Jigging Yellowtail Kingfish, Coromandel, New Zealand
A day out jigging for kingfish and softbaiting for snapper around the Aldermen Islands with Coromandel fishing guide Carl Muir on his charter boat Epic Adventures. All three anglers were first time kingi fishermen and all the fish were caught on the same day, the biggest kingi going 25kg.
Kingfish
Every Epic Adventure has a hero – YOU! We want to take you on a New Zealand fishing adventure to remember! We specialise in affordable fishing charters and guided fishing holidays for one person up, giving you a good opportunity to hook into a decent snapper or yellowtail kingfish. Tairua on the Coromandel is renowned for its great fishing, and we have a reputation for putting people on to big New Zealand yellowtail kingfish. Great fishing action, in an absolutely spectacular setting.
Your Hosts Carl and Belinda Muir chose Tairua as their home because of its spectacular coastal location, relaxed lifestyle and as an ideal spot to base an adventure tourism business. They want to share one of New Zealand’s best kept secrets with you! They enjoy nothing more than seeing people discover Tairua for the first time, catching big fish, and having a great time on holiday!Carl, recently voted ’Skipper of the Year’ by one of NZ’s biggest Fishing.
Our Boat “Epic Adventures” is our 6.7 metre Stabicraft Supercab Hard Top. Being a pontoon boat is extremely stable at rest, provides a great platform for fishing and diving adventures and is designed with safety in mind.The Supercab provides a roomy cabin, and in winter we have a canopy at the back of the supercab to keep it nice and toasty! The cockpit has optimum fishing space.Epic Adventures is in “Safe Ship Management”with Maritime
The Fishing
Yellowtail Kingfish. If there is one fish anglers travel to New Zealand to experience it is the thumping pull of a big Coromandel kingfish. Even smaller ‘kingi’s’ will test your angling skills and will do everything to win the fight by heading straight for the reef below. Kingfish are more prolific inshore over summer from November to May, but June to October usually sees the real big fish, a big Coromandel kingfish in the 20kg-30kg mark
Striped Marlin and Blue Marlin. New Zealand is famous for its Striped Marlin ’catch and release’ fishery and an increasing number of Blue Marlin are caught and released every year as well. Zane Grey made the fishery in New Zealand famous and had a game base on two islands in close proximity to Tairua - Ohinau Island and Mayor Island.Striped Marlin typically fall into the 80-120kg range and caught between January and April/May, and Blue Marlin 150-250kg normally caught mid January unt
Snapper Fishing is officially New Zealander’s most popular pastime, and hands down the most popular form of fishing is for Snapper. New Zealand’s iconic fish, catching a feed of snapper for dinner is as much a part of Kiwi culture as watching the All Blacks (our national rugby team)! Snapper are a year round fish.You’ll never forget that feeling of a real big Coromandel snapper screaming off with your bait while you’re thumbing down on your reel keeping it out of the rocks!
Hapuku, or ’puka as Kiwi’s like to call them are a great eating fish, and so often we will fish for them in conjunction with targeting other sportfish during the rest of the day. A ’puka is a prize fish for many New Zealand anglers, especially caught on a jig. In winter we will fish for puka around the same grounds as we jig for kingfish, and in summer we will stop for a spot of fishing while out at the gamefish grounds if that is what our clients want to do.
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