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Hi Garry glad you had a great day out and where able to get a great fish to help us take out the club championship. it was a shame that i couldnt be there on the day but had to be in adelaide for family things. will catch up with you in 2 weeks. cheers Craig

It is the Marlin stomach they have the ablity to throw it to try and get rid of something that wasnt nice, it can either be pushed back into the fish by us or they will get it back in themselfs. The marlin was in great nic and swam away health as.

Nick it was great to have you fishing with it has been great hope you can keep fishing with mate, well done with your 2 fish also.

Hi all Well what can I say this was a great day on the water, after the early start of leaving Port Stephens at 5am we headed south towards Broken Bay where the Broken Bay GFC had their tournament on, we where fishing the central zone this weekend only so just after 7am we had a spread of lure in the water and started to work futher south, just past the car park we found some bait. We pulled all the lures in and jigged some bait up and put them back down and sat on the bait for a while with no results, so pulled up stumps and put a lure spread out and worked south then around 11am we found some great bait in 60fa, so up come the lures and down went the jigs. Up come the bait and then down we sent them to the bait ball, about 15min later one of the reels starts slowly taking line then all of a sudden up comes a fish off to one side of the boat one of the guys Nick called it for a free jumper but it wasnt, it was our fish going nuts trying to throw the bait so we are now on to a great striped marlin of about 90kg after a 20min fight Kostas marlin is wearing a tag and high fives all round. Back to the bait and we do it all over again, bait down and we are on again another striped marlin of about 90kg for Nick. That fish was then tagged so back to the bait again, bait goes down then we are on again this time a nice fish of about 100kg and Nick is on again, tag goes in and that is 3 fish we where all on a high, so back to the bait again. Down goes the bait and we are on again, this time i am on the rod the fish didnt jump once in the whole fight we get the fish close a couple of time to a nice striped marlin of about 120kg the struggle goes on for about 1hr then we get the tag shot and in it goes, more high fives again. So back to the bait and down we go again, then we get hit again only min later this time the hook didnt set and we lost the fish, checking the other baits to find that one had also been hit and was squashed, reset the baits and this time the surface bait goes off with a crack as it comes out of the rigger and the reel is screeming, Henry is on the rod and a nice striped marlin about 90kg is screeming across the surface we backed down on the fish, we are going full stick backwards and we are still losing line at a rate of knots, 20min later we have the tag in and the trace cut. What day all in all 6-6-5 a great day for us all. Here are a couple of pictures from a great day.

Hi all Just a quick report from Day 1 of the 2010 Interclub. We fished north today and didnt see anything till very late in the afternoon where we had a marlin chasing bait at the back of the boat, then we lost a bait when a marlin picked up the bait and head towards to the surface and spat the biat. then about 10min later we had a live bait taken on the surface at 4.57pm with fishing stopping at 5pm we jsut got it hooked up then after about a 10min fight a nice blakc of about 90kg swam away with a tag in it.

Just a reminder to get your entries in before the 10th Jan to go into the running to win $500 cash. cheers Craig

Hey dave you know sunday is Marlin only day dont you are you fishing point score.

Botany Bay GFC Boat Sniper captured a 204kg Blue Marlin yesterday on a non point score day for the club the first capture for the season it was a great fish. cheers Craig

A Full list of the prizes for the tournament along with the giveaways over the tournament weekend can be found by downloadinng this PDF. Prizes & Giveaways Click Here Cheers Craig

Hi all thanks for the comments it was one of the best days on the red for a long time, we tried some soft plastics but didnt get a hit i tried one of the shimano lucanus jigs and got smashed by something had it on for a few mins then dropped it. other than that everything was on bait. Craig

we did have a bit of current in the morning but 2 parrashutes out slowed us down and we used 4oz to get down ok. the best bait all day where pillies but later in the afternoon around 6pm the best one was sargent baker and baracudda.

Hi all we went out for a snapper fish on Sunday morning, we left the marina at 4.30am and headed south the weather wasn’t looking the best arrived at the Hump at about 6.30am and setup for the first drift of the day. On the first drift we got 2 small snapper and 1 pig fish. the weather wasn’t the best with us trying to floater fishing so we change to paternoster rigs and then we got a few the wind and sea did it best not let us catch fish but we keep going. As the day went on the weather got better and better, later in the afternoon on the 2nd tide change of the day we got a few more fish including a 5kg model. Then the wind stopped and the seas dropped right away and then that was it the 3rd tide change was upon us and here they come fish after fish over the side with a few 2 and 3kg models now on ice and ready for fish and chips, we keep saying one more bait then one more and we looked at the time and it was 7pm wow. All up we got 30 snapper up to 5kg. all and all a great day out on the water with some great snapper. cheers Craig

Hi all Its on again the 2010 Jeppesen Marine Bill Heyward Memorial Tournament. This year is bigger and better. The entry form and details of the tournament are online now at our website www.botanybaygamefishing.com.au check it out. The prizes and give aways this year are amazing. A full list of prizes will be listed early in December. cheers Craig

ok here are some pictures of the fish sorry not the best.

just had it confirmed it weighed 361kg on 24kg and the angler was a 61 year old man just checked the NSW records and has smashed it. Old record for NSW was 280kg on 24

Just heard reports of a big blue being weighed at Sydney GFC tonight went of 320kg. caught on 24kg on shelf off sydney.

Hey Nic great catch mate well done on the first marlin on the boat. same you cant fish this weekends tournament, all the best craig

Hey Derrek thanks for the comments over the radio very funny, you dont want to know how we lost it at the boat, not a very happy boat in the afternoon. We will have to make it up during interclub. Hope this talk you are giving this wed night is a good one. cheers craig

Hey Mick did any one get any pictures of the fish at all.

Here is a full result of the tournament and the pictures will be put on the BBGFC this week after i get some time. 2009 Bill Heyward Memorial Tournament Sponsored By Jeppesen Marine Results Bill Heyward Memorial Trophy Heaviest Marlin Bob Pearson 87.5kg Blue Marlin Sydney GFC Champion Boat Capture Outcast 20,346 Botany Bay GFC Runner-up Boat Capture Yogi Bear 2,935 Sydney GFC Champion Boat Tag & Release Jeppesen Marine Trophy Pops Dream 20,175 Sydney GFC Runner-up Boat Tag & Release The Executioner 20,000 Sydney GFC Champion Angler Capture Nick Pierce Outcast - 20,346 346.5kg Tiger Shark Botany Bay GFC Runner-up Angler Capture Bob Pearson Yogi Bear - 2,935 87.5kg Blue Marlin Sydney GFC Champion Angler Tag & Release Richard Timbs 20,000 Sydney GFC Runner-up Angler Tag & Release Michael Dobson Dobo - 20,000 Sydney GFC Champion Junior Angler Capture Not Won Champion Junior Angler Tag & Release Caige Fenech Offtap - 2,030 Jervis Bay GFC Heaviest Shark Outcast 20,346 346.5kg Tiger Shark Botany Bay GFC Heaviest Other Game Fish Not Won Highest Point Scoring Boat Tag & Release - Marlin The Executioner 20,000 Sydney GFC Highest Point Scoring Boat Tag & Release - Shark Tantrum 10,000 Sydney GFC Highest Point Scoring Boat tag & Release - Other Game Fish Conflict 500 Jervis Bay GFC

just a reminder that the tournament is this coming weekend it is still not to late to enter.

Was a very quite day for some boats we headed to Heatons and didnt turn a reel all day but Sirrocco tagged a stripe and Marquis tagged a blue marlin and Warlord Captured a great Mako it went 350kg as runamuk said, we went to the weigh station on our way back in. here is one of the pictures.

Botany Bay Game Fishing boat Spindrift went out on Boxing day and headed north towards the bait station and tagged 2 blue marlin one around 150kg and the other around 180kg. Looks like we are going to have a good run of big blue marlin this season bring it on. cheers craig

Well done to Rob and the crew of Marquis and also to new club boat LouLou for their first marlin on the day, only about 150m away from where we had a double hookup of shortbilled spearfish and only managed to tag one as we dropped the other one, also well done to Warlord who Captured a nice blue shark LouLou Marlin Warlord Blue Shark

Well its on again same tournament new place. Botany Bay Game Fishing Club with be holding the 22nd Annual Bill Heyward Memorial Tournament Hosted by the Botany Bay Game Fishing Club out of Port Hacking R.M.Y.C January 23,24 & 25, 2009 With some great new sponsors and prizes to be won this a tournament not to be missed. Get your entries in before 11th Jan 09 to go into the running to win $500 cash. All boats that enter get a boat bag full of goodies, all juniors that enter will also receive a bag full of goodies to the value of $120.00. Your entry fee includes Breakfast Saturday and Sunday morning, Dinner Saturday night and Sunday night awards dinner also. The 2008 tournament was great with about 56 boats fishing the tournament and some great catches including a 190kg Blue Marlin and many many large sharks, so get your entry in now for more details and entry forms go to the BBGFC website. Entry forms are now available now on the BBGFC website. Botany Bay Game Fishing Club