This year's Whitsunday Game Fish Club's "Sweeties and Squires" has been run and won, amid windy and showery conditions, but that did not deter 9 adult ladies, 17 Juniors and 10 small fry anglers from enjoying the great outdoors.
Competitors managed to catch 75 fish of 18 different species, most of which were released in waters very close to Airlie Beach. The Club hosted the event with the help of Game Fishing Association of Australia, the Stella Property Group, Tackle World Cannonvale, Anaconda and Oceanic Tales.
Considering the weather, it was a fantastic weekend and to see the smiles on the faces of all the kids and the mums and dads was a great reward to the W.G.F.C. Committee who put it all together.
It was a mammoth job trying to pick the winners in each category with so many good catches.
Joint Champion Ladies were Tara Dambrosio and Sara Doolan. Runner up Lady was Kristy Hoksbergen. Dual Champion Junior Males were Reid Bitcon and Tanik Wallace, with two Runners Up - Kurt Martin and Harry Best. Stand alone Champion Junior Female was Kirra Martin, closely followed by two Runners up, Jasmin Smith and Tia Galton. There were two Small Fry Male winners - Angus Doolan and Tama Tenan were just ahead of Runner up, Benson Smith.
Female Small Fry winner was tiny Naomi Rutland with a 74cm Permit caught at Cannonvale Beach which was a mighty effort. Naomi said she needed a little help from her dad. Two runners up were Imogen Doolan and Oceana Little.
In the Club's eyes, everybody was a winner, great family fishing, good fun, good food and lots of happy smiles all round. Everybody agrees it will be bigger and better next year and are looking forward to it.
The Whitsunday Club's next event is the (lure only) Queenfish and Trevally Rally to be held on 17 and 18 May.
Contributed with thanks to Ashley Moore
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