DownUnder Eh!: Catch your fish and eat it too.

On May 8th, I took on my first ever fishing experience... and success!

At 7am, Steve, Steve, Emily and I boarded the Reel Screamer fishing charters out of North Haven, very close to where we are living in Adelaide. The first area we tried, we had little luck. We managed to catch a few fish, but none for eating, so back in the water they went. Moving on to our next place, we were still having little luck getting them to bite. Emily and I were cold and our fun was yet to begin. Then we decided we would head out into deeper water, and WOW did we ever catch fish! I went from not knowing how to cast a line, to catching mostly double headers. I think Emily and I definitely showed the boys a thing or two! By the end I was starting to get pretty tired, reeling in all those fish was hard work you know! And, because I think fish have feelings too (fish our friends, not food), I started to feel a little bad because of the amount we were getting.

After 7 hours of fishing (phew!) and a cooler full of fish for dinner, we headed back to the harbour. We saw many different types of fish, including king george whiting (which is what we were targeting for), mackerel (turns out they are pretty hard to fillet so we wished we hadnt have caught so many), a good amount of blowfish which just kept taking our bait, boxfish, redmullet, zebra fish and some others which I can't remember the names of.

Emily, Steve and I cleaned the fish afterwards, and other Steve cooked it all up for us! It made for the most delicious meal of fish I have ever had! Definately catching your own fish is the way to go!

For my first time fishing, I have to say that I can't wait to go again!