Photo Gallery
We love to receive your photos, feedback and testimonials, and with your permission we would like to include them together with some brief details on our NEW Online Photo Gallery.
So just email your photograph and details to us or send it via New Zealand Post, and then look out for it on this page.
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MARLIN ON 6/0 PIPER FLY Black Marlin, 65kg, on 15kg line in Brisbane. This fly is our own design, 6/0 Piper or as Aussie's call them, Garfish. Hooked up about 20kms from the Sunshine Coast, stooging about with liveys and dead baits and along came this bloke and stuck with the little fly for 45 minutes. Initially intending to catch and release, the Marlin died so was brought home. |
| AUSSIE SNAPPER 18 year old, Freya Ensbey caught this awesome 11.3lb Snapper on Flashbugz Pilly Rig at NSW North Coast in September 2008. |
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FIJIAN GT! 50 something year old, Paul Fairbairn (ex ChCh) caught this awesome 24kg Giant Trevally near his home in Fijian waters. Paul is a keen angler who "cut his teeth" on much smaller prey near his former home in Christchurch. Like all of us, Paul loves his fishing and this is far better than the Carpet Sharks off Mana Paul..... |
| YOU WEE BEAUTY! Benjamin Trim 7 years old, with a nice snapper on Pink Terariza. One of many for the day off the Snapper Safaris mussel barge operating in the Coromandel. |
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AWESOME REACTION! "Francisca Munoz Pastén, 16 years old, from Santiago, Chile, who is staying with us on student exchange. Fran's first time ever fishing off a boat and first ever fish caught! Oh and she aint smiling in that photo she is squealing!(lmao)" Excellent message from close friends, The Trim family in Hamilton. Thanks Trimmy! |
| AUSSIE SNAPPER Lyns, Here are the photos all fish are caught on your Senshi hooks. Check out the 37kg cobia taken on your hooks caught on a live yakka on the Gold Coast on those 3/0 or 4/0 snelled Senshi circles. In NZ a "yakka" is known as a Koheru or Jack Mackerel. |
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DEAN'S TROUT Here's another fine example of the versatility of the 5/0 Crazy Cray. Check out this awesome 5kg Coral Trout! Dean went out and fished the Fitzroy Reef system, Queensland, and came up trumps! |
| SEANS NEXT TROUT Another great Coral Trout caught on our special tie, Slimy Mackerel Flies, off central Queensland caught on a 5/0 senshi recurve hook. Nice Hat Sean! |
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TREV on HUSSAR FLY Here's a successful catch, Trevally on our special tie, Hussar Fly, off Burrum Heads, Australia. Justin caught a heap of these Trevs on a "Hussar"! |
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5 CAN COD! - When we say big we mean BIG! Blue Cod in the Marlborough Sounds are regulated to specific sizes and we advise you check with Fisheries Officers before you head out.
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JO COOK SUCCESS Jo Cook, 2005 National Surfcasting Champ, caught this nice, 4.91kg Snapper while using a HOT SHOTZ fly adapted to her own secret design bottom rig. |
| DARYL CRIMP Crimpy resisted Rob's Clarke's tempting offer of a HOTSHOTZ 4/0 Lil Shrimpy Neon but only for so long.... Seems it was just as well 'cause Crimpy was fishless until he changed rig brands! Nice 20 pounder from Pelorus Sounds. |
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KINGIE ON HOTSHOTZ! The seemingly small 4/0 Hot Shotz Senshi Hook is very capable as seen with the look on this anglers face! While fishing near Mussel rafts Kingies are often spotted, often hooked but mostly lost among the raft ropes. This one tried everything and earned a ride in the boat! The weapon: 4/0 Neon Lil Shrimpy. |
| WAIMAK SALMON! This fresh run Chinook Salmon of 8.6kg (19lb) was caught by Lyndsey Bishop of Christchurch back in February 1996. This is one of four Salmon landed in 2 hours fishing with Allan Burgess, formerly of Southern Fishing and Boating Magazine. Two limit bags weighing 17 and 21 for Allan, and 19 and 23lb for Lyndsey. Zed spinners were used on graphite casting rods and freespool reel. It is imperative that only Chemically Sharpened Treble hooks are used on Salmon lures for top results. HOT SHOTZ do a range of these and are very popular. |
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DOUBLE CARROTS! Hot Shotz 4/0 again proved to be the essential connection landing these two beauties in the outer Pelorus Sounds aboard Rob Clarkes boat. |