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

Minutes of the Annual General Meeting  GLFC --8/2/2017

Guests :nil

Apologies: Don Henry, Owen Bennett

Previous Minutes:  motion from Geoff Hudson and seconded by Barry Bills that the minutes be accepted.         Carried

Business Arising: Nil

Treasurer’s report: a financial report for the 2016 year was presented by Alby McDonald

 Motion from Peter Edgley and Seconded by Geoff Hudson that the report be accepted.    Carried

Secretary Report:  the secretary gave a brief report on the activities and achievements of the club during 2016

General Business:  Junior Members—following much discussion a motion was put by Barry Bills and seconded by Neil Barrett that “the definition of a Junior member be a member under 16 years of age, as per our constitution, that no annual fee is required and members between the ages of 16 and 18 years be considered senior members but the Annual fee be only $20. All members below the age of 18 years must have a parent or an appointed Guardian present if they wish to attend any club fishing trips or event. No club keys to be given to any member under the age of 18 years”.

Elections:

The chair was vacated by Kevin Minter and Barry Bills offered to conduct the elections.

Barry paid tribute to the resigning Executive.

Elected members as follows:

                                                                                 

President:   Frank Milito                                                

Vice President:   Danialle Milito                 

Secretary:       Kerry Edgley                            

Assistant Sec:   Lesley Edgley                      

Treasurer:     Doug McFarlane                     

Assistant Treas:  Alby McDonald                                  

Safety Officer:   Barry Bills

Editor:  Robin Widdowson

Committee:

Carol McDonald

Kevin Minter

Geoff Hudson

Barry Porter

Neil Barrett

David Veenstra

Grant Fleming

               

GLFC Family Day   BBQ 11/1/2016

What a wonderful roll up we had for our January Social night. Yummy salads came through the door and Geof and Rose came prepared with fantastic whiting for all, already "pankoed " to be deep fried to a crispy golden brown. Thanks so much for all their work catching and preparing it. Some of us even got to take home a few to cook for our lunch the next day! Delicious desserts topped off the evening. As usual everyone pitched in getting tables set up, washing and cleaning up done having as much fun with each other whether we were in the kitchen or sitting around talking and enjoying the view.

Things really heated up when Neil came along prepared to teach us a rollicking new card game for any number of players. Now how could an intelligent lady end up being "Piggy" when she was trying so hard? Becky was heard saying ..... "don't look at your cards, just look at people's noses", Rose learned what was left and right, May quickly learned the rules and only got to 'pig' and I suspect the Widdowson's were in cohoots with each other. If the amount of noise and hilarity were any guide as to how much fun we were having, well I think it was the perfect "10". 

 Carol McDonald

the "card game"

 couldn't get my finger up quickly enough -- says Miss Piggy

The club trip to Tamboon 9-11/12/2016
Kevin,Doug and myself arrived on Thursday although Doug wasn't sure which weekend he had booked or whether his booking started on the Thursday or the Friday !!
I set up camp quickly and was out on the water soon after but only got as far as the first green buoy when the motor stopped and I had to hail a passing boat for a tow home--great start to the weekend which I had been looking forward to for 12 months.
Luckily I was able to spend most of my fishing time in Kevin's boat except for Saturday morning when I set off with Doug.
Kevin and I spent Thursday afternoon lure fishing with some success as we caught 4 bream and 4 Flathead, two of the bream which Kevin caught (and released ) were 42 cms. These turned out to be winning fish for the weekend.Doug returned without having a bite.
Friday saw Ian and Shawn turn up as well as a howling gale which lasted all day and most of the night.
Saturday  morning I went with Doug to do some bait fishing as Kevin was still into lure fishing. We had minimal luck despite touring all over the lake and even tried a short way up the river. By this time the wind had got up and on the way down the river Doug got drenched -- he had fallen backwards into a foot of water earlier in the day - but refused to have a nice hot shower when we got back.
The Myer's boat -Shawn's new tinny-- managed one fish courtesy of Shawn as usual.
Saturday night was the "club dinner" which consisted of burgers,sausages,hot potato chips and carrots followed by fruit salad and cream all washed down with the odd beer or glass of wine.
Sunday morning was very calm which made lure fishing very difficult as their was barely a ripple on the water.
Kevin and I found a 'Hole" a kilometer or so up the river which was full of fish from which Kevin managed one bream but then things deteriorated as he also caught a large skate which did a few laps of the boat before Kevin accepted it was not a very large bream or Flathead and cut it loose.
Due to the miserable weather Kevin and I decided we wouldn't stay until Monday so we all apacked up and headed for the highway.
Robin Widdowson

Bemm River Competition 21-23/October

It has been a long time since the ‘Bemm’ has spoilt our annual competition with such unpleasant weather.

Friday was the pick of the weekend with some sunshine, minimal wind and no rain. Saturday and Sunday morning were somewhat a contrast with no sun, lots of wind intermittent rain and plummeting temperatures.

Friday saw the retired members of the club take to the water with great gusto.  Jack and Ken Waller headed for Siberia  where some large fish were caught (by Ken anyway) whilst Don and Ken Bittner ended up at the river mouth where 9 fish were caught in 20 minutes ( but the next 5 in 3 hours).

Yours truly followed Bill and Kath up the river because on Thursday they had caught 29 fish although most were 28-29 cms-but where there are fish there is always hope. I did get a bit of a scare as we had travelled slowly across the lake but once in the river it was “a little more throttle” which raised the front of the boat and allowed the bilge pump to start pumping out LOTS of water – panic stations and I was over the back to check the bungs which were tightly in place which was not very reassuring as I didn’t know how I had holed the hull but a quick taste of the water, much to my relief, had a distinct absence of salt. While the boat was at Lakes Outboards it had obviously been left out in the rain—went much better without the 30 liters of ballast.

As per Thursday the fish were all small and interestingly they made very tentative bits so it was strike on the slightest movement of the rod or line. Luckily I had a phone call from Don skiting about the 9 fish  ( one was 40.1 cms) so it wasn’t too hard to head for the river mouth where I managed to catch 4 fish all of them keepers.   

Friday night half the crew headed for the pub for the evening meal whilst the rest ate at Cosy Nook. Jack ordered pork chops and was amazed at the size of the chop and even more amazed when he discovered another one under the first. The meals were very generous and   of a high standard.

Saturday was very interesting as wind was up and there was a bit of a chop across the lake—this made it very hard to tell if you had a tentative bite because the tip of the rod was up and down like a yo-yo.. A lot of time was spent in the river hard up against the southern bank out of the wind. It was here that Owen Bennett caught his winning fish of 40.6cms and Dave Veenstra caught his non-winning flathead of 52cms (we don’t have ‘other species’ any more) although he did manage a 39 cm bream.

Shaun Myers again managed to out fish his father and as expected won the junior award as well as the secret weight.

David Bell was probably glad he had to leave the water early as it couldn’t have been very pleasant in his open clinker built boat but he had cooking to attend to – the spit roasts had to be started.

The meal David provided for his fellow members was superb –all eighteen members and two guests were served roast pork and beef along with roast potatoes and pumpkin. Helen also spoilt us with grog soaked cake and ice cream for ‘afters’. Congratulations David for a job well done (see you next year).

A game of five hundred was held in one corner with four ‘serious’ players helped along by the onlookers who felt no shame in offering advice which harbored on cheating.

It poured with rain most of the night and on arising on Suinday morning the weather looked about as promising as the day before, with wind and intermittent rain showers so it was not surprising that no one ventured out but all went home early with some like Don henry being unable to resist a pie or two at Orbost.

A great weekend very much like the ‘old days’.

Robin Widdowson

19-21^st August 2016

Marlo Fishing Weekend

             Friday night saw our full contingent set up at the Marlo Ocean View Caravan Park. Not a tent in sight with Alby and Carol, Barry Bills and Neil’s vans, the Myers camper, Grants “thingymajig” secured  onto a trailer  and  Barry sleeping “rough” in the back of his vehicle. It had been decided that this park was more suitable in that it had a large undercover camp kitchen and more space.  The pub provided a good meal and an opportunity for 3 of our members to put some serious discussion into planning their next day …… see photo!!!

                All boats were put in at the Bodribb where the Curlip is moored which has a useful fish cleaning bench. Whilst it wasn’t a hugely successful day number wise, everyone seemed happy to catch a few. As Alby and Carol had the scales back at camp and no fish cleaning is allowed there, the group decided to make this a length competition. Barry Bills had a 34cm bream and junior Shawn had a 32cm bream. A few mullet were also caught. With all the fresh water going down the rivers these fish were caught in close to the edge and only on worm. Carol was taking it easy and fishing from the jetty and along with others on the jetty didn’t even get a bite on the outgoing tide. She did try later in the Brodribb sitting in the car with her rod propped in the bull bar. Still no luck but the ever changing skies and the beautiful scenery she was content.

              Happy Hour was very happy with Ian and Barry’s fire pits and wood keeping us all cosy. “Jack” our camp mascot kept us all amused with his meerkat stance. Ian’s BBQ plate came in very handy although his blow torch method of lighting it intrigued us. See photo!!! We didn’t need to use the camp kitchen after all. Thanks Barry P for purchasing and cooking the BBQ meal.  Carol thought she would give her opinion …especially about the onions ……… and she was politely told where to go …. She sooked for a few minutes and sat down but then she told everyone that is always how it works with her!!!

              Carol and Alby provided dessert telling everyone they had to bring a plate and spoon. Barry B said I won’t worry about that I’ll just eat it in my hand. He was warned it would be hot and cold and runny and after giving in and bringing a bowl he conceded that yes the plum pudding, ice cream and custard was hot and cold and runny!!!

             Most went off to bed early but there were some “moths” around the fire. I said to Bronwyn the next morning “I hope those talkers didn’t keep you awake”. “No” she said “I was one of them”

              What a great weekend of fishing and camaraderie. If you want to get to know your fellow Club members, this is the way to do it. Fish, eat, pitch in and share a campfire together. Perfect!

Carol McDonald

GLFC New Zealand Club Trip. April 2016

What a great trip we had. We left Melbourne airport at 11.35pm and arrived Auckland at 5.45am the next day. We struck some difficulty in hiring a car to take 6 people and had to wait another 5 hours for a suitable one to come in. Well worth waiting for though, as we ended up with an almost new Sangyong 8 seater.

We left the airport and travelled north, only to find we had gone the wrong way and were heading for the West coast not the East as planned. Our navigator was asleep!!  We travelled some 680ks instead of 330, but what the heck! We saw a lot of beautiful countryside. One thing we noticed were all the wild chooks and turkeys which apparently no-one bothers to catch for the pot. Finally, we arrived at Wangarda, the most beautiful sight you could imagine. There was only one hotel/motel and one Fishing Club which had heaps of trophy fish and photos on the walls and even the ceiling. The village has only about 50-100 inhabitants, and no SHOPS The marina is fairly new, with 20-30million $’s worth of game charter vessels and recreational boats. Our lodgings were at the Marlin Hotel, a very quaint older building, built about 100 years ago.

Twin share rooms with ensuites were excellent, but did not supply earplugs which were needed by some members. Our hosts were delightful people as were the locals who made us Aussies very welcome.

After 2 days being tourists, we boarded the Christena with skipper Kerry,  a wooden boat but very comfortable even in a rough swell.  

Stacks of King fish again, a couple about 1100cm or 10-15kg. Shaun Myers caught a snapper on the last day, 90cms inside the tail, about 26-28lbs. He had the biggest smile you have ever seen, our club Logo hangs proudly on the wall of the Marlin hotel.

Too much happened to write about really, all up a fantastic adventure and I would recommend it to all.

Don Henry.

On our return from our recent trip to Port Vincent, Linda and I stopped off in Adelaide with friends.  On the Sunday we went out in the bay on their 50’ wooden ex navy boat.  The fish weren’t plentiful, but we did catch some sea garfish and 14 monstrous blue swimmer crabs, which we cooked and devoured whilst at sea. 

We left Adelaide next morning and rejoined with my sister and brother in-law, Elaine & Hugh, for breakfast at the BP servo just south of Tailem Bend, which I can recommend for anyone passing that way.   From there we travelled through the Coonawarra winery region to Mt. Gambier and onto to Doug McFarlane country, (Nelson) on the Glenelg River.  We had a quick look around town and booked into a cabin located a short distance from a boat ramp. We ate well and then played a card game, called “O shit”, which my sister introduced us to and provided many laughs.

                                            The next morning, Linda and I were up early and headed flat-out to the river for a spot of fishing. In fact I was in such a hurry that it slipped my mind to put the bung in the boat.  Not too much drama as only being a small boat, it didn’t take too long to bucket out the intake of river water.  We headed off up the river, not knowing where to go or what to expect.  I stopped at what looked like a good fishy spot, (by chance) and my first 4 casts landed quality bream.  Linda caught a couple of smallish bream but then had a huge hook up and run, only to be broken off. I kept casting to the same spot and hooked up every time, but only to face the same dilemma and be broken off.  Linda persevered in what I thought was the nursery and with another big hook up and run managed to keep the fish away from the rocks.  We thought this had to be a good size bream, so with net in hand, I was barking all sorts of orders (which she took no notice) and landed a beautiful silver 50cm mulloway.  Linda repeated her luck one more time, before we had to lift anchor and head back.  We had a most exciting 2 hours, but sadly didn’t get to taste a mulloway as their legal size is 60cm and ours were set free, to grow for our return next time.  I’m sure we will be heading back to the little fishing paradise.

                                                         

Kev Minter

GLFC Casserole/Rock’n’Roll/Card Night   6/1/2016

Wow! What a great night of camaraderie, fun and competition it was. Ruth did an admirable job in coordinating and creating a wonderful menu for the night, with a great variety of nibbles casseroles and desserts. Thanks to all those who contributed.

Rocking up at 6 p.m.,everyone helped to quickly get the tables set with Raelene using tongs to lower down the lit candles, creating a lovely atmosphere.   Boiling the beans seemed to be the most challenging part of the evening! The pie warmer and oven came in handy for keeping the casseroles warm. Did you know that the glass doors of the pie warmer can be easily removed enabling larger items to be placed inside.  As we finished up our meal the blinds were opened to see the last of the setting sun. How privileged we are to have one of the very best views in town to dine by!

Thanks to Neil and Linda for organising the Rock’n’Roll with sure footed assistance from Greg and Robin.  The demonstration at the beginning showed off their skills ….. can’t believe that Rock’n’Rolling skills seem to go hand in hand with fishing skills for some of our members. Only a few took on the challenge of learning the basic steps but who knows where it will lead for them! The Bills and Widdowsons were refining their Canasta skills, others played Euchre and later on I taught Jack Jan and Raelene the card game 3/13 -  an easily taught but challenging and frustrating game.

Whilst all this was going on, the kitchen was whipped back into shape by the helpers.  Even the humblest of jobs provides a situation where you got to know your fellow club members better!

I’m not sure who instigated the concept of the evening but what a great way of getting together and using our Clubhouse. With meetings only every second month it is providing a nice social atmosphere in the club with various meals etc. taking place in lieu of meetings every month. There is now a locked cupboard in the Bar area thanks to Alby and Robin.  This is so we can securely store few foodstuffs out of the storeroom which is always hot. The labelled key for this is kept in the storeroom.

Carol McDonald

(Editor’s note – Barry and Robin 3- Ruth and Sandra 0)

Annual Lake Tyers Angling Club versus GLFC Competition 28/2/2016

Eight members fished on Sunday the 28^th as well as eleven from LTAC. The weather was perfect with a slight breeze across the water. I drove around for an hour and a half looking for fish on the ‘fish finder’ but to no avail. Then I had a phone call from Don to tell me they had caught eight on the edge of the channel into Fisherman’s Landing so I had no reason not to get there quickly. There I also found Ian and Shaun who were having lots of luck as well.

After some time I manage to drag in four fish thus escaping the zero score in the average.

Unfortunately GLFC‘s average was 635.75 gms whilst our opponents was 657.09 gms thus the shield left our wall for twelve months. May Beveridge won the biggest bream of the day with a fish weighing in at 1140 gms – looks like the ‘dynasty’ continues!!!

A BBQ was held at our rooms, in splendid sunshine and with great camaraderie between the two clubs.

Robin Widdowson

Tamboon Bream Competition.

Friday 11^th December 2015  -  Sunday 13^th December 2015

Nine members participated with everyone catching good size fish.

It is very pleasing to have club members, Ian Myers and David Bell with his clinker boat, travel from Melbourne to support our camping trips. We had the Camp grounds virtually to ourselves. Friday was the calm before the storm, both sides of Pelican Point really fired up. Boats caught fish casting along the drop offs. Don Henry and Ken Bittner on one side of the point, Ian and Shawn Myers on the other all boating large bream.

The strong winds arrived Friday evening, forcing all boats to shelter along the bank on all of Saturday and the Sunday morning. Saturday evening Club BBQ was a great success with everyone taking up the challenge. Ian and Shawn Myers with the BBQ cooking of the meat on the tailgate of his ute. Spuds and vegies on the wood fire. Plenty of nibbles etc., followed by beautiful hot dessert with cream baked by Raelene Bennett. Sunday saw everyone on the water early as the wind was still blowing. All returned to camp by 10am to pack up and we had an  early announcement of results etc.

The overall winner for the weekend, President Don Henry with a bream – 43.5cm to the centre part of the v tail.

Junior winner -  Shawn Myers with a bream of 37cm.

The average length caught by all members was calculated at 40cm. As there were 4 fish caught of that length, an executive decision was made by President Don and Doug McFarlane that the winner of the secret length be the fish closest to 40cm. David Bell was declared the closest at 39cm.

Another truly successful Fishing adventure for Gippsland Lakes Fishing Club.

Doug McFarlane

January Family Night 6/1/2016

What a great night was had by all at our annual Family Night held instead of a January meeting. The sun was setting, the fish stories were being told and then out came the prawns! No, not caught by Alby and Carol but by a local trawler in the lakes the night before. Good size and easy to peel.
     Then .................... cooking of the mussels a la naturelle began. Thanks  to Geoff and Robin who gathered them locally.  Geoff has perfected  mussel cooking he told us. Have a pot of boiling water ready and drop them in for only 30 seconds. Scoop them out quickly then open them from the wide end, cutting the muscle as you go. This must be the right time to collect them as they were sweet, salty and plump! Now I'm not even trying to guess how many Don ate, but he was still going well after I stopped!
      After a break Geoff was once again in the kitchen organizing the cooking of the whiting he had caught locally. Geoff and Rose's method of cooking this fish is to coat it with rice flour, then an egg wash and lastly, Panko breadcrumbs(the ones next to the ordinary crumbs at Woolies) Tonight they were baked in our club kitchen oven.
     This seafood feast was further enhanced by delicious salads. To finish of course, out came the Pavs and a sticky date pudding! If you weren't there don't you wish you were!!!!!  Thanks to all those who contributed in their own special way.  The girls decided to have a round of cards, which Carol calls "3/13" Narelle kept us on tenterhooks with either throwing out the wild card or telling us we were not her friend when we took the card she wanted. Someone suggested maybe we have a cards night sometime ..... anyone for Euchre?
     New Years Eve saw a number of us enjoying a BBQ, a paddle, cards  and then a stroll down to see the 9.30 fireworks. A quick last round of cards, a few more drinks, and so not a late night. If you want to get home earlyish but want to enjoy the ambiance of such a beautiful setting for the last day of the year come and join us in this celebration.

 
Carol McDonald

              Christmas Party and Presentation Night 5/12/2015

Forty two people attended this function on a lovely barmy evening. Linda’s idea of seating arrangements opened up the floor space and was a great success with very few people having their backs to each other. As usual a small group of members set up the decorations, tables and chairs whilst Barry Bills soon had the spits up and running. It was good to see Cameron Kloss, our youngest member, and his two younger siblings who are potential members, along with their grandparents. The lucky door prize, now returned to its original concept, was a fun event with everyone getting a prize. All in all a very successful night. 

President Don did a sterling job running the presentation part of the evening despite being ‘handicapped’ by his helpers.  The highlight of the evening was the presentation of life membership to Kevin Minter who gave a very emotional and heart felt response.

Special thanks to Barry and Ken for the spit roasts, to all who helped cook the vegetables and an extra special thanks to the female partners for a superb selection of sweets.

The following are some of the awards.

Longest flathead                     Kevin minter

Heaviest bream (Senior)         Doug McFarlane

Heaviest Bream (Junior)         Shaun Myers

Meritorious Award                 Terry Lynch

Best Club Member                  Robin Widdowson

Bemm River (October)

            Alan Smith Shield        Owen Bennett

Mallacoota

            Heaviest Bream (Senior)        Owen Bennett

            Heaviest Bream (Junior)         Shaun Myers

Marlo

            Heaviest Bream (Senior)        Ian Myers

            Heaviest Bream (Junior)         Shaun Myers

Lake Tyers Club Comp.                       Doug McFarlane

Lake Tyers v’s GLFC

            Heaviest Bream                      Owen Bennett

Bemm River (April)

            Heaviest Bream                      Alan Watts

Tamboon    Heaviest bream               Robin Widdowosn

eaviest Bream jH

           

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.

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Dinner at Bairnsdale Bowls Club:

The normal General meeting in October was replaced with a social evening at the above club. 34 people attended and enjoyed a great meal, meeting of old faces and general camaraderie. it is hoped to repeat these evenings especially during the winter months.

  Membership:

The committee decided to make December a 'free membership month'. If you join during the month of December there will be no joining fee (normally $50) nor pro-rata annual fee (normally $25), meaning your next fee would be the annual fee ($50) due in July 2016 if you wished to continue your membership. A great opportunity to join this proud club and participate in our activities.

Clean-up Day:

The 11th October was the day club member took part in a clean up of fishing sites around our little bit of Gippsland Lakes and rivers. Teams visited the Kalimna rock wall walk, around the club rooms, Nungurner, and the banks of the Mitchell and Tambo Rivers, collecting the equivalent of four trailer loads of rubbish. The worst area was along the Rough Rd., beside the eastern side of the Tambo River.
The sad part of this day was that club members had to pick up all this rubbish left behind by our fellow fisher persons.

Bemm River Competition:

Our next club event is a trip to Bemm River on the 23rd October staying at Cozy Nook Flats for the weekend. This is one of our best club trips and is usually well attended. Friday night's dinner is at the local pub whilst the Club provides a meal on the Saturday night.

Squid fishing
Plans are in place for a club trip to Port Vincent in South Australia in March next year. If interested get in touch with the club.

Marlo Fishing Competition - August 21st - 23rd 2015

Eleven persons ventured to Marlo for this weekend, nine arriving on Friday whilst Peter and Kerry turned up on Saturday after spending a few days sorting out the calving stock. The Myers family came as a unit with Bronwyn, Ian, Sean and James.

We stayed at the Caravan Park opposite the hotel, luckily getting 4 sites beside each other at the back of the park which enabled us to fit in the Myers caravan, David’s tent and delightful clinker built boat, the McDonald’s large boat attached to a Landcruiser, Barry’s tent and my caravan.

The weather was perfect although it was predicted to deteriorate on Sunday afternoon.

Fishing for the weekend was somewhat difficult for most of us although Sean managed to out-fish both his brother and father most of the time. It was soon apparent that prawns were not the flavour of the month and nearly all fish were caught on the good old sandworm including those marinated in metho. Typical of what happened over the weekend was demonstrated in my boat where I caught 2 keepers on Friday afternoon whereas on Saturday Barry caught about 10 with 6 or 7 keepers and I only caught two undersized and then on Sunday morning we caught one keeper each. However in the Myer boat they caught 16 between them on Saturday afternoon. Saturday was the best day with David and Carol catching 2 and even Alby caught one (but there may be a fine associated with this latter one as there was a whisper in the camp that Carol had to bait his hook.)

We all headed for the pub on Friday night where an enjoyable meal was had by all-- David picked out the wrong card and missed out on the $1900 but got a glass of wine instead and Barry won a meat tray in the Friday night raffle

Saturday saw the arrival of the Edgley's who proceeded to head out to sea, via the entrance. Whilst out there Kerry threw a few lures around and managed to catch a variety of fish including the winning ’other species’ that being a Wrasse which just pipped Carol’s Mullett.

Saturday night saw many hands pitch in to preparing the ‘Club dinner’ which consisted of beautifully cooked rump steak, spuds cooked in foil, carrots and peas and corn--special thanks to Barry for cooking the potatoes in his ‘spit thing’ and Carol, Bronwyn and Kerry for their help. Sandra Bills sent Barry along with a steamed pudding and Carol brought along 12 little apple pies she had made. The only issue with the meal was that there was a whole saucepan of peas ‘n corn left over.

The winning bream was caught by Ian Myers weighing in at 669 gms whilst the junior award went to Sean Myers for a fish weighing 561 gms.

These weights may seem low but most fish caught over the weekend were around 30-32 cms long.

The secret weight was won by Barry Bills.