Trout Fishing Competition
Tauwhāinga hī taraute
2024 Trout Fishing Competition
2nd September - 5th September 2024
Limited to 100 participants and entries close 2nd September 2024.
Timeline:
Monday 2nd September 2024:
18:30 hrs - Guest speaker from DOC
1900 hrs - AGM
Tuesday 3rd September 2024: Competition
0500 hrs - Competition will start
1800 - 1830 hrs - First weigh-in
Wednesday 4th September 2024: Competition
0500 hrs - Competition will start
1800 - 1830 hrs - Second weigh-in
Thursday 5th September 2024: Competition and Prize-giving
0500 hrs - Competition will start
1700 - 1800 hrs - Third & Final weigh-in
1900 hrs - Dinner & Prizegiving
ALL WEIGH-IN TIMES WILL BE STRICTLY ADHERED TO.
Venue:
Tūrangi Fire Station, 16 Ohuanga Road, Tūrangi 3334
Fishing Area:
Anywhere in the Lake Taupō Area as detailed and as explained on the front of the Taupō District Licence as issued by the Department of Conservation for that year.
Trophy and Prize List
Trophies
N.Z.F.S. Shield (Main prize) Aggregate best three fish weighed by an individual
Thomas Family Trophy (Heaviest Brown Overall)
Denys Bell Founders Trophy (Best Condition Factor Overall)
Charles Tattersall Memorial Shield (Mystery Weight) average of all fish weighed
Patrons Trophy (Best performance by a newcomer) Individual Aggregate
Alliance Network Cup (Best aggregate by an individual)
Fire Fighting Enterprises Ltd. Trophy (Team prize) Aggregate of the best 9 fish or less
Duncan Massey Memorial Trophy (Heaviest Rainbow Overall)
David & Shirley Knight Trophy (Ladies best condition factor Brown or Rainbow)
Daily prizes:
(Heaviest Rainbow) 1st, 2nd & 3rd
(Heaviest Brown) 1st, 2nd & 3rd
BE A WATERWAY HERO
Stop the spread of invasive weeds and pests
The Check Clean Dry basics
Remove any plant or soil matter from your watercraft and trailer.
Use a 10% detergent or 2% bleach and water mix to clean gear that is wet or moist. Spray or soak any wet clothing or footwear. Leave the mix on for 10 minutes. This will kill algae.
Dry any gear that has been immersed to make sure none of these moisture-loving weeds and pests can survive. Dry to touch and then for another 48 hours.
Your Check Clean Dry toolkit
Have a good-sized spray bottle handy filled with 10% dishwashing detergent or 2% bleach in water.
About the threat
Didymo
Lagarosiphon
Lake snow-Lindavia
Egeria
Hornwort
Catfish
Help stop invasive weeds and pests from spoiling New Zealand's lakes, rivers and wetlands.
There are no locked gates protecting these precious places. Do your bit to stop the spread.
Here are the simple things you can do that make a difference...
Your outboard/sternleg
Pull the boat out and put the motor down, then run the motor briefly to drain any water.
Drain the bilge.
If there is no drain plug for the anchor well, spray some detergent into the well.
Spray your cleaning mix on the water intake and the prop, as the exhaust comes out there.
Your jetski
Rev the motor to run it dry while exiting the ramp. This will remove any water in the system.
Check and remove any visible plant matter caught on the grill or steering unit.
Spray your cleaning mix up the grill and into the steering unit.
Your jetboat
Remove any visible plant matter from around the trailer and grill.
When leaving the water, rev the engine briefly to get rid of excess external water from exhausts.
Drain the sand trap (and bung if it drains into the hull) at the end of the trip.
After draining the bilge, spray your cleaning mix into any moist or wet areas.
Spray the jet intake, steering nozzle and reverse bucket with your cleaning mix.
Carpet on trailers stays moist longer and should be treated with your cleaning mix.
For all trailers
Check and remove any plant or soil matter caught on the trailer.
If the trailer is carpeted this creates more of a risk of spreading pests − so where it is moist or wet, carry out a thorough spray with your cleaning mix.
For all hulls
Make sure the outside of the hull is clean and dry before entering another waterway.
The outside of your craft will dry if you tow it more than 20 km on a dry day after leaving the ramp.
Or, if you are not going that far and will go into another waterway soon, give the hull a wipe with your cleaning mix.
No need to flush the engine
Water heating means you do not generally need to flush out the engine between waterways.
Water in the motor of a jetski, jetboat or outboard reaches 60 degrees plus and that is hot enough to kill any unwanted pest organism.
Research by NIWA shows this includes killing the worst two invasive freshwater algae in New Zealand, didymo (Didymosphenia geminate) and Lindavia (Lindavia intermedia which causes Lake snow).
