CountiesSportFishingClub Newsletter September2022 www.csfc.co.nz
2 CountiesSportfishing ClubInc. csfc@hotmail.co.nz Contents CoverPhoto:GrahamBousredcaughtthisbeauty overthebar.Itweighted11.73kg-that’snearly26 poundsinoldmoney!!! ClubDetails03 Bits‘nBobs04 SurfcastingCompetition08 TideCharts09 Prizegiving202210 Counties/ClevedonInterclub15 Diary16 Committee17 LeaderBoard18 SponsorsGrid22 0800 482 248 www.acslgroup.nz
3 New andUsedBoats,Motors,Accessories, Servicing They haveareputation forgood quality workmanship,honesty and reliability Theonsite technicians areexpertsinMercury,Etech,Evinrude & Johnsonservicing and repairs as well asYamaha,Suzuki and Honda. They can also fitneworusedoutboard enginesand do trailer repairs, springs,winches androllers. 9 Crosbie RoadPukekohe 09 2389180 CountiesSportFishingClub We areafamilyfriendlyWestcoastclubbasedinWaiuku,justsouth of Auckland.With around1000members,trailerboats makeup the majorityofourfleet.Celebratingfishingof allkinds,fromthe humble Gurnardto themightyBroadbill.ClubwatersspanfromRaglan north headto Kaiparasouthhead andincludetheManukauharbourand Waikatoriver. Tojointheclubclick HERE ImportantNote:ifyouintend tohaveamealbefore the meetingit would paytobook toavoid disappointment asthe restaurantisverypopularandoftenfull. ShuntersRestaurantPhone 092359131ext5 SPORTFISHING CLUBINC COUNTIES NextMeetingWednesday28th September AtWaiukuCossieClub Meetingstartsat7.30pm YoudonotneedtobeaCossieClubmembertoattend.AllCSFCmembers andguestswelcome. Whynotcomeearlyandtakeadvantageofthe greatfoodonofferattheCossieClub.
4 Bits&Bobs Backfor2023.Thedateis11th February,solockitintoyourdiaryasthiswillbean eventnottobemissed. HoodsLanding Wewouldliketosayahugethankyoutoacoupleoflocalbusinesseswhodoawholelotfor ourclub,KnightandDickeyandLandandSeaCivil,fortheiramazingworkatHoodsLanding. Theyhavefilledaverylargeholeintherampinandclearedoutotherareasthatweregetting siltedup.Asthespringsnappercomeonthebiteandgameseasonapproachesthiswillbea hugehelptoanyoneusingthisramp.Tohelppreventthisholereappearingandcausingus moreproblemswewouldrequestthatpeopletreattherampwithrespect.Inparticularthis meansnotchurningupthematerialthathasbeenplacedintheholetofillit. Pleasedonotdriveyourboatontothetraileratlowtide ReelServiceGiveaway Inthelastnewsletterwehadsomereelservicingkitstogiveaway.Ijustwantedtosharethe bestresponsethatcameinforwhyyoushouldgetone,whichcamefromoneofourjunior membersChloeHoffman.Shesaid“IthinkIshouldwinsomyreelsdon’trustwaitingfordad toservicethem.”
5 MarcelWadektravelledallthewaytotheRanfurlyBankstocatchthis113cmkingfish Noteveryonecouldbethereinpersonto collecttheirprizes,Scottiewascelebratingon hisreturnfromholidaythough. Thespringsnapperhavearrived,Smudge caughtthisoneatthe60mmark
TheJuniorNationalswereheldforthefirsttimethisyear,andtheyarebackagainnext year.TheyareheldoverthetwoweekEasterschoolholidaystogivepeoplethebest opportunitytogetoutfishing.Thiswillbethe7th tothe22nd ofApril2023.Wewillbe holdingourfamilydaycompetitiononthe16th Aprilsothatanyofourjuniorstaking partinthenationalscanalsofishthiscompetition.
JuniorNationals2022 BrockJohnstonwithhiscertificateforbeing thefirstinterclubchampion,seniorschool division.CongratulationsBrock,agreat clubrepresentativeforCountiesinthe JuniorNationals.Hopefullywewillhave morejunioranglersfromCountiesinnext yearscompetition,thosewhoenteredthis yeardidreallywellforourclub.
6 Previous Newsletters Newsletters,backto January2018, are availableonline here.Theyhavebeen uploadedin higherresolutionthen theoldpdfversionswereemailedout in,sothe picturesespeciallyshouldbebetterquality. Something fortheNewsletter? We’realwayslookingforitems toinclude,soifyouhave afishingreport,somephotos, or justa good storytotellplease dropme anemailon kevin@nzsteele.com JuniorNationals2023
Marcelwasn’ttheonlyCountiesmember whoheadedouttotheRanfurlyBanksin searchofbigfish.Smudgewasalsothere, andalsocatchingbigkingfish.Apparently thisoneputupsuchagreatfightthat Smudgewascompletelywornoutbyit.
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Thescallopsare intheharbour, andaccordingto ShaneJohnston inverygood conditionforso earlyinthe season.Allhe wouldsayabout wherehefound thesewas“in theharbour”
CountiesSportFishingClub “biffyashitout” SurfcastingCompetition Saturday15thOctober FishingfromHoodsLandingroundthepeninsulatotheKentish Fishingstartsmidnight,Weigh-in3pm-4pm 1st,2nd&3rdprizesforSnapper,Gurnard,Kahawai,Trevally Prize-givingatTeToroBYODrinks,BBQavailable SnappersponsoredbyAutohubWaiuku GurnardsponsoredbyCountiesAutoGlass KahawaisponsoredbyDesignmaxHomes TrevallysponsoredbyEganBricklayers JuniorPrize-Highestcombinedweightoffourfish Onesnapper,onegurnard,onekahawai,andonetrevally SponsoredbyFooteeandJaleh TicketsfromWWW.CSFC.CO.NZandOntheSportyApp AffiliatedMembers$30Non-Members$40
TideCharts
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ThereisanewwebsitethatofferstidechartsforNewZealand.Theyarelaidoutina similarformattothe CSIROchartsfromAustralia.Anexampleofthechartsisshownbelow. Ifyoulikethemtheycanbefoundhere http://offloop.net/tides/
10 Prizegiving2022 Congratulationstoeveryonewhowonanawardatprizegivingthisyear,andcommiserations tothosewhomissedout.Regardlessofwhetheryouwereawinnerornotitwasagreatday, andachancetocelebrateouramazingperformanceinwinningtheVartacupatthenationals thisyear.Hereisalistofthewinners,andrunnersup,inthevariouscategories. SmallFrySection Kahawai-JohnstonFamilyTrophy 1stAuroraScott2.35kg 2ndAlaynaAndrews1.25kg 3rdAmeliaScott1.19kg Gurnard-JohnstonFamilyTrophy 1stAuroraScott0.80kg 2ndAlaynaAndrews0.72kg Snapper-DouglasFamilyTrophy 1stIndiHarper1.54kg 2ndAlaynaAndrews1.48kg(surfcast) 3rdJakeHarper1.41kg JUNIORSECTION Heaviestfishfortheseason Watts/JardinesGifts&ToysTrophy FinnVerner218.4kgBroadbill HeaviestSnapper-RaySaundersTrophy 1stFinnVerner7.34kg 2ndBrockJohnston5.33kg 3rdBrockJohnston3.69kg HeaviestKahawai-PrescottTrophy 1stBrockJohnston1.97kg 2ndBrockJohnston1.79kg 3rdCaseyHilton1.14kg KahawaiSurfcasting AlanFootememorialtrophy 1stAlaynaAndrews1.25kg 2ndJakeHarper0.53kg Juniorweighingthemostvariety CutfieldTrophy BrockJohnstonx7 Gurnard-LakerTrophy 1stBrockJohnston0.95kg 2ndSageSyme0.93kg JuniorMarlin StirlingSportsManukauSuperStore Trophy 1stAngusMunro131.0kg MostMeritoriouscatchbyaJunior HoeyTrophy FinnVerner218.40kgBroadbill
11 LadiesSection HeaviestFishfortheseason SueBurrowsCup TraceyJohnston141.0kgS/M Heaviestsnapperfromaboat LeslieYeoMemorialCup 1stLeahScott7.87kg 2ndBarbaraPrescott5.93kg 3rdRebeccaHolwerda5.085kg HeaviestMarlin-EnnionTrophy 1stTraceyJohnston141.0kg TroutSection(Length) 1stPatEgan57cm 2ndDionWatts54cm BALLOON&KITESECTION Heaviestsnapper DoncasterFamilyTrophy 1stStuartRitchie7.13kg 2ndCraigdear6.89kg 3rdStuartRitchie6.73kg SurfcastingSection HeaviestKahawai-ClubMatakawauTrophy 1stDionwatts2.47kg Heaviestsnapper SlagReductionTrophy 1stAlexScott9.01kg 2ndLeahScott7.94kg 3rdJalehFoote5.50kg BoatSection Heaviestsnappercaughtinharbour SellersCup 1stScottWarrender5.67kg 2ndRobLouden5.06kg 3rdColinRiddle5.05kg SnapperCSFClengthmeasure 1stSanta73cm 2ndBrockJohnston53cm KingfishCSFClengthmeasure 1stRachelLowe106cm 2ndMalcolmKyd105cm 3rdDionWatts92cm HeaviestSnapper VonSturmer,Ringer&PartnersTrophy 1stDavidGreen8.61kg 2ndSanta8.37kg 3rdHulky8.30kg HeaviestKingfish-OliverJohnsonCup 1stRachelLowe13.8kg 2ndMalcolmKyd13.6kg HeaviestKahawa GMEElectrophoneTrophy 1stRachelLowe2.46kg 2ndRebeccaHolwerda2.405kg 3rdAuroraScott2.35kg Gurnard-MoranTrophy 1stStephenSherie1.35kg 2ndGerrardChitty1.28kg 3rdMichaelGrey1.27kg
1stAndyEyre3.40kg
1stMichaelGrey6.35kg
1stDaveCunningham117.4kg
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2ndBrockJohnston1.33kg Hapuka/Bass-F&MMisaTrophy
2ndChrisScott5.79kg RedCray-ScottDearTrophy 1stColinMarriner1.91kg 2ndJayCurley1.77kg 3rdJayCurley1.64kg GamefishSection Bluefin-JohnstonFamilyTrophy
2ndKevinJames101.8kg 3rdMattCrawford95.2kg SkipjackTunaTrophy 1stBrockJohnston5.97kg 2ndWiremuHenare5.25kg 3rdMikeWeck5.02kg Mahimahi-MillarTrophy 1stLanceDavis6.14kg 2ndBrockJohnston1.46kg Spearfish-HarperFamilyTrophy 1stChrisScottT&R Albacore-CastwaysLodgeTrophy 1stNickMurdoch19.8kg 2ndMattCrawford18.4kg 3rdDaleshaCunniffe9.0kg FirstMarlininclubwatersRogerBurnsBuildersCup JakeLambT&R8/1/22 HeaviestMarlinoutsideclubwatersin NZ (S/M)-WilsonTrophy MattCrawford199.2kg HeaviestMarlininclubwaters(S/M) Patron&MRenallTrophy CraigSaunders166.6kg BroadbillTrophy 1stBrianDeadman270.3kg 2ndFinnVerner218.4kg 3rdWaxSaunderson181.4kg HeaviestMarlininNationals(all) ACSBuildersTrophy CraigSaunders166.6kg Tag&Release-BoustredTrophy SamHooton,RobbieWest,NilsMcgee, Andyeyre3xtaggedmarlineach GamefishPoints-CollinsFamilyTrophy 1stAndyEyre3xs/m1xbroadbill TopBoatFortheSeason WildmanTrophy Diesel4800Points TopTrailerBoatfortheseason SuperfeightTrophy 1stGillian4200points 2ndKylee3740points 3rdRollinCoal3624points
CountiesClevedonInter-clubCompetition
It’sthattimeofyearagain,whenwedo battlewithClevedontoseewhogetsthe inter-clubtrophythisyear.Wehave alwaysdonewellinthiscompetition,but asyoucanseefromtheresultsbelowwe didn’tdoquitesowellinthelast competition.Sothisyearweneedtofield areallystrongteamtobringthetrophy back.
ContactBobHiltonon 0274880563ifyou wanttobeontheCountiesteamthisyear.
Thisisarealfuncompetitionandthereis agreatprize-givingattheendofthe competition,thisyearClevedonwillbe hostingthat.
15 YourFishingClubNeeds 1st &2nd October
16 Besure toputtheseeventsinyourdiaryorphone Diary ClubMeeting28th September InterclubCompetition1st &2nd October SurfcastingCompetition15th October(standby12th Nov) ClubMeeting30th November MarlinMoney4th,5th or6th Feb2023 Nationals18th -25th Feb2023 ClubMeeting-BBQatbiggreenshed25th January2023 FishNChicks11th February2023 CountiesClassic3rd -5th March2023 ClubMeeting29th March2023 JuniorNationals7th -22nd April2023 FamilyDay16th April2023 ClubMeeting31st May2023 GrunterHunter11th June ClubMeeting26th July2023
President
MatthewDouglas 0275757411 fishdougie@hotmail.com
Secretary BarbaraPrescott 0276938431 15bjpre@gmail.com
Treasurer NickKing 02102887606 csfcoffice@gmail.com
VicePresident
StephenHarper 021373334 sharperuku@gmail.com
Committee BobHilton 2357359 0274880563 Bob.hilton9@gmail.com
MichaelParker 2352663 021654741 smudgethefisherman@gmail.com
PatrickEgan 0212710533 patrick@eganbricklayers.co.nz
CareyWalter 2352173 0273922831 c_walter146@msn.com
BruceSloane 2357729 0274061581 Bron.sloane@xtra.co.nz
PhilNicklin 0272207775 philandces@gmail.com
ShaneJohnston 0274889073 shanej@envirowater.co.nz
ClintHunt 02108097284 clintonhunteng@gmail.com
PollyEyre 0210527604 maizienz@hotmail.com
MikeOldfield 02041079843 biff_mel@ps.gen.nz
BertDuncan 021421713 bertoduncan@gmail.com MaddieHull 02108255744 maddyhull@rocketmail.com AlvinPacey 021544276 allynpace@hotmail.com ClaireHull 0272043151 underway11sc@gmail.com KevinSteele 2357336 0212301917 kevin@nzsteele.com StephenHarper 021373334 sharperuku@gmail.com
DarinBurns 2356456 0272224538 Darin.laura@hotmail.com StephenWatts 0210335145 teressawatts@slingshot.co.nz ScottWarrender 021626076 PeteSellers 0210412943 SarahParkinson 021669944 Sparks.s@xtra.co.nz
CharlieNorton 0211640300
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Weighmaster contacts SteveWatts021 033514509235002ClintHunt 02108097284 ScottWarrender021626076 PeteSellers 0210412943 SarahParkinson021669944 LENGTHRECORDS we needaclearphoto of the fish on the approvedmeasure,which areavailable for $25.The photo mustbe ofthe wholefish lyingonitsside with themouth touchingtheheadof themeasure. We will need detailsof whereitwas caughtand the nameof theangler.
