Gun City & Fishing Open Fishing Competition

Looking for photos, results and posts on the Gun City & Fishing Open Fishing Competition?
They will be posted on the Hawkes Bay Sports Fishing Club page.

The Hawkes Bay Sports Fishing Club Fishing committee have decided the competition is on.

Registration is from 5pm today followed by the Safety Briefing at the earlier time of 6.30pm. We request that at least one member of each crew is there.

Coastguard Hawke's Bay
Gun City + Fishing Napier
LegaSea NZ

Gun City and Fishing Open Fishing Competition 2025

Rules
• There must be a minimum of two people on each boat.
• All anglers on boats under 6 meters must be wearing life jackets.
• Navigation lights must be on if leaving in the dark.
• No fishing before 5am both days. Lines out at 8pm Saturday (weather dependent).
• No electric reels or longlines to be used.
• MPI rules apply to all fish sizes.
• Your boat must carry the minimum safety equipment – a life jacket for everyone on board, at least one fully charged cell phone in an airtight container, and a VHF radio.
• Everyone on board must be entered in this competition.
• You must log your trip report with coastguard on channel 01 before and after your trip. Early in the morning, this will be the national Coastguard. Then change to channel 62 for all correspondence with HBSFC and other boats.
• Boats may be able to stay out overnight, this will be weather dependent, and a call will be made by the HBSFC at briefing to allow this. Please ensure a representative from each boat is at the 6.30pm Safety Briefing. Skippers are responsible for the safety of their crew at all times. You must stay in a location where you are reachable by cell or VHF
• Seniors and Juniors are fishing for
o Snapper
o Gurnard
o Kingfish (minimum 750 mm)
o Trevally
o Blue cod
o Tarakihi
• All fish must weigh over 500 grams
• A $250 cash prize for heaviest fish in Snapper, Kingfish and Gurnard - Senior
• A $100 cash prize for heaviest fish in Snapper, Kingfish and Gurnard - Junior
• The weigh shed will be open from 12pm each day. Weigh in will close at 5pm Saturday, and final weigh 3pm Sunday (boat must be in the channel). Prize giving will be at 6pm Sunday. Safety Briefing 6:30pm Friday
• There is a $100 cash prize for best photo. Please send this to the HBSFC page or Neil Price on 021577905

Good luck and great fishing!

LegaSea Hawkes Bay
New Zealand Sport Fishing Council Inc
Coastguard Hawke's Bay
Hawkes Bay Sports Fishing Club
Gun City + Fishing Napier

We are on a weather watch for this weekend’s Gun City + Fishing Napier 2 Day Open.

Registration is from 5pm on Friday, followed by the Safety Briefing at 7pm. We ask for at least one crew member to be present at the briefing.

Check the poster out for details.

LegaSea Hawkes Bay
New Zealand Sport Fishing Council Inc
Coastguard Hawke's Bay
Hawkes Bay Sports Fishing Club

Here we are the Gun City & Fishing Open Fishing Competition over 29th and 30th November 2025.

All the details are on the poster, registration can be made at the Hawkes Bay Sports Fishing Club, 30 Nelson Quay, Ahuriri from 25th November .

LegaSea Hawkes Bay
fans
Gun City + Fishing Napier
Coastguard Hawke's Bay
New Zealand Sport Fishing Council Inc

SAVE THE DATE !

The Gun City & Fishing Open Fishing Competition 2day Open Comp is on the 29th and 30th November 2025

LegaSea Hawkes Bay
Hawkes Bay Sports Fishing Club
New Zealand Sport Fishing Council Inc
Gun City + Fishing Napier
Coastguard Hawke's Bay

The Gun City & Fishing 2 Day Open Fishing Competition was held on Saturday 30th November and Sunday 1st December.
There were 144 anglers on 43 boats in trying conditions.

RESULTS

Seniors

Blue Cod
1st 1.510kg Brett Charton
2nd 0.950kg Jo Treneman
3rd 0.920kg Scott Treneman

Gurnard
1st 1.25kg Darron Mathews
2nd 1.192kg Nathan Bath
3rd 1.170kg Phil Niethe

Kingfish
1st 13.490kg Doug Cushing
2nd 12.520kg Angus Polis
3rd 9.260kg Franek Krawczyk

Snapper
1st 6.410kg Jessie Sutton
2nd 5.900kg Phil Niethe
3rd 5.540kg Mark Kneebone

Terakihi
1st 1.810kg Dion Bath
2nd 1.430kg Saski Sutton
3rd 1.210kg Brian Duffy

Trevally
1st 2.510kg Scott Treneman
2nd 2.110kg Chook Ellingham
3rd 1.950kg Steve Lineman

Thank you to Jacynda Russell for taking the pics

Lou Bach Plasterer
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Gun City + Fishing Napier
Broad Electrical Services-Hawkes Bay
H & O Plumbing
Hawkes Bay Sports Fishing Club
Christie Builders and Joiners
LegaSea Hawkes Bay
Hodson Crane Hire
New Zealand Sport Fishing Council Inc

The Gun City & Fishing 2 Day Open Fishing Competition was held on Saturday 30th November and Sunday 1st December.
There were 144 anglers on 43 boats in trying conditions.

RESULTS

Juniors

Blue Cod
1st 1.62kg Max Nicol
2nd 1.04kg Hugo Nicol
3rd 0.45kg Jett Cushing

Gurnard
1st 1.23kg Tyler Hedley
2nd 0.88kg Lachlan Rigby
3rd 0.83kg Arman Sutton

Kingfish
1st 6.89kg Tyler Hedley
No 2nd or 3rd

Snapper
1st 3.59kg Hunter Sutton
2nd 2.61kg Arman Sutton
3rd 2.29kg Dylan Dukes

Terakihi
1st 1.24kg Carter Cushing
2nd 1.06kg Jett Cushing
3rd 0.95kg Arman Sutton

Trevally
1st 1.47kg Lachlan Rigby
2nd 1.05kg Kalan Wedd
No 3rd

Thank you to Jacynda Russell for taking the pics

fans
Christie Builders and Joiners
Broad Electrical Services-Hawkes Bay
H & O Plumbing
Hawkes Bay Sports Fishing Club
Gun City + Fishing Napier
LegaSea Hawkes Bay
Hodson Crane Hire
New Zealand Sport Fishing Council Inc
Lou Bach Plasterer

The winner of the photo competition Dean Hedley posing here with his “Yellow tin Tuna” which took a lot of fight but, was very tasty.

Gun City + Fishing Napier
Broad Electrical Services-Hawkes Bay
H & O Plumbing
Hawkes Bay Sports Fishing Club
Christie Builders and Joiners
Hodson Crane Hire
Lou Bach Plasterer

The last of the photos that came in today.

Christie Builders and Joiners
Gun City + Fishing Napier
Broad Electrical Services-Hawkes Bay
H & O Plumbing
Hawkes Bay Sports Fishing Club
LegaSea Hawkes Bay
Hodson Crane Hire
New Zealand Sport Fishing Council Inc