Summer, can you remember it?

Just a short message to remind you about summertime, hot days, warm evenings and fish





Beach at Ruakaka




Sand after outgoing tide at rivermouth Ruakaka river









Black backed gulls waiting for brown petrels to start diving a workup then they harras them for the fish




After a mornings boat fishing 1km off shore in 16m on a perfect calm morning the ones we kept, many more released











Blue Maomao clear water schooling fish

It's just the same here wall to wall sunshine

Trouble is it's at 30 thousand feet above all the rain clouds


Love that blue fish

Logger wrote:

It's just the same here wall to wall sunshine  

Trouble is it's at 30 thousand feet above all the rain clouds


Love that blue fish  

Not wrong there! Tad on the breezy side too

Your evil you are.

Snow forecast for tomorrow!

I don't think they have ever had snow here, a 900ft hill nearby has suposedly had snow settle

Notbad wrote:

Snow forecast for tomorrow!

Strong winds and hail for where I am.

I am thinking great day for doing some gardening. Might even get the BBQ out.

MusselMan wrote:

Notbad wrote:

Snow forecast for tomorrow!

Strong winds and hail for where I am.

I am thinking great day for doing some gardening. Might even get the BBQ out.

Put off cutting the lawn yesterday as a gentle stroll in blustery winds in the Ogwen Valley ( snow on the tops) was rather more appealing.
Went to B&Q earlier, they were just assembling the BBQ stand ready for you, then parked on Rhyl prom for a while watching the surf roll in  and lightning flashes out at sea,
put off washing the car- good decision as a brief but fierce hail storm did the job anyway.

I did go in the garden but I did a "logger" … spent the afternoon chain sawing up some donated branches for next winters firewood.

Had to stop when the hail was bouncing off my head

 
    

Only 25C today with only a light breeze, sanding and painting windows, rather be fishing!

Rhod Lloyd wrote:

Only 25C today with only a light breeze, sanding and painting windows, rather be fishing!

Got up at 7 this morning to have a game of golf looked out the window just a little light rain so golf on. Got dressed and a bite to eat in the car and off, arrived at the golf club at 8.10 rain coming down like stair rods with sleet. Had a cup of coffee a chat with my mates then the course was closed unplayable so home to sit and look at the rain through the window. So think yourself lucky with 25C and windows to pain I would swap anytime.

One coat of paint on this morning, but the surf is down, high at 2-45, light winds, GONE FISHING, finish manyana

Gives it bad for the next few days here

Rhod Lloyd wrote:

One coat of paint on this morning, but the surf is down, high at 2-45, light winds, GONE FISHING, finish manyana

You are nasty you are.

It was well worth the trip, surf the right side of dodgy, no wind, a bit of cloud cover and swell from the west instead of SW our prevailing swell (the coast is NW to SE) so the current was opposite to the usual, but not strong. Only a couple of others there, so enough room to cast upcurrent for a better hold.
After 4 hours 2 snapper 2 trevally and 3 kahawai, I lost 5 fish, leaping and throwing the hook (kahawai) or just falling off, plus a few missed bites. Not frantic but steady, including 2 on at once and I lost both. Along with a few fillets from the freezer enough to smoke this morning with a bit of painting to fill in the time.