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Euro nymphing, also known as Czech nymphing, is a popular and productive technique for trout fishing, including in New Zealand. This method was originally developed in Europe for competition fly fishing but has become popular worldwide for its effectiveness in catching trout in rivers and streams.

As the winter and early spring months roll through and the shallows are less productive than in warmer months, have you ever thought about chasing squid from the shore?

Get the inside word on the art of slow pitch jigging with Flyn Jack. Experience the beauty of the South Island of New Zealand, as Flyn gives advice on using this technique to target Snapper, Kingfish, Trevally and Tuna.

I love fishing during, or straight after, a storm if possible.

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.

In this episode, Nato initially spots rain in the forecast, anticipating a tough few days. However, Milan's meticulous weather analysis reveals incredible conditions—low swell, minimal wind, and the rain prediction turns out to be incorrect!

Are you struggling to catch fish with soft plastics ? Well then this video is for you. We run through 10 detailed tips on how to improve your catch rates when fishing with soft plastics.

Winter is a great time to shelter up in shallow bays with little current flow and target a tasty feed of squid.

This time on the Lateral Line the boys are back fishing off a boat, but not just any boat. They’ve been invited to join Hamish on his brand-new 500 Sojourn, Marco Boat.

Ever heard of redfin perch? They are here in New Zealand and offer an alternative target species if you want a change from trout. Good to catch and great to eat, perch generally inhabit different water than trout. Check out how to catch them right here.

Here's how I set up my kayak for fishing for the best results, efficiency and safety.

Didn't think I'd make it this year, but got up there and had yet another mint weekend fishing around both coasts of the coromandel! This vid is how my comp went throughout.

Here's young gun angler Flyn Jack with a couple of tips for targeting big game. Check out the action from the awesome Coromandel Peninsula during the rare good days of summer 2023!

Finally the skies clear and a few precious days of ideal conditions present themselves. Join the boys as they head off on another land-based fishing mission.

Hey Anglers! Welcome to the new-look NZ Fishing World. You’ll see we’ve spent a bit of time updating things, with a brand new site, shiny new logo and all.

At this year's Auckland Boat Show, Yamaha Motor NZ enabled customers to experience the Yamaha Helm Master EX control System, and try out a couple of new outboards, out there on the water. If you're interested in checking out the Yamaha Helm Master EX for yourself, contact a local Yamaha Dealer.

Yamaha Motor are renown for technical innovation, and rather than just 'electrifying' a traditional outboard, they designed a system from the ground up.

Perfectly suited to serious fishing or diving trips, the SS660 is also a superb family boat that delivers adventure in style.

Join the Lateral Line team on their latest overnight land-based fishing adventure as they set out to catch a feed and enjoy a delicious meal in the wide-open spaces.

If you love a big smooth riding glass boat with all the latest tech and luxury features, take a look at this dream machine from Tristram Marine. Main feature, twin Yamaha V6 300's with Helm Master EX.

Watch team Daiwa put the New FREE SWIMMER BR through its paces on some solid Snapper. We headed out from Whangaroa Marina in the far north of New Zealand on Nautilus Charters in search of some big snapper to test out the new reels and they performed flawlessly!

Spearfishing for Yellowtail Kingfish and Big Snapper in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand in Spring. So much fish life it was insane!

This time Scotty and Mig are land based.

Fishing for a World Record? Here's what you need to know to ensure your trophy fish legally qualifies for a category record. Information courtesy of IGFA

New Zealand has more than 15,000 km of beautiful coastline, making it a popular place to spend time on a boat.

The boys are continuing on their 2-day NZ fishing and camping mission. Last time on The Lateral Line the boys cut the show short after Milan landed a good kingfish, so this time around the story starts where they left off.

Once again kingfish is the target species for Milan. Check out the action

Fishing with Live Baits for fish under marker buoys. Camping on the Boat.

Young spearo Ollie Craig has developed a huge following with his epic spearfishing and diving stories. Check out this for an absolute monster of a kingy!

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

Live baits are eaten of the surface right behind the boat and Milan lands a big king.

The boys are staying close to home and even closer to the boat ramp on this one. Here's a little harbour fishing action for ya...

We're back with the first episode of our 'I'm Re-powering with Yamaha' video series! This video series will give you the full understanding and information when considering your own Yamaha Re-power project. In this episode, we catch up with Josh from Turangi - 1 of 3 winners of our #imrepoweringwithyamaha competition. We hear about Josh and his boating yarns, take a look at his boat, and meet Craig from Turangi Marine who will undertake the Yamaha re-power on his 5m Ramco.

The Wanaka Region, located on New Zealand’s South Island, offers some of the world’s best fly fishing opportunities. Anglers flock from around the world for a chance at catching trophy-class brown and rainbow trout.

In this video Tony explains some of the techniques he uses to get the best swimming action from his favourite Shimano topwater lures!

Join Flyn Jack on his travels to the magnificent Milford Sounds deep in the far far south. Hapuka, crayfish, and incredible scenery on this epic fishing journey.

The Spring season is just around the corner and The spring season is the best time of year to be fishing top water lures for king fish. Milan is flat out building his house at the moment and can’t get away for the usual 3 day fishing mission.

Milan again struggle’s to catch a king fish so the boys decide to try something different. On the last morning of a 3 day long camping and fishing mission the boys put squid at the top of the hit list. Targeting squid is something Nato use to do a lot but hasn’t done for years. Will squid be on the menu…….

Last time on The Lateral Line the boys went land based fishing. On the last day beautiful Kingfish showed that would not eat. aced with a tragic forecast it’s best to go give land based fishing another crack to see if they could land a monster.

he boys had big plans to land base fish a spot that they have wanted to fish for years but never have. The weather forecast completely destroyed those plans and the boys run for cover.

The last time the boys went fishing Milan managed to land a solid kingfish in his old stomping ground. Milan hadn’t landed a king fish in that area for over a year. Milan had a blast and was super keen to go back and have another go and see if he could do it again.

The last 2 times the boys have been fishing the camera man has done most of the fishing, so on this fishing mission It’s Milan’s turn to fish and Nato is stuck behind the phone filming.

Part 2 of my Solo overnight Solo Camping and Spearfishing adventure along remote NZ Coastline. Crayfish for Breakfast before hunting NZ's Famous Snapper and managing to find some more Crayfish

head off on an epic solo road trip to explore some new coastline of New Zealand for Spearfishing. I am greeted with incredible conditions with flat calm seas and clear, blue water. I find a very fishy piece of coast and manage to spear some huge Snapper, one close to the magic 20-pound mark and spear a nice big Yellowtail Kingfish along with some tasty other species such as John Dory!

SIMRAD SESSIONS presents Flyn Jack smashing some huge kingfish in an all out action adventure at D'Urville Island. Check out this video for a bit of inspiration!

Check out this awesome episode from the Lateral Line boys. Epic footage.

Milan for years has talked about investing some time into trying to catch snapper in a harbour. That time to be invested by waiting until there is a perfect weather forecast and going as far up the back of a harbour at dead low tide as you could possible go and just see what we can find. The perfect out come would be to find something amazingly “fishy” and then coming up with a plan to fish that area. The boys executed the plan well but bump into a school of snapper and Trevally randomly and end up spending the afternoon trying to catch them on a fly. The boys have only ever been lucky enough to see fish schooling like this in the shallows a handful of times over the years.

One of the most rewarding fishing styles for me is catching big snapper in front of crashing swell and white water.

Some great opportunistic fishing action really capturing the quick thinking and quicker rigging up to grab some kingfish go-time!

Nato has his fly rod rigged and ready before the boat even hits the water. The first half of the day will be spent trying to get a fish to eat a fly. After that the boys are heading wide to some deep water pins to drop big live baits 100 meters plus down on one of Nato’s crazy deep water rigs.

Nice little vlog catching crays inshore from GP Fishing Adventures

The Manukau Harbour can be a great place to fish from kayaks and small boats on a nice day. Soft baits will often do the damage, take a look here and get some nice hints and tips.

The boys are off on their first fishing and camping mission on board Sojourn for 2022, again spending a few days in, on and around there favourite island group. Milan is doing what Milan does and what he loves most, that being, swimming big live baits on the weed lines close to shore. Hopefully a big hungry king fish has chosen the same weed lines to hunt down breakfast.

This time is gonna be a little bit different. This time, The boys are have a crack at Marlin fishing with Luke on board Evo. Evo being a 7.5 meter Marco boat that was custom designed and built to target Marlin. An over night mission is planned. The weather isn’t the best and Milan ends up getting sea sick on the first day and the trip gets cut short by some less then desirable weather on day 2. Check it out

The boys have been invited to go land based fishing on the east coast of New Zealand by Hamish from NaCL Lures. They had a very similar trip with Hamish last year and it was good fun and some beautiful fish were landed. Hamish believes February to be a great time of year to be on the rocks targeting big kingfish, which suits Milan perfectly. Nato really enjoys trying to capture beautiful scenery in amongst the fishing and this is a great place to do just that. As always a good feed of fresh fish is on the hit list and everyone involved is hopeful that the mighty Green Machine makes an appearance.

Here's a lot of boat in a smaller package. Ideal for anything from day trips to serious fishing. Take a look around the mighty little Haines Hunter SF485

The most important part of stickbaiting is how to swim a stickbait. If you can do that well you will get lots of strikes and catch lots of fish. Here I go into details of stickbait techniques for swimming these lures. This video is aimed at beginner to intermediate fishermen who are getting into stickbaiting. This is part 2 of a series on how to stickbait for kingfish, see part 1 for info on gear to use.

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

The very first fishing mission for 2022 is gonna be a land based fishing mission on New Zealand’s Wild West coast. Milan has some very good family friends that have farmed a beautiful piece of coast line for generations. Milan is lucky enough to have permission to enjoy this amazingly beautiful slice of paradise. Brother Toby is tagging along for this one and as always the boys have there sights set on catching something to eat. It’s been 6 weeks since the boys have had fresh fish to eat and as always that is the main goal but, Milan ends up landing the biggest Snapper he has ever caught in his life after it eats a bait off the surface right before his very eyes.

Check out some pretty epic catch and release snapper action in the far north with Flyn Jack and the first in a series of SIMRAD SESSIONS.

Using soft baits on a river can be very productive for anglers, follow these tips from the team at Southland Fish & Game for the best results.

The month of December is an awesome time of year to go fishing in New Zealand’s beautiful harbours. But, Nato has been wanting to cast lures along the wild west coast of New Zealand for years and the weather is finally going to allow that to happen. The boys are fishing in the harbour on day one. All going to plan? day 2 the boys will be leaving the shelter of the harbour and attacking the mighty West Coast. As always it’s all about trying to have as much fun as possible and catching some thing to eat.

The boys check the forecast to see some spectacular weather predicted over the coming days. An off shore fishing and camping adventure is planned. A beautiful island group is the destination and brother from another mother Andrei and his son Luke are getting in on this over night fishing mission. The forecast was bang on and the fishing was just as good. The usual suspects were hooked and landed, Snapper, King Fish, Trevally and a Pig fish makes a small cameo appearance. There was a little bit of drama at the end…. but, nothing a helpful man driving a huge digger couldn’t sort out. Chur chur Kerepehi Transport.

After making the most of the spring run of king Fish and catching more then their fair share of big King Fish. The boys have confined them selfs to there favourite harbour for a couple of nights camping and fishing on the boat. Nato is keen to film some beautiful time lapses after not being able to on the recent off shore missions. Milan has a chilli bin full of amazing treats and a couple new toys for cooking said treats. The dream is to catch some Trevally and have fresh sashimi on the boat as a starter to NATO’s venison croak pot meal and The boys are not disappointed.

Check out the new rig that the team from Moocher Hunters will be putting to work chasing some decent .....moochers!

With fishing you can make things as complicated or as simple as you like. Sometimes you've just got to whack a hook in the back of a big kahawai to get results.

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.

Watching a snapper snaffle a softie right at your feet has got to be up there with the best land based experiences. Matty and I had a blast plucking out a few beauties.

Super excited to team up with Suzuki NZ!! This new 2021 50hp 4-stroke Suzuki is going to open up a whole new world of opportunities for us in the Hauraki Gulf and we can't wait to share these adventures with you.

A popular video from the guys at Trout Hunting NZ

The boys make a 4 hour drive east to fish a crazy piece of water after hearing stories of huge King Fish pushing squid and flying fish to the surface and then smashing them. It’s a beautiful place and the boys haven’t fished there from the boat in a few years. Excitement levels are through the roof! In fishing, timing is everything!!!!! The boys are in the right place at the right time and during the right time of the year. There is so much amazing fishing action it couldn’t all be jammed into one film, so, this is just part 1, to be continued……….. Welcome to The Lateral Line Show starring Milan Radonich and Nathan O’Hearn, two best mates exploring the wild and hidden pathways of NZ chasing trophy kingfish and gigantic snapper in shallow waters. The Lateral Line is an Online TV show all about teaching you the knowledge & techniques to catch trophy fish in shallow water., Subscribe to this channel to keep up with the internet's best in kingfish and snapper fishing while Milan and Nato are having the best time of their lives on Sojourn.

The boys still have quite a few restrictions on where they can go and what they can do fishing-wise. Which isn’t a bad thing when considering the last 2 trips out to the island have led to heaps of fun being had and a few epic fish being landed. So, once more the boys have the island in site and dreams of big fish and some laughs with good mates are at the forefront of their minds. Welcome to The Lateral Line Show starring Milan Radonich and Nathan O’Hearn, two best mates exploring the wild and hidden pathways of NZ chasing trophy kingfish and gigantic snapper in shallow waters. The Lateral Line is an Online TV show all about teaching you the knowledge & techniques to catch trophy fish in shallow water., Subscribe to this channel to keep up with the internet's best in kingfish and snapper fishing while Milan and Nato are having the best time of their lives on Sojourn.

Follow the adventures of the Team from Catch using softbaits to target snapper in Northland, New Zealand. Along with spectacular scenery, learn tips and tricks from the team to increase your success and enjoyment of softbaiting. We discuss softbaits (also known as soft plastics), jigheads, sea terrain and equipment needed to have you fishing like a pro.

After being locked up at home, unable to go camping and fishing for some 5 weeks! The boys have there freedom back once more. The forecast says rain, but after being stuck on dry land for weeks on end, going fishing in the rain sounds like a lot of fun. Nato’s tent on the boat was designed to make fishing and camping on the boat in the rain possible and enjoyable, the Tent is about to be put to that very test. The boys plan to make the most of the terrible forecast in some sheltered waters. As always, a tonne of fun was had trying to catch some fish to eat despite the rain and there are big smiles all round.

Here's an excellent 'how-to' video from Japan (with subtitles) showing the full detail of Tip Run Eging, or deep-water eging. Apply this in NZ waters for sure, in the peak squid seasons early winter and spring.

Did you know that a big 70cm snapper can produce the same amount of eggs as 36 legal sized 30cm fish? Marine reserves are more and more becoming the last option we have to preserve certain fish stocks, given that limits put on commercial and recreational fishing are slow to change due to debatable political and economic reasons. For one, it lends sense to the action of putting the big fish back into the breeding system at least. Take a look at a few research insights about how we can better protect marine biodiversity, presented by Nick Shears from Leigh Marine laboratory.

Next time you're thinking of exploring a few trout rivers, and wondering how to access some new ground, check out this app. Pocket Maps is a mobile mapping app for the outdoors. Find out what publicly accessible areas are local to you and explore somewhere new. Download Pocket Maps now via the Apple and android app stores.

After an epic trip last time round, all the boys want to do is go back out wide and repeat the process. This time around, Andrei is keen-as to catch a big king and tags along. An epic day's fishing was had.

Say you were having a nightmare where you could only have one jig to use for the rest of your days (Heaven forbid!) After waking up in a cold sweat, you might just get to thinking if that really WAS the case, what lure would I choose? Based on the results I’ve seen over the last few years. It would be hard to go past the Catch Double Trouble as the most effective and versatile jig out there. This initially angular looking pattern comes in a pretty wide variety of sizes from 100 grams to 300 grams, and I have personally used, and watched it in action, catching darn near everything out there that hits a lure.

VERITAS = VERI TASTY! There are just some products that I know I’m going to buy the moment I see them. As a massive soft bait and lure fishing fan, I love catching decent fish on relatively light weight spinning gear, and when the opportunity arises to upgrade or replace broken gear, it’s a no brainer.

The cuffs have come off. The weather is perfect and the top water fishing season has just kicked off in New Zealand. The plan is to head wide to an off shore island that is surround by big fish habitat. Wash rocks, step drop offs and tonnes of current. Big stick baiting rods and reels are rig and ready to do tangle with the the Yellow Tail King Fish.

When you are fishing or boating, there’s one thing that is for sure. Salt is going to get into your gear and cause havoc to expensive fishing rods, reels, boat engines, fittings, trailers, you name it. Here’s a great new product to the NZ market, developed and formulated here in New Zealand by Campbell Banks and Sam Johnston.

Two kingfish originally tagged in very different locations have been recaptured off Yamba on the same day by the same fisher. The two recaptures highlight the dynamic and variable movement patterns of the iconic species, while it also gives a small insight into the potential of genetic mixing between different populations.

Thousands of anglers across the country headed out before dawn this morning to start the 2021/22 sports fishing season. The weather played its part, with fine weather for opening day across most of the country. With Covid-19 restrictions, fishing has become a great way of dealing with the stress the restrictions cause and provides an excellent opportunity enjoy the outdoors and change things up a little. The opening day of the new fishing season this year is in the middle of Mental Health Awareness Week. This is appropriate given that fishing is one activity that has been proven to improve your wellbeing. Studies overseas have shown that going fishing reduces stress, and with the school holidays starting this weekend, fishing also is a great school holiday family activity.

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Suzuki Develops the World's First Micro-Plastic Collecting Device for Outboard Motors: Suzuki Motor Corporation has developed the world’s first* Micro-Plastic Collecting Device which can be installed on outboard motors. Marine plastic waste has become a significant environmental issue in the recent years and a huge amount of such wastes that has not been gathered correctly flow into the ocean. They are then broken down into micro-plastic under the natural environment and their impact on the ecological system is also becoming a concern. To tackle these issues, we focused on the structure of the outboard motor, which pumps up tons of seawater to cool the engine and then returned to the ocean. We developed a collecting device which collects micro-plastic waste by utilizing the returning water. Through this device, micro-plastic waste around the water surfaces can be collected just by running the boat.

Night jigging for bluefin has been a successful method for catching these fish when they are feeding down deeper at night, and gives you the option to double your opportunities once you've travelled all the way to the tuna, or when they are just not coming up to hit trolled lures. Here's a few tips on how they rig and the lures used overseas, that will absolutely work here in NZ, as proven by young angler Flyn Jack recently.

Tom Rosenbauer discusses the uses of various indicators and how they are used to successfully nymph fish different parts of the water column for trout.

Here's an excellent 30 minute comprehensive guide from Orvis, with some great information relevant to rivers anywhere, on where to look for trout.

The boys are on a 4 day fishing mission in a harbour they were land based fishing a month or so back. Milan managed to land a nice Trevally from the beach so the boys reckon they should have a tonne of fun fishing the harbour in the boat. The fishing was harder then expected so Milan comes up with a crazy idea to catch something different and ends up stuck in the mud.

The boys are fishing in an area they have both heavily fished in years gone by. Both Nathan and Milan haven’t fished the area in over 2 years. This particular part of the Bay Of Plenty is about to become a marine reserve and the boys are super keen to fish it just one more time before it’s locked down to fishing. The dream being to land one last jumbo King Fish for old times sake. Excitement levels start peaking as multiple schools of Kahawai come to the surface to feed late in the afternoon. Top water lures are cast around the schools of feeding Kahawai trying to provoke a bite from New Zealand’s yellow tail King Fish.

Here's a refresher or a beginner's how-to for fishing the deadly Inchiku style jigs that are so effective on everything from snapper and kingfish to john dory and cod. Check out the video from Grant 'Captain Espresso' Bittle explaining the ins and outs.

Or seeking to improve your trout angling and learn new techniques? Come along to the free Canterbury Trout Festival starting at 8.30am on September 4 2021 at Peppers Hotel, Clearwater. We have again been able to persuade some of New Zealand's best trout anglers to come and share their knowledge and skills.

Check out the new IV707 Explorer getting put through its paces and get an insight into the design features that go into every Innovision boat with founder Simon Minoprio.

In this video Matt Watson shows you how to easily fillet john dory

With the world in the fierce grip of a global pandemic, there are few places in the world where anglers have the freedom to roam and fish with unrestricted access and companionship. New Zealand is one of the few... Although we miss our international friends and our guiding industry is on it's knees, there is a shining light at the end of a long and gloomy tunnel here - FREEDOM TO FISH! Join myself (Mike Kirkpatrick) and good mate Hans Kreuer, as we embark on a three day trip in search of some large brown trout, with the unsettled spring weather looking to finally relent into some fine days.

Here's a great review with some lovely fishing footage, if you're considering a #5 or #6 wt rod, a weight that is so well suited to much of NZ's fly fishing.

Michael Jenkins shares a few tips on how to Soft Bait from the rocks. Filmed in New Zealand Filmed, Edited & Produced by Paul Smith

The new Motiti Protection Area comes into effect on 11 August 2021, creating three protection areas around Motiti Island where the taking of all plants and animals (including fish and shellfish) will be prohibited. To protect the reef systems, anchoring on these reefs will also be prohibited. This is to protect indigenous biodiversity and acknowledge the significant marine, landscape and cultural values in the area. Those three areas comprise of Ōtaiti (Astrolabe Reef); including Te Papa (Brewis Shoal), Te Porotiti, and O karapu Reef, Motuhaku Island (Schooner Rocks) and Motunau Island (Plate Island).

The boys are fishing with Bait Junkie lures along a beautiful piece of New Zealand’s coast line. Casting lures into the wash hoping to get them in front of a big snapper. Nathan does most of the fishing this time round as Milan isn’t feeling the best after having a root canal done on one of his front teeth only days earlier.