Newsletter #3 2017-2018 Season

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First of all welcome to this rather late ‘catchup” newsletter – There will be a fair bit in this one including another successful Kahawai Comp.

Thirsty Liquor – Black Bull – Field Weekend #3Thirsty Liquor and Black Bull sponsored Field Weekend 3. Twenty-one members fished in what turned out to be very trying conditions with an annoying southeast wind making it a tough weekend.In total 57 fish crossed the scales consisting of, 32 Kahawai, 16 Snapper, 3 SSH, 3 Barracuda, 2 Red Cod and 1 Trevally.The standout catches came from the 2Andy’s who both found some shelteredconditions and some quality snapper atTaylors Bay, Mahia. Well done lads!Four pin fish were weighed. All Kahawai.Dion 2.71kg, Roy with 2 both weighing 2.5kgand Peter K with the standout of theweekend with an impressive Kahawai of3.24kg. Well done boys!Sponsored prizes for Field Weekend 3 wentto Andy B with a snapper of 4.54kg. Kane took the prize for the average weight kahawai and Duncan took the prize for the other with his Trevally. With no Gurnard caught the jackpot rolls over to the next field weekend.A big thankyou to our field weekend 3 sponsors Thirsty Liquor and Black Bull. Please try to support our sponsors whenever you can.

Field weekend 4 is on the 2/3 December andis our hams weekend. Ten dollars per rod. If you haven’t already paid, you can pay directly in to the club bank account prior to the field weekend commencing. Good luck to all.Tight lines.Hamish.

Field Weekend 3 18-19 Nov17 Points

WEIGHMASTER REPORT – F IELD WEEKEND FOUR

Kane Wrigglesworth – 14.4kg Kingfish

Rockgas field weekend four was also our Hams weekend. Twenty-five members fished and enjoyednice sea and weather conditions, although most found the fishing quite hard.73 fish crossed the scales consisting of: 46 kahawai, 13 snapper, 8 SSH, 2 trevally, 1 red cod, 1 seven gill shark and 1 hammer head shark.Seven excellent pin fish were weighed. Kane with 3. Kahawai (2.8kg), seven gill shark (9.36kg) and a kingfish (14.14kg).Mark Ives weighed 2. Trevally (2.04kg) and a gurnard (1.06kg). Andy Brooks, hammerhead shark (9kg) and Dion with a big trunked SSH (7.21kg). Well done guys!Congratulations to all Hams winners with the whole ham going to Gary K for the average weight kahawai of 1.71kg. Thanks to Peter Kilkelly for his work organising the hams and field weekend sponsorship. On that note, many thanks to Rockgas for their sponsorship for field weekend 4.Congratulations to Mark Ives for taking out the gurnard jackpot with his impressive 1.06kg gurn. Nice work Mark!Our next fishing date is the first of the Sunday fish togethers on the 14th of January. Until then then,have a fun and safe xmas and new year. Field Weekend 4 2-3 Dec17 Points

Fish Together #1Nineteen members turned up on a very hot summer Sunday to try their luck at Lequesne rd. The fish however were not interested for the most part.Ten fish were brought to the scales at 7.30pm. Seven of those being Kahawai.The biggest Kahawai of 2.41kg went to Andy Gunn.The other three fish to grace the scales were Conger Eels with the largest being a 1.5 metre 6.96kg beast landed by Jummy Beazley.No Snapper or Gurnard were caught. Many thanks to Hamills of Napier for the prizes.

Fish Together 1 14 Jan18.pdf

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Kahawai Comp 2018Congratulations to our overall winner Mickie Tahu with a 2.225kg fish. He wins $1000 worth of product from Napier Hunting & Fishing and $1000 from RothburyInsurance Brokers Napier.

Mickie Tahu is presented with first prize by Melissa Benge or Rothbury Insurance Brokers.

Position Weight (Kg) Position Weight (Kg)

1st 2.225 11th 1.540

2nd 2.110 12th 1.480

3rd 2.035 13th 1.180

4th 1.835 14th 1.160

5th 1.825 15th 1.000

6th 1.720

7th 1.705

8th 1.700

9th 1.680

10th 1.615 Hunting & Fishing Staff with the prizes

WEIGHMASTER REPORT – FIELD WEEKEND 5 & 6

Field weekend 5 was sponsored by Caftys Rods and Guns and was a challenge weekend with all Kahawai and Spotted Smooth hounds earning double points.

21 members fished with 87 fish crossing the scales. 38 kahawai, a healthy 32 snapper, 10 SSH, 2 blue moki, 2 barracuda and one each of gurnard, trevally and kingfish.

Impressively 6 members weighed pin fish. Gary K, SSH (5.84kg). Neville K, kahawai (2.94kg). Kane, kahawai (2.56kg). Andy B, blue moki (3.10kg), Roy landed an impressive kingfish (9.1kg gutted) and equally impressive was Andy G big gurnard weighing (1.24kg). Well done guys!

Standout bags of fish came from Kane with 17. Dion with 11 and Andy B with 10. Top effort!

Thanks again to Crafty’s for their generous sponsorship.

Field Weekend 5 20-21 Jan18.pdf

Field Weekend 6 was sponsored by Hunting and Fishing and was the first of our early start weekends. Unfortunately, the good weather that preceded the weekend ended a few hours after fishing started with a nasty south-east change making conditions challenging for the rest of the weekend.

11 members attended the weigh in with 34 fish weighed. 14 kahawai, 11 snapper, 8 SSH, and 1 gurnard. No pin fish were weighed.

The absolute standout for the weekend was Andy B who managed 9 very nice snapper at Awatoto before the weather turned. The biggest of which was just over 2kg. Awesome effort Andy!

Congratulations to those who took out some very nice prizes and thanks again to Hunting and Fishing for your continued sponsorship. It is very much appreciated.

Field Weekend 6 3-4 Feb18.pdf

Half way through the season and the catch numbers are looking good! So far members have weighed: 270 kahawai, 106 snapper, 39 SSH, 17 barracuda, 13 gurnard, 13 red cod, 11 trevally, 3 kingfish, 3 blue moki, 1 red moki, 1 seven gill shark and 1 hammerhead shark. Well done team!Keep up the good work,

Hamish

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Fish together #2Fish together #2 sponsored by Hamills was held today at North-shore road. Fourteen members fished. Heaviest Snapper went to Roy Frost with a 1.03kg fish. Roy also took out the average weight Kahawai. Heaviest other went to Peter K with a solid Smoothhound. No Gurnard were caught.

Level 1, Cosmopolitan House, 6 Albion Street, Napier 4110Proud co-sponsors of our annual Kahawai Competition.

Hunting & Fishing200 Prebensen Drive, Onekawa, Napier - Open 7days - Ph (06) 8359016

HB's most comprehensive range of surfcasting tackle. napier@huntfish.co.nz

Field Weekend #7 Weighmaster ReportOur thanks to this weekends sponsor Thirstyliquor / Black Bull in what was supposed to be anormal field weekend with a twist turned out tobe a little harder than most thought with onlyseven members managing to catch an averageKahawai (1.677kg) or better which then allowedany other fish to be weighed.26 Kahawai crossed the scales, one a pin fishcaught by Andy Brooks, the average prize wentto Mark Ives.Those who headed north came home with 45snapper, the biggest went to Peter K, the “other”category was taken out by Dion Jeffries with aTrevallyRounding out the weighable fish were 2 lemons a Barracuda and another pin fish (Tope) landed by Andy Brooks.In total there were 75 fish caught by 7 anglers and 4 of them caught their limit of Snapper

Points to FW6

http://www.paniasurfcasting.org/club-records/latest-club-points/

FW7 points will be added as soon as they become available

Pania Surfcasting Field weekendsPoints to Date 2017/18

Angler Status F/W1 F/W2 F/W3 F/W4 FT1 F/W5 F/W6 TOTALKane Wrigglesworth O 600 605 430 1280 80 1830 430 5255Andy Brooks O 230 1205 905 255 30 980 930 4535Andrew Gunn O 380 605 480 230 155 705 255 2810Dion Jeffares O 305 340 405 655 30 1005 0 2740Roy Frost GO 280 150 505 280 80 630 80 2005Mark Ives O 305 205 180 955 0 230 80 1955Gary Kemsley GO 430 230 105 155 30 655 30 1635Hamish Nichol O 280 355 180 80 30 505 155 1585James Benge O 90 1330 0 80 0 0 0 1500Pete Kilkelly V 280 155 280 280 0 230 230 1455Duncan Torwick O 30 555 130 40 0 555 0 1310Rex Manley V 305 480 265 80 0 0 105 1235Mark Taylor GO 355 0 280 280 0 30 130 1075Neville Kirk O 230 180 0 0 0 555 0 965James Parahi V 505 105 80 255 0 0 0 945Kevin O'Connor V 380 265 30 30 80 0 0 785Jimmy Beazley O 305 0 0 205 180 0 0 690John Purser GO 330 30 30 30 30 175 0 625Mark Roberts GO 30 555 30 0 0 0 0 615Gavin Brunskill O 130 0 30 330 30 0 0 520Tareq Assa'd O 0 30 130 80 80 180 0 500Chris Morris V 265 0 80 0 0 30 0 375Jim Yeoman V 230 0 0 0 130 0 0 360Tim Mckenzie O 80 30 0 0 30 130 0 270Jason Larkin O 0 80 0 0 0 180 0 260Murray Choat GO 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 30James Frings O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Michael Percey O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Alan Park GO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Status F/W1 F/W2 F/W3 F/W4 FT1 F/W5 F/W6 TOTALXavier Benge Jnr 55 805 0 80 0 0 0 940Lochlan Mckenzie Jnr 280 105 0 0 30 0 0 415Courtney Brooks Jnr 230 0 0 0 0 30 0 260Xavier Mckenzie Jnr 180 30 0 0 30 0 0 240Patrick Larkin Jnr 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 130Philip Larkin Jnr 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 30Ethan Carr-Benge Jnr 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 30Alex Hurring Jnr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Christian Hurring Jnr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Kodi Climo Jnr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Status F/W1 F/W2 F/W3 F/W4 FT1 F/W5 F/W6 TOTALSue Kemsley WO 105 355 30 30 30 555 130 1235Sue Lawson WOV 155 0 30 155 30 280 0 650Estella Carmichael WO 0 55 0 0 30 330 0 415Melissa Benge WO 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 30Trish Yeoman WOV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Michelle Morris WO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Kath Kirk WO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Kelly Nixon WO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Nikki Middleton WO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Sharon Greene WO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Sue Chambers WO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Calendar of EventsSaturday, March 3Field Weekend #8 plus pania shield - MOHAKASunday, March 4Field Weekend #8 plus pania shield - MOHAKAWednesday, March 7Club Meeting @ The fire station NapierSunday, March 11Sunday Fish-Together #3Saturday, March 17Field Weekend #9 (Early Start)Sunday, March 18Field Weekend #9 (Early Start)Wednesday, April 4Club Meeting @ The fire station NapierSunday, April 15Casting Day - Venue TBASaturday, April 21Field Weekend #10 (Challenge)Sunday, April 22Field Weekend #10 (Challenge)Wednesday, May 2Club Meeting @ The fire station NapierSaturday, May 12Field Weekend #11 ( Open Boundary)Sunday, May 13Field Weekend #11 ( Open Boundary)Wednesday, June 6, 2018Club Meeting @ The fire station Napier