March 2021 - Here we go again!

 Nine wokkers went again to French Pass & stayed at Webber's old house. Two boats - Doris & Bossanova. Three vehicles. Motored to Rai Valley's Brick Oven shop for luncheon then on to French Pass on the Saturday. A quick fish for teatime food. All complained of tiredness so no cards that night. 

This adventure (March 2021) saw old & new things. The usual old things - fishing, food, drinks, card games & staying at Webber's house in French Pass. Old but new saw new/old foods. Along with mussels, snapper. smoked moki and fish pate we had freshly made quince jelly and bread & butter pudding. Not the bread & butter pudding that I remembered from boarding school but a gastronomic delicacy. More please, chef!

Other new items were the electric motor powered burley mincer. However after a bucket full of frames mincing, it broke down on a cod head and has gone to mincer hospital for repairs and a future trip. 

The mincer in action.

Our chef had entered the national (age category) cycle championships and brought his cycle and a fan to create a breeze while cycling on the spot. He claimed that he was "on the wagon" but somehow he broke this promise. 

Cycling to nowhere. Note the drink bottle on the chair.

On the way from French Pass to Greville Harbour we encountered a large pod of dolphins and so stopped off to see these creatures 

Dolphins

Both boats had setlines. aboard. On Sunday Doris laid the setline in Greville Harbour and were surprised to catch half a dozen gurnard. On the Monday Bossanova and Doris laid lines around the Rangitoto Islands. Bossanova were blessed with several snapper while Doris caught sharks - both Spiny Dogfish and Carpet sharks. So the laid the line again. More sharks!

 

Gurnard

We went fishing around here and were rewarded with a lot of Tarakihi - between the two boats we caught over forty Tarakihi by winding up above the bottom. If the line was left on the bottom, it was taken by a blue cod within seconds.