17th January 2009
Bay of Islands Fishing Report


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


Our Next Trip was....

19th January - Gusty South Westerlies were forecast so
                      we kept the group small....



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....


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


15th January - Yahoo, the fish are back!


16th January - A definite improvement in fish stocks...

Biggest snapper of the day - 6lbs

This young lady was catching a few fish but was getting a bit despondent as she wanted bigger. She'd put the rod down and was going to have a rest. With a little bit of encouragement, we put another bait on and dropped it over the side. No sooner had the sinker hit the bottom when the bait got pounced on by this very vigorous 6lb beastie. Needless to say she continued fishing for the rest of the trip

17th January - We headed out with high hopes and a reasonable forecast. However, it quickly degenerated into the trip from hell. We anchored in 60 metres of water and started pulling in some promising fish when we got a couple of lines tangled. Ten minutes later we had another huge tangle, no sooner was it sorted than we got another and another and another. There must have been an opposing current below us so we had to bail on this spot as it was impossible to stay. Our next spot was in 45 metres of water. The currents were behaving, the fish ticked along nicely and tangles were minimal. We had some very nice fish by the time we headed home.