To ensure your fish weights are eligible for yearly trophies, you must be a financial member of the current fishing season of the Matarangi Boat and Fishing Club Inc. All weights contribute to points for Champion Angler and Champion Boat, and the heaviest fish in each category will win trophies for the current fishing year (July 1st - June 30th).
Please call one of the following Weighmasters on your trip home so they can meet you at the weigh station located at the Fire Station.
Remember to bring your rod, reel, and your phone with your digital photo ID or your current membership card; these are required at weigh-in.
Click here for weighmasters.
All fish weighed or tagged for club trophies are to comply with the club rules as below
Note 1 - champion boat is points based. Total number of points for fish weighed or tagged by anglers fishing from that boat as per points accumulated from note two.
Note 2 - champion angler is points based. There is a maximum of six fish per species per year that may be weighed in and points are accummulated by anglers officially
* weighing fish for each species as listed above with a maximum of two fish for each species per day and a mimimum weight snapper of 3 kg. This applies to weighed fish only
Note 3 - tagged fish points count towards champion boat and champion angler trophies. There is no limit on the amount of tagged fish.
Note 4 - all fish weighed or tagged must be caught under igfa, nzsfc and club rules.
Note 5 - points are calculated by taking the fish weight and multiplying by one hundred and then dividing by the LINE weight.
Note 6 - heaviest land based snapper does not have to exceed 3kg in weight for seasonal trophy. It must be over 3kg to qualify for champion angler points as per note 2
Note 7 - junior longest snapper & kingfish is catch & release only. The same fish cannot be measured and then weighed in for seasonal trophies.