b'Charter ProfileUltimate ChartersEven skipper Mike Savage had to grab an Ocean Angler rod with Okuma baitcaster which were getting put to the test.Ultimate Charters has a large fleet of boats to service the gulf, from Aucklands largest fishing charter boat Koru - which can take up to 40 people, to the Rayglass 850 and several other trailer boats."we pulled up and headedneared the big workup the over to join it.We stoppedsounder was full of baitfish and dropped our lures down,and larger sign around it in some on sliders and others onmid-water.Mike advised it The sounder shows thick kingfish sign amongst the bait schools. slow jigs.We started catchinglooked like kingfish and we kahawai and a few nicecertainly found out when we The plan was to get upout to Little Barrier but all wesnapper, good pan sized fish. had multiple hook-ups on off Takatu Point where thecould see was birds constantlybig fish while on the drop!I workups had been good.Weon the move. I noticed manyKINGFISH ATTACK got smashed off, while Grant could see plenty of gannetsof the birds had gone in closerAs we fished, we kept an eyeand Mike were having a ball and petrels flying aroundto Kawau and Mike took uson the action around us asplaying kingfish on the light but they were scatteredover as we tried a few dropsanother larger workup wassnapper tackle.everywhere, they werentand waited for a workup tostarting up and as we driftedIt took a good 15 minutes to feeding, and it was too choppystart in the area.It didnt takeoff the fish and our bitesland each of the fat 10-13kg to see any dolphins.Welong as gannets gathered justsubsided, Mike told us wekingies and I had also landed glassed around, north, andover a kilometre away andwould head over to it.As weone on my new slow jig.38FISHING IN GODZONE JAN/FEB 2021'