The website Jetskifishing was initiated after an introduction to Jetskifishing in the Summer holidays in 2008. At that stage, I Andrew Hill had purchased a preloved Yamaha FX HO 160 WaveRunner. After many hours of wave hopping and playing with the family on sea toys, the novelity soon wore off. We then decided to test the theory of fishing from a jet-ski... For this first encounter we had no rod holding hardware, we were only armed with our safety equipment and some basic rod and reel combos. We decided to try some local spots nearby, where we were staying at Waihi Beach in New Zealand. For this adventure, I went fishing with one of my sons, Jayden, who was 9 years old at the time. We were using the traditional fishing method of bait and it wasn't long before we were catching some of the local fish life, with smiles all round... The biggest difficulty was finding somewhere to hold the rods while retrieving the fish and next was, where to store the fish? It was at this point with all the excitement, when I knew jet-skis had potential  to be a great fishing platform, when fitted out appropriately. The fishing session was  a great success and before long my mind was ticking, wondering how best to achieve the ultimate option, to transform my jet-ski in to a viable fishing machine. After the holidays that year, I did some research seeing what was available as a readily available product, to fit a jet-ski for fishing. There was nothing, so I then decided to design my own with the help of a local stainless fabricator. The process was time consuming and somewhat frustrating with research and development! All I wanted to do was go fishing, right there and then. After many attempts and finally coming up with a product that was reliable, without desigh faults, I finally got to enjoy some fun trips with the right gear. There was growing interest with every trip, many people asking where I got my kit and how good were skis for fishing. The first question posed an opportunity for me and the second of how good was easy, the fishing was awesome! I next proceeded to manufacture and market a high quality product for anyone with a jets-ski to puchase an off the shelf fishing kit. The kit was named the "Ultimate Rod Holder" and now is the leading fishing kit on the global market, being sold all around the world. With the kit, other accessories were soon developed and I now enjoy the fishing even more as it has become my job, writing fishing adventures and managing a website community, seeing many others enjoy the same fun I do with Jetskifishing.

Cheers, Andrew Hill