Fishing in Godzone

14/02/2025

Softbaiting the Kaipara with Lanza Rods!

It was hard fishing with the full moon & only several fish landed but Brian Snooks scored his PB of 79cm on a Zman New Penny 7".

Switching to a new Rapala Crush City 7" - he nailed a 69cm & 75cm snap.

The new Lanza Slipknot 7"2' softbaiting rod is such a good blank, with power at hand to subdue big fish 👌

11/02/2025

New Digital Issue #58 - FREE!

Checkout our first free online mag of the year, great stories on the hot tuna season, summer surfcasting, stickbaiting for kings, drone fishing, Oceanpro 535CC & Lanza Slipknot rod tests!

31/01/2025

OCEANPRO DEMO DAY - 10TH FEB

Oceanpro will be at Sulphur Point, Tauranga from 12pm-5pm on Monday, 10th Feb.

They will have their new 535CC demo boat and 460 EVO to showcase and take interested buyers out on the harbour.

Come along!

18/01/2025

West Coast Surfcasting - Round 2

The evening fish at low on dusk was quieter than our morning bite, with a couple of snapper to 46cm but the kahawai were big! One going 62cm.

The sunset was epic 😎

18/01/2025

West Coast Surfcasting - Round 1

Early start with low at 7.30 produced several good snapper over 40cm, with best to Snooks with a 63cm fish on his Tica Silver surfcaster.

Round two this evening with another low tide on dark.

Nice sea conditions all weekend with easterly winds.

14/01/2025

FOR SALE - 2023 Oceanpro 460 EVO + Mercury 60hp + Minn Kota + DMW trailer

Epic centre console made for lure fishing!

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/boats-marine/motorboats/listing/5060523741

05/01/2025

NEW - LANZA SOFTBAIT ROD!

If your looking for your next favourite softbaiting rod, the new Lanza Slipknot has arrived!

This impressive solid carbon blank, NZ built rod has impressed us when testing over the past few months. Super strong and great to cast with.

The 1-piece, 7'2" rod is rated for 5-12kg or PE3 Max. RRP $750

VISIT: www.fishingingodzone.co.nz/shop

02/12/2024

Our special summer edition, The Godzone Anglers Handbook is on sale now!

Our biggest yet, with over 120pgs with great photos and fishing topics including:

- Kingfish
- Surfcasting
- Rock fishing
- Softbaiting
- Drone fishing
- Spearfishing boarfish
- Trevally and more...

With the amazing "Man Overboard" story of Will Fransen when solo game fishing this year off the Aldermans and ended up in the water for nearly 24 hours, being rescued and his boat coming to land near Waihau 9 days later!

Get your copy from Whitcoulls or Woolworths nationwide

04/11/2024

Rangiputa Trip in the Far North!

What a great weekend away with the guys to fish off Rangiputa for the Iain 'Pottz' McCahon memorial trophy.

With plenty of Lanza Rods to test and new lures, it was all set up for lure fishing.

It was hard fishing, but with 14 fishos on 5 boats several big dogs turned up over 70cm, with Uncle Muz taking it with his 20.3lb fish!

Next year we hitting the west side 😎

08/10/2024

The Kaipara surfcasting is firing now with solid snapper off the beach.

We easily caught our combined limit of 20 on baits and a new softbait rig, but we released several good lip hooked fish back.

Epic fishing on the west side, mint day too once wind dropped & sun out 😎

06/10/2024

New issue to read:

https://fishingingodzone.co.nz/FIGZ_Oct_24/?page=1

04/10/2024

Great cause and amazing boat & 4x4 prizes!

Summer is almost here, and so is your chance to win big with the 2024 Extreme Lottery! Enter now => extremelottery.org.nz

Do you crave the versatility of the Extreme 745 Game King or the inshore fishing power of the Extreme 545 Centre Console? This is your opportunity to take home everything you need for the ultimate day on the water!

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01/10/2024

West Coast SN8 stocks - 640 tonne increase!

The west coast snapper stocks have taken 30 yrs to recover from heavy over fishing (trawling), to the point where they have been the best out on the Kaipara where I fish over my lifetime.

So what does Minister Jones do? Gives commercial quota another 600+ tonnes to trawl! Guess what... this will mean other species like gurnard, trevally etc will become bycatch too.

Will recreational anglers continue to catch good snapper out west? 🤨

15/09/2024

Lanza Rods, amazing lure rods!

If you are looking for a jigging/softbait rod for spring fishing...then Lanza will cover all your bases!

These custom built rods by Graeme Paterson are impressing many, built using a solid carbon blank with super power, the 6"8 ft rod can cast softbaits or drop jigs.

This hybrid lure rod is availble in spin or spiral wrap overhead in: light, medium or heavy.

At the recent NZ Fishing, Hunting, 4x4 Expo one fisho from Napier bought a heavy spin rod then phoned the week after to buy another, after his 1st trip out he slayed fish using it and couldnt believe how good it was 😎

To order your next favourite rod....

Visit: fishingingodzone.co.nz/shop

13/09/2024

Road trip back to Mangawhai on Thursday to test new jigs and softbaits. Workups didnt fire but with so much bait around we picked up fish.

New Triton tows well 💪