The Moreton Bay Billfish Challenge was run over the Australia Day weekend in January by the Moreton Bay Boat Club-Game and Sportsfish Section and the Moreton Bay Gamefish Club. It was a great weekend of weather for the 110 anglers who fished off 28 boats over the two days.

With little bait in close at the usual billfish grounds of The Trench and Hutchies most of the anglers decided to fish wide of Cape Moreton in 100-150m of water. Seventeen Billfish were tagged and released and several were lost after lengthy fights on the regulation 8kg line. There were several other gamefish species weighed in including cobia, spangled emperor and snapper. Five yellowfin tuna were also tagged and released.

After two days of fishing the following results were obtained.

Champion Angler Overall- Lesley Patterson

Champion Angler Runner Up- Gary Taylor

Champion Angler Male- Gary Taylor

Champion Angler Female- Lesley Patterson

Meritorious Angler- Noel Day

Champion Angler Junior- Jed Nielson

Champion Angler Junior R/U –Matthew Driver

Champion Angler Tuna- Ben Farrington

Heaviest Other Species- Josh Murphy

Champion Team Overall- Nightmare

First Billfish Day One- Jed Nielson

First Billfish Day Two- Tony Farmer

Champion Angler Billfish Day One- Jed Nielson

Champion Angler Billfish Day Two- Gary Taylor

Champion Boat Under 7m- Seaspray

Champion Boat Over 7m- Nightmare

The Moreton Bay Boat Club-Game and Sportfish Section and the Moreton Bay Game Fish Club would like to thank all the sponsors who helped to make this event such a success again this year.