Gippsland Lakes Fishing Club Inc.

Bemm River Competition:

Thirteen members attended this competition, again staying at Cozy Nook Flats where we were looked after  by our hosts Chris and Rob.
Thursday started badly for Doug who's outboard only took him 20 meters from the jetty before 'giving up the ghost', which explains why we passed him at Cabbage Tree heading west whilst we were heading east.
Friday afternoon was a glorious day with just the right ripple across the water. Just outside the mouth of the river was the hot spot and most of us caught fish there during the afternoon. The river it self was disappointing both for lures and bait although we may not have gone far enough up stream in our case. A few fish were also caught in the channel to the entrance.
Friday night dinner was taken at the pub and very pleasant meal had by all. 
Saturday again was a pleasant day and many fish were caught again at the river mouth, Bob's Bay and the channel. However the big fish were hard to come by with only two fish over 1 kg being caught for the entire competition.
Saturday night was our club dinner night this time cooked by Kevin with help from Michelle and Deidre and plenty of advise from the remaining rabble. Much to everyone's surprise he produced Silver-side which was a welcome change from steak and burgers. The meal was excellent and also enabled much debate as to the best way to make mustard sauce, which of course is why you have silver-side in the first place.
Sunday morning was a hard day 'fishing wise' with a few glum faces at weigh-in although Don and Jack manage to find a nice lot of fish half an hour before weigh-in bringing in six.
Winner with the biggest bream was Jack Murray 1329 gm and the other species Barry Bills with a flathead of 53 cms whilst Owen Bennet won the secret weight.

November General meeting:

Helen McCubbin is guest speaker and will talk about and show pictures of her fishing trip to the eastern Christmas Is.