The fleet set off in beautiful weather once again and the anglers had calm seas and warm sunshine with just a hint of a breeze.

I did not manage to get a photograph of Gee Spot yesterday so Koos kindly sent me one of his much-loved vessel.

Thanks to Koos, too, for sending this photo of the live bait used to catch a marlin.

Marlin Control is operated from my house so when the calls of hook-ups come through on the radio we all get quite excited and then a little disappointed when the marlin turns out to be a shark. We had quite a few bronze and mako marlins today!

Keeping tabs on where the boats were and when they hooked up on anything was Marlin Control (Andrew Perrins). Rue, his constant companion and competition mascot helped keep an eye and ear on things too.

Toward the end of the day Bad Company had a hookup and fought for over an hour but the marlin won and swam away free. So there were no marlins caught, measured and released today.

“How was your day?” I asked the anglers as they returned to the harbour. “Always good,” most of them replied because a day at sea whether you catch a fish or not is always better than a day at work.

Once again the fleet was well-fed by Marinda and her team. The steak kebabs and roast veggies were delicious.