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.
GAME FISHING TROPHY BOARD
MBGLAC, UP COMING EVENTS.
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.
Register message : Corey Walker: 0427 373 349 Lucas Holley: 0427 273 019
with Captain Name, Boat Name and Email Address
we will add you to the facebook messenger chat to check in you fishing day. we are encouraging to add photo, video and location
What’s Been Happening
GFAA Game Fishing Joural 2025 Available Online Now
Flipbook and PDF formats at
https://www.gfaa.asn.au/journal/all
Hard copies for those members who have requested a copies through their GFAA affiliated clubs will be mailed by the end of March
Contact GFAA at info@gfaa.asn.au
Local MBGLAC junior member, Logan Walker, captured a yellowtail kingfish at Haycock Point on the 20th December 2024. It was recaptured on the 2nd February 2025 at Montague Island by Tim Mason.
DPIRD send certificates to those that tag fish and are recaptured and Logan received this last week.
Febuary 2025
Tathra Amateur Fishing Club held its first marlin competition on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The marlin bit very well on Friday north of Tathra with reports of 29 marlin between 14 boats. On Saturday, around 20 marlin were caught and then, due to the weather decline, there were fish caught Sunday morning, but many boats stayed home. I also heard reports of dolphin fish and sharks being caught. Reports of the ocean currents that were getting stronger were making the fishing conditions not so good. The water temperature on the shelf is around 23 degrees celsius with the current running to the south. Bait was patchy early and it came to the surface at low tide in the middle of the day with the feeding marlin.
GFAA National Tournament.
Congratulations Maree Walker have received monthly awards recently for Junior measure and release monthly meritorious award for December in the GFAA National Tournament.
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
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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