Day one of the 3 day Bay Bonanza, the easterly system that has been hanging around for the last 2 weeks is set to play a big part in the contest, the first day starts fine with a very light easterly (onshore wind). We leave the ramp at 5.30am (the first part of the contest is to be first at the ramp we manage to be 4th arriving at 4am with one boat sleeping there over night. We head straight to BS1A for a deep drift, the sea is a bit sloppy, we spend an hour or so drifting catching 1 Bluenose and 7 Gemfish, by now, half a dozen other boats have arrived, we notice the odd person leaning over and leaving a berlie trail. We move east to the gables about 10km up the coast checking out and drifting spots along the 200 metre line but fail to catch anything worth keeping. The water temp has finally reached 20c so we put out a set of lures and head to our 60 meter marks at gables, but the sea seems to be as empty as our fish bin, we look at 5 or 6 marks but there is little sign, we then back track to penguin rocks and set up a berlie trail in a good rocky area well known for big snapper and all we attract is cotta and sharks, we head back at 3pm and weight in a 9.6ks Gemfish and a 3.66kg Bluenose (currently in 2nd place).
Day 2 At the ramp at 4am (first in the line) to be greeted with a 20kt easterly and rain, back to bed by 5am, Day two is cancelled and day 3 isn't looking good at this stage.
The question again is where have all the snapper gone, out of 130 boats the heaviest snapper was 1.4kg. Hardly any were caught???
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