Kayak fishing & Camping - Get away from it all

Nothing beats that feeling of heading on the road for a few days away fishing and camping, Viking paddlers Jamie & Liam live for adventure on the weekends after a busy work week. In this recent report they share one of those adventures and how the Profish GT kayaks  are making it even better since upgrading late last year. Get away and spend time getting the work play balance right this Easter weekend #beaviking
Recently we decided to load up our kayaks and head north of Brisbane to the Mary Valley for a 3… more

Jigging for Kingfish - Kayak Fishing Northland, New Zealand

Dave Gowenlock from Auckland shared this great video and feedback on the Viking Owners FB Group today, Great vid mate and well done on the Kingfish!! Have you joined the owners Group? Join HERE it’s awesome and full of great feedback and advise form Viking owners from around the world.  - 

 
Jigging for Kingfish - Kayak Fishing Northland  - Dave Gowenlock
“I made a little video of my Northland trip at the end of January. I absolutely love my Profish Reload and so happy I chose this… more

Exploring the concept of kayak fishing using a trailer boat as a mothership

In this guest blog post from Paddle Guy we take a look at a different perspective on mothership kayak fishing.
Exploring the concept of kayak fishing using a trailer boat as a mothership
Here’s a different take on kayak fishing mother ship trips, yesterday fishing with my boys for Father’s Day in the 6m Fyran, I loaded the 2.7m Viking Kayaks Ozzie into the boat with the intention of using it to paddle into the shallows and gather a feed of Green Lipped Mussels.

This was a test run to… more

Top 5 Kayak Fishing accessories that keep the Maniyaks smiling

They say the best accessory a person can have is their smile, here are our top 5 accessories that keep us smiling.
 The Viking Profish Reload Tackle Pod
A world first! How often do you hear that? Well if you are a kiwi you hear it quite a lot actually. We’re a pretty ingenuitive bunch of people that come up with some brilliant ideas and this is one of them.  A completely removable pod that houses your battery, sounder, transducer and a crazy amount of tackle. It’s so cool that you can prep all… more

Coromandel trip report with "Milkey"

"Haku gets a new owner"
I sold my Profish 440 named “Haku” to my mate John from Hamilton. It took a long 6 months before we got the chance to get out and for him to catch his first fish off the kayak. So we headed to the Coromandel Peninsula and by mid-morning he had 2 pannies in the back and he was having a ball in the near glass like conditions.

We were having some technical difficulties with his fishfinder so decided to turn it off and use my Lowrance on my kayak to put him onto fish. And fish there… more

Fresh Water Kayak Fishing Trip

Andrew July 3, 2014, Fishing Addicts Anonymous 
Annual trip to the Central North Island for a family get together. With 2 adults and 2 kids the car was full but with the destination being lake side I still managed to fit in the essential fishing gear. Packing as light as I could I managed to fit in the Viking Profish Reload, paddle, tackle pod with Lowrance HDI 7 fish finder, landing net and 3 of might lightest rod setups.

With limited time available to get out on the lake I headed out early on day 1 and stayed… more

Saltwater Assassin Northland Snapper Kayak Fishing

Saltwater Assassin, Lee Kennedy shares his recent kayak fishing adventure in Northland, once again in his Profish 400 and putting that lucky net through its paces with some might fine winter snapper action!! 
Watch the video from this session here 

 
Trip Report begins

Was asked to try out the new ocean angler microwave rod to test out on Sunday so headed up to Langs beach.. Left Auckland at 3:30am! Wasn't just the sunblock burning my eyes half way through the day.Launched with a couple of guys… more

Viking Kayaks owners photos from around the globe 10th-16th June 14

Welcome to our first weekly post where we share pics of Viking Kayaks owners from around the globe. What better way to share how others are enjoying their Viking Kayaks than to bring them together in one place!
These photos are sourced from your FaceBook, Instagram, Pinterest & Forum shares,  along with emails sent to the team in NZ.
We want to share your pics too! Next time you’re out enjoying time on the water in your favorite spot or doing a bit of DIY  take some pics and let us know about them…as… more

Sunday Kayak fishing session with Saltwater Assassin

This kayak fishing video trip report comes from North Shore local Lee Kennedy.. Lee captured this awesome footage while fishing out of his Profish 400 on Sunday "up North" ;-) Winter snapper fishing seems to be firing over many regions and this trip was no exception!

After an early start to catch the change of light action, Lee lands a nice feed of snapper for the table. Slow jigs orange seem to be doing the biz & zman softbaits, Lee is using Quantum cabo reel and okuma xfactor rod. 

On the jig again… more

Andrew Fletcher lands his 1st 20lb snapper

Andrew Fletcher of NZBlokesFishTales is no stranger to landing big snapper from his Viking kayak and we regularly feature him and Brad in kayak fishing reports from comps etc.. , but would you believe it was only this weekend that he landed his first 20lb snapper?  Here’s a brief report Andrew posted on the KFNZ forum, from his success over the Easter weekend break

Watch the video of Andrew landing his first 20lb Snapper!!

"Was getting a bit envious seeing all these new PBs and 20lb+ Snapper on the… more