Bruce Duncan
Several of New Zealand’s top fishing experts will feature at the Top Catch Master Class at this year’s Hutchwilco New Zealand Boat Show.
Presenters already confirmed for the 2023 show, which is being held at the Auckland Showgrounds on May 18-21, include Dave Ahoia and Dallas Abel, Daniel Tiria, Scott Tindale, Mark Kitteridge, Laurie Pottinger and Bruce Duncan.
Dave Ahoia and Dallas Abel are from Legasea’s Kai Ika Project and were among the most popular of the presenters at the 2022 show. They will again, in their uniquely entertaining way, be demonstrating the quickest, cleanest and most efficient way to fillet the catch.
Daniel Tiria, another very popular 2022 presenter, will continue to demonstrate how to successfully master the skill of slow pitch jigging.
Multiple world-record holder, IGFA (International Game Fish Association) representative and head of Tindale Research, Scott Tindale, will share the latest results from their comprehensive satellite tagging programme and explain how understanding why and how fish move can great increase everyone’s fishing success.
Long-time fishing journalist and the author of numerous books on the art of recreational fishing, Mark Kitteridge, will again focus on the best ways to target and catch snapper on lures, while kayak fishing guru Laurie Pottinger returns to share his tips on the best way to successful catch big fish from a kayak. Popular Hauraki Gulf fishing guru Bruce Duncan also returns, sharing his hard-earned advice on how to best target snapper during the winter months.
The Top Catch Master Class presentations are free to attend and run throughout the show on the New Zealand Fishing News stage in The Rock Fishing Hall.
Those attending the 2023 Hutchwilco New Zealand Boat Show will also have the chance to win the most valuable must-be-won prize ever offered at a boat show: a Surtees/Yamaha Grand Prize package valued at over $300,000. Consisting of a Surtees’ Limited Edition 30th Anniversary enclosed cabin 7.5-metre 750 Game Fisher, a latest technology Yamaha F250 V6 DES Offshore series outboard and a game-changing, joy-stick-controlled, fully-integrated Yamaha Helm Master EX boat control system, the prize will sit on a GFAB tandem axle, wirelessly-braked trailer and come complete with a comprehensive suite of Garmin marine electronics.
Tickets to New Zealand largest, longest-running and most popular boat show are available now at: www.boatshow.co.nz All tickets bought on-line automatically go into a separate draw to win a fully kitted out powered Viking Profish Reload kayak package, worth over $8000. All on-line tickets also come with a second, bonus entry into the draw for the Surtees/Yamaha Grand Prize, effectively doubling the chances of winning this incredible package.
Thanks to the latest “scan and win” ticket technology being introduced by new show organisers XPO, visitors will also be able to simply register their ticket online or onsite at the numerous iPad registration areas, before scanning their ticket at all 8EIGHTof the show’s scanning booths.
