Fishing Reports

A 20lb+ snaper was caught off petone wharf recently. I saw the photo and it could have been 30lb if it was in good condition. Looks like the resident fish had been off the feed for a month or two in the cold water. The west coast is really starting to fire good numbers of snapper with a few in the harbour too. Boaties and shore fishos catching a few good ones in Evans bay and out around point Gordon and Falcons shoal.

The trench is really firing now with bluenose, hoki, bass and puka all in good numbers. The 100mtr marks are also going really well on large tarakihi and hapuku. There as a few kingis around too ( we caught a 40lber last w/end)

We lost a rod and reel over the side the other day only to snag it back again with another rod and believe it or not there was a 15lb puka attached to the end of it!

Surfcasters have been catching snapper off Greta point, kahawai at breaker bay and behind the airport and gurnard off Miramar and Greta. Some good moki and spotty sharks are present in Palliser bay and the usual south coast haunts.

In the outer Marlborough Sounds the puka have been hungry, as have the large cod and teris. Gurnard fishing continues to fire inside the Sounds on the sand

DONT FORGET THE MOKI 1000 SURFCASTING COMP 26/27 NOV, BASED AT NGAWI

The Wellington Harbour KIDS FISHING COMP - Sunday the 6th of November

RESULTS

It was a great day although a bit windy for the boats to get out comfortably. 25 kids weighed in from the shore, one form the boat. There were 35 kids entered, with 26 weighing in.

Congratulations to these intrepid anglers who weighed in fish

Jack Millikin - kahawai, spotty, Eireanne Millikin - kahawai, spotty, Fyln Bellam - herring, spotty, kahawai, Sebastian Nelson - spotty, kahawai, herring, Ashlee Bowden (boat) - spotty, Ella Guirdham - kahawai and spotty, Scott Werrett kahawai, spotty, red cod, Johan Irion herring, Harry Porebski herring, Gloria Porebski spotty, Brian Wooley kahawai, spotty, Logan Wooley spotty, Corwin Heath Cameron spotty, George & Charlotte Robinson spotty.

Well done the rest of you for trying hard. Sometmes even the fishing experts dont catch fish. Everyone won a prize and we had a great bbq and drinks in the sun prior to the prizegiving at our Seaview shop.

Heaviest fish

Kahawai

2kg and 0.42kg Scott Worret (15yr), 0.33kg Jack Millikin (9yr), 28kg Eireanne Millikin (13yr), 0.19kg Brian Woolley (5yr)

Spotty

0.25kg Brian Woolley (5yr), 0.21kg Logan Woolley (4yr), 0.20kg Ashley Bowden (6yr) and Eireanne Millikin (13yr)

Herring

0.18kg Flynn Bellam, 0.14kg Sebastian Nelson, 0.12kg George Robinson

Red cod

1.38kg Scott Werrett

Sponsors

Pete Lamb Fishing, Pitstop Petone, Jarvis Walker rods/reels, Mustad hooks and swivels, Island Bay Aquarium, Wgtn City Council Pools and Outdoor Festival

Thank you to all the sponsors, please support their products and services, without them the comp would be pretty average. They support Kids Fishing in Wgtn, Well done!