First and Heaviest Fish 2015-2016 Season

 Results for the 2015/16 season – 1st July 2015 to 30th June 2016

First Fish
SpeciesDateAnglerWeight/TArea CaughtAnglers Club
Albacore7/11/2015Sam Hogg11.72Tauranga TrenchTauranga
Bigeye Tuna12/05/2015John Booker41.62Alderman KnollMercury Bay
Black Marlin2/02/2016Jim Tamblin300.8Te KahaTe Kaha
Blue Marlin1/20/2016Ken Teague310Bay of IslandsBOISC
Blue Shark10/10/2015Dean WrightTaggedMotiti IslandMt Maunganui
Bluefin Tuna (Pacific)     
Bluefin Tuna (Southern)8/10/2015Donna Pascoe80.54East Gt Barrier IslandHouhora
Broadbill7/12/2015Angus Johnson98.3Poor Knights RiseBOISC
Bronze Whaler (Narrowtooth)8/11/2015Scott AdamsonTaggedCape RunawayWaihau Bay
Bass/Sea Bass (NZ)10/10/2015Tom Gollop44.8Mayor IslandTauranga
Hammerhead1/10/2016Lola ScottTaggedNine PinBOISC
Kahawai7/01/2015Scott Adamson1.616Orete PointWaihau Bay
Mahimahi12/27/2015Jessica Matthews5.45KaraikariAhipara
Mako7/02/2015Brian CandyTaggedSea MountWhangaroa
Porbeagle12/01/2015John GregoryTaggedGarden PatchDoubtless Bay
SB Spearfish12/26/2015Sean Wilson23.4North of White IsWhakatane
Skipjack Tuna12/20/2015D Loveridge5.64Outside Mercury IslandsMercury Bay
Slender Tuna8/29/2015Maree Allen2.72Back of White IslandWhakatane
Snapper7/02/2015Karl Daniel3.1Hauraki GulfBig Fish
Striped Marlin (Tagged)7/01/2015Kyle RidlingTaggedPoor KnightsWDSAC
Striped Marlin (Weighed)12/26/2015Dez Meinhold142.4West CoastManukau 
Thresher7/31/2015Zac SlaughterTaggedNgatoro RidgeTauranga
Thresher – Bigeye10/11/2015Justin Tombleson153.2Mayor IslandTauranga
Tope9/27/2015Tiana Smith9.62Mercury IslandsMercury Bay
Trevally9/27/2016Daniel Ford2.55Mercury IslandsMercury Bay
Wahoo3/05/2016Marshall Jackson26.4South of Manukau HeadsManukau 
Yellowfin12/07/2015Warren Maher18.2SE of Great Barrier IsTairua – Pauanui
Yellowtail7/01/2015Scott Adamson7.564Cape RunawayWaihau Bay
Heaviest Fish
SpeciesDateAnglerWeight/TArea CaughtAnglers Club
Albacore3/13/2016Stephan Loiseau19.07GisborneGisborne Tatapouri
Bigeye Tuna4/22/2016Brad Willetts136.4WhangaroaRaglan
Black Marlin2/06/2016Craig Johnson363.8Hen and Chicken IslandsWhangarei
Blue Marlin1/20/2016Ken Teague310Bay of IslandsBOISC
Blue Shark25/02/2016Scott Tindale33.15Little BarrierRaglan
Bluefin Tuna (Pacific)     
Bluefin Tuna (Southern)8/30/2015Derek Moody125.5South IslandAshley SFC
Broadbill4/29/2016Phil Mathews274.5GisborneGisborne Tatapouri
Bronze Whaler (Narrrowtooth)     
Bass/Sea Bass (NZ)3/15/2016Luke Holwerda63.3ManukauCounties
Hammerhead2/24/2016Sarah Adamson153Cape RunawayWaihau Bay
Kahawai3/25/2016Scott McNulty3.6Waihau BayWaihau Bay
Mahimahi2/12/2016Suzanna Shine20.4Mercury BayCounties
Mako2/11/2016Peter Fitzpatrick92.5KawhiaKawhia
Porbeagle     
SB Spearfish2/27/2016Chad Haines44.2Barrier BankClevedon
Skipjack Tuna2/06/2016Graeme Hilton7.8ManukauCounties
Slender Tuna9/28/2015Markus Wunderlich5.315Alderman IslandsMercury Bay
Snapper11/13/2015Neil Gorringe14.75Hauraki GulfHauraki Gulf
Striped Marlin3/27/2016Mikhail Cowan211.6Stephenson IslandWhangaroa
Thresher – Bigeye10/11/2015Justin Tombleson153.2Mayor IslandTauranga
Tope1/14/2016Sue Tindale23.87TeporaRaglan
Trevally12/14/2015Willy Herbert8.66Far NorthNZ Land Based
Wahoo3/05/2016Marshall Jackson26.4South of Manukau HeadsManukau
Yellowfin2/12/2016Shirley Waterhouse92.1Rangitira’sTauranga
Yellowtail9/04/2015Scott McNulty36.6Waihau BayWaihau Bay