What a great finish to another great year of fishing at Back to Tanga. Capt. Russell Caphorn’s Kaizen put on a spectacular display with 7 from 10 over the two days fishing including 4 from 6 on blues on Day 1 (blues x 2 to Lachlan, 1 to Ben Kelly and 1 to Ethan Harrington which was a first of species for him). On Day 2 there were off to a quick start with start fishing at 0700 and their first tag at 0723 (black marlin). Adding a stripe for Ethan (another first) and a blue as well for the grand slam and back to back wins!
Not to be outdone there were some other great results including a pending QLD Smallfry record for young Ryan Thomsen with a 26.8kg black on 8kg line with not only the blues playing the game out wide, but the inshore blacks also playing along particularly on Day 2 with other highlights including Dragon Lady with 4 from 9.
The fish seem to be all the way along with Capt. Bobby Jones’ Merlin on the Gold Coast also reporting 3 from 3 blues yesterday including one that Capt. Ross McCubbin (on deck) put at a tiny 40kg! Mufasa Sport Fishing also converted one from four Saturday and one from 2 Sunday.
Also outside the tournament but up in the other direction, Col and Kylie Hombsch’s Reel Action spent the weekend off Fraser for 3 blue marlin, 1 black marlin and 2 wahoo in some unfriendly conditions.
Official MBGFC Back to Tanga Report with a huge thanks to President Nick Currey who took the time to send in after a big day cleaning up on the island! Photos with thank to Nick, Wayne Thomsen on Team Garmin and Lachlan Tuckwell on Kaizen.
Back to Tanga
Moreton Bay GFC wrapped up its annual GARMIN “Back 2 Tangas 8” tournament with close of fishing on Saturday and presentation on Sunday morning. With 12 juniors, 6 senior female and 75 senior male anglers on 31 boats. It was one of the best turnouts for a “Back 2 Tangas” event.
There was a great offshore bite wide of Cape Moreton saw most boats getting 7-9 strikes on blues, stripes and black marlin. Also on Saturday an improved light tackle Black marlin bite occurred inshore, with Dragon Lady going 4 from 9 off Deep Tempest, with others hooked of the Cape and in the Trench.
A tournament highlight was Ryan Thomson landing a 26.8kg Black marlin on 8kg line, fishing on Makaira, which is being lodged as a Small Fry Pending QGFA record.
The final wrap was: 104+ strikes, 92 Hook-ups and 65 fish tagged or landed. There were 26 blue marlin, 13 black marlin, 3 striped marlin, 1 sailfish, 22 other gamefish.
Tournament winners were:
Champion boat over 8m – Kaizen, 18,550 pts
Champion boat under 8m – Dragon Lady, 6,159 pts
Champion angler male – Matt Hubbard, 10,000 pts
Champion angler female – Debbie Dahl, 2,550 pts,
Champion angler junior – Max Proctor, 4,659 pts
Champion angler other species – Britany Dahl
Champion angler tuna – Maddie Doherty
Champion MBGFC angler – Rick Winsor
Calcutta: 1st – Kaizen, 2nd – Chaos, 3rd – Big Business.
Many thanks to all the sponsors, visiting teams, volunteers who helped run the event on Moreton island and to the tournament committee.
