Rules of weighing

Open to financial members (and their immediate family) of the Waikanae Boating Club.
Boys and girls under 16 years are eligible for junior and senior classes.
For a fish to be eligible for weighing, it must have been caught from a boat which has neither long lines or set nets on board, and has been launched and retrieved at WBC.
The fish to be weighed is only eligible if caught on a rod or hand line.
Only intact fish (not gutted) are eligible for weighing.
Fish to be weighed must be done so as soon as possible upon coming ashore, not brought back at a later date to be weighed (i.e. There is no weighing after sunset).

Weighing procedure:

Members wishing to weigh fish should contact the club nominated Weigh Master, who will weigh, and if required, record the details.
If members are unable to contact the Weigh Master they may contact a competent committee person to carry out the weighing. (Committee members who have demonstrated competence with weighing fish to the satisfaction of the Weigh Master)
The Weigh Master and committee are not to weigh fish caught by themselves, but contact another committee member who was not on the boat, to carry out weighing.
Fish to be weighed for club events and records are to be weighed on the flat bed certified scales only.
Note: Other scales may be used only as an indicator
Only fish weighed by the Weigh Master or a competent committee member will be recorded.
The Weigh Master is the custodian of the master log.
The blackboard is merely a copy of the entries in the log book. Entries on the board that are not in the log book will be erased.
Fish caught in WBC competitions are eligible to go on the trophy board.