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New Zealand Kingfish

We have a great opportunity to join a shared kingfish trip from Tauranga in late February 2012! February is prime time for Kingies in New Zealand                with typically favourable weather conditions at that time of year. If you want to cast lures for big kingfish and experience the thrilling surface strikes and seriously tough fight from a big kingfish, then this is the trip for you. This trip is squarely aimed at lurecasting and jigging for New Zealand's mighty kingfish, however if you want to troll up a few striped marlin, or drop some soft plastics for some big snapper, this is easily achievable. NZ Kingfish Trip ex Tauranga, 20-24 February 2012, package includes: 5 days fishing ex Tauranga 6 nights twin-share accommodation at the Sebel Trinity Wharf in Tauranga (19-25 Feb 2012) Please call our office on 1800 021 014 for further details.

If you want to cast lures for big kingfish and experience the thrilling surface strikes and seriously tough fight from a big kingfish, then this is the trip for you. This trip is squarely aimed at lurecasting and jigging for New Zealand's mighty kingfish, however if you want to troll up a few striped marlin, or drop some soft plastics for some big snapper, this is easily achievable.

Travel to Tauranga, on the Northeast coast of New Zealand, where you'll stay in a waterfront hotel and be picked up from the jetty each day by Captain Ben Pokaia, in our 8m customised sportfisher to be taken for a day of fishing action and excitement you'll long remember. The fishing grounds are within 30-90 minutes from the harbour, and there's a fishing option no matter what direction the wind blows from, giving you peace of mind when coming from overseas. Few places in the world offer such spectacular action for kingfish on surface lures, and it's the structure of the local reefs and islands that makes the kingfish of Tauranga so ideal to target on surface lures. Casting stickbaits or poppers will see you get connected some some of the world's biggest kingfish. The average kingie is around 15kgs in this area, but fish over 35kgs are commonly encountered. Snapper, striped marlin and blue marlin are also able to be targeted at certain times of year. Deepwater jigging for kings is also an option, and the kings of Tauranga love jigs just like kingfish anywhere. For more information on the range of options available for fishing Tauranga, please call us

Please meet our new Nomad NZ guide Ben Pokaia

I am an enthusiastic kiwi that has been fishing the Bay of Plenty waters for many years now. I have a huge passion for catching Kingfish, specialising in mechanical jigging and top water lure casting. I am always up with the latest methods of catching Kingfish and have been at the fore front of new techniques as they have emerged on New Zealand waters. I look forward to providing you with an experience that you will never forget!"

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