STOP PRESS: Riviera Port Lincoln Tuna Classic dates announced
Planning has now commenced for the 2017 Riviera Port Lincoln Tuna Classic.
Organisers have announced that the catch-and-release competition – the largest of its type in South Australian waters – will be staged from Friday 31 March to Sunday 2 April 2017.
The Tuna Classic – for which entry forms will soon be available – is an immensely popular follow-up to R Marine South Australia’s annual Easter Experience in Port Lincoln.
For more information, rules, guidelines and entry forms visit www.tunaclassic.com. You can also stay up to date by following the Riviera Port Lincoln Tuna Classic on Facebook here >>
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- The Riviera Port Lincoln Tuna Classic is the richest fishing tournament of its type in South Australian waters.
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- Competitors race to the fishing grounds for the start of the Riviera Port Lincoln Tuna Classic each year.
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- All tuna must be tagged and released to be eligible to be recorded for points in the Tuna Classic.
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- Participants compete in some of the most fruitful tuna grounds in the world for the highly prized Tuna Class trophies.
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- Overall Champion Angler and Overall Female Champion Susan Czabayski from Spartacus.
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- Champion Trailer Boat team from In The Red.
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- Gabriella Gabanna, Runner-Up Female Angler 2016 with Fred Boikov from Shimano.
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- R Marine South Australia’s Paul Harrop with skipper and crew from Runner-Up Champion Boat, Spartacus 2016.
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- Rolf Czabayski accepts his award for Outstanding Contribution to the Riviera Port Lincoln Tuna Classic from tournament director and friend, Peter Teakle.
