Mahia Boating & Fishing Club

18/06/2026

We are right into SBT season now!!!

🐟 Southern Bluefin Tuna
⚖️ 49.0kgs
🎣 37kg
🧑‍✈️ Nick Mackay
🛥️ Tennessee Whiskey
📍 Mahia Beach Store

14/06/2026

Game on!

🐟 Southern Bluefin Tuna
⚖️ 116.8kg
🎣37kg
🛥️Kashmir
🧑‍✈️Chris McGregor
📍 EPD

13/06/2026

🐟 Southern Bluefin Tuna
⚖️ 72.3kg
🛥️ Bayhunter
🧑‍✈️ Rob Harper
🎣 37kg
📍 EPD

13/06/2026

🐟🐟🐟🔆🔆🔆

🐟 Southern Bluefin Tuna
⚖️76.3kgs
🎣24kg
🛥️ Dark n Stormy
🧑‍✈️ Pete Scott
📍 EPD

12/06/2026

On the board!

🐟 Southern Bluefin Tuna
⚖️75.3kg
🛥️Nalo
🧑‍✈️Nick Wilson
🎣24kg
📍 EPD

22/04/2026

Heads up for anyone fishing over this long weekend 🐟 🪵

One of our members is just steaming to Mahia and said they’re in logs as thick as Gabrielle, 25m thru 45m.

Please be aware.

fans
New Zealand Sport Fishing Council Inc
Hawkes Bay Sports Fishing Club
Ahuriri
Napier City Council - Te Kaunihera o Ahuriri
Coastguard Hawke's Bay
LegaSea Hawkes Bay
Hawke's Bay Regional Council

19/04/2026

Happy Sunday!
Just an update our Gun City and Fishing Reel Rivals Marlin section has now been changed to Billfish as there were no Marlin caught between competitors overs summer months this now gives the opportunity for Broadbill Swordfish to be weighed.
With the SBT season coming up and a great time of year to target broady’s make sure you enter!!

23/03/2026

Hey fellow fishermen & women 🐟
Some of you made heard of our 12 year old mate Hawkes Bay Sports Fishing Club member Riley Burch who is currently undergoing treatment for osteosarcoma, a rare bone cancer affecting 4-5 children in NZ each year. Riley loves sports, especially fishing!
We have put together a raffle with help from some amazing NZ fishing brands to raise some funds for Riley and his family, to try help make a hard time just a little easier.

Tickets are $25 each
You will get a chance at winning either #1 or #2
Please click the Google forms link below to enter your details and on the form is the bank acc number to pay your entry too.
Maximum 4 tickets pp.
Raffle will be drawn Wednesday 1st April @ 6pm and winners will be contacted.
We are unable to post the prize packs but will be able to help deliver to Gisborne or Napier or you can pick up from Mahia.
Any questions please email
[email protected]

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1uKrojIrfEtOiKSsNV_Wv_XgvqFc3pg-lDtrmrqgKLsw/viewform

Prize pack #1
2 x OKUMA New Zealand hats
1 x Okuma face mask
1 x Just Another Fisherman $150 online voucher
1 x kmlures Lure
1 x Okuma duffle bag
1 x Okuma surf rod & reel combo

Prize pack #2
2 x B***e Lures
1 x $50 Wettie online voucher
1 x Icey-Tek NZ Mug
1 x Daiwa New Zealand bait bucket
1 x Daiwa surf rod & reel combo
1 x Rod holder

13/03/2026

Logan McClelland with the new heaviest Coastline Civil Snapper 10.590kgs for our Reel Rivals Competition!
With the summer season not far off finishing we have bluefin just around the corner and it’s not too late to enter!!!

28/02/2026

🚨🚨WINNERS 2026🚨🚨

Goodtime Pies Tuna - 25.5kg Marg McLean onboard Kotuku Five

DT Builders Albacore - 17.9kg
Chris McCarthy onboard Born Ready

Rocket Lab Skipjack - 9.715kg Mark Gregory onboard Flat Out

Expressway Landscaping Supplies Kingfish - 16.2kg Glen Thompson onboard Robbo

AF Thompson Contracting Snapper - 5.56kg Robyn Scott onboard Deliverance

Mahia Beach Store Kahawai - 2.745kg Max LeQuesne onboard Gin & Beer it II

Richard Kepka Builds First T&R - Yellowfin Tuna Jacob Barnett onboard Bay Hunter

Onshore Electrical Most T&R - 4 x Yellowfin Tuna Hayden Ross + Crew onboard Dark n Stormy

Total Fleet Solution Heaviest Junior - 22.6kg Marcus Brownlie onboard SeaJay

Presidents Prize - Marama Patea Boats Ltd

Mahi Mahi - 10.20kg Cleveland Smith onboard Mia Blue

Best Photo - Rinse & Repeat

Hard luck - Born Ready - prematurely caught their Marlin a day early

Laziest Angler - Joe Powdrell

Lucky Angler 5k - Greg McKinnon

Big shout to all our sponsors and committee memebers and volunteers without you we wouldn’t be able to have this comp. And a big thank you to all anglers who traveled near and far … as far as Dunedin! We especially wouldn’t have a comp without you all! See you all next year, who will find the elusive Marlin…? Bring it on!!