KOAC - Local monthly comp 19th September 2009

KALBARRI OFFSHORE ANGLING CLUB

Local monthly comp 19th September 2009 Competition Report Jakes Bistro was our sponsor this month, Thanks to Brian North, who is back managing the restaurant with much improved food and service. A big turn out for the river anglers again this month but down on numbers in the boat and landbased sections, mainly due to the big swells and less than perfect weather. A near record number of bream were caught and released this month equalling last years record 20 releases. Gary Ivey had 4 of them all live gaining him double points for live fish. Brett Bain had a mixture of bream, tarwhine, and whiting, Di Stewart had 3 bream, and Tony Smith weighed 3 bream the first time he has weighed for a couple of years at least! Cheryl Eley however had 4 live bream and a whiting gaining her just one point ahead of Gary Ivey to win the river section. Gary Ivey however has the biggest bream for the year so far at .852kgs Of the 3 juniors to weigh-in, Beau Ivey's 3 bream won it for him over brothers Luke and James Dooley who had whiting among their bag. James & Luke Dooley with their fish The landbased section had two new members competing, Welcome aboard Brian Mosley and Julius Soloman. Brian had a .6kg tailor and a snook, while Julius won the section with his 3.3kg pink snapper Just 2 boats in the under 7.5m section this month, Ron Neumann in his new boat “Effishency” with junior Keanan Blundstone aboard headed north striking a productive spot. The dhuies were biting with Ron hooking up numerous times and recommending Keanan drop his line in the water quickly! But unfortunately Keanan was lying on the deck very sea sick. When Keanan felt a bit better he managed a small pink snapper to secure the junior prize. Ron’s two dhuies won him the under 7.5m senior section. This may well be the last pic you see of someone holding two dhuies that they caught themselves in one day! Keanan holds his snapper. Craig Gibson and Russell Page were also out in “Jo Jo” but failed to bring a fish home. Laurie Malton, Jason Agrela and daughter Brittany fished out of Laurie’s 7.8m boat south of town, also having trouble landing fish, but Jason’s samson fish won it for him. Brittany hooked up at the same time as Jason, probably on another samson fish, but unfortunately busting off round the prop. Laurie’s small snapper added points to the boat. Jason's Samson fish Craig and Jason release the 20 bream back into the Murchison River at the end of the comp. Ron Neumann took home the Meritorious voucher of $50.00 for his dhuies, Mystery Fish went to Gary Ivey for his bream, Bill Tolson won the $50.00 worth of scratchies in the raffle, and the restaurant draw was won by Tracy Ivey. Craig Gibson was awarded the “Mug of the Day” jumping back into his boat to secure it, got his leg caught on a hook and had to have the hook removed up at the medical centre. LAURIE MALTON

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sounds like a magic day and

Mon, 2009-10-12 21:03

sounds like a magic day and plenty of fun had by all

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RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together

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A near record number of

Tue, 2009-10-13 09:51

A near record number of bream were caught and released this month equalling last years record 20 releases. Gary Ivey had 4 of them all live gaining him double points for live fish. Brett Bain had a mixture of bream, tarwhine, and whiting, Di Stewart had 3 bream, and Tony Smith weighed 3 bream the first time he has weighed for a couple of years at least! Cheryl Eley however had 4 live bream and a whiting gaining her just one point ahead of Gary Ivey to win the river section.

 

Am I reading this right, you encourage fish to be kept live until weigh in and then released? Bonus points for doing so?

Have these fish got much chance of survival, bashing around in a holding cage or bucket for a few hrs before release? Surely when released they would be super stressed and possibly damaged being a fine target for a predator.

Seems to be some conflicting ideals around here. 

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fishing tournaments

Tue, 2009-10-13 10:49

Take it you haven't seen many bream fishing comps Leon?  Its the way they do it these days, better than bringing in a dead fish. 

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