Episodes
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The Ultimate Day.
After thousands of days spent fishing, this one stands out as one of the best ever. Twenty one marlin over 200 pound are caught, and to top it off the team have a close encounter with a giant squid. Fisherman or not, you will agree - the action and footage is stunning...
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The size and power of Giant Bluefin Tuna seem to defy nature, it doesn't seem possible that a fish could grow so big and swim so fast. Well now you can check out the insane footage as Matt and the team encounter packs of powerhouse tuna and capture the very essence of what big game fish battles are all about...
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Giant Bluefin Tuna Madness part 2
The exciting conclusion to part one, big tuna get landed, big tuna get lost, and we stop fishing to jump in the water and hand feed some of these monsters. The action and suspense is almost unbearable, and the underwater footage is stunning! ...
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Where do you go for a fishing adventure when you are already in Vanuatu experiencing some of the best fishing in the Pacific? The answer is you set sail on a one hundred mile journey to fish through out an unspoiled group of tropical islands. Hold on because this one is full of action! ...
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We are joined by Australian Fishing personalities, Lee Rayner and Paul Worsteling who arrive in New Zealand brimming with the famous Aussie confidence. Within minutes of leaving the boat ramp the Aussie boys were begging for mercy as kingfish after kingfish smashed everything they put in the water.
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The kingfish action gets even hotter! Our Australian guests are left speechless (which takes some doing!) as we catch kingfish on poppers, soft baits and jigs in one of the most full on fishing sessions ever seen on the show...
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Matt is still playing host to Aussie anglers Paul and Lee and after even more big kingfish he takes them out to a secret reef off Great Barrier Island where they hook into some monster Wreck Fish. Then to impress even further, Matt introduces the guys to our home base at the back of Great Barrier, a 42 meter luxury mother ship - The Island Passage...
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Join the Ultimate Fishing Show team onboard one of the worlds largest and most luxurious game fishing boats the Ultimate Lady as they venture hundreds of miles offshore to explore new fishing grounds. There was some extra special footage shot on this trip from both above and below the water...
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The Ultimate Offshore adventure part II
Every anglers dream is to take a group of friends on a luxurious fishing machine equipped with all the comforts to unspoiled fishing grounds with more fish and bigger fish than ever before. Tune in and see what the dream is really like, as the team fishes an uncharted bank in the North Tasman Sea. Fishing this good is seldom seen anywhere...
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It's easy to get carried away with big game fishing boats and overseas excursions - so Matt goes ‘back to basics' and takes one friend, one rod and one reel out in his dinghy and leaves behind all the electronics and gadgets.
Check out how simple it is to catch big fish if you just do the basics well...
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With only days remaining before a ban is to be placed on fishing for Great White Sharks Matt and the team embark on their most ambitious adventure yet - To catch and release a 2000lb Great White Shark at the Chatham Islands. The Sharks were bigger and more plentiful than anticipated and the action...well ‘intense' to say the least...
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With lessons learned from their encounters with the most fearsome of all sharks. Matt and the team engage in some huge tussles in an effort to secure a great white shark and take a DNA sample.
These are the largest fish ever witnessed by our experienced group of anglers and veteran Chatham Island fishermen - nothing could have prepared us for the power of these awesome predators...
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Big boat - big fish
Once again Matt and the team venture to the far offshore reaches of the north Tasman Sea onboard what is one of the most incredible fishing boats in the world, the Ultimate Lady. The fishing action was incredible and the footage is equally impressive. This is truly stuff dreams are made of!
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We conclude the action from Ultimate lady with a broadbill swordfish caught in the middle of the night that went berserk at the boat. Then we set off on a mission to prove that marlin fishing isn't just for big boats and big budgets. We follow Matt in his dinghy as he sets off to catch a marlin on a hand line...
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This is an episode not to be missed, catch all the action and drama that unfolds as Matt fights a 250 pound marlin on a hand line from a dinghy. The action is even more crazy than it sounds!...
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Matt and a couple of his mates head out to a small rocky island loaded with fish but get stranded when the boat drifts way. Get a few laughs as the guys take the mickey out of the survivor TV series while catching a heap of big fish off the rocks...
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The survivors are still stranded out on the rocks.... Tension is building and fierce competitiveness for the biggest fish threatens to ruin their friendship. This episode has all the full-on action and stunning footage that the Ultimate Fishing Show is famous for - but you'll get a few laughs too!
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Matt and the team join the Ultimate Lady to fish in one of the world's most prestigious big game fishing tournaments in Australia. In search of a big marlin the team hook a giant marlin....this encounter can only be described as ‘epic'.
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A finale that will leave even the most experienced fisherman gob-smacked at the size and power of the Giant black marlin...and if that wasn't enough there is a chilling shark attack - NOT TO BE MISSED.
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We are on an offshore adventure to the exotic Island of Espiritu Santo in the Vanuatu Island archipelago. There is no other way to put it - the fish species available here are awesome, and the location stunning. We have some phenomenal sessions with some very tough fish and we don't get it all our own way.
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We've already landed dogtooth tuna, giant trevally, big yellow fin, and line burning wahoo - we continue to catch these fish but all our encounters with blue marlin have left us with bare hooks and broken lines. We come to the end of our epic voyage but things are starting to get tense as we are desperate to get our mate Graeme his first Marlin after 10 years of trying - the finale to this is one not to be missed.
Matt and a couple of mates launch off an isolated beach and set out to do some trailer boat game fishing. The guys show just how simple it can be for any keen angler to head out and hookup with some of the most exciting fishing action anywhere in the world. The action is full-on, and underwater footage is stunning.
After Flying to Noumea, Matt and the team board the sport fishing ‘dream-boat' Ultimate Lady and travel 480 nautical miles to visit an uninhabited group of atolls and reefs that are loaded with fish.
The fishing in this episode is phenomenal - even the experienced team on Ultimate Lady were left in awe of the incredible dogtooth tuna. The underwater footage captured is equally as impressive as the huge fish.
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Matt sets out on another ‘stunt fishing' mission and heads over 30 miles off shore on a jet-ski to try and prove his theory, "you don't need a big boat to catch a marlin". The action that follows the hook up is spectacular, and the crazy finale, (when the fired up marlin gets some of his own back), will leave audiences in disbelief - this one is not to be missed .....well they are all not to be missed actually...but this one especially!
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The mission to capture and release a Great white shark and gather important research data comes to an exciting climax. Starting the day with one small plastic lure matt works his way up the food chain to the very apex where he presents a bait to a huge Great white shark. Having learned from the previous near misses it is decided to use a hand line to try and harness the power of the huge shark. The events that unfold in this episode will have you on the edge of your seat.
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Matt takes a couple of city girls fishing and he has just 3 days to turn them into hard core fisho's. The girls were put to the test with a series of challenges and the results were.... let's say ‘interesting'. If you like fishing and blondes in bikinis - this one is for you!
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