Living Like a Small Green Hairy Fruit

First Catch

October 2007

As you probably already know we've taken up fishing since we got here. Usually no matter how hard we try, we catch nothing, accept each other's lines, a few trees and shrubs when casting, or a load of debris we dredge up from the river and lake beds. We were starting to think there were no fish in New Zealand and it was all a big myth. Afterall, we'd tried every kind of bait, lure, spinner, method and achieved zilch.

But today MARK CAUGHT HIS FIRST FISH!!!!  And here it is...

We think it's a yellow eyed mullet.  He went back in the water, for good luck, and then bugger me Mark caught another one shortly after.  I think it was the same one he'd caught again, but that's probably just sour grapes on my part as try as I might I catch nothing.

Anyway, a big WELL DONE! to Mark, who proudly collected his winnings, $10, off Helen and Steve (we'd bet that for the first catch).