Warrina Tuna Open set for 14-15 February with A$4,000 heaviest fish prize

The Warrina Tuna Open ran 14-15 February 2026 and carried a headline A$4,000 cash award for the heaviest fish, putting a serious purse on mid-February tuna fishing. Tournament rules set lines in at 7:00 AM both Saturday and Sunday, locking crews into early starts on each competition day.

Organisers scheduled briefing and registration to begin on Friday 13 February, allowing skippers and crew to complete sign-on and final checks the night before the first day of fishing. The flyer distributed by event organisers specified the Friday briefing and registration window as the formal prelude to the weekend competition.

Tournament fishing took place across two consecutive days, Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 February 2026, with identical lines-in times at 7:00 AM each morning. That schedule gave boats two full days to target tuna under the same daily start time, and created a clear framework for scoring the event’s heavies category.

The tournament flyer outlined the prize structure, with one standout entry: a cash prize of A$4,000 reserved for the heavies. The A$4,000 cash component was presented as the primary cash incentive on the flyer, signaling a strong reward for the single heaviest fish weighed under event rules.

With briefing and registration taken care of on Friday 13 February and fishing days on 14 and 15 February with 7:00 AM lines-in, the Warrina Tuna Open followed a compact, two-day competitive format capped by the A$4,000 heaviest fish prize. Results and any weigh-in specifics were to follow organisers’ standard procedures after boats returned from the 15 February lines-out.