7th January 2009
Bay of Islands Fishing Report
Our Next Trip was....
8th January - The day was so pleasant that we, once
again drifted for much of the day....
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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.....
Fishing Competition Update
The Current Leader is Janice Paris
Size - 5.5kg
Caught - 01/01/09
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. We stopped off to catch some yellow tail mackerel for bait and caught enough to keep us supplied for the entire day. We started the day drifting in an area showing good sign on the fish finder but nothing was happening so when the sea breeze came up we dropped anchor and settled in for some serious fishing. It was pretty quiet most of the day but a steady procession of small Snapper was coming on board fairly regularly, interspersed with some keepers consisting of Snapper and Terakihi. Terry pulled in a nice Snapper around 2.5kgs which stirred up a bit of interest and then when Chris hooked into his fish we were all keen to try and beat him. His fish was a very nice Snapper that turned out to be the fish of the day, weighing in at exactly 5kgs.
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Initially we thought that Chris Batten had toppled Janice in the competition but at the weigh-in at the end of the day we confirmed that his 5kg Snapper wasn't quite big enough. Still a very nice fish.