First Reflections Sustainable Fishing Series event a major success!
The first Reflections Sustainable Fishing Series event cast off at Copeton Dam in November where 130 keen anglers of all ages and skills caught (then released) more than 330 fish! They also reeled in $25,000 of prizes, and enjoyed a weekend of nature, connection and sustainable fishing.
Prizes awarded to adults, juniors and littles included mystery size of the day, longest pest fish, most pest fish caught, four bonus mystery lengths and prizes for recycling old fishing gear, tackling litter and fish release videos.
Saturday Winners
Bonus Hour
8-9am
Michael Rowbottom
Species: Eel-tailed catfish
Length: 300mm
Time: 8:28am
Bonus Hour
10-11am
Michael Norman
Species: Cod
Length: 490mm
Time: 10:52am
Natives
Adult
Michael Norman
Species: Cod
Length: 600mm
Time: 1:44pm
Natives
Adult
Graham Hutton
Species: Eel-tailed catfish Length: 600mm
Time: 1:07pm
Bonus Hour
10-11am
William Maskell
Species: Eel-tailed catfish
Length: 500mm
Time: 12:43pm
Natives
Adult
Liam Bogdanoff
Species: Cod
Length: 500mm
Time: 2:35pm
Sub Junior
Patrick Morrissy
Species: Silver Perch
Length: 440mm
Time: 2:03am
Sub Junior
Jono Morrissy
Species: Golden Perch
Length: 440mm
Time: 2:03pm
Sunday Winners
Bonus Hour
7-8am
Paddy Rice
Species: Spangled Perch
Length: 210mm
Bonus Hour
10-11am
Paddy Rice
Species: Golden Perch
Length: 470mm
Natives
Adult
Jason Usher
Species: Murray Cod
Length: 700mm
Junior
Evie Price
Species: Catfish
Length: 580mm
Sub Junior
William Irwin
Species: Catfish
Length: 550mm
Pest Fish
No results.
No pest fish caught.
Total Fish Caught in the comp: 330
General Prize Winners
Litter Winner
Evie Price
Prize: $250 BCF voucher
Shimano Twinpower reel
Cooper Bullock
Valued at $750
Hobie Mirage passport
Sonya Buikstra
valued at $2,000
Minn Mota Terrova
Daniel Spicer
valued at $3,800
Lowrance HDS10 sounder
Cooper Bullock
valued at $3,700
Lowrance HDS9 sounder
Sharon Wright
valued at $3,200
What people loved about the first Reflections Sustainable Fishing Series event at Copeton Dam:
“The weekend was awesome and the whole team did an amazing job organising everything. We will definitely be back in March for Burrinjuck.“
Jonathon, Bathurst, age 31.
“My family and I had a really great time fishing the Reflections sustainability fishing series at Copeton, the Ozfish staff were so helpful with the app and we really enjoyed the kids fishing workshop.”
Annie, Inverell, age 58.
“Thanks to Reflections and Ozfish for running this wonderful event, it was great having being educated on how to properly handle and release fish, and also seeing so much litter being collected. Big thumbs up from me and my boys.”
Michael, Moree, age 47.
“I love fishing comps, especially this one because we got to camp as a family and there were heaps of ways to win that were good for fish.”
Evie, Ballina, age 12.
The Reflections Sustainable Fishing Series is an industry-leading development after OzFish announced its partnership with Reflections, a Crown Land Manager which reinvests all profits into its 40 holiday parks and the 45 community reserves it cares for across NSW.
Join us in the next round of sustainable fun, and come along to our next two Reflections x OzFish Sustainable Fishing Series Events:
Burrinjuck Waters
21-23 MARCH 2025
Lake Keepit
16-18 MAY 2025