FW 6 brought settled seas which 16 fishers took advantage of .The majority of fish were caught along the Whakaki to Blucks Pitt stretch. Conditions were very flat but for some reason the gurnards weren’t there in the numbers they had previously been in . Snapper were out in force with the majority small but the odd nicer one caught from clubbies. Strong currents making the Southern beaches hard work and the few that fished closer to home, struggled to find a few dinners also.

34 Kahawai weighed – with 1 pin 2.54kg – Well done Ahmed

SSH – 2 weighed – 3 video

Mackeral – 1

Gurnard – 5

Snapper – 39

Standout fishers were Ian, Kane and George who all managed to bag their Pania limit of 10 snapper and 5 kahawai resulting in 600 extra points each.

Prizes went to:

• Kane with a 5.2kg whakaki Snapper
• Mark Ives 0.715  Gurnard
• Tareq 0.555 Mackeral
• Justin with the Average Kahawai of 1.47kg

AT the halfway stage it’s still tight up the top with Kane 450 points ahead of George with Justin, Benge and Pete K fighting out for 3^rd currently, with a few others still in contention.

The jackpot fish was not struck and now reaches a juicy $200 for a Snapper over 5.5kg .

Our next Field weekend is The Pania Sheild vs Gisborne and Wairoa held Up at Whakaki Saturday kicking off 10^th Feb 5am . Gisborne and Wairoa clubs are both fizzed up to claim back the shield so we will need a good turnout. More info to come on this next week.

Goodluck for those having a fish in between once this weather settles down. Has been some nice sized fish being caught under the radar the last few weeks.

FW6
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