Fishing News

Attention All Boat owners

Club General Meeting and New Member Welcome Night Wednesday June 6th. @ 8.00pm

Our next General Meeting is going to be a very enjoyable evening with all our new members invited to come along to meet our committee members and other attending members.

Presentation of our Club Rules booklet will be made and our very special guest speaker for the evening will be Damian Garipidis, President of the Elwood Angling Club who will talk on the ever increasing popularity of Kayak fishing. He will also bring along his Hobie Kayak which has been set up for fishing and which, we are sure will be of interest to all attending

Members of the Angling Committee 2011/2012

Chairman           Bob Pearce

Secretary             Roland Nicholis

Members            Chris Cormick

                            Richard Armstrong

                            Pat Hutchinson

                            Tony Rummono

                            Tommy Johnson

APYAC Fishing Comp

Check the scoreboard for the end of season results.

Tom Johnstone's 7.500 Kg Snapper Catch

Tom sets the new season benchmark

VRFish Report 

• VRFish Business Plan Meeting held at Shepparton on Saturday 17th March, attended by Brian Wright & Pat Hutchinson.
• The Business Plan Meeting was also attended by the Parliamentary Secretary for Primary Industries Dr Bill Sykes
• VRFish State Council Meeting also held at Shepparton on the following day.
• As a result of attending the Business Plan Meeting, a dialogue developed with Fisheries Victoria reps concerning APYAC’s approach to Fisheries Victoria concerning the desire to rehabilitate degraded reef systems in our waters. This is an excellent development, as it provides an opportunity to have some re-establishment of once productive reefs, which were destroyed by dredging activities some years ago. This may not be a quick process, but it is a great start.
• The Business Plan Meeting was followed by a dinner, which was attended by the Minister for Agriculture, who addressed the meeting and took questions from the floor. Jeanette Powell, Minister for Local Government and Aboriginal Affairs, also attended.
• Jeanette Powell also attended the State Council Meeting. The Ministeraddressed the State Council Meeting and took questions from VRFish Members.
• Only 25 VRFish members attended the State Council Meeting.
• A new “Fishing Lines” publication is now available to APYAC members.
• VRFish has a new website and is now also available on Facebook.
• Guest Speaker was Wayne Fulton from Invasive Animals Corporate Research Centre.

Happy Fishing

Bob Pearce

·   Recreational Fishing Application for Smartphones

Fishing application brings the popular Victorian Recreational Fishing Guide to iPhone and Android.

The first of its kind in Australia, the free application features colour illustrations of more than 65 species found in Victoria's waterways.

Anglers can identify their catch and confirm size requirements and bag limits, as well as access information on permitted equipment and closed seasons.

The application also allows anglers to buy a recreational fishing licence online. However, for those who are on their way to a fishing spot, it includes a GPS locator for finding outlets that sell licences, bait and tackle.

Anglers can use the application to connect to Fisheries Victoria's illegal fishing reporting line (13FISH), DPI's Customer Service Centre and the Water Police, too.

Please email your suggestions for the further development of the application.

Download the Fishing application from the iTunes App StoreDownload the Fishing application from Google Play (Android)

Recreational Fishing Member Bulletin

       Click to download a copy of the Bulletin

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Boathouse News.

FISHING PHOTOS

All fishermen be afraid as Michael Sass is grooming his son to get out there and give all older fishermen a run for their money. Next Club Champ?

Michael Sass Theo Tsouras is enjoying the great start to this years fishing season judging by  these two photos. One a 6Kg Snapper caught off Black Rock and the other a 30lb Gummy caught off Brighton.

Michael Sass has been fishing up a storm in New Zealand and at home. What a great start to the fishing season.

 

                        Mark Reinstein was out and about and caught this 23Kg School Shark 10 minutes outside Port Philip Heads from Queenscliff. Bait used was fresh Barracuda.

Calling for photos, and/or stories, from the clubs fishing members, for posting on the web.

Please send material to:

http://www.paul@apyac.org.au

Many thanks,

Paul