Torrumbarry Fishing Classic to return in April

After two COVID-19-impacted events, Torrumbarry Community Club’s Sam Colvin said preparing for this year’s competition had been challenging.

“Planning this year has been fairly different to the last. With that many different COVID-19 rules and regulations changing, by the time you get something set you have to change it again,” he said.

“The community support behind it is huge though. Planning a comp like Torrumbarry is a lot easier when you have local businesses around you offering their support.”

Usual participants of the fishing classic will notice some changes to this year’s competition, most noticeably the shift of fishing boundaries and food vans.

But the same events are on offer, with prizes for longest cod, longest yellowbelly and carp lotto, along with junior prizes and raffles.

“No real big changes to this year. Apart from on the Saturday at the main camp we will be having wood-fire pizza and a couple of food vans,” Colvin said.

“This year people can fish from Cameron’s Creek right up to the All The Rivers Run caravan park. Each end of our competition boundaries are clearly marked with buoys and our local fishing club marshalling each end.

“We have a capped limit of 500 entrants, last year going very close to our limit ... as a committee we found (that COVID-19) didn’t really impact numbers at that point. Everyone was just keen to get out on the water by that stage.”

For more information, go to Torrumbarry Community Club’s Facebook page.