Beachcombers Angling & Boating Club of WA (inc) The official publication of. February Postal Address: 90 Bermuda Drive Ballajura WA 6066

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1 Postal Address: 90 Bermuda Drive Ballajura WA 6066 February 2011 Website: The official publication of Beachcombers Angling & Boating Club of WA (inc) 1

2 Contents: Committee members and details Minutes of the January 2011 General Meeting February 2011 Field Day Information 3 Month Calendar Dinner/Awards Evening January Field Day Report January Field Day Results ASF Dry Casting Information Joked Off!!! My Thoughts Advertising President: Peter Stoeckel Vice President: Malcolm Harris info@circa.net.au Treasurer: Jennie Stoeckel jenspirit@bigpond.com Secretary: Michelle Walker gregwalkercontract@bigpond.com Field Day Officer: Ian Cook iancook@iinet.net.au Ass. Field Day Officer Mark Hansen mhansen@iinet.net.au Social Organiser: Greg Walker gregwalkercontract@bigpond.com 2

3 Est. Minutes of General Meeting Beachcombers Angling & Boating Club of WA (inc) January 19 th 2011 Venue: Stoeckel Residence 90 Bermuda Drive, Ballajura Start of Meeting: 07.55p.m. President Peter Stoeckel - presiding Members Present: Peter and Jennie Stoeckel, Greg, Michelle and Holly Walker, Mark and Wendy Hansen, Ian Cook, Morris Kolman, Chas and Annella Riegert, Daniel Plech Apologies: Elana Kolman, Joseph Kolman, Mal Harris and Vix Alexander Minutes of Previous Meeting: Moved - Ian Cook Seconded Morris Kolman, Carried Inwards Correspondence: from Rob s Outdoor Warehouse General to fishing clubs informing members of website where discounted fishing, camping, boating accessories, etc. can be purchased through . from Phil Brayne about club s website. Phil is offering a donation of $ to help the club with starting site. Treasurers Report: Jennie Stoeckel reported the club s bank balance is currently $ NOTE: $ of this balance is grant money received for the club. Moved Mark Hansen Seconded -Ian Cook - Carried. Jennie also updated members on a possible future Sausage Sizzle fundraiser for the club through Bunnings. OOPS! We ve hit a snag folks!! The club requires Liability Insurance to run an event like this. A decision to be made at a future committee meeting? Website as above - Costing approx. $ for 12 months as running cost. Field Day Report: Mark Hansen reported on December F.D. at Cervantes. Paul Adams visitor attended and is interested in the club. Charles Faure caught the most species. Mark Hansen recorded the longest length of fish. Refer to F.D. report January Newsletter for details. Next F.D. January 22 nd & 23 rd is an Open Field Day. Please sign on for this via to F.D. Officer by 06.00p.m. Thursday Night 20/01/11. Mark informed members that Demersal Fishing closure finished on and that new possession and bag limits now apply for highest risk species in the western zone. Drycasting Report: Chas Riegert is running an ASF event Sunday 27 th February 08.00am. at the Perth Polo Club, Kings Meadow in Guildford. Eastern States visitors may also be attending. Raffle prizes to be won for participating casters. Bring rod and empty reel. Equipment available at event if needed. Chas informed members of an upcoming AAA event run by Offshore Angling Club for Sunday 17/04/11 to be held at Perth Polo Club in Guildford. Peter Stoeckel enquired to Chas about using Perth Polo Club for any future Beachcombers Drycasting events 3

4 AAA Report : Mark Hansen (Acting AAA Delegate for meeting Tues. 18/01/11) Mark reported on this meeting run by G. Holman. Boating Clubs to work out boating arrangements for the 2012 competition. Blue water open fishing to be held 19/02/11. National Drycasting Championships - A meeting for this to be held at George Holman s Monday 07/02/11 at 08.00p.m. Add: 89 Clontarf St. Sorrento. AAA Drycasting Accuracy to be held 7 th August and Team Events 8 th August, Committee Meeting: A committee meeting is to be held at Peter & Jennie Stoeckel s house on Sat. 29/01/11 at 05.30p.m. to discuss how the club wishes to spend grant money. Naming the Newsletter there will also be a possible decision on naming the club s newsletter. Suggestions for name Sandscript, Flotsem & Jetsom, Shorelines, Shores n Oars, Piscastory. General Business: Chas Riegert: Spoke further on the ASF casting. Details D.C. Report as above. Chas commented on trophies and recommended a company in West Perth. Chas has the details. Morris Kolman: Enquired about the National Drycasting Championships to be held at the South West Rocks N.S.W. and who from the club will be attending it. Morris and Elana Kolman have offered to make a donation towards a trophy for the club. Mark Hansen: Reported on working on spreadsheet with sister-in-law and it has now neared completion and can be used. Mark has strongly recommended a letter of appreciation to Jenny Hansen as acknowledgement on the club s behalf for a job well done. Ian Cook: Commented further on the spreadsheet and recommended that due to the high skill involved to come up with the new spreadsheet that a letter of appreciation plus be invited to the club s presentation night where the club will provide David and Jenny Hansen an all expenses paid evening as a token of thanks for Jenny s hard work. Peter Stoeckel - moved a motion that the club would pay for David & Jenny Hansen s dinner at the presentation night 26/03/11 in appreciation for spreadsheet. Seconded Ian Cook - Carried. Ian enquired about graphics for trophies. Raffle Door Prize: Mark Hansen won the door prize for the evening. Congratulations Mark. Prize Sure Catch Grip Genius side cutting pliers Meeting Closed: 08.50p.m. GENERAL MEETINGS ARE HELD ON THE 3 RD THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH, COMMENCING AT 7.30PM 4

5 February 2011 Field Day Information Moore River 19 th & 20 th February Boundaries: North: Yanchep Lagoon South: Seabird Sign on: Lines down: Lines up: Sign off: 11.00am at the Yanchep Lagoon Saturday 19th February 12 midday Sunday 20 th February 12 midday TBA at sign on Tidal predictions for Field Day: Saturday Sunday Time Height Time Height Full moon on February 18 th Month Calendar Club Meeting Dates 16 Club Field Day Dates 5 AAA Meeting Dates 12 AAA Event Dates 13 Dry Casting 20 FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL M T W Th F Sa Su M T W Th F Sa Su M T W Th F Sa Su

6 Beachcomber dates: AAA dates: Moore River 19 th & 20 th February Bluff Creek Rock & Beach Comp 5 th, 6 th & 7 th March Reef Beach 22 nd to 26 th April (Easter & Anzac Day) Rock & Beach 5 th, 6 th and 7 th March State Boating Championships 26 th March New Zealand Nationals 20 th to 23 rd April Beachcombers Annual Dinner & Awards Night This wonderful evening is set to occur on Saturday 26 th March The venue will be Cafe Ventura in Ballajura Cost $50.00 per person Entree, Choice of 3 mains and cheese platter 6

7 January [22&23] 2011 Field Day Report OPEN The boundaries for an Open Field Day are anywhere in WA where you are legally entitled to fish. As the car was already packed, it was just after tea on Friday evening when Mark and Wendy decided to go to their choice of field day venue, namely Cervantes, for the first Open in the new competition year. We left at 8.00pm and arrived at Black Rock just on 10.15pm expecting to see heaps of suicidal roos during the twilight drive up the Indian Ocean Drive but thankfully only seeing 2 and an emu on the track in. The cruiser was parked up above the high watermark and the rooftop camper made ready for a restful night s sleep listening to the soothing lullaby of the waves gently lapping the shore. The next morning we were up early, moved the vehicle into a better position for any other Beachcombers wanting to fish there, set up the awning, deployed all the usual camping gear so that breakfast could be got under way and finally after brekkie the fishing tackle broken out and organised ready for lines down at noon. Peter and Charles arrived late morning and were soon set up for the start. The promising conditions of an overcast sky and gentle SE wind were soon nullified by the sea breeze and copious quantities of weed in the water, which Peter was expertly landing like the true greenfingered champion that he is. All through the afternoon and into the evening we took turns in fishing with varying degrees of success: Mark and Wendy zip, Peter a whiting and Charles with a few herring and a tailor which he donated as the maincourse for Sunday s breakfast; the fish were scaled, filleted with the skin left on and the soaked in a mixture of seawater and honey for an hour. Next morning the fillets were hot smoked over Teak sawdust for twenty minutes then eagerly devoured by the hungry campers. With breakfast over it was back to fishing with a few gardies, 7

8 whiting, herring and a dart being added to the tally. Around 10.30am the sea breeze made conditions uncomfortable so we decided to call it quits and packed up with our well-practiced efficiency and drove into Cervantes for a pastry lunch. As we had a bit of time up our sleeves, some sight seeing was in order, one interesting spot just south of the town is a hyper saline lake called Lake Thetis which has its own ancient colonies of stromatolites and thrombatolites [living rocks] as well as the odd reptile of the racehorse variety. After looking at a couple of other points along the coast we made our way home driving through the sandstorms generated by the extra strong sea breeze. Meanwhile, at 8.00am on Saturday, some of the other more nautically inclined members [Greg, Chas and Morris] had taken to the sea in Greg s boat, casting off from Ocean Reef Mariner, the 5 km trip out was a little choppy and the risk of blowing chunks was quite high but the green-gilled Beachcombers [you know who you are] managed to contain themselves. The trio started fishing for pleasure/practice before the start of the competition. Morris caught a sting ray which was pulled up the side of the boat and a bit of a struggle ensued in which Greg copped a stingray barb a couple of inches into his thigh. Fearing the worst, Ocean Reef Sea Rescue was contacted for information on the toxicity or otherwise of stingray venom. Upon discovering that that species of ray was non-venomous, the boys put away their thoughts of a mercy dash back to the nearest hospital or even worse the 8

9 traditional burial at sea and went back to fishing in the competition catching a good mixture including flathead, gardies, leather-jacket, rock-cod, skippy, trumpeters, wrasse and western blackfish. The lads returned to shore around 5.30pm and didn t go out again the next day. Chas won the longest total length at 5.21metres also the most points [1390] and species [7] measured; Charles measured the longest scale fish a tailor at 44 centimetres. Our next field Day is from the Yanchep Lagoon to Seabird, which is nice and close and hopefully full of tailor and mulloway. Mark Hansen Field Day Officer Field Day Results for January 2011 Field Day Sections up to and including January Section Angler Species Length (cm) 1A Longest Scale Fish (1st Six Months) Charles Faure Tailor 44 1B Longest Scale Fish (2nd Six Months) 2 Most Meritous Fish 3 Longest Shark 4 Longest Mulloway 5 Longest Tailor Charles Faure 44 6 Longest Salmon 7 Longest Skipjack Trevally Charles Faure 31 8 Longest Mackerel 9 Longest Pike 10 Longest bag of Scale Fish caught from the shore Charles Faure Mixed Bag Longest bag of Scale Fish caught from a boat Chas Reigert Mixed Bag Most species measured on a field day Chas Reigert 7 13 Most number of fish measured on a field day Chas Reigert Longest fish on a S/H Rod 4.5kg b/s line (max) 9

10 Field Day Prizes for January Section Angler Species Length Best Scale Fish Charles Faure Tailor 44 Best Bag of Scale fish Chas Reigert Mixed Bag 521 Best Shark Best Bag Including Sharks Top Ten for January Rank Angler Total Points 1 Chas Reigert Morris Kolman Charles Faure Mark Hansen Greg Walker Peter Stoeckel 74 7 Wendy Hansen 10 Sportsperson Of The Year Sections for January Section Angler Species Length Best Scale Fish Charles Faure Tailor 44 Best Bag of Scale fish Chas Reigert Mixed Bag 521 Best Shark Best Bag Including Sharks 10

11 ASF Dry Casting Chas Riegert has advised that the ASF State Championship Dry Casting will be held at Kings Meadow in Guildford on Sunday 27 th February The first cast is at 8:00am. ALL weights and line classes will be available at the ground, including leaders for those needing them. Casters need only bring their rod and empty reel. Jeremy Schrader from Melbourne and MAYBE a couple of others will be attending this event. A Century Red is up for first place and Chas is still seeking a suitable prize for the aggregate champion. This sounds like a great day and we look forward to seeing many of you there!! A mother and a baby sardine were swimming in the North Sea when suddenly the baby sardine saw a submarine go by and asked its mother what it was. The mother sardine said "It's all right dear, it's just a tin full of people!" 11

12 My thoughts... Another month has flown by and we are nearly half way through the second! This is an exciting month for the Beachcombers we have a website! Thank you to Phil Brayne for a great start on this. It looks fantastic and I am sure that we are all looking forward to seeing the finished result. As you have noticed, the meeting day has been changed to Thursday evenings instead of Wednesday. This is due to Kaitlin s gymnastic training so thank you to all for accommodating the Stoeckel taxi service! The February Field Day sounds like fun several of us have booked into Club Capricorn. While the men are out fishing, the rest of us will have to laze around the swimming pool sipping on a glass or two (?) of wine. Oh dear, someone has to do the hard work!!! I will be doing some more work on the title page before the next issue of Shorelines. This was just a quick job and definitely needs touching up. Thank you to Mark Hansen for the design much more artistic than myself! We look forward to seeing you at the next meeting and then the Field Day. For those who celebrate it Happy Valentine s Day!!! Take care, and look for the magic in every day. You only have to open your mind to see it. Jennie 12

13 Jennie Stoeckel Aura Soma Tarot Tarot Reiki Reiki Hot Stone Massage Ear Candling Dempseys Flooring & Sanding Service 12 Sandstone Place MARMION WA Office: Fax: Mob: For an appointment, ring Or For all advertising, please contact Jennie Stoeckel for costs, terms and conditions. Advertising will be invoiced annually and placed in the monthly publication Shorelines. This publication is also available for viewing on the Beachcombers website, giving you a wide coverage for potential interest and custom. 13