09/12/2024
15 April 2023 Otaki Boating Club hosted the Otaki Beach Charity Surfcasting competition sponsored by local businesses Koastal Kerb Ltd, Concrete Doctors, Pritchard Civil and Whakatane based Alpha Pipelines.
Competitors fished from 8am to 2pm within the defined boundary (north of the Otaki River mouth to south of the Surf Club) to catch the heaviest kahawai and win.
Prizes were for heaviest kahawai, $1000 cash as an adult or $500 as a junior angler and $200 for average weight kahawai sponsored by local surfcaster Pat Barrett of Barrett’s Full House Decorators.
The charity chosen by Otaki Boating club was the Hawkes Bay Mayoral Relief Fund.
141 anglers from as far as Wainuiomata and Palmerston North and of course plenty of locals.
A total 57 kahawai were weighed in.
It certainly was an amazing day with many families and visitors enjoying Otaki beach at its finest.