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Scheduled
Event Date
March 12, 2025
End Date
March 15, 2025

Mercury Bay, Whitianga
Whitianga, Whitianga

Event information may be subject to change. Please confirm details with event organisers.
Kubota Billfish Classic

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Kubota Billfish Classic SOLD OUT

2025 Entries

Are now closed! SOLD OUT! There are 460 Boats entered. There is a wait list and you may join this by downloading the form on this page. 

Tournament Director Tom Maxwell 0274165903

The Largest Billfish Tournament in the World!

Prize list

  • Heaviest Billfish $400,000
  • Gate Prize The Ultimate Kubota Package valued at $125,000
  • Jackpot options for Champion Team 1st, 2nd and 3rd with a maximum potential purse of $1,575,000
  • JC Walker Transport Last Billfish Tagged $20,000
  • Jimmy Buffit Heaviest Tuna $20,000
  • Float Mortgages Heaviest Mahimahi $10,000
  • GCM Feeds Heaviest Kingfish $10,000
  • Total Access Champion Lady Angler $10,000
  • Vernon Developments Champion Junior Angler $10,000 (Under 18 years old on March 15, 2025)

Tagging Draw

  • A trailer boat package plus a Kubota Sidekick total value approximately $110,000 details TBC

Daily Draws

  • Day 1 Apparelmaster Daily Draw Kubota Tractor (model TBC)
  • Day 2 Firstflex Cables Daily Draw Kubota Tractor (model TBC)
  • Day 3 K and L Distributors Daily Draw Kubota Tractor (model TBC)
  • Day 4 Daily Draw - Kubota Tractor (model TBC).

Shimano Fishing New Zealand First Billfish Tagged Each Day

  • Day 1  4 Tiagra 50/Status Bluewater combos
  • Day 2  4 Stella 20000/Abyss Pitch Bait Combos
  • Day 3  4 Tiagra 50/Status Bluewater Combos
  • Day 4. 4 Talica 20/Status Bluewater Combos.