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Snapper Bonanza at 90 Mile Beach gets off to good start 17 Mar, 2021 04:00 AM 5 minutes to read The top five anglers after the first day’s fishing, from left, Joseph Kemp (Kaitaia), Raymond Cox (Opotiki), Stephen Heka (Kaitaia), Corey Williams (Kaeo) and Richard Tepania (Ahipara). Photo / Peter de Graaf Peter de Graaf is a reporter for the Northern [email protected] The 2021 Ngāi Takoto Ninety Mile Beach Snapper Bonanza got off to a promising start on Tuesday with 320 fish landed in near perfect conditions. Local anglers bagged most of the prizes on day one with Richard Tepania, of Ahipara, taking out the $2000 prize for heaviest fish of the day. ....
Photos: Promising start to Snapper Bonanza 17 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM 3 minutes to read The top five anglers after the first day’s fishing, from left, Joseph Kemp (Kaitaia), Raymond Cox (Opotiki), Stephen Heka (Kaitaia), Corey Williams (Kaeo) and Richard Tepania (Ahipara). Photo / Peter de Graaf Peter de Graaf is a reporter for the Northern [email protected] More than 2000 anglers and supporters filled Waipapakauri Domain on Tuesday evening for the first prizegiving ceremony of the 2021 Ngāi Takoto 90 Mile Beach Snapper Bonanza. Competition leader at the end of day one was Richard Tepania of Ahipara who took home $2000 for the heaviest fish of the day, weighing in at 6.555kg. He now has a nervous wait to find out if he will win the overall $30,000 prize. ....