Game Lures
The exhilarating pursuit that is game fishing combines strategy, patience, and skill. The challenge of targeting and catching the predators of the ocean, requires a gear set up designed to handle the strength and speed of these impressive fish.
Trolling a spread of skirted lures (ranging from 6 to 15 inches long) is the most common way to catch game fish. There are five lure positions - short corner, long corner, short rigger, long rigger, shotgun.
Our comprehensive range of game lures have proven themselves over and over again, securing local and world records, delivering PBs and ticking off bucket lists all over the world.
PREMIUM LURES
Our premium game lures have landed more than their fair share of big game predators. They've been designed, developed and tested in conjunction with leading charter skippers, and experienced anglers all over the world.
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XT GAME LURES
Our XT game lures are manufactured using XtraTuff technology. This high tech material improves the strength and durability of the heads, meaning they won't be crack or break under pressure.
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MARLIN
FAMILY - Istiophoridae
There are 11 species of marlin, all belonging to the Istiophoridae family which are among the fastest swimmers in the ocean.
They're a pelagic, predatory species which are closely related to swordfish (Xiphiidae).
Marlin are considered, by some, to be the pinnacle of recreation big game fishing due to their size, speed, power and elusiveness.
SOUTHERN BLUEFIN TUNA
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Thunnus maccoyii
FAMILY - Scombridae
There are 3 types of bluefin tuna – Atlantic (the largest and most endangered), Pacific and Southern.
Southern bluefin tuna (SBT) can grow up to160kg and over 2 metres in fork length. However, they are commonly caught in the 10 to 25kg size range. Fish over 70kg are considered "barrels" and any tuna over 120kg is an exceptional catch.
YELLOWFIN TUNA
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Thunnus albacares
FAMILY - Scombridae
Yellowfin are a migratory species, commonly found throughout the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans, at depths up to 250 metres.
Yellowfin can grow to over 200kg (440lb) and 2.4 meters (7’10”) in length. In Australia, yellowfin are most commonly caught around 15 to 50kg, and anything over 100kg is a magnificent catch. While in New Zealand, you’ll commonly catch yellowfin around 15 to 45kg. Anything over 70kg would be classed as an incredibly big fish.
RIGGING
All our premium and XT game lures are available rigged or unrigged.
Rigging of our lures is done in New Zealand by our team of professional riggers.
We only use our own high quality forged stainless steel game hooks, which are made in Japan, and our abrasion resistant Tough Trace.
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