Mounties Fishing Club

29 January 2012

2012-02-07T09:08:00.002+11:00

Headed out to the islands where the previous day the Aquila had a good day fishing. We weren't disappointed as by 8:00am we had 26 flathead on board. Day's fishing resulted in catches of 4 leatherjacket, 5 morwies, 1 pigfish, 61 flathead, 1 snapper, and numerous 5 pointers. Biggest fish 1.16kg morwie caught by P Keough.

New Members

2012-01-23T00:30:00.002+11:00

We had many new members joining MFC in the last few months, I would like to welcome Miroslaw Wawrzyniak, Delton Keepa, Drago Mrljak, Glen Presbury, Gregory Presbury, Giulio Nurchis, Les Stewart, Sean Smith, Aden Smith who is a junior angler, Simon Gayler, Sammy Fou, Cem Ismen, Ross La Scala, Tim Erdoganli, Semil Supuk, and Allen Supuk who is our other new junior angler.

January 2012 Interim Results

2012-01-23T00:29:00.002+11:00

December 2011 Final Results

2012-01-23T00:28:00.003+11:00

15 January 2012

2012-01-19T09:45:00.005+11:00

Fished out in the 60's for catches of 26 leatherjacket, 5 morwies, 6 tiger, 2 snapper, 9 gurnard, and 1 trevally. Biggest fish was a 1.10 kg snapper caught by B Razmovski.

8 January 2012

2012-01-19T09:45:00.004+11:00

Had a good day, the weather was not the best and we had a slow drift all day. Biggest fish was a 1.37 morwong caught by P Anatasi.

18 December 2011

2012-01-03T23:37:00.000+11:00

Fished out wide in the 60's for some good results. Catches of 101 leatherjacket, 1 hussar, 18 morwies, and 41 tigers. Biggest fish caught by N Samson 1.76 kg tiger.

Season's Greetings

2011-12-23T23:27:00.001+11:00

Have a Very Merry Christmas and a Safe and Wonderful New Year everyone!

December 2011 Results

2011-12-23T23:11:00.000+11:00

This is an interim result for December as there was still one more trip to be counted for this month.

11 December 2011

2011-12-23T22:41:00.002+11:00

Good conditions emabled us to fish off Standwell Park which resulted in catches of 4 leatherjacket, 9 morwies, 3 pigfish, 1 flathead, 1 snapper, 8 stg baker. Caught in a thunderstorm at 11:30am which cleared later. Biggest fish of the day was a 1.79kg sgt baker caught by Peter Keough

10 December 2011

2011-12-23T22:40:00.000+11:00

Perfect conditions for out wide, slow drift with some tangles. All enjoyed the trip with catches of 65 leatherjacket, 11 morwies, 22 tigers, 1 bar cod. Biggest fish was a 1.65kg tiger flathead caught by Hely Tepesh.

We are now on facebook!

2011-11-26T12:42:00.002+11:00

Please visit us on www.facebook.com/mountiesfc and feel free to make contribution by adding pictures or story of your fishing trips. Thank you.

Change of meeting date

2011-11-26T12:24:00.000+11:00

Please be noted the MFC's meeting date for December has been moved to 14 December, one week earlier than the regular monthly meeting.

20 November 2011

2011-11-26T12:19:00.000+11:00

Conditions perfect for out wide. Current funny ha ha ha. Good catches of 59 leather, 10 morwies, 1 piggie, 17 tigers & 1 snapper. Biggest fish 1.91 tiger flathead by Drago Mrljak

13 November 2011

2011-11-26T12:16:00.000+11:00

Fished off Standwell Park, overcast but good conditions resulted in catches of 5 leatherjacket, 13 morwies, 29 pigfish, 1 flathead, 4 snapper, 1 trevally, 121 sweep and numerous 5 pointers. Good day had by all. Biggest fish 1.16 kg morwong caught by Drago Mrljak.

6 November 2011

2011-11-26T12:13:00.000+11:00

Went out to the 60's hoping to get the tigers. Perfect weather conditions except for the fast current making it hard to hold the bottom. Catches of 35 leatherjackets, 1 hussar, 3 morwies, 8 tigers, and a 1.95kg snapper caught by H Tepesh.

16 October 2011

2011-11-07T09:21:00.000+11:00

Good day out for all fishos. started out in the 30's for some good size morwie, the current was a bit funny.

Moved out wide to the 60's for some catches of 39 leatherjacket, 4 hussar, 15 morwie, 1 piggie, 19 tigers, 1 snapper. Biggest fish 1.42kg flathead by John Pietak.

9 October 2011

2011-11-07T09:19:00.001+11:00

Perfect conditions fished in the 40 fathoms resulting in a good day catch of 3 leatherjacket, 1 morwie, 2 pigfish, 2 flathead, 3 snapper, and numerous 5 pointers.

Sighted many dolphins and whales. Plenty of seals but not one fish lost. Mounties 7 Seal 0. Biggest fish 1.54kg morwie caught by J Pietak. Great day had by all

October 2011 Results

2011-10-20T23:00:00.000+11:00

18 September 2011

2011-10-18T00:17:00.000+11:00

Fished in the 60's till the southerly came in for some good catches out wide. Came in close at 11am for catches of 51 leatherjacket, 15 morwies, 1 piggie, 10 tiger flathead, 3 snapper. Biggest fish 1.05 flathead and 1.05 morwie by M Camdzic & N Samson.

Your club needs your help

2011-08-28T16:47:00.000+10:00

21 August 2011

2011-08-28T16:42:00.002+10:00

Catches of 7 morwies, 2 piggies, and 1 snapper. Biggest fish 1kg morwie by N Cucchiaro.

14 August 011

2011-08-28T16:41:00.000+10:00

Showers, southerly and seals greeted us at our first drop at Trap reef. Moved closer in & day's catch resulted in 8 leatherjackets, 2 morwies, 4 flatheads, 3 snappers, and numerous 5 pointers. Biggest fish of the day 1.13kg rock cod caught by R Karlo.

7 August 2011

2011-08-28T16:34:00.000+10:00

Fished in close, many tangles. catches of 4 leatherjackets, 7 morwies, 4 piggies, 22 flatheads & 8 snappers. Champion of the day Meho Camdzic's biggest fish 1.07kg morwie.

Mounties Fishing Club Presentation night - Friday 26 August 2011

2011-08-19T11:19:00.000+10:00

The Presentation night is at Elizabeth room on Friday, 26 August 2011.

We will be having more attendance this year, and it will be another great night for everyone.

The cost of this dinner is $25 per head, please make sure payment is made at the next monthly meeting on 24 August.

Thank you.

Vi

The MFC Annual General Meeting - 20 July 2011

2011-08-04T08:37:00.001+10:00

The following members were elected to the Fishing Club Committee for 2011-2012 term:

Executive committee members

President: Maria Sechi
Vice President: Bill Razmovski
Secretary: Warren Rankin
Treasurer: Vi LamNon-executive committee members

Records Registrar: Col O'Rourke
Club Captain: Bill Razmovski
Publicity Officer: Paul Young
Sub Club Officers: Peter Keough, Maria Sechi.
New Members Coordinator: Stan Levanic

17 July 2011

2011-08-04T08:32:00.000+10:00

Started off in the 40 fathoms drift, no good, too many tangles. Came in close for catches of 12 good size morwies, 4 piggies, 2 flatheads, 5 snappers, 3 leatherjackets. Plenty of sgt baker. Biggest fish 1.48kg morwie by Romeo Saez.

3 July 2011

2011-08-04T08:29:00.000+10:00

7 fishos, including 4 visitors, fished in close due to strong current. Very ordinary trip for catches of 1 leatherjacket, 5 morwies, 2 flatheads, 5 snappers, and a lot of 5 pointers. Biggest fish 0.91 morwie by P Anastasi.

Mounties Fishing Club Championship Results 2010 - 2011

2011-07-02T10:38:00.001+10:00

I'm pleased to post the final result of the 2010-2011 fishing competition season. Please note this results are different from what were announced at the last club meeting due to misunderstanding of some members' ages. Apologies for the inconvenience and congratulations to all winners.

Vi Lam
Treaurer, webmaster.

CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS 2010 – 2011

Club Champion and U/55 Champion	Rifit Hadzic	1040.70 points
Veteran Champion and Runner Up Club Champion	Bill Razmovski	1001.75 points
Female Champion	Maria Sechi	394.30 points
Junior Champion	Bradley Harris	64.45 points
Runner Up Veteran	John Pietak	890.95 points
Runner Up U/55	Richard Karlo	985.55 points
Runner Up Female	Helen Alderton	52.40 points

Top Ten Best 8 Trips

Rifit Hadzic	1040.7
Bill Razmovski	1001.75
Richard Karlo	985.55
John Pietek	890.95
Meho Camzdic	754.79
Vince Canterella	712.5
Hely Tepesh	627.80
Nick Samson	621.30
Peter Anastasi	514.45
Joe Ariti	496.75

Fish of the Year and Monthly Awards

Bill Razmovski	Bar Cod	4.38 kg	Nov 2010
	Mowie	1.74 kg	Aug 2010
	Flathead	1.56 kg	Jan 2011
Vince Canterella	Mowie	1.30 kg	Jul 2010
	Sgt Baker	1.34 kg	Oct 2010
R Calleja	Mowie	1.23 kg	Sep 2010
	Mowie	1.60 kg	Dec 2010
	Mowie	1.59 kg	Mar 2011
Vi Lam	Bonito	1.63 kg	Feb 2011
Peter Anastasi	Mowie	1.65 kg	Apr 2011
	Mowie	1.36 kg	Jun 2011
Maria Sechi	Mowie	1.83 kg	May 2011

Bags of the Month

Rifit Hadzic	13.25 kg	Sep 2010
	12.57 kg	Oct 2010
	14.19 kg	Nov 2010
	14.34 kg	Jan 2011
	13.44 kg	Feb 2011
	14.18 kg	Mar 2011
R Saez	8.83 kg	Jul 2010
Hely Tepesh	6.97 kg	Aug 2010
Richard Karlo	8.31 kg	Dec 2010
	18.59 kg	Apr 2011
Bill Razmovski	12.36 kg	May 2011
Paul Young	7.88 kg	Jun 201

Stan Miles Trophy

TBA

Arthur “Spud” Murphy Trophy

TBA

June 2011 results

2011-06-29T23:00:00.001+10:00

19 June 2011

2011-06-26T09:55:00.000+10:00

9 fishos on board fished in close for catches of 4 leatherjacket, 6 morwies, 5 piggies, and 6 good size snapper. Biggest fish 1.36kg morwie by P Anastasi.

12 June 2011

2011-06-26T09:52:00.000+10:00

Bad weather conditions, fished off Port Kembla's 16 deg C dirty water. Not a good day out with catches of 2 leatherjacket, 2 morwies, 2 snapper, 1 trevally, and 8 sgt baker. Biggest fish of the day 0.83kg snapper caught by Peter Keough.

5 June 2011

2011-06-26T09:48:00.000+10:00

9 fishos on board, stayed in the 30-40 fathoms for some good catches of 28 good size morwies, 10 leatherjacket, 13 piggies, 8 snapper, and 1 john dory. Biggest fish 1.30kg morwie by J Pietak.

28 May 2011

2011-06-06T23:11:00.000+10:00

Good weather conditions, fish north of Toothbrush island, Port Kembla for catches of 3 leatherjackets, 5 morwies, 2 flatheads, 12 snapper, 1 kingfish & 5 pointers. Biggest fish of the day 1.83kg morwie caught by Maria Sechi.

Mounties Fishing Club Annual General Meeting (AGM)

2011-05-19T22:20:00.000+10:00

This year's AGM will be held on 20 July 2011, to be eligible to vote at the AGM you must be a current member of both Mounties and the Fishing Club.

I will be coming to the meeting at 7pm to process the fishing club membership renewal. The currency of Mounties membership will be verified at the renewal time.

Please make sure you are a financial member of the mother club on the AGM night.

Thank you.

Vi
Treasurer

New points for leatherjacket

2011-05-19T22:14:00.000+10:00

The Fishing Club committee has decided leatherjacket will be reduced to 5 points per kilogram, this new point score will be effective from the next competition season commencing July 2011.

The decision was made due to a plague of leatherjacket in Kiama over the last years which allowed members fishing out of this location to catch plentiful of this species and hence accumulate a points quicker than those fishing out of Wollongong.

The committee believes this decision will helps equalise the overall points for those who fish out of Wollongong and Kiama.

The score sheet will be updated and introduced in July to reflect this new change.

15 May 2011

2011-05-17T21:38:00.002+10:00

Fished out wide for some good results. 134 leatherjacket, 5 morwies, 2 piggies, 1 flathead. Biggest fish for the day 0.90kg leatherjacket caught by Riffet Hadzic.

1 May 2011

2011-05-17T21:36:00.000+10:00

9 fishos on board, weather OK for the 60's, for some good catches. all enjoyed the trip. 153 leatherjacket, 3 morwies, 2 flatties, 2 snappers, and a few mother-in-laws. Biggest fish 1.25kg leatherjacket by P Young. Great improvment by Paul Burkhardt.

Interclub fishing competition 30 April 2011

2011-05-17T21:32:00.000+10:00

The team from Bankstown Sports Fishing did not show up on the day.

Mounties team fished up to 40 fathoms for a total catch of 7 morwie, 2 piggies, 1 snapper, 1 groper, and 5 leatherjacket. Biggest fish was a morwong of 1.65kg by Peter Anastasi, trailing just by 20 grams by Vince Canterella's morwong of 1.63kg.

The Mounties team scored a total of 229.74 points.

New members - April 2011

2011-05-07T21:59:00.000+10:00

This month we welcomed our latest members:

Luke Brown
Maciej Radecki
Robert Roszkowski

10 April 2011

2011-05-07T11:57:00.000+10:00

Fished off Stanwell, good drift. 8 fishos resulted in a day's catch of 7 leatherjacket, 1 morwie, 3 pigfish, 10 flathead, 7 snapper & numerous 5 pointers. Biggest fish of the day 1.36kg morwie caught by Ivan Mauro.

3 April 2011

2011-05-07T11:54:00.000+10:00

Fished out in the 60's for a great day catches of 160 leatherjacket, 1 hussar, 6 morwies, 5 tigers, 35 good size nannigais, 4 good snapper. Biggest fish shared by R Karlo & j Pietak 0.89kg snapper & 0.89kg leatherjacket

New members - March 2011

2011-04-02T09:30:00.000+11:00

This month we welcomed our latest members:

Cengiz Zeyrek
Mitchell Rafidi
Semil Supuk
Peter McDonald
Alfio D'Agostino
Lucas D'Agostino

13 March 2011

2011-04-02T09:09:00.000+11:00

Fished of Stanwell Park, good weather & good drift for catches of 17 leatherjacket, 9 morwies, 8 pigfish, 8 snappers, 20 sweep & numerous 5 pointers. Biggest fish of the day 1.59 kg morwong caught by Robert Calleja.

6 March 2011

2011-04-02T09:06:00.000+11:00

Only 7 fishos headed straight out to the 60's for a good day's catch of 140 leathers, 1 morwie, and 2 flatties. Biggest fish 1.04 leatherjacket by R Hadzic

March 2011 Results

2011-03-23T00:28:00.000+11:00

Message from the O'Rourke family

2011-03-07T10:17:00.000+11:00

The O'Rourke Family wish to sincerely thank the members of the Mounties Fishing Club, as well as Directors, the Sports Club Captain and Assistant for their attendance at Margaret's Funeral Service and for their support and well wishes leading up to her passing.

Mounties Fishing Club Presentation night

2011-03-07T09:46:00.001+11:00

The Presentation night is at Elizabeth room on Friday, 26 August 2011.

Please mark the above date on your diary.

Last year presentation was a success and we are hoping to make it an even more successful event this year.

More information will be distributed at the future club meetings.

February 2011 Results

2011-03-07T09:41:00.000+11:00

20 February 2011

2011-03-06T22:56:00.002+11:00

Weather great - fished out wide for heaps of good size leatherjacket and tigers & some nannies. catches of 151 leathers, 6 tigers, and 12 nannies. Biggest fish of the day 1.63 bonito caught by Mr Vi

Condolences

2011-02-22T23:49:00.001+11:00

Margaret O'Rourke passed away on Monday night, 21 February 2011 after a battle with illness, she was 67.

Margaret is survived by her husband Col O'Rourke, committee member of the fishing club; her son Colin, and her daughter Michelle.

The Mounties Fishing Club wishes to express its deepest sympathies to the O'Rourke family for the passing of their love one.

Our thoughts are with you during this difficult time.

Interclub fishing competition 12 February 2011

2011-02-22T23:19:00.001+11:00

5 fishos from Mounties fishing Club and another 5 from Bankstown Fishing Club stayed in closed for some poor results.

Only one fisho from Bankstown weighed in for 24.7 points; all fishos from Mounties weighed in for 122 points.

Biggest fish 1.21kg morwie by J Pietak from Mounties.

With 2 more trips to go in this season, Mounties is now leading by 103.8 points.

13 February 2011

2011-02-22T23:11:00.001+11:00

Sheltered closed to Shellharbour beach due to southerly which resulted in catches of 43 flatheads, 5 banjo sharks, 1 flouder, 1 trevally, 1 rockcod, 1 stg baker. Good day out. Biggest fish of the day 0.76 snapper caught by R McKenzie.

6 February 2011

2011-02-22T23:07:00.001+11:00

Weather looked OK, very strong current, stayed in closed for poor results. Only 2 fishos weighed in. Catches of 6 leathers, 4 morwies, 2 piggies, 11 flatties, and some 5 pointers. Biggest fish 0.93 kg morwie by J Ariti.

16 January 2011

2011-02-09T23:32:00.000+11:00

Straight out to the 60's for a good day catches of 76 jackets, 3 morwies, 2 flatheads & 142 good size nannies. Biggest fish 1 kg jacket by Ricky Karlo. Biggest bag R Hadzic 14.34kg.

9 January 2011

2011-02-09T23:30:00.000+11:00

1st trip of the year greeted by rain! drift & current constantly changing. Day's catch resulted in 10 leatherjackets, 13 morwies (many over 1kg), 1 pigfish, 14 snappers, 6 sweeps, 1 trevally, 1 goatfish, 1 ling, and many 5 pointers. Biggest fish 1.55kg morwong caught by Maria Sechi.

2 January 2011

2011-02-09T23:26:00.000+11:00

10 fishos on board went to the 60's. Good weather & conditions for some good catches of 52 good size leathers, 24 tigers, 1 hussar, 12 morwies, 2 snappers, and 22 good size nannigais. All enjoyed the day out. Biggest fish 1.56kg tiger flathead by B Razmovski.

Interclub Competition - 15 January 2011

2011-01-31T19:39:00.000+11:00

On 15 January 2011, 6 fishos from Mounties Fishing Club competed with their Bankstown Sports Fishing Club counterparts for a very close win of 6.5 points. Go Mounties!

January 2011 Results

2011-01-31T19:36:00.002+11:00

December 2010 Results

2010-12-30T00:17:00.003+11:00

Message from Col O'Rourke

2010-12-25T09:39:00.009+11:00

To All members of Mounties Fishing Club

My wife Margaret who is known to many of the club members, wishes to thank everyone for their kind thoughts, well wishes and generosity. She was moved by the number of members, particularly newer club members who she has not yet met, who wrote on the card wishing her well. I myself had a tear in my eye when I read the card and thank everyone for their support and the Gift Voucher which was enclosed. We both wish you all the very best for the upcoming festive season and hope that you all remain healthy.

Season's Greetings

2010-12-23T00:27:00.000+11:00

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

to all members of the

Mounties Fishing Club

May the 2011 be another successful fishing season to all

19 December 2010

2010-12-23T00:03:00.001+11:00

Conditions good for out wide started in the 60's for a lot of line and sinkers lost. Moved in to the 40's for result of 19 leatherjackets, 8 morwies, 4 flatties, 2 snappers. Biggest fish 0.98 snapper caught by G Ariti.

12 December 2010

2010-12-22T23:59:00.001+11:00

Perfect weather conditions but no drift. went out to the 60's. Days catch resulted in 15 leatherjackets, 10 morwies, 3 flatheads, 1 snapper, 1 pike & numerous 5 pointers. Biggest fish of the day 1.60 kg morwong caught by Robert Calleja.

5 December 2010

2010-12-22T23:57:00.000+11:00

Weather perfect for out wide started off in the 60's dead calm. Lost a lot of sinkers and line, small leatherjackets. Moved in the 40's for 27 leatherjackets, 8 morwies, 5 snappers, 2 flatheads, and heaps of 5 pointers. Biggest fish 1.59 kg stg baker by B Raz

November 2010 Results

2010-12-13T16:54:00.003+11:00

21 November 2010

2010-12-06T23:42:00.000+11:00

10 attended the trip. Weather was magic, unfortunately no current. About 10am wind came up then we started catching fish and everyone was happy. We had a great day & wished everyone was there to enjoy the experience. Biggest fish 1.58 kg flat head by Nick Samson.

New Members

2010-11-21T15:47:00.000+11:00

This month we welcomed our latest members:

Marco Maltiello
Antonino Cucchiaro

14 November 2010

2010-11-21T15:42:00.000+11:00

Fished the 50's of Stanwell Park, good weather, good drift - 3 metre swell. Day's catch resulted in 6 LJ, 17 morwong, 5 pigfish, 25 snapper, 7 sweep & numberous sgt bakers & maori wrasse. 3 visitors shared a good day fishing. J Pietak's brother taking home over 15 fish, John Dean 1 good size morwie & some sweep. Biggest fish of the day 3.44 kg groper caught by Peter Dean.

7 November 2010

2010-11-21T15:37:00.000+11:00

Conditions good - straight out to the 60's for good size tiger flatties, leathers, morwies, piggies & bar code. catches of 58 LJ, 9 morwies, 19 tigers, 1 piggies & 1 bar code. Biggest fish 4.38 kg bar cod by Bill Raz.

Mingara Fishing Tournament

2010-10-22T19:44:00.000+11:00

For those who did not attend the monthly club meeting on 20 August, Mingara Fishing Club has extended their invitation to our club once again this year.

All costs of the tournament is not subsidised by the MFC, it is to be covered by individual member.

Please contact me should you be interested in participating in this tournament, a team will be formed if we have enough number. You need to do this by Friday, 17 December 2010.

Below is the brochure of this tournament, and the letter of invitation from Shane Hawkins, President of Mingara Fishing Club.

Tournament Invite 2011.PDF

Fellow Anglers,

I am very pleased to be able to invite you to the annual Mingara Fishing

Tournament to be held on the weekend of 5th and 6th March, 2011 on the

Central Coast.

This years tournament (2010) was bigger and better than the previous year

and we are hoping to make next years better again. This year we saw some new teams competing who had never fished the waters of the Central Coast but walked away with some very impressive prizes. With the knowledge gained I am sure they will be better off for next year.

For those that have competed before we look forward to catching up and

hearing the ones that got away, for those newcomers, the tournament can be

best described as a good weekend with great prizes and great hospitality. I

also encourage you to forward this invitation to any other clubs you have

contact with.

Full details are in the attached invitation, so please read through the

information and should you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact

Daniel or myself using the email address or our telephone numbers on the

invite. I would really appreciate a reply email to acknowledge receipt of

this invitation and possibly an indication of your club's possible intention

to enter the tournament or even when your club will next meet to discuss the

possibility of entering as per the voting buttons.

I need to emphasize that we are asking for registration and entry fees to be

received by Friday 17th December so please address this as soon as possible.

Again, if you need further information, please let us know.

Shane Hawkins

Mingara Fishing Club President

0414 209 168

2010 MFC Annual Presentation slide show

2010-10-22T19:24:00.000+11:00

The slide show projected at the 2010 MFC Annual Presentation can be downloaded below, you may need a PowerPoint 2007 viewer if you don't have it installed on your PC:

2010 MFC Annual Presentation Slide Show

PowerPoint 2007 Viewer

New Members

2010-10-22T19:00:00.000+11:00

We welcomed our latest members who joined us in September and October:

Helen Alderton
Hani Qamar
Bojan Hadzic

Condolences

2010-10-22T18:52:00.002+11:00

Robert 'Rambo' Kovacic

6 March 1927 - 22 September 2010

The Mounties Fishing Club is deeply saddened by the passing of Rambo. We will cherish the memories of the times we spent together.

October 2010 Results

2010-10-21T23:09:00.000+11:00

17 October 2010

2010-10-20T23:16:00.000+11:00

Very windy. First off tried in close for some poor results. Conditions improved by 10 AM moved out to the 40's for catches of 3 flatheads, 17 leatherjacket, 13 morwies, 1 piggie, and 2 snapper. Biggest fish 1.38 kg sgt baker by V Canterella.

10 October 2010

2010-10-20T23:14:00.001+11:00

Overall weather conditions were good, clear skies, good drift. Day resulted in catches of 2 flathead, 8 leatherjacket, 6 good sized morwong, 1 pigfish, 7 snapper & nurmerous 5 pointers. Biggest fish of the day 1.29 kg flathead caught by R Karlo. Highlight of the day nurmerous whale sightings which put on quite a spectacular show on for us. Good day out.

3 October 2010

2010-10-20T23:07:00.000+11:00

Wet & windy conditions in the morning, started out in the 40's, as weather improved we moved out to the 60's for catches of 3 tiger flaties, 13 morwies, 2 snaper, 1 piggie, and 93 leatherjacket. Biggest fish for the day, 1.04 kg morwie by B Razmovski.

19 September 2010

2010-10-20T22:36:00.001+11:00

Morning conditions good. went to 60's, hooked up and landed a few blue fin tuna, good sized. Fished in 60's all day for good catches of 191 leatherjacket, 3 tigers & 1 morwie. Biggest fish 0.86 kg leatherjacket by M Mifsud.

12 September 2010

2010-10-20T22:32:00.000+11:00

11 fishos on board. Good day quiet morning but went to 60's and caught over 100 leatherjacket, some morwong and heaps of 5 pointers, biggest fish caught by R Calleja, morwong 1.23 kg.

Fish Club Presentation

2010-08-24T09:21:00.001+10:00

Date: Saturday, 28 August, 2010
Location: Elizabeth Room
The subsidised cost of presentation is $20 per person, if you are attending this presentation and have not made your payment please try to do so on the presentation night, please present correct amount and be early to avoid delays. Thank you.

Vi

August 2010 Results

2010-08-18T22:21:00.000+10:00

15 August 2010

2010-08-18T22:13:00.000+10:00

10 fishos on board tried out in the 40 fathoms for some good catches of good sized morwies, current too strong to hold bottom. Moved in closer in the 30's for some good results. 22 morwies, 4 reddies, 2 piggies, and some 2 pointers. Biggest fish 1.74 kg morwie by B Razmovski.

8 August 2010

2010-08-18T22:10:00.000+10:00

Fished North, perfect weather conditions however no drift. Day catch resulted in catches of 4 leatherjacket, 5 morwong, 8 pigfish, 5 snapper, 5 sweep, 7 maori wrasse & 5 sgt baker. Biggest fish of the day 1.46 kg stg baker caught by Paul Young.

1 August 2010

2010-08-18T22:07:00.000+10:00

Very windy in the morning. Tried the 40 fathoms for some good catches. Current became too fast so we moved in close for 21 good size morwies, 12 piggies, 4 flatheads, 1 snapper & lots of 2 pointers. Biggest fish 1.18 kg morwie by H Tepesh.

July 2010 Results

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18 July 2010

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7 fishos in the 40's for catches of 21 morwies, 14 snapper, 4 piggies, and some 2 pointers. Biggest fish 1.3 kg morwie caught by Vince Canterella.

4 July 2010

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With 7 fishos on board, we tried out wide with no results due to fast drift. came back in the 40 fathoms for catches of 20 small size leatherjacket, 12 morwies, 8 piggies, and 1 snapper. 3 fishos sick all day. BViggest fish 1.14 kg morwie caught by R Calleja

Annual General Meeting - 21 July 2010

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The AGM was held at 8:10 PM on 21 July 2009.

The following members were elected to the Fishing Club Committee for 2010-2011 term:

Executive committee members

President: Maria Sechi
Vice President: Bill Razmovski
Secretary: Warren Rankin
Treasurer: Vi LamNon-executive committee members

Records Registrar: Col O'Rourke
Club Captain: Bill Razmovski
Publicity Officer: Paul Young
Sub Club Officers: Joe Ariti, Paul Burkardt, Maria Sechi.
New Members Coordinator: Stan Levanic

New member - July 2010

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This month we welcomed Zbigniew Pierzykowski as our latest member.

New point scores system

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At the MFC meeting on 21 July 2010, a new point scores system was unanimously adopted:

2 pointers fish are now awarded 5 points
7 pointers are now 10 pointers
11 pointers are now 15 pointers
17 pointers are now 20 pointers
Leatherjacket are now in 10 pointers group

I have just updated the club's points table, and have also taken this opportunity to revise the size and bag limit in this table. This table is updated using the information on the NSW Department of Primary Industries' website.

There have been substantial changes since this table was last edited, many species have their size limit increased. As the result this table is also substantially changed, I've added bag limit for species where the limit is less than 20.

The table is as listed below (click it to enlarge the image), you can also download a copy from http://www.mediafire.com/?66j01gy6759nfu2

Condolences

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The fishing club wishes to express its sincere condolences and sympathy to the family of its past member Andrew Chorobski.

Angler fined $11,000 for illegal fish haul

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BY MICHELE TYDD

12 Jun, 2010 09:43 AM

A day out fishing for elders in the Aboriginal community cost Adam Brady $11,000 in fines and costs.

He copped the fine for exceeding the daily limit for leatherjackets.

Mr Brady, who is passionate about balancing marine sustainability with preserving Aboriginal cultural links with fishing, expressed his disgust over the penalty in an appeal to Wollongong District Court yesterday.

"I made a mistake but this penalty is ridiculous and on my calculation I'll be paying if off until 2050 when I'm dead and gone," he told the court.

Mr Brady, 32, of Stanwell Park, was found guilty of the offence in April this year.

He had 101 fish in his possession. The limit is 20.

Brady fought the charge arguing the fish were a number of different species and that they were to be distributed among several sick elders.

But the Fisheries Department engaged a legal and scientific team to prove him wrong over the species issue and said there were no provisions under the Fisheries Management Act for an indigenous entitlement.

They charged him two days short of the two years allowable for prosecution, an issue which was strongly criticised by Judge Paul Conlon yesterday.

Mr Brady told the court that on the day he had been fishing for aunties who included high-profile elder the late Aunty Mary.

He said despite the fact he was unemployed, he worked voluntarily as an Australian Aerial Patrol director and had lobbied ministers including the now-deposed Ian Macdonald for a better deal for indigenous fishing rights.

Mr Brady said while he supported the work of Fisheries Department officers, he felt they had come down too hard on him in this case.

Judge Conlon halved the fine to $500 and halved the costs to $5000.

Outside the court, Mr Brady said that was still too high considering the offence.

He said the real issue was the feeling among the indigenous community that they had been locked out of a cultural pursuit even when the species - such as leatherjacket - was abundant.

"I've written at least 20 submissions to the Government on indigenous fishing access issues but we are still not even considered stakeholders in the debate," he said.

Source: The Illawarra Mercury

Resources: NSW Bag and size limits - saltwater

Results of 2009/2010 Fishing Club Championships

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Club Champion: Rifit Hadzic

Runner Up: Guiseppe Ariti

Veteran Champion: Guiseppe Ariti

Runner Up: Stan Levanic

Under 55 Champion: Rifit Hadzic

Runner Up: Doug Harris

Female Champion: Maria Sechi

Junior Champion: Bradley Harris

Fish of the Month:

July 2009	M DJakovic
August 2009	S Cefai
Septermber 2009	G Mifsud
October 2009	R Hadzic
November 2009	R MacKenzie
December 2009	B Harris, H Tepesh
January 2010	R MacKenzie
February 2010	P Young
March 2010	P Young
April 2010	R Hadzic
May 2010	S Levanic
June 2010	I Mauro

Bag of the Month:

July 2009	M Camdzic
August 2009	B Razmovski
Septermber 2009	S Levanic
October 2009	R Hadzic
November 2009	G Ariti
December 2009	R Hadzic
January 2010	G Ariti
February 2010	R Hadzic
March 2010	R Hadzic
April 2010	R Hadzic
May 2010	H Tepesh
June 2010	R Hadzic

Fish of the Year:

R Hadzic – Flathead 1.94 kg

Top ten Fishos, best of 8 trip scores

R Hadzic	977.00
G Ariti	810.98
S Levanic	802.21
H Tepesh	772.23
B Razmovski	734.93
C O’Rourke	724.89
D Harris	638.21
M Camdzic	549.53
V Lam	537.66
S Cefai	533.64

June 2010 results

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20 June 2010

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With 6 fishos on board we headed out to the 60's. No leatherjackets, no fish. Came back to the 40's at 8:30 AM for some good catches of 16 morwies, 8 piggies, 15 reddies, 13 sgt bakers and 1 gemfish? Biggest fish 0.92 kg morwie caught by R Hadzic.

13 June 2010

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Fished off the islands in the 40s - very cold but conditions good. Days catch resulted in 1 flathead, 7 morwie, 15 good sized snappers, 3 pigfish, 1 maori wrasse & 2 sgt baker. A good day out enjoyed by all. Paul Burkhardt hooked up a 2 metre shark but unlucky to land it. Biggest fish of the day 1.32 kg morwong caught by Ivan Mauro.

Recipe: Tetsuya Wakuda’s Leatherjacket marinated with ginger and soy

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What to do with so many leatherjacket that you caught? try this recipe from the famous Japanese chef Tetsuya Wakuda.

Serves 4

Ingredients

4 medium-sized whole leatherjackets (about 150g each), gutted with heads, tails and fins removed
150ml soy sauce
100ml mirin
3 tbsp grated ginger
2 cloves garlic, grated
2 pinches white pepper
1 pinch salt
1 tsp white sugar
1 tsp sesame oil
plain flour, for coating
grapeseed or vegetable oil for deep-frying (about 2 cups)
2 limes and zest (optional), to serve

Preparation:

Chop each leatherjacket into four or five pieces. (Use a cleaver for best results and chop through the bone.)

Combine soy sauce, mirin, ginger, garlic, white pepper, salt, sugar and sesame oil in a small bowl and whisk until well combined. Pour marinade over fish pieces and toss to coat evenly. Cover and refrigerate for half an hour.

Remove fish from the marinade and toss in flour to coat evenly.

Heat oil in a deep frying pan over medium heat until hot, about 170-180C. Fry fish in batches until golden brown and cooked through.

Serve fish with lime wedges and a green salad and scatter over lime zest, if using.

Source: The Age

Mounties Fishing Club's website featured on the Internet

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I'm pleased advise everyone this website was featured in 51 Deep Sea Fishing Blogs That Will Have You Reaching for Your Reel on the Boat Insurance website, www.boatinsurance.org.

Further more, since this website was listed on the Mounties website late last year, traffic to this site has also increased, currently 40% of current traffic was referred by the mother club site.

May 2010 Results

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