The 26th Annual Billfish Bonanza hosted by the Mooloolaba Game Fishing Club was held mid-April from the Mooloolaba Yacht Club at the Wharf Mooloolaba. The light tackle bite off the Sunshine Coast has been unbelievable the past few months and because of that 16 boats from seven different Game Fishing Clubs and 50 keen anglers ventured off Mooloolaba in search of...

In total we had 18 vessels entered and 55 anglers participating in both sections. In the gamefish section, 11 Vessels and 34 anglers entered. Weather Friday was pretty ordinary, with some vessels deciding not to attempt to cross South Passage bar due to the poor conditions. There were 21 Strikes, 14 hook-ups and 7 tags recorded, 2 blue marlin, 1 black marlin tagged,...

The Newport Game Fish Club ran its inaugural fishing tournament, the ‘Brisbane Marine Tag & Brag Marlin Extravaganza’ on the weekend of 17-18 March.  The weather was a bit ordinary on the back of a cyclone that appeared – and disappeared just as quickly – and this ultimately hindered entrants for the tournament.  None-the-less, the new club still...

Back 2 Tanga 10 Moreton Bay GFC GARMIN “Back 2 Tanga 10th Anniversary tournament was held across the first weekend in March 2018. With a favourable weather window, a total of 33 boats were registered at the briefing held at Redlands Sporting club on the Wednesday night.  A total of 99 Anglers including 10 female, 9 juniors. A further 23 crew were registered. David...

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...