Hall of Fame

This Hall of Fame exists to preserve a small piece of fishing history.

Lord of the Snapper

Most anglers have already packed the snapper gear away. Some look forward to the challenge. Because the Lord of the Snapper was never created to be easy — it was created because diehard snapper anglers love a challenge.

The first Lord of the Snapper attracted three hundred and eighty-nine anglers. Over the next thirty-one days, only forty-five snapper were recorded. For the toughest month of the year, those numbers speak for themselves.

While there can only be one Lord of the Snapper each year, every angler who catches a verified July snapper has achieved something worth being proud of. Not many anglers can honestly say they've caught an inshore snapper in July. Even fewer can prove it.

That's what makes the competition unique.

The first Lord of the Snapper also highlighted something many anglers had long suspected. There are more residential snapper remaining in our bays through winter than many people realise. Forty-five snapper recorded during July helped prove that.

Not enough to make winter fishing easy. Far from it. But enough to show the fish are still there for anglers willing to put in the effort.

The Lord of the Snapper was never designed to be the biggest competition. The challenge is what makes it special. And that challenge became the foundation for everything that followed.

The Two Bays Snapper Challenge

For many Victorian anglers, the Tea Tree Snapper Tournament represents a special chapter in Victorian fishing history. For many, it set the benchmark.

Nobody can replace the Tea Tree. Nor should they try.

But after the Tea Tree competition finished, the Snapper Challenge helped keep that tradition alive. For eight years, David and the team from the Frankston Bombers gave anglers something to look forward to every spring.

Then came Lord of the Snapper. A winter competition built around one simple idea — challenge yourself during the hardest month of the year. The response exceeded expectations.

Although the competitions were different, both shared the same spirit.

The opportunity arose to combine the strengths of both events. That's how the Two Bays Snapper Challenge was born. Not to replace what came before it. But to continue the story.

More than five hundred anglers entered the inaugural Two Bays Snapper Challenge.

Proof that great fishing competitions still matter.

The Championship Trophy

Every competition crowns a winner. But not every competition creates a trophy worthy of the achievement.

One thing that always stood out about the old Tea Tree competition was the trophy itself. It felt special. It meant something.

When it came time to create a championship trophy, the goal was simple — create something worthy of the anglers who would win it.

After speaking with respected taxidermist Ros Farrugia, work began on creating a handcrafted snapper trophy. Each fibreglass fish is individually created and hand painted.

The Story

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