1. COST Senior $80 or Junior $25 (Juniors can enter senior section BUT NOT BOTH), senior fees apply.
2. ENTRANTS must state whether land based/boat fishing, male/female, senior/junior on entry form.
3. All senior fish eligible for main prizes Saturday and Sunday.
4. NOTE minimum snapper weight 1.5kg for all senior prizes. Juniors fish entered must be legal size in accordance with MPI. ALL FISH MUST BE ON ICE.

1. START FISHING: 6am Saturday, STOP FISHING: 2pm Sunday.
2. FISHING AREA: Unrestricted
3. FISH CATEGORIES: Snapper, Kingfish, Trevally, Kahawai, Crayfish – spiny & packhorse.
4. RULE: All Kingfish must exceed 75cm. All Snapper minimum weight 1.5kg. Other contest species 1kg. Juniors to meet minimum legal size where required. Ensure you are familiar with the MPI daily catch limits, refer to website.
5. SNAPPER: 4 per day per angler may be entered in contest.
6. KINGFISH: 2 per day per angler may be entered in contest.
7. CRAYFISH: “Spiny Red Rock Lobster & Packhorse” only species accepted, legal size Male 54mm/Female 60mm, Packhorse 216mm.Only Crayfish dived for can be entered and must be presented on ICE, ALIVE & NOT PUNCTURED. Daily combined limit is 6 legal rock lobsters & packhorse per Diver entered only.
8. WEIGH STATION: Venue: Eastern Rugby Club Saturday 1.30pm to 4.00pm, followed by auction & prize giving. Final weigh in Sunday 1.30pm to 3.30pm followed by auction & prize giving. Absolutely no late weigh in’s will be accepted – NO EXCUSES. You must be in line with your fish before cut-off time. No place-holders.
9. AUCTION BOTH DAYS: All registered fish will remain the property of DB Fishing Contest & Auction and will be auctioned (under MPI rules) following weigh in on day of catch. Saturday 4.30pm. Sunday 4.00pm. This years proceeds to the Lake Ohia Hall, Mangonui Lions, 2 Student to participate on the R Tucker Thompson, Taipa Area Sch, St Johns Ambulance, Mangonui Lions, Eastern Rugby Club Juniors, Karikari Peninsula Community Centre and Eastern Netball Ladies.
10. PRIZE GIVING: Saturday at approximately 5.30pm after auction. Sunday at approximately 5.30pm after the auction.
11. TACKLE: Only rods and conventional hand lines will be permitted. No contestant may use more than two hooks on any line or rig. No fishing with Torpedo or Kontiki
12. TO BE FAIR, all boat anglers must have a ticket.
13. PROTESTS: All protests must be in writing to the convenor by 4.00pm on the day in question.
14. ALL FISH ARE INSPECTED by the Officials for validity. Any fish deemed not to be fresh or legal for any reason will be rejected at weigh in. Entrants to this tournament are deemed to be in acceptance of the rules and any violation could bring about disqualification. The decisions of the Officials are final and not subject to appeal or protest.
15. As all fish are publicly auctioned fish are to be kept on ice or ice slurry until weighed in.
16. Within each category: In the event of a tie the first fish registered in will be the winner.
17. Liability to the public: No liability is accepted for the damage to any vehicle or property or loss of property or personal injury or damage of whatever nature or kind to any person however caused.
18. Clarification of the Rules: Before you begin fishing make sure that you are clear on all the rules – if in doubt ask the officials as no warning will be given. Any competitor who commits a breach of the rules shall be disqualified.
19. In the event of an unfavourable weather forecast the organisers reserve the right to cancel the competition with no refund of the ticket price.
20. Anglers or entry form submissions close 9pm Friday 26th January 2024 at Taipa Tavern and at closing times of other ticket sale vendors. If you require further ticketing, contact the organisers via email nick.ryan9@bigpond.com
21. Spot prizes: You must be present to win a spot prize, otherwise it will be redrawn.

Senior – land based or boat (men and women)
*There are two of each prize below – one drawn Saturday, one drawn Sunday.