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15th June 2014 Fishing Club Presentation Day Report
There was a good roll up of members and their families at our annual Presentation Day. All enjoyed the wonderful food and beverages and the fantastic attention provided to us by the catering and bar staff. Thanks to all.
Our President Chris Hoban, was in his usual good form as the MC. In addition to organising the awards, he also had some wonderful raffle prizes and a most informative Trivia Fishing Quiz which was won by Mark Evans.
Our next Event is the AGM on Sunday 10th August at 11am in the Sapphire Room. Any new members are welcome to attend. The next fishing season starts mid-September, but prior to this we may have a couple of unofficial fishing days and maybe even a Charter as we did in 2013.
Winners were as follows:
Club Champion: Frank Carnovale Runner Up: Bruce Duff
Estuary Champion: Frank Carnovale Runner Up: Bruce Duff
Blue Water Champion: Andy Edwards Runner Up: Alex Schuld
Ladies Champion: Wendy Schuld
Junior Champion: Gemma Duff Runner Up: Marnie Evans
Best Boat for the Season: Frank Carnovale
Miscellaneous Trophy Awards:
The One That Got Away: Alex Schuld details available on request!!!!
The Wooden Spoon: Brian Becroft ditto above!!!
25th May Fishing Club Report
At last sunshine and moderate winds for Tournament Day, the last fishing day of the season with 13 fishos out to win a prize. But in actual fact we confirmed the Junior winner and Frank just added more points to his total. But he was heard stating that all he really wanted to do was catch a larger flattie than Leo and to-day he has achieved that. Well done Frank. Total catch for the day was 23.75kg with Bruce and Gemma catching a little over a third of the total.
The winners on the day for largest fish caught were 1st Frank C, 2nd John and 3rd Gemma. But winners on the day for total weight of fish caught were 1st Gemma 5.6kg, 2nd Bruce 4.25kg and 3rd Frank with 3.95kg.
The father and daughter team of Bruce and Gemma won the Best Boat of the day with a total catch of 9.85kg.
Highest 5 point scores for the day were as follows:
Gemma 22.8
Frank C 20.85
Bruce 18.75
Andy 17.7
Alex 15.45
The next event is Presentation Day on Sunday 15th June so see you all there.
18th May Fishing Club Report
A fine sunny day, with light winds BUT where were the fish?
14 fishos spent a few hours on the water in bright sunshine with total catch only 12.9kgs. Frank C won the day with a mixed bag of 5.6kgs, 25.8pts. Gemma had 2.3 kgs giving her 15.6pts keeping her a little ahead of Marnie. Wendy caught 2.3kgs of leather jackets, 12.9pts and Roy 1.2kgs of for 12.6pts.
Thanks to Jose and Frank for a great lunch.
So bait up and see you next week for Tournament Day.
27th April Fishing Club Report
Yet another bay day for those 9 fishos who braved the elements of wind and rain. As this season has only 2 more comp days remaining, 18th and 25th May we need the weather gods to be kind to us.
Bruce won the day with 2.45kg of fish (16.35 pts), then Gemma with 11.7pts. Marnie Evans outfished both mum and dad and received 7.5 pts.
There is a close contest between Gemma and Marnie for the Junior Championship, 47 and 41 pts respectively.
The overall Club Champion is a forgone conclusion, but the Runner Up and the Blue Water and Estuary Champions will be decided over the next 2 comp days.
So bait up and see you on 18th May.
13th April Fishing Club Report
Inclement weather again appears on a fishing comp day, when will we ever get a fine day.
6 fishos wet a line but only 2 had something to weigh in.
Bruce won the day with 7 fish, totalling 2.4kg then Frank C with 4 fish totalling 2.05kg.
30th March Fishing Club Report
Yet again a swell outside kept the 12 fishos in the bay, but what a result for a few of our members!
Frank C impressed not just himself but the rest of the club with a 7.1kg jewie. His total catch was 9.75kg.
Leo was a very happy chappy with a 3.15kg flattie and with his total catch 5.65kg he had to attach his esky to a trolley so he could wheel it from his boat.
Bruce fished up the river and weighed in 2.15kg of fish.
Frank won the day with 44.25pts, then Leo with 28.95pts and then Bruce with 18.45pts.
NB: Total weight of fish caught to- day was 24.95kg. Almost a record day!
16th March Fishing Club Report
A fine sunny day, but a large swell outside kept all 15 fishos in the bay.
This time Chris was on the right side of True Blue, landing a 3.1kg jewie, his total weight of fish caught was 3.55kg (19.65pts).
For a brief moment he thought he may have won the day but was outfished by the master fisho, Frank C, with 9 fish, total weight 4.4kg ( 25.2pts).
The total amount of A Grade Species caught to-day was 17.1kg, not bad at all, should happen every comp day.
2nd March 2014 Fishing Club Report
Another windy day and the fleet remained in the bay. John Ryan was fishing on the right side of True Blue as he won the day with a 1.78kg flattie (15.45pts), second was Frank Da Silva with a catch of 5 fish to give him 13.65 pts, third was Steve with 7.95pts.
16th feb 2014 Fishing Club Report
Weather conditions wet
Frank C won the day with 7 fish, total weight 2.8 kg and 20.4 pts
Second was Roy with 6 fish total weight 2.65 and 16.95pts
Third was Marnie Evans with 2 fish total weight 2.55 kg and 11.55 pts—seams this 7 year old is keen to be the Junior Angler of the year so Emily-Louise and Gemma need to watch out
Ladies Day – Best Weather – Best Roll Up
Sunday 2nd February, conditions excellent. In fact the best for three years.
We saw 11 boats compete and twelve ladies/girls fish. Outstanding.
Gerry won biggest fish with a 1.9KG flattie, however she was piped at the post on points
by Young Millie.
Total Points score on the day, the first three very close,
Millie 13.65
Vivienne 13.5
Gerry 13.44
Willow 12.9
Gemma 8.7
Wendy 7.8
Sue-Ellen 7.68
Maree 7.65
Marnie 7.6
Cheryl 3
Megan 3
Christine 3
And let’s not forget the great job at lunch by Roy and Steve, as usual they excelled.
Update of the full points on next weeks report, so bait up and see you all then
First Comp Day for 2014
Sunday 19th January, a great day for fishing and an auspicious occasion as well.
Thanks to the generosity of Craig Horner from M R S some weeks ago we had
a very informative and helpful safety instruction briefing. Bringing with it his life
experiences on the water. We all thought this most rewarding and our President,
Chris Hoban recommended we donate to the M R S Volunteers.
The Club received a Certificate of Appreciation from Marine Rescue Solander,
Which we are proud to display.
Mark from Aquatic Marine has finally been able to join us in the competition and
Lands 3 flathead – 2.45KG and 15.15 points. However luck was not entirely on his
side as Alex finally gets on the board and out Fishes him with 2.45 kgs of flatties
with 16.35 points.
What a magnificent Christmas Lunch - probably the best yet. Of course Santa came even without any Little’s. Special thanks to all those who contributed to the day
Roy and Steve’s New Toy a very nice 25′ Bertram. A long way from the ‘Tinney”. We can all see a lot overnight fishing trips being planned. Good luck fellas hope you catch lots of Fish.
8th December – Best Day this Season. With 12.79 kilos landed today we virtually doubled the catch for the whole season to date. New boy Billy G. has started very well with a 1.05 Kg Trevally. There were some very good Flathead caught with Leo leading the way with one at 4.62 Kg.Next competition day is 5th January 2014.
Merry Christmas see you all then.
The Leader Board looks like this.
Member
Points
Terry Parathyras
45.15
Frank Carnovali
41.65
Chris Hoban
33
Andy Edwards
31.32
Bruce Duff
31.05
Alex Schuld
23.4
Wendy Schuld
22.86
Craig Horner
18.3
Leo Costa
18
Steve Keen
16.8
William Gergies
16.8
Roy Keen
14.04
John Ryan
10.2
Jose Rocheta
9.42
Kevin Clark
6
Brian Becroft
6
Jusuf Luhur
6
Ian Plunkett
3
18 Kilos of Fish for Five Days Fishing
For the third year in a row we have seen the weather play havoc with the fishing. If its not the wind its the seas.
The best fish so far this season has been Terry’s Flatheadd on Sunday, just under 2 Kilos. Frank is holding the Flatty and a nice Bream he landed. Marie did a great job preparing the BBQ for Frank, definitely the highlight for Sunday.
Position
Member
Score
1
Terry Parathyras
42.15
2
Frank Carnovali
28.60
3
Andy Edwards
22.92
4
Chris Hoban
22.20
5
Alex Schuld
20.40
6
Wendy Schuld
19.86
7
Craig Horner
18.30
8
Steve Keen
16.80
9
Roy Keen
14.04
10
Bruce Duff
11.10
11
John Ryan
10.20
12
Kevin Clark
6.00
13
Brian Becroft
6.00
14
Jusuf Luhur
6.00
15
Ian Plunkett
3.00
See you all in two weeks.
P.S. While we fished Clarkey was malingering in IC2 at Stg. Hospital and still trying to tell everyone about the one that got away.
A slow start to the season as we kicked off this morning with a 15kinoe SE breeze. That held a few fishos back, particularly after the mighty win by the Roosters. This was the second comp day but it did not produce a large catch. The winner was Steve with a mixed bag a bit over a kilo. The full list and progressive totals will be posted in 2 weeks.
Craig Horner has offered to give any club members that are interested a brief summary of basic navigation skills and how to read a GPS. I will keep you posted on the dates and times.
So bait up and see you on the water on the 13th.
Winters Day Charter
It was a typical June morning at 0600 hours, S/SW winds 5 to 10 knots – 4 degrees C - COLD.
Anyway we landed about 35 good fish between the thirteen fisho’s. Not a bad day. 5 Large Pig Fish (excellent eating), Snapper & Mowong made up the majority of the catch.
2012/2013 Presentation Day
A great roll up for the day and no surprises in the results except one . Lots of fun with Garry J. winning the “One that Got Away” trophy not with the loss of a fish but the raffle tickets on the only day his number come out. Even prizes for the Little’s, here is the full result.
Club Champ Chris Hoban Second Steve Keen
Outside Champ Chris H “ Wendy S
Inside Champ Frank C “ Bruce
Ladies Champ Wendy S
Junior Champ Emily
Best Boat The Brothers Keen
Largest Species
Overall Frank C
Whiting Bruce
Bream Terry
Flathead Frank C
Tailor Frank C
Jewfish Frank C
Trevally Andy
Flounder Wendy
Mowong Chris H
Leather Jacket Chris H
With the Season over til September we decided that a Charter for those willing to brace the cold would be in order so away we went
Tournament Day – Frank & Jose clean up
Traditionally the last fishing day of the season and as usual provided some upsets in the results.
Frank De Silva, having only fished half the season, proved he had not lost the touch when there was a “quid” at stake. Not only did he win trophy for “Best Fisho on the Day” with his partner in crime, Jose won the ”Best Boat on the Day”. Scoring a great 20.7 and 18.3 points respectively they certainly cleaned up.
Young Gemma demonstrated that fishing runs in the family with a second for “Biggest Catch on the Day” with a beautiful 1.95 Kg Jewie. No doubt father helped with sound encouragement while she “struggled” not to loose the fish. Anyway that’s her story. John Ryan was the winner with 2.2kg Flathead. Great one John. Oh, not to mention – he was fishing with El Presedente who could only finish with 9.3 points. However there was a consolation for the boy checkout below the final points score for the season, good on you Chris.
Pos
Fisho
Pts
Pos
Fisho
Pts
1
Chris Hoban
156
20
Greg Charlwood
18
2
Steve Keen
144
21
James Plunkett
16
3
Roy Keen
125
22
Robert Ridges
14
4
Frank Carnovali
117
23
Millie Carnovali
13
5
Bruce Duff
98
24
Warwick Smith
12
6
Wendy Schuld
87
25
Megan Becroft
12
7
Brian Crawley
85
26
vivienne duff
11
8
Alex Schuld
76
27
Emily-Louise Becroft
9
9
Kevin Clark
74
28
Ozzie Marzic
6
10
Craig Horner
71
29
John Marzic
6
11
Andy Edwards
67
30
Cheryl Hoban
3
12
Brian Becroft
51
31
Mrs Marie Carnovali
3
13
Leo Costa
51
32
Gerry
3
14
John Ryan
49
33
Oliver Becroft
0
15
Jose Rocheta
48
34
Greg Payne
0
16
Frank Da Silva
47
35
Frank Raiti
0
17
Terry Parathyras
45
36
Luke Raiti
0
18
Ian Plunkett
33
37
Gary Joseph
0
19
Gemma Duff
25
Congratulations to all our winners, it was a great day’s fishing to windup the season. Good to see the young girls winning, next Event is Presentation Day on the 16th June, if you have not confirmed you attendance please do so ASAP – see you all then.
Championship Lead Narrows
With only two competition days before the close of the season, Frank C closed to within 12 points of the leader, Chris.
Frank’s Flatty weighed in at 2.55KG – not the size we have seen him land this year – none the less a good fish.
Jose and Frank D had a good day after spending most of the season on the side lines with a total of thirteen fish and a combined weight of 5.7K
Steve K is still on second after only picking up one Flatty at 400Gms.
The leader board looks like this
Pos
Name
Points
Pos
Name
Points
1
Chris Hoban
139.20
11
Andy Edwards
15
52.65
2
Steve Keen
137.70
12
Brian Becroft
9
51.45
3
Frank Carnovali
117.30
13
Leo Costa
8
51.00
4
Roy Keen
109.89
14
Terry Parathyras
17
45.00
5
Brian Crawley
84.60
15
John Ryan
4
30.90
6
Bruce Duff
79.80
16
Ian Plunkett
3
29.85
7
Wendy Schuld
71.07
17
Jose Rocheta
5
27.00
8
Kevin Clark
68.40
18
Frank Da Silva
6
23.10
9
Craig Horner
65.10
19
Greg Charlwood
13
18.30
10
Alex Schuld
55.35
20
Millie Carnovali
16
13.35
Please note next comp day is the 19th May due to Mothers Day
Bait up and see you all then
31st March – Gap on Leader Closes
El Presedente’s lead has been cut by “The Brothers” – Steve and Roy Keen – and Bruce Duff who keeps bringing home Mulloway.
This is how they finished. Chris, best fish a Flathead at 1.5 Kg a total of 6 fish all up weight 3.8 Kg. Yes we checked all Chris’s fish for sinkers, all legit. Bruce best fish a Mulloway at 1.3 Kg a total of 8 fish all up weight 3.75 Kg.
Brian B was the dark horse with a 1.2 Kg Mulloway, a 0.85 Kg Trevally, one Bream, all up weight 1.45 Kg.
Roy and Steve are now getting serious starting at 0330 Hrs. and ending up with 1.95 Kg and 2.5 Kg o fish respectively.
Points on the day were;
Chris Hoban
20.4
Roy Keen
14.85
Bruce Duff
20.25
Craig Horner
9
Brian Becroft
19.35
Brian Crawley
7.5
Steve Keen
15.9
Kevin Clark
7.05
With four rounds to go we have a four way tussle for the lead. Brian B will be out for a round so that will hobble him, Bruce has shortened in the betting, Steve is Keen to win the Blue Jacket and Roy is going to fish the Port side next comp to improve his luck, Chris says he is a lay down mezzaire to win. Only time will tell.
This is the top 10.
Chris Hoban
136.20
Wendy Schuld
63.87
Steve Keen
120.30
Kevin Clark
61.80
Roy Keen
93.09
Bruce Duff
61.50
Brian Crawley
84.60
Craig Horner
53.10
Frank Carnovali
63.90
Andy Edwards
52.65
Brian C fished his last day with us, moving to Maroochydore on the Sunshine Coast in his retirement. We all wish him well and with his new boat we are sure to receive glowing reports on his fishing results. Roy takes over the role of Weigh Master for the rest of the season.
Look forward to seeing every one in two weeks, so bait up and lets go fishin’
Update from 17th March
Miss a week and come back to a 25 knot southerly, what a shocker.
Firstly, Sunday 3rd. Six fished with only 2 weighing in. Bruce with 3 fish – 3 species and Chris landed 2 average Flathead.
As for the 17th Every picture tells a story. Surely the weather on Sundays days will improve. With only 5 comp days left before the close of the season the leader board looks like this.
Pos
Name
Total pts
Pos
Name
Total pts
1
Chris Hoban
115.80
10
Craig Horner
44.10
2
Steve Keen
104.40
11
Bruce Duff
41.25
3
Roy Keen
78.24
12
Brian Becroft
32.10
4
Brian Crawley
77.10
13
Leo Costa
30.45
5
Frank Carnovali
63.90
14
Ian Plunkett
29.85
6
Wendy Schuld
60.87
15
Terry Parathyras
24.00
7
Kevin Clark
54.75
18
John Ryan
20.10
8
Andy Edwards
52.65
19
Greg Charlwood
18.30
9
Alex Schuld
46.35
20
Robert Ridges
13.50
Outside of Chris and Steve the rest of us have a bit to do.
Anyway Easter Sunday is the next club day so keep your fingers crossed and bait up, see you all then.
On Bruce’s first day out since joining the Club he lands a Mulloway weighting in at 1750 grams. Although not a qualifier for Presentation Day (3 Kg or better) it was a good catch. What’s more it was equal place with Brian’s Flathead for the ’Catch of the Day” Total weight for Bruce was 2150 grams which included a Bream and earned himself 15.45 points, Chris just edging him out of first.
Chris (alias ‘El Presedente’) had it in the bag. Five Flathead in 20 minutes, all a good size. Total weight 3300 grams and 15.9 points. I think he has been checking out Frank C’s spots – sitting in the mouth of the river waiting for the tide to turn. He did and out they came. There might be a queue there next week.
Brian was on ‘True Blue’ when he landed his only fish, the 1750 gram Flathead, what a beauty, Chris was cursing his luck. That was enough for him to earn 11.25 points and take third place on the day.
Steve & Roy ventured outside in what can only be described as poor conditions. The ‘washing machine’ has been churning for about 2 months. They came homes with a total of 5 Flathead though only averaging 600 grams apiece. But not a good finish, they had a breakdown off the heads and were towed home by the Pilot. Pew! Not good.
Wendy, on Kenda, thought all her Christmas’s had come at once when the live bait took off. It run at a rate of knots, but when landed it was a metre long Hammer Head Shark, what a let down.
With not that many more days to go the Competition table looks like this,
Pos
Name
Points
Pos
Name
Points
1
Chris Hoban
106.65
11
Leo Costa
30.45
2
Steve Keen
95.70
12
Ian Plunkett
29.85
3
Brian Crawley
74.10
13
Brian Becroft
26.10
4
Roy Keen
70.74
14
Terry Parathyras
24.00
5
Frank Carnovali
63.90
15
John Ryan
20.10
6
Wendy Schuld
60.87
16
Bruce Duff
15.45
7
Andy Edwards
52.65
17
Greg Charlwood
15.30
8
Kevin Clark
51.75
18
Robert Ridges
13.50
9
Alex Schuld
46.35
19
Millie Carnovali
13.35
10
Craig Horner
44.10
20
James Plunkett
12.60
3rd Feb, Ladies Day
What a great roll up, even for those who did not fish. It must have been the expectation of lunch presented by “The Brothers” – alias Roy and Steve.
Milllie no doubt has the deft touch of Dad, Catching two nice Bream and a Flathead. With no other fish landed on the day, no doubt due to the inclement weather of late, it was good to see someone landed something.
Now lunch was a treat with beautifully cooked Minute steaks, salads and toasted buns, preceded by freshly cooked prawns, savory dip served from a fresh loaf of bread and Frittata.
What a feast, well done boys, maybe they should try “My Kitchen Rules”
Welcome to new member, Bruce and his family, who joined on Sunday.
We will not mention the weather, lets hope it improves before the season finishes, anyway Bait up and see you all in two weeks
Latest News
Gary now holds the record for “the one that got away”. With the customary Raffles being draw the recipeant of Ist prize could not be found. After a the mandatory three minutes it was drawn again. Half hour later Gary finds the winning ticket up his sleve, believe it or not. And…….
Not only did El Presedente’ s Girls NOT catch a fish, he pulled the plug in the Georges River at Bald Face, nearly lost ”True Blue” and had to cut the anchour free to get to lunch.
Sunday 20th January
Expectations High – Results Low
With everyone hopeful of good results, following some rather average conditions recently, 12 keen fisho’s took to the water. Frank C with his canny knowledge wisely decided to stay “inside” and took the honours on the day with a total catch of 3.55 Kg, the jewel being a 1.55 Kg Flathead. He is pictured along with Steve who thought he had the catch of the day with his 1.3 Kg Flathead. Better luck next time Steve
Both Andy and Steve landed good whiting at 400 gm a piece. Andy having to settle for a little smaller catch than he is used to however still looks pleased. (Andy’s).
Clarkey who practises during the week failed to catch a fish and El Presedente (seen here gesturing) apparently spent the best part of the Morning off the Lighthouse burleying - why burley outside?
With only 7 Kg caught on the day this is looking like a very lean season. Eight rounds completed the top 20 on the score board look like this;
Leaders
Name
Total Pts
1st
Chris Hoban
90.75
2nd
Steve Keen
84.60
3rd
Frank Carnovali
63.90
4th
Roy Keen
62.94
5th
Brian Crawley
62.85
6th
Wendy Schuld
57.87
7th
Andy Edwards
52.65
8th
Kevin Clark
44.70
9th
Alex Schuld
43.35
10th
Craig Horner
35.70
11th
Ian Plunkett
29.85
12th
Terry Parathyras
24.00
13th
Leo Costa
20.55
14th
John Ryan
20.10
15th
Brian Becroft
19.50
16th
Greg Charlwood
15.30
17th
Robert Ridges
34.05
18th
James Plunkett
12.60
19th
Ozzie Marzic
6.00
20th
John Marzic
6.00
Frank C is the big mover coming from 11th to 3rd. Watch out Chris that Blue Jacket may be his again.
Again we take our hats of the boys from Marine Rescue and the Water Police who were called to rescue a boat with 3 on board, They had capsized on the Bare Island Bombora. We heard the Mayday and within 15 minutes we had both services and the Rescue Helicopter on the seen. The Police boat is seen retrieving the capsized vessel.
Again we would like to remind all that the sea is an unpredictable place and that Marine Rescue provide a valuable service to all those who use the waterways. Consider joining Marine Rescue, the application form is attached to the fishing report dated the 8/1/13.
Next date is the 3rd February – Ladies Day – “The Bothers” are catering so lets have all the girls out to fish. Please put your camera in the bag as we would like a picture of all the participants. So bait up and see you in 2 weeks.
Leo Wins the Day with 8 Flathead
Leo chose to fish with Greg C on his lovely Boston Whaler and set about landing eight very nice Sand Flathead. Although there was no extra large fish in the catch the total weight was over 6 kilos, As usual he is exaggerating on the size of his fish. Well done Leo, we will need keep an eye on the old fella he might just be deciding to get serious this season.
Fishing “Outside” proved to be a difficult for the rest of us as plagues of Leather Jackets continued to eat their way through just about anything. Loosing quite a bit of gear meant chasing species other than Flathead, unfortunately for little result.
Frank C wisely decided to stay near in and again landed a reasonable number of Bream (5) and a couple of smaller Flathead.
Good one Frank.
The biggest fish on the was caught by Robert, who was on True Blue, a really good 1100 gram Leather Jacket – at least that’s one up for the fisho’s, Hope you enjoyed eating him Rob.
Anyway it was a great day to be out fishing, good weather and good company,
During the BBQ hosted by the “snag” king Leo, we had a brief visit from Bob Wilson, Regional Director Marine Rescue NSW and a member of Marine Rescue Botany Bay. who offered to give us a short talk on the benefits of joining Marine Rescue. We will arrange that so once we have a date fixed we’ll post it on this Web page. For those of you who are already aware of the service and would like to join the Marine Rescue.
That’s the news for today; don’t forget next comp day is the 20th January followed by Ladies day on the 3rd of February.
So bait up and see you on the water.
Near Gale Force Winds Curtail Fishing
With winds exceeding 35 Knots, the last day of the 2012 year’s fishing was abandoned, consequently results remain unchanged. We captured a shot of a Fisho heading towards Capt. Cook Bridge at noon, that looks like hard work.
Hopefully we will see Steve a little happier on the 6thJan when resume fishing.
Meanwhile we wish everyone a very Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year from all the members of the STGMBC Fishing Club,
Fishing Club Report 25th November
Sunday 25th The Fishing Club Xmas Party. Yes its almost here again and we celebrated in style. The ladies doing a magnificent job in presenting the lunch and we would like to give special thanks to Nabil in providing a whole roast lamb, seen in a relaxed mood.
And of course it would not be Christmas without Santa, who delivered gifts to the littlies and seen here with something special for Darren who has had a tough year. There was a 5 Michelin Star Dessert menu, with Fresh fruit Kebabs, Trifle to die for, Pavlova, Panacotta and cakes – wow!
Now for a turn up, “the Brothers” did not win the raffle, Frank took out the main prize or at least Maree did.
Just for a wrap up of the last two comp days,
A bleak day on the 28 th Oct Three Metre Swell kept the Fleet in the Bay. It also kept the catch to minimum. Three kilos in total, made up of a few small Flathead, a Flounder, two Trumpeter Whiting and Frank with some nice Bream.
Sunday’ the 14th Oct – Fishing – Best Yet. Nine boats, fifteen fisho’s made hay of the great conditions mother nature turned on, landing over 21 kilos of “A” grade fish. This is the start we want to see with six different species coming in – Flathead, Morwong, one at 1.3 kg, bream, L J, Red Rock Cod and Snapper – fantastic.
Point Score as at today is;
Chris Hoban
71.85
Steve Keen
64.50
Brian Crawley
56.85
Roy Keen
48.69
Wendy Schuld
47.22
Kevin Clark
41.70
Andy Edwards
38.40
Alex Schuld
32.85
Ian Plunkett
29.85
Craig Horner
29.70
Frank Carnovali
25.35
John Ryan
17.10
James Plunkett
12.60
Brian Becroft
12.00
Terry Parathyras
8.40
Greg Charlwood
7.20
Ozzie Marzic
6.00
John Marzic
6.00
Frank Da Silva
6.00
Jose Rocheta
6.00
Leo Costa
3.00
Warwick
3.00
Megan Becroft
0.00
Oliver Becroft
0.00
Emily-Louise Becroft
0.00
Greg Payne
0.00
Frank Raiti
0.00
Luke Raiti
0.00
The next comp day is the 8th December, the last fishing day of 2012, so Bait Up and lets go fishing.
For all information on The Fishing Club please click here:
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Sunday’s Fishing – Best Yet
Nine boats, fifteen fisho’s made hay of the great conditions Mother Nature provided.
Landing over 21 kilos of “A” grade fish, this is the start we want to see with six different species coming in – Flathead, Morwong, one at 1.3 kg, bream, L J, Red Rock Cod and Snapper – fantastic.
Winners on the day were;
1st. place Chris with 4.3 kg, 5 species and 8 fish – well done.
2nd. Craig with 3.9 kg, 3 species and 7 fish. This is no doubt a result of weekday practice and
3rd. Steve with 2.95 kg. 2 species and 5 fish.
Chris and Brian on ‘True Blue’ the one’s beat, with a total of 6 kg of fish.
This is how the points score stands after 3 rounds
1st Steve. 58.50
2nd Chris. 52.95
3rd Brian C. 38.85
4th Wendy. 37.47
5th Roy. 37.35
6th Kevin. 35.70
Andy on 31.8 points and Frank C. on 11.70. have a bit to do to hold their Championship positions. Roy will probably be spitting chips in 5th.behind Wendy, but I am sure he will be up to change that on the 28th October
Jose and Frank are still maintaining a strong hold on the ‘Wooden Spoon’ however we cannot knock their performance on the BBQ, turning out a first class effort with delicious minute steaks, fresh rolls and salad, When are you on again?.
Steve Walsh, from Bumpa-Bar Lures, dropped in for the BBQ to show us his new range of Fluor lures. These look great and what’s more they are made right here at Taren Point. Manufactured from top quality marine grade stainless steel you can see why they are the choice of fisho’s in the top end. See the full range on www.bumpabar.com. or drop into any Tackle World shop.
Next comp day will be catered for by the “Brothers” who always turn on a great feast, so don’t miss that. This may be enough to get Leo out of bed early.
Bait up and see you in two weeks
Mixed Results on a Tough Day
Thirteen keen anglers expected to see the wind decrease as the morning progressed, it was not to be.
With all out early the best we could achieve was 10 kilos mostly Flathead.
Fisho of the day was Steve with a 950 gram Leather Jacket New members, Ian and his father James, a 900 gram Jacket and 800 gram Flaty respectively .
After the second day of the season the Leader Board reads,
Steve Keen. 40.65. Points
Andy Edwards. 31.80. ”
Wendy Schuld. 25.47. ”
The Wooden Spoon is non other than Frank D and Jose, practising the art of “fish fattening”. Mainly to assist the rest of us.
Also it must be noted that Kevin C was seen cleaning 22 Morwong etc last Tuesday evening and has been given a warning that practising on work days can incur penalties on competition days.
Thanks to Frank C and his lovely wife for the usual sumptuous BBQ.
Next comp day is 14th October so bait up and see you all then. New members always welcome.
Best Regards Alex
Bumper Catch Opens the New Season
Andy lives up to his usual standard winning on the day by a mere 200 gms.
Coming in with seven Flathead and three Jackets Andy, with 4.6 kilos of quality fish. just edges out Kevin who landed ten Flathead weighing 4.4 kilos.
With ”spot on” weather eleven fisho’s tried their luck. The total catch on the day was 28.3 kg the majority being Flathead, the balance Jackets, all a good size as Chris shows us – you would think he is in love with that fish.
For the first time we have introduced the option for land based fish’s to compete, so the Marzic family welcomed the opportunity to join the fun and and catch up with everyone over lunch, The kids get into the fun at weigh in as well.
John, in his first comp with us kicks off with two fish – weight 1.7 kg, nice one.
This year we have introduced a new electronic scoring system that will allow us to post the results after each round. We should have this in place by the 30th.
Everyone enjoyed the great BBQ provided by the Beecrofts for which we thank and surprisingly enough a prize in the raffle went to Roy, again and again and again.
We would also like to invite anyone interested joining the Fishing Club to contact Chris on 0419 447 092 or just come along to the BBQ about 1230 hrs on the 30th or any fishing club day. The new calendar will be posted on the home page.
So Bait up and see you all on the 30th
St G.M.B.C. Fishing Club Calender 2012-2013 Season
SEPTEMBER 16th and 30th Competition Days
OCTOBER 14th and 28th Competition Days
NOVEMBER 11th Competition Day, 25th CHRISTMAS PARTY
DECEMBER 9thCompetition Day
JANUARY 6th and 20thCompetition Days
FEBRUARY 3rd LADIES DAY, 17th Competition Day
MARCH 3rd, 17th and 31st Competition Days
APRIL 14th and 28th Competition Days
MAY 12th Competition Day; 26th TOURNAMENT DAY
JUNE 16th PRESENTATION DAY
AUGUST 18th AGM 11am Anchorage Room
Chairman Chris Hoban 0419447092, Vice Chairman Leo Costa 0418690157
Welcome back for the start of the 2012/13 SGMBC Fishing Club Competition
This year we have kicked off with a little light hearted Pre Season Competition. On the 19th August we fished for the smallest legal fish, with 10 Fisho’s competing. For those who missed the event Andy took out the prize with a magnificent 27cm Whiting. There was only one prize, that of a very useful 900gm frozen mullet. Actually he thought it was a bottle of Scotch. Well done Andy.
There was a good rollup for the BBQ with three new members joining us for this season. So its a warm welcome to Con and son Manuel, Greg & John, look forward to seeing you on the water
Last weekend (26th August) the competition was for the “Silliest Hat” as well as having some excuse to go fishing. El Presedente rising to the occasion presents the award to Wendy with what appears to be a pair of “reg grundies”.
On the subject of fishing this turned out to be a super day. Chris and Brian landed 9 flathead and 1 L J. Andy, Wendy and Alex caught 16 great flathead, with the total catch over 20 kilos.
1100 hrs on 9th September is the AGM followed by the lunch. We would like as many members to attend as there are a number of new items on the agenda for discussion, many of these have been emailed. First comp day is 16th September.
Any person wishing to join the Fishing Club is welcome to attend the AGM, the joining fee is $30.00 per family. “Shore based” Fisho’s are welcome as that is up for discussion at the AGM.
So bait up and join the fun.
Club Champion for the second year in a row, Frank C with a total of
407 points. Well done in a season that tested the best. Starting a new tradition Frank was presented with the club’s Blue “Club Champion”
Jacket, as were the other winners.
Outside Champion went to Andy which was no surprise, as he is one of our best outside fisho’s.
Inside Champion, Steve won the title with a meagre 15 points from brother Roy. Good fishing fellas
The scores this year indicate how tough it was as last year’s club champ scored over 1100 points.
We are all looking forward to the new 2012/13 season which will start earlier than last year, watch this space for updates. So get the gear ready, we are only weeks away from a start
The Winners on Tournament Day included Dusky Flathead, Sand Whitting and Bream, just to mention a few. Obviously we fisho’s didn’t.
This was the last day of the 2011/12 season and after the great weather on Saturday we held high expectations, however it is almost impossible to describe the conditions, lumpy, windy and very wet.
Nine fisho’s tried their luck with “True Blue” leading the way. Results; Brian C biggest fish, 0.5 Kg Flathead, and the hide to take the top prize. Other winners included, Chris H, 1small Flounder and 1 small Flathead total 0.5 Kg, Wendy S, 0.32 Kg Flounder and Andy E, 0.4 Kg Snapper. All today’s participants are acknowledged, with or without fish.
New member, Craig Homer, is currently fishing in NT and we will give you an update on his trip in two weeks.
Meanwhile we remind all STGMBCFC members the Presentation Day is noon Sunday 17th.June 2012. Confirmation of attendees would be appreciated within the next two/three weeks. Bait up see you all then.
Fishing Club Report 6 May
Old Fisho’s tales and Superstition still hold true. Sunday’s full moon and a strong west/souwestly certainly turned the fish off.
Only four boats decided to test the myth in the bay, and even Leo could not land a legal fish to weigh in.
However Kenda landed 2 Numbfish and fortunately did not feel their wrath. These fish are endemic to Australian waters and are found on sand and mud bottoms in shallow bays and estuaries,
The Numbfish can deliver powerful electric shocks with an electric organ located in each pectoral fin. This organ is used to shock crabs, worms and fishes, which make up the Numbfish’s diet or the unsuspecting fisherman.
Greg C made the day, venturing out to open waters and the 2 metre swell to land this 1 kilo plus Leatherjacket, this could well be a trophy winning fish. Greg is batching at the moment and still did a great job on lunch.
Here is Roy and Steve showing one of their many Barra catches from their NT trip.
Last fishing day of the year is Sunday 20th May and is Tournament Day, so lets make it a great last day, bait up and see you there.
Sunday 29th April
This was not a day to consider fishing, 20 to 25 Knot winds predicted and it did not disappoint.
El Presedente and Weigh Master Brian on “True Blue” and Kevin with visitor Steve on “Finatical” were the only two
boats game enough to venture out.
The catch was one fish to Chris a 400 gm Trevally, to small for the photo Chris. However Steve landed a Flathead and was quite please as we can see by the look on his face.
With only two competition days left. 6th and 20th May, we are all hoping there will be better weather ahead.
Meanwhile on a happy note Andy, Steve and Roy, have just returned from a week aboard the “Iron Lady” on the Roper River. We will have a report to give and to be sure a tail or two to tell next week.
Fingers crossed we will be able to bait up next week see you all then.
Sunday 15th April
What a day, probably the best day for fishing we have seen this summer, the highlights were 33 Kg Fish caught in total and an amazing 11 different species.
The new boy on the block, Kevin Clarke, comes in with a total catch of 8 fish, 5.45 Kg and 3 species. Kevin proudly displaying his 1.35 Kg Morwong. But he was not the only lucky one today.
Roy Keen also had 8 eight fish, 3 species totaling 5.4 Kg. that’s Roy kneeling with his catch and a beaut 1.55 Kg Flathead. He was disappointed that he did not win the raffle – what a hide!
Leo had a visitor with him today and guess what the visitors landed the biggest Flathead at 1.55 Kg, he is not being invited again.
Other notable catches were Andy with a 1.3 Kg Morwong, Frank with 8 good size Taylor and Greg with a unique Puffer Fish for his fish tank at home. Did we tell you that 2 comps ago Greg lost a good Trevally that was flapping on the deck to a opportunist Pelican, true just ask him.
Great tucker today from Frank & Jose, missed last comp report and Frank’s Kebobs, they were terrific as usual.
Bait up and see you in 2 weeks.
Sunday 18th March
Weather – Force 8 – Seas 14 metres.
Not quite but another day only for the die hards. Four boats decided the points were there for the taking.
Steve landed one bream, Chris one flathead, Brian fished with Kevin from Marine Rescue, making his debut with the club, for zilch.
Frank made the catch of the day with a trevally and a flathead.
In rear of picture is Kevin, this is the proof needed for the better half that he really did fish and not just visit the bar.
Any way a total of 3 kilos were landed, the BBQ was a better result with delicious Kebabs courtesy of Megan, perfectly cooked by El Presedante.
Any way it has got to better so bait up and see you all in 2 weeks
Best regards Alex
STGMBC Fishing Club – Ladies Day
Sunday provided a spectacular day and a great roll up by the ladies for the 2012 Surry Office National tournament.
Big winner was Ozzie (far right) collecting both largest fish,1 kg leather jacket and total catch of 2 kg. Keeping it in the family Mia took out the Junior award with a .25 kg bream
The runners up from the left were Cheryl and Wendy with .5 kg flathead each and Gerrie with a .8 kg trevally.
Catering was supplied by the duo of Roy and Steve, serving their usual delicacies to tempt the palette.
Great fishing girls, bait up and see you all in two weeks.
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