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Kubota Billfish Classic 2023 Logo Scholarship

Kubota Billfish Classic 2023 Logo Scholarship

$5,000 SCHOLARSHIP AVAILABLE REGISTER NOW!!! Calling all creative young students living on the Coromandel here is your chance to design the official clothing logo for the biggest fishing event in the Southern Hemisphere the Kubota Billfish Classic. This has been a...

Friday Flash 22.07.22

Friday Flash 22.07.22

Fishing I haven’t heard a lot about the fishing this week but there were quite a few boats out last Sunday.  Once again there was no problem catching the in-shore species with plenty of snapper and a few kingies caught.  Further out a few southern bluefin tuna were...

Friday Flash 07.10.22

Friday Flash 07.10.22

 Fishing No report on fishing this week, weather hasn’t been that great!  Bathurst We’ll be showing the Big Race on our big screen this Sunday.  Coverage starts at 12.05pm and the race begins at 1.15pm.  Come down and support your favourite driver/team with a few...

Friday Flash 15.07.22

Friday Flash 15.07.22

Fishing Nothing to report this week due to the poor weather, hopefully a better forecast for the next few days will give people the opportunity to get out and we will have something to report next week. Waikato Regional Coastal Plan We’ll be sending more information...

Friday Flash 15.07.22

Marine Biodiversity WRC Submission from MBGFC

Waikato Regional Coastal Plan Review Mercury Bay Game Fish Club was formed in 1947. We have over 3000 members and employ 14 staff. One of the objects as per our constitution is the protection of fish and their food supply. Most of the townships down the east coast of...

Friday Flash 22.07.22

Friday Flash 1st July 2022

Fishing Some good news for fishers prepared to rug up and head out between squalls with plenty of fish being caught in close.  Snapper, kingfish and a few john dory are all being caught around the Mercury Islands, around the edges of the bay and along the coastline...

Friday Flash 07.10.22

Thursday Flash 23rd June 2022

Fishing The cooler weather has certainly slowed down the number of boats out on the water, but the people that have headed out, have by and large done very well on the fishing front.  Once again, all the popular spots outside Centre, around the Twins and out around...

Friday Flash 10.06.22

Friday Flash 10.06.22

FISHING I haven’t had a lot of feedback this week about fishing since I’ve been out of circulation for a week but the few stories I have heard are very positive.  It very much sounds like if you can’t catch a snapper out there at the moment, you need to have a good...

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