Cats

Last year Mum surprised us with two cats. Daithi and I had wanted a cat for ages. 

Franky and Flow were soon to be part of our family. When we got home from our holiday Mum said “get in the car we have to go and pick up something”. Daithi and I jumped in to the car and went down the road. When we got there a little black cat run out the door.

We still didn’t know what was happening. When we went inside there was a mummy cat and a kitten. Remember the black one went outside. One was called the Ugly cat but I thought she was beautiful. The other one looked like a tiger. For real.
Then Mum said okay would you like a cat. We couldn’t get yes yes yes out quick enough. But we were in for another surprise because there were only 2 kittens left. Mum thought it was a good idea to take both! Are you kidding me. We took them before she changed her mind.

This was the beginning of two new fluffy babies in our house. Frankie and Flow!
Keep an eye out for my next story about the kittens.

fishing

So many fishing stories to choose from not sure where to start.

Fishing has always been a part of our family. My Dad is a keen as fisherman. Sometimes I think too keen getting my brothers and I out of bed far too early on a Sunday morning. Mum doesn’t come very often. But I have heard stories that she often outfished Dad!!

My true fishing journey started about 3 years ago.

The Club

Dad joined my brother Daithi and I up to the Ninety Mile Surfcasting Fishing Club. They have field days about every two weeks on a Sunday throughout the year. Last year we joined my best mate Leyton up to the club too.

The fishing club that me and my dad fish in really likes new members and we are slowly getting more juniors. What I like about the club is that the size for fish we are allowed to catch is bigger than the National size you are allowed to catch. So you have to put all of your small fish back. Thats great for keeping fish sotck up. Snapper have to be 35cm, Kahawai 40cm and Trevally 40cm. Dad and I always keep enough for a feed and then give fish away. 

National Jnr Records

On the 10th of September 2017, I landed the biggest fish for NZ small fry [thats little fella] caught from the shore. Its also my biggest fish so far. It was a wopping 18.71kgs, a yellowtail kingfish or Seriola lalandi caught off East Beach Kamuamu on 8kg line. It took me about half and hour to land it. My arms were so sore. Dad always tells me and my brother that your rod, your fish, you reel it in. I was sick the next few days because I got so cold and wet. But man what a day!



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We certainly fed the whanau with some of that. I didn’t get to enjoy much of my because you know what our place got robbed and the silly billies took my King Fish Chops from the freezer. Worse still they stole mine and my brothers fishing wetsuits. I was gutted.






Just recently I have caught a 9kg snapper off the Ninety Mile beach. It is also a National record and I got a prize from Black Magic Tackle. A cool cap and a instagram post.




Rubbish… We need to keep our beaches clean and there is just too much rubbish out there. How do we help? Take it home pick it up and be tidy Kiwi’s. In the 2019 snapper bonanza I won a prize not for fish but rubbish. I collected 4 big rubbish bags filled at the same spot it was chocka. Bag after bag peew it was stinky but it helped the planet so it was not a waste of time and I found a bullet. Good score.




Anyway I hope you like my story. If you want to know more about fishing or joining our club give me a shout and I will tell you. The best part about fishing is I get to spend the day with my Dad and brother trying to catch fish, out fish each other and eat sausage rolls! Take your kids fishing it will be fun.

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fishing

3 years ago, 2016, I started surf casting with my dad. For any that don’t know, surfcasting is fishing with a rod. Real mans fishing hehe. Dad loves fishing and even holds a NZ Record for the heaviest Stingray, 51kg. Back then my brother Daithi and I had just learnt how to bait a hook, put a rod holder in the sand and get the hook out of the fish. We did not cast my dad did all the casting and the rod setting up. Now we do it all.
 

There are a few rules that we follow as a whanau. We each get our own gear ready. One packs the lunch [very important] and we always have minties! One helps Dad get the gear ready and we always have a hot milo for the drive up the beach. At the end of the day we have to clean all the gear and make sure the Truck is cleaned too. If we have a fish on it is our responsibility to reel it in! Our rod our fish our mahi.

I Like fishing because we always catch fish and give alot of it away. We only keep enough for our dinner for a couple of nights. Its good to share. The only thing we dont share are our secret fishing spots. We do most of our fishing on the mighty 90 Mile Beach Far North New Zealand. Te Onero-a-tahi.

Roll on one year 2017 I was on East beach sitting in the truck when my dad yelled ‘oscar OSCAR OSCAR OSCAR’ I ran as fast as I could. I needed my dad to get the rod out of the rod holder. 20 minutes later my arm felt like they were going to fall off. Then my dad said ‘it's a stingray’ then ‘its a shark’ then he could see a yellow tail and said ‘it’s a kingfish’. Its a freakin beast a record fish.
It was a 18.71kg Yellow Tail Kingfish. I was knackered by the time I got it in. My arms were sore, my 

back was sore, my everything was sore but I will soooooo happy.
It was a really cold windy day and I was freezing but I wasnt going to let it our of my sight.
It was the start of a new passion for fishing. My brother and I have lots more stories to tell about fishing and this is a good place to start..
I hope you like my story and I will write again soon about our fishing adventures.

Tight lines and fishing hookup your friend Oscar..