The Grabine Freshwater Fishing Tournament was held last week with over 1170 entries in the popular weekend event. There were 191 Yellow Belly entries including 49 juniors, Murray Cod entries totalled 76 with 23 juniors, while SIlver Perch entries saw 30 bait-up including 19 seniors. Catfish entries saw 41 nominate with 13 juniors while the Carp section was again popular with 215 anglers signing on.

Kim Trudgett won the major prize - a new Quintrex 420 Renegade boat while Rich Dean took out the Club Prize - 1088 - Club "Chasing Gold" and Peter Stibbard won the Murray Cod Mystery Length (680mm) with a 663mm return. The Yellow Belly Mystery went to Charlotte Selmes while Senior Carp went to Trent Cady (788mm). Richard Apps took the Senior Catfish from Shaun Hodder and Jake Cranston while Phil Walker got the nod in the Senior Silver Perch. Kim George won the Senior Yellow Belly and Andrew Ford the Murray Cod.

In the juniors, Brax George took out the Junior Carp from JT Wilson and Vincent Barton and he also grabbed the biggest bag while Anthony Banks won the Junior Catty. Ivy Lewis hooked a ripper in the Junior Silver Perch (470mm) while Zac Porter caught a Yellow Belly slightly bigger in the Junior Yellow section. Dylan Jordan won the Junior Murray Cod.

In a statement on their Facebook page, organisers paid tribute to attendees.

"We would like to say thank you to each and every one of you for taking part and supporting our competition again this year! Whether you're a stalwart, who's been coming for years, or this was your virgin adventure, we hope it was everything you thought it would be!

"This year the weather wasn't kind on Saturday which definitely affected the fish numbers, with fishing on Saturday in coastal like conditions proving difficult! But Friday was a cracker!! We have been super lucky with the weather over the past few years, so it was only fair we guess that it turned a little this year. Thank you for bearing with us on Sunday for the presentations, we are super glad the rain that set in Sunday afternoon held off long enough for the presentations to be finished up and for you guys to all get out safely! We hope to see you next year!"

Congratulations again to all winners!