2011 October fishing comp: WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

[Squidder]

Welcome everyone to the tenth of this year's monthly online fishing competitions. This time of year is often charcterised by wild weather , so I hope that the planets align and give us a window of opportunity for everyone to get out and secure an entry for October. As always, three random prizes are up for grabs courtesy of Sailing Scene - all entries (even tales of woe) are eligible for one of these random prizes - if you go fishing during the comp period you'd be mad not to enter!

The OCTOBER comp will run from this Saturday October 1st to Sunday October 9th. Please post all entries in this thread.

Full entry details and competition rules for this year can be found here:
viewtopic.php?f=24&t=44985

I have updated the benchmark length document which is attached below:

2011 benchmarks excel v1.2.pdf

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Please include the following details when entering:

Name of Angler:
Date Caught:
State and Location Fish Caught In:
Type and Size/Weight of Fish:
Tackle/Line/Lure Used:
Conditions (optional):
Other Comments (optional):

Please include a photo of your catch against a ruler, brag mat, or similar.

Any questions, please shoot me a PM.

Good luck everyone

[grinner]

squiddy. is it still a rule that you can only submit the same species 3 times. i better go back and check , i think ive done 3 bream.

[Squidder]

Yes Pete, only 3 of any one species per year. And I won't count your grunter/bream from January

[cjbfisher]

Name of Angler: cjbfisher/Chris
Date Caught: 01/10/11
State and Location Fish Caught In: Qld, Tingalpa Creek
Type and Size/Weight of Fish: Dusky flathead, 48cm
Tackle/Line/Lure Used: 2-4kg Shimano Raider/ Okuma Epix 20, 4lb fireline, 8lb flouro leader, gold/brown ghost blade.
Conditions (optional): cloudy, 5 knots Southerley breeze
Other Comments (optional):

If I straightened him out, I might make 49cm, but who cares? It's not going to break any records.

[MrX]

Name of Angler: MrX
Date Caught: 4 October
State and Location Fish Caught In: NSW
Type and Size/Weight of Fish: Bonito 49cm (and fat) (edit: upgraded to 55cm0
Tackle/Line/Lure Used: 2-4kg dropshot, stradic 2500, 8lb, plastic
Conditions (optional): 15-20 knot SE, squalls (desperate to get out)
Other Comments (optional): A few bonnies about, plus one smoking. Monster sized Sgt Baker, wanted to test you Squidder (but couldn't bear the humiliation ).

Edit:
Upgraded to 55cm, 8 October.

[Bandy]

Name of Angler: Bandy/ron
Date Caught: 1st of october
State and Location Fish Caught In: Nsw tweed river
Type and Size/Weight of Fish: 50cm trevally
Tackle/Line/Lure Used: Shimano aspire pro rod, Shimano 2500fb reel, 10lb berkley braid.
Conditions (optional): cyclonic weather but still good to be out.
Other Comments (optional): Water was crystal clear and you could see the activity below the yak.

[AJD]

Name of Angler: AJD
Date Caught: 5/10/2011
State and Location Fish Caught In: QLD Tingalpa Creek
Type and Size/Weight of Fish: Bream - 25cm
Tackle/Line/Lure Used: 1-2kg spin stick, 6lb fireline and 10lb mono leader
Conditions (optional): Caught about 11:00pm on a mild still night
Other Comments (optional): Very quiet 3 1/2 hour session - 3 bream and 3 toad fish

[solatree]

Name of Angler: solatree
Date Caught: 9-10-11
State and Location Fish Caught In: SA - Glenelg
Species Legal Length: NA
Type and Size/Weight of Fish: Southern Calamari - 35cms hood
Tackle/Line/Lure Used: Yozuri orange red green 3grm jig
Conditions (optional): choppy
Other Comments (optional): Was chasing snook - viewtopic.php?f=17&t=50519&p=517041&hilit=glenelg#p517041

[Southerly]

Name of Angler: southerly
Date Caught: 9-10-11
State and Location Fish Caught In: NSW - North Head
Species Legal Length: NA
Type and Size/Weight of Fish: Australian Salmon 58cm
Tackle/Line/Lure Used: 3in Gulp minnow in pepper prawn on 1/8th Berkley jig head and 6lb flick stick with 12lb fluro leader
Conditions (optional): calm and overcast
Other Comments (optional): Got a mid size squid to start the day off, sat on a kingy spot for an hour with the squid down for no love. With one hour to go and wanting to avoid another TOW I headed east in search of Salmon. There was a big school and the point of north head with a few boats on it. Hooked up first cast but dropped it. Hooked up again then sharked. The dropped about 10 in a row, looked like another TOW and I was running out of time. They popped up for one last time and I finally pinned one properly.

58cm slamon, refuse to pose for the camera

[paulb]

Name of Angler: Paulb
Date Caught: 8/10/11
State and Location Fish Caught In: NSW, Malabar
Type and Size/Weight of Fish: Salmon 52cm
Tackle/Line/Lure Used: 20lb braid and leader, fresh squid
Conditions (optional): Slightly overcast
Other Comments (optional): Its been a long time between fish cakes.......

[KingDan]

Name of Angler: KingDan
Date Caught: 9/10/11
State and Location Fish Caught In: QLD, Caloundra
Type and Size/Weight of Fish: 80cm School Mackerel
Tackle/Line/Lure Used: 30lb braid and leader, Halco Laser Pro 120s
Conditions (optional): A perfect sunny summers day
Other Comments (optional): Lure was luckily wedged neatly between those sharp teeth. Originally I was not sure what species of mackerel it was, after some feedback and looking over photos I am confident it is a School Mackerel.

[billpatt]

Name of Angler: billpatt
Date Caught: 9/10/11
State and Location Fish Caught In: QLD Wello Pt
Type and Size/Weight of Fish: Estuary Cod 44cm
Tackle/Line/Lure Used: 6lb gear and electric chicken snapback
Conditions (optional): Couldn't get any better
Other Comments (optional): Scared the c#@p out of me, took the plastic 1m under the yak as I was winding it in, then post haste tried to get back in its hole 4m down. I was lucky.
Sorry about the photos, they are very slippery and he did not want a photo on the measuring stick.

[grinner]

fisherman grinner
date sunday 2nd october
venue jacobs well.
fish whiting
legal 23
length low 30's
(will let you decide squiddie)
rod : ugly stick gold
line 4lb yamatoyo and an unweighted yabbie.

comments
too many bream around , some of you bream guys gotta stop throwing em back

[keza]

Name of Angler: keza
Date Caught: 8/10/11
State and Location Fish Caught In: NSW, Malabar
Type and Size/Weight of Fish: Salmon 55cm
Tackle/Line/Lure Used: 20lb braid, squid strip
Conditions (optional):
Other Comments (optional): squid, salmon and bonnies = fisherman's basket

[rob316]

Name of Angler: rob316
Date Caught: -
State and Location Fish Caught In: -
Type and Size/Weight of Fish: -
Tackle/Line/Lure Used: -
Conditions (optional): -
Other Comments TOW..windy conditions on the busy days and busy on the calm days , loaded the yak 2 times only to be deprived by late builders and tradies and having to postpone any "fishing" due to work needing to be done at home that requires me to be there...next month I tell you - next month