Lucinda Fishing Tournament 2011 - Results

The Baptist Church Fishing Club held it's 12th Annual Lucinda Fishing Tournament over the June long weekend, 10th - 13th June 2011. This year we had tremendous sponsorship support, and we again want to sincerely thank all our sponsors who got behind us and supported this great family event.

Apart from the not-so-great weather conditions, the event was a huge success with reasonably good attendance, and a record amount of fish caught and weighed, as well as released.

There were a total of:

• 100 legal fish weighed






• 34 legal fish caught and released






• 264 undersized fish caught and released






• 17 mud crabs weighed in






• 159kg in total of fish weighed






• 3 club records broken
  

The children loved the weekend. It was a great opportunity to catch up with friends and explore the awesome Hinchinbrook area.

A full list of the results and sponsored prizes are listed below:

Category - Sponsor - Winner

Saturday Sub-Junior Runner-up - Anaconda - Hayden Elms

Saturday Sub-Junior Champion - Anaconda / Fasta Pasta - Liam Fletcher

Saturday Junior Runner-up - McDonalds / Pro-Tackle - Darrien Burrows

Saturday Junior Champion - McDonalds - Brooke Hurditch

Saturday Senior Female Runner-up - McDonalds - Julianne McMaster

Saturday Senior Female Champion - McDonalds - Angie Holloway

Saturday Senior Male Runner-up - Outerlimits Boat Hire - Ian Morgan

Saturday Senior Male Champion - Stainless Steel Pipes & Fittings Australia / Outerlimits Boat Hire - Jason Delacey

Mudcrab Runner-up - John Hurditch

Mudcrab Champion - Rod Gear

Landbased Female Runner-up - Monadelphous - No place getter

Landbased Female Champion - Monadelphous - Julianne McMaster

Landbased Male Runner-up - Monadelphous - Tony Turner

Landbased Male Champion - Monadelphous - Phil McMaster

Catch & Release Runner-up (undersized) - Power Blasting - Rod Gear

Catch & Release Champion (undersized) - Power Blasting - Trisha Forman

Catch & Release Runner-up (legal) - About Fishing NQ - Wes Graffin

Catch & Release Champion (legal) - About Fishing NQ / Tropical Ice - Sheldon Dreyer

Lure / Fly Fishing Runner-up - About Fishing NQ - Gavin Andrews

Lure / Fly Fishing Champion - About Fishing NQ - Wes Graffin

Secret weight 1 - Blue Marlin Fish Bar / Birch Carole & Coyle - Jason Delacey

Secret weight 2 - Hogs Breath Cafe / Reading Cinemas - Mitch Warrener

Secret weight 3 - Tackle World - Ross St-John Wood

Lightest Fish Weighed - Christian Bookworld / Dominos - Hayden Elms

Heaviest Fish Weighed - Christian Bookworld / Dominos - Mitch Warrener

Lowest Point Scoring Fish - Anaconda - Gavin Jacobs

Highest Point Scoring Fish - 7 to 7 Bait & Tackle - Herschel Wilson

Secret weight 4 - Kathmandu / Pro-Tackle - Phil McMaster

Secret Weight 5 - Kathmandu / Fishing Warehouse - Liam Fletcher

Secret Weight 6 - Fasta Pasta / Fishing Warehouse - Mitch Warrener

Sub-Junior Runner-up - CWG Insulations - Liam Fletcher

Sub Junior Female Champion - CivilPlus Constructions - Emily Forman

Sub Junior Male Champion - CivilPlus Constructions - Ben Forman

Junior Runner-up - Bohle Pipe Fabrications - Maddy Chambers

Junior Female Champion - Bohle Pipe Fabrications - Brooke Hurditch

Junior Male Champion - CWG Insulations - Darrien Burrows

Senior Female 3rd - Bohle Pipe Fabrications - Julianne McMaster

Senior Female Runner-up - Bohle Pipe Fabrications - Trisha Forman

Senior Female Champion - Bohle Pipe Fabrications - Sylvia Gear

Senior Male 3rd - CWG Insulations - Jason Delacey

Senior Male Runner-up - CWG Insulations - Rod Gear

Senior Male Champion - CWG Insulations - Mitch Warrener

Our other non-standard category prize division sponsors:

Lucky Door Prize 1: Wanderers

Lucky Door Prize 2: Gough Plastics

Lucky Door Prize 3: Sunferries / Reading Cinemas

Lucky Door Prize 4: Birch Carole & Coyle / Fasta Pasta

Lucky Door Prize 5: RSL / Willows on Wheels / Dominos

Lucky Door Prize 6: RSL / Willows on Wheels / Dominos

Lucky Door Prize 7: Qld Boating & Training

Saturday Morning Tea Prize 1: Warrina Ice Skating Rink

Saturday Morning Tea Prize 2: Willows on Wheels / Dominos

Crazy Catch Award: Anaconda

Captain Chaos: Anaconda

Family Fishing Prize 1: Fasta Pasta / Billabong Sanctuary

Family Fishing Prize 2: Fasta Pasta / Billabong Sanctuary

Family Fishing Prize 3: Warrina Ice Skating Rink / Billabong Sanctuary

Family Fishing Prize 4: Warrina Ice Skating Rink / Billabong Sanctuary / Willows on Wheels

Junior Sports Encouragement Awards: McDonalds

Sub-Junior & Junior 3rd, 4th & 5th place getters awards: About Fishing NQ

Cash Sponsors for expenses & other forms of giveaway items: Jo Pennisi Homes (cash), Norstate Marketing (lanyards), Townsville City Council (sun safe products), Cummins (pens & coolers), and Advantage Signs (sponsorship board).

Thanks again to all our Sponsors for making this event possible for our club!

Fishing the Weedbeds

I went for a trip a few weekends ago to the well known Townsville Weedbeds with my mate from the BCFC. The forecast was 25-30 knots yet we were still keen (or maybe stupid!) so we thought to stay in close. The wind was SE so we were a little protected from the Cape. We found a good spot of clean water in about 12ft then got the burley going hot. We both set our rods with floating pillies and special hook techniques and after about 10 mins it was all on! The doggies were hot, but unfortunately the Remora were even hotter. After about 2 hours of this we then trolled for a while with no luck. We had a great time regardless of being blown about, and were back home well in time for lunch and to share the adventures rewards with the kids.

A fishing trip to the Channel Markers

A three hour fishing trip with my wife Lyn, was very productive with some nice grunter and mackerel to over 60cm. We left the coast guard boat ramp at around 9 oclock and headed out towards the channel markers, finding a large school of bait around 400 metres from the first tripod towards Magnet Island. The sounder showed a hard bottom with a bait ball and other fish around it.

I throw in some berley and we used pilchards for bait. The fish started to hit the pilchards almost straight away and we spent about an hour and a half of great fishing. The grunter and mackerel put up a great fight on the light gear we were using and we were back to the boat ramp by 12 oclock.

Lyn with some of the fish she caught.