Horrible Weather in Torrent Bay

 The Secret Seven travelled once again to Torrent Bay to stay at Dick's house. We were a bit short of divers (none) and boats (only one) and so we rented a runabout from Motueka. After a prolonged spell of fine weather we picked a bout of rain and wind to make our stay miserable. (December 2023) 

Easton's House at Torrent Bay

Our  first foray into the elements saw us lay a setline and then spend a long time finding it again and then taking all the baits from the hooks. For breakfast on the Saturday Dick braves the rain and collected a bucket full of mussels. Aah some seafood!

Falls River

Fishing and weather for the following days was miserable and so we had none to take home. Our better halves were not impressed. 

A highlight of the trip was taking some foreign trampers with packs that weighed a hundredweight or so from Torrent Bay across to The Anchorage in our boat so the did not have to wait several hours for the tide to go out and they could cross the lagoon. 

Food!

The next bit of entertainment was when one of the FW crew jumped from the boat at Kaiteriteri to find that the water was a little deeper than he anticipated. Fortunately he had left his cellphone on the boat. 

Off & Under

After a spell of good companionship and eating we dropped the hire boat off in Motueka and returned without fish to Nelson. Hopefully the weather and the fishing will be better on the next trip - French Pass next time.