Today we went fishing off the Seisia pier. It was a super thrilling day! I pulled the fishing rod that Dennis bought us out of my bike tube. Kev loaded the hook with the only edible item we had, a milk bottle lolly! He tried to hook a bait fish with this specialty bait, but I do not think that fish have a "sweet tooth"! The word on the pier soon got around and we were gifted a small pre-loved bait fish by a fellow indigenous fisherman. Kev hooked up the bait and I cast out the line, it was only 10 minutes or so before the line just took off. I had hooked something very powerful and it's plan was to pretty much take me water skiing! I was struggling to reel and the first sections of the telescopic rod were beginning to collapse and slide down. Onlookers were gathering around as I struggled, rod bent over, leaning back…Kev came to the rescue but the line finally snapped. Probably a good thing, as I would have definitely broken or taken my rod. That was super exciting, I was determined to catch another! We found a quite haggard bait fish on the pier and tried again…success I hooked and reeled in a small big mouth cod! He was too small to eat so we threw him back in the water. It was a very very fun day indeed!
Our campsite at Alau Beach.
Fishing on the Seisia pier.
Cat's caught a fish!