Kayak World Fishing Championships

Author: josh

Category: News

Created on Friday, 07 October 2011 17:42

Written by Josh

Daiwa Hobie(R) Kayak World Fishing Championships

Hobie Fishing Australia have just announced the very first World Kayak Fishing Championships, set to be held here in Australia later this month. This is intriguing news and it's going to be very interesting to see how this plays out. Here's the juiciest bits from the press release:

Hobie Cat Australasia in conjunction with Daiwa Australia, announce that eighteen competitors from five nations, Singapore, Thailand, South Korea, USA and Australia, will compete in the inaugural Hobie world kayak fishing championships.  The tournament will be held in Australia, on the New South Wales mid north coast, starting on October 27 at Camden Haven on the Camden Haven River, moving to the Hastings River at Port Macquarie on October 29 and 30. 

Day one of the International competition will be a standalone event.  However, on the starting signal, at 7am on the weekend of October 29 – 30, the spectacular sight of 67 pedal powered Hobie MirageDrive® Pro Angler kayaks will leave the beach.  The world championship competitors will be joined on the water by grand finalists from the 13 rounds, held throughout Australia, of the Daiwa Hobie ABT Kayak Fishing Series. Live weigh-ins of the catches will take place on the waterfront grassed area at the Water’s Edge Boutique Hotel, Buller Street Port Macquarie, from 2pm on each of the three days of the world championship competition. 

More information can be found at the Hobie Fishing Worlds website. Also, be sure to check out Hobie Fishing's new look site as well.