Well the heat is on and I can almost smell the Spanish Mackeral from my desk! January is a perfect time to brush on your Mackie hunting techniques. So come along and get some tips from the “Pro’s” and if you’re one of those “Pro’s”, come along and share the knowledge.

When: 17th January 2012 ( food served at 6.30pm)

Venue: Jack Moss’
17 Regher Street Warnbro

Food: A light meal will be provided (gold coin donation appreciated)

Topics:
Mackies Mackies Mackies
Up coming Competitions

Look forward to seeing you all there

Visitors that are curious to see what our club is about are more than welcome to come along. If you like what you see, you can join the WAUC club on the night for an annual joining fee of $30 a year (equates to a miniscule 58cents a week!?)

Any questions, call club president, Graham Gould 0412 945 722

Regards

Graham Gould

• The following are the confirmed club event dates (pending weather) for the next 12 months:- Southern Escape, WAUC only weekend away, 19 & 20 November (Location TBA)

  - Rottnest Cray comp, WAUC only, December 3 2011 (Rottnest)

  - New Competition and Club Meeting, WAUC only, 18 February, 2012 (Location & Details TBA)

  - Northern Exposure, WAUC only weeekend away, 3, 4 & 5 March 2012 (Location TBA)

  - Glynn Dromey, Open to all, 14th April 2012

  - Beagles Comp, WAUC only, 12 May 2012

  - M****************0 BRAND NEW COMP, Open to all, winner gets great $$$$, 16 June 2012-14th August 2012 (More details coming soon)

This years cray comp is scheduled to be held on Sunday 5th December (weather permiting) The comp is for WAUC financial members only and is free to enter. Crays caught by freediving only are eligible to be entered.

The weigh in is @ 1.30pm in front of the Quokka Arms (Pub) on Rottnest Island (Thompsons Bay)

Heaviest cray, 2 heaviest crays and the mystery weight all get prizes from our generous sponsors

This is a friendly comp with more of an empasis on the social side of things at the weigh in (beer) than rigourous break neck competition. If you need to get a spot on a boat, please call Dave aka Stabby (WAUC dive coordinator) and he will get you a spot reserved on a boat.

I had a blast last year so I urge all of you to come check it out

cheers

Aleks

Its on

June 30th was the season closure date, for further information check:

http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/docs/media/index.php?0000&mr=734

Back at the beach nearly everyone stuck it out to the end with Matt and Ben last in with 15 minutes to spare. Retrieval was made easy by the beach being very firm and unlike previous years all boats were trailered without assistance. All divers reported in well (once back on terra firma) and uninjured.

No boats reported any damage.

The Results:

First Place: Graham Gould and Joe Petrovich with 4 fish and 717 points

Second Place: Graeme Carlisle and Matthew Chave with 3 fish and 504 points

Third Place: Ben Campbell and Matthew Goodfellow with 2 fish and 493 points

Most Meritorious: Joe Petrovich with a 1.2kg King George Whiting

Mystery Fish: Darren Walker with a 3.2kg Baldchin Groper

Of the 14 pairs who entered, 8 weighed a total of 16 fish:

4 Silver Trevally, 3 Baldchin Groper, 3 Samson Fish, 2 Foxfish and
1 each of: King George Whiting, Breaksea Cod, Sea Sweep and Queen Snapper

Well done to all who participated in what turned out to be very trying conditions.

Regards,

Joe Petrovich

The new licence will cost $30 annually, which is less than 60 cents a week and it will help ensure that the State’s fisheries can be better monitored and managed.

For more info visit:

www.fisheries.wa.gov.au