These social trips are as good as it gets with Jetskifishing, when you have so many like minded people with a passion for the sport all in one place. This adventure was to a remote area at the top of the Coromandel, Kiwi Retreat, located at Port Charles. Most of our group of 29 met bright and early for the road trip starting at Papakura for the Jetskifishng convoy.
The drive to the lodges takes a total of three and a half hours from Auckland and is a scenic trip venturing along the Coromandel Coast.
Our last fuel stop was at the Coromandel Township.
Then we made one last coffee stop at the Colville General Store.
We arrived at the Colville T junction to start our gravel road drive to Port Charles where we would finally get to see our accommodation for the next few days.
It was one last check we had all the last of the group still following before hitting the slow last leg of our trip.
Mud and gravel, the trip was already living up to its name Jetskifishing “Goes Wild”
Thirty minutes of gravel and we arrived at Kiwi Retreat as a few of the early risers were leaving for a fish after their earlier check-in.
What a location, everyone was really impressed, Steve was already there and he had made the drive up from Whakatane.
After a stretch of the legs after the long drive, we made our way through to check into our lodges.
We checked out the conference centre while at check-in and then made our way over to our allocated lodges.
As we were unpacking, most of the guys were making the most of the weather and were quickly heading out for a fish.
I was just as eager and wasn’t far behind them, as the mission on the first day was to catch dinner for the following evening.
My fish contribution to start the trip was from the area of Channel Island, due to the strong cold winds dictating the area we could fish.
After a few hours on the water we headed back to the luxuries of the lodges and this fantastic dinner cooked by the team at Kiwi Retreat.
The first night on these trips are always full of entertainment, plenty of good fishing stories over a few beers with a few on-tour antics! You can see many more of the photos at our
Jetskifishng Facebook page.
The next couple of days experienced some cold winter fishing in 20 knot plus winds, but that didn’t stop us eager Jetskifisho’s making the most of it.
Plenty of fish caught on the soft plastics with the Gulp soft baits cleaning up on this trip.
Along with the fishing, there was just as much fun off the water!
Great meals and living the good life!
I never experienced the treat of catching so many John Dory. One session had me landing three while fishing with the 6” Gulp – Grub.
This was another trip of a lifetime, adding to the whole lifestyle we enjoy with Jetskifishing. Great friendships strengthened, plenty learnt on and off the water, at another piece of paradise New Zealand has to offer.
Our last day had us enjoying a walk through the native bush enjoying the history of silver mines and Kauri logging.
Our next social trip is back up to the Bay of Islands to Otehei Bay, email andrew@jetskifishing.co.nz to be part of these limited number trips.
You can now track all my Jetskifishing adventures, live on our website showing you exactly where and when I fish www.jetskifishing.co.nz.
Here is the fishing grounds we covered while fishing the Coromandel.
Cheers, Andrew Hill
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