Back to the land

For the last several weeks, like everyone else, I haven’t been able to use my boat, and sadly, I sold my kayak last year to make room in the garage for my daughter’s first car. As I write, during COVID Level 3, kayak fishing within reasonable bounds is allowed, but not boating. So what’s a keen fisher to do? Well, how about shore fishing?

You can’t travel far, but many Kiwi fishers have easy local access to the water. Safe land-based fishing venues abound, including wharves, breakwaters, beaches and sheltered rocky shores. We anglers may have to lower our expectations slightly, but as I found recently, fishing from shore is a satisfying experience even when you don’t catch a whole lot.

I used to love shore fishing, but it’s been years since I last cast a long rod from the beach or rocks. So when my buddy Mark Kitteridge suggested