For all types of fishing it is important to pre-tie and prepare all your fishing rigs before you go fishing and store them in plastic bags ready for action. This preparation is essential when deep sea fishing. You don't want to waste any time when out on the water and the fish are biting. Also keep in mind that the sea could be a bit rough and you don't want to be looking down fiddling with your tackle. Read here about making your own high performance deep sea groper rigs and also more deep sea groper rigs. Tuna circle hooks and power-baiter long-line hooks are preferred for fishing deep water because they are self-hooking.
Over rough ground you could easily be "broken-off." It is best to have another rig or two close at hand. After all if you spend too much time replacing rigs on a party boat you could find that you haven't done a lot of actual fishing when the skipper calls "lines-up!"
You might also be interested in surfcasting at Kaikoura. Make this handy surfcasting trolly. Surfcasting locations around Canterbury. A big eagle ray caught surfcasting in Golden Bay. Get yourself a Saltec thumb caster especially if fishing with braided lines. Have you tried surfcasting at night.
Sea Fishing around New Zealand
