric reels.
It also means that these giants of the deep will be making a one-way trip, there is no returning fish that are pulled up from that depth, as they are ‘blown’ from the massive change in water pressure and usually float to the surface for the last 50 metres once you have them up that far. Here’s where sensible catch management is required for the respect of the fishery and the protection of your own spot X’s for next time. ‘Deep’ water, means anything over 100 metres, and commonly down to 350 metres or even more. This means specialist tackle and techniques are required.
Pete Lamb operates long term Wellington store Pete Lamb Fishing, and has been operating charters that prospect the deep for many years. Here’s a really comprehensive article on deep water fishing with specific focus on some of the Wellington region areas, but all the other information is relevant to fishing these species all around the coastlines of New Zealand.

Hints & Tips
Fishing | Time | Moon | Tide | Current | Weather
Here's a great look at all the key factors before planning a fishing trip courtesy of ol mate Briggsy from Aus.
In this educational fishing series we look at time of day, tide, moon phase, current, and weather.

Hints & Tips
SImply Kingfish - Matt Watson Ultimate Fishing
Check out the full classic episode of Ultimate Fishing's guide to targeting kings with that guy Matt Watson

Techniques
How to fish soft baits with Rob Fort
Get a full run down on the basics of soft bait and soft plastic fishing, including the techniques explained to help you go out and be successful with this style. Learn about sink rates and staying in touch during the decent plus more with pro angler Rob Fort.

Techniques
How to fish microjigs and slow jigs with Rob Fort
Here's a complete step-by-step guide to using micro jigs. Learn the techniques to be successful at catching fish with four methods explained in detail including easy to follow instructional diagrams.
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