Fishing Report June 2015

Posted on Tuesday, 23 June 2015

Once again we were favoured with good weather for our “Back 2 Tangs 7” annual tournament held out of our property at Tangalooma on Moreton Island on Friday, 20 March to Sunday, 23 March 2015.
29 boats with their teams competed comprising 91 Anglers which included 9 senior ladies, 2 junior girls and 12 junior boys.
Day One saw teams spread from Mooloolaba to the Gold Coast waters with fishing beginning at 0700.
Team Garmin opened the scoring at 0809 with a tagged Black Marlin on 37kg tackle for Captain Wayne Thomsen.
Kaizen promptly tagged a Black Marlin to Clinton Huff followed up with a Blue Marlin tagged just one hour after his first fish.
At the end of day one the lead boat was Kaizen with four Billfish tagged and released.
Day Two started with another Black Marlin tagged by Clinton Huff on Kaizen followed by a number of fish tagged during the day.
Overall for the two days we saw 65 strikes, 42 hook-ups and 25 Marlin tagged and released.
Champion Boat was Kaizen and Champion Angler was Clinton Huff.
Sunday Morning saw the Presentation of Trophies and BBQ Breakfast.
Our thanks goes to the Tournament Committee who once again put in a great effort to make sure everyone had a great time.
Also many thanks to our wonderful Sponsors which including the Redlands Sporting Club.
Bring on “Back 2 Tanga 8” which will be held from 18-20 March 2016