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Monday 23 February 2026
The battle between the Weather Gods and the Weather Committee continues. This morning, the weather gods were kind and allowed the Weather Committee to win – 1 each so far. Lines in was called at 08h00, and the search for the mighty marlin began. There was brief excitement when one or two hook-ups were called over the airwaves, but they were either on-offs or Maco Marlin, which do not count!

But by the afternoon, it was action all the way. We did not hear from Mike from Bad Co call in a hook-up as he was having radio problems. But hooray for Matthew Paulsen – he released a striped marlin just south of the 12-mile bank. The battle lasted 22 minutes.
Other hook-ups were called in, but sadly, they were off again.

Lines up was called, and 16h0,0 and the boats were all back at the harbour by just before 18H00

There was fabulous food, fun, and laughter at the evening function, but after a hard day at sea, most of the anglers headed home quite early!

The usual snuff sniffs and strafdoppe were meted out for all those trumped-up charges, all taken in good humour.

Wednesday 25 February 2026
Yesterday, the competition was called off due to bad weather and today the same verdict from the weather committee. So the score is now Weather Gods 3 Weather Committee 1.

Apologies for only posting now, but I am waiting for the Angler’s Tale. Watch this space. It may appear in a separate post later today.

Tomorrow looks promising as a fishing day!