Brisbane River Classic

The Brisbane River Classic ('BRC') is a yearly fishing tournament held on the Brisbane River in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is held usually in November or December each year and is the only fishing tournament to be held on the Brisbane River. The 2008 tournament saw the changing of the Longest Shark and Longest Catfish categories, into Photo and Release categories. The other categories are Longest Bream, Best Miscellaneous and Junior BRC (Best Miscellaneous). The 2009 tournament saw the introduction of a new category, Longest King Threadfin.[1]

Brisbane River Classic logo

The tournament sparked debate in the 2007 Brisbane River Classic fishing tournament with the winning entry for the Heaviest Shark a record-sized 2.9m bull shark. It is believed that the shark was the largest caught in the river. It was weighed but the scales registered to only 200 kg and is estimated to have been 250 kg to 300 kg.[2] The tournament has now introduced Photo and Release entry methods.

BRC trophies and awards

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Category Trophy
Longest Bream The Bream Shield
Junior BRC The Junior Cup
Longest Catfish The Catfish Cup
Longest Shark The Golden Hook
Longest King Threadfin Certificate
Best Miscellaneous Fish The Golden Fish

BRC results

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Year Longest Shark Category
1st 2nd 3rd
2005 TBA TBA TBA
TBA TBA TBA
2006 The Bent Hookers Not Awarded Not Awarded
TBA TBA TBA
2007 The Bent Hookers Yellow Peril Crack-A-Jack
TBA TBA TBA
2008 The Bent Hooker Rebel-T Fishing James Wahry
TBA TBA TBA
2009 Jason Baker Baden Phillips Not Awarded
1400mm 785mm -
2010 Shawn Labudda Jason Baker Not Awarded
1450mm 1360mm -
Year Longest Bream Category
1st 2nd 3rd
2005 TBA TBA TBA
TBA TBA TBA
2006 Team Water Scorpion Lone Ranger Pishing Fimps
TBA TBA TBA
2007 Team Ridge Bassmaster Squid Jiggers
TBA TBA TBA
2008 Garrett Graveson Paul Graveson Mal West
TBA TBA TBA
2009 Tina Le Mick Nash Paul Graveson
351mm 341mm 293mm
2010 Paul Graveson Joel Farley Patrick Kliese
394mm 352mm 346mm
Year Longest Catfish Category
1st 2nd 3rd
2005 TBA TBA TBA
TBA TBA TBA
2006 Southern Chillys Got Away Got Away
TBA TBA TBA
2007 Team Crusty Seamen Severed Heads Pishing Fimps
TBA TBA TBA
2008 Team Scat Kurt Stoddart Rebel-T Fishing
TBA TBA TBA
2009 Eugene Zhang Mark Sheehan Ian Ferguson
626mm 613mm 608mm
2010 Edward Stevens Declan Stevens (Junior) Adam Hill
585mm 533mm 395mm
Year Junior BRC Category
1st 2nd 3rd
2005 TBA TBA TBA
TBA TBA TBA
2006 Alex Kennedy Not Awarded Not Awarded
TBA TBA TBA
2007 Alex Kennedy Snapper King Team Jaggers
TBA TBA TBA
2008 Team Sluggett Alex Kennedy Not Awarded
TBA TBA TBA
2009 Anthony Sluggett Anthony Sluggett Anthony Sluggett
400mm Estuary Cod 370mm Flathead 283mm Bream
2010 Declan Stevens Anthony Sluggett Declan Stevens
384mm Trevally 533mm Flathead 382mm Squire
Year Longest King Threadfin Category
1st 2nd 3rd
2009 Jeff Flynn Daniel Stephens Mark Sheehan
1075mm 1038mm 958mm
2010 Hunter Armytage Hunter Armytage Patrick Kliese
1185mm 1060mm 713mm
Year Best Miscellaneous Fish Category
1st 2nd 3rd
2005 TBA TBA TBA
TBA TBA TBA
2006 Pishing Fimps Got Away Yellow
TBA TBA TBA
2007 Southern Chillys Team Anderson Severed Heads
TBA TBA TBA
2008 Old Furts Average Joe's Crapall
TBA TBA TBA
2009 Paul Masinello Denis Metzdorf Franco Masinello
645mm Snapper 662mm Flathead 610mm Estuary Cod
2010 Dave Coman Paul Graveson Garrett Graveson
453mm Trevally 439mm Trevally 526mm Flathead

References

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  1. ^ "Fishing Lemax Brisbane River Classic in , - 2009". seabreeze.com.au. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  2. ^ Brisbane River shark's death sparks debate
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