Fish pictures not showing the fish’ faces or with fish turning away from the camera are usually not received very well. I believe they can be all right. It all depends on many factors. E.g. if it is obvious the fish got scared by me, it cannot help the picture. On the other hand if […]
I am saying late summer but it’s actually autumn already. My last visit to Goat Island proved to be very fruitful. I did not swim across the channel to the island, but followed the coast to the right side of the beach. As you can see from the pictures the terrain varies a lot. You can […]
Today I almost didn’t get into water after I saw the swell and the crowds on snorkelers on the beach. I am glad I did, it was a real fish soup. Schools of trevally, snapper, various wrasses, butterfish, parore, kelpfish, red moki, kahawai, leatherjacket and who knows what else. I was missing blue cod and […]
An old issue of Dive NZ got to my hands some time ago. There was that article about a good shore diving in Whangarei in the magazine. The author liked it a lot, also he said the place was to become a marine reserve soon. I checked the Department of Conservation website and it was […]
In the holiday house on Mahurangi East (see my previous post about the lost car keys) I found an issue of the NZ Fishing World magazine. There was this “letter to editor” article about blue cod fishing in Marlborough Sounds inside. It caught my eyes because they used one of my pictures of blue cod to […]
Last weekend we practiced underwater search and recovery techniques … unwillingly, I must admit. And we learned some lessons we will remember. On Friday morning we packed our car with the equipment, took our small RIB and headed to Mahurangi Harbour, where we booked a holiday bach for one night. When we arrived to the […]