2025 Competition Recap
First and foremost, thank you to all our sponsors, with whom none of this would have been possible.
We had 84 anglers registered for the tournament this year and 14 teams. The weather was challenging with swells of up to 2 meters in certain locations. Everyone one who entered the tournament managed to get out and fish. The winning snapper came from areas closer to the east cape, with the winning trevally coming out from the Tauranga Harbor.
Below is a list of the prize winners.
Fishing and More –
Kahawai Section (Gutted and Gilled)
1st Jeff Symonds – 1.8 kg
2nd Aiden Brown – 1.78kg
3rd Mathew Howill – 1.4kg
Fishing and More –
Kingfish Section
No kingfish were caught this year, these were lucky draw prizes.
Kaveman Tackle –
John Dory section
No John Dory were caught this year, these were lucky draw prizes.
Opotiki Bait and Tackle –
Trevelly Section
1st Francois Herbst – 1.6kg
2nd Johan Brits – 1.46kg
3rd Junmar Cabarrubias Ochea – 1.32kg
Iceman Sponsored –
Gurnard/Blue Cod.
1st Blair Simonsen – 0.66kg Gurnard
2nd Peter Besley – 0.64kg Gurnard
Whakatane Hunting & Fishing –
Snapper Section <60cm
1st Luke Brenton – 4.3kg
2nd Liam Ireton – 3.66kg
3rd Graeme Lewer – 3.52kg
Sea Marine Sponsored –
Average weight Snapper was 2.09kg
Winner – Mark Tredaway 2.12kg
Ohope Top 10 Holiday Park –
Largest Snapper from Competitor outside Easter Bay of Plenty
Winner – Luke Brenton 4.3kg
Fishing and More –
Largest Snapper caught by Club Member
Winner – Graeme Lewer – 3.52kg
Tarawera River Lodge –
Teams Section
Winner – Team Turtle
(3rd year in a row)
Helloworld Travel –
Early Bird Prize
Winner – Dylan McIntyre
Whakatane Hunting & Fishing –
Major Spot Prize – Viking kayak
Winner – Jordan Hall
Thank you again to all our sponsors and to our competitors for making the trip to our little piece of paradise.
Tight lines and see you all again next year.
2024 Comp Recap
Hi club members, just a quick email to acknowledge that a successful annual comp was achieved last Saturday (Saturday, April 27th, 2024). 90 entrants all up, our 2nd best comp in terms of numbers. The weather is the main factor on these occasions and the conditions on Saturday were generally kind to us apart from tricky conditions at low tide coming back in around 1-3pm. The Ohope Charter club proved to be a great venue again with Gibbo’s filleters outside filleting fish and raising $ for Coastguard.
All the species were caught except for the Tuna. 140 fish were weighed in and their combined weight was 270kg. The main Spot prize of a Viking Reload kayak was won by Luke Bryenton from Tauranga and as his luck would have it he was the yakker that had won the Reload in our last comp 2023, go figure!
Big shout out to all our sponsors, so generous and help make this comp one of the best in the country. Thanks to all the clubbies and others who helped with different aspects of the comp from setting up the spreadsheet, webpage, engaging with sponsors, setting up the stage, weighing fish, collecting all the vital data, cleaning up including ensuring little to no waste of fish heads/frames all got used.