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Despite a strong field of 25 boats entering the Hibiscus Coast Boating Club’s most recent 2- Hour Classic Fishing Competition, the top two prize winners were a kayak fisher and a 14-year-old on an inflatable dinghy.
One of the club’s fishing coordinators, Kim Bayes, says the competition is always a fun one, with its shotgun start. All the boats line up at the 5 knot buoy marker in Stanmore Bay and motors are allowed to run for 10 minutes only before fishers stay put and fish until it’s time for weigh-in.
“The shotgun start was awesome with all the boats lined up and then racing off to get to their preferred fishing spots,” Kim says. “Unfortunately for these boats they drove right over all the big fish with our two heaviest snappers being caught in Stanmore Bay.”
First prize went to Jeremy Lidiard, who caught a 4.96kg snapper from his kayak, and second was 13-year-old Lachie Chamberlain, who reeled in a 4kg snapper from his inflatable dinghy.
The competition is open to anyone, whether they are a club member or not.
The club is hoping to hold another fishing competition similar to this on Queens Birthday weekend. Info: https://hibiscuscoastboatclub.co.nz
