My dad told me not to tell you exactly where were fishing, but to say it was somewhere off Banks Peninsula. He owns half shares in a boat with Ben— we call it Game On.
Dad and I, Ben and his son Fergus, and Fergus’s friend all went fishing to the spot I’m not allowed to talk about. I was fishing with a flasher rig and using squid for bait. We hooked a few barracouta but only landed one. We also caught a wrasse and a nice blue cod big enough to eat.
I was just sitting there—there were no bites. Suddenly the kahawai was on and it put up a huge fight. I’d never caught a kahawai before, which made it exciting. Ben helped me get it under control and then I played it to the end. When it came to the surface we were all so excited we forgot to gaff it—I just flung it into the boat.
It was massive: 62cm long. My first kahawai and what a monster.
We had home made fish and chips with it and it was delicious.
