I understand the lure of fishing... heh heh.

Fishing is the answer to all problems. Bored? Go fishing. Hungry? Go fishing. Need some fresh air? Go fishing. It's perfect really. And each time you go fishing, there are three things you can always count on: 1) You will be cold. 2) There will be at least one moment of pure excitement (even if it's just a nibble on the line). 3) You are never guaranteed to catch anything. Ahhh, fishing always puts a smile on my face... once my face has thawed out from being cold, of course. And yesterday's fishing excursion was nothing short of my guaranteed list! We were cold (there was a southerly wind, which means cold wind in the southern hemisphere), there were exciting moments when the squid bait was being nibbled on by the blue cod below the water surface, and even better than expected - we caught a fish! Well, Craig caught a fish; a blue cod, at least three inches bigger than the limit. If you don't like photos of bloody fish, please skip by the following photo.

The entire fishing clan were excited to be in the boat - Brian, Craig, Alana (Hazel's cousin), myself, and wee-Colesy. We anticipate fights over who gets to drive the boat come time Colesy can make the appropriate verbal request... After displaying my abilities to gut and fillet a fish (thanks for those skills, Dad), we ate blue cod for dinner. Mmmmm-mmmmm.

Special thanks to Craig for taking us out on his boat! And we won't mention what day of the week it was.... Shhh.