Japuka Fishing in Tauranga is an extremely effective way to target these deep water dwellers. Hapuka, Bluenose and Hapuka are some of the nicest fish you will ever eat. Have a look at some of the Puka and Bass we have caught.

Hapuka Fishing Gallery

Gemfish
Gemfish

Tony and his 44.1kg Hapuka
Tony and his 44.1kg Hapuka

Ben and Dinner!
Ben and Dinner!

Tony with a nice Gemfish
Tony with a nice Gemfish

Dave with a couple of good eaters.
Dave with a couple of good eaters.

Tony with his Puka
Tony with his Puka

Tony with his Puka
Tony with his Puka

Des with a nice Gemfish
Des with a nice Gemfish

Wade fighting his shark, haha
Wade fighting his shark, haha

Nice puka sign on one of Mayor Northern knolls
Nice puka sign on one of Mayor Northern knolls

Tony with a monster spotted Gurnard
Tony with a monster spotted Gurnard

Nice Bluenose
Nice Bluenose

Monster bluenose
Monster bluenose

Big bass
Big bass

Wade with a couple of pups
Wade with a couple of pups

A nice puka
A nice puka

Cleaned and ready for the smoker
Cleaned and ready for the smoker

A good days hapuku fishing
A good days hapuku fishing

A big fat ling, ugly as sin, but fantastic eating!
A big fat ling, ugly as sin, but fantastic eating!

Good sized hapuku
Good sized hapuku

Tony with a double header
Tony with a double header

Followed by another nice bluenose
Followed by another nice bluenose

A nice bluenose
A nice bluenose

Tony with a colourful bluenose
Tony with a colourful bluenose

Nice sized puka
Nice sized puka

15kg bluenose
15kg bluenose

Cleaning the fish
Cleaning the fish

Shallow water hapuku caught by Todd
Shallow water hapuku caught by Todd

20kg hapuku
20kg hapuku

Perfect eating size hapuku
Perfect eating size hapuku

Wade with a 25kg bass
Wade with a 25kg bass

Tim with a nice hapuku
Tim with a nice hapuku