One of the best fishing charters in the

Bay of Islands with over 40 years experience

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Snapper Fishing in the Bay of Islands,

great catch, better to eat

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Kingfish in the Bay of Islands

- for the ultimate fight

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Welcome to the beautiful Bay of Islands!

This is Northland’s true marine playground; for us however, there’s only one thing worth getting up at 5am for – one activity worth spending hours on the water, worth travelling across mountains and seas to visit our fair shores for – and that’s fishing!

Here at Target Charters, we provide a hands-on, personalised fishing charter experience like no other. Fishing in the Bay of Islands is a unique experience in itself, with dolphin encounters happening on a regular basis, astonishing sea-life surrounding you from the moment you leave the wharf and even – on some lucky trips – the occasional whale sighting! Our experienced skipper knows many secret fishing spots, local fishing areas that produce some of the best fishing in Northland.

We have fishing trips for the family, fishing trips for the dedicated fisher, big game fish trips and group trips – from a comfortable 4 hour experience to a massive 9 hour day, whatever your level of experience or your level of commitment, we have the fishing trip to suit your needs and your budget.

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Have a target species in mind?

Do you have a target species in mind? If it’s a fight you’re after, do battle with the mighty marlin; or feel the burn with a feisty kingfish on your line; a guaranteed ‘wow’ moment when the line runs and we fight to bring one of these fantastic fish on board. Reaching sizes of up to 40-45kg, these monsters of the sea are not only great fun to catch, but they taste fantastic! Of course, our golden beauties the snapper are always a popular target species, and many of our keen fishers have snapper in mind when they join us for a day.

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Are you looking for the ultimate fight? Well, you’ve found it with the kingfish!

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New Zealand’s most popular catch. Great to catch, better to eat!

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The Bay of Islands is a world-renowned marlin hunting ground.

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Moana Leo'o
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We had such an amazing day out fishing with Ross & Harley! They are so friendly and genuinely want you to get the most out of your trip. We took our 2 year old boy with us who wasn’t doing too well with the swells and Ross was so good allowing us to decide when to move into calmer waters. We caught plenty of fish! Definitely well worth the money spent! Highly recommend and would do it again in a heartbeat.
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Kurt Moore
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An amazing experience with Ross and Harley. Decent size swell when we went out but Ross made it clear it was our decision whether we stuck it out or not. After a stint fishing in the swell, Ross took us to calmer waters and we caught plenty of snapper and trevally. Will definitely be back again. Easy, friendly crew and successful winter fishing trip.
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stephen lyth
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Just the best day of my life for sea fishing, been on lots of boats all around the world and caught lots of fish but Capt Ross is different gravy. 20 years experience brought me 14 Snapper and 2 King Fish, the communication on the boat was just wonderful, they can’t do enough for you to give you an experience of a lifetime. Thank you Cpt Ross I really hope to go out with you again sometime Sir 👍
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Niven Lowe
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Awesome day!! Took the family out for the day, and we all had a great time. Such a great trip, caught lots of fish and they even filleted them for us! Definitely worth doing!!
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Hamid
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We had an amazing experience fishing was great . Crew Ross and Harley amazing team very friendly and experienced made the trip enjoyable.
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Florian Moser
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Wir hatten viel Spass beim fischen. Wurden sehr gut betreut und jeder auf dem Boot konnte seinen Fang machen.
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Brian Boyle
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Great guys, easy to organise, great comms, two kids had a ball, lot of fish caught on their first time on a charter. Highly recommend to any families.
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Jo-anne Twiggins
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A huge thank you to Ross and Harley for the easiest fishing trip, from stepping on board with your warm welcome to the tips and tricks through out the trip. What a pleasure to catch fish continually and not have to do any baiting up or filleting if we didn’t want to. Dolphins were a treat to see, and J loves that she got the biggest fish!! Great job and looking forward to catching up with you guys next time we are in town. Cheers, Kev and Jo
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David Corner
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I went out fishing with Ross and his crew and really enjoyed it and found them really helpful and friendly to go fishing with and would recomend them as a team to go on a fishing with
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Richard Cole
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Rob and Harley. What a great team. My son (13) got his first king. 17kg 1.2m monster. I don't think I'll ever hear the end of this story. Filled the bin with snapper. Will be back. Don't hesitate to book these guys. Well worth it. Father and son grinning from ear to ear for a long time to come. Cheers and happy new year lads
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