Bad weather early in the week meant nothing on the fishing front, but Thursday looked ok, 15 kn. SW.
Unfortunately the Metservice got it a bit wrong—quite a bit actually.
It picked up to 25kn. early on, then rose to 40+ by mid morning, making fishing impossible. We headed home, but a phonecall to them about the radical inaccuracy of the forecast saw a quick reassessment and an apology from the manager, which I appreciated, as we’re first in the firing line when they get it wrong.
Saturday was slow, but we got onto pannie snapper which saved the day, as the tarakihi were playing hard to get.
We had a Hapuku overnighter booked, but the forecast was fairly iffy, and I was feeling a bit gunshy after the Thursday effort, so I canned the trip, which was probably doable.
A bit of the damned if you do, damned if you don’t scenario.
24.02.2014
Good Morning
Just a quick note saying thanks you for a great days fishing on Saturday all the guys said it was great trip
Thanking You
Tony Thompson
Rotorua Club
Thanks Brett for taking us out yesterday, most had a great day especially Peter who caught the big king fish.
Di Watts
Hi, Brett,
Just wanted to say, on behalf of the House of Travel Boys , a big thanks to you and your deckie for such a great time. The boys loved every minute of it, oh, I guess, apart from the few chunderers the first nite. I know we’ll certainly recommend your charters to others who are interested in a great day out. The boys got 2 bags of fish each to take home, which was a bonus.
Thanks again.
Cheers
Paul