Bermagui’s Blue Water Classic has been and gone again and recorder Luke Cathor has been left with a bundle of paperwork to sort and record from the successful event.
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Firstly, organisers the Bermagui Big Game Angling Club sent out a special thanks go out to all who helped over the weekend. Setting up of rooms and banners; briefing night with registrations, bags, folders and their contents, as well as shirts, tickets, and boat draws; barbecue night ; the presentation and dinner; the gantry; and the raffle - all these things involve a lot of organisation and work and every bit of help, whether large or small, is really appreciated by the committee.
Now for the important bit - the fishing! It was terrific to see eight small fry, 16 juniors and 18 females joining the men in this year’s roll-up. There were 80 boats and 288 anglers registered - great support for our club’s annual event. There was a fairly even mix of boats with 43 boats 7.1m and under and 37 boats over 7.1.m.
There were 78 marlin over the whole comp tagged even though conditions on Day 1 were very poor and many small boats did not go out.
- Day 1: 10 marlin
- Day 2: 31 marlin and three mahi mahi
- Day 3: 37 marlin and two sharks
11 of these were tagged by juniors, 11 by females, 60 by males and 1 by a small fry.
A special mention must go to the crews on these small boats:
- Happy Hour, where Pat Pastore tagged 7 marlin
- Kamocean who tagged 5
- Shockwave who tagged 4.
Only two marlin were captured over the whole event - Both captures were on Day 2, with one captured by a senior male and the other by a junior angler.
Unfortunately, many of the small fry were disappointed this year with no striped tuna to keep them busy at measure and release.
BLUE WATER CLASSIC 2016 OVERALL RESULTS:
MOST MARLIN TAGGED BY A BOAT (over 7.1m)
Black Widow - 3 marlin on count back
MOST MARLIN TAGGED BY A BOAT (under 7.1m)
Happy Hour -7 marlin
SECOND
MOST MARLIN TAGGED BY A BOAT (over 7.1m)
Shaitun – 3 marlin on count back
SECOND
MOST MARLIN TAGGED BY A BOAT (under 7.1m)
Kamocean – 5 marlin
HIGHEST POINT SCORING BOAT TUNA TAG & RELEASE:
Nil
SECOND
HIGHEST POINT SCORING BOAT TUNA TAG & RELEASE:
Nil
HIGHEST POINT SCORING BOAT SHARK OR OTHER GAME FISH TAG &
RELEASE:
Seahog - Mako Shark - 2300 points
SECOND
HIGHEST POINT SCORING BOAT SHARK OR OTHER GAME FISH TAG & RELEASE:
Headhunter- Mako Shark- 1700 points
HIGHEST POINT SCORING TEAM : (three boats)
Team Q - 106000 points
Mr Hooker, Swoopa, Happy Hour
BLUE WATER CLASSIC 2016 OVERALL TAG & RELEASE:
HIGHEST POINT SCORING TAG & RELEASE MALE ANGLER(Senior):
Pat Pastore 74 500 points
HIGHEST POINT SCORING TAG & RELEASE FEMALE ANGLER(Senior):
Chelsea Grace 33 000 points
HIGHEST POINT SCORING TAG & RELEASE JUNIOR ANGLER:
Mehmet Huseyin 23 000 points
HIGHEST POINT SCORING TAG & RELEASE SMALL FRY ANGLER:
Kaitlyn Schofield 11 500 points
BLUE WATER CLASSIC 2016 OVERALL RESULTS:
HIGHEST POINT SCORING TAG & RELEASE JUNIOR ANGLER EACH DAY:
DAY 1. HUNTER BELL 8500 POINTS
DAY 2. ADAM McAULIFE 11 500 POINTS on count back
DAY 3. MEHMET HUSEYIN 23 000 POINTS
HIGHEST POINT SCORING TAG & RELEASE SMALL FRY ANGLER EACH DAY:
DAY 1. Nil
DAY 2. KAITLYN SCHOFIELD 11 500 POINTS
DAY 3. Nil
BLUE WATER CLASSIC 2016 OVERALL CAPTURES:
HEAVIEST CAPTURE MARLIN:
Greg Smith 128.5 kg
HEAVIEST CAPTURE YELLOWFIN TUNA:
Nil
HEAVIEST SHARK: (Blue Sharks not included)
Nil
HEAVIEST OTHER GAME FISH: (includes Sailfish, Shortbill Spearfish, and Broadbill)
Nil
MOST MERITORIOUS SCORING SENIOR MALE - CAPTURE:
Greg Smith 6329.7 points
MOST MERITORIOUS SCORING SENIOR LADY - CAPTURE:
Nil
HIGHEST POINT SCORING JUNIOR- ANGLER:
Tom Webb 2874.83
HIGHEST POINT SCORING SMALL FRY- ANGLER
Nil
