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:...

Shimano Shootout Report – Zone 4 Gold Coast Saturday 28 October 2017 With 22 Boats and the weather Gods smiling down the Gold Coast Game Fish Club’s money Tournament the “Shimano Shootout” a one day event, was sure to produce some good results. With boats ranging from as small as 6.4m (Redonkulous) to 51ft (Jugs) everyone was in with a chance to win some cold hard...