Cardwell Sportfishing Club

12/09/2026

Reminder...
Tomorrow morning we will be at the Cardwell Jetty Markets.

While you're there, come and see our prize boat for our Cairns Hardware Cardwell Barra Bonanza and don't forget to buy some raffle tickets in our Mega Raffle.

CARDWELL BARRA BONANZA
Mega Raffle – 3 tickets for $5
Prizes include... (there will be multiple draws)

$500 Gift Voucher from Cairns Hardware
2 x 2 Adult Passes from Hinchinbrook Island Tours
$1,200 Accommodation Voucher form Cairns Coconut Village
3 Night Stay in an Ocean Villa at Cardwell Beachcomber Motel & Tourist Park
2 x 2 Adult Passes for Skyrail
Pantry Pack from Ob La Di
Gift Voucher from Rise Doughnut Co in Cardwell
$100 Gift Voucher from Cardwell Butchery
Gift Pack from Aussie Lure Buddies
Gift Voucher from Isla Cabana Sizz n Grill in Cardwell
Gift Pack from Cardwell Post Office
Gift Voucher from Kitchen Essentials in Tully
Supporters Pack from North Queensland Cowboys

To register for the Cardwell Barra Bonanza, click here.... www.cardwellsportfishingclub.com.au

08/09/2026

Thanks for the shout out and sponsoring us.
Looking forward to seeing you again this year.
Tight lines...🎣🎣

Cardwell and barra fishing. That’s a weekend FNQ doesn’t need much convincing about. 🎣

The Cardwell Barra Bonanza returns from 22 to 24 October for its 20th event, and we’re proud to be backing the weekend as a Silver Sponsor.

There’ll be boats, barra, families and plenty of stories getting better with every retelling.

Who’s heading down?

08/09/2026

Come on down to this Sunday's Cardwell Jetty Markets.

While you're there, come and see our prize boat for our Cairns Hardware Cardwell Barra Bonanza and don't forget to buy some raffle tickets in our Mega Raffle.

CARDWELL BARRA BONANZA
Mega Raffle – 3 tickets for $5

Prizes include... (there will be multiple draws)

$500 Gift Voucher from Cairns Hardware
2 x 2 Adult Passes from Hinchinbrook Island Tours
$1,200 Accommodation Voucher form Cairns Coconut Village
3 Night Stay in an Ocean Villa at Cardwell Beachcomber Motel & Tourist Park
2 x 2 Adult Passes for Skyrail
Pantry Pack from Ob La Di
Gift Voucher from Rise Doughnut Co in Cardwell
$100 Gift Voucher from Cardwell Butchery
Gift Pack from Aussie Lure Buddies
Gift Voucher from Isla Cabana Sizz n Grill in Cardwell
Gift Pack from Cardwell Post Office
Gift Voucher from Kitchen Essentials in Tully
Supporters Pack from North Queensland Cowboys

To register for the Cardwell Barra Bonanza, click here.... www.cardwellsportfishingclub.com.au

03/09/2026

7 Weeks to go!!
Spots are filling fast, don't miss out🎣🎣

01/09/2026

"Fish of the month"...for September.
Reef.... Red Emperor.
River.... Grunter

Fishing starts 30th August and finishes 3 pm 26th September.
To enter, you must be a financial member of Cardwell Sportfishing Club and email your brag mat photo in before 3 pm September. Don't forget a glory photo as well please. Email them to... [email protected]

Senior winner of Red emperor will win a Tackle World Tully voucher worth $100.
Junior winner for Red emperor wins a voucher worth an amazing $400.😲
Senior winner for Grunter will win a $100 voucher.
Junior winner for Grunter will win a $50 voucher.

Prizes will be presented at our next sausage sizzle BBQ meeting on the 27th September at 3 pm.

Here's hoping that the weather gods cooperate and we can get out fishing a few times this month.

Good luck everyone and tight lines🎣🎣

01/09/2026

ANSA Queensland Species challenge for this year is now up and running.
And after only 2 months, Cardwell Sportfishing Club are off to a great start!!
The leader board is changing daily with Hinchinbrook, Sunshine Coast and Cairns all vying for first place. It's early days. Cardwell have reached last years total in just 2 months – go Team!🎣🎣

Current Standings...
Cardwell went from 45 after one month to 82 at the end of August.
Sunshine Coast went from 45 to 72.
Hinchinbrook went from 43 to 73

In ANSA's individual "Best Species Challenge", we have...

Amber jack - Liam Brosnan
Longnose Emperor - Gene Shepherd
Red Throat Emperor - Wendy Duff
Golden Snapper - Trevor Kidd
Large Mouth Snapper - Graham Weston
Giant Trevally - Gene Shepherd
Coral Trout - Rod Stewart

Stan Skeates did have the biggest wild barramundi but has recently just been beaten. (sorry Stan)

Remember members, take photos of all your captures (big and small) and send them to [email protected]. If you can't identify them, we will do it for you.
Going on a holiday, don't forget to take your brag mat and take photos of your catches, especially when you go outside our area, and don't forget to send them in.

Here's the link to ANSA Queensland website if you'd like to see more. https://www.ansaqld.com.au/

31/08/2026

Another enjoyable afternoon was held yesterday at our clubhouse. It was a cool and windy day, so we moved indoors.
Here's our Weighmasters report for August...

Welcome to all the new members.
What month …Weather gods were favourable for offshore fishing on a few days and we had a number of boats venturing out to the reef and estuaries.
Great to see we had 8 boats all out together on the 10th August and talking on Channel 10, and there were some great catches.
Notably...
Graham Weston ... Gold Spot Cod - 73 cm
Lyn Kidd ...Trevally - 81 cm
Katrina O’Brien ...Trevally - 65.5 cm
Liam Brosnan ...Mulloway - 94 cm
Leon Wuttrich ...Large Mouth Nannygai - 69 cm

This month we finished with 22 members submitting captures, and 27 point scoring eligible species.

Meritorious Catches for August...
Freshwater ...Craig Althaus – Sooty Grunter 29 cm
Estuary ...Trevor Kidd – Fingermark 72 cm
Reef ...Graham Weston - Gold Band Snapper 70 cm
Pelagic ...Lyn Kidd - Trevally - 81 cm

Trophy Fish for August.
Senior Male ...Liam Brosnan – Amberjack 122 cm
Senior Female ...Katrina O’Brien - Barracuda 112 cm
Junior ...Nate Ihle – Fingermark 62 cm

Champion Female Angler (August)
Winner ... Jen Abbs 550 points.
Runner-Up ... Katrina O’Brien 534 Points.

Champion Male Angler (August)
Winner ...Greg Abbs 586 Points.
Runner-Up ...John Andrejic 582 Points.

Champion Junior Angler (August)
Champion ...Nate Ihle 127 Points.

Champion Angler YTD
Junior ... Nate Ihle 569 Points.
Senior Male ... John Andrejic 3619 Points.
... Stan Skeates 3270 Points.
Senior Female ... Wendy Duff 2275 Points.
...Deb Clancy 2123 Points.

"Fish of the Month" for August 2026:
River – Finger Mark (Golden Snapper)
Junior – Runner Up Nil
Junior – Winner Nate Ihle 62 cm $200.00
Senior – Runner Up Callan Ihle 45 cm
Senior - Winner Trevor Kidd 72 cm $200.00

Reef – Coral Trout
Junior – Runner Up
Junior – Winner No WINNER jackpots to $350.00
Senior – Runner Up Rod Stewart 62 cm
Senior – Winner Shann Karlsens 64 cm $100.00

If a "Fish of the Month" is not won, it jackpots to next month. Winners receive gift vouchers from Tackle World Tully

Next months species to catch are... Red Emperor and Grunter.
Tight lines everyone.🎣🎣

30/08/2026

Attention Members and anyone thinking of joining the club.🎣🎣

Come along to this afternoon's sausage sizzle BBQ meeting at 3 pm. There will be presentations for Fish of the Month etc, learn how to tie some fishing knots, raffles and lots of fishing stories.

If it's cold or rainy, we'll move inside the club house.

The bar will be open... see you there...😃😃

28/08/2026

Attention Members....
Don't forget to email in all your fish captures to [email protected] by Saturday 3 pm.🎣🎣
Our weighmaster needs to do his thing before Sunday's sausage sizzle BBQ meeting at 3 pm.
For club competitions, fish need to be over legal size but for ANSA, any size is accepted. (just don't forget to release all the undersized ones) Don't know what species they are? No worries, we'll ID them for you.
See you all at 3 pm Sunday....

23/08/2026

Reminder everyone....
Members and anyone thinking of joining the club.😃
It's our monthly sausage sizzle BBQ next Sunday 30th August at 3 pm. Clubhouse address is 24 St Albans Street, Cardwell.

There will be presentations for Angler of the month, Fish of the month and our Mains board (6 species challenge). Has Nate knocked his Dad off his perch with his cracking fingermark?? 🤔

Also this month we are having some of the more experienced fishermen teaching the not so experienced how to tie fishing knots and other tackle talk. (there's always more to learn when it comes to fishing)
There will be lots of fishing stories told, raffles and the bar will be open.
See you there 🎣🎣