28/04/2026
It was the final day for our Clubs NZ sport fishing tournament on Sunday, and what a turnout it was! The weather fined up for the last day, and fish were caught. Not so many big fish, so we had a lot of lucky draws for our lucky anglers at prize-giving.
The 1st heaviest trevally on braid of 1.6 kg was landed by Simon Wech aboard Rough and Ready.
Trevally mono section
2nd place for trevally on mono of 1.7 kg was Ben Gibbs aboard Heminomoa, and Sandra Moore came 1st for Trevally and most IGFA points with a 2.0 kg on 10 kg line aboard Jay Kay.
Kahawai section braid
3rd place in our Kahawai section was a kahawai of 2.10 kg caught on braid by David Wright aboard Fish Scales.
2nd place was Debbie Thurston with a 2.15 kg kahawai aboard Red Checker, and 1st place was Peter McNabb with a 2.25 kg Kahawai caught on braid aboard Slainte.
Our mono section for 3rd place was John Smith with a 2.25 kg caught on 6 kg line, who also had the most IGFA points of 37.50 points.
2nd place was Val McDonald aboard Reel Time with a fish of 2.60 kg on 8 kg line.
1st place was Richard Thomas aboard My Work Mate with a Kahawai of 2.90 kg on 10 kg line.
Snapper section on braid
3rd heaviest snapper of 6.55 kg was caught by David Wright aboard Fish Scales.
2nd heaviest of 7.2 kg was caught by Kelly Wech aboard Rough and Ready, also with the 1st heaviest of 7.4 kg.
Snapper section on mono
3rd heaviest snapper of 7.25 kg on 10 kg line was caught by Richard Thomas aboard My Work Mate.
2nd heaviest of 7.3 kg on 10 kg was caught by Dianne Sullivan aboard Nauti Bouy.
1st heaviest snapper of 8.15 kg on 10 kg line was caught by Brian Noble, also winning the most points for IGFA of 81.50 points for his fish aboard 2 Easy.
Average weight snapper was awarded to Richard Thomas for his 3.10 kg snapper.
Kingfish section
3rd heaviest Kingfish of 15 kgs was caught by Ray Thurston aboard Red Checker.
2nd heaviest Kingfish of 17.05 kg on 37 kg line was caught by Simon Herbert aboard Legosea.
1st heaviest Kingfish of 18.35 kg on 6 kg line was caught by Stu Sheard, also winning most IGFA points of 305.833 Points aboard KC.
Club most Tagged and released Kingfish was awarded to David Rayburn aboard Legosea.
Heaviest other species was awarded to George Gee aboard Rough and Ready for his 2.8 kg Grandaddy Hapuka caught on 6kg.
Lady angler heaviest Gamefish was awarded to Dianne Sullivan for her 7.3 kg snapper on 10 kg line aboard Nauti Bouy.
Clubs National Trophy
1st Kamo - 630 Points
2nd Whangaroa SFC - 380 Points
3rd Ngunguru - 260 Points
4th Northland - 210 Points
Clubs NZ Northland Region Trophy
1st Kamo - 630 Points
2nd Whangaroa SFC - 380 Points
3rd Ngunguru - 260 Points
4th Northland - 210 Points
