19th January 2009
Bay of Islands Fishing Report


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


Our Next Trip was....

20th January - We have a smaller group so far so we're
                      hoping for some really good fishing.



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...


17th January - We headed out with high hopes and a reasonable forecast....


19th January - Gusty South Westerlies were forecast so we kept the group small. The further out we got the worse the wind was, so we picked an area near the Nine Pin that was sheltered. Unfortunately the fish were very small so when the wind dropped we headed out to the middle of the bay. Our search for reasonable fish took us right around the Nine Pin but we had very little success. This wind appeared to have sent the big fish out into deeper water. Running out of time we decided that we would try around the Black Rocks and the Brampton Reef to see if we could find some Kahawai but all to no avail. While our results at the end of the day weren't the worst we'd had, it still wasn't good. It was of no surprise to see that our competiton had done even worse than us, it was a hard day for fishing.

19th January - The Nine Pin
19th January - The Nine Pin again

The fishing was so bad that I thought I would include a couple of photos of the Nine Pin. Note all the gannet poo, this colony has a fantastic view of the entire Bay of Islands without even having to leave their nests.