BlueWater Boats & Sportsfishing – July 2019

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WHO’S WHO

05 BlueWater Subscriptions

08 Catch-up – Tim Simpson

12 Newslines

27 BlueWater Digital

28 Dr Pepperell

30 The Billfish Foundation

32 The IGFA

34 IGFA Rule Book

34 BlueWater Calendar

36 Hot Bites – Australia

38 Hot Bites – International

80 Tournament News

80 IGFA Report

82 GFAA Junior Tournament

84 GFAA Report

87 NZSFC Report

88 On The Waterfront

91 BlueWater Online Shop

96 Charter Operators

97 Advertisers’ Index

98 Out of the Blue

Boats and more

COVER

Yellowfin

off Panama

Photo:

Adrian E Gray

© BlueWater 2019

Kenstartedfishingwithhis

father on the Hawkesbury

River, near Sydney. In

the late 1990s he joined

Sydney Game Fishing Club,

where his whole family

got involved. Each year

he now joins Phil Webster

to fish the heavy-tackle giant black marlin season off

Cairns, where in 2011 he tagged and released a black

estimated at 475kg. Apart from the fishing, Ken says he

loves the friendships this sport has enabled him to enjoy.

SUBSCRIBER:KENKLEIN

Growingupin thesmall

centralQueenslandtown

ofMoura,Russellfirstgot

intofishingafterreading

aboutgamefishingfor

giantblackmarlinoff

Cairnsin hisfather’s

sportingmagazines.

Herealisedthatthiswasthelifestylehewanted,so

setaboutchasinghisdream.He’snowtheownerof

TopnotchGameFishingchartersandcaptainofBrilliant

Company,whichherunswithhis‘BillfishBabes’wife,

Marlene,alongtheGreatBarrierReef.

CAPTAIN: RUSSELL HICKS

BLUEWATERBOATS& GAMEFISHINGISSUE 139 (JULY/AUGUST2019)

THIS ISSUE

Paulbeganfishingwith

his grandfather in Victoria

when he was four. He’s

now a veterinarian working

with his own consulting

company with some of

the bigger fish farming

companies in Australia and

overseas. Paul still loves his fishing and catching a feed

but says we must treat fish with respect – as we would

any other animal. He now guides anglers and businesses

in how to humanely process and maximise the quality of

fish taken for food.

CONTRIBUTOR: DR PAUL HARDY-SMITH

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A CHAMPION’S PEDIGREE

Caribbean 2700 Flybridge Pro Fisherman

From its origins as the Bertram 25 a half-century ago, this

Australian-made pocket gameboat has remained a firm

favourite. Its long evolution has seen it develop into the

polished form of the new Caribbean 2700 Flybridge Pro

Fisherman. Equipped with two Suzuki outboards, this big-

fish rig punches way above its affordable price tag.

OUTRIGGERFUNDAMENTALS

PART1: Whyyouneedthem,andhowto

makethemworkforyou

Whetheryoutrollbaitsor lures,outriggerscangreatly

increaseyoursuccess– buttheireffectivenessdepends

onyourchoiceof poles,howtheyareinstalledand

howtheyareused.DaveFerrellandleadersin theUS

outriggermarketexplaineverythingyouneedto know.

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