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    Posted: 12 Jul 2010 at 7:51pm
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 W.S Laurie & Co and Bradley Smokers 
2010 Game Season Roundup

   

  
 
Well the Game Fishing Season is well and truly over, most of us have the rods and the rest of the game fishing gear tucked away in the back of the garage and we have around about  5 months to wait until the excitement will start building again and the season will be back into full swing once again.
 
We would like to thank everyone who participated this season. I can see on reflection that for some of us it was definatly a harder season than last year and that the ability to be in the right place at the right time was a major factor in success along with the ability to adapt from good old lures into live baiting when the Lure bite was off. You just have to look at the great runs of fish out of Waihau Bay and Tutukaka later in the season to see that those who were able to work these areas did well.
 
Thank you once again to the Tornament Committee of Boulder, Kezza, Weighmaster, Obald, Bushpig and Grunta for assisting with the running of this one of a kind competition.
 
Our biggest thanks though need to go to our brilliant sponsors as there is nothing better than being able to get a little reward back for such tremendous efforts out on the high seas so thanks again to Bradley Smokers, W.S Laurie & Co and also.
 
Peter Pakula  -  Legend Lures   - Olympus  - Boulder Guiding  -  Fishing.net.nz -   Driveline Finance
 
Also to the Wright Family for putting up the " ILEX TROPHY " last year which we all hope will be one of the most sought after trophies around in the years to come .
 
After much consideration we have been able to finalise the biggest decision of the year and that was for the finalists of the " ILEX TROPHY"  and the eventual winner.
 
We had 4 finalists this year as follows.
  • Carl Muir ( Epic) with his 137.45KG Blue Marlin on 15kg
  • Zahra Hendy  (Mrs B ) with her 150KG Daytime Broadbill
  • Jon Terrall ( Tazee ) and the biggest fish of the season with his Blue at 229KG
  • NZTURTLE with his T & R Solo capture.

Now this ended up being a real hard decison  for the judges as all of the finalists in there own right and for there own reasons were meritorious, so we narrowed it further by vote to two finalists being :

  • Zahra Hendy  (Mrs B ) with her 150KG Daytime Broadbill on Te Ariki Nui
  • NZTURTLE with his T & R Solo virgin busting capture out of Tutukaka.
And after  a weeks worth of debate we were dead locked at 3 : 3 with a deal breaker  required. Our back up vote arrived and we can announce the "ILEX TROPHY" winner.
 

The "ILEX" Trophy

Most Meritorious Catch or Angling Achievement Of the Season. 

 also in association with Peter Pakula at "Pakula Tackle "
 
 

David Walker ( NZ Turtle )
 
Now as we are all aware, our friend Dave has endured quite a bit over over quite a few seasons, being the brunt of many a joke and quiet enuendo. He has learned to live with the title of "The Lemon " and it seemed for quite some time that any boat that he would be on would bare the brunt of this great hoodoo with the result in most cases being that the boat remained fishless. This man has persevered though and has not wavered from his virtuous path which to a great extent opitomises the culture of the forum and the people in it.  Any lesser man may have given up for the season and chucked his toys out of the sandpit , but, Dave heads out at the end of the season, one more time and finally the miracle happens , everything comes together at the right time and he lands his 1st marlin and Solo to boot which the judges this year acknowledge as the angling achievement of the season ! ! !
 
 
 
 

Driveline Finance  

1st & Heaviest YFT of the season

$200.00 W.S Laurie & Co Product Voucher

Species           : Yellow Fin Tuna
Weight            : 57.2kg
Line                 : 37kg
Lure/Bait        : Black Magic freedom grand slammer lumo    
Angler             : Tony Martin 

 
 

Legend Lures  

1st T & R Marlin For The Season 

Legend Lure Package From Marine Surprises
 
Species          : Striped  Marlin
Weight           :Estimated 95kg Tagged and released
Line                : 37kg
Lure/Bait       : Multistrike, white on white          
Angler            : Bradley Rowe

 

 
 

W.S Laurie & Co  

1st Weighed Marlin of the season 
A sample of the range of Catchelot Lures
 

Species          :Striped marlin
Weight           :99KG
Line                 :24kg
Lure/Bait       : Lure

Angler            : Jason Kidd

 

Driveline Finance  - Virgin Of The Year
All 1st time anglers having landed their 1st marlin went into an end of season draw for $100.00 W.S Laurie & Co product Voucher.

Species           :Striped marlin
Weight            :105.2kg
Line                 :37kg
Lure/Bait        : live skippie 
Angler             : Saul Harman  ( BeachedAsBro )

 

 

Olympus. - Best Photograph or Video award   - Sponsord by www.Fishing.net.nz

 
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 Peter Pakula -Heaviest weighed Non YFT for the season -
Being the largest Tuna other than YFT caught during the competition
Pakula Lure Pack  

Species           : Big Eye Tuna
Weight            : 50kg +43.6
Line                 : 37kg
Lure/Bait        : Pakula lumo, Pacific fruit salad
Angler             : Bradley Rowe

 

   

Legend Lures T&R Cup   

Awarded by Legend Lures to the individual Angler having Tagged & Released the most Marlin for the season. 
Drawn from 3 finalists having tagged 2 marlin each
 
Species      :Blue Marlin
Weight      :Est 200+kg
Line          :37kg
Lure/Bait : Black Bart Kona Classic - lumo    
 Angler     :Maree McIver (MMM)
General Location :Waihau Bay 
 
Species :Striped  Marlin
Weight :Est 110kg 
Line :37kgs
Lure/Bait :Black Bart Marlin Candy     
Angler :Maree McIver (MMM)
General Location :  Waihau Bay
 

 
Bradley Smokers  -
Heaviest Weighed Striped Marlin for the season
And winner of the  6 Rack Bradley Digital Smoker valued at $1,400

 

Species           :Striped Marlin
Weight            : 163.6kg
Line                 : 24kg
Lure/Bait        : Live Kahawai    
Date                : 23-4-10
Vessel             :  Reelguys        
Skipper           : Dean Warner
Angler             : Phil Fussell

 

 

 W.S Laurie & Co

Heaviest weighed Blue or Black Marlin 
 Shimano Tiagra 80W Reel & Shimano Tiagra 37kg Standup Rod Package valued at $1,650

 

Species           : Blue Marlin
Weight            : 229 kg
Line                 : 37kg
Lure/Bait        : Zuker 5.5 Black/Purple
Angler             : Jon Terrell  ( Tazzee )

 

 
 
 Peter Pakula

Junior Angler Of The Season

Pakula Lure Pack 

 

Species           :Striped marlin
Weight            :83.7kg
Line                 :37kg
Lure/Bait        : Lumo sprocket
Date                : 11.04.10
Vessel             :  Ultimate Game        
Skipper           : Steve Spencer
Angler             : Zac Cameron

 

 Congratulations once again to everyone that participated and to all the winners of this years comp.

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If the winners could PM me there details it would be appreciated and if you are out of Auckland then I will have prizes shipped direct to you otherwise I will arrange for winners of W.S Laurie & Co vouchers to collect direct of Tazee.

 
 
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well done guys thats the ticket. very glad to see theyoung fella there.
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Well done Chap's and Chapesses Clap and big ups to the sponsors for supporting this Thumbs Up
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Well done all the finalists and winners - was a hard one to choose a winner this time but we got there in the end, biggie up to the sponsors and supporters and a huge amount of kudos needs to go to Lance for piecing it all together......a tricky and often thankless task this buggar!! Thumbs Up
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Originally posted by Moocha Moocha wrote:

Well done Chap's and Chapesses Clap and big ups to the sponsors for supporting this Thumbs Up


Agree MoochaClap  and  big thanks to Lance and Co. for all there hard work organising it!! Much appreciated Clap
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Virign of the Year? That's what my first missus said to me too LOL
 
Cheers to all the organisers and BIG BIG cheers to Steve - the cherry popping Daddy!
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Well done Dave - NZ Turtle - the new yellow legendClapLOL
 
Top award and very well deserved...
 
Congrats to all the other fine catches too and to all the people that made it all possible, job well done LanceClap
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!!! well done one and all !!! Congratulations!

 
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Well done every one, some nice fish been caught.

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Well done to all finalists and congratulations to the eventual winners Thumbs Up
 
What a great job done by the committee and some darn good "spoils" supplied by the sponsors.
 
That ILEX trophy is just wicked .............. well done NZ Turtle Beer
 
 
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