SSAFA Newsletter Nov_Dec 2013

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Issue: November/December 2013
South Sydney Amateur Fishing Association
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Steven
Siarakas
Editor:Editor:
Steven
Siarakas
e. [email protected]
e. [email protected]
m. 0431 580 480
m. 0431 580 480
Contacts
PRESIDENT:
Stan Konstantaras
p. 9344 0331
[email protected]
TREASURER:
John Burgess
p. 9311 3200
[email protected]
SECRETARY:
Joe Garufi
p. 0417 491 868
[email protected]
CLUB RECORDER / TAGGING:
Silvestro Severi
p. 0412 252 663
[email protected]
EVENTS ORGANISER:
Tony Steiner
p. 0412 611 778
[email protected]
FCA DELEGATE:
Matt Manson
p. 0407 825 828
MEMBERSHIP OFFICER:
Pat Ashbury
p. 0409 549 571
[email protected]
Message from the Editor
Inside this issue:
Day on the Bay
6
King of Teeth
8
Ryan Aus RecordTuna 13
Fishing Iceland
14
Catching leather jacket 32
Glenbawn Dam
34
Cray's & Sterianos’s
42
Hawaii
46
Fishing Reports
50
Bass
SSAFA- Lenny
Boards Joseph
update
58
Talbingo
Sponsors
64
Dutchie report
70
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This is the last newsletter of the year and the late spring early summer fishing has been very
good or hard work depending on the species targeted. The offshore guys have been getting
good snapper, the season started a little late but did come on in Sept/Oct. What was very
notable was the reported size of the snapper were much smaller than previous years. Offshore kings were found by a lot of club members most of the times they were targeted, everyone is waiting eagerly for the summer migration of the kings closers to shore and in the
bays. Yellowfin turned up off Sydney young Ryan Nemec snagged a 61kg junior national record, well done Ryan. The juniors in-fact did quite well, young Lenny Joseph got into the bass
and yellow belly and managed a win for the Roosters in the league Grand Final for his dad.
The Sterianos boys have had a cracker winter/spring season as the junior club board can attest too. The bays and estuaries have been fishing well our gun estuary duo Brad and Smitty
are enjoying a good time of it inside. Jim has started the freshwater season with a cracker
Australian bass. El presedente will be jet setting soon to the land of the long white cloud for
those monster kings. And the ethnics will be at Glenbawn again battling for the trophy. The
holiday season will have a lot of us out of hibernation and chasing a few fish. I would like to
take this opportunity to thank all the club members for their contributions and
further extend my gratitude to our regular contributors Chris, Brad, Jim, Josh,
Mark along with Max and welcome on-board Neil who has graciously accepted to
provide an “ask the expert” fishing advice column in 2014.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year All - Dr Steve (ed)
F ishi ng Cale ndar - D ates f or Yo ur D iary
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SSAFA CALENDAR 2013
Upcoming Events
November
1
ANSA Burrinjuck Convention
6
Meeting Night
23/24
ANSA 2, 4, 6 Competition
December
4
Meeting Night
11
South Sydney AFA Christmas party
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DOUK’S DISH
KINGFISH BURGERS - DOUK KONSTANTARAS
Ingredients:
Kingfish fillet
1/2 cup flour
1 egg, lightly beaten with a splash of milk
1/2 cup breadcrumbs
hamburger buns
tartar sauce
chilli jam
sliced tomatoes
rocket leaves dressed with olive oil and white vinegar
Cooking Fish:
1. season the kingfish fillet with salt and pepper and toss
lightly in the flour,
2. then the beat the egg, coat the kingfish fillet and then
the breadcrumbs.
3. heat olive oil in a frypan and cook the kingfish until
cooked through and golden.
4. sprinkle with sea salt
5. halve the buns and toast lightly. brush with butter.
6. fill bun with kingfish, tartar sauce, chilli jam, sliced tomato and rocket leaves.
enjoy with a cold beer!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
Douk
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PHOTO COMPETITION
PHOTO OF THE BI - MONTH
CHESTY BONDS WINNER is El - Presidente !!!
Photo by TONY STEINER
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PRESIDENT REPORT
El Presidents “World Of Fitness”
The Fisherman’s Workout
With some guys working out just to look good as they hit 40, I will show you my regime that keeps me in tip
top shape and lets me fight the monsters of the deep……
Yep, good old fashioned beer and Aqua-aerobics New Cal style, is the only way to keep in shape and out
muscle guys half your age when chasing Giant Trevally over 50 kg.
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RFA NEWS
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FISHING TRIPS SUMMARY
KING OF TEETH (cont …) - Anthony Berdoukas
In this report I chase a different kind of dentures to my
day to day vocation. These dentures give me physical
tiredness and mental relaxation the exact opposite to my
routine. These dentures are of a crushing engulfing nature
that bring out the best of my second set of skills. And in
most cases these dentures maintain my sanity, spirit and
personal time.
Of course I am reporting on pesci dentures from bream,
jewfish, king fish and snapper. These species have been my
favourite targets for quite some time and as an added bonus I spend a lot of time chasing these species with dad
which gives us some quality time
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together whilst my own kids are coming of age where
we can all make those memories of a lifetime together.
I do enjoy fishing out of my broadbill purchased new
some years ago and has accounted for an incredible
amount of fish. It is a lucky boat that we have towed up
and down the coast and is still a comfortable ride for
our fishing.
We fish a combinations of styles still dropping the odd
bait and live bait mixed in with some serious plastics
fishing. Lately we have enjoyed great plastics sessions on
the reds caught up and down the coast. The not so new
plastics phenomenon has become the standard for all snapper chasers and with good reason, IT WORKS !
The problem is going to be with such an effective method of catching
this species how will it be regulated. It is without doubt one of my
favourite species as it is to many thousands of anglers across this
state and some new size, bag and boat limits should come into effect.
Kingfish another favourite species that have been very plentiful since
those ridiculous floating traps were banned over a decade ago. An
exceptionally good fighting and eating fish its great to see that this
generation of anglers will experience this species. Again the benefit
of reducing bag limits while increasing the size limit has been a very
successful strategy with this species available to us all year round.
We employ a number of strategies to catch the kings from live baits
squid in particular, to strip baits and lures both plastics and jigs. It
seems more important to find the kings and then put in the work
trying the different techniques I mentioned. Usually something will
work but there are the days that they just won’t play and that is fishing.
I still love chasing
bream and other estuary species although I don’t seem to do a lot of
this fishing seriously. It is more a family outing as mine are still a bit
young for the open seas. This doesn’t detract from the fun we have
catching bream, flathead and other species and it gives me the opportunity to educate the young ones in basic fishing and spend quality
time away from the technological era.
Finally I have had some success with mulloway the past couple of seasons, I primarily bait fish them on the inshore reefs which seems to be
not practised very much in recent times. The one thing the offshore
lure phenomenon has created is a new generation of angler not willing
to learn from the past, only engrossed in the technology of the future.
I still firmly believe in balance and wise heads, if something has worked
for 100s of years I am not willing to throw it out as worthless. There
is a time and place for all techniques.
Merry Christmas everyone and I hope the new year brings you new
personal bests.
Good Dental Hygiene for the festive season - Anthony
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FISHERIES SUPPORT
DOB IN ILLEGAL FISHING !!!!!!!
Further to our last club meeting please find listed below
the number to call to report illegal fishing activities.
Don’t forget, do not approach, don’t remove anything
from the area and report it quickly, even if you have to
leave a message.
1800 043 536
Joe Garufi
Secretary/ANSA Delegate
South Sydney AFA
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JUNIOR MEMBER REPORT
Junior
S S A FA
member
Ryan Nemec captured this amazing
yellow fin tuna off Sydney, setting a
new junior national Game Fishing
ANSA record in the process.
This 61kg fish caught on 24kg line
has put a smile on Ryan’s face that
will not come off easily for many
moons to come. This entry into the
Junior ANSA 12 month comp will
also take an amazing capture to
knock off.
Well done Ryan the club hopes this
is one of many career highlight captures for you.
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FOCUS REPORT
FISHING IN ICELAND - Paul Cooper
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THESPIAN REPORT
The OCEAN by KIDS - MAX CHATER
For those of you that have lost touch with your inner youth this is surely going to bring it back and put
a smile on your face. Enjoy the quotes
1) - This is a picture of an octopus. It has eight testicles. (Kelly, age 6)
2) - Oysters' balls are called pearls. (Jerry, age 6)
3) - If you are surrounded by ocean, you are an island. If you don't have ocean all round you, you are incontinent. (Mike, age 7)
4) - Sharks are ugly and mean, and have big teeth, just like Emily Richardson. She's not my friend any
more. (Kylie, 6)
5) - A dolphin breathes through an asshole on the top of its head. (Billy, age 8)
6) - My uncle goes out in his boat with 2 other men and a woman and pots and comes back with crabs.
(Millie, age 6)
7) - When ships had sails, they used to use the trade winds to cross the ocean. Sometimes when the
wind didn't blow the sailors would whistle to make the wind come. My brother said they would have
been better off eating beans. (William, age 7)
8) - Mermaids live in the ocean. I like mermaids. They are beautiful and I like their shiny tails, but how
on earth do mermaids get pregnant? Like, really? (Helen, age 6)
9) - I'm not going to write about the ocean. My baby brother is always crying, my Dad keeps yelling at
my Mom, and my big sister has just got pregnant, so I can't think what to write. (Amy, age 6)
10) - Some fish are dangerous. Jellyfish can sting. Electric eels can give you a shock. They have to live in
caves under the sea where I think they have to plug themselves in to chargers. (Christopher, age 7)
11) - When you go swimming in the ocean, it is very cold, and it makes my willy small. (Kevin, age 6)
12) - Divers have to be safe when they go under the water. Divers can't go down alone, so they have to
go down on each other. (Becky, age 8)
13) - On vacation my Mom went water skiing. She fell off when she was going very fast. She says she
won't do it again because water fired right up her big fat ass. (Julie, age 7)
14) - The ocean is made up of water and fish. Why the fish don't drown I don't know. (Bobby, age 6)
15) - My dad was a sailor on the ocean. He knows all about the ocean. What he doesn't know is why he
quit being a sailor and married my mom. (James, age 7)
Thank you, Thank You Very Much
Merry Christmas from your local thespian - Max “inner child” Chater
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DPI NEWS
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SPECIES REVIEW
SIX SPINE LEATHER JACKET - Adrian Ashbury
This issues lesson catching the six-spined leatherjacket (variable leatherjacket) [meuschenia freycineti]
I must say from the out set if this was the noxious species I had to deal with in Western Australia I would never
of left the state. Compared to the WA blowie the leather
jacket has it hands down. Good fight, good eating and an
enhanced skill level to catch these fish without being bitten off. As I reach my twilight years my tastes have
changed in what I like to eat to what I can catch and
therefore thank god for the leather jacket.
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Some facts you guys may be interested in: Size Grows to 55cm.
Habitat Six-spined Leatherjacket can be found in the
southern waters of Australia, from N.S.W. to southern
W.A, including Tas. They are common in coastal and estuarine waters attracted to areas of sheltered sea grass
beds or protected reefs with heavy marine growth. Piers
seem to attract these fish where they school in search of
food. Identify by 6 spines on caudal (tail) fin. Bluish to
purple appearance with yellow and black markings.
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SIX SPINE LEATHER JACKET - Adrian Ashbury
Qualities Do not provide a predicable fight but have a
strong teethed mouth that can cut light hooks.
Record Australian record Six-spined Leatherjacket
2.710kg.
Best Bait Bait: Fish flesh, Molluscs, Mussel, Octopus,
Pilchard, Pippi, Poddy mullet, Prawn, Squid
Tackle
Line 3kg main line with a 5cm wire trace for short
shank hooks.
Hook: No.2 - 6 long shank or No.5 - 2/0 Beak. Or recently I find the little size 2 circle hooks a better option to catch the fish in the corner of the mouth so it can’t chew
through the smaller gauge hook or line.
Rig: Lightly weighted gear either with a running sinker or paternoster rig.
Hints Respond well to burley of minced fish or squid. An unweighted (or minimally weighted) bait allowed to sink
slowly works well. Long shank hooks should be used to prevent cut lines from the Leatherjackets sharp teeth.
Happy Festive Season - Ash
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ANSA COMPETITION
ANSA GLENBAWN DAM 2013–
2013– Phil Festa
GLENBAWN DAM CONVENTION THE
CLUB 2013 REPORT
some homemade Lasagna waiting for us for dinner
and a few frosties of course.
Once again this year the Glenbawn Dam ANSA Convention was well patronized by members of South
Sydney Amateur Fishing association. In total 13 of us
made the trip with a couple of first timers and even a
trio of paddlers who made it to the dam against all
odds…..more on that later.
Early Friday morning we were woken up by the rattle of boat trailers coming up the dirt road. A few
more guys turned up including Stan and Mitch who
were staying with us. We helped them unpack and
we all got our gear ready for the start of the comp
at 12 noon. Though there was still no sign of the
paddlers.
Most years Joe and I try and leave early on the Thursday morning and this year was no different. The car
and boat were packed and we were on the road by
6:30am. First stop (a couple hours in) was Maccas
Singlton, for a bite and the usual rendezvous with the
other keen fishos who had left early. From Maccas we
headed straight to Glenbawn Dam.
On arrival we checked in with the office and got an
ear bashing from the secretary. The one behind the
counter that is not Joe. She laid down the law and
read us the riot act. Though she did think we were
from the Sea Bees until Joe politely reminded her we
were from SSAFA. Once we had our keys we made
our way to the cabins. To our surprise the cabins
were much cleaner than previous years. They all had
new digital TV’s (perfect for watching the NRL semis)
and they even went to the trouble of installing power
sockets at the front of the cabins for the charging of
batteries etc. No more tripping over chords.
After unpacking, as it was a glorious afternoon, the 3
of us including Brian decided to head out for a few
hours to test our gear. However, all we managed to
do was lose my brand new Roosters cap which Joe
did his best to make sure we never saw again. God
help us if it was a man overboard, he would have
been chewed to pieces by the props. We decided to
call it a day early, as we had
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Out on the water, conditions were perfect. Joe
caught a few trolling, whereas I didn’t have much
luck. Stan, Mitch, Chris and Manny managed quite a
few whilst casting. With Stan and Chris doing particularly well. The others - Brian, Scott and the first
timers John and Robert all struggled to land a fish
casting. But Glenbawn is not only about the fishing
and we all retreated back to our cabins and dug
into some great tucker. I can definitely vouch for
Stan's slow barbecued seasoned boneless lamb, it
was sensational. We then all sat down and enjoyed
a few too many frosties as we watched the sharks
go down narrowly to the Sea eagles and South Sydney’s last win for the year…wooohooo. We all
then crashed around midnight as it was going to be
an early start in the morning. Suddenly Joe’s phone
rang. It was the paddlers Matt, Ben and Richard,
they couldn’t find their key and code to get into the
park. By this time we were in no state to drive
(pissed) or even able to understand the gravity of
the situation. So we went back to sleep. Little did
we know that the paddlers would decide to make
the 5km (1- 1/2 Hours) trek from the office to the
cabins on foot, with only the stars to follow. Just
like the 3 wise men, only this time it wasn’t Christmas and the Messiah was sound asleep and snoring.
Luckily the Good Samaritan Brian came to the res-
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2013– Phil Festa
cue and drove the guys back to get their car and paddles.
By Saturday morning the whole gang from SSAFA had arrived and everyone was keen to get out on the water. The fishing was slightly better and most of us had a few fish at least. John and Robert still struggled to
land a fish and out of the paddlers Matty landed a few. The highlight of Saturday’s fishing as per previous years
is always the lunch rendezvous. This year was no different with souvlaki, lamb cutlets, pork and gourmet sausages the staples. We also had some entertainment with Stan doing a David Attenborough impersonation,
attempting to save some galah eggs up a tree from being ravaged by a goanna. In the end he let nature take
its course. At the completion of the afternoon fishing session we all headed back to our cabins for another
feast. This time the honors would have to go to the paddlers who cooked up some mighty fine cuts of
meat…..again sensational. However the night was not complete without sitting down and watching another
game of footy and what a game it was. The might Roosters hanging on in a thriller over Manly.
On Sunday, for those of us who had fuel, it was a glorious day for a fish. Unfortunately Chuggnuts was empty.
I am not sure if this was through misfortune, divine intervention or even worse the dreaded mocha.
All in all there was lots of fish caught, though no one from SSAFA made it onto the score board. Amongst
club members Chris came out on top, closely followed by Stan. John managed a fish on his first visit to Glenbawn. For the rest, there is always next year including you Bunnies supporters.
Glenbawn is a great few days of fishing, eating, drinking and watching the footy. I recommend it to anyone
who wants to get away for a few days and you might even catch a bass or two or three.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Guys - Phil
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ANSA COMPETITION
ANSA GLENBAWN DAM RESULTS–
RESULTS– Stan Konstantaras
ladies and juniors getting right into it. A fantastic weekend away was had by all and hats go off to clubs like
Newcastle who put their hands up to run these events
that bring fishers together.
RESULTS:
Longest Australian Bass
1st Faye Hanson, Nowra SFC 510mm
2nd Ron Hanson, Nowra SFC 490mm
Longest Golden Perch
1st Ron Hanson, Nowra SFC 560mm
2nd Todd Moeser, Sea Bees BC 545mm
Longest Silver Perch
1st Chris Grant, Sportfishing NSW 440mm
With glorious Hunter Valley weather beckoning, close to
100 anglers and plenty of South Sydney boys lined up for
the ANSA NSW Convention at Glenbawn Dam, hosted by
the Newcastle Sportfishing Club. The Glenbawn Convention was held over the weekend of September 13-15, and
with the dam at 100% capacity and the water still cold at
anywhere between 15-170C, the bass were always going to
be tough to find.
As it turned out though the fishing was quite good. Twelve
ANSA NSW clubs competed with Nowra Sportsfishing
Club taking out this years honours. After a remarkable
stretch of victories the South Sydney boys didn’t figure in
this years final results.
In all 494 bass were caught and released over the weekend, plus 62 golden perch and a handful of silver perch, eel
catfish and carp making an appearance as well. All fish
caught were in exceptional condition, which is something
that tends to be typical when the dam is full and stable.
Some great bass to 51cm fork length were landed by competitors, and there were huge numbers of fish around the
40cm fork length mark encountered suggests we’ll be
treated to a great summer of fishing this year on Glenbawn
Dam.
With the event being catch and release (except carp of
course) it was great to see the
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2nd Ron Hanson, Nowra SFC 380mm
Longest Catfish
1st Ron Hanson, Nowra SFC 630mm
2nd Tied Bob Burgess, See Bees BC and Phil Turner,
St George SFC 560mm
Longest Carp
1st Mark Olsen, Manly Warringah SFC 685mm
2nd Kevin Olsen, Manly Warringah SFC 679mm
Champion Individual Juniors
Olivia KERR, Barrenjoey SFC
Champion Individual Ladies
Ann GERARD, Sea Bees BC
Champion Individual Mens
Todd Moeser, Sea Bees BC
Champion Individual Club
NOWRA SFC
- El –Presidente - Stan K
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ANSA GLENBAWN DAM RESULTS–
RESULTS– Stan Konstantaras
Photography by Chris Anagnostou
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ANSA COMPETITION
ANSA GLENBAWN DAM PICS–
PICS– Chris Anagnostou
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ANSA COMPETITION
ANSA GLENBAWN DAM PICS–
PICS– Chris Anagnostou
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ASK THE EXPERT
ASK THE INTELLECTUAL ANGLER - Neil Kemp
Hi Everyone,
I look forward to sharing some of my genius fishing knowledge throughout next
year, because from the fishing questions I
get asked especially on technical specification of tackle,
you guys are hopeless !!!
Merry Christmas and
a Fish catching New year
Cheers - Peg Leg
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BON VOYAGE
FAREWELL TO “FISH THERAPY”
AFTER A LONG STANDING RELATIONSHIP AND SUPPORT OF THE CLUB
ARTY AND FISH THERAPY IS MOVING
ONTO NEW CHALLENGES
THE CLUB WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO THANK ARTY AND
WISH HIM WELL IN HIS NEW ENDEAVOURS AND LOOK FORWARD TO
ACTUALLY FISHING WITH HIM IN THE
FUTURE.
FUTURE
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TRIP REPORT
COOL CRAYFISH - Jim Sterianos
I think it is fair to say that the Sterianos’s are cool
dudes. I first described cool weather snapper, last issue I described cool weather kingfish and in this
Christmas edition of the newsletter I will describe the
jewel in the crown of the past winter fishing ie catching cool crayfish.
Catching crayfish is something I have been doing for a
while and it is something not much spoken about. Just
like the secretive mulloway chasers it appears the
crayfish chasers may even be more secretive. If you
are hoping for hints where to drop you lobby traps
you won’t find any in this report. There will be a couple of helpful hints on setting up your crayfish pot and
the importance of checking it regularly.
NSW regulations on the lobster trap
Not more than 1 trap is to be used (or in possession) by any person at any time.
•
• The base or floor of the trap may be either rectangular or circular.
A float/ buoy to be labelled with LT and the name
and address of the person who either sets, uses or lifts the fishing gear. The minimum height of the float being at least
50mm above the water with all letters to be a minimum of 15mm and in a colour contrasting to the buoy. There must
also be a 50 gram weight attached to the float/buoy line so that no line is floating on the surface of the water.
•
•
The float/ buoy must measure not less than 100mm in all dimensions.
•
Circular (not exceeding 1.2 metres in diameter).
Escape gaps are required - either: 1 gap not less than 57mm high X
500mm wide or 2 gaps not less than 57mm high x 250mm wide or 3 gaps
not less than 57mm high x 200mm wide so that no part of any escape gap
is more than 12cm above the floor of the trap.
•
Lobster traps must not be used in inland waters or any waters more
than 10 metres deep (contour).
•
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Other fish caught in lobster traps must be returned to the water.
Do not set gear in areas of high boat traffic or navigation channels.
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TRIP REPORT
COOL CRAYFISH - Jim Sterianos
NSW regulations on the lobster bag limit
2 in total
I have given you the technical legalities of catching these delicious
crays. The one thing I will say at this stage is if you drop pots
check them regularly as the eels and octopus will enjoy them before you do AND this article proves there are club guys that enjoy this trapping every year and have kept it secret. Final hint is
find caves and crevices to place your traps, Sound carefully and
find these structure, where you find one lobby you will find more
and in winter place your traps deeper than summer. Fish heads
are always the best bait in the trap. Please remember to throw
back undersized and female in roe crayfish.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to Everyone
Fish-After-Hours - Jimmy
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SPRING SHENANIGANS - Nicholas & Marcus
We have really enjoyed our fishing this year, we caught a lot of fish in the Autumn and we had the best winter fishing
we can remember and this golden year of catching great fish is continuing in the spring. In our last report we were
catching stripe tuna, barracouta and snapper. And dad caught us a few good feeds of lobster which mum did mornay
and we stuffed our faces. It was hard to believe that this run of good luck was going to continue but I can report it has.
The stripey run has continued and we have caught some very big stripeys, dad managed of 7.5kg torpedo and we
caught some 4+kg monsters that pulled and pulled and we thought we were never going to catch them. Our introduction into tuna fishing has been a great success and with a little more practice dad says we will be ready to tackle the
yellow fin and blue fin tuna next year. We can wait till we catch our first yellow fin tuna and dad will be there with his
proud smile and hopefully a lot of food in the esky.
Its not just tuna we have been catching in the spring the salmon have been jumping out of the water everywhere, we
have been catching salmon in the bay from grandpa’s tinnie and we have been catching salmon from dads big boat. They
are so much fun to catch, we have been trolling them up on little lures, we have been throwing little plastics at them
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and we have been throwing baits at them.
It doesn’t seem to matter what we try we
are catching 2.5kg salmon. What I like
most about catching salmon is they way
the jump out of the water then dive deep
taking lots of line off the reel and then
they jump again. Sometimes we lose the
fish and sometimes we catch the fish only
to let most of them go again.
The other thing I like about salmon fishing
is the way the big schools of salmon break
the surface like a washing machine, with
birds diving, other boats coming in to get
a fish, bait fish being sprayed in the air, it
all seems a bit crazy and exciting to us. I
think salmon fishing is something we are
always going to love doing.
The other fish we have been catching in
this spring is one of my dad’s favourites,
he wrote about it in last months newsletter and has been chasing them since he
was our age. He has had a lot of success
over the years perfecting his techniques
and now he is showing us how to catch
this fish. He also tells us how lucky we are
that they got rid of the floating traps and
the numbers of this fish have really increased so that we can catch this fish all
year. Sometimes he catches them in the
bays and other times he catches them
outside the heads, what is really important
is that we are now catching this fish.
The fish I am writing about is the yellow
tail kingfish, They are called many different
names, hoodlums, bandits, Seriola lalandi
(the official name, dad made us look it up
in google) and what we call them
“Kingies”.
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Kingies are so much fun to catch they nearly pull your arms off and
they never stop pulling even when they are in the boat. We let a lot of
these fish go because dad tells us how important it is to let them make
other kingfish so that our kids will never know how hard it was to
catch such a fun fish.
That’s all for now I hope you have enjoyed our reports.
Merry Christmas Everyone, I hope we all catch many new fish
to write about in the new year
The Sterianos Boys
Nicholas and Marcus
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OVERSEAS TRIP REPORT
HAIWAII - Chris Anagnostou
to tick the Tarpon box, but unfortunately the Bonefish box remained unchecked. So with that in mind I started
looking into the Hawaiian Bonefish fishery.
After a few hours surfing the web it became apparent that Bonefish were not
only plentiful on the flats at kanahoe bay,
but they were of world record size, fish
that would average between 4-6 pounds
and real trophy fish from 8-12
pounds. The time soon came to source a
guide that would be willing to give me,
the worst fly fisher in the world a shot at
these fish on spin gear. The challenge
was accepted by Mike Hennesey of
"Hawaii on the Fly" and his head guide
Collin Huff. I believe these two are at the
top of the game on the flats so I had no
doubt they would find me fish, the main
concern was would I be able hold my
end of the agreement and present a soft
plastic well enough to be engulfed by
ones of these creatures.
When my wife was asked by her cousin to be best
(woman) at his upcoming wedding, we were wrapt! But
then when we were informed that the wedding would be
in Hawaii we were stoked! Some 5 years ago I visited
Hawaii for my honeymoon. I wasn't sure what to expect
but I fell in love the place right away. The people, food
and fishing was all it took and I was hooked.
This time around I make the executive decision to skip
the offshore fishing (mainly due to dodgy neck) and look
into my inshore options. The one thing I wanted to cross
of capture list was a species I missed out catching in Mexico. While in Mexico I managed
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After numerous conversations with Stan
who gave me an in depth run down on
his experiences with bones New Caledonia, I at least had a game plan, and a
whole bunch of lures and jigheads that should do The
trick ! Thanks Stan
The day came and were off, 9 hours later we were sipping cocktails by the beach in Maui ! After a few days relaxing in Maui we were on a flight again to another island
called Kauai. It was an amazing island with massive rolling
hills cascading into deep blue oceans. My wife and I unwound here for a few more days and I finally got to have
a flick. The two sessions I had I chucked little poppers
over some broken reef along the shore - I managed to
nail a few little GT's and some bluefin trevally for my efforts !
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The next morning it was back to the airport and we were off to Waikiki mainly for the wedding, but secretly it was all
about the fishing !
In previous conversations with Mike I had mentioned to him that I'd like to have a crack at peacock bass as well, so
when I arrived in Waikiki and found an email sitting there stating I was going bass fishing that afternoon instead of bone
fishing I was pumped. I was collected by Jesse Cheape, who runs Mikes bass adventures and we were on our way to
the lake. The lake holds peacocks, smallmouth, largemouth and a few other ex aquarium pets as well. I was happy to
catch any of the above and it only took a few casts with the small popper over one of Jesse's favourite snags and I was
on. Surprisingly the fish casually swam away from the structure and into deeper water where is slugged it out for a few
minutes. Another minute later and I was taking photo's of my first ever peacock bass of about 3kg. I continued casting
and found a few more smaller peacocks as well as some largemouth. These were happy to hit jackalls, spinnerbaits and
soft plastics and I concluded my session with a dozen or so fish to show For it - pretty happy with that!
That evening I had a call from Collin Huff, he was Mikes head bonefish guide and he was going out the next morning. I
was collected at 5am sharp from the hotel and in 45 minutes we were at Kanahoe bay launching the boat.
Being so early there was no chance of sight casting just yet so we hit a little coral point where the fish would enter the
flat. Collin went through my soft plastics and found a Dusk colored squidgy Lobby - basically the only lure I used for
the next two days !
3 casts in and I'm hooked up, I was
awaiting this massive run everyone
kept telling me about but it never happened the 10lb outfit was no Match
for my 2lb bonefish ! The box was
ticked and I had only been fishing for 5
minutes. A few casts later I was on
again, this time I heard the drag sing a
little and steered the fish through the
coral Bommies - this one was a little
better at maybe 4lb. Putting a fresh
lobby on it literally only took another
cast and I was tight again on my third
fish for the morning this one also
pulled some line. Again steering it
though the Bommies I managed to get
it boatside in reasonable time. I had
this bonefish caper wired !
Little did I know that Collin the guide
didn't even class these captures as fish,
he
just
laughed
and
said
wait
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to you hook a real one ! Well after my flying start for the morning it was all downhill - in a major way !!
Stan assured me 10lb would be sufficient - once you add coral Bommies to the equation 10lb goes out the window. Collin sights a good fish 40 feet away, I let fly and present the lobby perfectly - that was the last time I saw that
lure and the fish
I knew I had hooked something very different from the get go, a little headshake and on with the after burners !! The
fish never looked like slowing up - it just screamed off at a speed I had never experienced, and with locked up 10lb it
managed to firstly strip over 130m of line. In he process it cooked the drag and left me shell Shocked! It casually exited
the flat for deeper water some 150m away, with me just watching on..
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All Collin had to say was "that was a better one"
This happened to me 2 more times that afternoon - the bigger fish had no mercy - running off the flat into deeper water no matter how much pressure I put on them! I was gutted and demoralised after that session and had to reevaluate the game plan for my next trip! The next couple days left me wondering how I was going to get revenge on
these fish. I figured I'd try and even the score with 20lb tackle this time around but knew I'd be limited with my fine
wire jigheads. I had to take the gamble as that's all I had with me, but still felt pretty confident. After the wedding festivities and a day torturing the credit card at the outlets it was time to hit the water again.
Collin collected me at 5am again and we were back to business. Again we started by blind casting the reef entry and it
wasn't long before I got the first bite - I struck and came tight. The poor little bone didn't know what hit it. The 20lb
had stopped it right in its tracks! After yesterday's failures being sporting wasn't on the cards. I was feeling good about
stopping a bigger fish with this gear, and when my shot came I took it. Collin points out a cracker fish, easily the biggest
I had seen. I lined up the cast and gave the lure a twitch. He engulfed it and charged off at 100mph - the rod creaked
and groaned and I saw over 20m of locked 20lb peel off the reel - suddenly it all went limp. I wound in the slack line to
find my jig head was opened straight as an arrow. Shattered I blew my shot at such a sizable fish I regained some composure and carried on. Collin soon found me another good fish which I had to take a 40m cast at, again it ate in clear
view and I was tight. This fish once again pulled some line but played fair and chose to run along the flat. After a good 5
minute tussle I had finally caught a decent one. At 77cm and 3.8kg I was stoked ! You don't realize how big these fish
are unless your physically experience one - they might look like a whiting but they go and grow like kings.
This was the last fish I had a shot at, the flats had fish all over them but unfortunately we managed to Spook more than
we got to take shots at. Overall I loved the sight casting in such shallow waters and the calibre of the fish didn't disappoint - they really do go that hard!
My guides were fantastic and I can't recommend Mike and Collin highly enough top class operation !
Personally I can't wait to have another
shot at a 10lb fish - with some decent jigheads of course. I might even venture to
the dark side and give this fly caper a go !
Aloha and Merry Christmas to all
Chris
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BLUE WATER
Blue Water Report - Chris Anagnostou
Blue marlin. Most blue marlin caught and tagged during this
little flurry were in excess of 200kg which is a decent sized
blue for Sydney standards. This run lasted for about 12-14
days where we had yellowfin, blues, stripes and spearfish
all enjoying the same bit of water. Those out here having a
jig were also rewarded with sizable albacore averaging
10kg. It was a great time to be on the deep blue and most
boats were rewarded.
Like all good things the water rolled over and that brilliant
blue 22 degree water disappeared and took all the decent
fishing with it.
Since then there's been the sporadic striped marlin encounter plus the odd yellowfin but on the whole the
southern east coast offshore scene has quietened down
substantially.
Further up the coast following a slow start to the giant
black marlin season in Cairns the Big Black fishing came on
with a vengeance at the end of October With multiple
boats seeing multiple fish and these fish being real good
ones from 600-1000lbs. There are some amazing video's
and pictures which have come from the great barrier this
season and well worth jumping on YouTube to have a
look.
Well here we are with the onset of summer upon us, and
everyone itching for a fish on the deep blue. After my last
report I wasn't expecting much on the tuna front, and
rather a influx of marlin as the water started to warm.
Well I got it half right! A nice band of 22 degree water
that managed to sneak down the coast filled the deep
blue with life.
Initially the reports filtered through of yellowfin - and
good sized ones at that. Then slowly the reports turned
Marlin, but not the ones I was expecting. It seems that
what lurked beneath these yellowfin schools were sizable
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The other interesting fishery which I've been keeping my
eye on is the far west coast of Australia - Exmouth to be
exact. This has always been a sailfish Mecca' but recently it
seems the boats venturing further out found decent numbers of Blue Marlin. The thing that excites me is these
boats are often getting over 10 bites from blues a day
which would make it easily one of the top blue marlin hotspots.
Moving into summer the slimy schools have already infiltrated the local reefs, which in turn I hope will eventually
attract the larger pelagics. As the water warms and the
EAC does it's thing - things will only improve out wide !
Enjoy the Festive season and what this blue water space
Cheers -Chris
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ESTUARY
Estuary Report - Brad Biddleston
This has been a crazy time with the water warming up in the
estuaries bringing on a surface bite which is only going to get
better in the coming months of summer.
Sydney Harbour has water temps of 20 deg, up to 23 deg in
the Parramatta and Lane Cove rivers.
Bream are being found in the deeper areas of eight to ten meters of water, being caught on blades and small two inch plastics. Creature plastics such as Hawgs and the Squidgy Lobby
are working well, believing that the jig head sitting on the bottom with the plastic tails and feelers waving in the current being the trick to producing the bite. Light lines in the four
pound class are working well and minimising the line bellying
in the water due to the current keeps you in contact better
with what’s going on down below. Another lure of recent interest is the Sugar Glider by Austackle, this one is quite heavy
and gets down to that ten meter line quite easily and has
caught several good Bream already.
With the water warming up there has been an increased effort
in getting that visual surface explosion happening, I spent a fair
bit of time chasing the surface fish with various small poppers
and the Bent minnow as well. These have a great darting surface / sub-surface darting action which is doing well in enticing these hungry Bream. The surface action is yet to peak, heaps of time
for more fun there. Hardbody lures are also getting a few when cranked
across the warm flats. Something else to try is cranking the sides of
moored boats in bays to entice the Bream feeding and hanging underneath
these hulls.
Flathead are hanging around the edges and will be caught as by-catch,
down at Mallacoota myself and Mick Smith were catching 30 – 40 Flathead
a day as bycatch so they are definitely on the chew. Then to top it off, last
week upon return to Sydney with a day before going back to work I went
for a quick fish in Sydney Harbour and hooked this nice one hanging on a
one meter drop off in 6 meters of water.
Jewfish have been quiet for myself, though they are not usually targeted
and are caught as by-catch. In saying that, a recent Bream comp the boat
near us landed a nice schoolie size fish in the eleven meters of water near
Ballast Point. There was good flow at the beginning of a rising tide with
nice bait schools showing on the sounder in the area.
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ESTUARY
Estuary Report - Brad Biddleston
With Arty unfortunately for me but fortunately for him and family closing
Fish therapy I managed to get a Daiwa Pirates to use on the beach.
Throwing 35 gram metals this light 9 foot rod excelled and landed a few
nice Salmon and Tailor which weren’t taking larger metals. It was great
fun with the rod allowing the fish to fight very well. Salmon are lined up
along the beaches in schools, being able to drive along and spot schools
like you can at Stockton beach and Seals rocks. Then jumping out grabbing the rod to catch these fish is a ball which anyone would be hard to
suppress a huge grin whilst doing so.
Fishing the beach of late has been a treat which has been missed
Alas with my recent overseas trip
fishing time has been restricted
though with the coming months
over the holiday period there
should many opportunities to
hear that drag singing. Hope you
all do as well.
Festive Cheers and Tight
lines,
Brad Biddleston
Thailand Sunset.
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FRESHWATER
Freshwater Report - Jim Siarakas
Hard to believe another year has
past . The fishing though over recent
years has been pretty good. The new
philosophy of taking what you need
for a feed, tournament fishing that release the fish entered and those special fish that have attained a “no take
aura” such as the aussie bass have
seen some big boys taken.
On a recent R&D trip just throwing a
few plastics around, really only prospecting in some southern rivers, I
came across this big fella that had me
in all sorts before I could take a photo
and release him back, another two
slightly smaller specimens were also
caught and released in the same session.
Therefore for this years final report I
want to emphasise the importance of
taking time out to fish new areas and
build up your knowledge base and spots. I am often asked why I have so much success with my Jewie and bass fishing
and the answer is very simple Research and Development. I spend a lot of time when not fishing looking at maps, reading articles from other enthusiasts and developing my techniques. The approaches I used when I first started chasing
target species fish are only the footings of fishing
knowledge that enabled me to build a solid data
bank of locations and approaches. What I first
thought was an impossible challenge through perseverance has blessed me with a number of personally
satisfying captures. And the technological advantage
to the modern day angler is only something I could
of dreamed about when I was a young angler teaching myself to fish.
The other suggestion I can make to people chasing
new species is build up a “small team” of like minded
anglers that are trustworthy and share a bit of info
between each other this can increase the R&D rate
and get you onto bigger fish sooner
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FRESHWATER
Freshwater Report - Jim Siarakas
So what has been happening around the fresh water scene?
The trout have been around but some inclement spring weather has
made weekend travellers either stay at home or put on double life
jackets. Stephen and his new family were some of the lucky club members to manage a couple of good fish for dinner. Congrats on the fishing and new bubba.
Bass are on the chew and I am expecting the surface lures to come
into their own. I will be making an appearance at this years ANSA
Talbingo (see Bill separate report) and Glenbawn dam ethnic classic
ready to try some newly acquired secret lures. You gotta luv secret
lures !
I haven’t chased any cod or yellows and can’t report on what is happening, as I mentioned last time a trip to chase these guys is well overdue.
Tony again informs me the park is fishing exceptionally well and there
are some good carp being taken, Well done Bere for grabbing this
12+kg special.
Enjoy the Christmas and summer break and if you are chasing the sweet water fish be careful of snakes as they like the
summer sweet water too.
Merry Christmas and Sweet Fishing Everyone in the New Year - JJim
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Beach & Rocks Report - Josh Joseph
steady stream of bread burley the key to success.
There has also been a few good quality bream mixed
in, plus the odd tailor and salmon.
Peeled prawns and bread bait fished under a bobby
cork or iso style will give you a good chance of all of
the above except for the tailor and salmon where pilchards rule.
The Pelagics such as kingfish and bonito can turn up
anytime and as I mentioned being adaptable and
"Johnny on the spot" could reap rewards on these by
having some heavy spin gear rigged or a live bait out.
If the seas are flat, it's still a good time to fish for
groper, and if you are after a feed of squid then the
next couple of months will see a marked increase in
their activity as long as the water is clean from runoff
from heavy rain.
On the beaches it has been pretty quiet. The salmon
really haven't been in great numbers since winter. The
whiting are starting to show but only if you have live
worms or yabbies for bait.
The mighty Roosters won the NRL Grand Final and
we now look towards summer sports, and what better summer sport is there than fishing?
You need to get out there early as it's Nippers season
and by 8.30 am every beach is full of little grommets
swimming and paddling in the water (including my
lot). If you want to have a fish after nippers is finished
by about 11am, you will have swimmers, surfers and
normal beach goers to contend with.
November and December sees variable sea temps
that can be as warm as a bath one day and freezing
the next.
So that's it for the bi-monthly report. Keep an ear out
for what the water temps are doing and fish the species accordingly.
The last couple of months have certainly flown by!
You will need to be adaptable as it can still be a tran- Budda's hint:
sitional period from winter to summer species durAny rock and beach rod that I get re-built or newly
ing the end o spring and start of summer.
built from now on sees me really think about cutting
any bit of weight down. Having worked in a tackle
From the ocean rocks the blackfish, trevally and
store for over 17 years if a rod was used from the
rock blackfish have been the staple fare with a
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Beach & Rocks Report - Josh Joseph
rocks it had to be built "tough". Yes, this is a requirement but have a think about how many times you
have broken a runner off the rocks or had a reel seat
split?
Can you get away with a few single footed rod guides
up top? Do you need the shock rings in them? What
about that massive first ("stripper guide") on your
bream rod that was there to add casting distance
when you catch most of your fish within 20m from
the edge?
All these things add weight.
Do you really need that heavy duty reel seat on your
blackfish rod when a bind on reel seat will do?
What about those big bulky front
and rear hypalon grips? We don't
even hold the rod by the rear
grips. Get rid of them or replace
them with shrink on grips or cork.
It's nice having colourful under
and over binds on all of the rod
guides, but really, unless its a
heavy duty rod, it's not necessary
for all but the stripper guide.
My rods now are so much lighter
and even more so now I am running graphite instead of fibreglass
blanks. The extra weight reduction does make a difference in
comfort, especially for me with a
bad back!
Until next issue have a great
festive season and see you on
the water! - Budda
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Glenbawn Dam - Lenny Joseph
Hello everybody, it's Lenny again.
I would like to share my first trip away with dad I did in September
at Glenbawn Dam.
There were two fish from my fishing book that I wanted to catch
and that was an Australian Bass and a Golden Perch. I really wanted
to catch a Golden Perch after seeing a fishing show with dad where
they caught some big ones.
So dad organised for both of us to have Friday off so we could leave
in the morning and get some fishing done in the afternoon.
We arrived at Glenbawn at about 2 o'clock and after unpacking all
our gear and me wanting to get something to eat and drink at the
kiosk we got out on the water at 4 o'clock.
It was really windy and some other people said we needed to be
careful out there, but dad had fished there heaps of times so off we
went.
We took our time in the boat so we didn't get too wet and there
was only one spot out of the wind. I was so excited to be ready to
catch my first bass! Dad said at the start he would cast out for me
and then I could wind in.
We did this for about 10 minutes then I wanted to start casting by myself which dad let me do. After three casts I got a
big wind knot so dad cast out as far as he could on
the side of the boat while he tried to undo the
knot. After 5 minutes he undid the knot and after
two winds of the reel he got a hit and gave me the
rod. After a good fight I got my first bass at 36cm
to the fork.
We took a photo and let it go.
We then went around a point and dad saw a weed
bed and said the there would be a bass there for
sure. He cast out to the edge of it and handed me
the rod. After about 5 winds I got a really big hit
on the Jackall lure. This fish nearly ripped my arms
out for a while but I got my bass in and it was a big
fat one at 38cm to the fork. I wanted to weigh it
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and then put it in the live
well. Dad wanted me to
keep fishing but I got my
way, and I spent the next 15
minutes playing with the bass
in the live well.
After we let it go dad said
"ok, let's go to the dam wall
and catch some more fish,
now is the best time". But I
had enough and wanted to
go home, eat and then watch
the footy. Guess who got
their way? Ha ha dad.
It took dad about 15 minutes to get the boat on the
trailer in the wind by himself,
I was giving him encouragement by shouting out "hurry
up dad I am cold and hungry!"
Dad said we had to get up
early the next morning for
the early bite. When it was
morning the weather was
perfect with no wind, but I
wanted to get breakfast at
the kiosk, so we didn't get
on the water until 8.30. I just
can't fish on an empty stomach!
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We went to one of his favourite spots to try to get me
a golden perch.
It was about 9.30 and after getting a follow by a big fish,
next cast my Jackall got hit and I landed my first Golden
Perch. I was so happy! Again, I took a few minutes to
weigh the fish, take a photo and then muck around with
it in the live well.
We spent the next couple of hours fishing (mostly me
getting my lure stuck in trees) and going onto shore to
throw some rocks, we decided to go back to the cabin
for a rest and of course, lunch!
We got on the water late in the afternoon as I was tired
and wanted to watch tv so we didn't start fishing until
4.30 and we got a bass again on a Jackall plus got my
lure tangled in three trees and got one lure snagged on
the bottom. Luckily we had the lure retriever.
We then went to the dam wall and after 2 casts I got a
bass of 36cm. Dad said it was the best time now so I
needed to get my lure back in the water again, but I
wanted to go home, eat and watch the other footy
game. So I got my way again. Dad is such a good fishing
guide, as he does whatever I want.
That night dad said we definitely had to get up early
since we had a late start this morning. So when he tried
to wake me up I wanted a sleep in. I had caught fish so
what was the rush? I think dad was hoping he might get
a chance to have a fish. I was all fished out.
Anyway we didn't get on the water until 9 o'clock as I
wanted breakfast at the kiosk again, they make an awesome bacon and egg roll.
In two hours of fishing I missed a couple of fish and got
tangled in trees about 5 times so that was all the action
for Sunday
So that was it, I had a great time with dad and can't wait
for the next trip. I really want to catch a barramundi,
but he said I would have to wait for at least another
couple of years for that. - See ya later! Lenny.
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DPI NEWS
New Fishing Rules for Mulloway Recovery
Katrina Hodgkinson MP
Minister for Primary Industries
Minister for Small Business
Thursday 17 October 2013
Primary Industries Minister Katrina Hodgkinson today announced new fishing arrangements for mulloway to
help rebuild stocks to a sustainable level in NSW.
“Mulloway stocks across NSW are currently assessed as being overfished and a recovery program is required
to assist with rebuilding the population,” Ms Hodgkinson said.
“The new rules, for commercial and recreational fishing sectors, are based on scientific advice and information sourced from extensive consultation with the fishing community.
“To assist in this recovery process the recreational bag limit for mulloway will be reduced from
five to two fish.
“The minimum legal length for both recreational and commercial fishers will be increased
from 45 centimetres to 70 centimetres.
“The new rules do not include a total ban on take. A total ban would have driven a faster recovery, however,
it was considered preferable to balance the rate of recovery with the impacts on recreational and commercial fishers.
“The NSW Government extensively consulted with the fishing community on arrangements to recover mulloway stocks over several months and received strong support,” Ms Hodgkinson said.
Other changes to commercial fishing include:
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Commercial Estuary General fishers using meshing nets will be permitted a by-catch possession allowance of 10 fish between 45 to 70 cm in length, to avoid wastage;
A 500 kilogram limit for commercial Ocean Hauling endorsement holders.
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New Fishing Rules for Mulloway Recovery
“The objective of this recovery program is to assist the sustainability of the species which will in turn contribute towards ensuring quality recreational fishing and long-term viable commercial fishing,” Ms Hodgkinson
said.
“It is important that all fishing sectors play a role in these new arrangements to ensure the population has a
rapid recovery.
“Monitoring of commercial landings of mulloway will continue to measure the impact of the new arrangements on commercial catches and stock levels.
“New research programs, such as the state-wide recreational fishing catch survey, will be implemented in
conjunction with the new rules to improve information on the recreational catch.
“This recovery program will be kept under regular review to ensure its effectiveness in building stock levels
and will be required until the mulloway stock reaches a sustainable level,” Ms Hodgkinson said.
The new rules will be implemented 1 November, 2013.
For more information contact the local fisheries office or visit www.fisheries.nsw.gov.au/mulloway
MEDIA: Kerri Griffiths 0408 764 610
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ANSA COMPETITION
ANSA TALBINGO 2013 – Bill Kavouris
The Talbingo convention is always a great convention, well
organised with fishing challenges. This year from a fishing
perspective it was very frustrating because on the one
hand some new strategies has us find a lot of fish, far more
than any other year but from a conversion rate getting that
elusive hook up is the new challenge. Part of the problem
is fishing with 2kg mono and the reaction time is much
slower than that of braid and the other is that these big
browns didn’t get that big by being easy to catch.
Amongst a spectacular back drop the water drops from
the shore to the depths rather steeply and within a few
meters from the shore you are
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already in 10meters of water and dropping. We still prefer to chase these fish with lures so there is a lot of
casting between follows and hook-ups. Trolling in the
past has accounted for some fish as has the trusty earth
worm and power bait. This year it didn't seem to matter your method, the fish decided to go on strike,
maybe it was all that smoke further north that put them
off the bite.
The convention itself has a number of divisions with
ANSA being only one. The fish Joe is holding took out
biggest brown trout and Sth Sydney came second overall with 2 entries. The Sea Bees caught a couple of
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stonking big cod that would have taken the prize only problem
was that it was still closed season so their 20lb and 40lb fish
taken on 2kg line couldn’t even be put into the 12 month comp.
Fishing aside this weekend away has the usual South Sydney
gourmet touch with all meals to extraordinary high standard
and taste. The Mediterranean “Kings of Talbingo” were
certainly the eating envy of town. The same group of guys that
have gone up the past years still provide good company and the
“Garufi Tales” seem to get better with age.
Didn’t see much of the other South's boys this years but heard
Scott managed an out-of-comp carp and Coops and Stuart only
snagged a few fish for the week. I don’t think they entered any
into the comp.
Well that’s it for another year, the R&D goes into the memory
bank for next year and hopefully we will be up there again relaxing, enjoying ourselves and getting the odd fish.
Merry Christmas everyone - Billy
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CLUB NEWS
TONY STEINER
AKA “The Professor”
Is a fitting winner of the festive club member of the bi-month.
Jack of all trades and willing to help all club members and other
disabled people. A lure builder and park legend the professor occasionally wets a line and manages a minnow or two in his spare
time when he is not working 24/7.
Hope you and “Sheron Ann” get amongst them Prof !!
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FISHING FUNNIES
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QLD CORRESPONDENT REPORT
The DUTCHIE Report – Mark Holland
Since the date of my last report the light tackle sportfishing has begun to heat up, along with the weather, in
South East Queensland. With the mercury hitting the
early 30s, any fishing trip without a hat, sunglasses, protective clothing and a tub of sun-cream (especially with
my pastey skin) can end up going awfully wrong.
A small run of Sailfish in October had anglers busy out
from Mooloolaba for around two weeks, however these
fish have now spread out and lucky anglers are encountering the odd Sailfish or little Black Marlin in and
amongst the few dozen boats out each weekend. Fortunately for me, a trip a couple weeks back resulted in one
of these little Black Marlin around the 25kg mark. A few
Blue Marlin are also being encountered out wider.
For much of the last three months, I have been working
on a large matter up in Cairns, generally flying between
Brisbane and Cairns for a couple of days each
week. One afternoon, I got out a little earlier and
headed north to check out the Daintree and catch up
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with one of the old Sans Souci Dolphin Spearfishing Club
member’s whom lives up there. We managed a hour or
two’s fishing, together with some croc spotting. The
Daintree certainly is a spectacular part of the world.
What is more spectacular is the Barrier Reef. This year
one of the Sunshine Coast GFC skippers had decided to
take his 40 foot Whitecap from Mooloolaba to Cairns for
the heavy tackle season. Together with a group of other
club anglers, we headed out on day 1 of a 5 day trip to
the Lindon Banks on the 26th of October.
Upon reaching the bait grounds, the lures lasted no more
than 30 seconds before we had a double header of 15kg
Yellowfin Tuna, which went great as both sashimi and
steaks later that night. The next few hours were spent
catching a range of other baits from Scaly Mackerel, Spanish Mackerel, Mac Tuna and others. Unfortunately we
didn’t see any large Marlin that afternoon whilst trolling
Lindon Bank. We did however see a couple other boats
around us land some nice sized fish, including a 950lber,
which jumped no more than 100 metres from our stern.
Day 2 saw us spin the edges of Opal Reef for some fresh Queenfish baits. We also jumped in for a quick dive which
was great fun. Unfortunately this is also where we picked up a problem in one of the engines. It wouldn’t start. So
the decision was made to troll back south on one engine, then back into Cairns throughout the night to see if it could
be repaired. We raised a fish around 500lbs that wouldn’t take the swim bait, which was disappointing.
The mechanic eventually found an issue with the piston and the boat must now be slipped before being repaired. So
our Heavy Tackle Marlin trip was cut devastatingly short. On the positive side of things, there is less than 360 days
until this time next year when I can hopefully get back up there!
With the end of the year quickly approaching, I hope that everyone has a great Christmas and New Year, if I don’t see
you beforehand. I hope that you all get into the fish you intend to target during the break. I’ll be in Ireland for 3 weeks
sipping Guinness and avoiding the cold, with the exception of three days Pike fishing in Lough Derg. More to that story
in the next issue of the SSAFA Newsletter.
Regards
Mark Holland
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MEMBERS IN ACTION
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MEMBERS IN ACTION
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NEXT EDITION
NEXT ISSUE !!!
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NEXT EDITION
CHRISTMAS CHEER !!!
May your lines be tight and your drags engaged
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
from The Newsletter Team 2013
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SSAFA Newsletter Nov_Dec 2013

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