2008 Seaport Marine Tasmanian Trout Classic

The Seaport Marine Tasmanian Trout Classic is on again in 2008! After the very successful inaugural one day event in March 2007, the organisers have expanded the event to two days and on two different venues. Based at Miena in the Tasmanian Central Highlands, this is a fantastic fun event for teams of two anglers in Australia’s best trout fishery.

This is an ABT event, and is staged between the two Tasmanian ABT bream qualifiers. The two days of competition are on February 26 and 27, with a one day pre-fish on February 25. The event is run along ABT Classic guidelines, with teams of two anglers competing.

This is a catch and release event, anglers lay their fish on the provided brag mat, photograph the fish with a digital camera to show its length, take another snap of the happy angler with fish, and then release the fish. Scoring is based on total length of all fish the team catches. As this is a catch and release tournament, there is no limit to the number of fish that can be caught.

Last year the winning team caught 19 fish, with the second placed team interstate anglers catching 17 – not bad for two guys who only laid eyes on the water the day before the event! Overall there were 128 fish caught between 20 teams last year, and with the addition of Great Lake as a day two venue we can expect to see that record smashed.

This year there is a massive prize pool for competitors, with a 12volt 55lb thrust MotorGuide electric bowmount engine supplied by Seaport Marine for the first placed team as well as at least $1000 in cash. In addition to this there are heaps of prizes and give aways from Daiwa and Berkley, a $250 prize for the longest trout caught over the two days and heaps more.

For more information log onto www.sportsfishtasmania.com or www.tasmaniansportsfisher.com.au for the complete competition information pack and entry forms. Phone enquires can be directed to Neil Grose on 0407 879 941.

Entries close on the February 15, so don’t leave it too late.