2008 Riviera NSW Interclub Update

The 2008 Riviera NSW Interclub Tournament kicked off last Saturday with a spectacular Sail pass and with the reputation of being the largest tournament in the Southern Hemisphere numbers were excellent with over 200 participating boats. With 25 knot winds forecasted and 3m swells the organising committee had no other option but cancell the first day.

With the weather a little better on Sunday TGFC Life Member, Jim Dalling aboard Reel Chase helped our TGFC team of Tom Hatrick and Tim Ryan put some points on the scorers board with Tom tagging a nice 90kg Stripe Marlin.

At the end of the 1st weekend show First Place :Dobbo from Sydney GFC Team 4 with 42,000 points Second: Pelagic from Newcastle and Port Stephens Team 4 with 40,000 points Third: Fascination IV from Newcastle and Port Stephens Team 10 with 30,000 points

With Mark Hislop joining the team this Saturday it looks to be an exciting finish and with the Legendary Jim Dalling skippering our team, anything could happen, so stay tuned for regular updates over the weekend!! For more info, results & photos go to www.blackmarlinfishingblog.com or http://www.riviera.com.au

Myrmidon Continues to Deliver

With perfect weather conditions on the water last weekend Jon & Greg Millard aboard Cruise Craft together with Mark and Jan Parkes and myself (Talina) aboard Wade Medill's boat Screamer made the 70 mile trip out to Myrmidon. With a quick stop off at Faraday for a quick jig, both boats were fortunate enough to start the weekend with some nice Coral Trout including Jan's 8kg whopper. With dinner in the esky the troll lines went out & we made our way over to Myrmidon. With beautiful clean water and small yellowfin schools in plague porportions our expectations were high but we had to wait until late Saturday Afternoon until we experience some action with a a small 100lb Black Marlin free jumping not far from the boat, so as we pointed Screamer in that direction it wasn't long before the fish appeared in our lure pattern. He managed to pull both lines out of the riggers before he dissapeared not to be seen again. Both boats enjoyed a swim back in the lagoon before experiencing a
traditional Myrmidon sunset. Sunday and the perfect weather continued and just before departing Jon offered us a scad that he had caught on Saturday, and as we did not have any bait aboard Screamer and we were relying totally on lures, Jan jumped at the chance to weave her magic and rigged up a beautiful swimming marlin bait. With the big gear out we started trolling back to Faraday and it wasn't long before one of the 50's went screaming off (the one with the scad on it) & we shortly realised Parkesy had an estimated 200lb Black Marlin on the end. After a surprisingly quick 10 min fight the tag went in and we were ecstatic to see him swim away in perfect condition. Sorry about the photos but this was the best I could do with the video camera while I juggled the tag pole as well!