The Fremantle Sailing Club’s Game Fishing Section is one of the State’s leading Game Fishing Clubs, and has a wide range of activities to cater for this exciting sport.
Fishing Clinics
Fishing Clinics are run regularly on “Success”, and are a great way for new members to get acquainted with the sport, and for others to pick up the finer points from the Sections more experienced exponents. A full programme is scheduled for 2011/12 held on the weekend before the Sections monthly general meetings. Weather permitting, the clinics are held on the weekend following the Section’s monthly general meetings.
The Tooltime Construction Blue Marlin Classic
Held over the Labour Day long weekend 3, 4 and 5 March 2012. This is the Sections 33rd Blue Marlin Classic. The Classic's Winning Team this year earns an invite to fish the World Championship in Costa Rica in 2013. The Interclub is now incorporated in the Blue Marlin Classic. Teams nominate the Club they will represent and the aggregated points from the top two Teams will be declared the Winner. Their names will be engraved on the Perpetual Trophy that is displayed at the Club.
Local Tournaments
Enhanced by an agenda of interaction with the Perth Game Fishing Club, members have a very full program in the metro area, which includes the Season Opening Weekend in February, our own Blue Marlin Classic over the March long weekend, the PGFC Marlin Cup, the WA Open in March and the new Interclub tournament (date to be advised). The Interclub is a Femantle Sailing Club innovation introduced in 1999. The inaugural event being won by our Game Fishing Section, and again in 2000.
Overseas Tournaments
The Winner of the Tooltime Construction Blue Marlin Classic wins an Invitation to represent FSC Game Fishing Section in Costa Rica in 2013, because of the long association and good standing FSC receives an invite to field a Team in the Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament. Last year, the 50th Anniversary of the HIBT, the Section fielded two Teams, both Teams tagged Marlin.
Monthly Meetings
The Section meets on the first Thursday of each month at 7:30pm in the Bridge. All Members are welcome, food, drinks and camaraderie follows the meeting, for further details regarding Meetings and Success Clinics, contact the Section Captain Mark Maher on 0417 309 622.
