BACK IN NEW ZEALAND | Landbase Kingfish Catch and Cook 

So GREAT to be able to relive these memories through your video!! Once again, my family and I had the BEST time with you and Jocelyn, in a place that I've always dreamt of visiting. So many wonderful memories, food, and endless laughs. Until next time!!

I;m not a fisherman nor have I ever fished in my life, but I love watching taku catch fish and preparing a delicious meal, and explains how its done. great video.

Dwight's work is so amazingly beautiful! That kingy looks incredible! My son is living in Korea and got offshore for Yellowtail a couple months ago and got 2 15-20lb fish. Said he lost a much bigger one, but never trust a fisherman's tale. 😂

Wow Taku, you are here again! Would be awesome if Taku and Taqi (myself) going out fishing together 😂😂😂 Just a fan doing his thing here 😂😂😂

That stance when you hooked the king was epic you looked like a samurai, you the man Taku

Dwight handing the rod to his daughter was awesome!!! Great session Taku!!!

Congrats on your first Kingy off the rocks, Taku! Many more and bigger ones to come, I’m sure! 🤙🏽

This was honestly one of my fav vids you've done that I've watched.

Always incredible Taku and Jocelyn. Much love. Happy holidays and congrats on the kingy can’t wait to see the GT 🤓👊

Taku finally nailed the KIngfish and kudos to Jocelyn for catching that exotic moray. Nice to see Dwight's fish prints

Favorite video, from all those failed trips to figure 8! amazing.

Love your videos! Always an adventure seeing you fish and very informative. Those prints came out gorgeous! Really cool!

Kia ora Taku, if you are interested in trying to catch big kingfish with a hand line let me know.

I must say, I appreciate your pronunciation of the Kahawai. Most people in NZ struggle😂

I love your clips man, not only for how exciting your fishing is but the food preparation after as well. I definitely need to step up my game. Chur chur mate

oh boy another NZ video, Taku is the coolest!!!

Dude you GOT IT! Even if it wasn't a monster Kingy after last time I was like.. Taku will be back before you know it and finally get one lol. Nothing like an amazing meal with friends and Family. Great video cheers.

Love how you pronounced our beautiful home! Love your vids keep up the amazing content!

I'm of Niue/New Zealand Maori heritage here in NZ.So happy and excited to see you's both back

That young girls a natural, she handled that pinky at the end perfectly. Well done

Great to see you back in NZ and congratulations on the Kingy. Your perseverance really paid off. The meal looked stunning. You’re fishing in an area we call home also which is always neat to see. Thanks heaps. Thomas

Nice. As a fellow fisherman, I know that excitement feeling. Your prep and cooking is above and beyond.

Kia ora Kia kaha nice to you see again. It's a joy to view healthy fish catch and cook. Congratulations ❤😊

Heck Ya back in New Zealand! Hopefully some more Niue content and coconut crabs! Best channel there is T&J!

Taku and Jocelyn always showing us how to do life right~ always grateful for the amazing, wholesome content:)

Watching you fish is truly fascinating. There are many fish with you, always wishing you good health

Kimchi is simple to make, the key ingredient I see a lot of novices/westerners miss is fish/anchovy sauce.

🔥🔥🔥 episode Taku, and Congratulations on the King fish from the shore. The print also looks amazing my guy 👊🏼😎🤙🏼🍻

Awesome to see you guys back in NZ hopefully the weather plays nice this time. This blue fish swimming around are called blue maumau. Also you’ve beaten me to a land based kingi 😂

❤you are a amazing person I really enjoyed watching this video looking forward to the next one.

THANK YOU SO VERY VERY VERY MUCH SIR. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS AND TEAM MEMBERS.

What fun day!

Well done man way to go.

Great video!! The food spread was amazing

Well done Weston reeling up that huge snapper 😮

Congratulations Taku and team! Great reward for your perseverance, and doing it justice on the plate as always ❤

Dude you are crushing it!! love your content, one of the few channels I still watch consistently. thanks for creating rad content and getting me to get out and fish more! Id love to see you do a fishing basics video for new people to fishing, with the knots and basics you use!

76 does the trick, good on you Taku….done and dusted got the t shirt. Stoked for you

That was sick! Congrats on the catch Taku

I love how you traveled New Zealand i think it’s the best way to see the country and the people you meet and become friends. I like to see everyone travel and see different cultures and the people you meet keep on traveling and open your mind but always respect the laws of the land great video and great food

Hey Taku! Please author and publish a pacific fusion recipe/method/cookbook featuring loads of kings and snapper dishes - we all know it would be super choice! ❤

I dont think Ive ever seen you so pumped to catch a fish. Congrats!

so exciting Taku!! so happy for you.

wrestling Weston to force her to make the 'peace' sign was hilarious!

What a joy it is for us to tag along on your adventures.. Your culinary skills are awesome! I have never seen better knife skills. And the quality of your dishes, in both taste and presentation, is superb. When you can prepare dishes of this quality and presentation in the wild, you've really got it going on. Keep the hits coming!

Love all your videos! Kimchi looks freakin awesome

Welcome back 😊hope you all catch the big ones 😊go team Taku🎉

The worst part of watching outdoor chef life video is leave me mouth watering at the end.✌️✌️

Congratulations on the nice catch Taku!

Awesome video! The piano music at the end while showcasing the banquet 👌

Duuuude! I got chills when you landed that kingi!

I got goosebumps when you hooked up on the top water, well done man! Awesome!

Good man releasing that og snapper

SO GOOD 👍

the way you baited that fish. You are awesome, Taku!

The Blue Maomao is one of the best eating fish in NZ. Would rate it above Snapper by a long way. Fishing my back yard playground here.

that eel Jocelyn caught would've been a really cool catch n cook

Congrats mate. Personally off the rocks, fishing for kings, I prefer a high tide clashing with daybreak...cant beat it..stick bait, live bait, it all works.

The blue fish that was eating the chum is called a Blue Maomao, they're excellent eating fish if you eat them whole. Flour the whole fish and fry off in butter :) oh and they also don't get much bigger than the one dwight caught, his fish was a good size! Try them out next time you catch them :)

The blue fish are Maomao they are actually very good eating that size fried whole and eaten off the bone. That's the perfect Keeper Kingi I don't like to kill the big ones, 75cm to 1m though are fair game IMO . The Kimchi looks amazing welcome back to NZ

Thank you for using the indigenous name of our country Chef ! Mauri ora !

Kia ora Taku and Jocelyn. Tena kato katoa that means welcome, back to the land of the long white cloud. Great to see you both back here. Congratulations on catching the kingi off the rocks, powerful fish. The biggest lve caught was 42kgs and what a fight that was. Also great to see you all catching some good snapper. I'm really glad to see your releasing what you can't eat. Every one had so much fun. The technique of printing of the fish is beautiful. Oh and buy the way, the kai looked delicious. Kim chi is such a flavoursome and healthy food to eat. Awesome content.

Beat outro yet 🐐 your truly the goat at cooking

finally got your kingfishhhhh, youre the king of my you tube bro 👑👑👑👑

Finally got your kingie off the rocks! Well done Taku! So stoked you have decided to come back to our country. Are you heading back to Tairua at all? We have a family holiday house there and we are staying for 7 days from the 20th Dec. It would be crazy to see you guys in person! Anyway, enjoy having a summer Christmas here :)

Man if there ever been a true master chief you are him every dish you made was masterful I'm from down on the bayou of South Louisiana and that dish you made reminds me of the famous courtbullion we make down here tks for that great video

So good that the young lass got a good fish👍👌

that hook up was insane !!!

That was absolutely amazing. I like it. I'm just wondering how to ink the snapper onto the paper like that?

Great to have you back in our beautiful country enjoy

That was freaking awsome, I was yelling at home when you hooked up!!!!

Getting all exited watching this! Congratulations! I've yet to catch one from the shore.......

Watching this whilst eating Kingfish stew myself is a treat.

Take! Your plating is absolutely gorgeous!

Wow Team love you being back to the land of the" long white clouds well done Taku love kimchi awesome Feed Bro

AHHHHH, looked so good!!!

Figure 8 really works. I used to do it heaps with frozen gars and my mate and i landed 3 legal kings one time.

Loooooove that reaction. Well deserved 😊❤

Redemption!! Good stuff Taku!!

ho bra that reel was screamin! nice one Taku

The colors on the food really popped for this meal.

First time to know painting skills like that ☺️ congrats for your kingfish hunting...catch...

Living vicariously through yall!!!

Congratulations Taku!!!

Awesome catch Taku! And on the Malosi!!! Love their lures, works of art. Really cool to catch an amazing fish on one of their stickbaits. Congrats!

hey taku, so here in texas, primarily the snapper, we have whats called pinfish, they are the vultures of the gulf, they will bite whatever you throw down before any of the snappers do. if you can get your hands on small live bait, maybe like 4-5 inches, and toss it down there, you may get more snappers like Dwight caught in the video. chumming helps get whatever small bait stealers you got there away from your main bait. i think my favorite video from this year from you was the GT's. it was intense ! hope you go out there and finally get one again.

Nice work! I’ll never forget when I was a teen I framed artwork at a gallery that was owned by my Korean boss. His wife would send him to work everyday a roll and some kimchi. Some potent stuff. Delicious though

I know you won’t see this, but I love watching your videos! i wanna go around the world someday and try making different dishes like what you make sometime!

Yay did u catch a kingfish

great video Taku welcome back

Welcome back, hope the weather is better this time 😊

Man that print is awesome.

Taku, the kimchi, kimchi stew and bok choy were a nice addition to the meal.👍

The most amazing presentation

That spot is LEGENDARY!

love your videos, always a thumbs up. Subscriber. RU-vid never suggests your channel. You are one of the few i look out for, so time to catchup

Welcome back taku...nau mai haere mai ki aotearoa ano....looking forward to your great content❤and chef skills..good luck FishingOn 😊

Speaking from experience (epic fail on my part) first remove the stickbait before measuring. Fish flicks their head once while your hand is close and you have a nice treble through the hand😅.

Would love to see you make a fish soup from some carcass/ frame and head

Amazing looking meal. Yellowtail is my current favorite raw fish to eat