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.
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Quick trip to Coromandel
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!
The Bro Trip 2015!
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.
Quick trip to fish at The Coromandel
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!
Jack’s Auckland visit
Jack came to Auckland with me on the latest tri. We stayed with the AK Stones and made sure we got in a good fishing trip. No huge fish but got a keeper. The kids had fun and we made sure we let them get a swim in at Motuhi on the way back.
Jack’s trip to Auckland…
Jack at Auckland airport…
Jack in a tree at the Vivians. Sorry, just realized I forgot to get some other photos! Bother! Next time…
Still, was awesome to catch up with Rose, Ben and the kids. Got a nice cuddle with baby Charlotte as well 
Always a good time at the Dobbs. Jack below is getting to grips with Timothy’s compound bow. He did pretty good! The boys took him up the tree hut as well for some bug-hunting!
Two cool kids…
A day out fishing with the boys…
Zach into a whopper!
We caught up with Nana and went up the Sky Tower for a bite to eat with a good view. He loved it.
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