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Tuesday Flash 19.12.23

Tuesday Flash 19.12.23

Important Information / Tuesday 19.12.23 $1500 Draw Must Go This Thursday 21st December 2023 the $1500 jackpot must be drawn. Wouldn’t this be great to have the week before Christmas! Would tidy up a fair few of the Chrissy presents 😊 So, make sure you’re down at the...

Postponement – Longshore Marine No Bait Tournament

Postponement – Longshore Marine No Bait Tournament

POSTPONED – Longshore Marine No Bait Tournament Regretfully, we have made the difficult decision to postpone the Longshore Marine No Bait Tournament that was scheduled for this coming weekend. We are aware that some people will be disappointed and that the weather...

Kubota Billfish Classic Update

Kubota Billfish Classic Update

Mercury Bay Game Fishing Club - Kubota Billfish Classic March 14-16 2024 Heaviest Billfish - $350,000!!! Gate Prize - Kubota U48G excavator valued at $112,557!! 4.8 tonne air conditioned cab rubber tracks auto idle 40 hp engine Massive thanks to Kubota New...

Friday Flash 30.06.23

Friday Flash 30.06.23

Fishing summary, unfortunately, not a lot going on – especially inshore.  The few reports I have received weren’t really that positive. 

Friday Flash 16.06.23

Friday Flash 16.06.23

FISHING The weather’s been a little bit better this week but there hasn’t been an awful lot of fishing going on.  They’re getting pretty good results when out there though, so it’s definitely worth the effort.  There were a lot of snapper caught last weekend although...

Tuesday Flash 19.12.23

Friday Flash 09.06.23

FRIDAY FLASH 09.06.23  Fishing There seem to be plenty of snapper out there at the moment with some excellent fish caught all up the eastern side of Great Mercury Island, both sides (north and south) of Korapuki, outside Ohinau and the Black Rocks.  Soft baiters are...

Mercury Bay Game Fishing Club
Mercury Bay Game Fishing Club4 days ago
Post Kubota Billfish Classic Leaderboard update!

As always a big thank you to our leaderboard sponsors, returning for the 23-24 season:

Whitianga Richardsons

Gameon 2 Contractors Ltd

Paton Kitchens
Mercury Bay Game Fishing Club
Mercury Bay Game Fishing Club6 days ago
Huge effort from Rebecca and the team on Sirius yesterday, getting this 235.5kg Broadbill Swordfish across the scales after a massive 5 hour fight! Well done team 💪🏽

🎣 Rebecca Trethowen
🛥️ Sirius
📍 Gfab Trailers
Mercury Bay Game Fishing Club
Mercury Bay Game Fishing Club1 week ago
🎣 MBGFC Junior Tournament 2024 🎣

After a hugely successful Kubota Billfish Classic, it’s time for the kids to get out there and have a crack, and the MBGFC Junior Tournament is back and bigger than ever for 2024!

Running for 2 weeks from Saturday 13th - Saturday 27th April and coinciding with the NZ Sport Fishing Council Youth Nationals 2024

With some HUGE prizes up for grabs, this is sure to be a cracker of a comp!

🔸 $40 Entry Fee!
🔸 Entry incl entry for NZSFC Junior Nationals!
🔸 Awesome spot prizes!
🔸 First 150 entries get a starter bag worth $40!
🔸 Total prize pool of over $30,000!

GATE PRIZE: Every entry goes into the draw to win a MASSIVE gate prize of $10,000 worth of gear thanks to the absolute legends at Hunting & Fishing Whitianga! All you have to do is enter…how GOOD!

Categories:
🐟 Billfish
🐟 Tuna
🐟 Kingfish
🐟 Snapper
🐟 Kahawai

Get your entries in now to guarantee some next level school holiday fun out on the water! Entries available online and behind the bar: https://www.mbgfc.co.nz/tournaments/
Mercury Bay Game Fishing Club
Mercury Bay Game Fishing Club1 week ago
🚨THE DRAW MUST GO 🚨

Our members draw has hit $1700 and must go tonight!

Get down early to secure a table… 🍻
Mercury Bay Game Fishing Club
Mercury Bay Game Fishing Club1 week ago
Hi Team!

On behalf of the MBGFC we would like to acknowledge and thank Tom Maxwell for his HUGE amount of work and effort in making the Kubota Billfish Classic 2024 such a monumentally successful event - the world’s largest of it’s kind!

It is because of his vision, passion and dedication that Mercury Bay was able to host this world class tournament. Once again Tom has put in the hard yards to make this event happen, and his attention to detail and ability to plan ahead has created a tournament we can all be so proud of.

So again, a massive thank you to Tom on behalf of the MBGFC, we are already looking forward to 2025!

Gordon McIvor
Club President

📸 FWJ MEDIA
Mercury Bay Game Fishing Club
Mercury Bay Game Fishing Club1 week ago
Massive shoutout to all the groups that supplied us resources at the venue for free!

Whitianga Marina for providing us with the most amazing venue! The whole event was held on their private property and there is no way we could’ve grown the event to this size without them they have been so accomodating and supportive of the event from the start thanks so much to Dave Munday and all the committee and staff at Whitianga Marina Society Inc!

Peter Bull and Mark Bull for providing the massive generator to power up the site thanks so much to them for always supporting the community!

Hopper Construction for the use of tractor and front end loader thanks for all your help throughout the week!

Jason Sherriff for use of forklift to help load everything off trucks for Marquee and other facilities thanks mate!

Graeme Christensen from Christensen Cartage for supplying and transporting the container to keep everything safe!

Finn Osborne from Power LED for supplying all the outdoor lighting towers that did an amazing job of keeping the place lit up at night these units are amazing grab them for your next event or construction site for those early morning concrete jobs!

Sue Costello and the Whitianga Sports Park for the amazing grandstands to keep everyone comfortable and out of the sun while all those epic catches were being weighed!

Mercury Bay Rugby & Sports Club home of the mighty Mercury Bay Marlins thanks to Wayne Smith and the team for lending us your bar leaners and good luck to the Marlins this season!

Joe Reece and Placemakers Whitianga for supplying the materials to build the stage and also the use of your truck to cart the grandstands thanks to Antz Baskett for helping out with that!

Brad Johnson from Coastline Engineering for the welding work on the weighstation and also donating his generator for the food vendors!

Thanks to Tony Croft from Landmark Homes for donating his generator although I’m not sure he knows I helped myself to it!

Thanks to Tauranga Game Fishing Club and AJ Russel for the use of the trolley for the fish clubs helping clubs good work team!

Also to Mad Max Temp Fencing for the fencing and the truck to cart the grandstands cheers.

To all the non paid volunteers who helped out with absolutely everything there are way too many of you to name but each and every one of you are all dead set legends and we will be putting on a night at the club soon to honour your contribution so keep an eye out for this and thanks so much absolute backbones of the club!

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Whether you participate in the many tournaments throughout the year or just enjoy telling some great fish tales at the club you are welcome.

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