b'Flat calm conditions at the Whanganella Banks is every big game anglers dream.72 MARLIN OVER 3 DAYS!E very game fishermanBY KRISTEN AND GREG ZALOUMIS to just 50m. Those that have been lucky caught 41 striped marlin in three and a has a bucket list. Bighalf days.By coincidence we knew thatenough to fish here have recorded fishing dreams of places weGodzone editor Matt Hewetsons cousin,trips that would blow your mind. We would love to go, andMitch Pattinson had been lucky to be aknew we were in for the trip of a lifetime!fish we would lovedeckie on that trip.to catch. When theOur eyes lit up as we eagerly listenedGOOD WEATHER CALLopportunity comes alongto their amazing experiences of extremeWhen we got the phone call from Garry to fulfil one of yourgame fishing, with pack attacks andthat the weather we needed was on dreams, you totally jumpmultiple hook ups! When we commentedthe horizon, we went into crazy mode at the chance! that we would love to experience thatto organise everything prior to leaving. We met Garry and Lori Somers whenone day, Garry and Lori invited us andIt was a fantastic chance to fish our they came to our Custom Tackle NZsaid, "let\'s do it!".A plan was hatched tolures that we sell at Custom Tackle NZ shop in Tauranga. We spent time withfind a weather window of a week of fairand capture incredible footage on our them listening to their tales of fishingwinds for the 7-day round trip.TowcamHD underwater live stream trips aboard their 59ft Sport FishingThe Whanganella Banks is ancamera. We had a few nights burning the catamaran November Rain. Only aunderwater mountain range about 350midnight oil rigging lures and getting all couple of weeks prior, they had gone tonautical miles from Whangaroa harbour.set up, then loading up the campervan, the legendary Whanganella Banks andThe sea floor rises from depths of 3000mand we headed north to Whangaroa./FISHINGINGODZONE43'