Salmon contest
A Dunedin angler, Andrew Johnston, won the Waitaki River Salmon fishing competition yesterday, taking $5OOO as the first prize. . i
Mr Johnston won the competition! with ! a 10.940 kg fish ahead of Glenavy competitor and member of!the organising commitee, j Tama Te Maihoroa, who landed a 10.33 kg salmon. Both of ,the leading fish were caught on Saturday, ; the second day of the contest. A Waimate angler,! Lance Brown, finished
third with a 9.30 kg fish which he caught on Sunday. Mr Te Maihoroa won $2500 for second and Mr Brown $lOOO on top of the $5OO he won for landing Sunday’s heaviest salmon. A total of 748 anglers took part in the competition.
Minor placegetters were: Mervyn Smith (Christchurch) $750, 4; Alan • Miller (Oamaru), $5OO, 5; Veli Wassem (Switzerland), $250, 6; R. Laney (Dunedin), $2OO, 7; H. Harrison (Ashburton), $l5O, 8; L. Brooker (Oamaru), $lOO, 9; R. J. Biggs (Oamaru), $5O, 10.
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Press, 8 March 1988, Page 2
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