b"CHARTER FISHINGPUKA ON BAIT & LURES Peering into the depths a white bellythe jackpot as Mike had a double header After my shark attack and gear loss, Imaterialised followed by a big brown headof puka and so did Simon. These were soon had another fish but this time Iwith protruding lower jaw and fat belly -tasty looking fish and were quickly put managed to pull it up all the way to theyaye, a puka! This was a bigger specimenon ice after photos and high fives. We surface and yep, another shark alright.too, close to 10kg and a beautiful- had lost a bit of lead to sharks and foul The following fish was smaller, butlooking fish. ground, so I switched to a Daiwa Kogha surprisingly a snapper and it was goingMal hauled up a toothy couta whichon 20lb braid. Johnny was likewise fishing in the chilly bin. More drifting and morewas kept for bait as our squid and tunaa heavy Slider on his gear when we hit snapper were brought to the surface andsupplies were getting mauled by the localthe lucky patch of fish a puka grabbed more sharks. I lost another dropper rig,snapper. We had a few livies in the tankhis lure. I got hit shortly after and Johnny, and I attached a blue lumo light to mythat had survived from the day beforemyself and Simon were pulling up our leader, noting Mike had done this on hisand these were in the bank for kingfishgear simultaneously.gear. On the next drop, a hefty grab andover the later part of the day. Being a bitAngling my rod as far away from the fight unfolded. I was hoping for a pukaof a tackle rat, I could see the boys wereother two as possible, I got caught up in but as I pulled it closer to the surface itall packing shiny Okuma rods and reels.the action and now three braided lines continued to struggle, evidence that itMike said they had been thrashing thehad to be untangled. As I had the lightest was probably another shark as puka willMakaira reels this year, and they handledgear, I was feeling a bit sick as I certainly often start to embolize and drift to thethe punishment just fine. didn't want to lose my fish which I was top by themselves. We were nearing mid-day when we hitsure was a puka. As it wasnt too far off 14FISHING IN GODZONE SEP/OCT 2022"