MAY 26-28
Canberra Yellowfin Tuna Tournament
Location: Bermagui, NSW
Host: Canberra GFC
Contact: Mario Imbriano
Tel: 0421 049 191
Email: [email protected]JULY 1 – AUGUST 31
Tuna Slam
Location: Watsons Bay, Sydney, NSW
Host: Sydney GFC
Contact: Karen Wright
Tel: 0427 557 705
Email: [email protected]JULY 6-9 & 13-16
Merimbula Broadbill & Bluefin
Tournament
Location: Merimbula, NSW
Host: Merimbula BG&LAC
Contact: Robert Wood
Tel: 0413 333 598
Email: [email protected]JUNE 9
Winter Windup
Location: St Helens, TAS
Host: Game Fishing Club of Northern Tasmania
Contact: Dwayne Evans
Tel: 0418 780 033
Email: [email protected]JULY 13-15
Pacific Harbour Tournament – Fiji
Location: Pearl Marina, Pacific Harbour, Fiji Islands
Host: Fiji International Gamefishing tournament
committee
Contact: Clifton Gough (Tournament Director)
Tel: +679 707 2000 Direct: +679 999 2000
Email: [email protected]JUNE 15-17
Adelaide Boat Show
Location: Adelaide showground, Wayville
Host: BIA
Contact: Robyn Wingrove
Email: [email protected]
Web: adelaideboatshow.com.auJUNE 9-11
Merimbula Open Yellowfin Tuna
Tournament
Location: Merimbula, NSW
Host: Merimbula BG&LAC
Contact: Robert Wood
Tel: 0413 333 598
Email: [email protected]JULY 14
Tuna Competition
Location: St Helens, TAS
Host: St Helens Game Fishing Club
Contact: Angela Matthews
Tel: 0407 046 571
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with the relevant details.TOURNAMENT
CALENDAR
Knowing the
IGFA rules
RULE BOOK
Q:
I’ve been seeing these extended hooks on the
market for a few years now. They are used with
skirted lures. The hook shank is cut and a wire cable is
then swaged between the two halves. I believe this rig is
allowed as long as part of the hook shank below the cut
remains inside the skirt of the lure. Please confirm the
IGFA’s views on this?A:
This question comes up frequently in offshore lure-
trolling. The IGFA rules state that at least part of the
hook must be enclosed within the skirted material in order for
the rig to be legal. That said, in such a situation where the hook
shank has been purposefully extended, the IGFA applies the
interpretation of the rule to the point where the shank was cut(closest to the bend of the hook). Since anglers are inventive
and always pushing the rules, it is certainly possible that this
‘cut point’ would be made further up the shank – therefore
increasing the portion of hook that could extend beyond the
skirt. Therefore, the IGFA would view and evaluate such rigs
on a case-by-case basis.Based on this photo provided, the IGFA would consider this rig
IGFA-legal as long as part of the black shrink-wrap closest to the
bend of the hook is enclosed within the skirt material.Jack Vitek
IGFA World Records Coordinator
Email: [email protected]AUGUST 2-6
Sydney International Boat Show
Location: Darling Harbour, Sydney
Host: Boating Industry Association
Contact: Robyn Wingrove
Email: [email protected]
Web: sydneyboatshow.com.auJULY 14-15
Victorian Tuna Classic
Location: Apollo Bay, VIC
Host: Victorian GFC
Contact: Mark Edwardson
Tel: 0404 481 430
Email: [email protected]AUGUST 4-6
Dampier Classic
Location: Dampier, WA
Host: King Bay Game Fishing Club
Contact: Ian Lannary
Tel: 0427 998 788
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.kbgfc.comAUGUST 4-12
Hawaiian Int’l Billfish Tournament
Location: Kona, Big Island, Hawaii
Host: HIBT
Contact: HIBT office
Tel: +1 808 836 1723
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.hibtfishing.com38 facebook.com/BlueWatermagazine
Extended hooks for lure skirts