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MegaFish: 20kg kingfish takes $10,000 prize at Hawke's Bay fishing contest
7 Feb, 2021 01:16 AM
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A 20kg kingfish caught by Ashley Jones was enough to win the $10,000 prize at the MegaFish Hawke's Bay competition. Photo / Supplied
A 20kg kingfish won Ashley Jones the $10,000 prize at the Your Solutions MegaFish Hawke's Bay competition.
Event organisers said the competition was a success despite more than 150 participants staying away due to adverse sea conditions.
Hosted by the Hawke's Bay Sports Fishing Club, the annual four-day fishing competition was forced to shorten to a one-day event due to rough seas.
But club president Neil Price said 425 people still took to the water in hope of winning the $10,000 prize.
Napier's Megafish 2021: Anglers hooked and ready for action
2 Feb, 2021 12:36 AM
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Close up and personal with the bounty of the ocean at a Megafish Hawke's Bay weigh-in. Photo / File
Hawkes Bay Today
Organisers of the four-day Your Solutions Megafish sports fishing competition are full of anticipation ahead of Thursday's start, with a possibility of the biggest entry in more than 30 years.
Earlybird entries with the Hawke's Bay Sports Fishing Club closed a fortnight ago with 319 on the books – an earlybird entries record and about 130 up on last year, when 438 anglers and 124 boats had entered by the time all entries closed.