Constant rain couldn't stop hundreds of young anglers from fishing for salmon in Christchurch's lakes on Sunday.
It was Fish and Game's Take a Kid Fishing Day, and the organisation says these events are more important than ever with the state of New Zealand's waterways.
It may have been raining, but that didn't deter around 400 people from bringing their gumboots and fishing rods down to the Groynes in Christchurch on Sunday.
"I don't mind the rain; I'm just thinking about the fishies," young angler Lockie Rayner told Newshub.
No weather, or tangled lines in the grass, was going to stop these kids from trying to pull up the big one after Fish and Game put 600 salmon into three of the small lakes on Saturday night.
Fish and Game said with so many rivers in the wild now destroyed or dried up, these events were now more important than ever to get Kiwi kids into fishing.
"It's a great way of teaching kids about the life cycle of salmon and also about the environmental aspects of the waterways that salmon need to live in," Fish and Game's Trevor Isaac said.
Sunday's kids had one plan for their potential catch - dinner.
"I like that if you get a fish you get to eat it," Logan Ainsworth said.
Fish and Game was very happy with the day.
"[There were] a lot of kids here fishing with their grandfathers, which is absolutely great to see," Mr Isaac said.
But soon it was time to dry off, back into the warmth of the car and home for, if lucky, freshly caught salmon for lunch.
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