My introduction to fishing was hardly stellar but certainly memorable. A friend and I joined a fishing tournament in March 2016. I spent a lot more time being sick over the side than actually fishing! However, there must have been some calm patches between the heaving because I ended up winning the average snapper prize though, so it wasn’t all bad.
Fast forward: my partner and I purchased our own boat in 2021 and this picture is from my second and last time out fishing. The whole family, us and our three kids, piled into the boat and headed offshore near Kapiti, along Wellington’s west coast. It was a beautiful day, with clear skies and a gentle sea, but the fishing was hardly firing. I was the only one who managed to catch anything all day—perhaps it was the absence of ‘berley’ this time! The snapper was in perfect condition and put up a great fight—exciting stuff.
We never weighed him but if you measure by feeding the family a delicious meal— it was a whopper.