A good mate of mine Scott Heywood and three mates shot out of west haven inlet south of fairwell spit yesterday to catch bluecod and crayfish as you do down there .they went south once over the bar and steamed down to kaharangi reef where they caught a feed of cod then went into the light house for a dive the water was west coast brown and 16degrees 15m deep .Scotty was putting on his tank and a stripe Marlin tailed past they took off after it putting a Marlin lure that he brought 6 years ago after coming out with me onto his grouper rod tld25 towed it in front of it it lit up smoked the lure on its second shot and took off jumping around sea 50 minutes later they traced it gaff in and its now hanging in his Apple cool store in motueka . I must say Scotty is an exceptional hunter gatherer but this is extraordinary he would be the only bluecod fisherman with a sharp hooked Marlin lure in his tackle box down there !!!well done mate!!!

Hope its not the last I think they've been seen out there before by another mate of yours Mainlander

Now there's a story and a half. Brilliant! 

Be an article in fishing news for sure.
Well done for the fisherman who saw and then brought to fruition an opportunity out of left field.
Now that's fishing.

Very very well done thats awesome!

one was hooked two years ago in Tasman Bay but not landed.

not really that hard to get to. Just book a ticket tow your boat down there and go fishing. Have mates in a pursain boat and they see plenty of marlin in the Hokitika trench late in the season. Good luck