RodBenders Kaikoura Youth Fishing

05/04/2025

Rodbenders has had a couple of great weeks fishing. The weather has been amazing and our club has added a new species caught and released! The Thresher Shark had previously been caught on a longline with a large clip, hook and thick line still in its mouth. The club members skilfully removed the tackle and released the shark.

02/02/2025

What a weekend in the Marlborough sounds with our awesome Club!
We all learnt so much (even the adults!) from filleting & bleeding fish, working as a team on those tricky sharp hooks, different species of fish (sharks too) and a lot of bird and sea life to watch & learn about.
A huge thanks to Glenn from Barge And Digger Hire - Jones Sounds Mowing as it wouldn’t be possible without him.
Some of our young people had never been fishing on a boat letalone a barge, and Glenn even sorted us somewhere to set up camp, so we are extremely grateful.
We all had an incredible experience and look forward to our next adventure!
A huge thanks also to another one of our fantastic sponsors Te Hā o Mātauranga - Learning in Kaikōura who contributed so much as well.
We will all have a good sleep tonight!

10/12/2024

02/12/2024

A few weeks ago, the lovely people down at Middlehurst Station Farm Store helped us out with their meat supply and expertise to make some sausages for our Fundraiser!
We will be selling a range of different sized sausages at the Xmas Festival on Saturday so please come down and support us!

10/10/2024

With a tip off from some local surf casting fisherman, the team headed off to Spot X and it produced!
Our current top fisherlady (with 2 fish on the scorecard) showing the club how it’s done, with her whopper of a rig at 1.1m long and 8kg!
Such a great evening had by all - more tip offs are greatly received, we couldn’t do this without our wonderful community ❤️

14/08/2024

Blue skies, snowy mountains, clear ocean and lots of fishing rods! How lucky are we to have such a beautiful evening for fishing!

14/06/2024

Check out these legends keeping us well looked after.
Our Youth now have Tackle boxes, Rod Holders, Bags and drink bottles to help keep them sorted when bringing in the big fish!
Thanks so much Leanne & Nyoka, we appreciate you!

26/04/2024

Very excited to share this amazing story - this is where it all started and we are so grateful to our sponsors for making it all happen!

A local fishing club set up and run by Kaikōura rangatahi is helping young people learn, connect and get ahead, thanks to funding from the Foodstuffs South Island Community Trust and New World Kaikōura. 

24/04/2024

We now have Bait Storage!
A big shout out and huge thanks to Leanne Varty Syme at Night N Day Kaikoura for donating us a freezer to store our bait.
Our President Keepa was pleased to accept this on behalf of the rest of our Club 😎

22/03/2024

An Important one here, as the RodBenders Kaikoura Youth Fishing wouldn't be possible without our amazing sponsors.
A Huge Shout out to the Following businesses who have supported us so far - Thankyou!
Foodstuffs South Island Limited
New World Kaikoura
Kaikoura ITM
Night 'n day Kaikoura
Hunting and Fishing Kaikoura
Te Hā o Mātauranga - Learning in Kaikōura
Bremick
OKUMA New Zealand
Dulux New Zealand