With a week of good weather out on the water last week, Club members jumped at the chance to head down and check out the Billfish Grounds. Reports from earlier in the week proved that the fish are starting to turn up in quantities, with Princess C seeing numerous fish but without hook up and Mark Parkes aboard his new Cairns Custom Craft "MOJO" also seeing a number of fish before successfully tagging a little black on Monday.
With Black Marlin sightings becoming more & more frequent, as well as the occasional capture in the past couple of months, it was the report from the crew aboard Screamer that really lifted the excitement around the place with Wade Medill, Jon & Greg Millard tagging 4 fish on Friday and another 3 fish (with a spectacular triple hookup) on Saturday morning, with all 7 fish estimated around the 10kg Mark.
With the bait still in great abundance and proof that the fish are there, it is looking very very good for a bumper Billfish season.
