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INTERCLUB • VOLUME 19, ISSUE 2 - 2013
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Kamo crew has fish on a hook Sandra Moore
Recorder, Whangaroa Sport Fishing Club The Kamo Club was unstoppable at the 2013 Clubs New Zealand national fishing competition, hosted for the first time by the Whangaroa Sport Fishing Club. Kamo Club easily took out the national club trophy with a total of 1375 competition points as well as winning the new Northland Trophy. Whangaroa Sport Fishing Club was second with 864 points and Manurewa Cosmopolitan Club third with 524. A total of 28 boats with 82 anglers from eight clubs, largely from Auckland and Northland, competed in the competition on April 20-21. Clubs NZ provided four trophies: the first tag-and-release fish; heaviest marlin; club with most points; new trophy for the Northland club with the most points. Anglers landed a good catch on the first day, landing or tagging 24 snapper, nine kahawai, three yellowtail kingfish, two mako sharks and a striped marlin. The biggest snapper, at 5.92 kilograms, was caught by Paul Sullivan, from the Kamo Club. The biggest kahawai, at 3.02kg, was caught by Graham Forbes, also from Kamo. The heaviest kingfish was caught by Whangaroa Sport Fishing Club’s promising junior angler, Baily McIntyre, using 8kg line and live koheru bait. The fishing on day two was just as prodigious – another 20 snapper and 10 kahawai weighed in, five makos tagged and released, another kingfish
weighed, and the first trevally caught. At 6.62kg, The heaviest snapper was weighed in at 6.62kg by Richard Broughton (Kamo). The heaviest kahawai (2.5kg) was caught by Chris Needham (Kamo). The kingfish took Grant Hammond (Manurewa Cosmopolitan Club) 15 minutes to boat, using a 6kg line at the harbour entrance, and weighed in at 9.84ograms on six kilogram line. The trevally was landed by Colin Pellowe (Manurewa Cosmopolitan ). Although lots of fish were caught, there were no billfish. Some other categories were not won, but all the prizes went into lucky draws. Clubs NZ Northland representative Denis Conaghan presented the prizes. The competition received plenty of local support from sponsors – UFO Cookers, Stirling Sports (Whangarei), Lion Red Breweries, Kilwell Sports, Daiwa, Hooker Lures, Trixie’s United Travel, Burnsco Marine and Leisure, Fishing News, Kahlua II, Bryce Sims Electrical, Advance Trident Ltd, Warren Hay Marine, Mark Cromie Holden, CT Automotive and Wet & Forget. The trophy for the first fish tagged and released went to 14-year-old Grant Jones (Whangaroa Sport Fishing Club), who caught a mako shark trolling a Kilwell Lumo lure off the Cavalli Islands. Michael Youngman (Quota Club) won a prize for tagging and releasing a striped marlin estimated at 130kg. He caught it with live kahawai bait off Cape Karikari and took 40 minutes to bring it to the boat. The prize for the heaviest kingfish went to Grant Hammond. The snapper prizes were divided into sections
– those caught on monofilament line, and those on a braid line. Richard Brougthon’s 6.62kg fish was heaviest caught on mono, followed by Peter Berry (Manurewa Cosmopolitan Club) 6.36kg. Keith Page (Manurewa Cosmpolotan) caught the heaviest fish on braid (4kg). Whangaroa Sport Fishing Club president Jane Rooke says the competition was such a success it will be hosted by the club for the next two years. “A lot of competitors had never been to Whangaroa before, but they realised there is good fishing here. They all basically said they’d come back next year. We are very proud to host the competition. It showcases Whangaroa and what we have to offer.” PHOTOS Above: Junior angler Sean Mackay and his father, Brett, celebrate Sean’s first kingfish (a 16.24kg specimen). Right: Whangaroa Sport Fishing Club [president Jan Rooke with her new club record fish. She landed a 22.64kg kingfish on a 4kg line. Left: Jane Rooke receives the Lady Jess Trophy from the Lady Jess crew (from left), Peter Saul, Leo Forbes and John Holdsworth.
Upper Hutt trio happy to settle for a draw $50,000 WINNERS: Fred Karehana (left), Sam Awatere (centre) and Selwyn Tipene celebrate their $50,000 bonanza in the Clubs New Zealand TAB draw at the Upper Hutt Cosmopolitan Club. This was the biggest prize since the jackpot draw was introduced last year. TAB tickets bought at Clubs NZ TAB outlets (not at pubs or agencies) every Saturday up to 5.30pm enter the draw, which is determined by a TAB computergenerated ticket number. The prize for the draw starts at $5000; if is is not claimed, the prize jackpots by $5000 to the following week. The $50,000 draw arose because there were no winners over nine weeks. The trio’s win is the latest in a series of winning strikes that are seeing the Upper Hutt Cossie Club getting a reputation as the luckiest TAB outlet in New Zealand. Over the last 12 months members have won two new cars and close to $100,000 in cash draws.