Evans Xmas Ham one day competition is new to the club with only hams for prizes. We left early from the ramp around 5.30 am and headed out to Aerial reef to look for feeding schools of Kahawai for bait, last weekend they were everywhere but as luck would have it none were seen, so we headed another 5 k's to South rocks where we finally came across one. After 30 minutes we had 7 in the bin and the largest put aside for the comp. We headed out to Baistows for a Hapuka drift, the conditions were good with a light wind and little swell. Over the next 5 hours we managed to land a 13 kg Hapuka, 2 Bluenose and a couple of good sized Gemfish. We headed back to South rocks for a snapper fish in the shallows and managed a few small ones and later a couple of Terakihi.
At the prize giving Murray came first in the Hapuka, third in the Gemfish and I came 5th in the Kahawai section. We ended up with one whole ham and 2 half hams which will end up on our Xmas families tables.
I wish all my readers a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year.
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