It’s a wrap on the Ben Campbell Classic for another year, after moving to our backup dates we final got the tournament underway. Boats and crews tested their skills in conditions that were not perfect, but manageable to produce some excellent fish numbers as some boats demonstrated their superior fishing skills. In total there were 118 Strikes for 87 Hookups which...

The fifth annual Billfish Babes Tournament was a highly anticipated event for the women of South East Queensland. The second largest of its kind, 28 keen fishing women descended on the Sunshine Coast to participate in the Ladies Only Game Fishing Shootout hosted by Mooloolaba Game Fishing Club. As if by magic, the wind dropped out just long enough for the ladies to...

Garmin Light Tackle Masters 2018 Well what a weekend was had at the Garmin Light Tackle Masters 2018. The weather challenged us with varied sea conditions, the fish hung around and turned it on on Sunday. We enjoyed the prestigious venue of Southport Yacht Club and had some great entertainment on Saturday night with our pirate theme. With fishing reports the week...

The picture below shows the result of a successfully tagged juvenile black Marlin that was estimated to be 8kg and 110cm at the time of capture and tagging. It was caught by TGFC boat Kiama on 6 August 2017. The tagged stayed successfully attached for 90 days. The tag is still yet to be recovered for the remainder of the data to be collated....

19th Annual Hervey Bay Game Fishing Club’s CLASSIC GAME FISHING TOURNAMENT                    16th – 19th November, 2017    As usual the Hervey Bay Game Fishing Club’s Committee worked very hard in securing a Tournament Base with facilities to enhance the Bay’s reputation for Hosting excellent sporting events in pristine surroundings. They decided to Honour Albert...

This year there were 162 Strikes for 123 Hook-ups and 73 Tags. 18 of the tags were Satellite Tags as detailed above and are part of the IGFA Great Marlin Race, monitored by Stanford University for scientific study into our Black Marlin. Estimated weight range in pounds for all marlin tagged were: 1200: 1; 990: 1; 950: 2; 900: 1; 850: 2; 800: 1; 700: 1; 650: 1; 600:...