2024/2025 Membership Renewal

You can join our club at any time during the season. Memberships are valid for the current season starting 1st July and will expire on the 30th of June.

Membership Benefits

• We hold club nights which include guest speakers, demonstrations, fun games and the opportunity for a good old chat with fellow club members
• Receive a monthly newsletter
• Membership card will provide you with visitor access to affiliated clubs
• Club Tournaments and Family Fishing Weekends away
• Free entry to our Winter Challenge
• Enter affiliated clubs fishing tournaments
• Affiliation to the New Zealand Sport Fishing Council and International Game Fishing association.
• 10% discount at Hamilton and Cambridge Hunting & Fishing upon presenting your WSFC Membership card. Conditions apply.

Membership Fee's

Adult:   $40

Family:   $90
(2 adults and up to 4 children 16 years and under as at 1 July 2024)

Junior:   $10
(16 Yrs and under as at 1st July 2024)

Student & Transitional: $20
(any one 16 to 21 years old).

“Some of our key sponsors noted below, all sponsors will be promoted in coming newsletters”

WAIKATO SPORT FISHING CLUB SHELLY BEACH FAMILY FISHING COMPETITION

Saturday 2nd November 2024.

Hosted by WSFC at Shelly Beach Top 10 Holiday Park.

The Annual Waikato Sport Fishing Club Shelly Beach Family Fishing Competition is back! A great opportunity to get together, give the kiddos a rod and have some fun showing some of the seasoned fishos (Mum and Dad) how its done!

$2500 Prize Pool

We once again have our much loved spot prize for 2 nights accommodation in an Air BnB beach front property at Oamaru Bay valued at $720. Thanks to Shane Mellow at Stainless Solutions.

Prize categories , Snapper, Kahawai & Heaviest other Sports fish.

Overall Average Snapper prize.

Entry: Adults $20 , Juniors $10, Small fry $5, Non members $30.

Small Fry through to age 10 at 1st July 2024

Junior 11-16 yrs at 1st July 2024

Coromandel Shelly Beach TOP 10 Holiday Park and their sister park, Anglers Lodge, are happy to give Waikato Sport Fishing Club members 10% off your accommodation for any stays a week either side of the event to get you some good time on the water using Promo Code: WSC on our booking engines! For more details and to register click on the links below.

SAVE THE DATE 

SIMRAD RAGLAN ONE BASE 8th-15th MARCH 2025

WINTER CHALLENGE 2024

28 June 2024 TO 31 October 2024

$1,500 IN PRIZES

All anglers one division

Kingfish, Trevally, Snapper, Kahawai and Barracoutta

Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd in four species and single prize for Barracoutta

Entry:                Open to Waikato Sport Fishing Club Financial Members                              from 1/7/24              

Entry fee:         Nil - Members only

Fishing area:   NZ Waters

For more details visit our website

WSFC AGM & Prizegiving

This year's Waikato Sport Fishing Club AGM & Annual Prizegiving will be held 7pm Tuesday 8th October at the clubrooms, 499 Grantham Street, Hamilton.

All paid 2024/2025 WSFC members attending the AGM & Prizegiving go into a draw for a $250 voucher.

• 6.30 pm    Clubrooms/bar will open
• 6.45 pm    Light food served
• 7.00 pm    AGM
  •           New Constitution
  •           Great Gurnard Hunt, mystery length $300 cash draw
• 7.30 pm    Junior & Senior Prizegiving
• 8.00 pm   Guest Speaker

This years guest speaker is Life Member and Committee Member Bob Gutsell. We will get to hear about Bob's recent fishing trip to Mexico and his visit to the International Game Fishing Association headquarters in Florida.

Welcome to our new newsletter and all things communication wise from your committee.

In the background the committee and special hats off to our new self taught I.T expert Kerrie for taking on the launch of our Sporty platform.

 Website updated

1. Membership fee renewal all online
2. Platform set of tournament registrations
3. Newsletter etc etc.

Special thanks to Michael Monk at Develop IT for his years of service to the club and we are relieved that Michael will continue on in the background to help the club. I recently used Michael to update our business website and hosting and he did a great job and was easy to work with so if you have a similar project in mind get a hold of Michael.             https://www.dvelopit.co.nz/

The winter challenge has started, not a lot of quantity, but QUALITY. Snapper up to 90cm! Yes yes in Mokau of all places, who would have thought? But see the tournament details below and get amongst it.

I have had a couple of trips to Raglan and spring snapper were in at 40metres.

Then a trip up the firth with one of my favorite young fishos Buck, who was like a kid in a candy store amongst the nice snapper being caught.

Look forward to seeing you all at the AGM, new committee members welcome to join the current crew.

President

Brian Mellow