FISHING SECTION

We hold regular monthly fishing evenings at the club to provide our members with a forum to discuss and share their fishing stories, meet fellow fishers, and provide information that may be of interest and assist in enhancing the fishing experience. If fishing is your thing, come down and join us every 3rd Wednesday of the month at 7pm.

2025 Dates are;

19  Feb      19 Mar     16 April      21 May      18 Jun      16 July      20 Aug   

17 Sep      15 Oct      12 Nov

Each night generally follows the following format:

  • Welcome
  • Black Pearl Fishing Report
  • Maori fishing Calendar
  • Latest Fishing News from various sources
  • Niwa Seasonal climate outlook
  • Presentation from guest speaker
  • Questions
  • Mix and mingle

All members and their guests are welcome. There is  no formal joining requirement for the Fishing Section - simply turn up and take advantage of the information provided and enjoy our guest speaker presentations.

Thanks to our generous sponsors we had a full prize table for the 2024 Annual Photo Fishing competition.

ANNUAL PHOTO FISHING COMPETITION 2025 IS NOW UNDERWAY

This competition is being run to encourage members and their families to get out and enjoy the marvellous resource we have on our doorstop by taking a photo of your catch and entering this in the competition. Also, to gain maximum points you will need to target different species, which will hopefully encourage anglers to expore fishing opportunities they have may have not considered.

KEY POINTS ARE:

  • Entry is free and is open to all Mana Cruising Club Members - there is  no formal joining requirement for the Fishing Section - simply turn up and take advantage of the information provided and enjoy our guest speaker presentations.
  • This is a Two in One Competition:
    • A Fish of The Month competition, AND
    • An Annual Photo Competition, with entries made up from the monthly entries.
  • 6 Categories:
    • Pelagic (Kingfish, Tuna, Kahawai etc)           
    • Gurnard
    • Snapper                                   
    • Blue Cod
    • Terakihi
    • Hapuku
  • Children’s Category for those members 12 years and under as 31st December
  • Monthly Entries are one photo per category per entrant each month.
  • Annual Photo competition entries will be the two longest fish entered into the Monthly Competition. Competitors can only have 2 entires in the annual competition in each category.
  • Once a competitor has 2 entries in a category in the Annual Photo competition, they may swap one of those entries only once up to the annual competition close off date.
  • Photos to fishing@manacc.co.nz by midnight on the Sunday prior to each monthly fishing section evening (3rd Wednesday of each month).