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Once the waters warm enough you won't have to go more than a few miles out, she gets deep fairly quick just round there in places and has that big ocean flow passing by.
I've been wheel man a few times between Cape Karikari and North Cape looking for Marlin.
Never caught one but some of the sea life is amazing along that stretch.
One time we could see what looked to be a large fin sticking out of the ground, but not moving. Curiousity got the better of us and it turned out to be a Massive Seal just hanging out one flipper sticking straight up, catching some sun 10kms off the coast. Then there was the large fin that followed the boat for an hour on another trip . . . . sat about 40m back parallel with the lures.
Then there was
I've spent two weeks in Jan every year for the last five up there. Mostly stick baiting for kingis, there were plenty of Marlin up there this year.
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