The annual Dawnbreakers Fishing Club’s Snapper Cup competition saw plenty of happy anglers on Sunday.
More than 80 people took part in the one-day fishing competition with snapper, kawahai, kingfish and crayfish all amongst the bounty of fish caught.
The event was delayed a day due to bad weather, a decision which paid dividends thanks to perfect conditions dawning on Sunday.
First time competitor Chris Curtis had one of the biggest fish caught, well over 5kg.
“It was perfect, calm, flat and warm and we caught plenty of fish, so it couldn’t get any better,” Chris says.
“It’s actually our one year anniversary of being in Nelson today, so it’s been fun.”
Club vice-president Dan Fisher says the 87 entries were extremely pleasing.
“We had some really good entries, some good weights with the fish and plenty of different types caught.”
Biggest snapper went to Mark Cotton at 8.03kg. Junior winner was Hayden Rutherford with a snapper weighing in at 4.96kg. Andy Selwood’s king- fish was 13.90kg.
He also took out heaviest crayfish and kawahai.
