PHOTO: LINDA ROBERTSON

Taieri Beach School pupil Dannielle Hawkins (11) tries her hand at whitebaiting during the school’s annual whitebaiting trip to Knarston Park, at Taieri Mouth, yesterday.

While there was not enough whitebait caught to make a patty, there were plenty of crabs in the nets, which kept the pupils entertained.

The whitebait season closes in Otago today.