Gone fishing

Just as we were heading out to Taipa Bay to check out the fishing competition, we got an invite to do some fishing on 90 mile beach. Ended up at Cooper's Beach for some body-boarding then had a look at the weigh-in. Didn't hang around for long, looked quite relaxed, lots of beer being drunk and prizes given out. No fish on show while we were there.

Our own fishing was fun and is mostly explained by the pictures below. It was great to see the boys running in the surf and up the dunes. That was one of the main reasons why we moved here, to see them doing more active things outside.

We got home at 10.30pm and Stuart was complaining that he had not had chance to watch his daily 2 hours of TV!

The business end of a long-line. Reel in foreground holds 500m or line. Hooks are attached from board on right at 10m intervals; each hook baited with a bit of frozen squid. 

Baiting up the long-line and sending it out to sea, aided by a large air-bag that is blown out by an off-shore wind 

While we waited for the long-line to catch some fish we did some netting from the shore, catching 2 of these each time. They are called Kahai (in Maori) or sh*tface (in Pakeha). 

Kahai (have I spelt that right) from the net 

2 from the long-line 

Patrick is reluctant to hold this one