magnificent giant kingfish. Most of the boats returned empty handed, so Rya Mara were clearly the winners of the 2013 Guinjata Bonanza and the proud owners of the Z-Craft F200 powered by Mercury. This was the second boat they’d won in a year, as they had also won the 2012
Shelly Beach Festival. Neptune certainly was favouring them. On the species tally for the week the Halco Gone Fishin’ team proved again that they’re one of the finest fishing crews around as they clocked up a record score of 3 064 points with nine species for the week. Wolfie
was second with 1 372 points, narrowly beating Lawwerskaai by 8.4 points (one fish). Too Tight came fourth with 1 206.60 points. The Guinjata Club committee, under the leadership of Jan Hofman, competition director Brett Padoa, secretary Fiona Hofman and their team must be highly com-
TOP FIVE FISH 1. Francois Brunea, Rya Mara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40.1kg GT 2. Graeme Morgan, Tequila Sheila . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29.4kg y’fin tuna 3. Mike Koch, Tequila Sheila . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28.9kg y’fin tuna 4. Marcus Potgieter, Lawwerskaai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26.2kg wahoo 5. Dan Greene, Mfana Giti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25.3kg wahoo
TOP FIVE ANGLERS 1. Brett Bartho, Halco Gone Fishin’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190.8pts 2. Daryl Bartho, Halco Gone Fishin’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171.1pts 3. Ralph Jones jnr, Seabound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144.0pts 4. Brad Arthur, Queen Pine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143.8pts 5. Gary Hook, Too Tight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121.6pts
TOP TEN BOATS 1. Halco Gone Fishin’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 064.3 pts 2. Wolfie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 372.0 pts 3. Lawwerskaai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 363.6pts 4. Too Tight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 206.6pts 5. Queen Pine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .859.3pts 6. Vossie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .717.2pts 7. Rya Mara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .661.4pts 8. Watt 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .548.0pts 9. Seabound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .494.4pts 10. Tune Ha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .449.7pts
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mended for a great competition. This tournament has grown from strength to strength and shows no signs of slowing down. The 17th Guinjata Bonanza will take place from 8th to 13th June 2014, so diarise those dates and watch SKI-BOAT magazine for further details.