Hataitai, Wellington

after 12-hours fishing, i caught only this except god damn spotties, undersize snapper, red cod and travelly. still i have something for my wife who is fond of eating fish unlike me :)

luckiest day ever :) sorry for beheaded fish. the other photo is of the biggest fish. it was really difficult to take it out from the sea with my small low-quality boat rod. and it is incredible that i caught it with a sabiki rig with the smallest size hooks. but because of that size, i missed some big fishes from my rod into the sea again. then i started using another sabiki rig with bigger hooks and caught the other 3 fishes.

it is Gurnard :) bait is the mixture of flour, water, salt and sugar.

hey guys do you know what is this? trevally or yellow fin tuna? or something else?

Excluding god damn Spotties, my second and third (and last) fish were Kahawai, as known as "Australian Salmon :). I've started angling a week ago with a small rod. i like fishing so much that I cannot focus on any other thing :)

my first fish that we ate in my life. it is a trevally. before that i caught spotties (pakirikiri or pakete in Maori)