ur best trout tournament yet. Pretty good weather, Othough a little breezy on the Sunday morning, and good fishing, a little harder for some of us perhaps. As always, the Dolmans treated us unbelievably well, and the spit roast and boil up on the Saturday night (lamb kindly donated by Chris Jensen) was epic. Not to mention the fresh fish on the Friday night kindly brought down for us to dine on by Jodie Gollop. Thank you both. The stats for the tournament are listed below over the page and make some fine reading. The winning fish caught by Van Busel back and a number of new entrants, including Roly, our club manager. Luke and Tony plus Kane Spiers flew back in from some top game fishing in Cairns to go fishing for trout. Talk about chalk and cheese. Also great to see Kevin Powers from Bay Fisher and his team, including Cade Burton who picked up the top junior prize. One of our regulars, Alistair Young (and Debbie) were unable to make it this year through family commitments, so Alistair very kindly lent their boat for the weekend. Wow, some gesture Alistair. He did make up for not fishing the tournament later in the week when they managed to catch several good fish. Stand out fishing craft was the platform constructed and used by the boys from Metalco, complete with luxury fly bridge, and dual helm controls. Making its maiden voyage on the Friday afternoon, it sure turned a few heads. Brilliant, guys! See the photo below. (insert photo) Sam Jensen As always, a big thank you to our sponsors for the tournament, Transport Wholesale, Pine Sawmills, Hamills and Kilwell. I hope you all took advantage of your time entering the tournament up at Hamills to have a look around. Thanks Stacey. Also thanks to James Morrison from Gough / TWL for your support, and Jeff from Kilwell for the prize table. Sam Jensen, was a horse. Some pretty decent fish caught and weighed, but that one was a street ahead, going well over 4 kg. Some of us have fished for a long time and still not caught one that good. Well done Sam. Dad, Chris, also weighed a fish over 3kg to picked up one of the top prizes. Also, congratulations to Johno Bell for his landbased fish, top work. Our lady anglers featured well in the results with Tamara Henry and Rebecca Dolman bringing in good catches, and Cami Hancock getting the condition factor prize. Tamara’s fish was 2nd overall. Cami’s partner Hayden again makes the top list this year, as does Aiden Brown. This year saw the return of many of our regular fishers, though some were unable to make it. Good to see Dutchie Team ‘Metalco’ TAURANGA GAMEFISHER
Tamara Henry Cami Hancock & James Morrison Team ‘Bayfisher’ TAURANGA GAMEFISHER
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