98 Toona, thats a good haul.. were most caught around Mooloolaba Bay or down as far as Bribie??
Tim
Hi all,
First i would like to thank all the competitors for fishing in the 2004 longtail tuna chase.Unfortunaly we had to cancell fishing on saturday and sunday morning due to bad weather and conditions which left only one days fishing which was on friday.Which saw competitors catching and releasing 98 tuna in one day!! Heres the results,
Champion Male Andy Vockler 14 points
Runner up Male Steve Dahl 10 points
Kim Strathern 10 points
Carl Benard 10 points
John Hockings 10 points
Aaron Concord 10 points
Champion Female Tammie Nitschke 7 points
Runner Up Bridget McMillan 3 points
Champion Junior Brenton Mansfeild 2 points
Runner Up Chantel Young 1 point
Champion Team Sara Wilson (Cameron Molloy,John Hockings)
Runner UP Team Stingerless (Aaron Conord,Jason Thorton)
The Saltwater Flyfishers Association Sunshine Coast Inc. would like to thank all the competitors and our major sponsor THE TACKLE SHOP CARSELDINE and all other sponsors and Ausfish (Steve Brown) for their support in the 2004 longtail tuna chase.
Steve Dahl President
98 Toona, thats a good haul.. were most caught around Mooloolaba Bay or down as far as Bribie??
Tim
Can you give any more detail on what was actually caught and what do the points mean ie one point per fish or what?
Jeremy
"The underlying spirit of angling is that the skill of the angler is pitted against the instinct and strength of the fish and the latter is entitled to an even chance for it's life."
(Quotation from the rules of the Tuna Club Avalon, Santa Catalina, U.S.A.)
Apathy is the enemy
Hi Tim,Jeremy
Most of the tuna where caught from Pt Cartright to Old Woman Is. The point system is as follows:Longtail Tuna 5 points,Yellow Fin Tuna 5 points,Mack Tuna 1 point,Striped Tuna 1 point,Big Eye Tuna 1 point.There was a mixture of fish caught to get the results. I'll get back to you on those soon.
Regards Steve
Ahh good stuff.. sounds like it must of been a good mixture then
how's the club going Steve?? i was a member for a year but i never got a chance to get to a meeting, things always turned up and stuffed me around.. bit of a shame
Tim
steve with most of the runner up on the same points did it then go to weights or something like that??
Hi Tim, Basserman,
Yeh the club's going great at the moment we have 85 or so members and growing strong.Our meetings are the 2nd monday of every month at 7.30 pm at the Kawana Community Hall. Should come down some time.Basserman they were placed from time of capture of first fish.
Regards Steve #
ill try and make it to a meeting one day.. always too busy fishing... any good spots i can maybe turn a few heads on the M'ba river?? ive been fishing it top to bottom for the last 2yrs on plastics.. know every nook and cranny.. and pretty much know where i can get atleast 1 fish on a plastic, but in spots im tossing some feathers and i just dont get any response yet i can drop a plastic in the same spot and nail a fish dead on... ive also been fishing under Sunshine Plaza.. getting alot of good bream and such on small white poppers but toss out a small white bread fly and they completely ignore it..any ideas?
Tim
Hi Tim,
Booby flies work well in that area. Afew of the boy's fish there and that seems to the fly to use.Also try s.o.s's in olive and white.
Regards Steve
Hi All,
THE fish that were caught were 8 Longtails and 88 Mack tuna between 41 competitors. But not all the competitors caught fish.
Regards Steve
bloody Boobys heheh.. yea alright, cheers.. better get the vice out and blow the dust off.. cheers
Tim