Palmerston council launches new local fishing competition with $10k worth of prizes on offer

PALMERSTON locals have 10,000 more reasons to get out and enjoy fishing in their area with the city’s first ever council-run fishing competition launching over the weekend.

FISHING has just gotten even bigger in Palmerston with a newly launched competition encouraging fishos to snag a barra in the one of the local lakes.

The catch and release competition gives fishos the chance the reel in a barra along with their share of more than $10,000 worth of prizes.

Palmerston Council alderman Lucy Morrison and her stepson Sol Healy-Morrison fishing for barra in Palmerston. Picture Glenn Campbell

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16-year-old Palmerston fisho Sol Healy-Morrison said the competition gave more incentive for locals to head out and enjoy Palmerston’s lakes and waterways.

“I try to head out three times a week, whenever I have free time,” he said.

“When there’s a reward on the line everyone wants to get into it.”

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The competition runs until June 30 next year.

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