b'Once secure and up onto thethe light.A truly beautiful part of transom I let out a shout of relief.Godzone and where we would spend A southern bluefin of between 17- our last night.Feasting that evening 19kg and I was very happy!After aon the freshest bluefin sashimi you succession of photos and bleedingcould get, followed up with pan fried the fish, Torin pumped cold seawatertuna steaks, we ate like kings again.over the tuna to cool it down as theirWe awoke to another fine and body temperature literally cooks theglorious morning on Anzac Day flesh.We put out the lures againand after breakfast, we packed up and headed up the coast to Doubtfuland helped empty the boat to load Sound confident that we would getthe waiting van to take us over to strikes on the three-hour trip, butLake Manapouri where we would unfortunately all the action seemedcatch the ferry back to Te Anau, to be back at the fiords entrance. then Queenstown to catch flights Coming into Doubtful and theto Auckland.Fiordland is a magical sun was high, with blue skies andplace and should be high on your cascading waterfalls shining inGodzone bucket list.The Accurate jigging reel with twin-drag was fun to play the tuna on.plenty of line back as I nudged the drag up.I looked across to see that unfortunately the second fish had thrown the lure.Oh no, there goes a potential double.I concentrated on landing my fish and took it a little easier, it went straight down and started circling as tuna do.Soon, I had it up and beaten on its side at the surface, so I called for the gaff.Torin, however, wasnt confident in their gaff so wasHagan poses with the divers loading a spear gun!I was surprisedspoils with crayfish abundant.to see this, and I passed the rod to Richard then leadered and gaffed myFOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT OR VISIT: Richard Abernethyown fish. 027 287 9200 or 03 249 9005 www.fiordlandexpeditions.co.nz /FISHINGINGODZONE55'