A love of fishing brought a group of locals together late in 1955 and the Club evolved as a result of that get together.

The naming of the Club was interesting….after long debate it was suggested by an unknown Aboriginal gentleman....The Blue Fin Tuna Club, they decided to drop  the word tuna and become The Blue Fin Amateur Fishing Club. The fellow who suggested the name wondered off and was never heard of, or seen again.
    
Our first trip was on Australia day 1956 to Jumpinpin on the Gold Coast.

To raise funds the Club ran raffles at the Inala Hotel during the Sunday sessions, collected beer bottles and ran doubles and trebles.

Every Monday night the members would gather at someone’s house to help write out and fold tickets for next Saturdays races. Everyone was issued tickets and they were taken to work to be sold. The money was used to help fund trips.

Over the years we were able to accumulate some spare cash and this was to be used to purchase a block of land at the Jumpinpin to build a boatshed on. This is what most fishing Clubs aspired to, and we were no different.

On inspection of what was supposed to be a suitable block of land, it was discovered that at high tide it was under water.

It was then suggested we should build a Clubhouse to use it all year round not just a boatshed for fishing trips.

A lease on a small block of land was obtained from the Queensland Housing Commission. Lots of fill was needed to make this block suitable to build on. In the meantime the publican at the Inala Hotel got to hear we were building a Clubhouse for members and promptly cancelled our Sunday raffles which was our major source of income.

The members rallied and donated or borrowed virtually all the materials to build the Club. Our first annual trophy night in this building was 1974.

We went from a temporary liquor licence to a full licence in 1985 an a few years later the then Housing Minister came to one of our meetings and offered us the freehold land at a cost of $40,000 dollars less the rent we paid, approximately $12,000. We jumped at the chance.

In 1992 we obtained a Gaming Licence for 20 poker machines. From that day forward the Club opened 7 days a week and employed staff.

We also purchased 2 additional blocks of land. We now have 2 and half acres of free hold land that we will be used to develop our Club’s future.

We now pour a lot of money back into fishing and supporting our community.