Game Fishing Rules & Points System
Game Fish Club Leader Board, Rules & Point System
Marsden Cove Game Fishing categories:
- Leading Boat Point
- Leading Angler Points
- Heaviest Striped Marlin
- Heaviest Blue/Black Marlin or Sword Fish
- First Billfish for the season
- Heaviest Tuna
- Heaviest Mahimahi or Shortbill
- IGFA points for Single fish
- Boat with the most Billfish catches
Akarana Timbers 2023/2024 Game Fish Leader Board
MCCULLOUGH FAMILY CUP
LEADING BOAT POINTS
1st: Marlin Ramen 800
2nd: Spartan 739.4
3rd: Obsession 497
4th: Lit Up 400
5th: Force 400
TUCK FAMILY TROPHY
LEADING ANGLER POINTS
1st: Haley McCullough 400
2nd: Jax Moir 400
3rd: Willem Mabey 200
4th: Nigel Baker 200
5th: Graeme Cotton 200
PERKINSON FAMILY TROPHY
BOAT WITH MOST BILLFISH CAPTURES
1st: Spartan 4
2nd: Marlin Ramen 4
3rd: Obsession 2
4th: Lit Up 2
5th: Force 2
ADAMS FAMILY TROPHY
IGFA POINTS FOR A SINGLE ANGLER
1st: Denis Pearse 376.76
2nd: Mark Robinson 154.70
MCCULLY FAMILY CUP
PIN FISH HEAVIEST BLUE/BLACK MARLIN OR SWORDFISH ANGLER
HOPPER FAMILY CUP
PIN FISH HEAVIEST STRIPED MARLIN ANGLER
1st: Denis Pearse 139.4
2nd: Eli McLean (J) 90.6
O’BRIEN FAMILY CUP
PIN FISH HEAVIEST TUNA ANGLER
1st: Mark Robinson 37
2nd: Tama Morgan 29.6
O’BRIEN FAMILY CUP
PIN FISH HEAVIEST MAHIMAHI/SHORT BILL SPEARFISH ANGLER
1st: Grant Reeve 6.66
MARSDEN COVE FISHING CLUB TROPHY
FIRST BILL FISH FOR SEASON
Boat Name: Lit Up
Angler: Willem Mabey 03/01/24
MARSDEN COVE FISHING CLUB TROPHY
HEAVIEST GAME FISH BY A JUNIOR
1st: Eli McLean 90.6
2nd: T Morgan 29.6
Club Fish Tallys
| SPECIES | WEIGHED | T & R | TOTAL |
| Striped Marlin | 10 | 24 | 34 |
| Blue Marlin | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Black Marlin | 0 | ||
| Swordfish | 0 | ||
| Yellowfin/ Big Eye Tuna | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Spearfish | 0 | ||
| Mahimahi | 1 | 1 | |
| SBT | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Akarana Timbers 2022/2023 Game Fish Results
| Leading Boat | McCullough Family Cup | Flatline | 800 Points |
| Leading Angler | Tuck Family Trophy | Nigel Baker | 600 points |
| Most Billfish | Perkinson Family Trophy | Nigel Baker | 3 |
| Heaviest Tuna | O'Brien Family Cup | Chris Platt | 46kg |
| IGFA Points Champion Fish | Adams Family Trophy | Jeff Cunningham | 778.33 |
| Heaviest Striped Marlin | Hopper Family Cup | Josh Tuck | 93.6kg |
| Heaviest Blue/Black Marlin | McCully Family Cup | Jeff Cunningham | 186.6 Blue |
| Heaviest Fish Junior | Mitchelle Family Trophy | Josh Tuck | 93.6 Striped Marlin |
| 1st Marlin | Nigel Baker | 06/01/23 | |
| Angler Of the Cove | Jeff Cunningham | 186.6kg Blue Marlin |
Club Game Fishing Rules and point system:
All IGFA Rules apply!
- Any tagged Billfish is 200 points
- 1 point per KG for any weighed Billfish – Must be 90kgs or over.
- 1 point per KG for Tuna – Must be 7kgs or over.
- 40 Points per tagged Tuna – Albacore & Skipjack are not counted for tagging.
- 1 point per KG for Mahimahi and Shortbill – Must be 5kgs or over.
- 40 points for a tagged Shortbill
- 10 points for a tagged Shark – Mako, Blue, Thrasher & Hammer Head only
Send your photos of your tagged cards and official weigh boards to adamsresidential@xtra.co.nz or marsdencovefishingclub@gmail.com ro be added to the Leader Board!
Trophies for 1st place in Categories Only.