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Promotions and Prizes
Three live Barramundi will be caught, tagged and released prior to the event in Lake Awoonga, each having a prize value of $5,000 if caught. The Barramundi must be presented under the LIVE FISH CATEGORY section and the tag checked by the officials to claim the $5,000 prize money for that fish. The Competitor may photograph the Barramundi in accordance with the BARRAMUNDI CATCH & RELEASE section while ensuring that the tag is photographed clearly, OR photograph the Barramundi in accordance with the BARRAMUNDI CATCH & RELEASE section and remove the tag, OR bring the live tagged Barramundi into the live fish weigh-in station in accordance with the LIVE FISH CATEGORY section.
The fly fishing category involves the use of a fly rod and fly to catch any competition live category species that is photographed and measured on a reputable Brag Mat to meet QLD legal size. No homemade mats will be accepted.
In addition, the competitor may choose to purchase the current year, official Boyne Tannum HookUp Fly Fishing Brag Mat (available for purchase at the merchandise marquee during the event) to measure and photograph the live fish category species.
An entrant photographing their fly fishing catch on the HookUp Fly Fishing Brag Mat will go into an additional random prize draw for the overall event.
No other Brag Mats, other than the above two options will be accepted.
To ascertain that the live category fish has been caught within the competition time, an official free of charge HookUp brag mat sticker can be collected from the merchandise marquee during the event.
Three digital photos, one showing the whole fish, with the head at the start of the measure with the fly in the fish’s mouth, the second photo zoomed in on the tail showing its length, and the third photo showing the angler holding the fish and the Fly rod on which the fish was caught on in the photo. Both photos MUST display the current free of charge HookUp sticker and the fly the fish was caught upon.
The winner of the live fly fishing category is a junior or senior entrant for the overall HookUp event (there are no daily prizes issued) and the fly fishing entrant can win the fly fishing category as well as other categories as outlined in Section 2.9 as an individual competitor. The fly fishing category winners will win the following prizes:
NOTE: Fish submitted for the individual competition are based on weight, while fish for the fly fishing category are based on length photographed on their brag mat. All fish submitted must meet QLD legal size.
NOTE: All family fly fishing live catch can still be entered under the FISH WEIGH-INS and LIVE FISH WEIGH-INS sections in the individual competition to win prizes at the HookUp live weigh in station.
Prior to the event a fish will be caught and tagged with a bright pink HookUp tag and returned to the Gladstone Harbour.
At 7am on the first day of competition the event safety briefing will occur. Following the safety briefing, the QAir Port of Gladstone Bounty Fish riddle will be announced on the main HookUp stage at Bray Park. The riddle will provide clues on what species of fish has been tagged and where to catch the fish. All anglers wishing to catch this fish need to be present in Bray Park to hear the clues. After this time, anglers will have to rely on word of mouth.
The QAir Port of Gladstone Bounty Fish is worth $10,000 if caught dead or alive for any HookUp entrant between Friday 30th April to Sunday 2nd May, 2021 event closing. After the3-days of HookUp, the fish is worth $5,000 to any angler.
At 7am Friday 30th April, 2021 all anglers that have entered the HookUp fishing competition are eligible to win the $10,000 cash prize upon successfully catching the QAir Port of Gladstone Bounty Fish. Any angler that has not entered the HookUp by this time will only receive $5,000 for the fish.
An additional 3 random prize draws to the value of $500 Yamaha Motor Insurance and Yamaha Motor Finance vouchers will be open to eligible personal watercraft (PWC or WaveRunner) competitors. These will be randomly drawn daily from the PWC entrants.
To be eligible for these PWC prizes the angler must have weighed-in a fish across the 3-days of the event in any of the 16 fish categories named above by presenting their Electronic Ticket in addition to a photo of themselves on their PWC holding the fish including their HookUp JETFISH sticker (available free of charge from the merchandise tent at the event) visible in the photo. For junior competitors in the Jet Fishing category they are considered a PWC passenger in their weigh in photo.
NOTE: entrants in the Jet Fishing category are still able to weigh-in fish in accordance with the sections of the competition on pages 6 to 9.
An additional 3 random prize draws to the value of $100 each will be open to eligible human powered watercraft (kayak, canoe, stand-up paddle board etc) competitors. These will be randomly drawn daily from the human powered watercraft (HPWC) entrants.
To be eligible for these HPWC prizes the angler must have weighed-in a fish across the 3-days of the event in any of the 16 junior or senior fish categories named above by presenting their Electronic Ticket in addition to a photo of themselves on their HPWC holding the fish including their HookUp (current year) brag mat sticker (available free of charge from the merchandise tent at the event) visible in the photo.
Each day a $100 cash prize for juniors and $100 cash prize for seniors will be drawn at random from all HPWC competitors who met the above criteria. At the end of the event the overall HPWC entrant will be drawn at random from all HPWC entrants and awarded a gift voucher to a local fishing tackle retailer.NOTE: Entrants in the Human Powered Watercraft category are still able to weigh-in fish in accordance with the sections of the competition on pages 6 to 9.
The aim of the Family Trifecta is to promote and reward family fishing activity. The prize is $1000.
Eligible contestants must be registered in the Boyne Tannum HookUp and are limited to one (1) entry per family.
A family consists of at least one (1) parental role (a senior HookUp entrant) and any of their children/nieces/nephews (a junior HookUp entrant) that are registered for the competition.
To be eligible a family must catch the ‘estuary trifecta’ of one (1) whiting, one (1) bream and one (1) flathead during the HookUp weekend, and weigh them in for the live fish category as outlined in the LIVE FISH WEIGH-INS section.
To enter, the family must fill in the ‘Family Trifecta’ form available from the HookUp fish weigh-in stations. The entry form can only be completed once the three (3) fish species have been weighed-in and passed the 30-minute live fish qualifying time.
The catch must be shared between junior and senior contestants in the family, with no more than two (2) species to be registered under one (1) family member’s name.
Entries close 45 minutes after the live fish category cut off on Sunday, the final day of competition.
The winning entry will be drawn randomly from the eligible families in the entry box and then checked that it is valid before it is announced to the public.
It is the family’s responsibility to fill out and submit their own entry form. It is not an automatic result of weighing in live fish. To qualify, you must list the fish and corresponding name and entry number on the entry form at the live weigh-in station and fulfil all the criteria.
NOTE: Entrants in the Pat O’Reilly Memorial Family Trifecta category are still able to weigh-in fish in accordance with the sections of the competition on pages 6 to 9.
After entering the competition as an individual entrant (as per above conditions of entry) the entrant is entitled to enter the competition as a member of a team in accordance with the following rules:
- Team name is to be nominated at the time of online registration into the Boyne Tannum HookUp Competition prior to the start date.
- Team entry fee is an additional fee of $10 per person.
- Maximum of 4 individual entrants per fishing team.
- The Maximum number of 4 individual entrants per team must consist of at least 2 female entrants (senior or junior) – OR – consist of at least 2 junior entrants – OR – consist of at least 1 female entrant and 1 junior entrant. In an effort to continue to encourage family fishing, this means a team of 4 will have a maximum of 2 senior male entrants.
- Teams are eligible to enter both live (smooth water) and non-live (offshore) category’s however one team can only win one of the categories.
- Teams entered in the dead category cannot submit Mackerel and Cobia within the team competition (members of the team can still submit these species in the individual fishing competition).
- Individuals within the teams are still eligible to compete in the general live and dead category competition.
Note: Fish submitted for the individual competition are based on weight, while fish for the team competition are based on length. All fish submitted must meet QLD legal size.
Team competition eligibility calculation
- A combined total length of the team’s single longest fish submitted from each fish category (irrespective of who within the team submitted the fish).
How to submit Team Category Fish
- Team Live Category – Fish from the live category can be submitted by anyone within the team to the live weigh in area during the official live weigh in times where the fish will be measured and entered as part of the team competition.
Note: Officials must be advised of fish to be included in the team competition.
Fish must be photographed on a reputable Brag Mat with the official current Boyne Tannum HookUp sticker in plain view within the photographs. Two digital photographs, one showing the whole fish, with the head at the start of the measure, the other zoomed in on the tail showing its length. Both photographs must display the current free of charge Boyne Tannum HookUp sticker.
In addition, the competitor may choose to purchase the current year, official Boyne Tannum HookUp Brag Mat to measure and photograph their fish on, and the official Boyne Tannum HookUp (current year) brag mat sticker.
Both Boyne Tannum HookUp current brag mat stickers and Brag Mats are available at the merchandise marquee during the event. Brag Mats must be purchased. Stickers are free.
- Team Non Live Category – Fish from the Non-live Category can be submitted by anyone within the team to the Non-live category weigh in area during the official weigh in times where the fish will be measured and entered as part of the team competition. Note. Officials must be advised of fish to be included in the team competition.
Fish from the Non-live Category can also be submitted via photographs during the Non-live category weigh in times. Fish must be photographed on a reputable Brag Mat with the official current Boyne Tannum HookUp brag mat sticker in plain view within the photographs. Two digital photographs, one showing the whole fish, with the head at the start of the measure, the other zoomed in on the tail showing its length. Both photographs must display the current free of charge Boyne Tannum HookUp sticker.
In addition, the competitor may choose to purchase the current year, official Boyne Tannum HookUp Brag Mat to measure and photograph their fish on, and the official Boyne Tannum HookUp current year sticker.
Both Boyne Tannum HookUp brag mat stickers and Brag Mats are available at the merchandise marquee during the event. Brag Mats must be purchased. Stickers are free.
Note: Non-live fish submitted as per above Team photo method mentioned above to determine length are not eligible for the individual non-live weigh-in of the competition as per the
FISH WEIGH-INS sections.
Team Competition Prizes
The winning teams are awarded prizes for the longest grand total combined length across the 3-day competition for the Live or Non-live Team Competition Category.
One team can win one category only. The winning Live or Non-Live Teams will win a fishing charter for their team.