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The Sportfishing Museum

Locality: Gold Coast, Queensland

Phone: +61 412 761 016

Address: 68 / 88 Cotlew Street East 4215 Gold Coast, QLD, Australia

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21.01.2022 How many will remember the old days of Cairns marlin.

20.01.2022 Mead was famous for shouting the town of Cooktoown a beer after his world record capture.

20.01.2022 Is this the first double grander on the same day in Cairns. We want to know if we have got it right?

19.01.2022 Another great photo add to the John Harding Collection of Peter Bristow.

19.01.2022 On October 7, 1976 Peter Mahood caught this 1,051-pound black marlin in Cairns Australia to claim the men's 20-pound-test line-class IGFA record.

18.01.2022 A great photo of Geoff Ferguson and Greg Edwards from the Andy Vinicomb's new Collection in The Sportfishing Museum. Circa mid 80s aboard Cervantes on the Great Barrier Reef. #marlin #gamefishing #history

18.01.2022 Sunset on Tropic Queen

17.01.2022 We recently received two great short 16mm converted films from John Harding. Some wonderful footage of fishing the GBR from over 40 years ago.

16.01.2022 We wish Daphne a speedy recovery. If you would like to send Daphne a message, we will make sure it is passed on to the family.

16.01.2022 Make sure you are in Cairns for the 50th Anniversary Tournament. The Museum team will be in Cairns with a pop-up event showcasing some of the history from the last 50+ years. #marlin

13.01.2022 Great times in the South Pacific on a classic Bertram Yacht

13.01.2022 Two famous boats of the early Cairns Marlin Fleet. Sea Venture and Hooker. #marlin #cairns

13.01.2022 A compilation of the videos posted over this week on the Cairns Marlin History Project from the John Harding Archives. Complete with some special effects.

12.01.2022 History now. Excitement then!

11.01.2022 Photos capture so much history.

10.01.2022 2016 Cairns Hall of Fame recipients announced.

09.01.2022 The beginnings of a legendary American boat brand.

03.01.2022 One of the great photos from the Vince Vlasoff Collection.

03.01.2022 A new photo for the archive. #history #cairns #marlin

01.01.2022 One of the great little fish raisers - Samarai.