b'CHARTER FISHINGSURFACE ACTIONWe moved several times over various pins and areas of rough foul and in between drops I noticed birds working on the surface. We were too far out for kahawai, so it was certainly an intriguing situation and they looked too small for bluefin, Mal guessed they were skip jack tuna. They may have been albacore, however despite a short troll between spots we couldnt get a positive ID. The birds amongst the watery splashes were fairy prions. One fish took to the air, and I swear it looked like a red coloured fat mullet in the shape of a snapper? My eyes were clearly gettingThe Mercury SeaPro V8 offers the tired and not transmitting the correctcharter boat the power, economy, and colour signals to my brain. range to explore the outer gulf.I did positively ID an albatross swooping in which was cool but the jumping fish I "Johnny was likewise fishingwas a bit confused about.a heavy Slider on his gearAfter the bites petered out, we headed for shallower water and the possibility of when we hit the lucky patcha kingfish. More drifting and Mal scored a of fish a puka grabbedJohn dory followed by a small kingie on a live bait. It was supposed to be nice and his lure. I got hit shortlycalm however this was one of those days after and John, myself andthe forecast was out and not in a good way. Still, we were in a decked out 795 Simon were pulling up ourExtreme, so no one was too worried.gear simultaneously. Simon mentioned they have recently extended their services to include multi-day trips to Great Barrier Island (overnighting on the island). A great option if you don\'t have a boat to get that far and want more than a days worth of fishing. The Ultimate Charter crew have the fishing and people skills to make your charter a highly memorable event.With such an early start and a choppy trail home ahead of us we pulled the pin mid-afternoon and sighted a Brydes Whale coming through the Colville Channel. Yet another species for an already eventful day. I know Aucklanders love to head to Northland or East to the Coromandel for fishing excursions, but we have rich waters on our back doorstep, especially if you have the vessel and crew to take advantage of it as Ultimate Charters can provide.We passed workups on the way in before docking back at Westhaven and I gave a big thank you to the boys at Ultimate Charters for the tasty puka, laughs and fantastic day out on the Gulf. Now, if there Drifting heavy jigs such as Sliderswas a spare spot to Great Barrier, Im sure were working on the hapuka. I could find the time to join them again. FIGZ16FISHING IN GODZONE SEP/OCT 2022'