Hi Guys, just had the yearly weekend trip to Great Barrier Island and to be honest it was a bit of a disaster. 20 guys on 2 boats and one of the boats hit something big on the way over that ripped one of the engines of its mounts so that was the end of the weekend for those guys.
Saturday blew up to 45 knots from the South East and some of the squalls were really bad so we were restricted to fishing in close to the Island.
We still managed to fill the bin up with smallish Snapper and one large Kingfish but compared to the last 2 years it was hard.
Here is a pic from after the storms on Saturday evening.
http://i399.photobucket.com/albums/p...rrierStorm.jpg
The next day was much better and we even managed a swim and a few more fish before heading home.
http://i399.photobucket.com/albums/p...satBarrier.jpg
Can hardly wait for next years trip.
All the best.
Mike