b'GAME FISHINGPurekrafts new 7.5m On Guard which was featured in the Jan/Feb issue, spotted trolling during Tauranga Sport Fishing Clubs tournament.G ame fishing ishas kindly delivered the first part inafter fish commercially worldwide, the dependent on severalspades to most areas around Godzone,species will always be under pressure key factors, the firstwith anglers and clubs recording anand for whatever reason we are seeing is finding warmeroutstanding game fishing seasonso many more tuna in our waters, it water and currentsto date. should be counted as a win for anglers.which attracts baitThe most pleasing upshot is the and in turn bringsnumber of big yellowfin tuna returningTOP OF THE NORTHpredators such as tunato our waters this year which haveWe spoke with people in the fishing and marlin to the party.The seconddominated most catches.Where in pastindustry around the country about part is then up to the anglers to trollyears it was a worrying trend to seethe superb game fishing and Kieron their lures or baits through such areastheir arrival decline markedly.CouldOlsen from Reel Rods and Oceanblue to entice a strike.With the final partit be global warming having an impactOutriggers in Karikari Peninsula, requiring good teamwork of the crewon pelagic species and helping in theirreported a good run of game fish and angler to successfully land the fish. return down under?It is hard to knowthey weighed for the Doubtless Bay Since December the 2022-23 seasonbut with tuna one of the most sought- Sportfishing Club around New Years.48FISHING IN GODZONE MAR/APR 2023'