C'est LA viE

yea, just come back from my first fishing trip!!

This fishing trip was partly organized by my supervisor, Sergey. We found this special offer from a fishing company at Petone, Wellington, which we able to go for full day fishing trip at Cook Straight at half-priced rate.

I was interested in trying fishing although i never done before, but somehow just feel like is good to try out! So I just followed my supervisor fishing trip, eventually there are 14 of us, and 11 of us are from Fonterra.

Plus, we actually take a day leave for this trip! Imagine 11 people are not working on site....haha, actually no one cares =P

Actually went down to Wellington with Ping and Antony yesterday afternoon, and stopped at Otaki for shopping at those outlet shops.

Also has a small filling lunch. Spinach and feta fillo~

Arrived Wellington around 3.30pm, did some shopping at Queens-gate mall at Lower-Hutt, however, not getting anything this time.

However we got a good motel unit at special price!

 Haha, Antony just enjoying the bed. I dint take photo of my comfy bed, my room actually is at another room. It is a huge unit =)

Then we also have a good dinner at Sushi train at Courtney Place!! I just realized there's another sushi train place in Wellington, I only tried the one at Cuba st, but feel so good got to go this sushi train place.

Food was actually just alright, and as I sat just right beside the chef, I could realize the sushi on train were actually not very fresh....

Hmmmm, actually I do know that sushi train actually is a rip-off, and money can be just spent like in instant, however, somehow I still like it, because I am a sushi fan!

Ok back to the fishing trip that I just back today!

weather was pretty good in early morning.....at petone...(is definitely different after we gone out to sea)

All of us!! When we still look 'healthy' before we depart. We departed at 7am....

and this is our charter boat!

We just enjoyed the sea-view as soon as we departed, but....

many of us were 'green' or 'white' after 2 hrs.

OMG! SEASICK!!!

Many of us started feeling unwell, dizzy and also most of us just puked over the boat...=S

Our captain also started putting up baits on every fishing rods' hooks, the bait was a fresh squid flesh which should able to attract big fish!

Ok, anyways, I still able to fish.....for two attempts...=(

It was not that simple which what I thought about fishing, we actually have to wear a 'fishing-gear' for sea-fishing!!

This fishing-gear is called a fish fighting-belt and harnesses, it actually helps eliminate strain and provide the angler with support and comfort in every fishing situation, of cz, this allow us to catch a big fish! =)

Then, we just dropped our baits into the sea as deep as the fishing line 'stopped', (I was thinking that I need to throw my bait like what we always see as ppl do when fishing ==) Anyways, we just dropped our fishing line, and although the captain told me the fishing line will 'stop' once it reach the bottom of the sea (and u can imagine how deep!!), I just felt like the fishing line is endlessly dropping down...==, so when I should stop the fishing-line going down and locked the reel??

Hmmmm, I actually just gone with my feeling, then the hardest part come.

If any fish got attracted by my hook, of cz my fishing rod will be shakened, but it dint....Basically the first fishing spot we stopped (in the middle of sea of no where!), so Captain decided to move to the second spot, and we were told to reel in our fishing line. That's the hardest part.

Dropping down the line is easy, as it just dropped automatically, but reeling in, sorry u need to use yr strength!

Oh my, just tiring, and my other colleagues was teasing me what would happen if I really caught a fish? Yes, I will be exhausted! Perhaps my fishing rod will lost as well...(dropped into sea ==) haha.

Of cz it dint happen, as I dint catch one, and after the second attempt again, I was super dizzy, and seriously not well.

So I.....

Hmmm, but at least I dint puke like what others did. Was just tired and slept for a short while, plus the weather oh my! Thank god the weather was fine, and very sunny at Wellington. However, once we got out to sea, at middle of no where, it was super cloudy and freezing cold!!!

Luckily I wore my thickest jacket I have, still....very cold!!

Anyways, regardless that I get nothing and pretty much just sitting for the whole fishing trip like what others (almost 10 ppl on the boat puked out and sitting for the whole trip too) do, the rest were trying real hard on getting massive fish!

Bravo for Sergey, he caught the biggest fish!

It is a blue-nose fish. HUGE!!!!

Actually, the lucky lady-god was on our side, we caught so many fishes!!! These were just part of them....

I was turning better after resting for sometimes, but while I started standing up and walked near the boat, I felt dizzy again...Oh my, this seasick really terrible.

Believe me, I was really tempting on continue for my 3rd attempt on fishing, but I was real uncomfortable...><!

We stopped fishing around 2pm, and head back to Petone. The captain just kept on fillet-ing and scaling the fishes we caught throughout the returning trip back Petone.

I was counting how many fishes he scaled, and oh my, 31!!!!! And all fishes are real big!!

His scaling and fillet skill really awesome and efficient, and when he threw those internal organs or unwanted parts from the fishes to the sea, all those seagulls just come in group and fighted btw each other for the flesh! Is this part of Darwin-selection?? Hmmm, scary to watch that!

The seagulls actually just followed our charter boat along our returning journey to Petone.

Anyways, we got many fish fillets!!! I never expected that all the fillets will be evenly divided to everyone on the boat!

Isn't this considered reap without sowing?? LOL...

I got some fish bones too, but not the fish-head, cz they were too massive! I couldnt be border to cook them, i know many my dad will definitely say: what a waste!!

But not many ppl got those fish head, is just westerners dont appreciate the goodness of fish head....

Anyways, is a big acquisition today! We were also told that the other fishing trip that hold one week before us dint catch any fish....oh my, we were very lucky then!!

I think I brought like 2kg fish fillets back home!! Got some for Kylie too, as I dont think i am able to finish them

p/s: the fish fillet really fresh and yum! totally different from what I got from Supermarket!!!