FRIDAY FLASH 25.10.24

Fishing

Snapper Tournament & Zone 3 Interclub This Weekend

Unfortunately, due to inclement weather this weekend, this tournament has been cancelled. Tomorrow we are expecting 25-30knts from the North  and 2 meter swells making  far from ideal sea conditions .

Thanks to those of you that entered – a refund will be on the way.

Longshore Marine No Bait Competition

The MBGFC is gearing up for the tournament schedule ahead, and what better way to kick things off than with the Longshore Marine No Bait Tournament!

Now running as a month-long competition, there is plenty of time and opportunity to get stuck in!  starting  Fri 1st Nov - Sat 31st Nov 2024 – Prizegiving 1^st December 4pm in the clubrooms

Entry is only $25 per person with all entry fees plus $1000 donated by Longshore Marine, going back as cash prizes.  There will be an optional sweepstake for the heaviest snapper $25 per boat.

There will also be a bunch of spot prizes for all competitors that are present at prizegiving.  Entry forms are on our website or at the bar.

We would like to thank our sponsors - Longshore Marine, Black Magic Tackle, Catch Fishing, Hutchwilco, Ocean Angler, Shimano and So Dope.

Trailer Boat Tournament

MBGFC would like to welcome onboard 2 sponsors for the trailer boat tournament, thanks to Chris and Sharee Green of Fuel 2 U / Uber Fuel, and Whitianga Ice Supplies, they are sponsoring $10,000 in prizes, in addition to the “cash in cash out” prizes for each of the following categories:

Heaviest Billfish weighed-   1^st, Cash + $10,000 in prizes.

Snapper Section-   Shared 1^st – 5^th place, Cash + $10,000 in prizes.

Fuel 2 U   / Uber Fuel

Fuel 2 U / Uber Fuel offers delivery of Fuel to Boats at the Whitianga Wharf, both commercial and recreational/leisure craft - They will also come to your home and fill up your trailer boat (or car, tractor, quad bike etc)!! They also offer 2 and 4 stroke oil.

Give Sharee a call to check out the weekly special fuel prices, and what else they offer. 0274939943

Whitianga Ice Supplies   

Suppliers of Party Ice 3kg bags  and Salt Ice 6kg bags or bulk buys.

If you can – support our sponsors please !

Subscriptions

As previously advised, the club’s constitution requires that subs paid after 20^th September, attract a $20 late payment penalty.  This is not a discretionary fee chosen by the office.  If you deposit your subs into our bank account, please add the $20 fee to avoid the office staff having to chase everything up. Many thanks

Some Interesting Statistics On EPIRBS And PLB’s

In conjunction with Longshore Marine and Hutchwilco, we recently hosted a safety at sea evening highlighting what safety equipment recreational mariners should have on their boats/watercraft.

From this exercise Stu Brown from Longshore Marine obtained some statistics from RCCNZ (Rescue Coordination Centre NZ) on PLB/EPRIB activations in and around our waters.

Activations by Year

·       2021 PLB: 578 EPIRB: 253

·       2022 PLB: 618 EPIRB: 264

·       2021 PLB: 700 EPIRB: 293

ü  99% of all activations are received by RCCNZ within 2 minuets

ü  Average time for tasking by RCCNZ on activation is 10 minuets

ü  Of all activations,  25% are false alarms – 45% result in rescue/recovery.

Conclusion:

ü  Every vessel should have a PLB/EPIRB on board.

ü  Register your PLB/EPIRB so if it accidentally activated the rescue services can contact you to clear the activation quickly.

Some Comm’s  From LegaSea

LegaSea is an organization that the Game Fishing Community support.  LegaSea is a nonprofit organisation dedicated to restoring the abundance, biodiversity and health of New Zealand’s marine environment. 

The link below takes you to their “Latest Updates” page where there are some very interesting articles on commercial fishing in marine reserves and scallop dredging around the Coromandel to name a few.

Worth a  read.

LegaSea Latest Updates Click Here

Constitution Update

This is the final formal notification prior to  the upcoming workshops highlighting the constitutional changes proposed to our constitution.

We welcome your input and invite you  to participate in any of the work shops planned.

These workshops will be held at the club :-

·       Monday, 18 November 2024 6pm – 7pm

·       Monday, 16 December 2024 6pm – 7pm

·       Sunday, 19 January 2025 2pm – 3pm

Full documentation including the current and new draft constitution and notes on the process can be found in Section 3

https://www.mbgfc.co.nz/club-admin/

Member are encouraged to be part of this important initiative

On The Big Screen This Weekend

HUGE sporting weekend on the big screen at the club . It’s the  NPC final and then All blacks Saturday followed by Kiwi’s v the Kangaroo’s Sunday !

v Saturday 3.05pm  – Wellington   v Bay Of Plenty

v Saturday 6.50pm  - All Blacks V Japan

§  Sunday   3.00pm Ferns ( Kiwi Women)  v Jillaroos ( Ozzie Women) 

§  Sunday 5.30pm Kiwi’s V Kangaroos

NB: Happy Hour jugs to 6.30pm this  Saturday and Sunday

Quote Of The Day

“All I want is a chance to prove that money can’t make me happy”    Spike Milligan

Bite Time Courtesy Of Fishing.net

Click Here For Bite Times

Club Draw - $1300      #1025  Shay Geach    N/C

4 Jug Draws –   Shaun, Donna, John, Tania

Chuck a Chook – Guest Tosser – Craig from Whanganui (First time to Whitianga)

 #166   Mike                straight through hands

#29      Jeremy            good catch

#112    Cassy               straight through legs

#50      Kayla               high gentle toss

#17      Jeremy            lost his hat!

#102    Jacko               1^st shot foul!  2^nd good hard drop

#165    Pinky               1^st throw short 2^nd dropped

33        Brendan          great catch to his mate!

 John East

General Manager