Over the bar's waves and into the open ocean it was ver clear that the 2 metre swell was here to stay. It was confused sea, coming from two direction in a motion that made us pretty green.
Once over the bar, we are unable to come back for 4hrs til the tide is right, so we decided that we'd get out to the spot. I had marked the fishing spots on the GPS so we drove about 6kms up the coast and 3kms out and got within a few metres of the spot!
The fish were biting, but our lunch was coming up. We both spent about 3hrs vomiting over the side and attempting to fish in between chucks!
We both caught plenty of fish, but Ben caught the 'keepers' and also hooked into something huge that fought hard for 10 mins before breaking off. We think it was a huge shark!
As soon as the tide was right, we got ourselves together and got back in over the bar. Land sweet land!! I think I like Motenau - not a 1st choice spot but I would do it again... Just never again on a 2 metre confused sea!
Some shots above of the river going out to the bar. Very shallow and tricky but doable if careful.
Ben hooking into a massive fish! I wish we could have see what it was! We suspect he had either a shark or a Mack Truck.
The pictures don't show it but Ben's looking serious as we were getting into some decent waves ahead.
The Bar is by the rock. This is about 1/2 way to the spot we fished.
After crossing the bar, coming back up the river...
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