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Paradise Stocking Association held its annual Catch a Catty Family Fishing Competition at Mingo Crossing on the weekend of August 17-18 on the Burnett River.
It was a magic weekend weather wise given the fresh in the river system after 5-6 inches of beautiful rain just days before.
We had 168 senior anglers register and 94 juniors, which was up in numbers from last year.
Many catfish were caught and the ‘Lofty’ Wendt Memorial Trophy for most catfish caught over the weekend went to Declan Mitchell, a fourteen-year-old from Monto, who weighed in 66 catties!
A small number of yellowbelly, spangled perch and eel-tailed catfish were also caught.
We’d like to thank all our amazing sponsors again for their ongoing support of our small competition.
Our hard-working volunteers didn’t stop over the weekend, but it was worth it just to see the kids’ faces light up when they received their prize bags.
The Catch a Catty Family Fishing Competition will be back, hopefully even bigger and better, in August next year.
