Fishing on Day one (Saturday) was forecast as 20 knot North Westerlies with 2 metre swells. We made the decision to delay the start, and left the harbour at around 11 am. We headed to Castle Island, and caught some kahawai for livebait. Craig Strawbridge caught a decent sized one, which we later weighed (2.605 kg).
We put the lures out at around the 70 metre mark, and got a few very small skippies to keep us entertained. Once out past the Aldermans the sea conditions got a little more ugly.
In fact by about 3 pm I'd had enough - the first time I can say this! The waves had no backs on them, which meant constant 'thumping' when going over the top. We trolled lures all the way back to the 70m mark (we went out to about 600m), picked up a decent sized albacore. We got back to shore around 8.30 pm.
The fish caught for the tournament were 104 kg striped marlin, with a couple tagged and released.
Day Two (to come)
