hi everyone i'am back on the site again thanks to paul d well it's been a long 5 months but i am finaly here in new zealand house sorted schools sorted jobs sorted and must important a boat yes i had to do it but hey the fishing here is umbeliverble and the views from my house are to die for back to the boat its a 20ft zenith aggressor with a 200hp etec and i have had it for a week now and not even been out in her yet but i did test it and we nearly hit 48 knots it flys and her name is reef raider . back to us the boys have really settled in well at school and our jobs are going fine aswell it's just a little cold in the mornings here we heat pumps when i kick julie out of bed to put them on can't wait for the summer
oh one fish to record for the book a 5lb 6oz snapper but it was on a charter does it count .
regards mark b
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Good to hear from you Mark
Looking good mate
PJ
Looking smart.
Have you picked up the accent yet? 
We have not met but, Be carefull of them little feathery kiwi things, they live in burrows, creep out at night and peck your arse!! Have yourself a great life in NZ. 
Derek.
Great to hear from you Mark, glad to read that all is well with you all down under
That outfit looks the mutts nuts . Not many in NZ do the miles we do here unless they chase the very serious fish offshore.
Most seem to do half days due to the tight control on what you are allowed to keep.
Where are you living?, I have two mates who emigrated and lived in Auckland, both had boats.
If you are in that area I may be able to get you some info.
Tight lines and very best regards
Charlie
Good to hear your news Mark, glad you settled in so quickly, great choice of country ! Look forward to your sunny pictures when we're out freezing our nuts off in the winter months
58knts!!!! You should be able to nip to Poole for the comps!!!
thanks guys charile we live on the north shore in a place called castor bay and the beach is at the bottom of the road which is about 200ft away so not far to tailer (we could push the boat to the slipway its that close ) oh and all the slip ways here are free to use and some of the good ones have floating pontoons and changing rooms . i must say that snapper i caught it was out on a charter boat from a place called gulf harbour about 1 hour north from me here in auckland anyway i have joint this fishing club called browns bay fishing club and i joint it the night befour this trip that night i was asked if i would like to fish tommorrow on this trip so i said yes please so the following day i was up at 6am drove to this marina and meet up with them all the youngest i think was 65 and been in this club from year 1 so one of them said lets have a pot so we all put in $10 each great i thought so we headed out of the harbour sailed for about an hour anchored up and then we started fishing as the day went on lot of small fish was coming up someone had a nice john about 3lb the bloke that caught it said they are very good eating everyone on board was useing small baits ie cutting pilchards in half and useing just fillets i stuck to a whole pilchard all day and it payed off last bite of the day and my rod when mad i did have a few smaller snapper through out the day but they came strait up this bigger one didn't so when on board every one looked at me yes the new boy won the money 
but hey i stuck with the bigger baits as i was told to do and it payed off and it was very nice to eat . so do you think that i will be invited again ? .
Hi Mark
Good to hear you have settled in and that you are getting out fishing again. Looked at the Browns Bay boating Clubs website and it looks a good club
Regards to the family and take care
Martin
thanks martin
mark b
Hi Mark
Good to hear from you again.
Glad everything is working out for you and the family.
Boat looks great and so does the fishing.
Been to Auckland on business a couple of times and sat in a cafe near the harbour, it does look a bit better than Poole for fishing!
Look forward to hearing more from you on your new boat.
All the best
Coddy
