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Boat ramp delay worries anglers DOUBTS have been raised that works will not be finished at Hastings boat ramp in time for the September-November snapper season. It appears there are no timelines or work schedules for dredging and pontoon works at ramp which is the busiest on Western Port. The ramp was unavailable last year after rescue works on the collapsed “coffer dam” delayed its opening until late November (“Wall collapse leaves fishers high and dry” The News 22/9/20). The tender for dredging closed 31 March and the tender for the pontoon work closed 19 May. Mornington Peninsula Shire’s infrastructure projects manager Derek Rotter said a contractor for the project had been appointed but would not elaborate on when the works would begin or end. “We are currently in negotiations with the contractor and Better Boating Victoria to work out the delivery dates for this work,” Mr Rotter said. “The contractor has been delayed on other sites due to COVID-19 restrictions.” Fisherman Keith Thomas said stage 3 tender documents indicated a 15-week program which would mean works would not be completed for the snapper season. He said there is no viable alternative nearby ramp. “Stony Point is already overcrowded and Warneet has no water at low tide.” Stephen Taylor
Radio goes fishing RADIO station Easy Music 3MP which recently celebrated its first anniversary after returning to Melbourne’s airwaves is launching a fishing show, Saturday 31 July. The 3MP fishing show will be presented by former 3AW Fishing host David Kramer at 6am on Saturdays. The program will also be available on podcast Saturday via the 3MP website. Mr Kramer moved to Frankston from Sydney in 1966 as a two-year-old and remembers a school excursion to the 3MP studio at Bayside
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shopping centre in the late 1970s. Forty-plus years later and Mr Kramer returns to the 3MP studio with his own program and is promising a strong focus on the fine fishing the Mornington Peninsula offers. “Easy Music 3MP has always had a strong relationship with the peninsula and, as many residents know, fishing is a very popular activity for locals and huge numbers of visitors during the summer months,” he said. “I will be bringing in some of the best local fishing charter operators for weekly reports as well as regular interviews with officials from the Victorian Fisheries Authority. “Add in a bit of cooking, reports from popular regional areas around Victoria and a few laughs with some fishy characters each week and the program promises to be a full hour of entertainment.”
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