First and Heaviest Fish for the Season
FIRST FISH 2019
Species
|
Date
|
Angler
|
Weight/Tagged
|
Area Caught
|
Anglers Club
|
Albacore
|
05/07/18
|
Boyd Ingle
|
15.1
|
Waihau Bay
|
Waihau Bay
|
Bigeye Tuna
|
15/12/18
|
Steven Waters
|
107.0
|
Cape Brett
|
Whangarei
|
Black Marlin
|
|
|
|
|
|
Blue Marlin
|
18/12/18
|
Sean Hay
|
161.0
|
Cape Brett
|
Whangarei
|
Blue Shark
|
23.10.18
|
Kaci Pulham (Junior)
|
T/R
|
Tutukaka
|
WDSAC
|
Bluefin Tuna (Pacific)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bluefin Tuna (Southern)
|
01/07/18
|
Zach Pennell
|
97.3
|
Waihau Bay
|
Mt Maunganui
|
Broadbill/Swordfish
|
24/07/18
|
John Buckley
|
T/R
|
|
Doubtless Bay
|
Bronze Whaler
|
04/08/18
|
James Wilmot
|
T/R
|
Kawau
|
WDSAC
|
Bass/Sea Bass (NZ)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hammerhead
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hapuka
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kahawai
|
06/07/18
|
Baxter Emerson
|
2.051kg
|
Waitemata
|
Big Fish FC
|
Mahimahi
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mako
|
|
|
|
|
|
Porbeagle
|
|
|
|
|
|
SB Spearfish
|
|
|
|
|
|
Skipjack Tuna
|
05/07/18
|
Boyd Ingle (Junior)
|
4.3
|
Waihau Bay
|
Waihau Bay
|
Slender Tuna
|
30/09/18
|
Mal Campbell
|
6.55
|
Cavalli Islands
|
Whangaroa
|
Snapper
|
07/07/18
|
Mitchell Tombleson
|
8.860
|
Matakana
|
Tauranga
|
Striped Marlin (Tagged)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Striped Marlin (Weighed)
|
18/12/18
|
Ann Candy
|
99.0
|
Garden Patch
|
Whangaroa SFC
|
Thresher
|
|
|
|
|
|
Thresher - Bigeye
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tope
|
02/07/18
|
Stephen Crockatt
|
T/R
|
Black Rocks
|
BOISC
|
Trevally
|
11/08/18
|
Adam Milnes
|
1.505
|
Pukehina
|
Tauranga
|
Wahoo
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yellowfin
|
21/10/18
|
Hadley Greenhalgh
|
78.10 kg
|
Nine Pin Trench
|
BOISC
|
Yellowtail (Kingfish)
|
01/07/18
|
Finn Cook (Junior)
|
17.16kg
|
Cavalli Islands
|
Whangaroa
|
HEAVIEST 2019
Species
|
Date
|
Angler
|
Weight
|
Area Caught
|
Anglers Club
|
Albacore
|
07/07/18
|
Brian Pirie
|
20.8kg
|
Mercury Bay
|
Mercury Bay
|
Bigeye Tuna
|
15/12/18
|
Steven Waters
|
107.0
|
Cape Brett
|
Whangarei
|
Black Marlin
|
|
|
|
|
|
Blue Marlin
|
18/12/18
|
Sean Hay
|
161.0
|
Cape Brett
|
Whangarei
|
Blue Shark
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bluefin Tuna (Pacific)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bluefin Tuna (Southern)
|
06/07/18
|
Georgia Roberts (Junior)
|
101.5
|
Waihau Bay
|
Waihau Bay
|
Broadbill/Swordfish
|
07/08/18
|
Wynne Going
|
233.2kg
|
400m Hole
|
Whangarei
|
Bronze Whaler
|
19/08/18
|
Finn Vezey
|
199.60
|
Russell
|
BOI
|
Bass/Sea Bass (NZ)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hammerhead
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hapuka
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kahawai
|
27/10/18
|
Fred Christensen
|
2.821
|
Dogger Bank
|
WOSC
|
Mahimahi
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mako
|
|
|
|
|
|
Porbeagle
|
|
|
|
|
|
SB Spearfish
|
|
|
|
|
|
Skipjack Tuna
|
14/07/18
|
Christine Busby
|
11.6
|
White Island
|
|
Slender Tuna
|
30/09/18
|
Mal Campbell
|
6.55
|
Cavalli Islands
|
Whangaroa
|
Snapper
|
14/10/18
|
Dale Beard
|
12.72
|
Camp Bay
|
Whangaroa
|
Snapper - Smalfry/Junior
|
|
|
|
|
|
Striped Marlin
|
18/12/18
|
Ann Candy
|
99.0
|
Garden Patch
|
Whangaroa SFC
|
Thresher
|
|
|
|
|
|
Thresher - Bigeye
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tope
|
9/10/18
|
Marlin Candy
|
26.12
|
Stephenson Is
|
Whangaroa
|
Trevally
|
19/18/18
|
Paul Baxter
|
4.360
|
Motiti
|
Tauranga
|
Wahoo
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yellowfin
|
21/10/18
|
Hadley Greenhalgh
|
78.10 kg
|
Nine Pin Trench
|
BOISC
|
Yellowtail (Kingfish)
|
01/07/18
|
Finn Cook (Junior)
|
23.14kg
|
Cavalli Islands
|
Whangaroa
|
