President's Day is on Saturday 22nd July - come for a fish and BBQ back at the ramp for lunch (or just come for the BBQ!)
Where : Berowra waters
Time: 6am to 12 Noon
Followed by BBQ ( Byo drinks and chair )
Reply with attendance to coordinator : Mark Formosa 0404841055
Lake Lyell Convention 2023
Our annual Lake Lyell Convention is on again!
The convention will be run this year from Fri 19th May to Sun 21st May 2023.
Make sure you register now so you don’t miss out!
SBFC v CHRSLFC Interclub 6th March 2022
Sunday March 6th!
Our third Inter-Club Competition against Castle Hill Fishing Club.
Individual prizes are up for grabs, as well as a Perpetual Inter-club Trophy for Champion Club.
Free BBQ: 1pm at Brooklyn Oval. Presentation at 1:30pm
Major Prize for Interclub Champion:
(Dometic Cooler - Valued at over $100)
Angler with the most points
Minor Prizes for:
Best Boat: Most points (divided by number of anglers)
Best Angler: Longest Targeted Species (Excl. Flathead)
Best Flathead: Longest flathead
And for: (as judged by Club Contacts
Best Offshore Catch: Best offshore/reef catch
Best Estuary Catch: Best fish caught in estuary
Best Pelagic Catch: Best pelagic fish
Final meeting for 2021
Our last meeting of the year is Wednesday week the 8th December.
As well as some awesome fresh prawns for supper we are planning our annual 'Swap 'n Sell'.
All of us have extra fishing gear and tackle that we no longer use, require whatever. Tonight is the night to bring your unwanted gear for a 'Swap or sell'.
Should be a fun time.
The meeting will be at the Crestwood Community Centre, Baulkham Hills (Cnr Crestwood and Chapel Lane, Baulkham Hills – Hall 2), Doors open at around 7:30pm and the meeting starts at 7.45pm.
What's coming up for the club.
NSW Animal Welfare Reform - Discussion Paper
NSW ANIMAL WELFARE REFORM - DISCUSSION PAPER
The Animal Welfare Reform – Discussion Paper (Discussion Paper) is now open for public consultation and it marks an important step towards implementing up-to-date animal welfare laws.
Of interest is that squid are now proposed to be included as an 'animal' as defined by the act. A quote from is:
“There is considerable scientific evidence that cephalopods have the physiological capacity to experience pain. While the situation with crustaceans is possibly more open to scientific debate, our understanding of consciousness and pain perception is rapidly evolving and this should be taken into account when framing new animal welfare legislation.”
It also states:
"To ensure that the lawful activity of fishing is not unintentionally affected by this change, we will also introduce a provision that clarifies that using a live fish, cephalopod or decapod crustacean as bait is not an offence"
The Discussion Paper is based on the feedback of more than 1,100 stakeholders who had their say in the first round of public consultation.
Go Fishing Guides for Sydney
Some light reading if you’re looking for something to pass some time in lockdown!
Attached are the 4 Go Fishing Guides for the Sydney area.
This includes Botany Bay, Sydney Harbour, Middle Harbour and Parramatta/Lane Cove.
To quote the guides;
This series of guides to popular fishing locations is a great example of the proactive approach by the NSW Government to promote recreational fishing.
With much thanks to Sophie Johns. Fisheries Education Officer, Fisheries & Aquaculture Management
90,000 mulloway released into NSW Recreational Fishing Havens
With thanks to Fishing World:
AFTER several years of highly technical behind-the-scenes work, NSW DPI hatchery experts say they have “cracked the code” when it comes to developing and refining mulloway breeding technology.
The end result of this work is the successful stocking of 90,000 mulloway fingerlings into two key recreational Fishing Havens – and DPI says there’s plenty more to come.
The DPI’s Port Stephens Fisheries Institute marine hatchery team has been working with wild-caught mulloway broodstock – which are notoriously fickle and difficult to handle – and earlier this year managed to produce a successful spawning event, resulting in thousands of mulloway eggs which eventually turned into fry and then healthy fingerlings.
For full story see https://www.fishingworld.com.au/news/90-000-mulloway-released-into-nsw-recreational-fishing-havens
Lake Lyell Report 2021
The annual Lake Lyell Convention was held over the weekend of the 30th April to 2nd May 2021.
94 anglers from 7 clubs participated with 29 fish caught.
A full report is available here.
A picture gallery below.
Forster weekend away 2021
A terrific weekend away held recently over the Queens birthday long weekend in Forster.
18 members attended with 6 boats participating. Loads of fish caught and some great socialising around evening meals.
COMPETITION CATEGORIES were won by:
Most meritorious estuary catch: Kurt Forrester (Salmon)
Most meritorious beach/landbased catch: Emily Forrester (flathead off beach)
Most meritorious offshore catch: Mick Withford
Longest snapper: Peter Bylsma
Longest mystery fish: (flathead) Jiamin Havard
Below are some pics of the weekend away, and little lower is a YouTube of those same pics.
Thanks to all who participated, to Luke at Great Lakes Tackle for sponsorship and looking forward to next year when we plan to compete against the local Forster Bluewater Fishing Club.
