A fine catch dragged up from the depths on the recent club trip to Westport, The wind and chop took a bit of the shine off the day but a very enjoyable day was had by all, A few Crays are heading for the pot and a couple of Blue cod were caught, along with a good assortment of the less desireable species. Congrats to TaS for taking the Top Boat flag for the largest Blue Cod.
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The Rubbo boys went down to the Porarari river mouth at Punikaiki one day recently so the kids co
uld catch some herring and Harvey hooked this trout. It weighed in 3.63kg or 8lbs in old talk. We were using mussel for bait and hooked it about fifty meters from the bar. It took about fifteen minutes to land. I had a look in it’s stomach expecting to see whitebait but instead found a crab.
Wow what a great day to be out on Lake Brunner, once the fog lifted and the sun emerged it turned into a beautiful West Coast day. Seven members of the club took part in the seasonal challenge with six trout weighed-in, Trevor Wright took out the trophy for the heaviest trout (senior) with a weight of 1.920kg and Mark Woolhouse took the cash prize (entry fee) with a combined fish length off 2.645 metres, no junior member took part in the competition.
The week’s weather was great everyone was so excited that the conditions looked like they were going to be perfect for the Clubs annual King Kahawai Competition on the Grey River on Sunday 31st January, the day dawned sunny but windy. The early bird boaties on the day had a bit of a struggle to get their boats in the water as full time was not until about 12.30 pm and with the lagoon water depth so low a few boats had a wee sit on the sand bar.
But once the fishing got under way the river was a hive of activity with approximately 30 boats counted on the river and the majority of the259 angler’s registered turning up to try their hand at catching that average sized Kahawai on the river, 67 Kahawai weighed in at the Greymouth Fishing Clubs clubrooms. Greymouth Mayor Tony Kokshoorn was on hand to hand out the many prizes.
The early bird prize of a gas BBQ & Patio Heater was won by junior angler Bethney Teasdale,
The main prize of $500.00 cash was won by junior angler Lauren Graham who also took out the junior female consolation prize with the average weight of 2.410kg.
The junior male consolation prize was won by Jon Blacktopp with the average weight of 2.420kg.
The senior male consolation prize was won by Chy Docherty with the average weight of 2.460kg.
The senior woman’s consolation prize was won by Sonia Graham with the average weight of 2.380kg.
There were numerous spot prizes given out in a lucky draw with the main spot prize of a Mission Kayak kindly donated by Mission Kayaks and Smiths City going to junior angler AC Smit.
The club would like to thank all their sponsors for helping to make this year’s King Kahawai competition a great success.
The Greymouth Fishing Club Inc has just weighed in another potential Junior world record Blue Fin Tuna, the Tuna weighed in at 278.6 kg it was caught on 4th September by 16 year old Shyloh Knight from Kaitaia, Shyloh was fishing from the Charter boat Reel Passion skippered by Mark Hoare, TV One reporters were on hand to film the weigh-in and interviewed Shylow for the TV One News.
Reel Passion Skipper & Crew
TV One News