Show Notes
Scott Malcon has been in the NZ fishing industry his whole working life — Rebel Sport, Fish City, then Brittain Wynyard, where he went from sales rep to running the Daiwa brand in New Zealand for 16 years. His philosophy from day one: get cool people doing cool things.
In this Quick Cast Scott covers growing up rowing out to Browns Bay reef with his dad, why shallow-water soft baiting on the Stabi at the Barrier is his happy place, a blue marlin near 300kg caught for an 80-plus year-old grandfather, and the day a 50-plus kilo kingfish came over the rail at White Island and went straight back. We also pick his brain on deep dropping — finding uncharted rocks, live jack mackerel for bait, drift set-up, electric reel choice — and how 60–70% of Daiwa's NZ rod range is built specifically for Kiwi anglers.
Quick Casts are short, sharp sit-downs recorded live at the NZ Boat Fish Dive Expo in partnership with Daiwa NZ. Full-length Get The Net episodes are on the channel, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
👤 GuestScott Malcon — Brand Manager, Daiwa New Zealand (Brittain Wynyard) - Daiwa NZ: https://www.daiwa.co.nz/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daiwa_nz/🌟 Links & Socials - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@getthenet_nz - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1824558692✅ Follow Us - Instagram: @getthenet_nz - TikTok: @getthenet_nz - Facebook: @getthenet_nz
(0:00) Cool people doing cool things(5:00) Fish of a lifetime — soft bait tip, 300kg blue marlin, 50kg kingfish released(10:00) Deep dropping 101 — uncharted rocks, live bait, setting the drift(15:00) Electric reels, circle hooks and the Daiwa story(20:00) Built for New Zealand — Kiwi-spec rods and Scott's dream fish
#GetTheNet #NZFishing #DaiwaNZ🎵 Music: Proctor (Topher Mohr & Alex Elena) | Satellites (Swello) | Momentum (Zplit) | Source — YouTube Audio Library 🎥 Shot on Sony A7iii + Sennheiser Mics | Edited in Adobe Premiere Pro | Shot, Edited & Produced by Nick HoyleRecorded live at the NZ Boat Fish Dive Expo in partnership with Daiwa NZ.
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