Match Fishing League

Five teams, 20 matches and some of the best competitive fishing you’ll see anywhere. Watch as each team battles in a home and away match for ultimate glory and the chance to become the Match Fishing League champion.

The home team specifies the target species, fishing area, bait limits and equipment restrictions, so the away team must use their combined knowledge and cunning to claw back an advantage and win the match. But winning one match doesn’t win the whole league, and with our secret Powerplay system, where a team can nominate one of their away matches before the match for double points, the final scores won’t be revealed until the last match is played. Tune in to the excitement that is Match Fishing League – click here for TV schedules.

Latest news

Match 9: Oceanz Seafood Pirates vs Carters Casters

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Languishing at the bottom of the table, Oceanz Seafood Pirates will be looking to get their first points of the season when they host their neighbours, Carters Casters. Will they sink or swim? Catch the action on TV One this Saturday afternoon. Rules for this …full story

Match 8: Hooked on Kia vs Yuasa Seafarers

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

Yuasa Seafarers looks to go top of the table when they visit the Coromandel home of Hooked on Kia. Check out all the action this Saturday on TV One.

Match 7: Yuasa Seafarers vs Carters Casters

Monday, August 16th, 2010

Yuasa Seafarers are on their home patch where they’ll be looking to show the youngsters from Carters Casters a thing or two about soft-baiting – don’t miss it. Another rough weather encounter (2m swells in Rangi Channel?!!) But this doesn’t put the close-in softbait specialists …full story

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Meet the presenters

Peter Elliott

Peter has been a constant screen and theatre actor for over twenty years in New Zealand and Australia, and recently a director, too. He’s also interested in a different type of casting: he is a keen fly fisherman and has considerable experience saltwater fishing. Peter is passionate about New Zealand and the great outdoors.

Andrea Downey

Andrea began her career in radio in the ‘80s and has fronted live interview shows on both TV and radio. As both the brains and beauty of the two Match Fishing League presenters, she brings a vast experience in presenting, and the ability to bring the entertainment factor out of any situation.

Check out the teams

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Team 1: Hooked on Kia

Mike Rendle is captain of Hooked on Kia and has brought a team of experienced anglers aiming for glory. His team, Hooked on Kia, will be fishing Region 1: Western Bay of Plenty/Eastern Coromandel.

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Team 2: Yuasa Seafarers

Grant Blair has full charge heading up Team 2, the Yuasa Seafarers. Their home turf is the Manukau Harbour, Firth of Thames and Inner Gulf.

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Team 3: Oceanz Pirates

Oceanz Seafoods team is a real wildcard. Lead by Craig Dawson, they’re packed to the gills with commercial fisherman. They have plenty of knowledge, but this isn’t about big nets, so will they out-fish the recreational anglers.

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Team 4: Carters Casters

Antonio Guzzo’s team has some of the youngest anglers in the Match Fishing League – will youthful enthusiasm and resourcefulness win over the salty old sea dogs?

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Team 5: Selleys Reel Appeal

Captain Bucko and his team of fearless fishermen are ready to land the monster catch.