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A chicken mushroom pie (a veggie one for Mitch) from Pembroke Patisserie<\/a> was a great start to our day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The almond croissant and cardamom bun put us over the top and we rolled out of the delicious patisserie bursting and well fed. Of course we took a Turkish focaccia to go and the award-winning ginger biscuits. Hey, why not? We\u2019re on vacation. It\u2019s no wonder the line was so long. It was all worth the wait. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We happened upon Hook W\u0101naka<\/a>, a salmon fishing attraction near our lodging. We decided to kill an hour (and a fish or two), and signed up for the activity. $6 to rent a pole with bait, including all the tools to put the fish out of its misery after getting it on the hook and netting it on land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The spring-fed lake is stocked with Chinook salmon (aka king salmon), which are fed a hormone and antibiotic-free diet, high in Omega-3. After all, we needed some more of those vitamins with all the food we\u2019ve been eating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was pretty quiet at the lake, but I could see how busy this place would get on the weekend. We got our gear \u2014 fishing rod, net, bait (salmon!), fish pellets and iki jime, a tool that\u2019s used to quickly kill the fish by stabbing it through its brain, right between the eyes. No thanks! Mitch did the honors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We found a nice spot on the lake, I got the camera rolling and Mitch went about fishing for our lunch and dinner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He put the bait on the hook, cast the line, threw in some pellets and a few seconds later, he got a bite. One was on the line. It was like the proverbial \u201cshooting fish in a barrel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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