Manning Point Fishing Classic Blog

The Ganghook family recently had a great day catching.

Ganghook and Ganghook Junior pulled up plenty and even Mrs Ganghook bagged a few nice ones.

The hookup of the day went to Ganghook's eldest son who latched onto that most prized of MPFC champion fish- a giant Cobia near on 1.5metres long. After a lengthy battle the line snapped

Applications are now open for the 7th Annual Manning Point Fishing Classic. All previous participants will have had an invitation emailed and new applicants are welcomed on our Application Page.

We look forward to seeing you all at the 2011 Classic and you too may see your name in lights in the Champions Board.

Bream, bream everywhere and no a one to catch!
The school bream are getting bigger and bigger around the Waterbird Restaurant (Jim and Di's). The kids had a great time feeding the fish while poor old Dad was left to ponder how to catch the fellas. Some of the feeding bream would have been 40+ cms. Nice!
Mangrove did console himself

Spotting a break in the weather, Big Jig and Mrs Jig headed out from Port Stephens for a quick fishing session on the shelf early yesterday.  Conditions were excellent with a 1 metre swell and little wind.  Tuna number one was raised about 25 miles off - a snack sized Skipjack, quickly followed by another bite sized one.  Out on the

Proving yet again that his 2010 Manning Point Fishing Classic win was not a fluke, Mangrove Mike has had a successful afternoon chasing flatties on the Manning.
As is starting to become abundantly clear, the Evil Minnow flick baits (with S-Factor, of course) were the plastics that came up trumps again.

At a recent Manning Point Fishing Classic planning meeting, previous champions, Mangrove Mike, Stillwater Steve and Ganghook Gibbo, mixed with also-rans Fishin Phil and Codfish.
Also in attendance was cricket legend Greg Richie who kept the laughs flowing. The event was to raise money for the Waratah Mayfield District Cricket Club.

A new website displaying the weather for Merewether in Newcastle has been launched recently.

The site has instantaneous weather information for Merewether and also has historical weather available. It's a ripper. If you are regular fisho around Newcastle this website will let you know

This Movember I've decided to donate my face to raising awareness about men's health. My  commitment is the growth of a moustache for the entire month of Movember, which I know will generate conversation, controversy and laughter.

I am doing this because close to 3,300 men die of prostate cancer in Australia each year and

We welcome home Tsunami Col (previously known as Catfish Col) from his ordeals in the Mentawai Islands. More news is sure to come I'm sure. If you'd like to support others who were not as fortunate as Col, please head over to SurfAid International who are doing a heap of good work in the

Catfish Col has hit international headlines with his amazing escape from a tsunami in Indonesia this week.

Catfiish Col and some of his long time friends were secretly fishing in Indonesian waters during the MPFC off-season as they were honing their skills catching large pelagis in waters off Mentawai Island.

After a hard day's fishing