VMR BRIBIE ISLAND

BRIBIE ISLAND BOWLS CLUB INC.

Leigh Dennis and Kerry Muller from the Bribie Island Bowls Club Inc. visited VMR Bribie Island on Friday morning 14th July 2023 and presented a cheque for $2,000 to Commodore Ces Luscombe. Commodore Ces said he was “amazed at the support we get from the Bribie Community, Clubs and businesses. This is another example of the community supporting each other with single aim of Helping to Save Lives.”

Bribie Island Bowls club have been a supporter of VMR Bribie for many years and it’s greatly appreciated by all the VMR Team.

Happy Hour

Friday 14th July 2023 – 46 members and guests attended the July Happy Hour. They were treated to chips, crackers, cheese, cabana, pickled onions, gherkins, olives, and seedless red grapes; prepared by Social Committee members Sheryl and John Traill and Sharyn Giles. Drinks of course were at our usual great prices and served by Mike Lucas and Doug Lythgo.

JULY VESSEL ASSISTS:

JULY VESSEL ASSISTS:

SAT 01/01 1323PM – 4.8m Side

Console member with possible seized motor required a tow to Spinnaker Sound Marina.

SAT 08/07 1453PM – 4.2m Tinny non-member with motor issues required a tow from South of Bribie Island to Kal-ma-kuta Ramp.

SAT 08/07 1643PM – 5.5m

Runabout non-member aground near Moreton Island, refloated and vessel made its own way to Brisbane River.

SAFETY DAVE THE FRENCHIE’S MESSAGE:

“Having the right safety equipment on your boat and knowing how to use it is essential. This could save your life in an emergency. The safety equipment you're required to carry depends on the size of your boat, whether the boat needs to be registered and where you're operating”!

Minimum Safety Equipment in Pumicestone Passage: Firefighting equipment, signalling device, life jacket Anchor and cable, Drinking water, Oars or paddles for boats under 6m, Bailing/ pumping equipment.

SAT 15/07 1028AM – 6m RIB had set off PLB, tasked by Water Police to Proceed to Yellow Patch for SAR, were stood down as alarm was accidental.

MON 17/07 1640PM – 14m Yacht non-member ran aground at Salamander Banks, requested by Water Police to escort vessel back to Bongaree when the tide floats vessel off the banks.

Minimum Safety Equipment in Moreton Bay:

All the above plus Flares & V Sheet, Chart & Compass

Beyond Moreton Bay an EPIRB is also required.

For full details visit the MSQ Website: https://www.msq.qld.gov.au/ Safety/Smooth-and-partiallysmooth-water-limits/Swlbrisbane

Safety Dave the Frenchie says you must also keep safety equipment in date, in good repair and everyone on board must know where it is stored.

2023 Year Radio Room Statistics

To Thursday 20th July 2023 8,931 Calls, 2,669 vessels logged on, 134 Vessel Assists, 878 Sitreps, 626 Requests, 44 overdue vessels, 9 Vessel Tracking, 972 Radio Checks, 5 Weather Broadcasts, 3 Securite Broadcasts, 1 Pan Pan 0 Mayday.

VHF 61.1%, 27MHz 6.8%, Phone 14.6%. GWN 1.2%

BY: Claude Bribie Bait & Tackle & Bikes

Bream have been above average in size and in good numbers throughout Moreton Bay. I managed my own PB at Tangalooma with this monster 45cm bream weighing in at 1.315kg which was just shy of 2.9 pounds in the old scale. I caught it on an 8lb main mono line with an 8lb flouro carbon leader, about one meter long, size 1 round sinker and a single suicide hook. A mullet cube was used for bait. Just remember to berley with bread and older fish frames. If you don’t get a bite within 30min move spots and try again.

Richard Caldararo has been finding regular flathead up to 65cm on the top of the tide, using pilchards and soft plastics, drifting the drop-offs and casting ahead with plastics to cover more ground.

Woorim Beach has been hit and miss, finding only one fish (a dart) on Saturday with no surface action up to Mermaid Lagoon. Sunday was the complete opposite with tuna busting up to 100 metres offshore for about a 10 km run. Dart was plentiful but just under size. Azz Trabelsi managed a nice mix catch off the beach next to the Army bunkers using a 6-pound line on a 6-foot, whippy rod with yabbies and pilchard strips for bait. Well done, Azz.

Family

Tailor schools are back to normal migration with the earlier big school now moved up the coast.

Tailor move into the passage for a couple of days feeding up on large bait schools until nature calls on them to migrate north, mainly when the temperature drops about half a degree.

This time of the year they are not carry eggs and still have some growing to do until October, when the majority of tailor start to spawn off Frazer Island. Over the last couple of years, they have also been spawning off Moreton Island with 70cm specimens not uncommon.

Birds, bust-ups and even burley are a couple of ways to find these highly sort after sport fish which are great eating grilled, pan-fried and smoked.

Always look after your catch with saltwater slurry, bleed and handled carefully not to bruise the flesh.

Just a reminder 20 bag limit on Tailor with a minimum of 35cm.

Offshore, Jhiel Pepene has managed an awesome solo effort, casting surface lures off Cape Moreton to play, gaff and land this 28.6kg Spanish mackerel. His Stick bait has definitely seen better days but I am sure it will still manage another fish or two. Nice catch Jhiel.

Remember to log in with VMR when heading out and let someone know your plans. Non-members are also encouraged to log on / off and should consider membership as you never know when you may need a tow.

As per the QLD Fisheries rules on Snapper and Pearl Perch, there is a current closed season between 15 July to 15 August. Just a reminder though when the close season finishes, you can only have 4 fish per person for both species, and for snapper, only one over 70cm.

Bribie Island AND Moreton Bay

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