Fishing Reports

Aon Insurance - Southern Bait Challenge

in association with MORE FM, Fishing Competition

May 11, 12, 13th 2007

AN OVERVIEW OF THE COMPETITION

The weather - FRIDAY - northerlies strengthened through the day to 40 knots, shore fishos enjoyed the best of the sth coast with no swell. boatfishing was restricted to the harbour      SATURDAY - southerlies 15 - 20 knots dying out around miday, a 2mtr swell built on the sth coast making it uncomfortable for boaties and almost unfishable for surfcasters. the west coast was good although a bit lumpy out wide in the morning.         SUNDAY - northerlies 15 - 20 knots, good conditions on the sth coast out wide and in close with a 1.5mtr swell, the west coast was a bit lumpy but fishable.  

Entrants - all in all it was similar to last years comp although we had almost 3 times as many boaties as shore anglers this year. Approximate numbers - 120 boat, 40 shore,  3 kayak,  20 kids, 10 juniors, 8 teams, 15 specie entrants. about 45 entrants were one day tickets

THE FISHING - friday -  boatfishing We had about 4 boats and a kayak out fishing on friday. a few bluecod, tarakihi, gurnard and kahawai were caught. best fish was a 2.1kg kahawai caught on daniel.   Surfcasting was good with the best fish of the tournament caught east of the harbour entrance by tony stenhouse - a 5.2kg blue moki. Jase (gonloopy) christenson caught a 2.2kg moki and a few others were caught. jase got the best spotty shark at 4.5kgs which held out for the weekend. a bluecod and a tarakihi were caught, a few gurnard, red cod and kahawai were also caught. 

saturday - boatfishing - fishermans rock produced the best puka fishing for the weekend with 3 fish around the 50lb mark. tony murray got the best one at 50lb. inshore on the west it was tarakihi, bluecod, trumpeter, snapper with a the odd john dory. Steve brown caught the best snapper of the weekend sth of makara at 3.2kgs. The water is warm and the fish are still out there. i'll check the names, but some guys did well at ohau point with 2 nice trumpeter and some good puka around the 100mtr mark. 62ft Daniel tried the trench early saturday morn but it was almost unfishable. around midday the wind dropped at a few boats ventured out and caught a few bluenose including team A1 roofing who eventually won the teams section. Murray davies and his team did well on the big cod and teris off terakerei and caught a big elephantfish in the harbour. 5 mile reef produced big cod and teris as well. the harbour produced good kahawai, gurnard and some nice snapper around point gordon for gilbert and elise wortman.           surfcasting - not much weighed in with tough fishing, a few small snapper in the harbour, some kahawai and a few bits and peices. (still waiting for reports) 

sunday - boatfishing - nicholsons trench was fishable all day with a 47lb groper and 23lb bluenose taken on vessel daniel. our wholesale manager richard gordon caught the biggest bluenose but was late to the weighin so it was ineligable. the horner, dubrick, dupree team caught 1st, 2nd and third heaviest bluenose at 12, 13 and 15lb's. Inshore it was good blue cod and tarakihi fishing with gurnard, snapper and kahawai in the harbour. elephantfish also featured today. johan an rensburg took the best teri at 2.2kg north of mana, melicent caught 3 puka to 35lb at fishermans before caching cod, teris and a snapper just sth of the mana bridge. surfcasting - team pacific dent caught some nice moki west of sinclair head up to 3.5kgs. the big couta of 4.8kgs was caught too.

kayak fishing not too many out there this weekend, although the conditions were good. Craig boyes and john barnett battled it out with kahawai, gurnard, the only warehou and red cod caught. well done guys

Lady and junior fisho, Elise Wortman had a great comp with a nice snapper, big kahawai and other fish in her bag, well done. the kids fishing section was great, it was priceless to see those little dudes and dude-ess's weigh in spotties, herrings, parrotfish and a few other fish. All kids got prizes

THANKS TO ALL ENTRANTS AND SPONSORS, SORRY TO THE MUMS WHO MISSED OUT ON MOTHERS DAY CELEBRATIONS (INCLUDING MY WIFE), she first saw me at 9.30pm on sunday night

winning photos

results

okuma surfcasting
blue moki      1st tony stenhouse 5.12kg, 2nd sam hinklry 3.76kg, 3rd phil draper 2.75kg
red cod        1st lee spence 1.04kg, 2nd tony stenhouse, 3rd tim henly
spotty shark 1st jase christenson 4.56kg, 2nd tony stenhouse 2.34kg, 3rd tim henly 2kg
barracouta   1st tim soloman 4.8kg, 2nd daniel long 1.09kg
gurnard        1st tim henly .96kg, 2nd andrew richardson, 3rd jase christenson
tarakihi         1st andrew richardson, 2nd jase christenson
bluecod        1st jase christenson

daiwa deepwater boatfishing
bluenose      1st richard horner  6.76kg, 2nd dave dubnick 5.85kg, 3rd simon dupree 5.4kg
groper          1st tony murray 22.53kg, 2nd john ellard 22.07kg, 3rd steve rush 21.62kg

southern bait inshore boatfishing
bluecod        1st richard horner 3.17kg, 2nd murray davis 3.03kg, 3rd divindra patel 2.19kg
tarakihi         1st johan van rensburg 2.21kg, 2nd murray davis 1.65kg, 3rd andy mcewan
gurnard        1st rob schofield 1.31kg, 2nd logan gibbs 1.05kg, 3rd greg occoner 1.01kg
elephantfish 1st murray davis 5.42kg, 2nd rob schofield 3.79kg, 3rd logan gibbs 3.63kg
warehou      1st john barnett 0.4kg

penn shore/boat section
snapper       1st steve brown 3.27kg, 2nd aaron pearson 2.86kg, 3rd gilbert wortman 2.31kg
kahawai       1st james guzzo (junior) 2.42kg, 2nd dave ashman (shore) 2.31kg, tony murray 2.30kg
trevally         1st tom royal
kingfish        none caught

canoe and kayak -  kayak section
best catch   1st craig boyes 2.2kg kahawai, 2nd john barnett 1.75kg kahawai, 3rd john barnett 0.95 gurnard

morefm ladies section
best catch   1st elise wortman 1.67kg snapper, 2nd elise wortman 1.9kg kahawai, 3rd melda thones 1.7kg kahawai

tui best story told at the prizegiving
1st jurie bender about hook removal from his mate and various bad luck

pete lamb fishing best catch by a junior
1st elise wortman 1.62kg snapper, 2nd logan gibb 3.63kg elephantfish, 3rd james guzzo 2kg kahawai

aon kids fishing
heaviest spotty      2-6yr    1st fin biggs, 2nd  jackie lamb, 3rd jade lamb
                               7-12yr  1st melina tofete, 2nd shalyse wakefield
heaviest herring     7-12yr  1st oliver kerr-hislop, 2nd fin sherry, 3rd ben jenson
heaviest parrotfish 7-12yr  1st melina tofete, 2nd mellisa tofete
most unusual catch             1st shalyse wakefield (sea witch), 2nd finn biggs (opalfish)
timbos special prize             1st alex lyndon (mackerel)

kilwell most species
shore     1st jason christenson (6), 2nd tim henley (4)
boat       1st murray davis (6), 2nd chris porebski (4) and rob schofield (4) - chris takes 2nd place as he was the 1st to weigh in

shimano team section (most fish weighed of specified list)
shore - 1st - 4 codsman of the apocolypse (jase christenson, tim henley,  yani dinou, tony stenhouse
boat -   1st - team a1 roofing (rob purdom, ian skinner, bernard mckay, craig buham) 6 points             2nd - team tui (chris porebski, andrew richardson) 3 points