The 2024 Logan Pest Fishing Cup has been postponed to early next year.
The event was due to be held on 24 November at JJ Smith park, but was cancelled due to weather conditions.
The annual competition, which aims to remove pest fish from local waterways, will now be held on Sunday 12 January 2025.
Organisers have said all registered ticket holders will be contacted via email and given the option to transfer their tickets to the new date or request a refund (less the booking fee).
The cup is run by fishing school and conservation organisation 2 Bent Rods.
Owner and co-founder Sam Beckmann said a lot of people were not aware of the damage caused by pest species.
“They are an introduced species – mainly tilapia and carp – which compete with our native fish for food and oxygen,” she said.
“They degrade our water so our natives can’t survive, so we need to give our natives as much of a helping hand that we can.”
The event will start at 8am and include a range of categories and age groups.
For those who win one of the competition’s categories – which range from longest carp to best native fish to biggest haul – there are some prizes to be won.
“There will be a couple of thousands of dollars’ worth of prizes – just in kayaks alone,” Ms Beckmann said.
“I always have a really good prize for rubbish collection – sometimes that prize is better than the one for actually catching the fish.”
