March 10-16
Port Victoria Caravan Park
20 members
The jetty, being close-by to the caravan park, gave us the opportunity to sneak down to do some early morning fishing. Members staying in the cabins were the early starters and reaped the rewards.
The week ended with some great celebrations. The Tanunda Brass Band, 27th Regiment Army Band, and the Pembroke Boys Band treated us to some wonderful music.
Sunday evening saw two of the tall ships sail in and dock at the end of the jetty. The sun was setting and it created a wonderful scene. A large crowd greeted the "One and All" and the replica of the "Enterprize".
Monday morning we said goodbye to our fishing companions and headed for home.
A great relaxing week.
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May 7-16
Point Turton Caravan Park
29 Members
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Point Turton Trip Report
Under the capable hands of our leaders Bob and Margaret, all twenty nine of us had another wonderful and eventful stay at the Point Turton Caravan Park.
The weather was pretty good: only one wet day and night. The wind on the jetty was cold on occasions, but dressing warm overcame that.
The first day was quite eventful, when one of the group, (I won’t say who) caught a 47cm Snook and nearly the same size Flathead! From then on it was catch up time, and to her delight was not beaten for size, but the tally over all was not her forté.
Everyone caught a fish of some kind, mainly Weedy Whiting and Tommy Ruffs. One Fisherperson caught Tommies for the first time, another caught Squid, and boy were they excited!
Each morning at 10.00 AM (not too early), we had a get together, around our Gazebo, for morning tea and to plan the day.
Late afternoon, 5.30 PM it was “happy hour” and the s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d stories of the day’s events were told.
We also went to Burner’s Beach and fished from the shore, but very few were caught.
Each day we had the Walkers, the Handcrafters, the Card-sharps and the Fisherpersons.
We were a very happy group and watched as our host Malcolm showed us how to clean and lubricate our fishing rod reels. Shock horror! The sand in some of the reels was unbelievable.
On the last evening our host and his wife Jenny, cooked us a BBQ and we ladies supplied the salads.
To the person who caught the largest fish, went the “Yellow Jacket”, and a new handcrafted fishing rod donated by our hosts Malcolm and Jenny.
Kath then played her Piano-accordion and we had a great sing-a-long. It was the culmination of a very happy week of fun and friendship.
The following day we left and headed for home, looking forward to our next trip.
Joy Thorpe.
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September 5-11
Marion Bay Caravan park
29 members
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Marion Bay Trip Report
The fishing weather gods were against the members of the very windy Pleasure Fishing Group’s trip to Marion Bay. Perhaps they thought that all fisherfolk liked to stand in the rain, fight against the wind, loose bottoms off lines and catch no fish. The emphasis this week was certainly pleasure, not fishing!
Once again we welcomed new members: Colin, John, Maureen, Ross and Wendy.
Everyone made the best of the weather: very strong winds, and that persistent shower that came along every time we got out of the car or had somewhere to go.
Thursday we headed down to Gym Beach. What a beautiful day. Lunch was enjoyed in the sunshine. Then it was down the track, through the sandhills, onto the beach and the eager Fishers began casting their lines into the sea. Seaweed was the main catch, but soon a few fish were caught. John top scored with seven lovely Mullet. Some of us got really wet with the large waves crashing onto the beach.
Friday was another windy day, so the advance party went off to find a suitable spot. Foul bay was chosen and we all headed there after lunch. Once again, seaweed was being caught but Merle showed everyone how to land a big one …. 51cm long. Because we had all left our books at home, identification became difficult, but Peter and Merle said that what ever it was it was very good eating.
The fishing on Saturday was as dismal as the losses by the Power and the Crows, but we had a wonderful combined evening meal in the camp kitchen. Once again outdoing the best restaurant in town.
Sunday we were off to Pondalowie Bay. It was raining on arrival, but after a quick lunch the Fishers were eager to get started. Some fished the bay and others the ledges overlooking the West Cape lighthouse. The waves, spray and colour of the sea was magnificent. A few bottoms of lines were lost as were some floats but we did manage to catch some fish. One person found himself below the highest wave and got quite wet!
Monday everyone lined up on the wind-swept jetty, baiting and re-baiting. One by one they retreated, bitterly cold and no fish. Back at the camp kitchen we were cheered and warmed at happy hour.
Tuesday morning the advance party decided that Dolphin Bay was the place to go. We packed our lunch and fishing gear and set off for some beach and rock-hop fishing. Some tried their luck at Pondalowie Bay. Colin top scored the day with some nice “Tommies”. The best part of the day was the beautiful evening meal of roast chicken or roast pork at Rhino’s Tavern. Our thanks go to Shaun for continuing to look after us whenever we visit the bottom end.
Wednesday Colin and John fished the rocks at Chinaman’s Hat, others fished the jetty. Our thanks go to those who caught and cooked the squid for the entrée. Colin showed a video of the Point Turton trip and everyone had a good laugh. Merle was presented with the yellow T-shirt for the biggest fish caught for the week. Well done Merle!
Thanks to Bob and Margaret for another great trip.
Margaret Osborn
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