Jack and I spent some ‘Man Time’ up in Whitianga today and yesterday. We went out on a charter (Just us) and despite the 3m rough sea swell and 20-25 knot wind, check out the awesome reward for Jack. I’ve been wanting him to experience a decent Kingfish for a while. We were just below Barrier at Cuvier Island. He smashed those Kings! Bought home two for the freezer and let the rest go 
😉 Lucky kid!!
Some pics from my trip with the lads to the Bay of Islands in Gav’s dad’s boat. Awesome trip as always, weather a bit average but good company. Look forward to next one.
Some pics from a quick lads fishing trip with Grandad, Jack and I… This was on the Tongariro river down Turangi way. Wet and cold but any day fishing is a good day as they say!
Sarah, me and the kids stayed at the Top10 in Coromandel last night and went out fishing today. Lovely day, good test for getting boat in and out on the ramp…
Livvy caught the biggest and Jackson/Sarah both had a blast casting lures to Kahawhai and catching them. We bought home a few fish, but mostly it was great just hanging out with the family.
We got rid of the fishy smell by taking a dip at the Miranda Hot Pools on the way home. Looking forward to snapper sandwiches tomorrow!
Another successful annual Bro Tip! We headed to Great Barrier again on a fairly calm weather pattern. Nothing much over 10 knots the whole time and a bit of glass.
We tried a bit of everything, and caught Kahawai, Snapper, Red Snapper, Cod, Trevally, Blue Maumau, Black Maumau, Terakihi, Kingfish, Shark, Granddaddy Hapuka etc. Lets just say the freezer is stocked for a while!
We even had a 2.5m Bronze Whaler Shark munch fish heads off the boat (Simon hung them on a rope). That shark hung around a while, pretty awesome sight!
I Hooked a 5 foot Hammerhead shark on a live bait and it stripped out about 300m of line in a minute. That fought hard! Even used the gimble on that one!
We spent time at Channel Island on Glass and hooked into 3x massive kingfish on jigs. They fight hard! I got broken off on 20, 100 and 130lb line! Next time wire trace!
During a Marlin session, we towed a few lures off the back of Barrier and a Marlin rose just in front of the boat. It doubled back and chased the lure but didn’t commit. Next time 
Great trip. Simon is a great brother and friend, and I really love this annual trip.
Time for another adventure! I got Jackson up at 4:30am and drove up to the Glenariffe Stream, up in the Canterbury backcountry. We had a great day, he’s casting really well and he also hooked a nice brown trout. He’s a great lad, no complaints, and is a natural caster. Love him…
I’ve starting on a wee project. This is a fish catcher to catch live bait for the boat. A bit left to do on it but you should get the idea. Basically a water cooler bottle with top inverted.
I took the family out for a cruisy day on the water. It was such a great day it was glassy conditions most of the time! We went around Waiheke, then ducked across the Happy Jack’s Island in the Coromandel. We saw workups, Dolphins, Penguins and got enough snapper for a good feed for dinner!
Jack can now bait his hooks himself and Livvy finally got her sealegs and now loves it!
Here’s a few sweet photos from our recent trip to the McKenzie Country. We stayed at the Lake Ruitaniwha holiday park for two nights. Absolutely awesome trip with my boy. Lots of fishing, great scenery, good company and late nights with Milo!
Totally slack basic breakfast!
This is the Temple Stream feeding the top of Lake Ohau.
We hiked a wee way up the Temple Stream at the top of Lake Ohau.
Jack has finally master his casting rhythm! Check out the style! He’s in the groove!
Check out the brave lad! Taking a dip in a high country lake (Lake Ohau).
There was a cool pontoon slide at the campground. Me and Jack just had to have a swim. Totally freezing water but really refreshing!
Pretty basic food but after a long day it did the trick!
Late night milo’s in the kitchen (Watching a Will Smith movie) 
Daddy’s awesome reliable donkey! This tub got us around in style!
Of course we had to get in the obligatory tourist shots in Tekapo!
That’s a good girl! Clean daddy’s dirty truck!
We took the family out today for a wee adventure. First stop was the Orton Bradley Park where we went for a nice tramp. The kids did well…
Then we went to Diamond Harbour Wharf for a spot of fishing and Jack had a swim, well actually a jump off the wharf from a swinging gantry rope. Great fun! See the vids below!
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