b"CHARTER PRIZEis a 795 Walk Around and powered by a 300hp Mercury SeaPro V8 outboard.The V8 SeaPro outboards have impressed on previous trips, they feature a heavy-duty gearcase that is validated at three times the lifespan of recreational gearcases to help decrease the workload on the engine.This makes sense for charter operators who use them daily and the engines uses Advanced Range Optimization (ARO) and closed-loop fuel control on the V8 outboard to precisely adjust the fuel mixture for optimal fuel economy. Even more important for boats working for a living and the ever-increasing fuel costs when covering the distances in the gulf you need to save every drop.I met skipper Mike Trail early at the boat and had a quick chat before the crew arrived.Mike is a top man who loves heading out in search of bigger fish for his customers and told me stories about how good the fishing had been this spring.Soon Nick, Chris and Tom joined us at 7am and jumped aboard as we made our way out of the Westhaven Marina and towards Waiheke.Chris had been fishing the past two days on a friends boat and was talking up how he scored the best fish of the Mike with a nice fish taken on the newday so was confident of his Super Orange Slider. chances today.Nick Patrick had been picked randomlyChris was leading the longest fish from the entries across the ditch instakes, but this would change a few Australia where Phil from Inox is based. times throughout the days fishing.When Phil advised the winner's details, I thought I recognised the name but wasnt sure as it was a Gmail address to contact.When I got a quick reply, it indeed was the same Nick who is well known in the tackle industry for servicing Shimano gear.Nick was chuffed to hear the news and had soon invited his dad Chris and mate Tom Dempsey to join him for the day.GATHERERI had been out with Ultimate Charters earlier in the year on their new boat Hunter which impressed and was a 915 Walk Around Extreme.It proved a top platform for chasing work-ups out in the gulf and our boat this time was sister vessel Gatherer, which 42FISHING IN GODZONE JAN/FEB 2023"