The 50th Anniversary Black Marlin & AIBT Tournament Cairns On 25 September 1966, Capt. George Bransford made world fishing history when he and deckhand Richard Obach landed a 1,064lb black marlin marking the first grander ever landed in Australian waters. The capture of this first ‘grander’ black marlin put Cairns on the world game fishingRead more
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This story appeared in the Cairns post on 6 January 2016. Massive 2016 tournament will celebrate 50 years of black marlin fishing in Cairns HAYDEN SMITH THE CAIRNS POST JANUARY 06, 2016 6:00AM George Bransford (left) and Richard Obach with a 1064lb black marlin caught off Cairns in 1966. RECREATIONAL anglers are geared up forRead more