Trip to Newzealand - part 4

It was an exciting experience for us to fish in Newzealand.  The country has strict rules about fishing.  In order for the future generations to continue enjoying the fish, all those who fish have to abide by the law.  Small fish caught has to be put back into the water.  The fishing rod and equipment also must be according the standard of the country.
We tried lake fishing at Lake Taupo.  At the lakeside we could see many boats.  We went around to look for the cheapest boat.  After negotiating we went out with the boatman.  His name is Alex.  He took us to the far side of the lake.  Alex told us if we were lucky we could get a Rainbow trout. This lake is actually at the mouth of a dormant volcano.  Alex told not to worry about the volcano as it has been dead for a long period of time.  At first we caught a small trout and put it back into the water.  We prayed and hoped for a big trout.  After some time the fishing line was being pulled strongly.  To our joy we caught a big Rainbow trout about 2 kg in weight.
In our country we normally steam the fish but we did not have any equipment for steaming.  So we wrapped it in aluminium foil and baked it.  To our disappointment it had a strong taste of shellfish.  Probablty we did not cook it in the right way. Even though we spent quite a lot of money and just caught a fish we were satisfied .
Then we tried sea fishing near Opotiki.  Our friend Loy took us out fishing when the weather was fine.  The sea was 30 meters away from his house.  He towed his boat and put into the water.  We started off soon.  At a certain part of sea it was rough so we bounced above the waves.  We had to wear the life jackets.  We anchored at a place to fish. Loy prepared the fishing rod and bait for us.  Each of us fish at different corners of the boat.
We waited for some time for the fish to be caught.  My daughter started to vomit as the sea made the boat toss about.  Strange thing was that after the vomit we began to catch a lot of fish.Ernest caught the first fish. It was a gurnett fish.  Then we began to get some Kahawai and red snappers.
Our expert in fishing caught the least number of fish.  But the others who had no fishing experience caught more fish.  Thank God I caught the biggest fish among them .  I caught a 4 kg red snapper.
After going back we helped to cut the fish into fillets.  We took some to bake and it.  This time it tasted good especially the snappers.  Loy smoked the rest of the fish.  Smoked fish also tasted great.