Daniel's Reef takes a dusting

Before I blog the family holiday we had several months ago I thought I'd take a moment to blog this wee briney boast.

Todd and I put in the big effort this morning and ventured out at 7am. I wasn't aware that 7am existed, so I took this photo to prove that it does...

On bad days Daniel's reef is a surf spot (our oldest sibling would argue that surf days are good, not bad). Today the weather was about as good as it gets. There wasn't a breath of wind and the sea was as flat as a pancake.

The water was so clear we could see the bottom, some 9 metres down.
We chose a posse near the north end of the reef, on a shoulder that dropped from 4m to 9m. We deployed the berley and watched the mahimahi and jack mackerals feeding around the boat.
Being the opportunist that I am, I filled the livebait tank and caught a wee jack mackeral. A few minutes later we saw a John Dory milling around the boat, which is pretty bizzare as they normall stick to the bottom. I invited my jack makeral to play with a livebait hook and he happily obliged (well... he obliged. Not sure how happy he was about it).
Within a few minutes I'd caught my first JD :-D

I am such a Hunter-Gatherer!


Shortly after that Todd hooked up on a few respectable pannies.

He's such a professional!


All up we brought home 3 snaps and a JD. Not a bad morning on the wet stuff :-)
Anyone planning on visiting soon can expect to be fed fish :-)

And now that we're home it's raining and yukky. Our boat is being cleaned by nature and the Aucklanders that were hogging the boatramp as we were leaving are now getting really wet :-D