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AFO Xmas Party And Fresh Water Fishing Copetition Lake Moogerah 23 To 25th November

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2 hours ago, Old Scaley said:

Robbie, the SIP permit is easy to get online https://smarteform.auspost.com.au/aponlineforms/servlet/SmartForm.html?formCode=DAFSIP

If you already have one you should be able to find it in your email somewhere. It will have been sent from noreply@smarteform

awesome that was the trick. I searched seq seqw sip sips but nothing came up. I have printed it out now. Thanks mate.

I am looking forward to catching up 🙂

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Check out the menu for this weekend.

It is going to be a good social.

 

Mark: Chook

Mark: Butterscotch Pudding

Lance: 5kg Bag Potatoes

Lance: Pavlova, Fruit & Fresh Cream

Lance: Bag Peas and Beans

Robbie: Leg of Venison

Dave: Leg of Lamb or Wild Pork

Kev: 2 x Potato Salad

Kev: 2 x Coleslaw

Kev: 2 x Bags Salad

Mick: Chook

Mick: Garlic Bread

Mick: Whole Pumpkin

Old Scaley: Roast Beef

Shane: Turducken

Shane: Salad

Aaron: Roast Pork

Aaron: Carrots

Aaron: Small Pumpkin

 

Friday Nights Dinner

Robbie: Venison Stew with Dumplings

Rob: Curried Sausages and Rice.

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Wish I could make this one guys but I have just finished my last lot of prac for my uni degree now just need to finish finalising documents and sorting last minute things. Also have a few gigs this weekend playing Messiah. Look forward to meeting you all soon! Have a fab weekend! 

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CThis was a great couple of days with opportunities to catch up with old and new faces, engage in some healthy banter over one or two responsibly consumed beverages and overindulge in roasted deliciousness on Saturday night. 

I have only had one other freshwater fishing experience and that was with @rayke1938 and @ellicat some years ago, so I was looking forward to the chance of dropping the tinny in the dam and chasing bass and yellas. @Drop Bear and I set out at stupid o’clock on Saturday morning to hopefully beat the persistent wind that hung around all weekend. We had live shrimp purchased at Aratula on the way in on Friday and Robbie told me to use a small paternoster rig that he learnt from Ray (which just reinforces the value of this site in learning from the experts). We headed to an area of timber in about 7 metres of water and dropped our baits in. 

I managed to fluke a smallish bass of just over 30cm to the fork before dropping Robbie back to camp at 6am to take more registrations for the fishing comp. I went back to the timber and dropped another shrimp over the side. While I was putting on sunscreen my rod buckled over and he drag started to race. After a short battle up popped my first (and therefore PB) yellowbelly measuring 43cm. I was pretty happy about that and even happier with a 45cm upgrade not long afterwards.

 

The wind was really gusting then so back to camp to rest up and socialise before the big cook up.  Next morning the wind was still pumping at daybreak but fortunately died down for a couple of hours in the early morning, giving us all the chance for one last crack at a winning fish.  I could only turn up one more bass at 33cm, giving me 4 bass, 2 yellas and a tiny spangled for the weekend. A modest total but I was stoked to have success at my first solo attempt on a dam. I was lucky enough to win 2 prizes in the comp (best fish on Saturday and best yella for the weekend) and landed some sensational prizes, thanks to Robbie and OzFish. I am now considering spending $100k on a bass boat and joining the professional circuit.😂

Thanks to @aussie123 and @tugger for organising the trip and thanks to @Drop Bear for arranging the comp.

I took 2 bass home for a feed last night and pan fried them in a marinade of Morrocan spices served with a fresh chick pea salad. Delicious.

 

Having trouble attaching photos so will have to submit this, reboot the iPad and try again.

 

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7 minutes ago, Old Scaley said:

This was a great couple of days with opportunities to catch up with old and new faces, engage in some healthy banter over one or two responsibly consumed beverages and overindulge in roasted deliciousness on Saturday night. 

I have only had one other freshwater fishing experience and that was with @rayke1938 and @ellicat some years ago, so I was looking forward to the chance of dropping the tinny in the dam and chasing bass and yellas. @Drop Bear and I set out at stupid o’clock on Saturday morning to hopefully beat the persistent wind that hung around all weekend. We had live shrimp purchased at Aratula on the way in on Friday and Robbie told me to use a small paternoster rig that he learnt from Ray (which just reinforces the value of this site in learning from the experts). We headed to an area of timber in about 7 metres of water and dropped our baits in. 

I managed to fluke a smallish bass od just over 30cm to the fork before dropping Robbie back to camp at 6am to take more registrations for the fishing comp. I went back to the timber and dropped another shrimp over the side. While I was putting on sunscreen my rod buckled over and he drag started to race. After a short battle up popped my first (and therefore PB) yellowbelly measuring 43cm. I was pretty happy about that and even happier with a 45cm upgrade not long afterwards.

 

 

Great stuff mate. You forgot to mention that the 45cm Yella was the biggest for the weekend and won you First Prize! Congratulations

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4 minutes ago, ellicat said:

Silly question maybe, but have you turned wifi back on ?

 

Not a silly question @ellicat, but, yes, wifi is on. I have 2 problems. 1. I can’t seem to insert the photo at the cursor point, and 2.  Sometimes when I click on “Click to insert files” it finds my photo gallery and other times I get a message saying “No photos” when I follow the link to my photo gallery.  May be user error so any advice welcome. I think there used to be a sticky thread on uploading pictures but I can’t find it.

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10 hours ago, Drop Bear said:

That would have got you 3rd place 🙂

 

I snuck out for a early fish sunday morning albeit very average! only managed the one fish and had to pull the pin early as the previous days sunburn was cooking me! Will deffinetly be going  to the next social as the feed was awesome and a great bunch of people.

 

Cheers 

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This was an amazing social with so many people turning up.

It was good to catch up with old mates and meeting some new people as well.

Shame the weather was so crappy but we decided it was all Robbies fault for the wind.

Saturday nights dinner was amazing so thanks to everyone who bought along some of the food and a huge thank you to everyone who helped to prepare and cook everything.

Being close to Marlin and Mackeral season the next social will more than likely be down at Wavebreak so hopefully everyone can come along again and make it just as good as this one.

Thanks Mark and anyone else who helped to arrange this weekend and also thanks Robbie for running the fishing comp.

 

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1 minute ago, kmcrosby78 said:

That feast looks sensational - how good do those pumpkins look!!!  @aussie123 I'll have to catch up with you over the holidays and get myself an anchor retrieval kit in readiness for the Wave Break social.

@tugger what dates are you down the coast this summer? My boat needs some mackerel blood in it ..... 🙂 

Too easy mate, just yell out when you are ready and we can sort out some options.

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Well it looked like everyone had a good weekend I know I did the turn out was great between AFO members and friends . We had 40 people stay overnight at our camp with 10 boats and about 12 come up for the day on Saturday.

I would like to thank everyone who helped organise and set up the camp and of course the awesome cook up on Saturday night.

 

I finally got out for a fish on Sunday morning with Lance and we did alright the highlight was the silver perch we each caught. Great to catch up with some members I haven't seen for ages and hope to get another social going early next year after the Xmas period.

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Traditionally our next social is around mid to late March on Wavebreak when the Mackeral turn up thick but that can change at any time if someone organizes one earlier one or the fishing is really good somewhere.

We generally never have one over the Christmas holidays as a lot of people are away on holidays with their families.

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On 07/12/2018 at 10:17 AM, Drop Bear said:

It was good mate. @tugger do you have a date for wavebreak or blakesleys? 

Was thinking 1 of the first 2 weekends in February we look at. The pelagics should be thick and the coast a bit quieter after the end of the holiday period. Wave break island is the likely spot we will have the social.

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1 hour ago, tugger said:

Was thinking 1 of the first 2 weekends in February we look at. The pelagics should be thick and the coast a bit quieter after the end of the holiday period. Wave break island is the likely spot we will have the social.

Ok have fun. I will probably have to miss that one. 

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