b"SPEARFISHINGLeo bagged a welcome trevally fresh sashimi for lunch.Leo had also stumbled upon a weedimportant to have a boatman asAfter getting back in the boat bleeding, line on his swim back and dropped downanchoring in deep water with stronggutting, and getting Leos kingfish on in the hope of finding a giant boarfish,current is just not feasible. It is much saferice we headed back up to the pin to none were present however a solidto have someone idling around ready topick up Ferg, and upon approaching trevally presented and so with a carefullyassist should someone spear a kingfishwe heard hoots and hollering of fish placed shot we had fresh sashimi forand get dragged away down current.on!On one of his final drops Ferg had lunch. Trevally have very soft flesh so aAfter a short game of rock paper scissors,been surrounded by baitfish when all of head shot is required to keep them onit was decided that I would take onea sudden, a larger model came charging the spear. for the team and be the dinghy boy forin, turning broadside in front of him he With a handful of decent snapper andthe morning. let fly and was now battling the fish. A the sun well up we decided to head outshort battle ensued but thanks to a solid, to a pinnacle just offshore that kingfishKINGFISH TIME well-placed shot he was able to keep the could be holding on.Before setting offWithin minutes of the boys jumping infish out of the reef and away from the from our sheltered bay we pulled out theLeo had taken a dive and was surroundedlarge bronze whaler that was attracted to VHF switching to the weather channel forby kingies, lining up a 12kg model hethe commotion.an updated forecast.With conditions stillpulled the trigger hitting the spine killingWith the addition of a couple of favourable we upped anchor and set offit instantly, although not the fight hekingfish, trevally, and snapper the chilly to the rock stack. Upon arrival the currenthoped for this was the best result asbin was looking healthy and so as the was roaring, baitfish were everywhere,summertime is peak season for sharkwind slowly gathered strength we turned and kahawai were busting up on theencounters and there's nothing worseback towards the mainland, hugging the surface, a spearos dream! than fighting and losing your fish tocoastline and out of the wind. It had been In these sorts of conditions, it isa shark. a great morning out on the water, we had 44FISHING IN GODZONE MAR/APR 2023"