Canberra GFC yellowfin tuna tournament
Fleet of more than 100 expected in Bermagui this weekendIt’s that time of the year once again. The 32nd Annual Yellowfin Tournament will be held this weekend (May 18-20), with more great prizes to be won including Shimano Tiagra reels and T-Curve rods as well as the Lucky Angler draw for a Haines Hunter 400 Prowler boat fitted with a Honda 30hp outboard on a trailer.
More than 100 mainly trailerboats, bristling with tackle, packed with pilchards, and crewed by keen anglers, will put to sea for the annual Canberra Yellowfin Tournament at Bermagui.
The otherwise sleepy fishing town on the NSW South Coast will be thronging with anglers keen to catch the biggest yellowfin tuna and the prizes.
The event if expected to attract more than 100 boats and up to 400 anglers for the three full days of fishing that inevitably leads to some solid yellowfin tuna captures, more and more southern bluefin tuna in recent times, plus mako and blue sharks.
In the tag-and-release categories, albacore, striped tuna and sharks dominate, as do the keen junior and small fry anglers battling them to the boat.
The heaviest yellowfin tuna captured in recent comps was by Tawonga dairy farmer, Roy Davies from the Canberra Game Fishing Club aboard Bill Dunkley’s Bill Collector. It tipped the scales at 63.2kg on the first day of the tournament.
Organisers say that this year the competition will be just as keen and the on-shore cameraderie just as much fun as previous years.
For more information go to: www.canberragamefishing.com/2013-canberra-yellowfin-tuna-tournament/
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