Burnt Thumbs Fishing

Bring on round 1 🐟🐟 hopefully Kinchant turns it on for the start of the tournament season. Hope to see yas on the water. 👌👌

Countdown is on. Only 34 days until Round 1 KOTD with Burnt Thumbs Fishing at Kinchant Dam. Forms will be available on Facebook in the coming week.

Pic of Cody, owner of Tackle World Bowen and MTA's major sponsor for 2026. Thanks heaps Cody!

Bring on Round 1 🐟🐟

🎣 KINGS OF THE DAMS 2026 – OFFICIAL DATES RELEASED! 🎣

We're excited to officially announce the dates for the 2026 Kings of the Dams Barra Tournament Series! 🐟🏆

A huge thank you goes to our Major Sponsor, Tackle World Bowen , whose support has helped make this series possible. We're proud to have them leading the charge as we chase the ultimate Barra crown in 2026 👑

We'd also like to acknowledge our qualifying round sponsors:
✅ Burnt Thumbs Fishing
✅ Tackle World Mackay
✅ Wilson Fishing
✅ Atomic

With 4 qualifying rounds across Kinchant, Teemburra and Peter Faust Dams, followed by a 2-session Grand Final, 2026 is shaping up to be our biggest series yet.

Whether you're planning to fish one event or the entire series, start marking the dates in your calendar now! Entries will be opening soon.

📅 Check out the official schedule below.
🎣 Follow our page, Mackay Tournament Anglers for updates, entry information and sponsor announcements.

A special thanks again to Tackle World Bowen for coming on board as our Major Sponsor for 2026! 👏🔥

While away to pick up the new rig. I was able to get in a couple quick missions with the old boy. Also put the floor in the little creek sneaker and catch a couple in it as well. Now the work starts on the Bluewaves fit out. Ganna be a busy few weeks. Keen as 🐟🐟

Recently did a trip I have been wanting to do for years. We spend 2 days walking the gorge country down at Lemon Tree Flats Camp Ground. While it was very dry and the water level was down, we did see a few cod but we missed the few shots we had at catching our first cod. Nether the less it was an amazing trip and the country side is just crazy. When you get up on the top of the ridge and look back down at where we had just walked out of, its just mind blowing. Definitely keen to get back down that way for an other shot at the cod.

Over the past few months we have been putting the Whiplash Factory Swayward16 glide baits through it's paces on the local impoundment Barra and it's been holding it's own. The Swayward 16 has been racking up some solid fish and getting the bites on a few slower sessions up the dams.
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Only a couple of days left to get your tickets. Awesome prizes to be won🎉

Still time to grabs some tickets in this awesome raffle.

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Day 4 and the fishing is still on point. After the rain over night we where expecting it to be a little slower. While it did start off that way the we still ended up boating 19 fish including 2 Bass. Some better sized fish today with a number of solid mid 40s being caught. It was a mission to get down to area we wanted to fish, getting the Dmax bogged and having to dig it out with the oars. All part of the adventure and with fishing this good well worth the effort.

Day 3 of the Burnt Thumbs Burnett River tour was an adventure all the way. About 5kms of river covered, big pools, narrow shallows and about 150m of rapids to navigate through. With a showers forecast to come through after lunch, we know today would have it all and it did. But the fishing was red hot boating 25 Yellas but only 1 Bass. 3 doubles and half the fish around the 40cm mark. It was well worth the mish.