First and Heaviest Fish for the Season
FIRST FISH 2019
Species
|
Date
|
Angler
|
Weight/Tagged
|
Area Caught
|
Anglers Club
|
Albacore
|
01/07/18
|
Kendall Ashton
|
9.1
|
Waihau Bay
|
Mt Maunganui
|
Bigeye Tuna
|
06/12/18
|
Peter Randrup
|
66.5
|
Cape Runaway
|
Waihau Bay
|
Black Marlin
|
26/01/19
|
Aaron Brassett
|
134.0
|
Doubtless Bay
|
Doubtless Bay
|
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)
|
27/09/18
|
Russell Harvey
|
7.22kg
|
Mayor Island
|
Tauranga
|
Hammerhead
|
31/12/18
|
Lola Scott (Junior)
|
T/R
|
Whale Bay
|
BOISC
|
Hapuka
|
15/19/18
|
Dillon Buckton
|
18.84kg
|
Mayor Knolls
|
Tauranga
|
Kahawai
|
06/07/18
|
Baxter Emerson
|
2.051kg
|
Waitemata
|
Big Fish FC
|
Mahimahi
|
06/01/19
|
Samatha Thomas (Junior)
|
5.25kg
|
Nine Pin
|
BOISC
|
Mako
|
26/12/18
|
Angela Greenhalgh
|
T/R
|
Wairere Rock
|
BOISC
|
Porbeagle
|
|
|
|
|
|
SB Spearfish
|
27/12/18
|
Corinna Hill
|
29.2kg
|
Aldermans
|
Tauranga
|
Skipjack Tuna
|
01/07/18
|
Frank Van Vroonhoven
|
2.2kg
|
Waihau Bay
|
Waikato SFC
|
Slender Tuna
|
19/09/18
|
Floyd Pratt
|
4.8
|
Whakatane
|
Waihau Bay
|
Snapper
|
07/07/18
|
Mitchell Tombleson
|
8.860
|
Matakana
|
Tauranga
|
Striped Marlin (Tagged)
|
28/12/18
|
Bill Webb
|
T/R
|
Mayor Knolls
|
Tauranga
|
Striped Marlin (Weighed)
|
16/12/18
|
Jim Nicholson
|
101.96
|
The Hook
|
Mercury Bay GFC
|
Thresher
|
23/03/19
|
Aaron Armstrong
|
T/R
|
Poor Knights
|
WDSAC
|
Thresher - Bigeye
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tope
|
02/07/18
|
Stephen Crockatt
|
T/R
|
Black Rocks
|
BOISC
|
Trevally
|
11/08/18
|
Adam Milnes
|
1.505
|
Pukehina
|
Tauranga
|
Wahoo
|
05/04/19
|
John Bruce
|
18.35kg
|
Hokianga
|
Hokianga BGSFC
|
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
|
07/03/19
|
Kevin Houlton
|
23.16kg
|
White Island
|
Tauranga
|
Bigeye Tuna
|
15/12/18
|
Steven Waters
|
107.0kg
|
Cape Brett
|
Whangarei
|
Black Marlin
|
21/02/19
|
Bob Udy
|
135.3kg
|
Hokianga
|
Counties
|
Blue Marlin
|
05/03/19
|
Dave Towersey
|
318kg
|
Cape Runaway
|
Waihau Bay
|
Blue Shark
|
26/01/19
|
Craig Harris
|
35kg
|
Otago Coast
|
Tautuku
|
Bluefin Tuna (Pacific)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bluefin Tuna (Southern)
|
06/07/18
|
Georgia Roberts (Junior)
|
101.5kg
|
Waihau Bay
|
Waihau Bay
|
Broadbill/Swordfish
|
27/04/19
|
Alan Langdon
|
335.2kg
|
Whangarei
|
Muriwai SFC
|
Bronze Whaler
|
19/08/18
|
Finn Vezey
|
199.60kg
|
Russell
|
BOI
|
Bass/Sea Bass (NZ)
|
02/01/19
|
Stanley Phillips
|
62.5kg
|
Ahipara
|
Muriwai
|
Hammerhead
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hapuka
|
03/06/19
|
Rhys Tibbits
|
24.3kg
|
Hourhora
|
Muriwai SFC
|
Kahawai
|
19/02/19
|
Shallab Rudolph
|
3.35kg
|
Raglan
|
Raglan
|
Mahimahi
|
09/03/19
|
Matthew Cave
|
15.7kg
|
Cape Runaway
|
Waihau Bay
|
Mako
|
20/02/19
|
Jim Tamblin
|
115.6kg
|
Omaio
|
Te Kaha
|
Porbeagle
|
|
|
|
|
|
SB Spearfish
|
23/03/19
|
Ezra Keenan
|
34.5kg
|
Alderman Rise
|
Tauranga
|
Skipjack Tuna
|
14/07/18
|
Christine Busby
|
11.6kg
|
White Island
|
|
Slender Tuna
|
23/11/18
|
Fred Christensen
|
8.20kg
|
Dogger Bank
|
Whangamata
|
Snapper
|
15/12/18
|
Milton Kiri
|
13.72kg
|
Whitianga Bay
|
Te Kaha SFC
|
Snapper - Smalfry/Junior
|
17/01/19
|
Che Collier
|
12.37kg
|
Te Kaha
|
Te Kaha SFC
|
Striped Marlin
|
25/04/19
|
John Mawer
|
191.5kg
|
Bay of Islands
|
BOISC
|
Thresher
|
|
|
|
|
|
Thresher - Bigeye
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tope
|
9/10/18
|
Marlin Candy
|
26.12kg
|
Stephenson Is
|
Whangaroa
|
Trevally
|
15/12/18
|
Mark Hemingway
|
5.562kg
|
White Island
|
Mt Maunganui
|
Wahoo
|
05/04/19
|
John Bruce
|
18.35kg
|
Hokianga
|
Hokianga BGSFC
|
Yellowfin
|
21/10/18
|
Hadley Greenhalgh
|
78.10 kg
|
Nine Pin Trench
|
BOISC
|
Yellowtail (Kingfish)
|
11/05/19
|
Steve MacGibbon
|
33.78kg
|
Cape Karikari
|
WDSAC
|
