Next club day: 23rd November – Xmas Weekend Away

Hi all, the club day yesterday started off at Tawai st cnr Ohope with a good contingent of clubbies, Mark Ray, Graeme Duncan, Blair Simonsen, Steve Reid, Gary Turner, Nick Twaddle. The sea was somewhat choppy and it was clear we would all get wet going out and the forecast was for the swell to increase as the day went on so we accepted a safer option and went into the harbour. Mark and Graeme headed back to the Western Bay, big ups to them for showing up! The fishing started off slow and remained that way. For the most part we were parked behind Ohakana Island, and the remaining Western Bay clubbie Blair Simonsen had a great morning landing snapper up to 58cm, at one point all his rods were going bent over into fish. Most of us took home a fish or two, I was unusually plagued with eels and for some reason even after shifting position I kept hooking them up, some big ones as well, well over 10lb. Blair took out all the prize categories for snapper, kahawai, and trevally, and was last seen heading into town to Fishin & More with a fist load of vouchers to spend at Franks shop.

NB, there is a meeting Tuesday 5.30pm at W Coastguard.

Jeff