Perth Game Fishing Club Inc
Postal Address:
PO Box 57 North Beach 6920
President:
Ben Weston 0419 777720
© Perth Game Fishing Club 2015
www.pgfc.com.au
[email protected]
10th January 2015
IN THIS EDITION:
Good local demersal catches and some good marlin caught by members, FADs starting
to fire up. Social Night 3rd February, next event – Marlin Cup 7th & 8th February.
Fishing
Local
Marlin reports, one confirmed as a free jumper
around 500m west of the PGFC FAD, one spotted
by surfacing divers off Mandurah and a big one
reported in Friday’s paper as being released
between 5 Fathom Bank and Rottnest where there
were schools of southern bluefin tuna.
The FADs are coming good with mahi mahi.
Alongside is one picked up by Robbie Peck, a new
member who is doing well already. Mahi mahi is
now his wife’s favourite fish, plenty of reasons to
go fishing! Caught on 4th January it took a Richter
chrome head lure, unfortunately not making line
class. Robbie also reported plenty of flying fish
and southern bluefin around too – all good marlin
food, and good populations of fish on the Club
Marine FAD.
Good captures of dhufish and baldchin groper have
been a feature of the last few weeks between
Mandurah and Lancelin. Shown right is a nice one
Dean Rundell picked up during the Xmas - New
Year break on new Laith Rickman (Bluewater
Tackle Melville) PE 1.5 rod. The fish had him stuck
on bottom before he managed to get it up and into
the boat.
Others successful were Peter Babarskas, John
Webber and Greg Baker. There have also been
some excellent large and full crabs taken in the
river but no one is saying where. Look for other
boats.
Rundell Family Expands
Congratulations to Sue and Dean on the
arrival of a baby girl Neela Hope Rundell
7.6 pounds and 51cm
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Exmouth
Recently elected committee member Rob
Nesbit and fellow member Murray Ogilby
took time off in December for a quick charter
fish in Exmouth. Following is Rob’s account of
the trip.
Muz with his
220kg first
marlin
Exmouth was great. The crew were Muz Ogilby,
who was looking for his first billfish and me. We
fished with Eddy Lawler from Peak Sportfishing.
On the first day conditions were grim with 3m
swell and 20+ knot wind. Pretty quiet day all in
all. Muz dropped a blue which was bill wrapped.
Got it to within about 15ft of the boat before
the line went slack! I picked up a nice little
acrobatic black of 40kg or so in the afternoon
which took the shotgun lure. We also saw a BIG
yellowfin tuna surfing through the waves but
couldn’t tempt it.
Day two broke with conditions slightly better
with less wind. We were minus a deckie so with
the novice crew in mind Eddy decided we would
change tactics to ‘tease and switch’, trolling two
lures out the riggers and two teasers on the
electric reels with a lure ready to drop back on
a Shimano Talica 50
The plan worked well and within 30mins of
trolling a 150kg blue hammered the left teaser.
It was an amazing sight. The fish continued
attacking the lure to within 2-3m of the boat as
we wound it in! We pitched a lure back to it and
hooked up straight away. The fish was tagged
and released within about 10mins with some
skilled manoeuvring in the swell by Eddy. Then
all went quiet.
Rob releasing a marlin
Muz was getting a bit concerned by midafternoon but then a bill broke the surface,
again on the left teaser. We dropped the lure
back and hooked up straight away. This one was
clearly bigger and it was a chaotic 10mins or so
with Muz trying to keep his balance in the swell.
The fish was boat side after about 10 minutes,
Eddy grabbed hold of the leader but was unable
to hold on and the fish sounded. A 10 minute
slog ensued before we saw the fish again. This
time we got it under control, tagged with a few
nice photos before release. Eddy estimated it to
be 220kg, not a bad way for Muz to open his
billfish account!
I suggested Muz stay on strike in the hope of
getting him a black as well. Eddy put a lure out
on the shotgun and moved in closer to find one.
Just as we were about to call it a day, Eddy leapt
up and grabbed the shotgun. The fish hit the
lure but didn’t hook up. We dropped the lure
back and this time connected, but the fish was
bill wrapped and it was all over after the first
run.
Can’t wait to go back!
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Queensland
Members Alex Kaiko
and Brian Luecke
fished the 2014 Lizard
Island Tournament
aboard Kekoa, a 56ft
O’Brien, held this year
out of Cooktown
because of the cyclone
damage to the island.
Their experience, for
Western Australians can
only be described as
phenomenal fishing.
The following text and
images are from Kelly
Dalling Fallon’s blog of
the trip and are
reproduced with her
kind permission.
We had another great tournament
with Alex and Brian returning to fish
the comp with us again after a
three year absence (and hoping to
improve on their third placing from
last comp). And while we had a
slow start and didn’t figure on the
leaderboard this year, we certainly
had a good run of fish and made
our way up the rankings in the end
to finish firmly in the middle of the
field (10th out of 23). And we got
some really big fish at that! Among
others, Alex got a new PB for his
biggest black marlin at 900lbs on
the second day. And then on Day 5,
he beat that again with a monster
fish that Luke put at
950lbs! Likewise Brian (who had
whispered to us that he really
wasn’t keen on catching any biggies
– watch what you hope for hey
Brian!) released two really nice
ones at 800 and 900 and lost
another two more that were
certainly in that same range.
Alex’s fish was satellite tagged to
give him entry into the Great
Marlin Race and we look forward to seeing how that goes and where it ends up. We
know the boys had a great time – and we did too. Great company and great fishing!
PGFC members should treat themselves to some of the spectacular images and stories on
Kekoa’s website www.kekoa.com.au or maybe book a trip to experience it first-hand.
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Record Captures
Things to do when you have a potential record fish.
With the numbers of record fish that have been caught by members recently, a reminder
is appropriate on how to maximise the chances of claiming a record.
Many fish have been released or filleted when they could have been record captures.
There is also the chance that fish can become ineligible because of incorrect procedures
being followed. There is no flexibility in the rules when it comes to claiming a record!
There is the extra gear you need to have on the boat such as tape measure, scales,
Strike magazine and the latest GFAA journal.
If you think that you have a record fish then either put the rod with all the terminal
tackle away or remove the terminal tackle and 20 m of line onto a card to present to the
weigh-master.
At the weigh station all the necessary photos need to be taken, including angler with rod
and reel with the fish on the scales, and a photo of the weight of the fish on the scales.
All measurements of the fish are taken after weighing.
The rest of the details are spelt out in the GFAA journal or can be found on
www.gfaa.asn.au
Claims must be made through the club’s weigh-master John Webber who can be
contacted at either [email protected] or 0407386734
Yellowtail Kingfish
From Ian Stagles - PGFC Life Member and Chair West Australian Fish Foundation (Inc)
We are looking to get our hands on at least one kingfish frame comprising head, gills, guts
and gonads of a freshly caught wild fish.
We need to compare the chemical variations between various tissues in wild fish with those
currently in the hatchery at Challenger Institute of Technology’s aquaculture unit.
If a PGFC member is able to provide these samples it would be very much appreciated.
Any angler with samples can either drop them in to Rob Michael at the Challenger
aquaculture unit at 1 Fleet Street Fremantle (Rob 0400 995 765) or contact me outside work
hours on 0403 256 008.
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Calendar
Changes and updates may occur, check the website and click on Events for details.
January
No organised events – see you on the water
February
Tue 3
Social Night
RPYC Fremantle
Sat/Sun 7/8
Marlin Cup
Rottnest Island
Sat/Sun 7/8
City Beach Builders Grand Prix Series – Species
RPYC Fremantle
Tue 10
Social Night
RPYC Fremantle
Tue 7
Social Night
RPYC Fremantle
Sat/Sun 11/12
City Beach Builders Grand Prix Series - Species
RPYC Fremantle
Fri/Sun 1/3
WA Open
Jurien Bay
Tue 5
Social Night
RPYC Fremantle
Tue 2
Social Night
RPYC Fremantle
Sat 13
City Beach Builders Grand Prix Series – Pink
RPYC Fremantle
March
April
May
June
Snapper
City Beach Builders Grand Prix Series
The next event in this series is on the weekend of 7 th & 8th March – a species comp, the
target of which will be decided ahead of the comp depending on what is around at the
time.
Strike Magazine
The 2015 edition of Strike has been mailed to all members.
If you haven’t received your copy, let us know.
[email protected]
Extra copies available at the February Social Night
Social Night
The February Social Night will be held on Tuesday 3rd.
It will also be the briefing for the Marlin Cup. As usual
all members and guests are welcome, there will be
light refreshments and a cash bar.
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Scores
Murray Ogilby’s Exmouth blue
City Beach Builders
Championship Series
ores
PGFC Annual Trophy Scores
Eddy Moss Trophy - Champion Angler
Score Board after Round 1
6th & 7th December 2014
Champion Boat
Buddha (Dave Gray)
Striker (Deon van der Westhuizen)
Rock’N’Roll (Brian Arnett)
25
20
16
Champion Male Angler
Nick Lorenz
Chris Strydom
Deon Van Westhuizen
Ben Weston
Darren Burleigh
Phil Volich
Hein Wasserman
25
20
16
13
11
10
9
Champion Female Angler
No entries to date
Champion Junior Angler
No entries to date
The full score sheet is available on the website
Halco Tackle Newsreel
The December edition of Halco Newsreel is
available.
Click on the image above or Click Here for
Halco Newsreel
Shane Anderson
750
Nicholas Lorenz
714
Luke Ryan
692
Rhyss Whittred
580
Christian Strydom
471
Adams - Sounder Presentation
CarlJohn
Babarskas
454
Deon Van Der Westhuizen
418
Ben Weston
327
Rick Ashton
289
Tim Carson
264
Cameron Trowbridge
250
Darren Burleigh
237
Phillip Volich
137
Heinrich Wasserman
133
Brian Arnett
131
Des Beach
120
Kay Webber Trophy - Champion
Female Angler
Sarah Coleman (F)
136
President’s Trophy - Champion Boat
Buddha
Striker
Simrad
Resurgence
Ashram
Deeper Still
Midnight Rambler
Rock N Roll
1278
1022
942
886
580
552
454
388
Neil Patrick Trophy
No entries to date
Members are reminded that whilst all care is
taken, members are responsible for ensuring
their points are correct. No adjustments up or
down, will be made after the final club year
points have been awarded.
Club Championship points are updated to
9th January.
The full score sheet is available on the website
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Marlin Cup
The next event on the 2015 Tournament Calendar is the Marlin Cup. Click on the image to
download the tournament Brochure and Entry Form from the website under Events
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