We had a busy weekend at the camp, as there was a big fishing competition called the Snapper 1000. Unfortunately not a lot of snapper were caught. The sea is quite weedy after all the wet and windy weather we have had, so they caught a lot of that. One lady said they went home with some kahawai, so they were pleased enough with the result.
The fishing starts at 3 pm and goes all night. It’s been going for at least 19 years. Inspite of the all night fishing they get a good turn out each year.
In case you don't know what a kahawai is I have put a photo below. It is also the called Australian salmon in Australia. The New Zealand name means strong swimmer. They have to be gutted and bled as soon as they are caught otherwise the flesh is very dark and not nice. They are lovely smoked.
Eddie caught one once, not long after we had started on our traveling journey, and we decided to smoke it for lunch, but we couldn't find the meths to light the smoker with. We hunted high and low. To this day, we don't know where it was. We bought a new bottle and I don't think he has caught a kahawai since.
Their Latin name is Arripis Trutta and they grow to between 5 and 6 kilos as adult fish.
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