WESTERN FORCE: Top placegetters in the 90 Mile Beach Surfcasting Club event last month were, from back left, Paul Summers, Miko rogers, Phil Kake, Skarn Hokai, Quaylin Wikitera and Dave Hallett.
WESTERN FORCE: Top placegetters in the 90 Mile Beach Surfcasting Club event last month were, from back left, Paul Summers, Miko rogers, Phil Kake, Skarn Hokai, Quaylin Wikitera and Dave Hallett.
The 48 snapper, three trevally and 13 kahawai weighed-in by the 27 members and two visitors who took part in the last 90 Mile Beach Surfcasting Club contest at the end of April showed the Far North's west coast was still providing good fishing before winter's onset.
In his reportfrom the field day, local surfcaster Jack Rogers noted fishing in the April 26, field-day took place from 7am to 1pm over a 2.6m low tide (at 9am) in sweepy sea conditions.
"Warm water temperatures are still the norm at the moment and even when fishing small tides, there are still good fish numbers," said Rogers. The heaviest snapper reeled in was by Miko Rogers at 5.90kg, with Dave Hallet catching the heaviest trevally at 2.64kg and junior angler Quayling Wikitera producing the heaviest kahawai at 1.82kg.
Also to feature on the leaderboard were Paul Summers (with a) 5.86kg snapper, Skarn Hokai 2.60kg trevally, John Randall 1.74kg kahawai, Phil Kake 5.62kg snapper, Steve Maisey 2.55kg trevally, Milton Arnold 1.61kg kahawai, and Jack Rogers 3.96kg snapper. Hokai took out the haggle of 2.6kg with a 2.6kg trevally, while the most active angler was Summers, weighing in 24.77kg of fish followed by Hallett with 20.96kg, both the latter pair's efforts described by Rogers a "pretty impressive considering the sea conditions".
COMING UP: The club's next field day is this Sunday with fishing from 10am-4pm with the Sports Link trophy awarded for the day's heaviest kahawai. The weigh-in will be held at the club caravan followed by a sheep on the spit meal at The Park afterwards.
As well, the club will host its major event of the year, the Kahawai Bonanza on May 31 where beach only fishing is open to both coasts from 9am-3pm before the weigh-in takes place behind the Waipapakauri Hotel from 1pm. There will be sponsored junior prizes as well as prizes from for the heaviest kahawai from 1st to 8th, a 56-litre chilly bin raffle, and various spot prizes. Tickets cost $25pp and will be available from Riders Sports, Rogers Motors and Hunting & Fishing from next Monday (May 18).
