That looks great fun. More adventurous than my fishing, which is usually sat on the side of a river bank or on a small boat on the Norfolk broads. Unfortunately I only get time to fish when I'm on holiday in the caravan, and it's closed season for the first couple of goes. Thinking of pike fishing this year for a change when I'm inland, not made my mind up about sea fishing this year. Usually perch precariously on the cliffs around Anglesey and catch sod all, so it might be time to overcome my fear of wide open water (yes, I'm really scared if I can't see land!!) and go on a fishing trip with a guide. Beats the hell out of what I'm doing at the mo, which is picking fly tips up, as some dirty gits think it's alright not to use the local tips, but it keeps me in a job. Look on the bright side and all that stuff.
Mike
You get about a bit - from Yorkshire to Anglesey and the Broads. Just as well you've got the TD4 not the V6! That was a dilemma we had. As well as breaking down all the time, our old V8 Disco was so thirsty we would chose not to go places, just cos it cost so much in fuel. The L Series Freelander fixed both those problems
I enjoy my fishing here in NZ. Chch is great for freshwater fishing for Trout and Salmon, although its not particularly great for land-based sea fishing. Having said that, this is one of my fave pics (taken a long time ago now) of my boy with a (fish of the day!) Kahawai taken at Bridlings Flat...
Kahawai are great sports fish and predators. We have sat on that beach fishing on various occasions and watched the Kahawai round up 'bait fish' in huge shoals and go on a feeding frenzy. If its inshore, you can throw a spinner out and catch the Kahawai. If its off shore, after the Kahawai start feeding the Dolphins join in and its an awesome site.
I've never fished the Broads, but my mum & dad used to have a house and boat at Isleham Marina on the River Lark near Newmarket on the eastern edge of the Fens. We used to Pike fish there - and there were a lot of them about! We used to use lures - I think the ones for Pike are called 'Plugs'. Me and my mates used to hire boats out of various ports around the South East every couple of months - Littlehampton, Newhaven, Southend etc. We had some great days fishing and would usually come back with a good feed
As you say, the captains/guides know where to go!
If my job goes kaput, I'm sure there must be work picking up fly tips here as well - it may be a beautiful place, but NZ has more than its fair share of low-life dregs who think its fine for them to do stuff like that.
