Welcome

Merimbula currently holds the 2024 Bob Lowe trophy for the most meritorious tag and release by a GFAA affiliated club in Australia. This is a huge honour and a testament to our waters and our members who fish these waters passionately for tag and release points.

Every club member who tagged fish contributed to this award but special mention does need to be made to member Tyrone O’Connor who took out the 2024 Tailored Marine trophy for highest point score boat tag and release marlin, and Maree and Logan Walker who each took out their respective 2024 Tom Roache State Champion highest point score tag and release points for small fry anglers. A great honour for our Club.

MBGLAC, UP COMING EVENTS.

Date: 23.02.25
Time: 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Location: MBGLAC club house
Workshop Description: Dive into the exciting world of game fishing with our hands-on Kids Introduction to Game fishing Workshop! This 2-hour event is designed to spark the interest of young anglers and provide them with the skills and knowledge needed to start their game fishing journey.

Why Attend?
Interactive Learning: Engage in hands-on activities with professional game
fishing rod and reel setups. Expert Guidance: Learn from experienced anglers and guest speakers about the sport and its importance. Junior Tournament Insights: Discover the Australian junior tournament, its significance, and how to participate. Fun and Socializing: Enjoy a friendly atmosphere with a BBQ and socializing opportunities. Exclusive Goodies: Receive a workshop bag filled with useful fishing gear and information. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to introduce your kids to the thrilling sport of game fishing and set them on a path to becoming skilled junior anglers. Reserve your spot today and let the adventure begin!

March Marlin 2025

Open to all club members, Non-members can fish on a club member boat.

Fishing Times: Fishing begins 6:00 AM, 1 March, and concludes 7:00 PM, 31 March.

Presentation: Awards will be presented at a special event on a Friday night in April TBA.

More Info: Corey Walker: 0427 373 349
Lucas Holley: 0427 273 019

What’s Been Happening

Tathra Amateur Fishing Club Presents

1st Annual Tathra Game Fishing Classic 7th, 8th and 9th of February 2025

https://www.tathrafishingclub.com.au/tathra-game-fishing/

December 2024

Early marlin bite for the Season The marlin have arrived earlier this year. The first being caught just north of Merimbula. As seen on the left here, Micah Adams and crew landed the first marlin for the season in mid-December, a blue marlin, on his boat Misbehavin. Followed very closely by Peter Haar and crew (right), landing a striped marlin on his boat, Spooky 2. Both fish were tagged and released.

There is an array of gamefish that have
turned up off our coast now including
kingfish, mahi mahi (dophinfish), and
marlin for those that are keen to get out
amongst it.

Congratulations to two junior club members, 

Logan Walker and Noah Walker. Both have received monthly awards recently for capture and tag and release in the GFAA National Tournament. Logan can be seen here with some of his winnings. Well done, boys!

2024 November – The Yellowfin have arrived in our waters. From Narooma to Eden reliable reports of 20 to 30kg Yellowfin being targeted and caught between 40 and 120 fathoms. 6 mile wide out to the Seamounts off Bermagui down to 120 fathoms off Eden.  

2024 October

Congratulations to our members for the exceptional success at the National Game Fishing Awards held in Melbourne recently. A very successful night for our MBGLAC.

Junior Tournament 

The tournament will be conducted from 1st July 2024 to 30th June 2025 and ALL days of the year are eligible fishing days.

Our Club

The MBGLAC and its members currently hold the following National Trophies for the 2023/24 fishing year.

1, Tom Roach trophy state champion small fry female tag and release Maree Walker. 690pts.

2, Tom Roach trophy state champion small fry female capture Maree Walker. 111pts.

3, Tom Roach trophy state champion small fry male tag and release Logan Walker 7028pts.

4, Tom Roach trophy state champion small fry capture Logan Walker 7530pts.

5, Tom Roach trophy Australian champion small fry Logan Walker 7028pts.

6, Bow Lowe trophy most meritorious tag and release by GFAA affiliated club. Merimbula

7, Sir Garrick Agnew trophy angler tagged most billfish Tyrone O Connor 112 bill fish

8, David Litchfield trophy highest point score boat tag and release marlin She Left 47 600 pts.

9, Tailored Marine trophy highest point scoring boat tag and release She Left 47 600pts

Congratulations to our members for the exceptional success at the National Game Fishing Awards held in Melbourne recently. A very successful night for our MBGLAC.

MBGLAC Game fishing is administered by the  Game Fishing Subcommittee, lead by the Vice President Game Fishing

We are always on the lookout for volunteers to help to steer our game fishing activities. If you think you can contribute please have a chat with Corey.

Contact us:  admin@mbglac.com.au

2024 Game fishing sub committee

Chairman Person: Corey Walker 0427 373 349

Lucas Holley 0427273019

Peter Haar 0417021066

Blain Sharman 0492155033

Some Advice

The NSW and Australian Game Fishing Association have a number of opportunities for our Juniors to fish competitively.

Fishing Year runs from 1 June to 31 May of the following year

Small Fry Angler – under 11 years of age during the fishing year. 

Junior Angler – from 11 years of age to under 16 years of age.

Under game fishing ethics, captured fish weight need to exceed the breaking strain of the main line used.

Tagging fish increases the eligibility of captures as fish only need to comply with minimum lengths and/or weights that are stipulated by the relevant association.

Using light lines also increases eligibility.

Eligible Species – The MBGLAC, NSWGFA and GFAA each have their own eligible species list for their annual trophies and awards. Familiarize yourself with the differences.

Make sure your tackle is compliant, lines and rigs and hook placement needs to be understood if you want to ensure your catch/tag and release complies.

All game fish captures will be weighed in and a weigh slip provided by the weighmaster.

All fish, whether tagged or captured shall be entered via the Lakeview Trophy Board Fish Capture Entry Portal on the Web.

Tags are available from the Club.

Ensure you are affiliated with the NSWGFA in order for your catches, and those of your Juniors ,can be entered into State and National awards.

Our Waters

Our waters are blessed with any number of game fish that we can target year-round.

Our iconic marlin run commencing in December and going right through to May is what dreams are made of and attract fishers from around the world to target these fish.

But, there are many other options all year to chase game fish using game fishing practices that for the competitive fishers amongst us give us plenty to target.

Tuna, both Southern Bluefin and Yellowfin have made welcomed returns, and whilst can move through our waters quite quickly, they can make appearances in any month but in particular the period between June and December.

For our juniors the options are even broader and species including shark, salmon, striped tuna and kingfish provide year-round opportunities to participate in the GFAA National Junior Competition.

Our Fish Attracting Device (FAD) located over summer between Merimbula and Eden more often than not holds Mahi Mahi, an ideal species for juniors to hone their trolling, live baiting and lure casting skills.

Keep an eye out on our Clubs workshops to be schedules before the end of the year, or come along on a Friday night and seek advice. We are passionate about helping your success.

LINK’S

NSWGFA

GFAA

1st July 2024 to 30th June 2025 Junior Tournament

All-Angling-Rules

trophies & awards rules

GAME FISHING REPORT:

BLOG’S

MBGLAC 23/24 Game Fish trophy WINNERS

Australian Record Application

NSW Record Application

Preparation of a record claim 

Preparation of a   record claim   2022

Southern zone & nsw gfa, trophies won by mbglac

Rule on soft body lures

Submitting all tag &
capture slip.

Media Policy/Social Media Policy

Marlin & Shark weight-curves 2015

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