http://www.matamatafishingclub.co.nz/blog/ The latest Blog feeds from www.matamatafishingclub.co.nz en-us Sat, 09 May 2026 18:39:44 +1200 Rocketspark http://www.matamatafishingclub.co.nz/blog/post/164169/may-update-2026/ Hi Members,Welcome to our own email updateApril-May Competition is the 9th and 10th of May  General RemindersOnce you have weighed in your fish please clear the area so others can do the sameLast Competition there were too many people standing around talking near the weigh stationThis meant we were unable to hear a lot of the weights being called out  President’s ReportHello team, This is a quick newsletter before our May competition.  Unfortunately our last competitio... Mon, 04 May 2026 19:28:11 +1200 http://www.matamatafishingclub.co.nz/blog/#post164169 http://www.matamatafishingclub.co.nz/blog/post/162962/april-update-2026/ Hello Members, and Fellow Fisho’s, Welcome to our April Newsletter.  Unfortunately, we had to postpone our original dates for our March Competition for one week due to the weather. This worked in our favour as it was a great turnout of people with fish at our Club.The Big Fish Competition was kindly sponsored by Challenge Matamata, King Electrical, Plumbco (2004) Limited, FVM Farm Veterinary Matamata, and Matamata Marine.Our Sponsorship for this Competition makes this a rea... Wed, 01 Apr 2026 02:43:41 +1300 http://www.matamatafishingclub.co.nz/blog/#post162962 http://www.matamatafishingclub.co.nz/blog/post/161163/march-update-2026/ Hi Members, Welcome to our email updateMarch Competition is over 3 days, Friday 13th, Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th   President’s Report Welcome to our March newsletter. It was great to see a good number of families and members turn up at our February competition. Unfortunately, there was no Marlin caught. A huge thank you to our February sponsors which included the Stihl Shop Matamata, Riverhaven Rod and Reel Repairs, Begovich Builders, Matamata Butchery Limited, Top ... Mon, 02 Mar 2026 05:06:35 +1300 http://www.matamatafishingclub.co.nz/blog/#post161163 http://www.matamatafishingclub.co.nz/blog/post/159779/february-update-2026/ Hi Members,Welcome to our own email updateFebruary Competition is 13th,14th and 15th February  President’s Report Hello everyone, Welcome to our first Newsletter for 2026.  I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year with family and friends.  The weather during this period has been mixed with some nice fishing to be had when the opportunity presented. Our next competition is a three day competition being the 13th, 14th and 15th February. We would ... Tue, 03 Feb 2026 07:23:46 +1300 http://www.matamatafishingclub.co.nz/blog/#post159779 http://www.matamatafishingclub.co.nz/blog/post/157026/december-newsletter-2025/ Hello team, Welcome to our December newsletter. Firstly, I would like to acknowledge Keith & Elaine Melville for their dedication and hard work that they have put into our Newsletters for the past 10 years. This will be the final newsletter they do for us, and we are so grateful for the time and efforts they have put into producing these each month for us. So a massive thank you to them.We are making plans for what’s next with Club Newsletters so keep your eyes peeled for th... Mon, 01 Dec 2025 07:44:27 +1300 http://www.matamatafishingclub.co.nz/blog/#post157026 http://www.matamatafishingclub.co.nz/blog/post/155473/november-newsletter-2025/ Hello team and Welcome to our November newsletter.It was great to see a good turnout at the Club last competition with some nice fish being weighed in. Heaviest Trout went to Stephen Butcher weighing 3.19kg. Glen Clothier’s crew caught some nice Kingfish, the heaviest going to Beau Mitchell with a 10.32kg fish. I took a crew to Mayor Island and probably had the best fishing I’ve had for years. The Heaviest Snapper was 6.28kg. Our prizes on offer for the October Competition were very well rec... Sat, 01 Nov 2025 03:58:47 +1300 http://www.matamatafishingclub.co.nz/blog/#post155473 http://www.matamatafishingclub.co.nz/blog/post/153316/october-newsletter-2025/ Hello fellow fishos,Welcome to our October newsletter. Unfortunately our weather was not good for our September competition date, the decision was made to post pone it for a week. Luckily enough the weather played its part on the following Saturday. It was pleasing to see the number of people at the Club considering the fishing weather. Although there wasn’t a lot of big fish, there were a lot of happy anglers. A big thank you to our major sponsors for our September competition, Matamata ... Wed, 01 Oct 2025 06:02:33 +1300 http://www.matamatafishingclub.co.nz/blog/#post153316 http://www.matamatafishingclub.co.nz/blog/post/151291/september-newsletter-2025/ Hi and welcome to our new season. A big thank you to our sponsors for the September competition, Matamata Mitre 10, Mark Wilcox Builders Ltd and Piako Rural Services Ltd (Jim and Wendy Oliver). We would also like to extend a big thank you to all of our sponsors, big or small, so please where possible, support these businesses that support us. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor please let us know so we can work with you.We have another great committee lined up for the year. Many tha... Mon, 01 Sep 2025 08:01:47 +1200 http://www.matamatafishingclub.co.nz/blog/#post151291 http://www.matamatafishingclub.co.nz/blog/post/149776/august-newsletter-2025/ Hello team, It is the end of another great season for members and our club. Our July Hunting Competition was a huge success. It was great to see so many families at the Club, even with average weather conditions. There was an awesome effort put in by people and some really nice animals weighed in. A huge thank you to our sponsors.We had an amazing array of prizes and many positive comments regarding them. So please, if you go into any of our sponsors businesses, please thank them and show o... Fri, 01 Aug 2025 06:57:27 +1200 http://www.matamatafishingclub.co.nz/blog/#post149776 http://www.matamatafishingclub.co.nz/blog/post/147970/july-newsletter-2025/ Hello team, Welcome to our July newsletter.Unfortunately, due to our weather, we were a little light on numbers. However, there were some very nice fish weighed in. The heaviest Snapper going just under 5 kilos to Grant Dixon and Terry MacDonald with a nice Kingfish at 10.410 kilos. Not to be outdone by the adult fisho’s, we had a large number of Eels weighed in by our junior members. The heaviest going to Lilah Harland with an Eel at 6 kilos, what a great effort!A big thank you to o... Wed, 02 Jul 2025 06:31:16 +1200 http://www.matamatafishingclub.co.nz/blog/#post147970