POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER

The 2025 Tollgate Islands Classic will be held on 17th, 18th, and19th January 2025.

POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER

Garmin Tollgate Island Classic 2024 Wrap up

Another successful weekend for anglers fishing the Garmin Tollgate Island Classic at Batemans Bay .

44 boats entered with 153 male anglers , 14 female anglers , 5 junior & 1 small fry .

Tagging 81 striped marlin ,7 black marlin , 5 dolphin fish and capture of 1 striped marlin of 108 kg and 2 Dolphin fish weighing in at 12 kg each .

Teams came from the south coast area Canberra , Latrobe valley , Wollongong , Riverina and Melbourne , we even had an angler fly over from Western Australia to have a fish .

The most popular boat brand was Caribbean x 10 , Cruise Craft x 6 , Haines Hunter x 4 and Club Marine had over 50 % of the fleet insured through them with 24 boats , NRMA x 4 , Nautilus marine x 2 , Yamaha x 2 , RAC x 1 , Elders x 1 and then some insurers I hadn’t heard of ….

The winning team was team Underdog with 8 marlin a Batemans Bay club boat who also won last year , well done boys in conditions that were quiet unfavourable on Saturday . Taking the $3000 cash and $2000 Garmin voucher .

Harderatit from Bermagui came second with 7 marlin , $2000 cash & $1500 Garmin voucher .

Deep Seaductress from Ulladulla with 5 marlin , $1500 cash & $1000 Garmin voucher .

Not Reel from Canberra $1500 Compleat angler voucher .

Rogue from Bermagui $500 cash & $500 Club Marine voucher .

Champion male ; Jay Rawlings with 7 marlin on Underdog .

Champion female ; Calli Vecchi with 4 marlin 1 dolphin fish on Freedom .

Champion junior ; Keith Farrugia with his first marlin on Escape .

Meritorious catch ; Isaac Harwood another junior on Escape .

The committee thanks our loyal sponsors and supporters , without you we could not run such a successful tournament , all the feedback we received was 100% positive , with comments of a great array of prizes and raffles , friendly happy atmosphere , radio etiquette above board , and everyone appreciated the free feed and Great Northern beer served at the briefing .

Thank you for your support and we hope to continue the partnership into 2025 and the future , the committee is already starting to plan for next years event , and we promise it will be bigger with more interaction our anglers the public and sponsors .

Once again thank you very much for your contribution and support …