A cold start to the morning saw everybody rugged up tight with anticipation of a hard day on the water. To say it was tough is an understatement. With cold-water temps he or she who could find fish caught fish (a good pre-fish hey Rod). To sum it up tough conditions plenty of fish caught from Whiting to Jewfish but only a hand full of bream.

Next comp is to be held in Sydney Harbour, 23rd July - 6am start. See you there.

Allen Cleary - Assistant Recording Officer

Conditions were great for a top day on the water for HNBAA anglers who enjoy participating in our monthly comps, the experienced anglers again proving that there are plenty of fish to be caught.

Andy Parkinson and Mal Dilkes came back early from a comp up north to build up our numbers with Andy taking out most points, 1385.

Allen Cleary and Jon Thompson were the Best Team on the day with 1412, Allen also caught
the largest Bream, a beauty, 373.

Elise Hardiman caught a big Trevally that was masquerading as a G.T and Joel Price landed a big girl Flathead, 652. Elise was the only junior fishing with 575 and Jordan Cinc (Sub Junior) caught a Yellowtail (3 times)

Janelle Cinc took the ladies points 256 and Pam Owen, caught the most fish but unfortunately whiting, taylor and flathead don’t score in a Bream comp.

Kris Cameron got his days mixed up and on Saturday landed a 25kg Jewfish on a 5kg line
(see the picture on their website)

Thanks to Rod Hardiman again for providing lunch, it is always welcome after a morning on
the water.

Next comp is to be held at Brooklyn, 25 June - 6am start. See you there.

A good roll up of 19 anglers took to the water on a cold, foggy morning for the last round of the Bass Comp. Some good Bass and EP’s were caught with a few Bream and Tailor being taken. Andrew Arthur with 1116 points was best individual followed by Scott Kavanagh with 962 points. Mark Wilbow, a competitive junior, landed a score of 813 with the two girls, Elise Hardiman on 272 and Ashley Arthur on 195. Sub Juniors, always keen anglers, Jordan Cinc with a 200 Bream and Zoe Cleary also fi shed. Best Team – T Rex with a good combination by Peter and Mark Wilbow – 1415

Next month commences the Bream Comp. This year it has been extended to 4 comps with the hope that all anglers will enjoy the Bream Season. This is a separate comp, points scored do not count towards the Champion Angler however these four comps have similar categories to the Bass comp with trophies being awarded. All Bream comps will be 6am start to 1 pm

The March Comp may have started a new tradition of camping and leftovers. (and we still have some left for next comp). Thanks to Rod Hardiman for the organising of the venue that 28 members enjoyed, some starting on Friday night and others joining in on Saturday night to fish on Sunday. Bellies full of good wholesome rissoles and peanuts, bacon and eggs for breakfast and sausages for after comp BBQ, all enjoyed the weekend.
Andy Parkinson notched out Scott Kavanagh by 4 points to take out the individual.
Janelle Cinc improved her scoring with 4 nice fish totalling 1049 one of these a 340.
Zac Parkinson took out the Juniors with 1295.
Jordan Cinc with 165 and Joel Fisher with 110 led the Sub Juniors. Largest fish was recorded by Scott Kavanagh with 347mm and the Teams Event was won by Bass Boys, Andy Parkinson and Mal Dilkes with 1453 narrowly edging out the Bass Bitches, Janelle Cinc and Tony Devine with 1438.

72 Anglers from HNBAA, St George, Southern Bass, Breakaway (Panthers) and Darwin F.C.
Enjoyed the weekend of 25th & 26th February at Lower Portland. Nearly double the last years figures prove we have a great weekend to offer all anglers to enjoy Bass fishing. Members travelled from all parts of the country (Darwin and Moree) to enjoy the great weather on the Hawkesbury.
Many good scores were recorded and some are still trying, however next year will be bigger and better with a challenge being thrown out to even more Fishing Clubs to join us.

Kris Cameron, Windsor Bait and Tackle, just missed the comp by slipping out on Tuesday and catching a 450. Where was it on Saturday?

Thank you to all who worked tirelessly to make the weekend a great success, both before the event and during the weekend. We have a great team and this makes for a successful club. We look forward to our next Interclub Challenge 2007 to be held on the last weekend of February next year. See you there!
Alan Owen

What a weekend!! Two comps, the Interclub and a great weekend of camping and fishing.
Thanks to Allen Cleary, Andrew Follan and Janelle Cinc for their assistance given in organising the Catch Sheets and tallying up the scores. Fisheries assisted with a special print of
Catch Sheets, measuring tapes and Frisbees for the kids.
Individual scores for each comp will be recorded however Patches will be awarded for the
combined scores for the Best 5 for the weekend.
Alan Owen

The January Comp had 25 anglers take to the water. The Kayakers launched at Hanna Park with the boats starting at Windsor. There were 3 Juniors and 1 Sub Junior and 3 Ladies as well as the usual crew of blokes. The most points in the member section went to Peter Walker with 1397 followed by Kris Cameron with 1351, Kath Cameron 1319 and Jon Thompson 1318. Most points for Junior, Ashley Arthur 889. Best Team went to Windsor Bait & Tackle, Kath and Kris Cameron. Kath Cameron took out the Ladies section followed by Janelle Cinc. Jordan Cinc was the only Sub-Junior fi shing without luck. Apologies to Dave Parker for incorrect publication in newsletter for the Largest Bass, which Dave did take out with a nice 370mm and Rod Lamb again took out Biggest Bass on Fly, 240. Competition winner, Peter Walker has been doing a bit of practice this month catching a very nice 453 Bass on 7 January at 9.30 pm. Good one Peter and welcome to the 400 Club.

A reminder to anglers that the Interclub is on next month so get your entry in as soon as possible. The Interclub will be TWO Comps for HNBAA Members so here is your chance to get some catch up points for the Club Championships as every category is still wide open and at this moment most anglers can still stake out the top spots.
Alan Owen.

All boats departed the Penrith Boat Ramp between 5am and 6am Sunday 20th November 2005 with a few anglers taking advantage of an early start resulting in an excellent number of fish caught. In all 158 Bass were caught by 13 members, 1 Junior and 5 Sub Juniors. Andy Parkinson had 33 Bass in his catch and recorded 1375. Jon Thompson scored 1290, 12 fish caught and all accurately measured and witnessed. Jon also landed the largest Bass, 342. Andrew Follan caught the largest Bass on Fly being a 275.
FLY ANGLERS PLEASE NOTE You are required to mark on the Catch Sheet the fi sh taken on Fly by marking in the Day column “FLY” to be eligible in the Fly Anglers Trophy. All other anglers just circle the day at the top left hand corner of the reverse side of the Catch Sheet. The Junior Comp was taken out by Elise Hardiman with 971 closely followed by Sub Junior, Zoe Cleary with 895 points.

The best Team score was 1375 points recorded by “The Bass Boys” Andy Parkinson and Malcolm Dilkes.
Members are again reminded to measure fi sh to the nearest mm and not 1⁄2 cm, also Catch Sheets MUST be in within 1⁄2 hour of the finish time and have fi sh caught, WITNESSED. It is also of a concern that fi sh may be kept in live wells in large numbers for measuring at the end of the comp. Fisheries allow only 2 fi sh of legal size per person to be held in possession, so only fish for photos should be held.
CATCH AND RELEASE.
Alan Owen.

The Team Event went to “Bass Boys” Andy Parkinson and Malcolm Dilkes with 1395 points

The largest Bass was caught by Andrew Follan – 425mm

Three Juniors fished led by Jake Parkinson - 890 points, Ashley Arthur – 607 points and Elise Hardiman – 237 points

Three Sub-Juniors also fished on Sunday with Zoe Cleary - 861 points, Jordan Cinc 247 points and Zac Parkinson - 210 points.

Please purchase Catch Sheets at the meeting prior to Comp Days if possible and if not, please let me know prior to start of comp by calling 0418 262178.

Should you need to cancel after purchasing Catch Sheets please phone and money will be refunded.