Hi All,
The 8th Victorian Kingfish cup was held over the weekend and was open to diving across the Victorian Coastline.
We had 11 pairs sign on with 4 divers scheduled to dive out west, 2 divers on the Bellarine Peninsula and the rest diving the eastern part of Victoria.
The conditions were forecast to be good on Saturday morning but the wind was scheduled to pick up in the afternoon and not improve on Sunday.
With reports of fish taken on the first day the pressure was off some teams, however the weather on Sunday was as forecast and no one was able to dive on the second day.
Some divers saw big schools of fish, but they were too fast and wouldn't come in close enough for a shot.
4 kingfish were taken, however 3 were taken by the 1 team and their biggest 2 were presented for weigh-in.
The winning pair was Chris Monaghan and Jozef Bendarek with two fish weighing 14.0kg and 13.8kg.Nathan Watson and Nghia Vu came in 2nd with a massive 20.2kg kingfish that was shot by
Nathan and he gets the title for the heaviest kingfish at 20.2kg.Nathan Watson also gets the title for the heaviest crayfish that weighed in at 2.4kg.There were a few fish presented for the most meritorious fish (other than Kingfish), including a 1.5kg Trumpeter (Pierre C), 2.65kg Salmon (Peter T), 3.3kg Salmon (Leigh E), 3.9kg Dusky Morwong (Dean V) and a 0.8kg Sea Sweep (Dean V).
The winner for the most meritorious fish (other than Kingfish) is Leigh Elliot with his 3.3kg Salmon. As Leigh could not attend the weigh in, Bob is pictured with Leigh's fish and prize.
Thank you to
DivePro and
MrDive for donating the prizes for this prestigious comp. Thanks to all that entered, Watto for being the weigh master and Pete Thompson for doing the BBQ.
Look forward to competing with everyone next year!
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