48 Junior Anglers participated in the Cairns Bluewater Game Fishing Club's inaugural Junior
School Holidays Tournament in June/July 2023. We kicked off a 2 week tournament where kids could
finish anywhere in FNQ in anyway. Photos were submitted on brag mats with winners in 3
categories, Biggest Fish Caught, Most Fish Caught and Encouragement Awards. Over 200 fish were
caught and measured over the Tournament.
We hoped kids would learn a valuable life skill, realise a sense of wonder and adventure again,
spend quality time with parents/carers, be confident and work in a team.
Winners were: Biggest Fish Caught (Small Fry) - Felix Watson; Biggest Fish Caught (Junior) -
Dominic Wilson; Most Fish Caught (Junior) - Oscar Watson; Biggest Fish Caught (Mid) - Levi
Buongiorno; Most Fish Caught (Mid) - Kai Ziebell & Fisher Richards with a draw; Encouragement
Award (Mid) - Jack Watego-Morgan, Max Burgess & Finn Bartlett with a draw; Special mentions
(Mid) to Alex Damon & Zac Westernhagen; Biggest Fish Caught (Teen) - Levi Lowe; Most Fish
Caught (Teen) - Tyler Twaddle; Encouragement Award (Teen) - Matthew Thompson; Special Mention
(Teen) - Taylan Perry and Jacob Tait on draw.
We couldn't do this without our generous sponsors, huge shout out to our 2023 major sponsor
Australian Steel Traders, as well as Tackle World Cairns, SHIMANO Australia Fishing, Simrad
Yachting and thanks to GFAA Kids Fish 2 for their generous bags. Special thanks to Ports North
for kindly allowing us to use the Viewing Deck at Marlin Marina. We hope to hold another Junior
Tournament again but for now, it's time to focus on Queensland Game Fishing Association AGM
in Cairns (4-6 August) and our Light Tackle Billfish Tournament at Fitzroy Island (16-19th
August).
