Story: Recreational sea fishing

Using a kite

Using a kite

Two kite fishermen on the Whangaparāoa Peninsula, north of Auckland, demonstrate their technique. The kite takes the baited hook out to sea, pulling the line off the reel in the foreground. This allows the men to get their bait much further out than casting with a rod.

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New Zealand Herald
Reference: 5 May 2005
Photograph by Chris Skelton

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Carl Walrond, 'Recreational sea fishing - Other recreational fishing', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/7851/using-a-kite (accessed 20 April 2024)

Story by Carl Walrond, published 12 Jun 2006