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26 May 2011
Contestants reel in good haul to benefit Coastguard
Fishing in the Hauraki Gulf during the long tail end of this
summer has been simply fantastic.
It was hardly surprising then that 57 boats entered the Orams
Marine Village Fishing Competition. It turned out those early
birds got the best of the day, with the seas turning a bit lumpy
out the back of The Noises in the afternoon.
However, by the time the boats returned for the weigh in at 4pm
there was a good assortment of snapper, kahawai and a
decent sized kingfish – a nice 7.1kg fish caught by Tim Cadell.
Coastguard’s Duthie Lidgard chats to Murray Dixon at Orams
The heaviest snapper (3.3kgs) was caught by Jake
Goldenberg, who beat out Glen Segar from Ovlov Marine
(3.1kg) and his own team mate Hamish Duke (2.9kgs). Sarah
Thomas-Wynne weighed in the heaviest snapper for women
fishers at 1.7kg.
Other prizes included ones to Wayne Dil for the heaviest other
species, a 3.85kg kahawai, and to Chris Cadell who guessed
the weight of the heaviest snapper caught on the day.
All the fish weighed were taken by Moana Fisheries and
together with the entry fees meant a good sized donation of just
under $2000 was able to be made to Coastguard Northern
Region. A big thanks to all our sponsors who helped make the
day a great event.