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The Lake Bullen Merri Comp was held from 12th to th14th of August 2011.
There were 35+ members attending with 4 Juniors.
Another fantastic weekend had by all with several prize fish being caught.

Good to see the competition being taken out by Juniors!
With the Biggest fish going to Andrew Gatt with his 4.08kg Brown Trout (Above)
and Second place Matthew Bailey with his 2.85kg Brown Trout (Below)
See all the pics here!

Pics of the surf Comp can be found here

Winning fish was an Australian Salmon of 1.1kg Caught by Paul Azzopardi (pictured above).
Fish was caught as the school swam across the beach. Some members had the opportunity to hook up with a total of around 8 fish being caught. Second place was Chrs Farrugia getting a double hookup, both around  the 800g mark. Mason Caruana also getting a double hookup with his winning salmon at 860g.
Comp was held at Gunnamatta Beach 31/July/ 2011
45 Members Attending

Great day had by all.

Congratualtions to Rob and Rosa Franciosa on the safe arrival of their first child Daniel, great to hear all is well with both Mum and Bubs,apparently Rob picked up the skill of changing nappies overnight.

Saturday July 24th 2011
On track for another memorable night. We ask if you could please finalize ticket payments. Available at the next General Meeting will be an Eftpos machine for your convenience. Or ring Vince DeGrazia For payment. (His number is in the Newsletter)

Reminder to all Members,2011/2012 memberships are now due and renewals will be accepted, Fill out the attached renewal membership form along with payment and return at the next meeting. - See David Gatt for all membership payments

Please download and fill out membership form from Here

My very first trip down to Portland for Tuna was a very 'spur of the moment' event.
It involved some very quick talking to my wife, some coughing on the phone to the boss and most importantly some advice from fellow club members. 

Shot down to Portland after work with fellow club member Frank and the boys. Left Melbourne about 7pm.
Got to the cabins about 11ish and settled in. Setup the rods and gear ready for the morning trip.

Started the day at 6:30 got onto some squid in the shallows around the port for some bait (in case we sound up something big & troll with a downrigger)

Headed out to the "horse shoe" and trolled the 1000m mark occasionally weaving in and out to between 600m and 1000m,
First 15 mins produced a 5 way hook-up of SBTs, of which only 2 were landed...

Then the rest of the morning was fairly quiet, the crew caught up on some sleep

We had some lunch and most of the afternoon we heard some chatter over the radio of some minor catches.

Found a nice patch of baitfish schooling (Thanks Ray for the tip-off) and trolled around them for nearly 2km to produce 6 albacore. 

Had more fish than we needed so decided to have some fun and switched to light gear. In the end i had some great fun, and definitely memories for a lifetime!

For anyone considering having a go at the tuna, I highly recommend you go!
I had the time of my life, Thanks Frank!
Most importantly remember to have fun!

For more pics click here.
Cheers, Pete

Hi All,

Attached is the Flyer for "Mates Day" out of Patterson River, those interested please let me know and I will register us as a club.

Hope to hear from you soon.

Ray Caruana

GSGFC President.

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