. Managed to pack a little bit of Darwin weather with us everywhere we went as well which was a bonus. Only 18 hours after landing in Auckland i was heading out from Pahia in the Bay of Islands with Bucko from Capt Buckos charters. What a great bloke! i was the only punter on the boat and he took me out to the famous Hole in the Wall for his normal share charter fee. Don't think he makes a habit of it but i was most apppreciative 
. Well, we cleaned up, even Bucko was calling it a red letter day and he fishes 6 days out of 7. When we pulled up there was acres of bait being busted by salmon and kings and huge schools of trevally and the amazing flouro blue MaoMao surrounded the boat the whole time we were there. This place just screams fish. We'd picked up a heap of live slimeys on the way out and each time they hit the bottom they were nailed by Kingies, we caught 14 for the morning all between 15-17.5kgs. Geez do they pull!!!! Spent half the day bent over the gunnels while 80lb mono spewed off the reel, trying my hardest not to let the whole lot go. These things would pull a black jew inside out! The limit there is 6 fish so we gave plenty away to the local tourist boats doing the scenic trip thing and released the extras. Heres a couple of photos to wet your appetite. PS-Did try trout fishing on the world renowned Tongariro river, caught heaps, namely my hat, back, waders, hat, grass, hat, trees............no trout ahh well i'll deifinately be back for another try.
Melv
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