Browns Bay Fishing Club

21/10/2026

Another awesome '4 Grander' competition between BBFC and Poenamo Fishing Club. Looking forward to next year's comp already!

Big shout out to the sponsors who jumped on board, especially Fishing Direct NZ Marine Deals Game Day Manager .

4 GRANDER 2026 – THE RESULTS

What a weekend on the water. 73 anglers from Browns Bay and Poenamo Fishing Clubs fished the 4 Grander from 16 to 18 October, entering 133 fish and sharing 67 brag photos along the way. Thank you to everyone who came out and helped make the prizegiving such a great night.

Champion – Tony Ward, 87.0 cm snapper
An outstanding fish. Congratulations, Tony.

2nd – Joe Turner, 82.0 cm
3rd – Darrel Catchpole, 81.5 cm

Rounding out the top ten: Kurt Jones (81.0), Mike Smith (80.0), Scott Washer (80.0), Clinton Barnes (80.0), Thomas Dunn (79.5) and Hunter Barnes (79.0), with Raymond Heald, Joel Kennedy and John Holyoake sharing 10th place on 77.5 cm.

Club Trophy – best ten fish
Browns Bay Fishing Club took the trophy with 791.5 cm, ahead of Poenamo Fishing Club on 770.5 cm. Just 21 cm in it, so the rematch next year should be a good one.

Spot prizes
First angler over 70 cm – Phoenix Martin (75.5 cm)
Mystery length – Carter Dunn, spot on at 73.0 cm

Thank you to everyone who posted to the Brag Wall. There were some cracking fish.

A special thank you to our gold sponsors Marine-Deals, Fishing Direct and Sevenals. Events like this simply would not happen without your support.

Full results are available at gdmnz.com/results/bbfc-4-grander

See you on the water for the next one.

Browns Bay Fishing Club Poenamo Fishing Club Marine-Deals

12/10/2026

09/10/2026

One week to go Poenamo Fishing Club!

Make sure you've got your membership renewed and joined up to your respective club. The way we are recording catches this year has changed, but the club rivalry is still the same. 2026 '4 Grander', let's go!

Fishing Direct NZ Marine Deals

22/09/2026

Tokerau Beach One Base! While the weather wasn't the best, our anglers still managed to nail a few decent fish. This comp was the first run over the new Game Day Manager NZ app which worked awesome with a live leader board keeping everyone on their toes.

Check out the results below and jump over to our website for a look at the full results: https://bbfc.co.nz/results/live/bbfc-tokerau-beach-one-base-competition/

Eel
1st Grant Symmans 88.5cm
2nd Mike Smith 77cm
3rd Phill Martin 75.5cm

Kahawai
1st Len Dunn 58.5cm
2nd Brent Liddle 54cm
3rd Dean Leek 49cm

Kingfish
1st John Scott 77.5cm

Snapper
1st Tony Ward 80cm
2nd Brent Liddle (tied on size, later fish) 80cm
3rd Brent Wall (tied on size, later fish) 80cm

Trevally
1st Brent Wall 47.8cm
2nd Dean Leek 46cm
3rd Andrew Wilson 40cm

Best 3 fish per boat · Snapper only
1st Privateer 230cm
80cm Tony Ward · 77cm Grant Symmans · 73cm Tony Ward

2nd Battleship 218.5cm
80cm Brent Liddle · 73.5cm Jeremy Alai · 65cm Jeremy Alai

3rd The Office 214cm
80cm Brent Wall · 70.5cm Dean Leek · 63.5cm Dean Leek

02/08/2026

The Browns Bay Fishing Club overall results for the 2025/26 season are posted below:

This means we are in to a new season and have already kicked off with an all month competition in August. We have our club trip away coming up in September, and the 4 Grander against Poenamo Fishing Club in October, so theres no better time to join up.

The Browns Bay Fishing Club finally has its own website, which contains past results, photos and all the info needed for anyone new looking to join the club. Jump over and take a look at https://bbfc.co.nz

02/07/2026

Below are the results for the June all month competition. Judging by some of the creative photos sent in, a few people struggled, but still some nice fish measured in. Special mention to Joe Turner with a new PB snapper of 84cm.

Snapper:
1st - 84cm Joe Turner
2nd - 76.5cm Brent Liddle
3rd - 76cn Thomas Liddle

Kingfish:
1st - 117cn Jeremy Alai
2nd - 112cn Brent Liddle

Kahawai:
1st - 53cn Kate Turner

Trevally:
1st - 47cn Brent LIddle

Womens Snapper:
1st - 55cm Megan Minton

Junior Snapper:
1st - 66cm Jackson Liddle

Junior Kahawai:
1st - 52cm Thomas LIddle
2nd - 51.5cm Ruby Turner

Trifecta:
240.5cm - Brent Liddle

30/04/2026

April was the strictly land based competition held over Anzac weekend. It sounds like people spread far and wide to cast a line, with some nice fish being measured in. Below are the results:

Snapper:
1st 75cm - Andrew Wilson
2nd 60cm - Preston Cockery
3rd 58.5cm - Phillip Martin

Kahawai:
1st 56cm - Preston Cockery

Trevally:
1st 45cm - Nicole Price

Womens Snapper:
1st 40.5cm - Nicole Price

Trifecta:
1st 156cm - Preston Cockery

Junior Kahawai:
1st 50.5cm - Thomas Liddle
2nd 50cm - Jackson Liddle
3rd 50cm -Luke Beesley

06/04/2026

11/02/2026

Our Christmas Competition has just wrapped up with some impressive catches being landed over the holidays. Congratulations to all our winners.

Snapper:
1st - 85.5cm Jackson Liddle
2nd - 77cm Brent Liddle
3rd - 76.5cm Fletcher Derksen

Kingfish:
1st - 110cm Tony Ward
2nd - 96cm Phillip Martin

Kahawai:
1st - 45cm Thomas Liddle

Trevally:
1st - 58cm Phil Clay

Trifecta:
171cm Brent Liddle

Womens Snapper:
1st=35cm Nicole Price

Junior Snapper:
1st - 66cm Willem Ditewig
2nd - 55cm Thomas Liddle

Junior Kahawai:
1st - 44cm Jackson Liddle

Next comp up is an all-monther in March followed by our strictly landbased competition in April.

16/12/2025

There were some impressive catches last month, November all month competition results below:

Next up is the Xmas comp running from Boxing Day through to Waitangi Weekend.

Snapper:
1st: 87.5cm - Brent Liddle
2nd:83.5cm - Steve Wongkam
3rd: 80.0cm - Hamish Beesley
Junior:
1st: 74.5cm - Thomas Liddle
2nd:72.5cm - Jackson Liddle
3rd: 72.0cm - Luke Beesley
Womens:
1st: 57cm - Nicole Barnes

Kahawai:
1st: 57cm - Brent Liddle
Junior:
1st: 51.5cm - Jackson Liddle
2nd:50.5cm - Thomas Liddle

Kingfish:
1st: 100cm - Brent Liddle

Trevally:
1st: 43cm - Hamish Beesley

Trifecta:
1st: 244cm - Brent LIddle