10th January 2009
Bay of Islands Fishing Report


1st January - What a beautiful way to celebrate the new year.


Our Next Trip was....

13th January - We were surprised to observe that the swell
                      had dropped so much


2nd January - Another very nice day apart from a bit of a worry about the wind.....

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3rd January - The forecast was for 15 knot Northerlies turning to 20-30 knots South Westerly winds at the end of the day....


4th January - The forecast was for 10 knot Southerly turning to 15 knot Sou-Westerly winds at the end of the day.....


5th January - Another incredibly accurate forecast (queue the Tui's Advert) ....


6th January - SE winds were forecast and once again they came from the NE....

  Fishing Competition Update

  The Current Leader is Janice Paris
 
Size - 5.5kg
  Caught - 01/01/09


7th January - NE winds again (incorrect forecast yet again) but another very, very nice day...


8th January - The day was so pleasant that we, once again drifted for much of the day...


9th January - The main aim of this trip was an island visit and a bit of fishing.....


10th January - There was a huge swell so we were restricted to fishing amongst the islands today.The fishing here is much better than out in the bay itself at the moment so it wasn't a big hardship. Overcast but very light winds enabled us to drift fish for most of the day. Twice we dropped anchor but the fish responded better to a drifting boat so 80% of our time was spent drifting. Although our biggest fish was only 36cm, we ended up with a good supply of pannies ranging from 29-36cm so everyone had fish for tea.