24th January 2009
Bay of Islands Fishing Report


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


Our Next Trip was....

25th January - Another perfect day weather wise.....



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....


20th January - The South Westerlies had dropped to a mere breeze...


21st January - Another very ordinary day. We headed out into deeper water....


23rd January - Light variable winds were forecast today so we were expecting calm water....


24th January - For the very first time we had picked up passengers from one of the visiting cruise ships so we were hoping to impress. What had started as an enquiry from a family visiting the Bay of Islands on the "Rhapsody of the Sea" gradually grew into numerous bookings from other passengers. Many thanks to the Charltons and Arnie Slater for their efforts to get more people along. The weather was perfect and we did manage to see some dolphins but once again the fish were conspicuous by their absence. We were able to drift over several different spots in the attempt to find something exciting to catch. Ever hopeful of the return of the Kahawai and associated Snapper, it soon became obvious that it was not going to happen. There was enough fish coming on board to make it interesting but the day could have been better...a lot better.