A Day Fishing

After watching numerous fishing programmes in the Bay of Islands areas we decided that a fishing trip might be a good idea. A quick search of the internet found us a reasonably priced half day trip out of Paihia so we booked ahead for this Sunday. The small print said we would get a full refund if the weather didn't permit the trip to go ahead.  Today dawned sunny and calm so there were no worries there.

Fishing Trip link

Our trip was on a 30 foot aluminium launch with 3 others plus our skipper Rob. He took us well out in to the Bay looking for the best spot to catch  a snapper or two.  Unfortunately today wasn't going to be the day any of us landed a trophy fish but we did enjoy ourselves. It wasn't long before Stephen had his first fish - a blue cod. Can you believe we came all this way to catch Southland's favourite fish?
It was some time before I got my first fish - they were all very much cleverer than me and got off with the bait more times than I kept count.  However I did eventually catch several snapper, as did all of us, but unfortunately most of them were undersized and were returned to the sea.  Stephen did manage to land a snapper we were able to keep, so we had enough fish to have for our tea.

Snapper, blue cod and kumara chips for tea.