19.09.10 surfcasting Midway Beach

On Sunday the northwest wind was forecast to be at gale strength and was so I left Gazebo at home and took my surfcaster down to midway beach for a look. I have a Kawahi surfcasting contest on the 2nd of October and I thought I would see what the fishing was like, the sea was flat and the wind was strong offshore so casting was easy as, but the water was very dirty from the rain we had last week coming down the big river. Fishing was slow with crabs taking the bait but I managed one small red cod and a conger eel, not much to show for 3 hours fishing but it was the first red cod I have caught at that beach.