The young man and the sea

See, see what I did there with the topic. Another update. Why so soon, you ask. Simply because I had one of the best evenings of my life.

First of all, we woke up early as every day. We left Jeanette’s place and drove home to Mangawhai. Being the idiot that I am, I forgot my only jacket to Auckland. Hopefully I get it back before leaving to Kerikeri on Wednesday. Much to my luck, there was no need for a jacket today since it was absolutely beautiful day. Temperature around 25 and no wind at all.

And because of the fine day, we decided to ditch work and go fishing. I have to admit I was bit anxious because of our last fishing trip. Today, luckily, the sea was calm and it was a perfect evening for fishing. Me, Craig and Andrew (Craig’s pal) headed to the sea. On our way out I spotted some penguins on the shore, this time live ones. We stopped at two spots before absolutely hitting the jackpot. We happened to anchor our selves between two reefs, there were sh*tloads of fish, let me tell you.

The three of us pulled up 20-30 snappers which, according to Craig, is the one to catch here. And they weren’t little ones. Big ones just kept coming up ’till our container was full and we decided to call it a day. It was so awesome being out there on a calm night, on top of that with a full moon giving us light. 4 hours just flew by.

- Fisherman’s friend