Lay Low Fishing

26/01/2026

Benson does it again!!!

Last weekend Benson hooked up on a 31.2kg Black Marlin on 15kg line which is now a potential QLD small fri record!

We headed out around 10:30am and after 2 hours, Benson hooked up what was to be his first sucessfull Black Marlin. He has been working hard towards this for some time and whilst having an atempt last year we unfortunately lost it at the boat

Our crew was again sensational on the deck, big thanks to Jordan and Jazmin helping capture the fish.

After the hour fight we headed to White Haven for the arvo with some friends for some drinks and a swim on the beach to cool off from the heat.

The end of a great day, fingers crossed for Bensons potential QLD record!!!
Little legend!

08/11/2025

06/11/2025

Mackay Game Fish tournament 2025
Mackay was our last light tackle tournament for the year and we had a blast.

Jazmin hooked up on a nice sail on saturday morning, Having tags in within 20 minutes she did a great job. Ella on leader and Adian on tag pole getting the job done.

The day continued with numerous bites and Benson successfully hooking up on a sail.
Unfortunately we lost it early in the fight.

The next day we seen a nice black but failed to get a hook up. We all finished the weekend with a well earnt swim and headed back into Mackay for the presentations.

Jazmin won Junior and Benson grabbed junior runner up. With young heath also tieing with Ben. Great job for our new young member .

Jazmin also got runner up female and the boat 3rd overall.

Great weekend - A big thanks to Ian Meads and the Mackay Game fishing Club for having us all.

Also a big Congratulations to team Anarcy for the win and Love bite for runner up. A Terrific job for the young family.

Lay Lows next tournament will be the Whitsunday Heavy Tackle in 3 weeks time.

If your a Whitsunday member and are keen to join us , please contact myself or the club.

21/10/2025

Wow!
What a weekend - what a comp!

Lay Low just did it again and this one is special!! To win our local comp means so much to us all. For 6 years we’ve been chasing it and we finaly got the job done.

LAY LOW - are overall champions 2025!!🎉 🍻

Not only that but our second vessel Hammers Down skippered by Brad Dean came in second !! Absolute legend effort from brad and his team. A team that did not even know each other prior to the comp.

Aboard lay low we had our juniors
Benson and Jazmin- both who also claimed junior male and junior female categories . Ella wagner whom came runner up senior female, Ray Cook who came 4th place in senior males and our sponsor and freind Travis who was a firstimer to game fishing. Big shout out to this whole crew with Ray being a massive asset to the team both prior and during the event. Everyone on this team worked so hard and deserved the win.

In total we ended up with 4 billfish and another 1400 points in other species. Mackeral, tuna and barracuda

What a great year it’s been so far.
- Winning Innisfail
- 4- pending Australian records
- And now a win at Whitsunday. It Doesnt get any better.

Masive thanks to the Whitsunday Game fish club and committee, along with all the other competitors. We have such a great club and we are already looking forward to next year.

Woo hoo!!! LAY LOW

11/10/2025

Tuesday - trip report

Seaming it was the final day of the school holidays we headed out for a fish.

We had only a small crew consisting of 16 yo ray cook, myself and my son Benson.(9)

Our sole purpose was to get Benson on a bill fish.

And he achieved it in the first hour of fishing, landing a nice sail. He has worked so hard this year losing a number already at the boat, so it was an amazing day to see him achieve his goal.

Ray was outstanding - helping him get set in the chair, clearing the deck and leading all his own. Sensational effort from both young men.

Ben’s fish was later weighed and is now a pending qld and Australian record for small fry male.

Dad could not be prouder !

03/10/2025

Mid week fish aboard Lay Low
Going 6 3 2 on sail fish.

Also grabing a good feed of mackerel and red throat. Absolute glammer weather, and great to see some good numbers of sails before the comp in a few weeks.

25/09/2025

11/09/2025

Innisfail Billfish Tournament 2025 🎣
A week that’ll never be forgotten! Starting the tournament with a crew that’d never fished together let alone half the crew that’d never game fished before. Entering the comp as complete underdogs. We all worked hard over the comp and ended up tacking away champion boat, champion male angler, champion skipper and champion deckie.🐟🏆

What an incredible comp! Thankyou so much to the inisfail game fishing club for putting on a ripper comp! This is why we love fishing! It brings people from all paths in their life’s together over one commen interest, ending up with life long friends now!

31/08/2025

🎣🎣 2025 Lexus of Townsville Billfish Challenge What. A. Week!

Massive congratulations to all the winners! What an epic week on the water, filled with tight competition and unforgettable moments. I’m beyond proud of the Lay Low crew, especially our amazing junior and lady angler who held their own every single day.

A special shoutout to Ella Wagner for taking out Champion Female Angler AGAIN, an incredible effort and so well deserved! 🏆🔥

From first fish captures to champion teams, everyone brought their best, and for the most part it was awesome to be part of this tournament again, and bringing the fellow Whitsunday members and boats along with us.

Looking forward to Innisfail next week! 🐟🚤