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The Angling Report (continued)
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Next Beach comp is on the 15th & 16th of July
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Mick Lock
Beach Fishing Report – June
Rob Meneguz
Summary
Freezing conditions keep numbers low, but some great fish weighed in. A 16kg Sambo, 1.6kg Baldy, 8.6kg Gummy shark & a 760g Flathead were some of the species rewarding the anglers who put in the effort.
Highlights
Although the weather was FREEZING it was really a great weekend to be on the beach competing against some very good anglers. The early mornings were tough with temperatures dropping into single digits. I think this did keep a few anglers at home this comp. We had 12 anglers weigh in, but no women, juniors and only 1 mini legend Crew.
Crew fished his little heart out and got rewarded with 5 species and 84 points. Unfortunately, the Mulloway alluded him this comp, but it wasn’t from lack of trying. The passion this young bloke shows towards fishing is only getting me more excited to be a dad. I just hope my future child is keen as this little dude is! In the Vets we had 5 competitors, with Locky’s 8.62kg Gummy Shark getting him over the line. Locky told me he literally just picked up his rod to check his bait and felt something playing with his bait. He struck and hooked into the culprit. Locky had 7 species in total giving him a total of 135 points. Graeme Cole earnt himself the runner up prize getting the heaviest Skippy, Pike, Whiting and Tailor. Although most people struggled to find any Tailor, Colsey joked about how he struggled to get away from them. Hah! Ricko finished in third place with 74 points.
Joe Wettinger is continuing to show he isn’t just a boat fisherman with an impressive bag on a quiet weekends fishing. Joe came third with 6 species, which included the heaviest Flatty of the day at 761g. He also caught a Sand Bass which you don’t see weighed in all that often. His whiting was more than double of others, weighed in at 148g. Pommy John came second with 2.. Wait 5… No that’s not right… 8 Species… This bloke loves leading you up the garden path. I must admit though, it does always make it interesting emptying his hessian bag onto the bench. John did have the 8 species including a nice Skippy of 579g. I’m sure John thought he had it in the bag, until he saw the large 16kg Samson fish that got pulled out of my Iceytek insulated fish bag. I ended up taking out the mens comp with 6 species, with 3 heaviest. I managed to get a small Pink Snapper too, just over 1.5kg. My total score was 151 points which, I believe, has me now in first place overall. Honourable mention to Kiwi, my fishing mate for the weekend, who lost a decent size shovel nose only 20-30m out. We had the head torches on it, and I honestly thought a few more pumps with the rod and it would have been within gaffing distance. Unfortunately, it rubbed through the leader and swam off to grow a little bigger for next time. Kiwi persisted though and was rewarded with a 1.6kg Baldchin Grouper the following morning! Something you don’t catch off the beach on a regular occurrence.
Although it was cold, I could only hope we get the similar sort of conditions for the next few comps.
Fishing Competition Results
Fingers and toes crossed we get some nice weather between all the rain and storms that will no doubt be coming as we head into the heart of winter.
Tight lines
