Pin Fish
Congratulations to Tania Christensen a pin for her 15.82kg kingfish caught on 15kg while fishing in the ladies comp. Not long later Emma Douglas caught a 20.24kg also on 15kg line caught in sponsors grid Gull Whitianga and Bodman Fencing respectively. Nice work Ladies.
Pin fish is the first for the season by species – these pin fish are for heavy tackle.
Light tackle still up for grabs!
Junior Fisho’s
Congratulations to Koby Maxwell fishing with dad on Mad Max for his pending NZ Record for his 58.62kg on 60kg line Yellowfin Tuna, caught up at North Cape. This fish supersedes his own club record on 60kg line.
Lachie Pedersen is on roll – fishing on Maximus Lachie has another junior club record for his bronze whaler shark weighing in at 126.6kgs on 15kg line. This also gets him a NZ Sportfishing Council 5:1 certificate.
5:1 certificate is when the fish weighs more than 5x the line weight. Well done young man what a great effort.
FISHING REPORT – Sorry no fishing report Mark is in the Trailer Boat Comp – Good luck to all the anglers!
There have been a few a few kahawai, snapper, kingfish weighed in from around the usual spots – sponsors areas Gull Whitianga, Bodman Fencing and the first weighed yellowfin 22.14kgs caught in Opito Bay Salt. I have heard of another yellowfin caught yesterday in A2B Signs
Upcoming Tournaments/Events
Entries are open for the following tournaments, please contact the office for an entry form (078664121 or office@mbgfc.co.nz)
Garmin Trailer Boat – 5th – 7th February 2026 (over Waitangi Weekend)
Is underway, good luck to all the boats entered in the comp!
Don’t forget to get your burley from The Bait Box, 24 Bryce St open daily from 5 – 9am and 3-7pm daily – get the right burley and you might find a disc in it, bring it to prizegiving and redeem $250.00 (you need to say you are in the Trailer Boat Comp)
Thanks to all the generous sponsors of this comp, we couldn’t do it without them
Category prizes sponsors: GARMIN, Kilwell, Dometic, JL Audio, Daiwa and Yamaha,
Spot prizes thanks to sponsors Fuel 2U, Whitianga Ice, Whitianga Concrete Pumps, Fish Art, Trophy Hunter, Smith Sunglasses, Just Another Fisherman, Dirty Steve Cleaning Products, Al Brown, Ocean Sports, Opito Salt
NZSFC Nationals: 21st February – 28th February 2026
Rules for the nationals are in their year book. NZSFC_10_Yearbook_2026_fv2_web-corrected.pdf (See the orange section page 57 onwards)
Attached is an entry form click on entry form here download, complete and email back with payment into the club’s account 03 1578 0038675 00 or pop into the office to enter.
NEW CATEGORY – introduced this year, ‘Billfish Team Trophy’, this is for the top team in the Billfish Category
For all information visit their website
NZSFC Nationals 2026 – New Zealand Sport Fishing Council
Offshore Classic: 25th – 28th February 2026
This four day event will be the first ‘Offshore’ Classic for the club, this event sold out in record time which was opened to 50 boats only. Team Captains will be getting an email in the next week or so with some tournament information. The offshore classic is running on the back end of the Nationals (you don’t have to be in this tournament to join the Nationals!)
Kilwell Promotion
Kilwell, a sponsor of the Garmin Trailer Boat Touranment are running a promotion over the summer until the 31st March around their NZ made Kilwell rods and giving a purchaser the chance to win the price of their purchase back.
Not only do you win the price of your purchase back, the club will also win product to the same value.
Here is a link to the promotion on their website. https://www.kilwell.co.nz/win-rod-price/
Ladies Tournament 31st January 2026
Great fun had by all! A massive thanks to Julz and Jody for putting on a fantastic event. Their time, effort and passion has not gone unnoticed.
Congratulations to all the angler and spot prize winners – some very happy ladies, sorry we couldn’t all be one!
A big win for Laura Burns (representing Counties Sport Fishing Club) who was the last lady standing and we all saw how excited she was to win the CORE MG3 car, Enjoy Laura.
Whitianga Volunteer Fire Brigade are hosting the Auckland Provincial Hose running competitions this year here in Whitianga on February 21st. If anyone has any surplus smoked marlin or tuna that they would like to give to the Fire Brigade for the event they would be super stoked to share it with the 100 odd fire fighters from all over the North Island. You can drop off to Derek at Whitianga Sports. Thanks in advance, Derek!
Friday Cocktail Join us this Friday for a ‘Limoncello Spritz’
Roast Night Wednesday Roast will be Roast Beef with veges/salad $17.50
Club Draw – $500 #2483 Lincoln Black N/C Next week $600
3 Jug Draws $225.00 Kay, Lisa, Shane
“Chuck a Chook” Guest Chucker: Chopper – Happy Birthday for today Mate!
#81 Ankle grazer… 2nd shot was on target
#137 John O’M Nice spin on that one
#129 Sandra Takes home chicken mince!
#142 Betty Easy through, easy catch
#14 Mrs Radar Perfect take
#44 Lisa Taking the glasses off was a rookie mistake
#75 Pinky Straight over the shoulder
#91 Hillbilly Collective gasp as it hits the deck… again
#94 Hillbilly Ground hog day
#46 Mary No catch necessary for the vet!
