Daniel Job from Ngataki, north of Kaitaia, landed the biggest fish of day two of the 2015 Snapper Bonanza. His 4.97kg catch earned him $2000. Photo / Peter de Graaf
A 24-year-old from Ngataki, north of Kaitaia, was the big winner of day two of the 2015 Snapper Bonanza.
Daniel Job took home $2000 for a 4.97kg snapper, the heaviest of the 128 fish weighed in on Wednesday.
Milton Arnold, of Kaitaia, also had a rewarding day on Ninety Mile
Beach, landing the third-heaviest snapper of the day (4.565kg) as well as the snapper closest to the average weight (1.865kg). That netted him a total of $1500.
Organisers dubbed Wednesday "locals' day" because every prize but the one for the winning team and fifth-heaviest fish went to Far North residents. When he won a $3000 travel voucher, Kaitaia's Rob Parker asked: "Why would I want to leave?"
The number and size of fish hooked on day two was well down on day one. Organisers put that down to a "big sweeping swell" that had come up overnight, making surfcasting difficult.
