GAME ON

The Surtees 610 Game Fisher might be the entry model in the New Zealand-built range, but this tough alloy trailer boat ticks a lot of boxes for blue water fishing.

Jeff Webster

What is the perfect size trailer boat for coastal bluewater game fishing? This is a question I have pondered for some years. Assuming money was no object, should you buy the biggest, most seaworthy trailer boat you can find? Something around the 8m size mark? A maxi-sized trailer boat will certainly provide you with a high degree of safety and security when fishing wide offshore. The bigger the boat, the safer, more seaworthy it is likely to be - all other things being equal. On the flip side, however, a 7.5m-8m plus trailer boat is likely to be much harder to handle than a smaller boat. If you like to travel and fish far-flung destinations around our wonderful country, then a massive, maxi-sized trailer boat may prove restrictive - particularly…

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