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Te 2013 Broome Fishing ClubAGM saw a great deal o support

rom club members to vote in thenew club constitution and also tobuild the 2014 committee, withattendees helping to nominate oneo the most diverse committeesin recent time. With Wes Franckspassing the presidential helm tolong standing club xture, JigAlbert and Shane Shags Minshullstepping up to the vice-presidency,taking over rom Karen Crosby.Te remainder o the 2104 com-

mittee comprises a range o youngmembers and other long servingshing club volunters enablingthe club to deliver a pro essionalapproach to sponsorships and ex-perience in handling big events.

Te evolution o the Broomeshing club continues into 2014,with a conscious decision to

move the 2014 billsh classic topredominantly a circle hook onlytournament; lures being the onlytechnique to enable anglers to usethe more traditional J type hooks.Furthermore debrieng posttournament saw anglers showingoverwhelming support or taggingo undersized billsh in the aimo increasing the spectrum o yearclasses o animals. Anglers will beseeking to tag the baby sh withmodied tagging equipment tolimit the stress induced rom the

regular tagging equipment.

Along with the advancement o thebillsh tournament regulations,great support rom club, committeemembers and key stakeholders inthe WA recreational sheries sectorhave backed the development andofficial tournament use o a newbrag ..Continued Page 2.

Early December the disappointingannouncement that the proposed$50 Million dollar unding toconstruct a new and contempo-rary boating acility adjacent toSimpson beach was to be retracted.Te news was a shattering blow tothe Broome community who havebeen dealing with the torment opoorly developed boating acilities

or ar too long. With captiualtiono unding the community re er-ence group; the Broome BoatingAlliance has disbanded. In a naleffort be ore closing the doorsbehind them the re erence grouphave passed some other optionsto the minister or transport royBuswell, in the hope that this wont just be swept aside. Its heart break-ing or the re erence group volun-teers and shing amilies to see thisoccur so soon afer the acknowl-edgement o the state governmentto apparently commit a urther $15million to bring the total undingup to $50 million. Te only thinglef or the Broome community todo at this point is to rally around

the Broome shire council who seethe loss o unding as a tradgey allwe can hope is that the hard workdoesnt completely go unrecognised

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Presidents reportImage courtesy o http://www.boatingwa.com.au

Jeff Cooper locking horns with a big Brassy Trevally

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mat to enhance the treatment o shduring the diverse range o tourna-ments that club hold throughout theyear. Due to poor per ormance overthe last ew years the bluewater blasttypically held late in the dry seasonhas been dropped rom the compe-tition lineup. Te committee and thesupporters o the club are hopingthat the license buy back rom withinRoebuck Bay will help to increase thestatus o the recreational shery andboost competitor numbers or those

competitions held within the bay,offestting the loss o the blast.

Te club is excited to announcethat the are working towards es-tablishing an open day on the 30tho March, last year the committeeput the day on hold due to someupgrades to extend the lawn to theextremity o the lease. Tis wasto hope ully occur to enable theopening o the new area up or the

estivities surrounding the billshand AIB tournaments, negoti-ations between the club and the les-sors are looking encouraging andshould hope ully see a nice extend-

ed lawn down inside this year.Te Kimberley raining Instituteaquaculture acility will once againopen its gates or the occasion,showcasing some o the new EastKimberley sh that enable theaquaculture centre to re-stock lakekunnunurra with ry in the hope oachieving the same results that thedepartment o primary industriesqueensland have been achieving

or many decades, a water waythats easy to access, relatively sa eand ull o 50lb Barramundi. As wemove urther into 2014 the club isnow taking memberships and havemembership satchels available orthose who register as a member, socome down to the club sign up.

Billsh tournament surplus shingshirts are now available at heavi-ly discounted rates. Long sleevequick dry shirts $35 and tourna-ment polos $10 (only available tomembers.Te dates o some o thecompetitions have altered slightlywith the Mayday ournament nowthe rst cab off the rank on the17th and 18th o May - presenta-tion and awards to be held on the25th o May. Te threadie shootout is to be held on Sunday the8th o June. Club and commit-tee members are all ready seeingexciting signs o great things to

Ingredients:1 x 2 minute Phone CallA sprinkling o cashPetrol or the car to and rom thetakeaway ood outlet.

4-5 hours o boating, previous touse o other ingredients

Method:

Undertake the 4-5 hours o boatingin the pretence o catching thingsthat swim in salt or resh water,then upon return use the phonecall to determine the next method

or using the petrol. Following useo petrol, sprinkle cash and heypresto you may have something toeat.

Jigs tried and true method comesrom the experience o shing in

the challenging waters o Port Phil-lip Bay and the Devils Bend Reser- voir where Red Fin were apparentlyavearaging a kilogram when theweather was warm!!

Club Correspondancecome towards the end o the wet-season. Te committee is currentlyworking towards redesigning thewebsite to enable access or mo-bile device users and increase the visibilty o the site to search en-gines to ensure greater access orthose people searching or shingoptions around Broome and withhope ully online registrations andstore or club merchandise.

Te Mary island shing club annu-al competition is ast approaching

and is a generally well contestedcompetition, with groups romBroome making the annual migra-tion, to test there skills and otherabilities in an ideallic location. Forthose who have wanted to haveever had that inkling to want tohead up but elt that they lackedthe nautical knowledge, then per-haps some training will give yousome condence to give it a go.Te Kimberley raining Institutewill be running accredited nightcourses in navigation. Te coursewill ne held over six nights ( ues-day 4th - Tursday 6th Februaryand uesday 11th - Tursday 13thFebruary) rom 17:30 - 21:00.Te course ocuses on readingand interpreting maritime charts,estimating uel consumption inrelation to planning voyages andplanning routes or sa e passage.Te course has been designed toincorporate Buccaneer achipelagocharts along with the predictedtides coinciding with the weekendo the buccaneer classic. otalcourse cost is $146.30 exlcudingany (non-essential) materials thatcan help with the training. Formore in ormation contact Leanne

ait on 08 9192 8909 or at leanne.tait@kti.wa.edu.au.

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For those shers that made themost o the good weather whenit was available over the christ-mas break will no doubt be telling

stories or the rest o the year. Teshing has been amazing. Whenthe swell and poor weather hasntbeen keeping boats in the creeks,the shing or Coral trout, Blue-bone, Snapper and revally off-shore has been great, trolled lures, jigs and baits o squid and mulieshave all been producing good sh.Te near shore ree s are still beingravaged by serious numbers osharks, prompting many anglers topull the pin early or move around.When the weather has kept anglersconned to the bay, good cap-tures o sh rom the deeps to theshallow ats south o Crab creekand almost all o our creeks havebeen producing sh there havebeen some respectible numbers oBarrmundi being caught, with shyielding to most techniues priorto the good dump o rain we hadnear the end o January. Toseshers wishing to try their hand atlures should try small traditionalbibbed minnows and some sof vibes, however some days it doesntreally seem to matter what yourip through the water, it will getannihilated! Some good reports are

still ltering through about thread-n popping up in places where Ivenever heard or seen them be ore.With any luck we are in or a crack-ing 2014 threadn season. Keepyour nger crossed.

Cheers, Beno.........

Tere are so many different thingsthat an angler has to bring togeth-er, to actually succeed at catchingsh. Firstly i you cant cast youwont be able to catch sh. Itcertainly depends on what type oequipment you decide on. I know

or one thing, I cant even workout how to use a handline with-out wrapping mysel up in knotsbut I learnt at a young age to castlures and ies. o be truly efficient

we need to understand the tides,moon phases, water temperature,what sort o beer to stock in theesky and nothing short o a marinebioloigy degree to gure out whatthe sh actually want to eat! Whenyou nally piece it all togethersomeone throws another spannerin the works to keep you thinkingand doubting the decisions that

you make are actually the rightones. Te only way to truly knowor sure is to keep track o these

decisions in as much detail aspossible. Something that I reallystruggle with. Te shers that Iknow who keep accurate diariesknow exactly what they want todo in advance and regularly dom-inate the sh. Really though youcan keep all the records you likeknow everything there is to knowabout currents, temperatures,barometric pressure and it can allcome unstitched at the seams with

a lack o knowledge regarding thestuff that keeps you connected tothe sh! thats right, how ofen doyou nd yousel walking aroundin the store or browsing on line inan aimless atempt to nd the linethat will cover all bases? For me Ind that a good quality PR braidin the 30 - 40lb category the mostexible line and will enable theangler to sh or Queenies, Mack-erel, Squid, Cobia on the sur ace,

theyre great lines or trolling lureswhether it be or Barramundior una. Ultimately youll real-ly see the benets o using themwhen jigging the offshore ree s orBar-Cheeked trout, Bluebone andSnapper. Te sensetivity o theselines is second to none, enablingthe unassuming anlger greaterchance o hooking small bites that

can end up in chaos. I recentlyhad a little tap, set the hook andimmediatelty got demolishedby a 20kg + Cobia, on a jig thataccounts or many other bottomespeceies. Knowing what line touse isnt the last key to success, yousill need to understand what knotsand rigs are suitable or whichapplication. Next edition Ill speaka little about the knots that workand dont let go when theyre tiedcorrectly. Until then have a lookat this website and get practicing;www.animatedknots.co m.

Chinamen, Coral trout and Bluebonecant help themselves when jigs drop in!

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