The water was now disappearing 
from our spot, so we packed up and 
headed north to find a sandbank 
around low tide to fish.  We picked 
a bank with gutter that had surf 
pounding down on it but didn’t score 
any bites after nearly 45 minutes.
We headed south again and found 
a clean area of beach with less 
plankton and weed to cast out and 
leave the rods in the holders to 
enjoy a beer while we fished the 
last hour of the contest.  Just before 
the 3pm finishing time and Brian’s 
rod went over, and he pulled in a 
good trevally which we tagged.
We asked the official how many 
fish he had tagged in his 1km stretch 
of beach today and the trevally was 
only his fifth fish all day!  So, just as 
we thought it had been a tough day 
of fishing in messy conditions, so we 
headed back to weigh the snapper, 
trevally and kahawai trifecta.
Matt Hewetson (on left) from 
Fishing in Godzone presents 
the Lanza surfcaster and other 
donated tackle prizes for the 
three heaviest snapper.
Bones (on left) from Nola’s Sports in 
Dargaville presents the donated tackle 
prizes for the top three trevally.
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