Our sponsors are well thanked. We have received wonderful prizes for this special kayak fishing day.
Main Sponsor: Hunting and Fishing Whakatane Snapper Section and the main spot prise - A Viking Kayak
Other Sponsors:
Tarawera River Lodge Kawerau
Ohope Top 10 Holiday Park (heaviest Snapper - outside EBOP participant)
KC Printing and Apparel (Printing of Logos, banners and T-shirts)
Helloworld Whakatane (Early Bird Price)
VHF Radio
Harbour View Electrical
SEAMarine (Avergae weight Snapper.)
Opotiki /bait and Tackle (Travally Section)
Iceman (Blue cod and Gurnard)
Fishing and More (King Fish and Kahawai)
Sharkez(Tuna)
Ohope 4 Square ( (Grand Slam All Species)
Whakatane - Ohope Community board
The fresh Market
Fogdog
Bella Designs
One Double X
Bank of Newzealand
J Foster Building and Tiling
Kaveman Tackle (John dory)
Catch like a Pro (products for Spot Prices
Placemakers (Raffle Donation)
Gibbo's Fresh Fish (Fileter)
Fogdog (Products)
(some more to be added)
All entries and correspondence will be done by sending a PM message to this page.
Individual entries - non membeers: Early birds Before 31 March) $ 50-00 - After 31 March $60
Individual entries: Club members: Early birds Before 31 March) $ 40-00 - After 31 March $50
You send us your:
full names,
address,
mobile number,
e-mail,
agree to take part in this event at my own risk,
Emergency contact person:
Full name
Mobile number
Are you a team captain?
Team captains pay an additional $20.
After we have all your information, we will calculate the cost and send you the bank account information for bank transfer.
EBOP Kayak Fishing Club Kayak Fishing Tournament Rules
• This event is open to human, sail, or Bixpy E motor-assisted kayaks. Any other type of watercraft or propulsion is prohibited, No ferrying of kayaks by other boats is permitted
• Only Rods and Hand lines may be used. Only two hooks per rod or hand line, treble hooks only on artificial lures.
• All fish must be caught on the water from a kayak and transported to shore by kayak.
• Tournament Registration will be from 5:45pm Friday the 26th of April, followed by a Safety briefing at 7:00pm. All contestants are encouraged to attend the Safety Briefing.
• Fishing will be from 5:00am until 3:00pm on Saturday 27th of April 2024.
• Weigh-in will open at 2:00pm in the car park of the Ohope Charter Club and any angler not in the weigh-in line by 4:00pm will not have their fish weighed for the tournament.
• Fish not deemed to be in good fresh condition run the risk of being rejected from weighing by the Weigh Master. (Weigh-masters decision final)
• All fish must comply with NZ Amateur Fishing Regulations, plus tournament limits and NO under-size fish will be accepted. Tournament minimum/maximum size limits are Snapper 350-600mm, Kingfish 770mm, and all others 300mm.
• An angler may only win one prize per section
• For the Snapper section an angler may weigh in 2 fish and Teams event (see below) all other species only 1 fish per species to be weighed in.
Prizes:
Fishing Categories. Eligible Species are as follows; Snapper, Kahawai (gutted/gilled), Kingfish, Trevally, Gurnard/Blue Cod, Tuna, and John Dory.
Grand Slam:
This will be awarded (1st, 2nd, 3rd) to the angler who weighs in any of 7 eligible species; the most species and their combined weight will be the final determining factor. Anglers will be able to weigh in one of each eligible species.
Teams section:
This is for teams of 2 to 4 anglers entered in the main tournament and entered as a team.
*Total weight of 4 snappers weighed in by the team by any of the team members.
Team Entry is an additional $20 per team and is payable by the Team Captain on the main entry form.
Average weight snapper by a non-EBOP contestant: Ohope Top 10 Holiday Park will donate a $700 accommodation voucher.
Average weight snapper for all entrants. Prize VHF Radio.
1st/2nd/3rd prizes for fish categories; Snapper, Kahawai (gutted/gilled), Trevally, Gurnard/Blue Cod.
1st & 2nd prizes Kingfish, Tuna, and John Dory.
Spot prizes are given out at the briefing and prize giving, NB, a person has to be present to claim any of the spot prizes.
Main Spot Prize: drawn at the end of the prize-giving a kitted-out Viking Reload kayak donated from Whakatane Hunting & Fishing
Early Bird prize (registered on or before 31 March 2024) of a $1,000 travel voucher from Helloworld Whakatane, Drawn at the briefing Friday evening.
• If two or more fish are of equal weight then the fish weighed in first will be deemed to be the winner.
• In the event of prizes not being awarded for any reason, they will become spot prizes.
• Cancellation of the event is always a possibility so notwithstanding influences that are outside of the club committee’s control, i.e., cyclones, and floods, our backup contingency is Ohiwa/Tauranga harbors.
• All matters on which these rules are silent shall be determined at the discretion of the Organizing Committee.
• The purchasing of an entry in the EBOP Kayak fishing Club Kayak fishing tournament constitutes acceptance of the rules and regulations of the contest and participants agree to abide by the decision of the Organizing Committee and agree to take part in the event at their own risk. No Correspondence will be entered into.