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TEAM VETUS MAXWELL HAD A HEAD TO HEAD FISHING SHOOT OUT AGAINST TEAM PACIFIC POWERBOAT AND THE RESULTS WERE CLOSE…WELL CLOSE ENOUGH. TEXT BY BARRY THOMPSON Best Team Won… Sort Of I don’t really need an excuse to go fishing, so when Ron Czerniak, the sales manager for the Indo Asian region for Vetus Maxwell, rang me about maybe organizing a fish-off, it was a no-brainer. The whole thing started when Vetus-Maxwell ran a competition at the 2013 Hutchwilco Boat Show. The competition was a simple one. Anyone who attended the show and came to the Vetus-Maxwell stand and spoke to one of the friendly staff members about any of our Vetus- Maxwell products, was encouraged to fill in a competition form to win a day out fishing in the Hauraki Gulf on the Vetus-Maxwell boat with a couple of mates. All that Vetus-Maxwell asked for in return was their name, contact details and what Vetus-Maxwell product they were interested in. The lucky winner was Bruce McAneaney of Orewa, who had no trouble rounding up a couple of fishing buddies. Shortly after the show it was decided that to make the trip more interesting Pacific PowerBoat magazine would also come along with our Buccaneer 685 Exess and with a few mates have a shoot-out between teams. Well, all that sounds easy, but trying to get the weather right and the people all together Team Pacific PowerBoat consisted of Mark Burt, Bruce’s son Karl, and me. With four anglers against three, the odds were certainly in Team Vetus-Maxwell’s favour. However, Team Vetus-Maxwell did assure us that the final result would be based on number of fish per angler, so it is churlish of me to complain. To top it off I was still walking around in a moon-boot and so didn’t consider myself in full fishing fitness! Well, that was my excuse. Bitch, bitch, moan, moan. As the Northern side of the Whangaparaoa Peninsula is the usual fishing area for Mark and me, we decided to go straight out to the 25m mark, about midway between Tiri Tiri Island and Kawau Island. at the same time took a lot longer than anticipated. Eventually it all came right and in early November it was all on. Two boats left from Manly Beach, just North of Auckland where my Nuffield diesel did the launching honours. We could have gone to Gulf Harbour but the congestion on the ramp on a Sunday morning was not worth thinking about. Coming back would have been even worse, so the uncluttered open beach launch It was just at the turn of low tide, with 20-25 knots of wind and a sloppy sea. Although it was quite uncomfortable (especially with a moon boot) we had no trouble in catching plenty of snapper. Team Vetus-Maxwell had a head start and by the time we decided to head into the more sheltered waters behind Tiri, they were already well ahead. Back at Tiri in the calm water I went straight to a favourite spot of mine that I have fished on with a mate on many occasions. To my horror there was already a boat on it ….. my mate Mike Butt. Still, even though we had to anchor 100m away we managed to bring on a few more and add to the slowly growing tally. was the perfect answer. Team Vetus-Maxwell aboard their McLay 690 with Mercury 275 Verado power was Ron Czerniak, Peter Teensma, the winner Bruce McAneaney and son-in-law, Dean Rehua. The Vetus-Maxwell boat was chomping at the bit, having just had its pre-season once over and Mercury engine service completed by the Westhaven based qualified team at Marine Workz. Lunch Break It wasn’t long before the Vetus-Maxwell team joined us and told us gloatingly of their success. Although we knew we had been out-fished in the morning session we didn’t reveal too much about our score. Peter is an ace fisho and so for the ‘affo’ session we went into the open water between Tiri and Rakino Island, in about 18m. It was his spot ‘25’ on his GPS and he guaranteed it to work. And work it did. Within a few minutes the rod tip was twitching and before long, snapper were coming aboard. Nothing big, but good size pannies and even a sizeable gurnard. We kept our excitement to a minimum and quietly hauled them aboard while in Team Vetus-Maxwell the screams of success emulated across the Gulf. It was team extrovert against team introvert. By mid affo we had had our fill of fishing and headed back to Manly for a count-up. Team Vetus-Maxwell won the prize for the biggest snapper, which was only marginally better than one I caught, but nevertheless it was bigger. As for the total, we counted 55 snapper and one Gurnard, 36 to Team Vetus- Maxwell and 20 to Team Pacific PowerBoat Magazine. However, on a count back, if you take 25% of the Team Vetus-Maxwell catch away for the extra fisherman, the scores should have read 27 to 20, so it wasn’t that bad for our side! However, at the end of the day the better team won and we all had a great day on the water. Maybe we can have a rematch soon and see if our team can make a comeback. Whatever, it will be fun trying. POWER BOAT FISHING POWER BOAT FISHING THE WINNING TEAM IN ACTION. MY TRACTOR MADE LAUNCHING EASY. THE VETUS-MAXWELL MCLAY HAS PROVEN A GREAT FISHING PLATFORM. THE WINNING TEAM WITH THE WINNING TALLY….BUGGER! PETER TEENSMA WITH THE BIGGEST SNAPPER OF THE DAY. PACIFIC POWERBOAT JANUARY 2014 www.pacificpowerboat.com 112 PACIFIC POWERBOAT JANUARY 2014 www.pacificpowerboat.com 113
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Team VeTus maxwell had a head To head fishing shooT ouT againsT Team Pacific PowerBoaT and The resulTs were close…well close enough. TexT BY BarrY ThomPson
Best Team Won…Sort OfI don’t really need an excuse to go fishing,
so when Ron Czerniak, the sales manager for the Indo Asian region for Vetus
Maxwell, rang me about maybe organizing a fish-off, it was a no-brainer.The whole thing started when Vetus-Maxwell ran a competition at the 2013 Hutchwilco Boat Show. The competition was a simple one. Anyone who attended the show and came to the Vetus-Maxwell stand and spoke to one of the friendly staff members about any of our Vetus- Maxwell products, was encouraged to fill in a competition form to win a day out fishing in the Hauraki Gulf on the Vetus-Maxwell boat with a couple of mates. All that Vetus-Maxwell asked for in return was their name, contact details and what Vetus-Maxwell product they were interested in. The lucky winner was Bruce McAneaney of Orewa, who had no trouble rounding up a couple of fishing buddies.Shortly after the show it was decided that to make the trip more interesting Pacific PowerBoat magazine would also come along with our Buccaneer 685 Exess and with a few mates have a shoot-out between teams.Well, all that sounds easy, but trying to get the weather right and the people all together
Team Pacific PowerBoat consisted of Mark Burt, Bruce’s son Karl, and me. With four anglers against three, the odds were certainly in Team Vetus-Maxwell’s favour. However, Team Vetus-Maxwell did assure us that the final result would be based on number of fish per angler, so it is churlish of me to complain. To top it off I was still walking around in a moon-boot and so didn’t consider myself in full fishing fitness! Well, that was my excuse. Bitch, bitch, moan, moan. As the Northern side of the Whangaparaoa Peninsula is the usual fishing area for Mark and me, we decided to go straight out to the 25m mark, about midway between Tiri Tiri Island and Kawau Island.
at the same time took a lot longer than anticipated. Eventually it all came right and in early November it was all on.Two boats left from Manly Beach, just North of Auckland where my Nuffield diesel did the launching honours. We could have gone to Gulf Harbour but the congestion on the ramp on a Sunday morning was not worth thinking about. Coming back would have been even worse, so the uncluttered open beach launch
It was just at the turn of low tide, with 20-25 knots of wind and a sloppy sea. Although it was quite uncomfortable (especially with a moon boot) we had no trouble in catching plenty of snapper. Team Vetus-Maxwell had a head start and by the time we decided to head into the more sheltered waters behind Tiri, they were already well ahead.Back at Tiri in the calm water I went straight to a favourite spot of mine that I have fished on with a mate on many occasions. To my horror there was already a boat on it ….. my mate Mike Butt. Still, even though we had to anchor 100m away we managed to bring on a few more and add to the slowly growing tally.
was the perfect answer.Team Vetus-Maxwell aboard their McLay 690 with Mercury 275 Verado power was Ron Czerniak, Peter Teensma, the winner Bruce McAneaney and son-in-law, Dean Rehua. The Vetus-Maxwell boat was chomping at the bit, having just had its pre-season once over and Mercury engine service completed by the Westhaven based qualified team at Marine Workz.
Lunch BreakIt wasn’t long before the Vetus-Maxwell team joined us and told us gloatingly of their success. Although we knew we had been out-fished in the morning session we didn’t reveal too much about our score.Peter is an ace fisho and so for the ‘affo’ session we went into the open water between Tiri and Rakino Island, in about 18m. It was his spot ‘25’ on his GPS and he guaranteed it to work. And work it did. Within a few minutes the rod tip was twitching and before long, snapper were coming aboard. Nothing big, but good size pannies and even a sizeable gurnard. We kept our excitement to a minimum and quietly hauled them aboard while in Team Vetus-Maxwell the screams of success emulated across the Gulf. It was team extrovert against team introvert.By mid affo we had had our fill of fishing and headed back to Manly for a count-up. Team Vetus-Maxwell won the prize for the biggest snapper, which was only marginally better than one I caught, but nevertheless it was bigger. As for the total, we counted 55 snapper and one Gurnard, 36 to Team Vetus-Maxwell and 20 to Team Pacific PowerBoat Magazine. However, on a count back, if you take 25% of the Team Vetus-Maxwell catch away for the extra fisherman, the scores should have read 27 to 20, so it wasn’t that bad for our side! However, at the end of the day the better team won and we all had a great day on the water. Maybe we can have a rematch soon and see if our team can make a comeback. Whatever, it will be fun trying.
POWER BOAT FISHING POWER BOAT FISHING
The winning Team in acTion.
my TracTor made launching easy.
The VeTus-maxwell mclay has proVen a greaT fishing plaTform.
The winning Team wiTh The winning Tally….bugger!
peTer Teensma wiTh The biggesT snapper of The day.
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