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Archive - October 2017

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Reef blacks to Fraser black & blue

5 years ago
by Kelly Dalling Fallon

The fleet has split north and south with the bite harder to find but certainly still some good fish amongst them! Capt. Daniel McCarthy on Moana III put IGFA rep Ichiro Takahashi onto another nice...

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Back after the comp

5 years ago
by Kelly Dalling Fallon

A lot of tournament boats not fishing yesterday as they made their way back to port after the Lizard Island tournament. But in the private boat fleet, the Dosen brother’s Live Wire was back...

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Reef update, SEQ blues to Coffs Coast

5 years ago
by Kelly Dalling Fallon

The 2017 Lizard Island Black Marlin Classic wrapped up yesterday with a tense day of fishing for tournament leaders (and winners) on Absolute. There were only 6 tags for the shortened final day among...

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Big marlin off Cairns, Lizard Day 6 in and out of comp

5 years ago
by Kelly Dalling Fallon

While the numbers slowed again for day 6 of the Lizard Island tournament there were several big fish caught in and out of the comp yesterday. Absolute should maintain a narrow lead with 7 tags going...

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Lizard Island Day 5, Weipa sails, Bluewater Mag on sale

5 years ago
by Kelly Dalling Fallon

Day 5 belonged to Paul and Sharon Poulter’s Think Big releasing 3 fish to give them the daily award although even after a fishless day, Absolute remains in the lead with 7 tags.   The talk of...

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Lizard Island Day 4 and great fishing outside the comp too

5 years ago
by Kelly Dalling Fallon

The fishing picked up again on Day 5 of the Lizard Island Black Marlin Classic for both the boats in the fleet and those outside the comp. I will get an update on scores again later and will update...

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