REEF MAGIC CHARTERS Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Hi guys, The Port Hacking 100 is coming up on the weekend of the 16th & 17th of May. All the usual categories but this year they are offering a cash prize of $50,000 to the biggest blue marlin over 180kg captured. Get your entries in early as they are only taking 100 entry's in that category. Reef Magic will be entering. Their terms & conditions are a classic - always wanted to take a polygraph (see below) Cheers Damo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest no one Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 You have to take a lie detector test?? Shame it's the same weekend as our entrance social!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Converted 2 Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Yeh , this is a great comp . Wish the 50k was up in 2005 when I won the comp. Can't play any more now I am retired. But then again my Blue wouldn't have not weighed enough, but still got the gold plated lure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaClH2OK9 Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Suppose they are trying to get past multiple friends passing you fish to win the prize Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amkr Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Thats silly. Polygraph tests are notoriously flawed and easy to beat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Converted 2 Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Yeh, guys don't no why you would be tested. The major prize is a weighed hung Blue Marlin on the gantry at the club. The other prizes are just typical in a game comp. unfortunately people will cheat . I weighed a blue to win this comp, and this is hard to dispute. When the capture is weighed and pictured in front of a crowd and fish has been checked. Troy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REEF MAGIC CHARTERS Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 It has always been a well run comp. You often get boats where they may only have the minimum amount of anglers registered (paid to fish the comp) say 4 but they have 6 or 7 people on board. By the tournament rules the non registered people cannot partake the capture or tagging of any fish. It will probably encourage boats to register all people on board and stop someone from missing out on the $50,000 because a non registered person with a rush of blood accidentally got involved. Cheers Damo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.e.p.d Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 (edited) Hey Damo well be there . Should be a good turn out I'd say. Cheers Evan Edited April 30, 2015 by mr.e.d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Converted 2 Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 It has always been a well run comp. You often get boats where they may only have the minimum amount of anglers registered (paid to fish the comp) say 4 but they have 6 or 7 people on board. By the tournament rules the non registered people cannot partake the capture or tagging of any fish. It will probably encourage boats to register all people on board and stop someone from missing out on the $50,000 because a non registered person with a rush of blood accidentally got involved. Cheers Damo Hey Damo , been out of the comps for a few years. Thought it would have been cleaned up by now. Tag comps have always been a bit hit and miss. Kill comps have been pretty clean . Before I got out of the scene heart prob. Use to go down to Bermagui every year for the Yellowfin comp and have been to Bill Duntley Bill Collector fame a few times for drinks and dinner heard of a few stories where hed call foul fish in the Cairns comps Lexus etc. I fished a lot of comps in my time. And unfortunately have seen some very interesting situations in regards tag comps. The top teams take it very seriously and are professional. But you will always have newbies having a go thus the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REEF MAGIC CHARTERS Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share Posted May 5, 2015 Hey Damo well be there . Should be a good turn out I'd say. Cheers Evan Hi mate.. catch you down there on the Sat night for a beer. What boat are you fishing on? Cheers Damo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.e.p.d Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 I'll be on warlord , water has come good should be a bit of action hopefully , can't wait. See you there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scent Blazer Lures Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Yeh, guys don't no why you would be tested. The major prize is a weighed hung Blue Marlin on the gantry at the club. The other prizes are just typical in a game comp. unfortunately people will cheat . I weighed a blue to win this comp, and this is hard to dispute. When the capture is weighed and pictured in front of a crowd and fish has been checked. Troy I have heard they cheat in Mexico in the big money comps, what they do is form syndicates with several boats fishing in different locations for maximum coverage but only one boat is entered in the comp, if one or more of the boats in the syndicate get a weighable fish they transfer it to the boat that's entered and split the prize money if they win. I suppose these days the comp organizers could demand video footage of the fish being caught by the crew which is impossible to fake. I was at the Dorado Shootout 2 years ago and the winner was disqualified for stuffing mackerel into the fishes mouth and stomach to get the weight up, A Marine Biologist checks all the winning fish and they got busted, there was no digestive juice or teeth marks on the mackerel. Ironic thing was that even without the mackerel stuffed inside it was still easily the biggest fish, they would have won $150K. Cheaters never prosper Making a fisherman pass a polygraph test to claim a prize, you gotta see the funny side of that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishy Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Good luck on weekend boys. Hoping to hear some reports, as after a month of crap weather, I think there is a lot of us trailer boat game fishers keen to have a crack next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevefish Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 There's possibly a $50k fish weighing right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnoddie Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 265.5kg blue marlin caught Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 265.5kg blue marlin caught Wow! What a cracking fish! That will be hard to beat. Fair effort landing a beast like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scent Blazer Lures Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 (edited) There's possibly a $50k fish weighing right now. he still has to pass the polygraph that's unreal, any photos at the scale? Edited May 17, 2015 by Scent Blazer Lures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REEF MAGIC CHARTERS Posted May 19, 2015 Author Share Posted May 19, 2015 Blue was caught by Gale Force on the Saturday by owner Michael Kirby. Great fish & effort on 24kg. We managed a 45.5kg yellowfin on the Saturday & raised 2 marlin over the weekend. Don't be surprised if we see Bluefin turn up over the next 2 weeks. Cheers Damo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 And that was the $50,000 winner mrsswordfisherman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scent Blazer Lures Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 ImageUploadedByTapatalkHD1432035481.830134.jpg And that was the $50,000 winner mrsswordfisherman cool, nice fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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