July Tackle Night

Time: 7.00pm at BCFC Club Room, 38 Canterbury Rd, Kirwan

Phone: 0419 890 901

Visitors Welcome

April Fishing Comp Results 2010

The weather for the April comp restricted most fishers to the creeks and land based. A couple of boats ventured (or attempted to) out wider but didn't get any further than the north cardinal. However, some great creek fish were weighed including some nice Jack, Bream, Whiting, Barra and Flathead. The boats that made it outside found some quality Doggie Mackerel around the shipping channel.

SENIOR MALE
Ted Brown - 263.3pts
Pikey Bream - 0.7kg 56pts
Pikey Bream - 0.46kg 36.8pts
Mangrove Jack - 0.78kg 39pts
Mangrove Jack - 1.02kg 51pts
Dusky Flathead - 2.3kg 80.5pts

Malcolm Brown - 187.3pts
Sheldon Dreyer - 96.8pts
Dion Forman - 93.7pts

SENIOR FEMALE
Tania Brown - 165.2pts
Mangrove Jack - 0.82kg 41pts
Bartailed Flathead - 0.98kg 49pts
Yellowfin Bream - 0.48kg 38.4pts
Yellowfin Bream - 0.46kg 36.8pts

Sylvia Gear - 42.5pts
Jocelyn Elms - 25.6pts

SUB JUNIOR
Lachlan Brown - 75.2pts
Yellowfin Bream - 0.46kg 36.8pts
Yellowfin Bream - 0.48kg 38.4pts

Sebastian Brown - 36pts

LURE/FLY
Sheldon Dreyer - 96.8pts

LAND BASED
Dion Forman - 93.7pts

MUD CRAB
Lachlan Brown - 18.4pts

CATCH & RELEASE
Sheldon Dreyer - 48.51pts

HARD YAKKA
Sylvia Gear

Fishing at Aplins Weir by Keith Ledger

Been catching some nice barra on live bait & not so live bait at Aplins Weir. Best baits have been milkfish, mullet, bony bream and tarpon about 20-30cm long - everything gets hit! Live bait have been easy to find in the lagoon down from the weir or in the lakes near Castletown – use an aerator to keep them alive for long enough. You will only need 6-8 big baits per person so only take what you need – put too many in a bucket and they just die anyway.
Using a single hook rig (7/0 or 8/0) on 60-80lb leader and no sinker, just hook the bait through the top of the mouth. Simply chuck them out - nothing fancy.

You can also use small herrings on the same rig to get smashed by big bream & jacks. Just scale down the hook size. Float the baits out and give the fish time to take the bait properly and it starts to swim away from you - don’t strike on the first bite.

Fishing Aplins is great fun for the kids both young & old. The best time to fish is the last couple of hours before and after dark & DON’T FORGET THE MOSSIE SPRAY.
Good luck all & have fun.

Get Your Boat Licence

BCFC is giving everyone the opportunity to "Get Your Boat Licence". Details are:

When: Wed 14th and Thur 15th
Time: 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Where: Blue Room, Baptist Church Hall
Cost: $120 per person
Contact: bcfctownsville@gmail.com
Phone: Dion on 4755 1403

Bookings are required by Monday 12th (next week)

Beautiful Weather

There are 5 knot winds this weekend so I hope everyone gets out fishing. Don't forget to send some photos and a great fishing yarn to bcfctownsville@gmail.com and we can post it on the blogspot. We would love to read about your adventures!

A Fish ... I Mean A Dip ... At The Lakes

Photography by Ben Forman - Aged 6

Photography by Dad Forman

Rod and Sylvia's Dream Trip to the Gulf

Here's a Snippet of Rod and Sylvia's Trip - for their full story see this month's Fishing Frenzy which will be posted on bcfctownsville.com in April

Mapoon was a destination that we had had longed to explore, and in October 2009 we teamed up with members of the Townsville Sportsfishing Club to explore and fish at Cullen Point in the Gulf of Carpentaria.

On the first night we camped at Archer River Caravan Park then headed to Cullen Point where we fished the rivers of Port Musgrave and outside on some of the close in shoals. Blue Salmon was the predominate species and I landed my first Queensland groper which was quickly released after a photo to capture the moment. The highlight for Syl and I was the majestic sight of a metre plus barra launching itself skyward and shaking its head. The fish found its freedom shortly after but the memories of the sight of this fish are still etched in our minds.

The highlight of the trip was a day trip to Pennefather River about an hour south from Mapoon. The whiting were schooling in the shallows, and we hooked up on an 80cm queenfish on the rock bar.

During the stay at Cullen Point we enjoyed the afternoon entrée of spring rolls, prawn cutlets and chicken nuggets heated in the camp oven as we sat by the camp fire listening to fishing stories and Slim in the background. After 2 weeks we had to give up the relaxing lifestyle and head back to Townsville.

Landbased Comp

A great time was had at the March Landbased Teams Comp. 6 teams fished over the comp weekend all hoping to win a fantastic prize sponsored by the Fishing Warehouse. The winning team was lead by Steve Holloway and his team buddies were Brad McNiece, Craig Thompson and Ian Johnson. Congratulations guys!

A special mention needs to be made of Bodie Singleton and Chloe Forman who weighed their first ever fish.

Congratualtions kids! I think we will need to keep an eye on this pair as they grow up, they might outfish us.

February Fishing Comp Results 2010

Perfect weather conditions for the first comp of the year resulted in a huge turn out at BCFC, with 25 anglers weighing a total of 56 fish. An additional 48 fish were released and 2 nice mud crabs from the Bohle River also made it to the scales. It is great to see the Catch and Release divisions continue to grow and worthy of special mention is Rod’s 95cm Giant Trevally and Ward’s 55cm Fingermark caught on fly, both awesome fish released to fight another day. Congratulations to all division winners and in particular to Greg Churchwood who set a new comp record with 350 points. A great effort by all who took part in our first comp for 2010 - looks like we are in for another huge year!

SENIOR MALE
Greg Churchwood - 350.00 pnts
Nannygai, Large mouth - 4.70kg 94.00 pnts
Coral Trout - 2.30kg 46.00 pnts
Trevally, Gold spot - 4.50kg 67.50 pnts
Mangrove Jack - 1.70kg 85.00 pnts
Emperor, Red throat - 2.30kg 57.50 pnts

Wes Graffin - 216.70 pnts
Nannygai, Large mouth - 1.32kg 26.40 pnts
Nannygai, Large mouth - 2.69kg 53.80 pnts
Cobia - 6.80kg 102.00 pnts
Trevally, Blue spot - 2.30kg 34.50 pnts

Rod Gear - 166.65 pnts
Barramundi - 2.21kg 33.15 pnts
Mangrove Jack - 0.81kg 40.50 pnts
Fingermark - 1.48kg 29.60 pnts
Fingermark - 2.28kg 45.60 pnts
Nannygai, Large mouth - 0.89kg 17.80 pnts

Malcom Brown - 148.50 pnts
Nannygai, Large mouth - 0.90kg 18.00 pnts
Nannygai, Large mouth - 0.96kg 19.20 pnts
Tuna, Mackerel - 4.44kg 88.80 pnts
Emperor, Grass - 0.90kg 22.50 pnts

Mitch Warrener - 146.60 pnts
Emperor, Red throat - 0.84kg 21.00 pnts
Cod, Gold spot - 5.40kg 108.00 pnts
Coral Trout - 0.88kg 17.60 pnts

Jordan Quayle - 115.05 pnts
Nannygai, Large mouth - 1.32kg 26.40 pnts
Mackerel, School - 1.06kg 42.40 pnts
Coral Trout - 1.85kg 46.25 pnts

Gavin Jacobs - 111.00 pnts
Barramundi - 1.92kg 28.80 pnts
Barramundi - 1.98kg 29.70 pnts
Whiting - 0.24kg 30.00 pnts
Whiting - 0.18kg 22.50 pnts

Ward Nicholas - 81.60 pnts
Fingermark - 1.18kg 23.60 pnts
Mackerel, School - 1.45kg 58.00 pnts

Dion Forman - 79.50 pnts
Trevally, Blue spot - 2.50kg 37.50 pnts
Trevally, Blue spot - 2.80kg 42.00 pnts

Brent Quayle - 73.20 pnts
Bream, Black - 0.44kg 35.20 pnts
Nannygai, Large mouth - 1.00kg 20.00 pnts
Nannygai, Large mouth - 0.90kg 18.00 pnts

Tony Turner - 63.60 pnts
Cod, Gold spot - 3.18kg 63.60 pnts

Ross Wardill - 59.00 pnts
Nannygai, Large mouth - 1.0kg 20.00 pnts
Trevally, Blue spot - 2.6kg 39.00 pnts

Sheldon Dreyer - 57.00 pnts
Cod, Gold Spot - 1.54kg 30.80 pnts
Cod, Gold Spot - 1.30kg 26.2 pnts

Michael St Johnwood - 49.50 pnts
Barramundi - 3.30kg 49.50 pnts

Scot Mayer - 16.50 pnts
Queenfish - 1.10kg 16.50 pnts

Greg Tanner - 11.70 pnts
Trevally, Giant - 0.90kg 11.70 pnts

Steve Holloway - 4.00 pnts
Stripey - 0.40kg 4.00 pnts

SENIOR FEMALE
Trisha Forman - 342.60 pnts
Queenfish - 6.00kg 90.00 pnts
Trevally, Blue spot - 2.84kg 42.60 pnts
Trevally, Golden - 4.50kg 67.50 pnts
Trevally, Golden - 4.90kg 73.50 pnts
Trevally, Bludger - 4.60kg 69.00 pnts

Tania Brown - 166.70 pnts
Mackerel, School - 1.89kg 94.50 pnts
Mackerel, School - 1.38kg 69.00 pnts
Hussar - 0.32kg 3.20 pnts

Sylvia Gear - 52.20 pnts
Barramundi - 2.36kg 35.40 pnts
Cod, Gold spot - 0.84kg 16.80 pnts

SUB JUNIOR
Jayden Jacobs - 20.00 pnts
Whiting - 0.16kg 20.00 pnts

LURE/FLY
Tania Brown - 163.50 pnts
Trisha Forman - 90.00 pnts
Malcolm Brown - 88.80 pnts
Ward Nicholas - 81.60 pnts
Tony Turner - 63.60 pnts
Sheldon Dreyer - 57.00 pnts
Michael St Johnwood - 49.50 pnts
Jordan Quayle - 46.25 pnts
Greg Tanner - 31.50 pnts

LANDBASED
Gavin Jacobs - 111.00 pnts
Jayden Jacobs - 20.00 pnts

MUD CRAB
Sylvia Gear - 1.22kg 12.20 pnts
Rod Gear - 0.84kg 8.40 pnts

CATCH & RELEASE
Rod Gear - 135.07 pnts
Trevally, Giant - 95.0cm 135.07 pnts

Ward Nicholas - 54.80 pnts
Fingermark - 55.0cm 54.80 pnts

Trisha Forman - 43.35 pnts
Trevally, Blue spot - 62.0cm 43.35 pnts

Sheldon Dreyer - 14.20 pnts
Fingermark - 35.0cm 14.20 pnts

HARD YAKKA
Rod Gear - 80 pnts
Greg Tanner - 50 pnts
Tony Turner - 15 pnts
Sylvia gear - 15 pnts
Allison Quayle - 15 pnts
Jayden Jacobs - 15 pnts
Ross Wardill - 10 pnts
Angie Holloway - 10 pnts
Wes Graffin - 5 pnts
Steve Holloway - 5 pnts
Gavin Jacobs - 5 pnts

Next Event

February Tackle Night and Comp

How to Catch Barra

Thursday 4th February

7.00pm at BCFC Club Room

38 Canterbury Rd, Kirwan

Fishing Comp Weekend

Friday 5th Feb - Saturday 6th Feb

Weigh-In @5.00pm Saturday

at BCFC Club Room

2010 Sign On Day

Don't miss the BCFC sign on day. Details are:

Saturday 30th January

10.00am - 12.00 noon
At BCFC Club Room
38 Canterbury Road
Kirwan Q 4817

The club room is in the Baptist Church Hall.

We will have snacks, lucky door prizes, welcome packs and lots of people available to discuss how the club runs and what the calendar is for 2010.

Don't miss out! We look forward to seeing you there. For more details contact the Club President: Dion Forman at dtforman@gotalk.net.au

Massive Barra Tumbles over Weir Wall

What a lot of rain we have had over the last week. Yesterday a young family took a stroll over the bridge near the Weir Primary School, and were shocked to see a massive barra tumble over the Weir wall. There were many onlookers, and as the barra came over the wall it fell into some shallow water below and was trapped by some rocks. A couple of guys standing by retreived the barra from the rocks and lay it on the grass. One of them lay beside it whilst his mate took some photos, and apparently it was almost 2/3rds his size. They did the right thing and release it back into the water, but what an amazing site to see such a huge barramundi slide down the weir wall. When barra season opens on Feb 1st, that will be a hotspot to be fishing.

Here's a pic of Jordan with a barra that he caught at Black's Weir in the wet season at the beginning of last year.