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Go Fishing With Gladiator Marine

Wednesday 24 September 2014, 1:44PM

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Gladiator Marine is a respected family business of 20 years’ standing, run by husband and wife team, Ken and Donna Pascoe. Both are very keen fishers with many sports and game fishing records and titles between them and Gladiator Marine owns and runs one of New Zealand’s best known large luxury gamefisher charter boats, aptly named Gladiator, a 55 foot Salthouse sports fisher. Ken is a licensed captain and tries to spend as much time on board as possible, often spending up to 200 days a year fishing and cruising. Donna, in turn, regularly gets out ton Gladiator, keeping in touch with where the fish are and the current best techniques to catch the big ones and, of course, spending time talking to their fishing captains. Donna also spends time reviewing boats and the crews on the water as the season progresses, keeping the team well informed as to which vessel is right for which client.

Ken has skippered Gladiator to the Pacific Islands three times and in 2010 he took Gladiator to the remote Chesterfield reef located in the Coral Sea, some 1500 miles from New Zealand chasing Dog Tooth Tuna and Giant Trevally. Also in 2010 Ken and Donna, fishing without crew, won the Kingfish Lodge Easter tournament with the heaviest billfish and Donna has also won top Striped Marlin and Billfish angler at Houhora Game Fishing Club in 2008, the heaviest blue marlin, most tagged and released marlin and angler with the most points in 2010/11 and the heaviest blue marlin and first marlin landed 2011/12.

However, the real thrill for Donna was when she won the biggest fish, world and New Zealand record for a Pacific Blue fin tuna, and world and New Zealand all tackle record Pacific blue fin tuna, ratified by the IGFA, the world body that runs fishing rules for the world, which goes with her last year’s world record Bronze Whaler Shark.

Ken and Donna, and Gladiator Marine, have established FishingPro, for serious fishers and they have several charter boats in the Bay of Islands, Auckland and Tauranga exclusively aimed at taking keen fisher men and women out to catch ‘the big one’. The advantage of booking with FishingPro is that their clients will always get the most honest information on the boat conditions and crew and all fishing, guiding and boating requirements are met with dependable, friendly and professional service.

For more information please visit their website at http://www.gladiatormarine.co.nz