They Called this Fish Trash But They were SO WRONG

you know what the best part about having a van and sleeping in it you just roll out of bed and start fishing there you go there's the beach I guess that's what it must be like to own a a beach house pay a few Mill or you can just get a B van that one we got for $99,000 in the New Zealand it's real cheap today we're going to try some surf fishing I haven't done much surf fishing in New Zealand so we're going to give it a shot today and uh see what we can catch okay I'm going to start with no bait just something easy toss this out there see if anything takes it it's a little murky out there first cast all right you get it out there pretty good must be a river mouth somewhere that is extremely murky all I don't know for maybe 100 y I can see I can see the line uh where the murkiness ends probably about 100 yd out there must be a river mouth somewhere we have been getting quite a bit of rain so a lot of just fresh water going into the ocean right now I think going to walk down this way see if what happens here a lot of seaweed floating around in the water okay guys there's a floating log right there in front of me I'm going to cast that it see if there's anything under it you never know fish like hiding under things floating in the ocean that's a little close to sure but we'll try it out oh with my luck I'll probably end up snagging the log here we go oh Bad cast that was too short just past it on the right side should get a little closer try again oh yeah oh yeah that's the one right over it 10 yd behind the log so going to go right under the log come on anything home anybody home well nobody's home I think I'm going to wake Jon up and uh we'll go head out get some breakfast I want to show you guys this spot right here that we stayed in there's this entire stretch it's probably about a half a mile or maybe a little quter mile maybe but uh this entire thing is a Freedom Camp spot and just as the name suggests it's free to park up here and sleep we don't have many spots like this like this in the states wish we had more of that it would be pretty cool it's right on the beach and yeah you just come and park up and chill hang out sleep um but I think one of the things that you have to have the sticker which um says you're certified I'll show you right here there you go responsible motor homeowner yeah we got to have one of these stickers um that's that's what they do here in New Zealand it's pretty cool cuz then that allows you know as long as you get your vehicle certified with that um you're allowed to camp in a lot of places like this so that's pretty cool um yeah I'm hungry go get some breakfast okay sleepy head is ready we're going to just walk over there's like a cafe or something down there might get some bait as well if there's I think there's a grocery store over there I might get some Bay and try another I could try Bay here or try a different Beach this beach is a little too murky I think hello look oh hi hey how's it going good how are you good thanks can I just get this orange apple mango juice yeah and I also get um one of the Chia puddings sure um that's a blueberry and that's a mango which one I go mango I don't need a coffee today just some juice we do they tell them we're going to a winery no I haven't said that going to some wineries went to one yesterday going to go to two more probably today mhm and I'm going to just try to catch a fish in between well that was pretty good squid or piled I go piled piled is like s going to get one of these weights as well cool thing about New Zealand everywhere sells bait every gas station every grocery store anywhere and everywhere there's a ton of tackle shops too way more than than there are in the states I guess cuz everybody fishes pretty much they are an island after all hey so we're going to drive to a different Beach to really quickly just uh brush my teeth okay ready let's go catch a fish we have our first wine tasting at 11:30 it's 900 right now so I don't have much time hopefully we can make it happen all right let me tell you what we got here got one of these sand Spike weights just a 3 oz on a swivel it's like a fish finder rig with a maybe a 4T liter and we got to the pillur as bait see if we can get anything with that quite a bit of surfers right here I see that there might be a hole just right here I know there's a lot of surfers I might have to go down a bit all right let's go down that way we'll start right here this is a really short Rod so I won't be able to cast too far but all right I'll walk out a little bit further in oh went up my shirt here we go there's definitely fish there because I just saw like three or four fish in the surf so they're in fairly close I haven't felt any bites though I just had a bite there we go oh just had a bite is it on oh there we go there's a fish oh is it on yes I think so that weight is that weight sticks in the sand so well that it's hard to sit the uh I'm not sure oh yeah I got it oh yeah I got a fish oh yeah I got a fish what is it bring him in bring him in bring him in bring him in Kawai Kawai yeah got a nice size Kawai perfect e that yeah we're eating this got them look at that are you going to smoke it yeah I want to smoke it been meaning to try some smoked Kwai I think there's a stick right here perfect can at least Bonk them thank you buddy thank you I just bleed them out just rip the gills out they'll bleed out and wash them off woo got him cool hey that's a kaai just going to bury him in the sand for now just where it's a little cooler keep him out of the sun just don't forget that yeah I'll just leave the tail sticking out yeah these weights stick in the sand a little too good I think a pyramid weight is a little bit better it's hard to set the hook there we go that's a good test oh yeah solid the wind is getting quite strong what the I caught a crab got a little crab look at him he cute looks like a little dungeon us almost wonder if they get any bigger oh fish in the surf they're really close I could definitely catch some with the artificial here oh there is a nice little school of them right here get my bait in there oh that guy's still in the surf so I was seeing fish for about 10 minutes the Kwai swimming in the surf and I didn't see them for the last 20 minutes and now I just saw two more so I they must be moving up and down the beach pretty quickly but hopefully I get hit here cuz I just saw two more oh right there this one this close one my fish just going to go clean them off little the sand off there you go nice and clean all right now we are off to our wine tasting reservation I was wondering what the kaai were chasing I don't know if there's any little Bait fish there or maybe they were eating those little crabs I don't think there's any sand crabs here so yeah I don't know what they were chasing but they're definitely in the surf doing something maybe just surfing having fun and uh and I was wondering if it's possible to catch a king fish off the surf any of you guys done that have you ever come that before let me know in the comments that would be pretty cool is the exit that way is this I think right yeah each got pretty packed yeah I find your glasses oh where were they under my e bra break H yes yes yes Pino Pino greo I to spit in your bucket oh yes they don't give us very much it's like this it's like a tiny looks like a nice little platter I want to try the venison tartar okay I think you like these olives yeah that's good try the little Pate good yeah that's pretty nice p is nice okay we're back parked up at our free beach spot H we tried a lot of wine actually went to a second Vineyard went to tried 10 different wines now I need to take a nap but it's really hot it's hot out so I think uh I might go for another cast here try this spot with bait there's uh some rods right there some guys fishing and uh they haven't caught anything though they haven't even touch their rod so um doesn't seem too good but we could give it a shot it's freaking hot over here man this is way hotter than what we experienced the last New Zealand summer which was a terrible summer this is a proper summer it's too hot yeah guys are probably if you're watching from the states or anywhere in the northern hemisphere it's probably weird seeing us in summer summer attire summer food summer produce you know but it's summer here and and and Happy New Year's Happy New Year's 2023 went by so fast man what a blur now on to 2024 got some exciting stuff working this year too so we got a lot of work to do but uh yeah we we'll keep making videos and putting them out yeah we got new stuff coming too new and exciting projects always something happening always staying busy I'm going to try a whole pilter it's pretty windy have very low expectations here all right no fish the thing with these uh Freedom spots they get filled up pretty quickly so you got to get here early enough to snag a spot and once you're here you can't really leave otherwise you'll lose your spot so yeah this place is getting pretty full now actually we got a nice little spot here right on the beach all right well let's get started on some smoked T it's a bit windy out here so hopefully the audio is okay I'm going to just put this GoPro on my head and start filling this guy here how big is this not going to fit all right I guess I'll take it head off save that for uh maybe Snapper snapper bait if you've cut it right between the vertebrae you can cut through the spine very [Music] easily all right how do I want to cut this I think I'm going to do a reverse butterfly [Music] and we're going to do this without cutting all the way [Music] through see my knife you can see it all the way through right between the vertebrae take the rib cage [Music] off kaai has a really nice textured meat it's actually one of the best it's incredible highly highly underrated fish hey I'm going to do a dry brine on it and we're just going to do a light one so I got some salt here just going to put it on this plate oh no it's just going everywhere and I also have some sugar oh no not very even but that's all right going to plop the fish right on there do the same thing to the meat side and we'll just let that sit for about half an hour one thing I forgot I was going to infuse a bit of Dill in there hopefully doesn't fly away windy well guys I thought I had some wood chips in the van I and I did just the other day I used them and um I can't find them anymore so guess we're going to have to make a make a little sub stitution with the wood chips I think I'm just going to go ahead and use these some of these sticks on the beach just some Driftwood Driftwood chips some of these smaller Twigs should work just got to fill this bowl about this tree the actual tree itself [Music] all right I got my wood chips and this is the cob Grill so just going to place that right there and put that right there I'm just tucking it behind the cooler hopefully out of the wind enough there we go I'll put this one on top of it I think and I'll put the fish on top of this that should do let's see is it still on yep oh looks like it's starting to smoke already see that a little bit of smoke I actually don't have any paper towels so I'm just going to go I'm just going to go in without wiping it or anything just uh straight in there there you go that looks good see you in a little [Music] bit the smoke is slowing down I think that means uh the wood chips are all burned so I'm going to take a look here ooh look at that looks pretty nice they're still burning but not burning as much so maybe okay maybe okay for now take a look here oh yeah yeah pretty much all burned [Music] [Music] up there you go we'll let that go for just a little longer okay guys today we're going to just have a Sal we've been eating out a lot we need to be healthy so I'm going to make a little vinegret for this got olive oil pepper salt and pepper secret ingredient Wasabi this is going to be a Wasabi vinegret and I'll put a little splash of water in there too probably lemon it's a little lemon bit of olive oil salt and pepper and this is some Wasabi powder don't get this stuff in your eyes you bait out pretty far I think it could use a bit more he just needs a bit of more salt here we go and there's our Wasabi vinegret cut a little avocado we keep visiting friends and stuff and everybody has avocado trees so we get fresh avocados it's pretty nice he let's grab our fish oh yeah that looks fantastic y perfect yeah that's perfect all right got it don't drop it don't drop it a I got it look at that perfectly smoked e M I'm just going to toss it in there there we go smoked fish and wasabi is really good so that's why I figured Wasabi vinegret go have a little toss all right got some nuts going going in so for yeah add a little crunch little some something there you go little salad yeah I'll put some on top it's like roast chicken boom boom and I will eat these this tail nice and crunchy there you go a little Kawaii salad for your dinner yes I want my beer enough wine time for a beer come bite sh cheers guys oh that's a strong one nice this tastes great it's very fruity IPA but very strong this is from Northland New Zealand wo pretty good pretty meaty does remind me of salmon yeah that is a meaty it is a meaty fish yeah yeah I don't know why people don't eat it more smoked kahawai is delicious raw kahawai is delicious Kawaii in general it's delicious flavor is real mild on it um that brine that dry brine helps it to kind of give it a little bit more flavor the salad is a good contrast of a between the meaty meaty to Hawaii and the creamy avocado can you taste a little sa at m not too much all ooh the birds are diving where St that way oh yeah that's a little far they're going birds are going off it's probably Kwai there's like specific birds that dive with Kwai I think I've heard and I think it's those birds yeah there's a good amount of them though it's a bit too far maybe that's a/4 mile out there I think maybe I it's been a while since we had it raw but maybe I even like it smoked more you like a smoked Kawai more maybe M wow it's got a heavy fishy flavor no and it's a very needy texture yeah yeah for sure when I had it raw I thought it was one of the best fish having it raw I was mindblowing how good it was was pretty good raw and I haven't had it raw since then I want to have it some more but the texture of kahai it's got like a bounce to it very good texture all right guys well this was a quick one to kick off the new year thank you all for watching and uh yeah this coming week we're supposed to be going on an epic fishing Mission Big Fish coming big fish coming soon thank you all for watching and if you like the video make sure to hit that thumbs up subscribe and we'll see you guys on the next one peace

Channel: Outdoor Chef Life

Views: 229,440

Keywords: New Zealand fishing, Surf fishing catch and cook, surf casting, smoked kahawai, australian salmon

Id: gy0n_1BrLls

Length: 30min 43sec (1843 seconds)

Published: Wed Jan 10 2024