Waihau Bay Tuna Ranfurly Banks

The 3 - 5 day Waihau/Ranfurly Banks trip is a custom-made trip, where most clients want to target the mighty Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) as they commence their annual run North.  These fish range in size from pocket rockets of 15kg to well over 100kg for the big boys.  They are caught from Ranfurly Banks to well west of the Bay of Plenty.  Methods used are trolling, chunking and jigging.  Night time jigging has become very popular the last few seasons, as these fish rise up the water column as it gets dark making for some explosive jigging seasons.  Once you have had your arms stretched on the SBT you can go onto the famed Ranfurly Banks to target some of the monsters that lurk there.  Bass and Hapuka are in plentiful  numbers with the biggest Bass we have ever seen being landed here, officially weighed in at a massive 86.4kg.  It held the All Tackle world record for many years. Kingfish, Bluenose and Trumpeter are all available on the Ranfurly.  You tell us what you want to target, and we'll make the plan.