The Wilson Moreton Bay and Offshore Family Fishing Challenge is on again.
The Redland Bay Amateur Fishing Club is in its 24th consecutive year of hosting this great event, with Wilson as the naming right sponsor for several years now.
This year the club is looking forward to a bigger and better event,and hoping for favourable weather.
Early entry this year will be as last year, with the first 200 entries receiving a Wilson pack valued at $80.
Last year there were Bonza brag mats included in this pack and this year Bonza is back on board with a wicked Bonza fish measuring sticker.
There are lots of Wilson goodies and other goodies from various sponsors.
Last year, there were some new and exciting categories introduced to the competition. This year the three major categories will be back, where there will be guaranteed winners.
There is the Mossops Bait and Tackle 'secret weight' category. This will be a nominated fish for seniors and juniors.
The Bonza Graphics 'Catch and Release Flathead' category will be the largest flathead caught. This will require a photo taken of the fish on a brag mat or sticker with your entry tag in view.
The third new category is the Wilson 'Grand Slam'. This will entail offshore and inshore sections. Offshore will be an accumulation of weight for snapper, pearl perch, sweet lip and cobia. Inshore will be whiting, bream, snapper and jew.
There will be the usual fish prizes, big knobby club, kilo bream club, 40cm whiting club, flathead, snapper, pearl perch, jew, pelagic, sweetlip, tailor and cobia.
General prize categories will include 10 junior and 10 senior daily picks of the board, five daily junior lucky draws and 10 daily senior draws to be in the final to possibly win the major prizes.
There will also be many raffles going around each day for that extra chance to win. All prizes are supplied by the event's valued sponsors.
This year there will also be some fishing simulators for people to have a go on. These are proudly sponsored by Wilson and Bayside Boat Licencing.
Come and net yourself a prize and have a good time at the Redland Bay Amateur Fishing Club, 247 The Esplanade Redland Bay on the Queen's Birthday long weekend, June 5-8.
The cost for a ticket is only $120 for seniors and $30 for juniors. Flyers and entry forms are available for download at www.rbafc.org.au or contact Matt Savas on 0415 149 350 or mattfishing challenge@gmail.com.
You can also drop into some of the sponsors' stores and pick up a form from mid-April at Mossops Bait and Tackle Cleveland, Stones Corner Marine, Victoria Point Bait and Tackle, Auto Parts Victoria Point and Redland Bay Quality Meats. Keep your eye out for an entry form in the Redland City Bulletin.
Special thanks to all our valued Sponsors: Wilson, Bonza Graphics, Events in Tents, Stones Corner Marine, Jackaroo Boats, Mossops Bait & Tackle, Redland City Council, Nautilus Marine Insurance, Toll, Redland City Bulletin, Bush 'n' Beach Fishing magazine, Battery World, Moreton Bay Charters, Hayes Crab Pots, Auto Parts Victoria Point Redlands Marine, Bayside Suzuki Marine, REA Solar, Bayside Boat Licensing, Alvey Reels Australia, Queensland Trailer Spares, Launch & Retrieve Boatlatch, Arctic Ice Works, AW Images, Boatcatch, Oldfield Holden, BCF, Wedderburn Scales, Water Tower Bait & Tackle, Inkjet Toner Refills, P & A Bricklaying, Redland City Glass & Aluminium, Bob's Painting, Stradbroke Island Holidays, The Leather Doctor, Mitre 10 Redland Bay, Fishing Monthly magazine, Pool Leak Services, Discount Drug Stores Redland Bay, Suburban Locksmiths, Greenscene Landscaping, L & S Carpentry & Constructions, Fraser View Holiday Letting, Redland Bay Quality Meats, CAL Plumbing, and Scurry Plumbing.
