Kingfish!

[Mike Thomas]

Hi guys, had a chance to go out from Whitianga on a Kingfish charter on Saturday, not fly fishing, but what a blast! None of us had ever done a kingi trip before, but we managed 35+ fish for the day. Had a ball with some good banter, a great crew and fantastic fishing.
Here are a few pics.
Me with my fish of the day.

Nick with a good fish

Pauls new friend.

And Q with another.

All the best.
Mikie

[Mike Thomas]

Here is a pic of the Deck hand hard at work, she was about 7 stone wringing wet and you should have seen her hauling those kingis over the side of the boat! Girls realy can do anything!

We only kept one each all other fish released, but we did keep one extra, as it had a close encounter with a Mako shark right by the boat, and the deck girl still did not let go! You do not see a tug of war with a Girl v a Mako very often!
All the best.
Mike

[JeffHamm]

Well done Mike! I was wondering how your adventure had gone. Those are some wonderful looking kingies. Yum!

- Jeff

[Mike Thomas]

Hi Jeff, yes I had smoked Kingfish for dinner last night, it was lovely! I am having beer batterd Kingfish for dinner tonight, can hardly wait to get home!
All the best.
Mike

[FishnDave]

Awesome! Its been awhile since I've caught a fish so big I had to cradle it in my arms!

[Mike Thomas]

Here is a link to a video my buddy Q put together of the trip, as you can see it was awesome!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKVQYYiBGdw
All the best.
Mike