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!!
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.
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