THE WAR VETERANS FISHING GROUP IS A NETWORK OF VETERANS DEDICATED TO ASSISTING DISABLED VETERANS TO PARTICIPATE IN RECREATIONAL FISHING

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1 VOL. 16 ISSUE 4 APRIL 2011 THE WAR VETERANS FISHING GROUP IS A NETWORK OF VETERANS DEDICATED TO ASSISTING DISABLED VETERANS TO PARTICIPATE IN RECREATIONAL FISHING Next Meeting Friday 29th April 2011 TPI House 171 Richmond Rd Richmond 1000h The WVFG meet at 1000hrs on the last Friday of each month, except when the last Friday coincides with a public holiday. It will then be brought forward one week. The Group does not meet in December.

2 WVFG NEWSLETTER APRIL 2011 ROLL CALL Peter Collyer, Sid Jamieson, Roy Burdett, Ike Treloar, Rod Langman, Kevin Stone, Stan Stone, Vince Iannuzzi, Mick Mummery, John Murphy, John Hamlyn, Mike Cleary, Greg Dwiar, Lofty Atkinson, Paul Millbrook, Klaus Racman. LEAVE PASS ISSUED Les Walker, Graham Parks. AWOL Norm Bell, John Cook, Max Crowhurst, Alex Munro, Bruce Standen, Paul Wells, Ray Stanley, Trevor Wilson, John Sutton, Ron Swain, Mick von Berg, Bernie Cummins, Ray Vadeikis, Warren Kennedy, Graham Deguet, Jim Pugh,, Leo van Wijk, Pete Smith, Garry Cook, Ron Milsom, Nick Williams, Vic Ellul. STANDING APOLOGIES, COUNTRY MEMBERS. David Jones, Robert Nitschke, Rob Schueler, Ned Sparks, Max Grund, Tug Wilson, Tony Lawrence. NEW MEMBERS No new members this month. All present and accounted for. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun, and in the morning. We will remember them. Lest We Forget. All enquiries about the War Veterans Fishing Group should be made to Mick Mummery OAM WTFRW 4 Hassell Ct. WOODCROFT p.h

3 WVFG NEWSLETTER APRIL 2011 Aldinga beach for Mullet Whiting Snapper at the Norma Dismal day at Ardrossan Mick M went down to Aldinga beach with his family and grandchildren during the school holidays after some of the mullet which were along the gutters close in to the shore line. They took with them a couple of different baits to make sure they would get some fish for the younger kids to keep them interested for the day, Gents, Cockles, and Seaweed worms as well as a Mullet mix was used. The mullet mix in a berley spring with a hook under the spring was the best method to get a keeper, surprisingly the Gents were not a good bait, as the Mullet were not interested in them at all. A good number of legal sized fish were caught, as well as a lot of unders, but it was mainly the bigger ones t h a t w e r e c aught, and the y o u n g siblings r e a l l y had a g o o d time. Vic picked a couple of fine days to go out to the Norma wreck with his sons looking for the whiting, although they were patchy and only in loose schools, the did manage to pick up 20 Whiting on the first day as well as a few keeper Snapper. It is pretty well excepted that you have to do a few drops out there for the Whiting if you want to get your bag limits, the fish are all good sized at the moment with only a few throwbacks amongst them, of course there are pleny of the undersized bait stealing snapper about, all contesting for your tasty cockle on the hook. Going back to the same area the next day, Vic and crew were able to get another 18 Whiting, applying the same method. Vic advised not to use any burley if you go out to the Norma wreck as it only attracts the sh!tt!es and the undesirables to your baits. With great expectations Greg D. and myself headed off once again for a day's fishing at Ardrossan on Monday 4th April. We picked up some extra bait plus the mandatory cream cakes at Port Wakefield. It was going to be a real good day with a relatively early start and that in itself is a winner when you have Greg D involved. The moon was right and the tides were good. We met up with Lofty and his friend Tony at the boat ramp and immediately reviewed our position. The waves were up a bit and also the tide was out as far as I have seen it at Ardrossan so much so that both Lofty and ourselves had some difficulty getting out with the very shallow water. Nevertheless we hit the sea at around 11am hopeful in the knowledge that the weather would settle down a bit. That was not to be the case and when the S.O.D. rolled up a while later conditions had worsened. Sid did finally launch however and was content and bright enough to fish the shallows only. We persevered trying spots up to 15kms out. We got tossed about a lot and matters were not made better by the distinct absence of any fish bar one Dogshark and a myriad of undersize Snapper. The best part of the day was when we were given the opportunity to watch a pod of 9 Dolphins frolic about and around the boat for some 15 minutes or more, then disap-

4 Catch of the Year 2010 Richard Iveson WVFG NEWSLETTER APRIL 2011 WAR VETERANS FISHING GROUP OFFICIAL RECORDS 2011 Group Champion 2010 Greg Dwiar SPECIES WEIGHT LENGTH LOCATION CATCH WITNESS DATE BARRACOUTA N/R 110 cm Coffin Bay Tony L. John H. Oct 06 BARRAMUNDI 5.86 kg 80.2 cm Corroboree (NT) Phil C Bridget C. Sept 08 BLUE GROPER Est. 20 kg N/R Cape Forbin Mick M. Rob S. Failie 02 BLUE MORWONG N/R 77 cm Pondalowie Roy B. Norm B. Jan 10 REEF BREAM 4.5 kg 59.5 cm Shoal Bay (NT) Tug W. Mal N. May 06 BREAM 1.56 kg 48 cm Pt. River Rob S. Mick M. Feb 98 EUROPEAN CARP 1.38 kg 51 cm Renmark Bob. H Vince I May 07 CORAL TROUT 4.2 kg 70 cm Fitzroy Reef Ted C. Laurel C. Aug 02 CRAYFISH 3.2 kg N/R Western Drop Tug W. Lofty A. Jan 06 CUTTLEFISH 3.5 kg N/R Corny Point Jeffery B. Paul M. Failie 02 DRUMMER 3 kg 50 cm Bird Island Tony L. John H. June 06 EAGLE RAY Est. 60KG 170 cm Ardrossan Kevin S. Nick W Feb 11 FLATHEAD 2.15 kg 67 cm Pt. Turton Klaus R. Ross C. Mar N/R 57 cm Pondalowie Roy B. Mick M. April 11 FLOUNDER N/R 48 cm St. Kilda Sid J. Col F. April 00 GARFISH N/R 35 cm Port Hughes Paul C. Tony L. Jan 07 GOLDEN SNAPPER 4.00 kg 69 cm Darwin Bob H. Greg D. Aug 08 HARLEQUIN 2.25 kg 56 cm Buffalo Reef R the T Carol M. Failie 00 JEWFISH 11 kg 112 cm Bynoe Tug W. Bob S. May 00 KINGFISH 27 kg 140 cm Port Augusta Mick M. Max G. Aug 02 LEATHERJACKET N/R 43.5 cm Port Hughes Tony L. Rod L. Mar 07 MACKEREL MULLET (SLIMY) N/R cm Pondalowie Coffin Bay Mick Bob M. H. Greg Nick W. D. April Oct NANNYGAI 4.4 kg 65 cm Pondalowie Tug W. Mal N. Dec N/R 52 cm Pondalowie Mick M. Tug W. April 11 OCTOPUS 6.74kg 132 cm Pondalowie Mick M. Graham P. Jan 10 PERCH - SILVER N/R 32 cm Renmark Kevin S. Bob H. May 07 PERCH - REDFIN N/R 28 cm Khancoban Bob H. Kevin S. Nov 06 SALMON 4.12 kg 69 cm Gunyah Beach Richard I. Peter B. Feb 01 SAMSON FISH 17 kg N/R Cape Forbin Eugene N. Rob S. Failie 02 SHARK- GUMMY N/R 175 cm Pt. Victoria Ike T Vince I Oct 10 SHARK - WHISKERY N/R Est. 150 cm Port Victoria Tug W. Mick M. Oct 06 SHARK-SCHOOL 17.7kg 145 cm Pondalowie Terry W Klaus R. Jan 10 SHARK - WOBBEGONG N/R 210 cm Port Hughes Rob S. Tony L. Mar 08 SNAPPER 9.7kg 100 cm Pt. Victoria Richard I Norm B. Dec N/R 97 cm Port Victoria Tug W. Mick M. Jan 11 SNOOK N/R 89 cm Roslyn Shoal Sid J. Mick M. Failie N/R 70 cm Port Victoria Roy. B Pete S. Dec 10 SQUID 1.1 kg 86 cm Fowlers Jetty Jeff B. Rob S. Sept 00 STRONGY 1.15 kg 47 cm Fowlers Ledge Mick M. Paul M. Sept 00 SWALLOW TAIL 1.3 kg 46 cm Rivies Michael C. Mick M. Failie N/R 42cm Pondalowie Enzo I Tug W. Apr 11 SWEEP 1.45kg 50 cm Pondalowie Graham P. Mick M. Jan N/R 42.5 cm Pondalowie Mick M. Tug W. Apr 11 TREVALLY 4 kg 70 cm Darwin Reef Vince I. Kevin S. Aug N/R 41 cm Pondalowie Nick W. Kevin S. Apr 11 BROWN TROUT 2.1 kg 50 cm Khancoban Kevin S. Beverley S. Nov 04 RAINBOW TROUT 0.9kg 41 cm Eucumbene Lofty Helen Mar 10 TUNA 18.4 kg N/R Pt Lincoln Michael C. Bob C. Mar 03 WHITING YELLOWFIN N/R 39 cm Pine Point Colin S. Paul M. Mar 08 WHITING K GEORGE 1.3 kg 57 cm The Pines Tony L. Fiona L. Mar N/R 42 cm Port Victoria Roy B. Pete S. Dec 10

5 WVFG NEWSLETTER APRIL 2011 peared, maybe they were trying to tell us something. We decided to pull the pin towards sundown and were on dry land around 6.50pm with virtually nothing to show for a day's fishing. However the P o n d a l o w i e charter is on for Thursday so I live in hope of stocking up the fillet supply once again. Lofty with his mate Tone after a two day fish at Pt Julia. Name: Age: 64 LES WALKER Birthplace: ADELAIDE Military service: 2 YEARS 9RAR SVN 68/69 Most memorable catch: 15LB BARRAMUNDI ADE- LAIDE RIVER, DARWIN Favourite fishing spot: Favourite fish to catch: Favourite fish to eat: Favourite food: Favourite drink: Alltime favourite movie: Favourite TV show: YORKE PENINSULA WHITING WHITING CHICKEN COOPERS PALE ALE PINK PANTHER GLOBAL VILLAGE Person you would most like to meet: OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN Other hobbies: Ambition: COLLECTING BOOKS LIVE HEALTHY AND WELL

6 WVFG NEWSLETTER APRIL 2011 Smashed Spuds Pre-heat oven to 200 degrees Celsius. Boil potatoes until they are almost cooked through. Drain. Place the potatoes on a paperlined baking tray. Break up the potatoes a little with the back of a fork. Don't mash them - just break them up a little. Drizzle over the oil and sprinkle liberally with fresh rosemary and salt Bake in oven for 30 minutes until golden brown. Quick Traffic Lights Cook the peas and corn until almost tender. See instructions on the packet for timing. Add the capsicum and continue cooking for 3 minutes. Drain well and add salt and pepper to taste. Fish gm (1 and 1/2 pounds) white fish fillets 2 cups of cornflakes 1/2 cup plain flour 3 tablespoons of sesame seeds 1 teaspoon of dried oregano 1 teaspoon dried basil 1/2 teaspoon of dried tarragon (if you like it) 1 teaspoon dried mustard powder 2 eggs, beaten 1/2 teaspoon salt, pepper to taste Place cornflakes, sesame seeds, herbs, mustard, salt and pepper in a food processor and make fine crumbs. Coat fish in flour, then in egg and then in the crumb mixture. Shallow fry in a small amount of oil, turning the fish half way through cooking. Serves 4. On the Easter weekend we decided to go and try out the new camper trailer with some friends so it was decided Lake Eyre was going to be the destination due to it being in flood and none of us had seen it that way before. The roads were a bit ordinary to say the least due to washouts but we took it slow and all made it safe. We stayed on a Station about 90k's from Marree not far from the hot springs. Not far from our camp site was a few smaller creeks still with water flowing so the kids promptly set the yabby nets and within a few hours we had yabbies on the campfire. I have not seen yabbies that size since I was about 10 and they were in large numbers ( not that we waisted to much time counting as they went straight into boiling water). The next day we decided to travel to Coopers Creek and try for a few hours of fishing. As soon as we arrived the lines got wet as the ladies made lunch. We were getting bites almost immediately and i managed a 39cm Callop. then the kids got a few more fish after that. we didn't stay as long as we would have liked as we to travel back to the campsite before dark to cook dinner as where we stayed the were no facilities whatsoever. The next day we travelled to Lake Eyre but didn't get time to drop a line in the water. All in all it was a good weekend and worthwhile trip.

7 WVFG NEWSLETTER APRIL 2011 It s a Bird! It s a Fish! It s Supermale! It s the parrotfish, a fish that looks like a bird! But it s no ordinary fish: it s a female, it s a male, it s a supermale! Why there are even supermale Queen and supermale Princess Parrotfish. And not only that, these strange, bird-like, gaudily colorful fish travel in herds and graze on plants. So how can one fish have the beak and colors of a parrot, behave like a cow, and change from female to male and from male to supermale in a single lifetime? For the parrotfish, it s all part of an ordinary day in the coral reefs. Home on the Reef Water-bound, scaly, gilled, and finned, parrotfish are all-fish, in spite of the name. They have large, smooth scales and can be brightly, even garishly colored. Their teeth are fused into beak-like structures that make them look a bit like parrots. Very common on coral reefs, parrotfish are herbivores and are therefore restricted to relatively shallow water where sunlight penetrates to allow plant growth. They often travel in groups, and, like terrestrial grazers, they crop from various locations (and thus do not destroy their food source). Parrotfish use their beaks to nip pieces of large algae and to scrape algae and other encrusting organisms such as sponges from rocky bottoms. In the process they ingest large quantities of rock and coral, which is ground to a fine powder by highly specialized teeth in their throats. They then void the ground-up rock and coral, thus creating sand. Turns out that most white sand beaches in the tropics come from the poop of parrotfish and their peers! A study in Bermuda estimated that parrotfish create a ton of sand per acre of coral reef per year. Those swimmers over coral reefs have discovered that when parrotfish feed, the noise of their teeth scraping rock is easily heard. Supermale Gets His Female These striking fishes undergo an unusual sexual development, marked by distinct color phases. In some species, all the young are drably colored females, and some of these then change to males. In others there are two kinds of males those that start life as males, and those that complete a female phase before transforming into males. A number of species include juvenile, young adult male and female, older female, and terminal male or supermale phases. The Stoplight Parrotfish is one species with all of these phases. Its young adult/female coloring is so different from that of the supermale, the two were long thought to be different species. Most adults of a given parrotfish population are ordinary males and females; supermales are pretty rare. So what s so great about being a supermale? Well for one thing you get to be super colorful. And for another, a supermale parrotfish gets to spawn with an individual female or a group of females, while ordinary males spawn in groups with other males. A supermale, therefore, is more likely to pass his genes along to a new generation. A Little Night Mucus At the end of a busy day, parrotfish turn in for the night. They burrow into the sand or squeeze into a crevice to sleep. Some species of the genus Scarus, which includes both the Queen and the Princess parrotfish, are then able to secrete a mucous envelope around themselves. It takes a fish about half an hour to fully wrap itself in the slimy secretions, which appear designed to mask the fish s scent from hungry sharks and morays. A bed of slime may not seem like an apt resting place for a Princess, but it sure beats being a shark snack. VETERANS RACE DAY Five members of the WVFG attended the annual veterans' race meeting at Balaklava on Wednesday, 13TH April,2011. One couple made their own way to Balaklava with the rest catching the bus put on by the TPI Association at a minimal cost. The bus stopped at Two Wells where the local RSL put on a sausage sizzle and refreshments which all the travellers enjoyed. The races provided a good spectacle however unfortunately with minimal financial benefit to most. Lunch was provided by the Balaklava Racing Club and volunteers from the local community helped and a good meal it was too. All in all a very good social day out and I would recommend that when next year's event comes around you seriously think about attending. I know for a fact that all those that attended from the WVFG are keen to line up again next year. Tight reins to all.. Percy the Punter "

8 WVFG NEWSLETTER MARCH 2011 Last month we had an article about the future Marine Parks that will be introduced to South Australia in the near future. A discussion also took place with various opinions from the members as to what they had heard. At the next meeting Mick has invited Trevor Watts from the South Australian Recreational Fishing Advisory Council to give us a more detailed and up to date account of what is happening. Trevor will be speaking after our midway break, it is in your best interests if you need to know the facts of what is about to happen to your favourite fishing spots along o u r c o a s t l i n e. Carp fishing at Inglewood In- Monday May 23rd 10am glewood Directions: Get on to either Lower Northeast Rd, Main Northeast Rd, or Grand Junction Rd. and follow to InglewoodPub, approx 1km past turn left into Chapman Rd(mostly dirt) continue 1.5kms over 2 hills. Dam is on left next to road. BYO Everything Enquiries Lofty or Lofty has an off road camper trailer for hire if any of our members are thinking of doing some scenic touring, don't panic, its in good roadworthy condition, give him a call if you are thinking of going bush. Our next away trip has been arranged for Cowell on the West Coast. We have bookings with the Cowell Cabin Park for the week commencing 18th July through until the 22nd July, for 4 cabins, our host Max G. will be away until early July, this will give him time to resettle before we attack the area. There were some concerns about the best tides and times, which are the following week, I asked about changing accommodation to the following week, however the cabins are fully booked out the following week. By now you should almost have your crew together and planning started. We should be looking at taking the minimum vehicles and maximum boats, try and decide by the next meeting if you are going or want to go, we will do our best to get you onboard. Once you have your group together, then I will leave it up to your group to book into the Cabin Park and pay your own accommodation, a deposit is required to secure the cabin, this way there is no monies to collect, and if you drop out, it will be your problem of how you get your money back from the Cabin Park. The cabins are all 2 bedroom, with double bed, second double and single, with ensuite and all facilities including air-conditioned ensuite cabins, Free Austar TV, Facilities for the disabled, Free undercover BBQ area, Walking distance to local shops and hotels, The boat ramp and Town centre is a short walk of about 500 meters Prices are $100 a night for 3 people or $33 each, if you require bed lined there is an extra charge of $15 p.p. You negotiate with the park owners Heather and Peter. They can be contacted on Ph their website is or info@cowellcabinpark.com.au