Newsletter # Season

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1 Newsletter # Season If not claimed, return to PO.Box 29 Napier. Welcome everyone to another issue of..spring! :) Yes folks, the trees are blossoming, the days are getting warmer and longer, and the water looks (as of yesterday at least) a little cleaner. Time to get that gear out and dust of the cobwebs, wind on some new line, make some new traces, and restock the tackle box. Whats your plan for the coming season? Or more to the point, what species are you going to chase? With the glamour species Snapper and Gurnard now so elusive is it time to persue some of the lesser fish? I'm talking about things such as Flounder, Parore, Wrasse and other reef species. No doubt the Kahawai will still feature heavily in future weigh ins, as will Spotted Smoothhound, but it would be nice to see some of the rarer fish come in. Of course finding them might be an issue when club fishing boundary rules preclude lagoons and estuaries. Does this rule need to be revisited for further discussion? I've seen both Parore and Flounder in the Pandora estuary hanging out around the bridge piles and on the mud flats. It would be an ideal place to fish when the seas are rough during our southerly blasts. At present, bad weather on a field weekend requires a long (and costly) drive to Mahia to find sheltered fishing grounds or abstenance from fishing altogether. Food for thought perhaps.. Proud Sponsors of the Junior Angler category for Club Field Weekends. 60 Taradale Road, Napier info@hbmarine.co.nz

2 FOR SALE: Notice to all club members, If any of you gear hoarders need to sell any surplus equipment, just let me know and I ll put it in the newsletter and on the website. Contact: webmaster@paniasurfcasting.org Gary Kemsley has a set of size 9 neoprene waders for sale rodseller@hotmail.com Hunting & Fishing 200 Prebensen Drive, Onekawa, Napier - Open 7days - Ph (06) HB's most comprehensive range of surfcasting tackle. napier@huntfish.co.nz Sponsors of the Heaviest Gurnard a $20 voucher on each Field weekend Prize Giving Dinner The prize giving dinner at the Hastings RSA was well attended with our resident champion Kane Wrigglesworth again taking the top prizes.

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5 .. NEW MEMBERS.. (Stuff You Should Know.) Club Competitions (rules) Competition Overview The club has 12 field weekends per season and 10 mid-week twilight fish events. We also have three Brass Monkey winter events. Field weekends: Field weekends start at 5.00am Saturday morning, and you must reach the weigh in at Napier by 12 noon on Sunday. If you are late for a weigh in, your fish will not be counted for the competition unless the reason for lateness is accepted by the committee. The reason must be exceptional. Members are expected to allow for routine delays. Field weekend fishing boundary is Herbertville to Mahanga. You may not fish up a river or into a river mouth lines must be cast toward the sea from the beach proper. No fishing is allowed in the area known as the Iron Pot at Ahuriri, extending inland from a line marked by Perfume Point. No fishing is allowed from the Napier breakwater or from any of the harbour wharves. No fishing is allowed in the Te Angiangi Marine Reserve between Aramoana and Blackhead. Twilight Events: The twilight fish events are held mid week, usually Wednesday or Thursday nights at one of the local beaches. They start at 6pm and finish at 9pm. Weigh in is held at the beach at 9pm. Entry is $2 per angler and the overall winner takes the pot at the end of the series. Brass Monkey Events: These are held mid winter (hence the name). Members gather at the Napier Fire Station at 8am on Sunday morning and the club captain will decide then and there which beach we are fishing. Entry is $2 per angler. Pin Fish Weights and Points are also on the club website

6 106 Nelson Street, Hastings Ph: Field Weekend #1 September 12th-13th 2015 Well a very cold and windy start to the season. Well done to all those who braved the weather and seas. Nineteen fishos got out and about and a total of 20 fish (All Kahawai) were caught. No other species were weighed. Jimmy Beazley caught the heaviest at 2.125kg Mark Ives got the second heaviest of 1.93kg Hamish Nichol got the third heaviest of 1.88kg. Crafty s Rods and Guns sponsored a voucher for the Average Weight Kahawai, which went to Jimmy Beazely who had the closest to average weight. Field Weekend 2 will be the weekend of the 3-4 October. Good luck to all, Tight lines and happy fishing. This Lemon Shark was 10cm too short to weigh But it tasted great anyway :-)

7 THE BIG SPRING SNAPPER ARE ALMOST ON OUR DOOR STEP LET KANE AND THE CRAFTYS PUT YOU ONTO THEM WITH THESE SPECIAL CLUB MEMBER ONLY SPECIALS (valid September and October).....JUST MENTION THIS AD.. BOS BREAKOUT SINKERS THE GENUINE ARTICLE $28 A PKT OF 10 SEA HARVESTER BAIT TYE STOCKUP 5 ROLLS FOR $10 YAKIMA BOBBER BULLET FLOATS FULL SIZE GENUINE ARTICLE $1.99 EACH OR PKT OF 10 $15.00 HOT DEAL. KILWELL POWERPLAY 14FT 6 3PCE SLX (2) ONLY USUALLY $699 SPECIAL $499 SHIMANO BIG BAIT RUNNER LONG CAST SURF REEL SPECIAL PRICE $ WITH FIRST FREE NYLON SPOOLING RE SPOOL YOUR SURF REEL WITH NYLON FOR JUST $15 PER SPOOL FULL RANGE OF TACKLE TACTICS SURFCASTING RIG COMPONENTRY IN STOCK NOW FOR HAWKESBAYS BEST COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF SURFCASTING TACKLE COME SEE KANE AND THE CRAFTYS RODS AND GUNS, HAWKES BAYS FISHING AND HUNTING SPECIALISTS. OPEN 7 DAYS PH crafty@craftys.co.nz and LIKE us on Face book. 108 Maraekakaho Road, Stortford Lodge, HASTINGS

8 Calendar (as far as Field Weekend 6) Saturday, 3 October Field Weekend #2 Sunday, 4 October Field Weekend #2 Wednesday, 7 October Club The fire station Napier Saturday, 24 October Field Weekend #3 Sunday, 25 October Field Weekend #3 Wednesday, 4 November Club The fire station Napier Thursday, 5 November Taranaki Surf Fishing Comp Saturday, 7 November Field Weekend #4 Sunday, 8 November Field Weekend #4 Wednesday, 11 November Twilight Fish #1 Wednesday, 18 November Twilight Fish #2 Saturday, 21 November Field Weekend #5 (hams) Sunday, 22 November Field Weekend #5 (hams) Wednesday, 25 November Twilight Fish #3 Saturday, 28 November Moki 1000 Sunday, 29 November Moki 1000 Wednesday, 2 December Club The fire station Napier Thursday, 3 December Twilight Fish #4 Wednesday, 9 December Twilight Fish #5 Saturday, 12 December Field Weekend #6 Sunday, 13 December Field Weekend #6