Braid Products Inc. These are the fish everyone wants to catch, and there is no where better than New Zealand to do it. The Bay of Islands is famous throughout the world as the home of many record catches, but billfish of record size and quantities are caught off both coasts of New Zealands North Island. Blue Marlin - makaira nigricans Solitary swimmers.
Lavender stripes on blue back.
Prefer blue water to match their general color. Feed mainly on pelagic fish, but also on octopii, squids, and decapod crustaceans. 200 kilos New Zealand record - 461.31 kg on 60 kg line. Striped Marlin - tetrapturus audax Some schooling behaviour, which is more evident in spawning season. The most common Marlin species in our waters.