First and Heaviest Fish 2017-2018 Season

First Fish
SpeciesDateAnglerWeight/TaggedArea CaughtAnglers Club
Albacore1/07/2017Simon Smit17.2Cape RunawayWaihau Bay
Bigeye Tuna16/07/2017Marcus Te Brake38.91KarikariAhipara
Black Marlin8/02/2018John Warburton198.5MarakopaKawhia
Blue Marlin16/12/2017Matt Josephs 181.6Seamount 
Blue Shark29/11/2017John GoingT/RTutukakaWhangarei
Bluefin Tuna (Pacific)     
Bluefin Tuna (Southern)1/07/2017Rory Mitchell72.5Cape RunawayWaihau Bay
Broadbill/Swordfish5/07/2017Wynne Going188TutukakaWhangarei
Bronze Whaler17/12/2017James WilmotT/RKawau IslandWhangarei
Bass/Sea Bass (NZ)14/10/2017Cade Burton (Junior)49.9Mayor IslandTauranga
Hammerhead2/12/2017Stephen CrockettT/RRobertson Island BOISC
Hapuka 25/08/2017Sam Savage11.53White Island Whangamata
Kahawai16/09/2017Lauren Tinning2.12OnemanaWhangamata
Mahimahi11/12/2017Graham Murphy6.76WhangaroaWhangaroa
Mako23/11/2017Sir Derek JepsonT/RTe Pahi IslandsBOISC
Porbeagle16/10/2017Tony BrastingT/RMokohinausWhangarei
SB Spearfish25/11/2017Rhys Josephs6.76WekaruaWhangaroa
Skipjack Tuna8/07/2017Hannah Hope8.12White IslandWhakatane
Slender Tuna21/09/2017Pete Saul 5.6WhangamumuWhangarei
Snapper4/07/2017Stephen Crockatt7.7Bay of IslandsBOISC
Striped Marlin (Tagged)8/07/2017Chris RileyTaggedBack of Poor KnightsWhangarei
Striped Marlin (Weighed)25/12/2017Wendy Robbins102.8NE Poor Knights Whangarei
Thresher14/02/2018Logan Mackay T/RCone RockWhangaroa 
Thresher – Bigeye     
Tope1/08/2017Stephen CrockattT/RCape BrettBOISC
Trevally17/08/2017Aidan Brown2.55Matakana IslandTauranga 
Wahoo     
Yellowfin21/11/2017Joe Foster20.3WekaruaWhangaroa
Yellowtail7/07/2017Stephen MacGibbon12.34Ngunguru ReefWhangarei
Heaviest Fish
SpeciesDateAnglerWeightArea CaughtAnglers Club
Albacore1/08/2017Bill Webb 22.7Alderman Rise Tauranga
Bigeye Tuna19/02/2018Sam Fraser Jones 88.16 Mercury Bay 
Black Marlin8/02/2018John Warburton198.5MarakopaKawhia
Blue Marlin19/01/2018Colin Markov350.2White IslandTauranga
Blue Shark2/12/2017Craig Harris29.9Otago CoastTautuku FC
Bluefin Tuna (Pacific)     
Bluefin Tuna (Southern)15/07/2017Josh Holmes 143.2Waihau Bay Muriwai 
Broadbill/Swordfish29/06/2018Mark Terrill305.1Waihau BayWaihau Bay 
Bronze Whaler     
Bass/Sea Bass (NZ)31/03/2018Matt Jones77.6North Cape Muriwai
Hammerhead     
Hapuka12/01/2018Brett Godfrey32North Cape Muriwai 
Kahawai10/03/2018Bruce MacKay3.46RaglanRaglan
Mahimahi23/03/2018Greg Cochrane15Nine Pin TrenchBOISC
Mako24/01/2018Guy Jacobsen321.7Cape BrettBOISC
Porbeagle     
SB Spearfish25/01/2018Elliot Paice28.8Poor Knights Whangarei 
Skipjack Tuna30/06/2018Carolynn Greenhalgh14.35Cape BrettBOISC
Slender Tuna21/09/2017Bruce Going5.95Wide BerthsWhangarei
Snapper26/11/2017Kelvin Cruikshank12.94Berghan Point Whangaroa
Snapper – Smalfry/Junior26/01/2018Tim Fairhurst 11.26 Mercury Bay 
Striped Marlin05/04/18Sean McCully201.4kgOcean Beach Marsden Cove 
Thresher     
Thresher – Bigeye     
Tope25/11/2017Frank Van Vroonhoven17.4RaglanRaglan
Trevally18/11/2017Graeme Cotton7Parengarenga Marsden Cove 
Wahoo     
Yellowfin16/03/2018Dick Sheridan80.25Garden Patch BOISC
Yellowtail13/11/2017Harrison Bell43.5Three Kings Ahipara