Austackle Easter Bream Classic
The Gold Coast Sportfishing Club are very proud to announce Austackle as naming rights sponsor of the 2012 Easter Bream Classic. Austackle have launched a number of great products targetted at the Bream anfger and Team Austackle anglers have been doing well on the tournament scene using gear from the new range. With the high performance Takeda graphite [...]
Wayne ‘Youngy’ Young guest speaker March 8
Wayne Young is somewhat of a guru when it comes to chasing whiting. When he is not penning articles for magazine Bush & beach or doing his share of shifts at BCF you are sure to find Wayne out on the water chasing a few fish. Wayne will join us for our March 8th Club [...]
Boating safety improvements – changes ahead MSQ
Maritime Safety Queensland will introduce changes to improve boating safety from 1 January 2012. Safety equipment improvements include: Extending the list of designated coastal bars requiring everyone on board to wear a personal flotation device when in an open boat under 4.8 metres in length. This applies to recreational, commercial and fishing ships. [...]
Calling all Lady Anglers for a new comp
Inaugral Lady Fishers Game Fishing Classic is open to all keen lady anglers. Come along and be involved in one of the most exillerating sports on water. Come along on the Thursday evening to mingle with fellow participants, share a laugh and get to know everyone over …a few drinks. Enjoy the occasion by firstly [...]
A Costly Lesson
For those of you who know or don’t know I am a Skipper with VMR at Southport and over my 25 years I have seen many things happen on the Broadwater that makes you sit back and think how could these be avoided. What education could be done for the boaties and fisherman on safety [...]
No Meetings for January
Hi folks just a friendly reminder that there are no club meeting for January. Our monthly target species and token will continue from last month. Inside best 2 Whiting with a Jackpot prize and Outside species is Marlin token is 78. Enjoy and see you next month. email2friend
Christmas Cheer
A Ho Ho Ho and a Merry Christmas was had by all the club members who attended the annual Christmas Party and awards presentation. Once again members gathered at the Volunteer Marine Rescue base on the spit for the annual Christmas Party and awards presentation. The weather gods were certainly kind providing a lovely afternoon [...]
Club members take on the 2012 Gamakatsu Series
Club members were out in force competing in the first round of the 2012 Gamakatsu Team Bream Series. The local Gold Coast round saw a field of 47 boats take to the water. Hot on the back of a very gloomy few days a very nice morning greeted anglers on the Sunday morning and this [...]
Commonwealth Games
No doubt you have heard that the Gold Coast has been the succesful bid city for the 2018 Commonwealth games. This will see a lot of redevelopment of the Southport Broadwater Parklands area, which includes the area surrounding our clubhouse and the venue we share with the Southport Amateur Fishing Club! This has huge impacts [...]
Dash for Cash Flathead Wrap-up
A warm day with a big tide and clear water was on the menu for today’s Dash for Cash Flathead comp. 11 Teams had a great day fishing the inaugural comp which was a bit of a ‘trial’ event. The plan is to have 2 of these tournaments on the club tournament calendar for 2012, [...]
Club TOKEN & Species for the month
Hi folks club points are much sought after and it is not too late into the season to get involved! If you are chasing fish outside this month you need to get Dolphin Fish/Mahi Mahi. Inside anglers best 3 combined length Flathead, Whiting and Bream the Token number is 95 and it must appear in [...]
Invite to Game Fish Club: Juvenile Black Marlin Talk
The Gold Coast Game Fish Club invites Gold Coast Sportfishing Club members to a special presentationnext month to the Friday 25th November at Game Base Runaway Bay, we have the privilege of have Mr Elliott Stark Science and Policy Specialist / The Billfish Foundation Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA alone to meet everyone while here in Australia. [...]
THE PROJECT OF MATES RATES by Scott “scooter” Gregory
After looking on the market for a tinnie, whilst having beers with the neighbour one weekend, I find out his mate has a tinnie for sale. So we organised to have a look the next afternoon. We turned up to find a 4.35 Apache Allycraft with a 40 hp Yamaha 4 stroke on a dunbier [...]
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