But when he returned to the weigh-in of the Karitane Fishing Competition on Saturday afternoon, the truth came out.
''The first thing that happened to me was I forgot to take bait and I forgot my anchor.
''We were going great guns once we got out on the water. The weather was great for fishing.
''But when we got out to our fishing spot and found we didn't have bait or an anchor, it all went downhill from there.''
Mr Glassford said they were not catching any fish and decided to return to Karitane harbour.
But when they went to restart the boat, they found the motor had broken down and they had to rely on the auxiliary motor to get home.
The bad luck continued when he got back to the boat ramp.
His prop caught in a mooring line which took half an hour to untangle and, somehow, his $1000 rod got snapped in three or four places as he was parking the boat.
''All in all, we caught no fish.''
Despite the unprecedented bad luck, the Omakau farmer said he had had a great day out.
''I loved it. I was out there doing it - what more could you want on a Saturday?''
Fortunately, others in the competition did have good luck on their side, particularly Kerrie Perkins who won the women's heaviest fish competition with a 1.4kg blue cod.
The award for the fisherman catching the most species was John Beattie, who caught seven different types of fish.
