Manning Point Fishing Classic Blog

Day 2, the championship day, when the cream rises to the top. Well, that's the theory - in reality there was a very slow start by all participants and the fish were asleep all day.

The Shore Team headed to the Yabby/Nipper Flats and pumped some bait. However the southerly wind meant that the fishing was a bit uncomfortable, so they trekked

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For the second year in a row a rookie has won the Manning Point Fishing Classic.

Young Riverboat Rastus was declared winner with his Friday afternoon Spotted Guitar Fish a.k.a. Shovel Nose Shark.

There were not many Sunday morning fish so Saturday's best fish, from Stillwater Steve, was the only other contender. The Umpire decided that

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Day 1 started off slowly after a night of great entertainment at Manning Point Bowling Club. The team caught 7 meat trays in the raffles which should have augured well for the marine kill expeditions.

 

Although there were plenty of fish about, keepers were in short supply. Fishin' Phil got a nice bream early on and his team

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Young rookie, Riverboat Rastus, has hooked a great shark to kick off Day 0 , the official practice day of the classic.... more

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The Greater Manning Council AGM minutes recently released have shed light on the perptually shady admissions policy of the Manning Point Bowling Club.

In an unanimous decision, all councillors voted to allow the short, balding, rotund local authority figure to tighten his admission requirements even further.

In documents tendered

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Ganghook has brought home tea or tomorrow lunch.
The fish are on.
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Fishin, Ganghook and Mangrove hit Manning Point early for some pre-tourament tuning.... more

As reported earlier by BigJig, there has been a massive increase in the traffic leading to the Manning Valley. This photo taken earlier this afternoon shows the long traffic lines that the crowd may expect leading to the 2008 Classic.

Premier Maurice Yemma said that he will commit to funding a 2 Billion Dollar road with 10 lanes if the

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Still two days before the start of the MPFC '08 and the roads around Manning Point are in gridlock.

Thousands of eager spectators, desparate to beat the rush of previous years are heading to Manning Point early.

Accomodation is fully booked, the shores are strewn with tents and worse, the local hostelries have already run out of

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