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Our intermittent newsletter editions as listed below. Check out our Results Page for the tournament reports or here for the NZSFC Newsletter.
2023 10kg Event
2023 10kg Fishing Event Although the average and top 10 snapper look pretty good, it was a common observation that their condition was patchy. Yup, a few of the ‘mushy fillet’ sort, but a large proportion of snapper and kahawai had a ‘hollow’ in theirbelly profile,...
2022 October Newsletter
2022 October Newsletter Yep it’s been a while, but you know how busy everyone gets. Our next event is per the poster below, the 2022 Ladies Fishing Event. Get a crew and costumes together and join us for generous prizes, an excellent SYC Kitchen&Bar dinner...
2022 Ladies Competition Report
Ladies Competition 2022 Report Given the weather the day before, the actual conditions for our event were way better than most people expected. Entry numbers did however take a hit, with just under 40 ladies fishing on 12 boats. But the fishing was generally pretty...
June 2022 Newsletter
Up-Coming Events ● 2022 AGM and Prize Giving in August - details will be in nextmonth’s newsletter. Make sure you get your weigh sheetsand catch cards to Cam asap to be considered for this yearsprizes. You have until the end of this month to send in entriesfor the May...
10KG 2022
There was almost exactly the same excellent turn out for the 10kg tournament 2022 as last year, and again the face of an untidy forecast. But Saturday arvo was a good reminder of why we do this — the wind dropped, fish were biting, the sun was hot, and drinks were...
2022 One Base Report
2022 One Base Report In the last decade of WwGFC One Bases we’ve hadcyclones, a tsunami, loads of rubbish weather, a bit of good stuff, and a pandemic. It would be careless to say we’ve seen it all, because that would just be asking for trouble next year!
1st Marlin for Max
Yesterday 9th Jan 2022, Aaron Steinbecks 13 yr old son Max, fulfilled his dream of catching a marlin. This 117.2kg stripey caught north of the Needles and weighed at SYC.
December 2021 Newsletter
December 2021 Newsletter WWGFC Report Next Event - This Weekend!! Finally a chance for us to all get together and celebrate the 2020-2021 Fishing Season. 11th December 2021 at SYC 2.30-4.30pm Children's Fishing Event - All Welcome - Groups of 25 people on the Sandspit...
November 2021 Newsletter
A reminder to make a payment for your 2021/22 season membership subscription as soon as possible, as this is now overdue.
About
WWGFC forms the Sportfishing Division of the Sandspit Yacht Club. We have a steady core of around 300 members and are based at the SYC Clubrooms, Sandspit, on the east coast 9kms from Warkworth. More...