This is a gallery of some of the fish we have caught on our vertical jigging trips. Mainly comprising of Yellowtail Kingfish, hapuka and snapper, you can see that vertical jigging is an extremely effective way of targetting trophy fish in New Zealand.

Vertical Jigging Gallery

Light tackle kingie. Pulled loads of line for a little fulla!
Light tackle kingie. Pulled loads of line for a little fulla!

Rat kingy at Motiti while bottom fishing
Rat kingy at Motiti while bottom fishing

Tony hooked up on flash new gear
Tony hooked up on flash new gear

Winter Kingie fighting all the way to the boat
Winter Kingie fighting all the way to the boat

6kg Pup Hapuka caught on a 500g sea rock, pulled out of 250m.
6kg Pup Hapuka caught on a 500g sea rock, pulled out of 250m.

6kg Pup Hapuka caught on a 500g sea rock, pulled out of 250m.
6kg Pup Hapuka caught on a 500g sea rock, pulled out of 250m.

16kg Bluenose on a jig
16kg Bluenose on a jig

Nice 16kg knigfish caught at the Garden Patch
Nice 16kg knigfish caught at the Garden Patch

Pumping and winding
Pumping and winding

14kg kingie on light jigging gear
14kg kingie on light jigging gear

8kg Kingfish caught on a 300g Zest Hardy Long
8kg Kingfish caught on a 300g Zest Hardy Long

Healthy 10kg kingy caught on a 300g Lethal jig
Healthy 10kg kingy caught on a 300g Lethal jig

15kg kingfish caught on a 400g broken arrow
15kg kingfish caught on a 400g broken arrow

12kg kingie caught on light jigging gear.
12kg kingie caught on light jigging gear.

Nice pannie on a 500g Sea Rock jig
Nice pannie on a 500g Sea Rock jig

28kg kingfish caught at Mayor Island
28kg kingfish caught at Mayor Island

Tony with a nice kingie for the pot
Tony with a nice kingie for the pot

Plump 15kg jigged kingfish
Plump 15kg jigged kingfish

19kg kingfish caught off Tuhua Reef
19kg kingfish caught off Tuhua Reef

31.1kg Tga One Base Winner
31.1kg Tga One Base Winner