Warrnambool Offshore & Light Game Fishing Club

Presentation Night Senior Awards for Season 2025-26!
We celebrated the past season with a fantastic evening at Pavilion Cafe & Bar. Congratulations to all members, and a very well done to those that managed to take out awards!
🏆🏅 Club Champion - Kevin Mcloughlin - 1905.7 points
🏆🏅 Pam & John Considine- Angling Encouragement Award - 8 Species - 43.6kg – Outlaw

Senior Club Species Awards:
🎣 Deep Water Species - Blue Eye 9.9kg - Peter Goode
🎣 Flathead - 1.65kg - Max Fry
🎣 Morwong - 2.84kg - Janaka Kandage
🎣 Nannygai - 1.54kg - Stephen Rhook
🎣 Australian Salmon - 3.2kg - Nate Monaghan
🎣 Gummy Shark - 23.1kg - Tim McCallum
🎣 School Shark - 22.0kg - Peter Sedgley
🎣 Snapper - 3.54kg - Craig Kermond
🎣 Sweep - 0.78kg - TIE - Peter Kavanagh & Andrew Duncan
🎣 Silver Trevally - 0.29kg - Neil Woolstencroft
🎣 King George Whiting - 0.75kg - Stephen Rhook
🎣 Yellowtail Kingfish - 16.78kg - Nate Monaghan (New Club Record)
🎣 Mulloway - 3.98kg - Connor Byrne
🎣 Southern Rock Lobster - 3.56kg - Lucas Wilson
🎣 Bream - 1.02kg - Andrew Duncan
🎣 Estuary Perch - 1.24kg - Andrew Smith
🎣 Chinook Salmon - 1.02kg - Joey Bourke
🎣 Heaviest Fish by a Lady Angler - Australian Salmon - 1.24kg - Christine Neal

Measure & Release Awards
📏 Longest Bream - 37cm - TIE - Peter Goode & Thomas Neal
📏 Longest Estuary Perch - 40cm - Thomas Neal
📏 Longest Murray Cod - 79cm - Shaun Bloomfield (New Male Club Record)
📏 Longest Golden Perch - 53cm - Shaun Bloomfield (New Male Club Record)

Senior Gamefish Awards
🏆 Heaviest Tuna on Braid - (New Club Award) - 91.8kg - Connor Byrne
🏆 Heaviest Southern Bluefin Tuna 4kg Line - 10.84kg - Kevin Mcloughlin
🏆 Heaviest Southern Bluefin Tuna 15kg Line – 17.96kg – Thomas Neal
🏆 Heaviest Southern Bluefin Tuna 24kg Line - 105.4kg - Shane Sanders
🏆 Heaviest Southern Bluefin Tuna 37kg Line - 109.3kg - Jordan Sicely
🏆 Heaviest Game Shark - Local Waters - 128.6kg on 24kg - Mako Shark - Marcus Pearson
🏆 Bruce Everard Memorial-Heaviest Game Fish (Local Waters) - Mako Shark - 128.6kg - Marcus Pearson
🏆 Neville & Cheryl Dance - Most Meritorious Capture (Any Waters) - Southern Bluefin Tuna - 105.4kg on 24kg - 658.75 points - Shane Sanders
Senior Tag & Release Awards
🏆 Angus McSween Memorial- - Tag & Release Champion Angler - 42,000 points - Phillip Pirotta
🏆 Tag & Release Champion - Away Waters - 47,000 points - Kevin Mcloughlin
🏆 Tag & Release Slam Award - Bronze Slam - 11x SBT - 1x Striped Marlin - 1x School Shark - Andrew Smith
Tagged Fish
🎣 Tagged Bronze Whaler Capture - Kevin Mcloughlin
• 1229 days at liberty
• 377 nautical miles (700km)
• Wollongong NSW to St Leonards VIC
• 13cm length
🎣 Gummy Shark Recapture - Kevin Mcloughlin
• 32 days at liberty
• 188 nautical miles (348km)
• Anglesea to Loch Sport
🎣 Gummy Shark Recapture - Kevin Mcloughlin
• 187 days at liberty
• 3 nautical miles (5.5km)
• Anglesea
• 8cm length
🎣Tag & Release Encouragement Award - Kevin Mcloughlin

Boat Awards
🏆 Neil & Diana Clarke - Champion Boat - Tag & Release - POF - 68,500 points
🏆 Reg & Noreen Banner - Champion Boat - Gamefish - BBB - 2123.52 points
🏆 Bruce Black Memorial - Champion Club Person - Andrew Duncan
🏅NADA Award - ‘Not a Deckies As #$ole’ - Kaitlin Neal & Thomas Neal
🏅 NASA Award - ‘Not a Skippers As #$ole’ - Andrew Duncan

🆕 New Club Records 2025-2026
CLUB SPECIES - Weighed
Nate Monaghan (Male) - Kingfish - 16.78kg
Thomas Neal (Jnr) - Bream - 1.62kg
CLUB SPECIES - Measure & Release
Christine Neal (Female) - Bream - 35cm
Shaun Bloomfield (Male) - Murray Cod - 79cm
Shaun Bloomfield (Male) - Golden Perch - 53cm
Kaitlin Neal (Junior) - Golden Perch - 48cm

🆕 New Club Records 2025-2026 - Gamefish Records
• SOUTHERN BLUEFIN TUNA - Thomas Neal (Junior) - 81.30kg on 37kg
• MAKO SHARK - Kevin Mcloughlin - 61.46kg on 10kg
• SCHOOL SHARK - Kevin Mcloughlin - 20.28kg on 4kg

🏆Member Draw - WOLGFC Angling Encouragement Award - Kaitlin Neal

Thanks everyone for a great season and this year is already well underway!

Presentation Night Junior Awards for Season 2025-26!
We celebrated the past season with a fantastic evening at Pavilion Cafe & Bar. Congratulations to all members, and a very well done to those that managed to take out awards!
Junior Gamefish Awards
🏆Peter Warner Memorial - Highest Point Scoring Gamefish Small Fry - Southern Bluefin Tuna - 42.1kg on 37kg line - 170.68 points - Finn Smith
🏆Heaviest Gamefish - Small Fry - Southern Bluefin Tuna - 42.1kg - Finn Smith
🏆Highest Point Scoring Gamefish Junior - Southern Bluefin Tuna - 81.3kg on 37kg line - 329.59 points - Thomas Neal
🏆Heaviest Gamefish - Junior - Southern Bluefin Tuna - 81.3kg - Thomas Neal
🏆Heaviest Southern Bluefin Tuna 15kg Line (open) - 17.96kg - Thomas Neal
🏆Junior Tag & Release - Champion - 4,000 points - Oliver Rae
Junior Club Species Awards:
🎣 Flathead - 0.86kg - Thomas Neal
🎣 Morwong - 1.96kg - Thomas Neal
🎣 Nannygai - 1.62kg - Thomas Neal
🎣 Australian Salmon - 1.68kg - Esme Hoey
🎣 Gummy Shark - 10.8kg - Thomas Neal
🎣 School Shark - 21.6kg - Kaitlin Neal
🎣 Snapper - 4.8kg - Thomas Neal
🎣 Silver Trevally - 0.54kg - Kaitlin Neal
🎣 King George Whiting - 0.44kg - Thomas Neal
🎣 Bream - 1.62kg - Thomas Neal (New Club Record)
🎣 Estuary Perch - 1.12kg - Finn Smith
🎣 Trout - Brown Trout - 0.78kg - Xavier Cunnington
🎣 Heaviest Fish by a Junior Angler - School Shark - 21.6kg - Kaitlin Neal
🏆 Kate & Terry Logan - Junior Encouragement Trophy - 8 Species - 23.48kg - Thomas Neal

Well done to all juniors on a great year! Several of these fish were caught during our Junior Fishing Classic, make sure you are signed up for this event these school holidays!
Senior awards to follow soon!

CLUB EVENT CALENDAR! 🎣 (Part one)
Lock away these as a few crucial dates for the upcoming season. There are plenty of other events one the way, we have just locked in the majors and some just around the corner!

📢2026 Peppers Pizza Warrnambool Junior Fishing Classic! 🎣🍕 SIGN UP NOW!
The Junior Fishing Classic is back again!
🎣Running over a week in School Holidays,
🎣 Junior fishers, Under 16.

🐟There are 10 species to catch, plus an open photo category section to make things even more fun!

🏆 SIGN UP NOW! Link in Comments ⤵️

🎁THE FIRST 50 ENTRIES WILL RECEIVE A FREE TOURNAMENT SHOWBAG PACK at Event Briefing, including free Pizza vouchers!

Fish species eligible to catch are:
🐟 King George Whiting
🐟 Snapper
🐟 Shark (Gummy or School)
🐟 Bream
🐟 Mulloway
🐟 Australian Salmon
🐟 Trout (Brown, Rainbow or Tiger)
🐟 Chinook Salmon
🐟 Estuary Perch
🐟 European Carp

💥Prizes: A huge array of prizes and giveaways to be won!

Thankyou to major event sponsor Peppers Pizza Warrnambool!
Aong with:
GFAA Kids Fish 2
GFAA National Junior Tournament
GFAV - Game Fishing Association of Victoria
VRFish
Bulla Family Dairy
Richardson Marine
Also thanks to SHIMANO Australia Fishing, Halco Tackle, Australian Solid Fuel Testing.

Well, the boys have done it again! Kevin Mcloughlin and the young gun offshore again and check this out for a School Shark on 4kg line!
Pending records for both GFAV - Game Fishing Association of Victoria and GFAA - The Game Fishing Association of Australia!!

Get your party gear on!
Don't be late and please remember an item to donate towards the Club's Fundraiser Auction!

Presentation Night Auction!
Just a reminder to all members, please bring an item along for our fundraiser auction at Saturday nights presentation dinner!
Big or small, all donations are greatly appreciated.
Dig deep, our famous Wilsons auctioneer might have your pockets empty! 😆
Cash & EFTPOS payments accepted on the night!