Final Results of the 28th International Game Fishing Tournament

Highest Scoring Team
Golden Eagle
980.1 points

2nd Highest Scoring Team
Pearl 1
712.1 points

Third Highest Scoring Team
Mango Bay Princess
593.1 points

Highest Scoring Male Angler
Zohed Razak - Golden Eagle
491.6 points

2nd Highest Scoring Male Angler
George Trinkler - Golden Eagle
320.6 points

3rd Highest Scoring Male Angler
Les Crossingham - Pearl 1
302.6 points

Highest Scoring Lady Angler
Lyn Salvidge - Opulence
108 points

Highest Scoring Junior Angler
Jordan Whittacker - SaltWater
53.4 points

Champion Small Fry Angler
Max Collingwood - La Moana
46.5 points

Tag and Release
George Trinkler - Golden Eagle
Zoheb Razak - Golden Eagle

Heaviest BillFish
Risto Harmat - La Moana
45.9kg on 15kg line

Heaviest Wahoo
Lyn Salvidge - Opulence
32.1kg on 24kg line

Heaviest Tuna
Darcy Gibson - Turaga Levu
20.8kg on 15kg line

Heaviest MahiMahi
Risto Harmat - La Moana
10.5kg on 15kg line

Heaviest Walu
Rob Stephenson - Wai Tadra
12.5kg on 8kg line

Most Wahoo Points
Les Crossingham - Pearl 1
302.4 points

Best Dressed Team
SALT WATER ONE

2nd Best Dressed
LA MOANA

Outstanding Contribution to the 2008 Tournament
Jo Boddam-Whethem

Outstanding Service to the IGFC
Albert and Pauline Threadingham

Fiji National Record
David Murray - Mango Bay Princess
8.1kg Skipjack on 8kg line

IGFC Tournament Records
David Murray - Mango Bay Princess
8.1kg Skipjack on 8kg line

Rob Stephenson - Wai Tadra
12.5kg Walu on 8kg line

Darren Cook - Mango Bay Princess
12.3 Giant Trevally on 10kg line

Congratulations FISHERMEN!

DAY THREE

Day Three - Final day of the 28th International Game Fishing Tournament, 2008.

Adi Cagilaba with their catch, Albert Threadingham checking their lines.

The Pearl One with their haul of seven fish.

Two sail fish were bought in today on La Moana and Turaga Levu

La Moana with their sail fish

Risto brought in the 45.9 sail fish on a 15kg line


Junior angler Darcy Gibson

bought in the sail fish for TuragaLevu.

Congratulations

Mango Bay Princess caught the only saqa of the tournament!

After a few more drinks and speeches all captains and crew and friends finished the night off at Uprising Beach Resort.

Results at the end of DAY TWO

Opulence - 206.8
Mango Bay Princess - 543.9
Pearl One - 314.5
Saltwater One - 130.8
Xtasea - 46
Cagilaba - 38.4
La Moana - 331.9
Wai Tadra - 463
Kania - 271.7
Golden Eagle - 980.1
Freelance - 272.6
Forceline - 131.4
Turaga Levu - 138.8

DAY TWO

DAY TWO: The boats started returning from their fishing spots with their catch at 1630 hours on Friday.

FreeLance

La Moana

SaltWater One

Forceline

Adi Cagilaba

Kania Unloading their catch

Albert checking the lines and lures for Mango Bay Princess' catch (below).

Day Two Results

Opulence - 64.9
Mango Bay Princess - 187.2
Pearl One - nil
Saltwater One - 130.8
Xtasea - nil
Cagilaba - nil
La Moana - 31.5
Wai Tadra - 62.5
Kania - 174.3
Golden Eagle - 51.5
Freelance - 197
Forceline - nil
Turaga Levu - 138.8

Bruce Southwick of Kania with his 20.5kg Wahoo caught on a 10kg line.

Mango Bay Princess crew with their haul.

Opulence with Dave Aidney's 8kg Mahi Mahi caught on an 8kg line.

Rob Stephenson on Wai Tadra caught a 12.5kg walu on an 8kg line.

Wai Tadra crew

Risto on La Moana and his 10.5kg mahi on a 15kg line

Freelance with their wahoo catch

Saltwater with junior angle Jordan Whittaker's 17.8 wahoo caught on a 15 kg line.

Turaga Levu with their catch of the day.

DAY ONE RESULTS

Day One brought in a haul of 54 fish and two tag and release.

The results for Day One:
Opulence - 141.9
Mango Bay Princess - 356.7
Pearl One - 314.5
Saltwater One - nil
Xtasea - 46
Cagilaba - 37.4
La Moana - 300.4
Wai Tadra - 400.5
Kania - 97.4
Golden Eagle - 928.6
Freelance - 75.6
Forceline - 131.4
Turaga Levu - nil

The Weigh In - Day One

Opulence Crew

Crew of La Moana

Wai Tadra Crew

Crew for Golden Eagle

Tag and Release - George Trinkler on Golden Eagle

Tag and Release - Zahib Ruzak on Golden Eagle

Salt Water Junior Anglers

Mango Bay Princess Crew
Crew on Freelance

The Forceline crew

Cagilaba crew

The Pearl One

Bruce Southwick for Kania

The line up for FRESH FISH and sashimi prepared by Gourmet Foods.

Max Munch-Collingwood of La Moana with his catch of the day!

DAY ONE

Day One of the 28th International Game Fishing Tournament started off at 0630 hours on Thursday morning.

Albert Threadingham set off the flare...

... and thirteen boats began their first day of fishing in this three day tournament.

It looked to be a fine day for fishing.

HAPPY FISHING

Registration Day

Wednesday, 25th June, 2008 found 13 boat captains registering their boats for the 28th International Game Fishing Tournament at the Pearl South Pacific, in Pacific Harbour, Fiji Islands.

The thirteen boats participating are:

Opulence
Mango Bay Princess
Pearl One
Saltwater One
Xtasea
Cagilaba
La Moana
Wai Tadra
Kania - Defending Champions!
Golden Eagle
Freelance
Forceline
Turaga Levu