We went out in John's boat on Sunday to try out his new fishing rod. John had a birthday last week, and requested a fishing rod. He had never fished with anything but a handline before, until we took him fishing with our little rods. He got hooked (no pun). Well after last week and catching 8 cod, 300 scallops, and more, we were all motivated. Last week we had to go around to Takaka, a 3 hour boat trip, so this time we tried to keep it local.
Armed with NEW rod, and GPS we were all excited. Well we got a tip for a scallop bed and headed there.
We managed this:
One hat overboard, rescued, broke the oar on the dinghy doing so (see photo)
One fishing net (Jack's) overboard, rescued
One fishing rod (not the new one) snapped
One child (not ours) vomited
Found a good scallop bed and on the way home snagged the scallop dredge on a reef. Now at the bottom of the bay.
All home safe and still with a smile on our faces.
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