Hooked Up Charters NZ

We enjoyed a successful day on the Hauraki Gulf, leaving Half Moon Bay and heading to Channel island to initially chase kingfish after a stop off near Waiheke to load up on jack mackerel livebaits.One of the anglers on board had two personal goals - the catch his first kingfish and to land a snapper using a lure - both boxes were ticked.We landed several modest kingfish in the 10-12kg bracket, as well as 'enjoying' an encounter with a 120kg est. mako shark which put on an impressive aerial display.We found some snapper under the terns and what I suspect was an anchovy school, catching plenty to take home. In all, a good day's fishing catch wise.Hooked Up is a great boat (an Extreme 795 Walk Around) for this style of fishing, with plenty of room to fish up to six anglers on the drift, thanks to its walk around configuration and the caged swim step.The tackle on board is adequate for the job, especially for snapper.He runs a range of Catch lures for snapper fishing and will mix up bait and lure fishing depending on what is working.We had all our own gear, including a range of the latest Daiwa rods and reels and a selection of Kohga Bay Rubber Free kabura-style lures brought on board by Brittain Wynyard's Scotty Malcon for us to play with. If you are a serious angler, I suggest you bring along a couple of your own favourite set-ups for snapper and kingfish.Owner/operator Laurie Powell is an affable character who has been fishing the Hauraki Gulf extensively over 30 years as a recreational angler.There are a few things he needs to work on but is aware of these and has already put measures in place to turn a good operation into an excellent one.For a full review, check out the Charter Connection in the March edition of NZ Fishing News.

Highly recommend Hooked Up Charters, Laurie is a great skipper with a lot knowledge of fishing especially in the wider Auckland area. It was a great way to spend a boys trip, caught plenty of fish and were taught a few knew methods of fishing, which resulted in a rather large king fish. Thank you

A great day out on the water this captain knows his spots no matter the weather! A variety of fishing technique's learned by our crew! A lot of fun had by all and we will definitely be back! Get on board!

Laurie took us out for an awesome fishing trip. We filled the chillie bin in a space of about 1 hour, with 5 snapper breaking the 50cm mark! We saw a whale, dolphins, followed some work ups and hooked up a massive shark. All this without bait lol thanks mate, we will be back

Incredible day on the water. We were getting bites within 2 mins of dropping our lines. Highly recommend for a family or friends get-together, or if you just love fishing!

Bloody good chap. Highly recommend, we’ll be booking with hooked up charters again

Laurie went out of his way to try get us a full bin of fish and is great kiwi. Cheers!

Great Skipper. Laurie has real personality and passion for what he does. Fun day out plenty of fish and plenty of fun!

We had a great day with Laurie. There weren't workups in the Gulf but Laurie really went the extra mile to try and get us onto the fish. Great local knowledge of the Gulf and a really comfortable and fast boat. Great fun, can't wait to get back out on the water again soon with you. Cheers Richard Johnson