Making the most of spring and the start of summer

24 Nov 2012
Karen and I have been lucky enough to fit in a few trips down to the batch at Whanarua on the East coast as well as a weekend in Whangamata. We had a mint time with good fishing, plenty of crayfish, and great weather.


Kayak trip exploring the coast at Whanarua






Karen catches a giant kahawai on a longline


Trying our luck on the rods


A nice sized gurnard


Chilling


Karen trying out here new underwater camera




We had a couple of weekends working bee down at Whanarua replacing the old rotten stairs


Exploring the rock pools


Giant crayfish caught in the pots.


Mint sunset


Some luck out at the tarahihi beds a hundred metres offshore in the kayak




We found plenty of crayfish freediving and there were plenty going into the pots every night




Another sunny weekend away at the batch




Walk out to the waterfall




A nice morning out at Whangamata


Having never been to Bowentown we stopped on our way back from Whangamata. Looking towards Waihi


From bowentown tooking across to Matakana Island

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