33 boats comprising of 84 male anglers, 9 female anglers, 5 junior anglers and 42 crew entered with the two day event which resulted in 76 strikes, 55 hook ups and 17 tags and 8 captures. Of the 17 fish tagged, there were 15 blue marlin, 1 black marlin and 1 spearfish tagged.
The $5,000 Most Tagged Marlin awarded went to the team on board Zeus (CABO) skippered by Trent Knappick, Champion Boat Overall, and the $5K Heaviest Marlin Award for a fish over 150kg went to CJIG (Riviera), skippered by Grant Thomson. Well done and congratulations to everyone who was a part of the event!
Prizes and Awards:
Champion Boat Overall
1 Zeus GCGFC 20000
2 Rammpage HBGFC 20000
3 Outside Edge SCGFC 11000
Champion Male Angler
Anthony Goulding Num Nuts SPGSFC 10000
Champion Female Angler
Claire Duke Addixion GCGFC 10000
Champion Angler < 8 M
Claire Duke Addixion GCGFC 10000
Champion Junior
Jai Tooley Cabo 35 GCGFC
Heaviest Fish Other Species
Jai Tooley GCGFC 21.6kg Yellow Fin Tuna
Heaviest Billfish Over 150kg
CJIG Joe Bonnici GCGFC 160kg Blue Marlin
First Billfish Day 1
Num Nuts Anthony Goulding SPGSFC 10:44
Last Billfish Day 2
RU4REEL Troy Winslett SPGSFC 2:36
Best Tag Person
Rammpage Chris Fallon 2 Blue Marlin
Larva Lure – First Fish Day 1 & Most fish Overall
Num Nuts Anthony Goulding SPGSFC Blue Marlin
Larva Lure – Last Fish Day 2
Sea Eagle Cameron Rylance SPGSFC Blue Marlin