Gippsland Lakes Fishing Club Inc.

Mallacoota– We won the shield back !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It rained on and off for the three days but despite this 15 members had a very ‘enjoyable’ time – well if you leave the weather aside it really was back to the good old times from a few years ago. Some arrived on Thursday and the rest on Friday  Unfortunately we were not all side by side down on the flat near the wharf, but the Bills and the Myers were only a camp site or two away from the rest– and then there was Doug, well he was ‘miles’ away on a powered site. Yours truly headed for his secret site where I bagged out last year – one fish only- then it was off to Don Henry’s ‘secret’ site at the other end of the top lake (guaranteed to bag out he said)—no fish! Barry arrived with his home made boat loader but we had to wait until the next day to see it in action – not a single rope or electric wire going anywhere. Two long pieces of wood attached to the side of the roof rack then around to the other side and give the boat a big shove and if you were quick enough you could catch it sliding down the pieces of wood just before it hit the ground. Getting it back up on to the roof required a little muscle power to get it there. I think Barry is on to a good thing as we will all be doing this when we run out of electricity or lengths of rope. As we sat around as a group having a drink or two George (the dog) sat up on her own mini camp chair whilst Lucy and Freckles Widdowson annoyed their mother by disappearing all the time. Back to the fishing – Friday saw some lovely fish being caught by all fisher persons the biggest by Barry Bills at 1020 gms but unfortunately he peaked too early as it was before the start of the competition– however it was 43 cms long which makes it the longest bream caught this year by a member.. Linda and Kevin had a good day with 12 fish, the bigger ones being caught by Linda, while the rest of us just did ‘well’. Saturday was as good as Friday with some lovely fish -900gms plus – being caught. Kevin bagged out on flathead as he drifted across the flats with lures.( see enclosed story to see what else he caught ) The place to fish for bream with local prawns was on the north  eastern end  of Goodwin Sands– it was here that we won back the shield. Our Saturday night  club meal consisted of one spit roast and one Webber cooked roast lamb cooked by Barry and Kevin along with peas beans and potatoes cooked by Sandra. Then much to the surprise of  those not in the know, Ruth and Sandra produced a very large trifle and a pavlova – Owen could not believe his eyes and had to keep coming back for more just to make sure he wasn’t dreaming. Sunday resulted in a few more fish being caught but I was the only one upgrading my catch (997 gms). James Myer turned up and out fished us all with his over 1 kg bream but unfortunately was not a member. The best part of the weekend was the weigh –in and presentation of the shield. Members of the Mallacoota  Angling Club turned up in large numbers as they had 16 fishers (we had 9 ) and the average of their  best nine was 633 gms where as ours was 826 gms. Interestingly in the previous  month there had been two major bream competitions at Mallacoota and 1400 fish were caught and released. Owen’s unbelievable weekend continued as Ruth produced another pavlova for Sunday lunch then I found the left over trifle in the fridge for the  Sunday evening meal. No mention here of the three naughty girls who actually had this pav for their breakfast. Well…..it did need to be test tasted!
Winners:
Annual competition between GLFC and MAC --- > GLFC GLFC biggest bream  - Robin Widdowson   997 gms GLFC Secret weight - David Veenstra 603 gms GLFC longest bream this year(so far) - Barry  Bills 43 cms