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Big turnout, big catches
THIS YEAR’S TRUCKERS & LOGGERS FISHING
Tournament was one of the biggest in the
Bay of Islands-based contest’s 15-year history.
Forty-two teams and over 160 anglers from all around the country registered for the tournament, hosted by the Bay of Islands Swordfish Club.
While the weather forecast predicted rain, very little eventuated and the winds stayed
by Mainstream’s Greg Haliday, on Back in Black, just three and a quarter hours after fishing started.
Around the same time, Craig Stokes, on Wild Blue, hooked up a blue marlin that he fought for almost five hours before landing it. It was weighed-in that evening at Whangaroa and came in at 213.2kgs – and turned out to be the heaviest marlin of the tournament.
Within an hour, Mark Postlewaight on Armani
FEATURE
moderate so fishing conditions were great and a good number of fish were caught in all but one category (with tuna the only species where all prizes weren’t claimed).
The first marlin of the tournament was tagged
caught a 37.6kg yellowfin tuna – which was the heaviest tuna of the contest.
During the first day, two more marlin were tagged and released and several big snapper and kingfish were measured and released.
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