Manning Point Fishing Classic Blog

No one was ever going to beat Haka Jo's big Saturday especially when he crowned it on Sunday with plenty of good fish including a 55cm flattie. It really was Haka and then a massive gap to anyone else. We didn't even bother to do the finally points tally because it would have been embarrassing. He had the biggest Jewie, three biggest whiting, ... more

Highlight of day was locating Hollywood celebrities n missing plane :)

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Haka Jo has one hand on the trophy after a sterling day on the Manning. He started with a few nice whiting and followed with a 50cm flattie.  The day, however, was crowned golden when he landed a 75cm jewie after a good 10 minute fight around the oyster leases.

Mangrove's team which included Ganghook and Sir James had a few keepers

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No Blog, No Grog!

Some fish, I wish!

What is this with the fish and blog?

My mind doth spin with wheel and cog.
 

So, one then may assume, I hear

One fish is equal to one beer.

2 dozen fish then equates 1 case

A keg

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A couple of starters ..... and two flathead. Mangrove and Ganghook already have tea and have 32 fish tethered for the Classic. ... more

Perfect weather awaits at Manning Point. The Weather Disruption Satellite is working perfectly and Mangrove and Ganghook are about to start their tethering activities. 

 

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A couple of starters ..... and two flathead. Mangrove and Ganghook already have tea and have 32 fish tethered for the Classic. 

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Images have been pouring in of the apolyptic flooding that has occurred in the Manning Valley this week, torrential downfalls in the Barrington Tops causing unprecedented rains to travel down Backwater Creek, a tributary of the Manning River delta system has caused many a MPFC contestant to weep into their stein. 

The top level of

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With barely a week to go before the start of the 2014 MPFC, newcomer Hammah Head has almost been scratched from the competition. In the normal course of his work day, Hammah Head momentarily became "Hammah Thumb" which meant a trip to the hospital. After a consultation with the plastic surgeon his thumb was reassembled last weekend and

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