Fishing competitions 2024
Upcoming Fishing Competitions
The next fishing competitions are planned for:
Saturday / Sunday 11th/ 12th May | Fishing Competition |
Sunday 8th September | Fishing Competition (Arthur DeMello Trophy) |
Saturday / Sunday 12th / 13th October | Fishing Competition (2 days) |
Victoria Mall Classic Fishing Competition
The participants for the 2nd Victoria Mall Classic, hit the water at 0630 hr. Grey skies the weather was calmwere the order of the day and the impression was that whilst the water was like glass, the heavens may erupt at any moment. However, this did not happen and with the exception of some very slight drizzle.
The field comprised 7 boats and 15 fishermen.
At the weigh in it was clear that there were only 2 main competitors, from which the results were as follows:
1st place - Douglas 17 kg
2nd place - Mel 7.2 kg
3rd place Sam - 6.8 kg (two fish)
Junior - Tom Gormely 3 kg
The catch was to be donated to the Entebbe Handicapped school, however the 2 largest fish were auctioned off and the proceeds were used to buy food for the school. A total of 810,000 ugx was generated from the auction.
Protea Fishing Competition 2016
Protea Hotel Entebbe Fishing Competition – 29th May 2016
Amidst the chaos of visiting president and road closures – The Protea Hotel Entebbe Fishing Competition hosted 6 boats, with 15 fishermen with a common goal to seek the elusive Nile Perch.
Whilst the bigger fish were not to be found – there was an abundance of smaller fish with some being put back to spawn some more.
Those that were on the water early found the lake to be mirror like, this changed around 10am with a light storm. Which cleared within the hour.
All boats were in by 15h00 and hungry fishermen and onlookers feasted on the spread laid out by the Protea Hotel Entebbe. Executive Chef Ingmar Stief and his TEAM prepared a fare that was not often seen at the ESC. With Giant burgers, Pita rolls, Filled potatoes etc.
Following on to the meal and stories of what got away, the weigh in was done with the following results.
The trophy list was as follows :
Place Fisherman Fish Boat Name
`1st Mohammed 10kg Blue Canoe
2nd Sacha 8kg Geisha
3rd Douglas 7kg Blue Boat
4th – Draw Piet (snr) 6kg Bass boat
Paige 6kg Fire Fly
6th Steve Allard 4kg Geisha
7th Naomi 3kg Fire Fly
8th Tom 1kg Sea Master
Boat catch
1st Geisha 11kg
2nd Blue Canoe 10kg
The combined catch of 45kg was donated to the Entebbe School for handicapped children.
Protea Fishing Competition
MEN
1st. Brent Anderson 8.8 Kg
2nd. Gareth Goldring 4 Kg
3rd. Tom Gormley 2 Kg
LADIES
1st. Paige Charnley 4 Kg
5 boats in total
Catch donated to Entebbe School for handicapped children
Arthur De-mello Fishing Competition
6 boats, total catch 14kgs.
Lots of undersized fish caught and all released
4 x junior competitors : Paige Charnley, Tom Gormley, Sasha Allard, Piet De Jong
Boat catch : Banange – skippered by Paul Bolrach
3rd Prize – David Case 2.9kg
2nd Prize – Peter Bowser 3.1kg
1st Prize – Douglas (surname unknown) 4kg
To see picture of the event click here