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After Flying to Noumea, Matt and the team board the sportfishing ‘dream-boat' Ultimate Lady and travel 480 nautical miles to visit an uninhabited group of atolls and reefs that are loaded with fish. The fishing in this episode is phenomenal - even the experienced team on Ultimate Lady were left in awe of the incredible dogtooth tuna. The underwater footage captured is equally as impressive as the huge power fish

THE ULTIMATE DOG FIGHT

We wrap up the Tairua leg of The Great New Zealand Fishing Road Trip with a shot at the local marlin population and a dive. Then it's back on the trail to Whakatane where the ITM Team is joined by a mad Scotsman and his band of merry men aboard the Oracle; where we head out in search of kingies, bluenose, puka and even the odd shark at the legendary Ranfurly Banks

THE GREAT FISHING ROAD TRIP -TAIRUA/WHAKATANE

Gannet Man makes a welcome return to NZ screens this week as the Great New Zealand Fishing Road Trip continues. 50km off the Bay Of Plenty coast, high winds create absolute mayhem aboard the Oracle after dark when a barrage of Flying Fish launch an aerial assault on all aboard. Meanwhile, White Island's biggest baddest Kingfish come out to play and teach us a lesson or two.

THE GREAT FISHING ROAD TRIP - WHAKATANE

On route back to Whakatane for the final leg of the Great New Zealand Fishing Road Trip, the team aboard the Oracle bag a freezer full of Albacore before making the long haul South to the Capital to experience some deep sea fishing in the ever unpredictable Cook Strait. Plenty of classic characters and good laughs along the way.

THE GREAT FISHING ROAD TRIP - WHAKATANE/WELLINGTON

The ITM Fishing Show or The Ultimate Fishing Show is a New Zealand television program about extreme sports fishing. It features stunt fisherman Matt Watson who catches game fish such as marlin in unusual ways such as from jet ski and surfboard. After practising for 11 months, he was able to catch a black marlin by diving upon it from a helicopter, an exploit which has led to him being styled Gannet Man, after the diving seabird.

The show started as a low budget production in Northland in New Zealand but has now been picked up by the Discovery and Animal Planet channels and will be broadcast in the USA in October 2009. Excerpts from the show have been a hit on YouTube where David Letterman learnt of it. When interviewed on The Late Show, Matt said, "...doing my job, you need balls".

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