Avalon Beach RSL Fishing Club

It gives me great pleasure to welcome all fishing club members to the new year & hope that it will be a healthy & prosperous one for all. I would like to take this opportunity to mention some of the more memorable events so far this season.

First I would like to thank Richard Gunn of Gunn Software for repairing the site & allowing us to add photo’s once again.  

The Keiser bending one over

The season started with perennial bridesmaid Andrew Wiseman bursting of the blocks & smashing all before him scoring 150 points more than his closest rival Chris Elliott & taking the overall points. Unfortunately since then his personal scores have plummeted. It is interesting to note that his boat Intensive Care is currently in front on the boat score tally.

He may have suffered the same curse as Hammerhead skipper Troy Preston did when new chum Grant Callaghanventured out on his first competitive foray. With anchor set & time to bait up, Grant, man in charge of food for the day asks the skipper to put the bait on the hook for him as he doesn’t want to have smelly hands whilst preparing the gourmet. The skippers face reddened but this incited a laugh from the crew. The skippers red face turned to one of sheer unadulterated horror when Grant offered the first course, Bananas! Sad to see that since then the once productive boat is now hardly troubling the scorer.

Late in July the annual awards night toook place & a good time was had by all. Congratulations on all who helped make it once again a highlight of the season & to all those that won awards & prizes in the raffles. It was interesting to see Chris Stokes win the two lovely rods that he bought in from a generous donor. And what about the Bob Elliott Big Band (Soft Plastics)? For a rag-tag bunch of fugitives they certainly punched out a couple of hilarious numbers. Who’ll ever forget timeless tracks like ‘Fishy-I-O’ & ‘The Cagey Andrew Wiseman Bagged out Again on Bream’.

The biggest news to come out of July though was the record smashing effort of assistant weigh-master Dave Kerr who landed a monster  9kg snapper. This fish also took the Snapper Cup.

Record Snapper

Lisa Spinks bested Di Currer & Elarna Spinks in the Ladies division. Tim Jackett won the Estuary. Joseph Pichler stood alone on the victory dais in the Land Based division.

August saw Oliver Lloyd not for the first time make a goose out of his old man Jimmy de Fad. Always threatening to fish but rarely committing, Oli weighed-in a bumper crop of bream, the biggest, at time of print tentatively holding the trophy. When de Fad claimed that he had let Oli use the better light gear, he proceeded to catch a big one on the ‘useless’ heavy gear that his dad was using. Oli took the Land Based points ahead of James Lloyd.

Justin Appleby took the Morwong Cup with a 1.1kg fish. Di Currer led the Estuary division.

August also saw the much anticipated launch of ‘The Gravy Train’. A solid fibreglass, long wheelbase hull with a highly responsive 115 horse power donk with 130 litre fuel capacity to go all weekend without refuelling, Gravy was a very proud captain indeed.

He was first spotted floating in distress & out of fuel of Avalon Beach at about 12pm Sunday by Intensive Care. Fortunately the resourceful skipper of Hammerhead, Troy Preston was nearby with a siphon pump & a spare 10 litres of fuel. At approximately 1pm he was found bobbing around out of fuel off Avalon Sailing Club by Apples skipper Justin Appleby who towed the hapless Sinclair back to the ramp at Bayview. Fortunately it was roast beef for lunch carefully watched over by the assistant to the assistant who wasn’t far behind the assistant.

Gravy accepting fuel from the well prepared Piffo

I doubt that will be the last tale told concerning the colourful assistant bbq cook & his boat.

September saw the 3-way with Timmy Jackett, Mark Boyle, Jack Murphy, Les Sommberg & Hing Han leading our club at the dais. Abbey Sinclair & Eve Appleby led the way for the juniors. Tim Jackett took the Drummer Cup with a 2.62kg specimen.

October saw Mick Beck return to the podium as he had done in August to take the overall honors. Dave Montague & Tim Jackett also had had good showings.

Mick Beck in a familiar pose.

Let it be noted that October was also the month that Bob McIntrye join the club & went straight to the top of the Land Based leader-board also taking the Ludrick Cup, Paul Sinclair was close behind, both bagging out on Ludrick. Lachlan James pipped Abbey Sinclair in the Juniors.

November saw the very consistent Tim Jackett take the honors again with Ross James & Dan Elliott scoring well. Dave Montague took the Kingfish Cup weighing-in at 4.425kg. Elarna Spinks took the Ladies points on her own. Keeping it in the family Liam Spinks got the better of Elarna Spinks in the Juniors.

Justin Appleby returned to form fishing out of Intensive Care. Nick Harley & Mark Boyle scored well in the Deep Sea. Lisa Spinks won the Ladies as did Liam Spinks in the Juniors.

Rob Deane, a returning member didn’t muck around & straight away took out the Land Based division with a classic mix of drummer & ludrick. Bob McIntyre shuffled back to 2nd position for the month but has a strong hold on the division at the halfway mark. Paul Sinclair is keeping in contact at this point.

The Estuary division saw Tim Jackett take the points & a share of the lead with Chris Stokes.

Congratulation to Dave & Danielle for weighing-in a 3kg Bianca.

Prize Catch

Good luck to all fishing on the weekend & see you at the weigh-in where the much anticipated new BBQ may be unveiled as well as The Keisers new vessel.

On the 18th day of Xmas my true love said to me, ‘go out & bring me back a bucket full of flatty’, tra la la la la, la la la la.

Sunday’s weigh-in will include some seafood & raffle prizes to members. All members present will have a chance at some great prizes.

So don’t forget, this Sunday for the Flathead Xmas Cup. Get the juniors out there fishing.

James Lloyd (Publicity Officer)

The Xmas celebration season has begun & there will be a meat raffle at the club starting at 5pm this Friday night. Come down & have a go at a Xmas ham. Pass on this message to those club members that do not use electronic communication methods.

Members badge draw tonight (26th Oct) $3000 must be won. Also meat raffle. Get on down & win it.

Also get yourselves cleanly shaven as Movember is only a few days away.

And oh as yes the sky did turn to night. As it did after our october weigh in. a great show from many of the members, with some fine fish. Also a great turn-up from members in the club.

A big hello to Bob, a new member, yet a man with many years experience under his belt, who took out the Luderick cup. I had the pleasure of fishing next to Bob and milking some great tips on the art of the cagey Luderick over the weekend. To my suprise it payed of with the 2 of us leaving the fishing ground with 10 fish in the bag each.

Dave  gets a big congrats with a lovely King Fish which took out the mystery fish. (was Chris Stokes’s King fish 63cm or 67cm, I can’t remember.)

On a big note we had 2 fish that looked like small children weighed in which i’m sure  is most exemplary that fish in the diet is a great reproductive food.

On the same note it seems Chris and Amanda have been eating plenty of fish aswell.

A big thanks to the Fish Whisperer for making the time to drop the up to date score board in. 

Next month is the hard hitting King Fish so sharpen your  hooks and brush up on your technique because I’m sure the competition will be stiff.

Until next time  the,

                                    Flying Ant

Hi everyone.

Hello Avalon Beach Fishing Club,

The LifeStyleFOOD channel is looking for potential contestants to take part in the inaugural local version of ‘Come Dine with Me’. We’re searching for people who have a passion for cooking and want to show off their culinary delights on TV.

We’re hoping you would be interested in sending out our flyer to alert your members and colleagues (or perhaps even yourself!) about the up coming series.

Who we’re looking for:

·          Home cooks, 18 years and over, with a flair for throwing dinner parties

·          Residents of Sydney or Melbourne happy to cook for 4 strangers in their own home

·          Interesting characters with strong opinions about food and dining, and not afraid to speak their mind

How the show works:-

·          Over five days, five people who’ve never previously met will look round each other’s homes, sample each other’s cooking, and pass judgment on each other’s entertaining skills

·          The winning host each week will win a generous cash prize

What you need to do:

If you are interested in being part of the show there are two ways you can apply.

You can call (02) 9383 4343 or download an application form at: www.granadaproductions.com.au/casting

I am hoping you might see fit to email our flier to your members and colleagues of the Fishing club – especially those whom you might think are interesting characters!
I’ve attached a flier to this email – thank you.

Kind Regards,

Amanda Bainbridge ׀ Producer – “COME DINE WITH ME”

Granada Productions PTY LTD
FOX Studios Australia FSA #34
Driver Avenue
Moore Park NSW 2010

Ph. +61 2 9383 4625 Fax +61 2 83533494

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 Summary of rules for 3 way comp 11^th, 12^th and 13^th of September, 2009

Taken from Newport Arms Fishing Club rules.

1.   (a)       All fishing members must be financial within their respective clubs.  Non financial members are ineligible to weigh in fish.

      (b)       It is each member’s responsibility to ensure that they have all relevant Government Licences etc when fishing.  The NAFC, ABRSLFC, NRSLFC accepts no responsibility for anyone not complying with the law.

2.   The competition is divided into divisions and a member may compete in as many divisions as they wish.  The Divisions are: Deep Sea Boat, Estuary Boat, Deep Sea Individual, Estuary Individual, Rock and Beach, as well as Ladies and a Junior Division.

      Ladies points will accrue in the following divisions: Ladies/ open/ selected.

3.      Competition and weigh in time:  The competition will begin at 5.00pm Friday, 11^th of September and cease at 12.00pm 13^th of September.  The weigh in will be at the Narrabeen RSL Club on the Sunday and all anglers and their catch must be within the weigh in area by 1.00 pm to qualify for the competition.

4.      We request that competitors weigh in by boat, i.e. weigh in order if you are on the same boat.

5.      All fish to be gilled and gutted, including roe, prior to the weigh in unless claiming a world record.

6.      Species length, weight and points value shall be as Newport Arms Fishing Club rules.

7.      Any member not complying with club rules will have their entire catch disqualified and be forever embarrassed by their indiscretion.

8.      All boats used in the event will have to be licensed and have relevant insurance.

9.      In the boating divisions, it is the competitor’s responsibility to ensure WaterWays rules are obeyed and all safety equipment is carried.

10. Rock and Beach includes fishing from a boat tied to a swing mooring inside estuary boundaries.

11. Boundaries??

Conditions of Capture

A.     lines    Competitors will not fish with not more than three lines with a maximum of

                         2 hooks per line or 3 flights of hooks.  A flight of hooks being a number of hooks  

                         ganged together for the purpose of holding bait.

B.      Trolling     Trolling is permitted in the three way competition.

C.     Boats     (a) Offshore   There should be a minimum of two people per boat during offshore

                                               Competitions.

                       (b)  Estuary     It is recommended there be two people on your boat.

D.     Capture    All fish shall be taken on rod or reel or handline using bait, lures of soft plastics.
                          They must be hooked, played and landed by the competitor claiming the catch with
                           no other assistance other than netting or gaffing.

Weighing-In

A.          Weights will be recorded to the lowest 50 grams.

B.          Any fish having a broken vertebrae, a stretched or mutilated body shall be required to  

measure 3cm longer than the minimum length for the species.

C.          Species, length and weight as per the listing.

D.          Any competitor weighing fish in both Deep Sea Boat and Estuary Boat in the one

Competition will have the total catch weighed in and points awarded in each division,

At the Deep Sea rate.  Bag limits include combined divisions.

E.           Competitors and their fish must be in the weigh in area by 1.00pm.

Disqualification

              Competitors are liable for disqualification if:

A.           The method of registration, fishing or capture contravenes these by-laws.

B.           The competitor fished outside the defined boundaries or times, or arrives late to the weigh-in area.

C.           Fish presented for weigh in were not caught by the competitor claiming the catch.

D.           Fish which are frozen or in a putrid condition when presented at the weigh in.

E.           A competitor has any fish which do not attain or exceed the minimum length within the weigh in enclosure.

Sorry folks we were off the air for a short time as our domain name expired but we are back on the air.

Saturday 25th July 2009

6PM Auditorium, Avalon Beach RSL Club

$35 Adult Members

$15 Children

$45 Non -Members

Includes Dinner & Drinks (limited bar tab)

RSVP Chris Stokes    wrinkley@bigpond.com      or    0413143246

Please get money to Stokes before sold out.