welcome to the 2021 garmin research & fishing competition

Updates will regularly be posted to this page over the course of the weekend, also links to both the public and members-only scoreboards are attached below!

That’s a wrap for the 2021 Garmin Research & Fishing Competition, and what a weekend it was! This year was by far our most successful year to date, with the weather gods treating us, an outstanding new venue, more determined, passionate competitors then ever & endless vibes & good times all weekend! With reasonably good weather all weekend, fish submissions were firing from the get go, with our first submission only 6 minutes after fishing time began! Unfortunately another year passes where we were still yet to hit the magic number of 2000 fish entries, yet this year saw another amazing effort from all competitors with 145 different species and over 1800 fish caught. Hopefully next year we pass the 2000 fish total!! This year also saw a brand new venue from previous years, shifting to the Your Mates Brewery. A huge shout out to the team at Your Mates for the endless support over the weekend, it made a huge difference in the outcome of the event, we can confidently say we will be back next year! Once again a number of competitors this year went home with more than one prize, showing just how easy it is to clean up when you’re determined enough. LETS TALK ABOUT GOOD VIBES!! This year saw some amazing acts of kindness & love, including winners of our luckY draw prizes re-gifting their winnings to grommies, and of course Bretto and Tal’s surprise engagement, pretty much summing up exactly what our events are about! As always it was awesome to see & catch up with returning competitors over the weekend, and was even better to meet, talk to and introduce new competitors to the SCF Community. Trying to describe the vibe and feeling you get when at one of our events is impossible, the only real way to know is to come down and experience it for yourself. We can’t wait to see you all again next year!

Final Presentation Album!

Well over $50,000 in Cash & Prizes were given away at this years event!

Offshore Champion

Blake Cole has won over $3,000 cash from this year Garmin Research & Fishing Competition and has also claimed bragging rights to one of our most prestigious awards!

Champion Album

Our 2021 Champions & Senior/Junior major prize winners have just been announced!! Congratulations to those who won!

CLICK HERE or hit the button below to view the full Champion Album!!

Category Winners

CLICK HERE or hit the button below to view the full album of our $500 Sponsor a Fish Winners!

This is what you missed if you weren’t at the brewery Friday night. Good vibes & smiles everywhere!!

CLICK HERE or hit the button below to check out the Full Photo Album from the briefing!

Fresh SCF Apparel

Who got to visit our SCF store & pick up some fresh apparel over the weekend?? If you missed out, all our merchandise is now available on our website!

A handful of some real vibey shots from this afternoons Presentations!

12PM!!

Fishing is now finished, please make sure all fish are submitted by 12:15pm! See you all at the brewery soon for presentations!

10:30am MEMBERS ONLY Uncut Scoreboards are CRANKING! 3x people are in the running for the Sunshine Coast Champion Angler. Have you worked out who they are?

1075 FISH SUBMITTED! 8:30am

Let’s Push Hard for the 2000 Goal!!!

Cameron Sullivan briefly had a Wild Barra hooked up!! HEART BRERAKING!

The tuskie category has been on fire all weekend! There is currently only a 19cm difference between 1st & 6th position, so it could be anyones game. Keep a close on on the scoreboards over the next few hours as they are going to be PUMPING!

This is exactly what we love about our events… the future generation out on the water being shown the ropes!! Its photos like these that make all the hard work worth it!

OFFSHORE SCOREBOARD 10PM

Newly engaged couple, Bretto & Tal with a lovely pair of snapper. Whatever the final results are this weekend, these two are going home winners!

Good to see how many of our larger model fish, especially our local snapper that are being released safely!

WE HAVE JUST HIT 900 FISH… AWESOME WORK GUYS!

The quality of snapper that have been submitted over the weekend so far has been unbelievable. Keep an eye on the scoreboards over the next 12 hours as all categories will be firing!

Ryder_fishing losing what looked to be a nice AJ to the taxman!

Dylan from Top Dog Tackle showing us how successful the range of jigs are! Another snapper like this for Dyl will put him in a great position on the scoreboards leading into day 2!

remember everyone get’s 2x months free entry into the filmfish online fishing comp! use qr code on entry voucher to reedeem.

Riley Bowering with an absolute beast snapper! Check out the scoreboards to see where Riley is sitting in the Snapper category!

Offshore submissions have started to role through… Keep em coming people!!

Epic little boating album we put together from this morning! Benny had The Mad Hueys and a few other boats from interstate tagging along with him. Our events are all about meeting new people, spending time on the water, the adventure and really enjoying yourself! Cheers to Ryan and the team from Sea Fox Boats Australia and New Zealand for our sexy ride!

Nicole Robinson with a beautiful pair of Grassy Sweatlip! Keep an eye on the scoreboards overnight to see if these fish will be enough for Nicole to take out our emperor category…

We just got send this video from @what_atmos!! Terry has just landed his new PB Kingfish, that looks to be well over a metre long. Will Tezza be able to land a second Kingy and secure a comfortable spot on the scoreboards, or will he fall just short AGAIN? Check out the video to see the true size of this beast & keep an eye on the scoreboards to see where Tezza ends up!

Big black spot Tuskie for Steve Askew!! Awesome fish Steve & best of luck with the second best fish!

1pm We Just Hit 400 Fish!

88cm Flatty for @broadwaterbandit! Jake scored a a free pass and is putting it to good use! Good luck with the second kicker fish!

BARRAMUNDI : Fishing at the Bli Bli Barra Park is allowed. A 50cm Wild Barra will beat any caught at the park, however if none are caught the biggest barra park bag will win the $500!

INSHORE SCOREBOARD 11:15am

Big flathead early on day one for Trent Blake!! This fish was safely tagged and released!

William Cross is getting stuck into some topwater action early on day 1!

MAKE SURE YOU TAG US IN ALL YOUR GLORY PICS!

UPDATE : BATS BOYS COULD BE OFF THE WATER ON DAY 1 DUE TO BOAT ISSUES! OFFSHORE CHAMPION ANGLER COULD BE ANYONE’S…

@SCFAUSTRALIAChristian Helyer was on the board with this mulloway at 12:56am!!!

WHO SAW THIS COMING TONIGHT??

Congratulations Bretto & Tal, and thank you for turning out special weekend into yours as well! It was an honour to be apart of this moment!

Keep up with Bretto & Tal’s future adventures!

Congratulations to all the lucky draw prize winners!

This is already one of our favourite photos from over the weekend! Brett & the amazing team at Ken Mills Toyota continue to support our events, & without their support our events wouldn’t be possible!! #1CHOICEFORLOCALS

A couple of very vibey shots from the briefing. What an awesome night, bring on Sunday & the presentations!!

• Gates open at 3pm

• Briefing/Giveaways at 6:30

• Fishing starts at midnight!