WSAC Newsletter 4 201617 season

WSAC Newsletter No. 4 2016/17 Season

May 2017

WINNERS

WSAC storm the NZSFC & NZACA Nationals!

Photo credit - Felix’s neighbour and her baby

In This Issue •

Presidents Message & Captains Report

•

Shore & Boat Comp Results

•

Results from the Nationals

•

WSAC Dictionary Part 2

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Home and away (Trans-Tasman Story)

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From the Editor

What’s Coming Up 13th & 14th May

9th Shore Comp start at 1300 hours (1 pm). Weigh in 1 pm Sunday

27th & 28th May

10th Shore Comp start at 1300 hours (1 pm). Weigh in 1 pm Sunday

7th June (watch emails for a date change)

WSAC Auc on - Held at Evans Bay Yacht & Motor Club

8th July

Social Prize Giving 2017 - Location TBC 6pm start.

9th August

AGM - Held at Evans Bay Yacht & Motor Club 7.30pm Start

7.30pm Start.

Club Captains Report

Meet Dave...

Autumn Is here and the fish have been feeding up nicely for the coming Winter months. The harbour has offered up good numbers of Kingfish, with slide baiting live mackerel, Kahawai and Herrings being the best method. The art of catching and keeping these baits alive has been the ticket to success. Oriental Parade being the most popular spot with neighbouring wharves offering up the majority of live baits. The West Coast has been producing good numbers of Snapper, Trevally, Gurnard and Kingfish.

The upcoming club night on May 3rd has Aaron Houghton talking on live baiting and lure fishing.

Club Captain - Dave Pye

” I have been in the club for 27 years and enjoy all facets of fishing. I started fishing the Wellington Wharves as a young adolescent and joined the club in my early twenties.”

The June club day (date to be confirmed) is the WSAC Auction, where persons can auction off any items they may have, with a reserve set. Contact Dave Pye 0272996666 or Gary Whitaker 027 2401685 for the gear list you have and for a list number.

The Simrad/ITM New Zealand Sports Fishing Nationals held 18 to 25 February. Our club had five teams competing. The results are later in the newsletter. th

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April the 4th to 8th was the New Zealand Casting & Angling Association Nationals hosted by the Upper Hutt Cossie Club and WSAC. This again was a successful competition for our club in very trying weather conditions. The results are later in the newsletter.

Now’s a great Autumn period for that magic fish every angler aspires to catching.

Meet David...

Club President - David Harvey

The fish is a popper caught Barracuda - not to be confused with our local Barracouta/Cook strait Sailfish from my recent trip to the Solomon Islands. One of the many toothy critters I encountered, it was a spectacular surface strike with crazy aerials during the fight.

As for me, I’ve been a member of the club for just over 7 years since moving to Wellington. I’ve been a member of the Club Committee for the last 5 or 6 years and am into my second season as President. Prior to that I’d been shore points recorder for a number of seasons.

Originally from Auckland I grew up chasing Snapper and had never caught a Spiny Dog or Red Cod till I landed in Wellington, my life is now complete! In terms of fishing I’d say I’m a Jack of all trades and master of none, enjoying all forms of fishing: surfcasting, LBG, boat fishing (straylining, softbaiting, jigging etc.), fly fishing for Trout, coarse fishing and even a little bit of game fishing. I’m an avid tackle collector and find new shiny things irresistible.

President’s Message Welcome to winter (or as good as), not that we had much of a summer. But as has been the pattern over the last few years autumn has produced some of our most consistent and rewarding fishing, when the weather plays ball.

Unfortunately during the recently held NZACA Nationals, despite some quality fishing in the lead-in Wellingtons weather did not play ball. It can only be said that the weather was absolutely horrendous. Despite the southerlies, the rain and the terrible water conditions we still had strong representation from WSAC and our team met with great, but hard won, success continuing our strong tradition of achievement at these events. You’ll have a full rundown of the results elsewhere in this newsletter and I’d like to congratulate all clubbies who took part, persevered and excelled from the shore, the boat and casting. We had some outstanding results this year, something we should all be proud of. Well done team!

By the time you read this our latest club outing will have taken place, a trip to Glenburn station. This is an aspect of the club that we’re trying to build events that allow us to combine, fishing, socialising and some cool locations.

I’m sure it will have been a great success and I’d encourage you to get involved. Trips such as this present a great opportunity to fish in some new locations, learn some new tricks and meet new people. And if any of you have any good ideas for future trips just let one of the committee know.

A heads up for you all, with the season drawing to a close it won’t be long now until the social event of our season! The annual club prize giving and social.

This is an opportunity for us all to get together to recognise those amongst us who’ve achieved both in terms of our own club competitions, set records and succeeded at a national level. Not to mention it gives us a chance to socialise and maybe even have a few drinks. Further details will be forthcoming soon, we all hope to see you there.

In closing, I’d also like to mark the recent sad passing of club stalwart, life member and Kaumatua - Lionel Renata. A number of clubbies attended Lionel’s memorial service which although very sad was a celebration of a man who had touched so many people’s lives. Club patron Jim O’Brien spoke at the service, to the depth and course of his personal friendship with Lionel, but Jim also spoke on behalf of WSAC to share with Lionel’s friends and family the significance he held both within our club and the lives of so many of our members. Personally my first memory of Lionel was as a new member, attending a weigh-in and not knowing many people. Lionel rolled up to me quietly introducing himself and just started chatting, asking me questions and even throwing me the odd gem. This was something I watched him do many times over the years with new members in particular, who looked a little lost. He was great fisherman and with it such an unassuming man with a kind and generous spirit that immediately put people at ease and welcomed them. RIP Lionel

Selected NZSFC Nationals Res Sec on 1: Team Champions: Three highest points scoring fish Yellowtail - Westpac Trophy 1 430 2 CALLAHAN'S CREW

Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club Clevedon Game Fishing Club

3 DORY Snapper - Sheryl Hart Trophy 1 DOUBLE J 2 CHARTREUSE

Doubtless Bay Spor*ishing Club

3 SKULL DRAGGERS Kahawai - Black Magic Trophy

NZ Land Based Gamefishing Club

1

NZ Land Based Gamefishing Club Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club

GOGETEM DREAMWEAVER Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club

1,067.67 552.50 511.59 1,834.00 1,151.00 926.00 797.00

2 430 3 DORY Trevally - Pursuit Trophy

Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club Doubtless Bay Spor*ishing Club

718.00 709.30

1

Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club

660.00

GOGETEM DREAMWEAVER Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club

383.00

2 3

SEA WITCH CHARTREUSE

Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club

275.50

INTERCLUB RESULTS- Top five points scoring fish from each club Kahawai - Black Magic Trophy 1. Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club 2. Doubtless Bay Spor*ishing Club 3. Big Fish Fishing Club 4. New Plymouth S/fishing & U/water Club Yellowtail - NZ Fishing News Trophy 1. Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club 2. Clevedon Game Fishing Club 3. Whakatane Spor*ishing Club 4. NZ Land Based Gamefishing Club

1,318.00 994.3 987.6 936 1,514.87 552.5 539.5 289.5

Snapper - Penn Tackle Trophy 1. NZ Land Based Gamefishing Club 2. Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club 3. Mercury Bay Game Fishing Club 4. New Plymouth S/fishing & U/water Club Trevally - The Dave White Memorial Trophy 1. Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club 2. NZ Land Based Gamefishing Club 3. Mercury Bay Game Fishing Club 4. Waihau Bay Sports Fishing Club

2,530.00 1,739.33 1,512.17 1,044.00 1,038.00 277.17 271.51 198.94

Dave Pye and a cracking 29.02kg Kingfish caught on 8kg line on day 3 of fishing

sults - 18th-25th February 2017 New Zealand Champion Angler Results: Trevally Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club Yellowtail Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club Clevedon Game Fishing Club Kahawai Hawkes Bay Sports Fishing Club Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club Snapper NZ Land Based Gamefishing Club NZ Land Based Gamefishing Club Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club

1. Felix Wenzel 2. Felix Wenzel 3. Steve Reed 1. Dave Pye 2. Dave Pye 3. Anne Sharples 1. Kathy Malone 2. Jim Mikoz 3. Dave Pye 1. Jim Powell 2. Jim Powell 3. Nick Polak

251 205 204

2.51 on 1 2.05 on 1 2.04 on 1

400.67 362.75 312.5

24.04 on 6 29.02 on 8 12.5 on 4

283 280 271

2.83 on 1 2.8 on 1 2.71 on 1

760 718 444

7.6 on 1 7.18 on 1 4.44 on 1

Champion Line Weight Anglers: Trevally: 4 kg

John Vriens

Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club

2.4

Jim Mikoz

Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club

2.08

Jim Mikoz

Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club

2.08

John Vriens

Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club

1.67

Felix Wenzel

Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club

2.51

Felix Wenzel

Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club

2.05

Steve Reed

Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club

2.04

6 kg

Dave Pye Dave Pye Dave Pye Dave Pye

Yellowtail: Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club Snapper:

29.02 Y/T 24.34 Y/T 21.2 Y/T 24.04 Y/T

3 kg

Nick Polak

2 kg

1 kg

8 kg

2 kg 1 2 3 4

Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club Kahawai: Bruce Hunter Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club Top team from each club: Most points from top fish of all species available 430 1,021 CHARTREUSE 781 SEA WITCH 725 GOGETEM DREAMWEAVER

652

8.71 2.85

NZACA Nationals Resu 2017 NZACA Na onal Championships – Top Clubs Top Cas ng Club 1067.01

Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club

969.06

Pania SurfcasBng Club Inc

683.58 418.33 403.93

Upper HuC Cossie Club Feilding SurfcasBng Club Kiwi Club

861.32

Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club

258.05 232.45 134.25

Feilding SurfcasBng Club Upper HuC Cossie Club Kiwi Club

Gary Whitaker, Anthony Sanger, Jeremy Gordon, MaE Balkham Jim Yeoman, James Parahi, Mark Roberts, Kane Wrigglesworth Russell Hockley, Ray Webster, Dave Davies, Rob Milne Andre Spacman, Jenny Spacman, Kim Durham Zander LeMoray, Mark LeMoray, Gordon Jones

Top Boat Club MaE Dobson, Mar n Jeffery, Chris Fouhy, Craig Boyes Farrand Turner, Tim Lee, Jenny Spacman, Andre Spacman Craig Balmforth, Dave Murray, Alan Carr, Gary Stallard Zander LeMoray, Mark LeMoray

Top Shore Club 220.63 21.10 18.76

Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club Feilding SurfcasBng Club Upper HuC Cossie Club

MaE Balkham, Felix Wenzel, Anthony Sanger, Steve Reed Gary Phillips, Kim Durham Russell Hockley

Overall Top Club 2148.96 978.457

Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club Pania SurfcasBng Club Inc

934.791 697.476

Upper HuC Cossie Club Feilding SurfcasBng Club

538.177

Kiwi Club

ults 4th-8th April 2017 Combined Cas ng Results Senior men Name

Club

Distance

60m

80m

100m Accuracy Combined

Anthony Sanger

Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club

170.912

1.38

2.11

12.35

88.32

259.23

Jeremy Gordon

Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club

211.388 169.88 164.383

9.25 4.4 9.095

11.66 4.72 5.27

20 11.57 8.76

38.18 78.62 73.75

249.57 248.50 238.13

Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club Pania SurfcasBng Club Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club

157.372 133.956 181.695 92.88

1.76 2.15 12.78 10.38

6.63 5.45 20 6.59

16.91 15.62 14.8 2.29

69.4 73.56 24.84 81.48

226.77 207.52 206.54 174.36

Feilding SurfcasBng Club Kiwi Club Upper HuC Cossie Club

117.236 99.674 90.689

5.69 5.26 7.6

12.38 10.51 14.36

15.3 19.85 20

53.26 48.76 36.08

170.50 148.43 126.77

MaE Balkham Tim Henley Colin NaErass Kane Wrigglesworth John Tritsarolis MaE Dobson Andre Spacman Mark LeMoray Rob Milne

Veteran Men Gary Whitaker

Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club

208.165

2.47

2.1

4.66

101.54

309.71

Jim Yeoman

Pania SurfcasBng Club

174.093

5.22

3.3

8.69

85.58

259.67

James Parahi

Pania SurfcasBng Club

171.978

1.8

10.54

7.57

80.18

252.16

Russell Hockley

Upper HuC Cossie Club

118.244

3.055

3.74

4.63

97.15

215.39

Ray Webster

Upper HuC Cossie Club

99.196

3.24

7.3

13.26

72.4

171.60

Dave Davies

Upper HuC Cossie Club

104.642

10.67

4.59

12.15

65.18

169.82

Craig Boyes

Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club

90.397

7.6

11.57

14.4

52.86

143.26

Kim Durham

Feilding SurfcasBng Club

104.529

16.86

13.66

20

18.96

123.49

Dave Murray

Upper HuC Cossie Club

68.58

19.7

19.45

20

1.7

70.28

Golden Oldies Mark Roberts

Pania SurfcasBng Club

160

10.25

3.165

1.73

89.71

249.71

Gordon Jones

Kiwi Club

93.544

1.55

10.73

20

55.44

148.98

Graham Lusty

Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club

82.768

7.36

10.33

20

44.62

127.39

Mens Longest Cast Jeremy Gordon

Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club

211.388

NZACA Nationals Resu Category Winners-Boat Junior Boys Individual 67.55

Zander LeMoray

335.55

MaE Dobson

264.51 136.1

Mar n Jeffery Farrand Turner

132.64

Chris Fouhy

128.62 85.08 11.8 99.35 43.94

Kiwi Club Men Individual Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club Feilding SurfcasBng Club Veteran Men Individual

Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club Craig Boyes Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club Eddie Hawkins Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club Golden Oldie Men Individual Jim Cook Upper HuC Cossie Club Junior Girls Individual Ella Hawkins Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club Veteran Ladies Individual Jenny Spacman Feilding SurfcasBng Club

ults 4th-8th April 2017 Category Winners-Shore Men Individual 68.15 68 60.65

MaE Balkham Felix Wenzel Kane Wrigglesworth

Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club

31.8 22.8 18.76

Steve Reed Gary Whitaker Russell Hockley

Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club

Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club Pania SurfcasBng Club Veteran Men Individual Wellington Surfcas ng & Angling Club Upper HuC Cossie Club

RESULTS OF SHORE COMPETITION No.8 Tide: 21:45

Moon: 3day Weather: before 1st qu

Scores as follows:

Name

Points

Details

Zac Livingston

1670

Tim Henley

1301

3 Kahawai, 9 Moki - Blue, 3 Red Gurnard, 1 Shark - Carpet, 4 Shark - Spotted, 6 Shark - Spotted Spiney, 1 Trevally 3 Kahawai, 10 Moki - Blue, 6 Red Gurnard, 1 Shark - Spotted Spiney

James Bennie

1286

4 Kahawai, 6 Moki - Blue, 6 Red Gurnard, 3 Shark - Spotted, 1 Trevally

Zeb Livingston

1274

1 Kahawai, 11 Moki - Blue, 6 Shark - Spotted

Anthony Sanger

530

2 Kahawai, 1 Kingfish, 2 Snapper

Gary Whitaker

413

2 Cod - Blue, 5 Kahawai, 2 Red Gurnard, 1 Snapper

Dave Pye

336

1 Eagle Ray, 1 Snapper, 1 Trevally

Riki Nunez

308

3 Kahawai, 1 Shark - Seven Gilled

Richard Cryer

281

1 Cod - Blue, 2 Moki - Blue

Matthew Renata

193

2 Cod - Blue, 6 Cod - Red, 1 Skate - Rough

Jim O'Brien

67

6 Cod - Red

Collin Nattrass

62

2 Kahawai

SENIORS Zac Livingston James Bennie Tim Henley Zeb Livingston Anthony Sanger Collin Nattrass Nick Polak Matthew Renata Thomas McCabe Riki Nunez Mike Iorns Steve Reed Gary Whitaker Craig Boyes Carl Arnst Richard Cryer Steve Foreman Matt Balkham Dave Pye Hugh McCabe James Wells Felix Wenzel Trevor Molloy Dave Brown Jeff Chan Frank Milne Troy Rosson

POINTS TABLES AFTER COMPETITION No.8 CHAMPION MOST Points OF CHAMPI- Points No. MOST MOKI No. SNAPPER ONS Zeb Livingston 16 6210 Anthony Sanger 11 4926 3545 3501 2689 2002 1843 1730 1666 1473 1419 1371 1230 1126 890 670 600 467 446 436 386 236 208 94 93 90 80

Zeb Livingston Jim O'Brien Steve Reed

2247 844 419

Dave Pye

336

Richard NewtonKing

284

Novice

Points

Thomas McCabe Riki Nunez Mike Iorns Matt Balkham Hugh McCabe James Wells Frank Milne Troy Rosson

1666 1473 1419 467 436 386 90 80

VETERANS Jim O'Brien Richard NewtonKing Andy McEwan

Points 2593 933 81

Carl Arnst Steve Foreman Thomas McCabe Jim O'Brien Collin Nattrass Steve Reed Richard Cryer Nick Polak Zac Livingston Dave Pye Felix Wenzel Frank Milne Hugh McCabe Matthew Renata Gary Whitaker

9 6 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1

Zac Livingston Nick Polak James Bennie

16 15 14

Tim Henley

10

Richard NewtonKing Richard Cryer Mike Iorns Jim O'Brien

TREBLES

2 2 1 1

Points

Zac Livingston Jim O'Brien

PAIRS Z.Livingstone & Z.Livingstone J.Bennie & T.Henley A.Sanger & C.Nattrass J.Obrien & M.Renata R.Nunez & T.McCabe G.Whitaker & C.Boyes S.Reed & A.McEwen

6.06 5.28

Points 9711 8471 4692 4324 3139 2357 1452

POINTS TABLES AFTER COMPETITION No.8 Average Count SCALE Points NON SCALE Pts/Fish

SPECIES Jim O'Brien Zac Livingston James Bennie Anthony Sanger Thomas McCabe Matthew Renata Zeb Livingston Collin Nattrass Tim Henley Riki Nunez Gary Whitaker Steve Reed Craig Boyes Hugh McCabe Matt Balkham Richard Newton-King Mike Iorns Richard Cryer Dave Pye Nick Polak Andy McEwan James Wells Frank Milne Felix Wenzel Steve Foreman Trevor Molloy Carl Arnst Dave Brown Troy Rosson Jeff Chan

18 16 14 12 12 12 12 11 11 10 10 9 9 7 7 7 6 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1

32.02 51.33 50.78 49.8 38.75 29.33 53.86 43.53 46.04 46.02 31.54 44.22 32.18 36.32 24.6 38.88 38.35 74.46 111.58 96.97 16.18 42.83 44.9 39.33 85.7 41.56 89 47.22 40.05 92.9

Zac Livingston James Bennie Tim Henley Zeb Livingston Anthony Sanger Jim O'Brien Nick Polak Matthew Renata Mike Iorns Thomas McCabe Collin Nattrass Gary Whitaker Carl Arnst Riki Nunez Richard Newton-King Steve Reed Craig Boyes Richard Cryer Steve Foreman Matt Balkham Hugh McCabe Felix Wenzel Dave Pye James Wells Dave Brown Jeff Chan Andy McEwan Frank Milne Trevor Molloy

4382 3360 2743 2601 2441 2342 1843 1473 1419 1314 1150 948 890 873 718 715 680 670 600 322 313 236 210 131 94 93 81 56 33

Zac Livingston James Bennie Zeb Livingston Collin Nattrass Tim Henley Steve Reed Riki Nunez Craig Boyes Thomas McCabe Gary Whitaker Matthew Renata James Wells Jim O'Brien Anthony Sanger Dave Pye Richard Newton-King Trevor Molloy Matt Balkham Hugh McCabe Troy Rosson Frank Milne

Points 1829 1566 900 853 803 656 599 446 352 283 257 255 251 248 236 215 175 145 123 80 34

Fish of the month - February Category

Weight

Species

Line

Name

Location

Date

Place

SHORE SNR Shore Scale

12.38

Kingfish

15

S Reed

Harbour

08/02/17 1st

SNR Boat Scale

29.02

Kingfish

8

D Pye

Waverley

20/02/17 1st

SNR Boat Scale

24.04

Kingfish

6

D Pye

Waverley

18/02/17 2nd

BOAT

Fish of the month - March Category

Weight

Species

Line

Name

Location

Date

Place

SHORE

SNR Shore Scale

15.48

Kingfish

15

S Reed

Evans Bay

02/03/17

1st

Recent Club Events Boat Competitions

Boat Comp Number 7—25th & 26th March With the weather a little challenging to say the least, only two anglers ventured out. Southerly winds and heavy rain made for a very wet and miserable competition. But on the positive side, those two anglers that went out both had good catches. Kayak legend Eddie Ski caught five nice snapper and a kingfish. All season Eddie has shown how rewarding and successful kayak fishing can be. The other angler to venture out was our boat points leader, Felix Wenzel, showing his consistency yet again. Felix had a solid catch of snapper, trevally and gurnard, and demonstrated that top surfcasters make great boat fisherman as well.

Cheers, Steve

Results of Boat Competition No. 7 Name

Points

Details

Felix Wenzel

1589.52

7 Red Gurnard, 9 Snapper, 10 Trevally

Eddie Szalkowski

428.92

1 Kingfish, 5 Snapper

Boat Competition 2016/17 after 7th Competition Scores to date

Competition Number

Angler

Total Points

Total Species

Average Pts/fish

Felix Wenzel

7812

8

61.03

Martin Jeffrey

2720

7

42.49

Brian Bee

1870

5

Eddie Szalkowski

1648

Craig Boyes

1

2

3

4

810.6

2129.

1

1648.5 1633.

8

727.0

820.0

1172.5

38.16

438.5

854.1

577.2

5

63.37

384.9

720.9

113.0

1511

5

55.97

993.5

517.7

Bruce Hunter

1003

3

83.56

Jim Mikoz

319

4

63.74

Dave Pye

197

2

98.52

Anglers Steve Reed & Martin Jeffrey

Score 5878.38

6

318.7 197.0

7

1589.

52

428.9 2

1002.

7

Points by Bernhardt Schiftner

Pairs

5

8

Social fishing

Home and Away (a Trans-Tasman story) It’s 6pm local kiwi Bme and I am facebooking away when Muka Morley comes on-line in chat and says the Trans Tasman is in Mildura and it’s a bagging venue are you boy’s in?

With in seconds Jason says yep, Dan says yep but I was na mate there’s no way in hell I’m gona be allowed out to play for that one.

A day later when I happened to menBon to her in doors aka the boss what the lads were up to she said wow that’s a good opportunity you should go. A good hard slap in the face nope I’m not dreaming so before she could change her mind I was all over the keyboard Cha Hoo boys I’m in. “Team Round Eye” was born.

Much, much research went in from the lads and many a many discussion took place over what we could expect, what kit we needed and the messages started rolling in on kit the boy’s had made. This all paid big dividends as we were well equipped going into the event and stood in good stead.

New poles for heavy elasBcs, new 18-20 elasBcs, side pullers, 4-10g floats, oliveCes to match, size 10 and 8 hooks, 10lb hook length and 12lb pole rigs, heavy feeder rods, heavy feeders and some methods we felt we had prepared well when the date rolled round.

All too soon aLer an early morning pick up (many thanks Jas and Chrissy) Team Round Eye was at the airport and ready to roll out.

A long 7hr drive out of Melbourne in the end and about 50,000,000 acre’s of cut down wheat fields saw 15 very saw boComs exit the van at the Golden River Holliday Park. We had arrived.

We quickly met up with Howard and Martyn our Aussie organizing commiCee and got the low down on condiBons, the fact it was the best team the aussies had had in 25 odd years and we were on their home turf. The forecast was bleak to say the least but we were opBmisBc that we could give them a run for their money but none of us would’ve picked the outcome aLer 2 days of intense match fishing.

PracBce day rolled round and we all embarked onto our drawn pracBce pegs to get down to the business of catching fish and catch fish we did. I managed a good lump but Jas was bashing them out on the feeder and having a ball. I figured no point us all fishing feeder so stayed on the pole and conBnued to catch well but not as big a stamp as Jason. I was catching more but smaller fish and would’ve been well behind at the end I am sure of it.

Back at the accommodaBon it was Bme to have the meeBng and draw secBons before kick off the next day. Following this we had a good team meeBng where we discussed team tacBcs, what we had learned during pracBce and what we felt we needed to do to be compeBBve. Roll on day one, the fishing wasn’t red hot but we got stuck in, fished dammed hard and put in a solid result we thought. We had won 2 of the 4 secBons, Mrs Smith (Dave Chapman) won A secBon and Aaron Houghton (MS2)

won D secBon. At end of day we were 9 points a driL of the aussies and thought we were up against it but in no way out of it.

Roll on Day 2, the fishing was much improved and we made it pay. When the scales rolled out Garry Bourne won D secBon, Aaron was 2nd by 4 kilo and Nathan had 3rd so boom 9 points taken back right there it was a Bed ball game and we were stoked as we drove towards C secBon. Andy had won and Jason was second woo-hoo we were in front by 6. So on to B secBon. Paul senior had won and Garry Dallimore was 3nd our lead extended out to 10 points a very enthusiasBc kiwi van drove on to A secBon thinking we had just achieved what seemed impossible. Enter the Aussie strong-hold, we had been hammered by 10 points so at best we had Bed with the Aussies which meaned it was down to count back to find out. Glenn had smashed out a 91 kilo bag on the 2nd day to win A secBon so weight count back didn’t look to good for us.

We had to fish through a lay day and the Aussie NaBonals before we would find out who had come out on top. The Aussie NaBonals was brilliant. The first day was tough but the 2nd day was bagging mode. Day one saw thew kiwis feature with Garry Bourne 2nd in A secBon, Andy deamer 2nd C secBon. Day 2 saw Andy deamer win B secBon. Andy’s team NZ Rive ended up 4th in the team’s event by 1 point, Team round eye ended up 6th 4 points further back and team numpBes 10th a few more points further back from that.

Prize giving came round and on with the Trans Tasman Results: Sec on winners from New Zealand were Dave Chapman, Aaron Houghton, Paul Senior and Gary Bourne.

Individual Angler Awards was a 3 way Be all on 3 points so on count back it was Aaron Houghton 3rd and Paul Senior 2nd a fantasBc result to have two Kiwi lads in the top 3.

Trans Tasman winning naBon…. Hands up who thinks Australia won, Hands up who thinks New Zealand won.

I can tell you it’s the first count back result and Australia has weighed 868.17 kilos, New Zealand has weighed 878.060 kilos…..NEW ZEALAND WIN. The hall erupted and jubilant kiwi’s were shaking hands, hi 5ing and fist pumping it was quite the scene and one I’m sure non of us will forget.

Everyone shared info, results it was truly a team effort and everyone fished incredibly well.

Lastly Many thanks to everyone involved it was everything I could have hoped for and more. I feel very privileged to have been part of the group and to have been part of such a wonderful Trans Tasman sign off for Stuart, a top man and angler this one was for you my friend, enjoy the victory.

WSAC Dictionary (Pa Clubbies use lots of peculiar words! For those new to the club, this is what some of them mean. If you have any new ones to add feel free to send them in and we’ll add them to the dictionary.

Lie: [a] Fresh water fish hide in them. [b] a statement made by an angler to another as to how big the fish was, where it was caught, how many others he lost before losing the above mentioned fish Lie detector: A balance bar that was used on boat and shore competition weigh-ins.

L/F F/W Eel: Long fin fresh water eel Macks: Horse mackerel Makara eddie: The name given to the back flow current that occurs off the south west coast in spring tides. When working the current direction remains the same or continues for longer than normal periods.

Micks Rock: Pinnacle off Makara Moke: Blue moki Naenae Wharf: An inland imaginary wharf where almost all shore fishermen report their fish was taken from when they can't remember or it was too dark to say for sure.

Nailed a fish: Someone caught a sought after species Octi: Octipuss Octi Pond: A reef on the East coast that produces pukas and dicks off the shore. Access almost impossible.

Ohau train: Can only be caught in a boat when drift fishing in a fast rip and the boat has power on to keep up with its fighting ability. Caused by a rock or a puka being given too much time to go under a rock. Usually the later excuse is given for losing the fish.

O R Oil: Special fish oil.

P C: Pencarrow Parrot: Scarlet parrot fish Picket: Combined or singular action of a plek, Grot or bluey nicking the top quality bait you use.

Pilly: Pilchard Plek : Kelp, banded parrotfish Poo Pipe: Sewage outlet Poo Pond : Moa Point Puss Cod: Red cod Puka : Hapuku, grope, groper, Rally: A relative who can take you fishing or can yarn about fishing. Use some other word to describe a relation who can't do either of the above.

Ralph: The name of the first seagull to arrive to clean up the mess after some one has called out Ralph at the end of a big upchuck, usually when boat fishing in a big swell with a cross chop..

RB [Ray Bay]: Jarvo Bay. Too far to walk, where rays are as thick as sea lice in Wellington Harbour. West coast area.

R.T.F.M: Read The Friging Manual. What you have to do after pulling apart a TLD 25 or Inter. Also applies to anything you have pulled apart that will not work again when reassembled.

Sammo: A sandwich you have time to eat after a competition Sandgrabber: Sinker used when surfcasting to anchor the line against strong current, swells or crosswinds. Possibly the greatest invention ever.

Scissors: Prop on the outboard that can cut any size line Screamer : High speed fish run S/F F/W Eel: Short fin fresh water eel Sherpa: A shore fisherman yet to catch 6 Moki in a season. A green horn boat fisherman who uses the wrong rig for the conditions and waits for the other person in the boat to untangle the lines.

Skateboard: Skate, a dripping blob of slime Sleeping pill: The pill, gaff Slimey: English mackerel Slim Jim: English mackerel

art 2 - L through Z) Small boy: Small example of a species that gets a lot bigger Snap off: Losing your sinker when casting.

Snot box: Snotty, blind eel, a species you catch on the rod set for something big or when not paying attention to the other rod.

Snot Off: The art of long distance snap off with snot box. Snot off record stands at from Boom rock across the bait pond and onto the rocks at the top of the water fall. All practicing to be by your left sock filled with either raspberry jelly or raspberry yoghurt.

Spiny: Puss, Bloody nuisance, spotted spiny dogfish Spooled: What happens when a big fish takes all your line Staunch: A very keen and determined WSAC fisherman Steeple Rock Bay: A secret fishing spot without any rock resembling a Steeple Rock.

Stingie: Stingray, Stingsilder lure Strike: An upward moving of the rod by an angler. The down ward moving of the rod by a fish. An action you missed.

Suicide Hook: Any hook that catches fish without any help from the angler.

Tame fish: A fish rendered incapable of inflicting injury or causing damage.

The "A": Boom Rock The Banana Bridge: Beach past Whangamoana on the way to Cape Palliser, just past a one lane bridge curved like a banana.

The Dunny Seat: Suitably adorned toilet seat that is presented to the Wally of the Year.

The Nat’s: NZACA Nationals The Praying Hands: Trophy presented to the best Snot Box catcher each year. Won outright by Jim O’Brien in 2005.

The Spit: The narrow part of Ocean Beach between Lake Onoke and the Sea, west of Lake Ferry mouth.

3/0: Past Steeple Rock which got its name after a fire was destroyed by a large bang eg. 303's in the fire.

Tics: Tarakihi Tin Boat: Aluminium boat Tomato Stake: Solid glass fishing rod, come here rod Torpie: Tornie, tornament sinker, Tow rope : Hand caster full of heavy nylon Trench: Out from 5 Mile reef Tupperware boat: Fibreglass boat Twin Arm Strong: Auxiliary power on a boat, two oars Verns: A reef south of Mana Island Vestite: Trev, trevally Wally: Clubbie who makes a stuff up that another member finds out about or makes up.

Wally nomination: A suitably embellished story about the abovementioned stuff up, that usually bears little resemblance to the truth, and is presented to the President for entry into the Wally of the Year competition.

Wally of the Year: The winner of the Dunny Seat.

Waterfall Bay: South of Beachcomer Western Ledge: A reef out from Lyall Bay. White rocks: East coast unfished area Who: Warehou Wicked: Something that interferes with fishing Widemouth Cod: Small puka Wrasse: Banded wrasse Wye Rock: The big rock at Pukerua Bay. Yak: Kayak Yaka : Kahawai Zoomie: Barracouta

OBITUARY LIONEL RICHARD MATTHEW RENATA 1934 – 2017 Our greatly esteemed Life member Lionel Renata passed away peacefully on 3 April in the presence of his whanau.

His funeral was aCended by many of his club mates in appreciaBon of both the mana that Lionel held and his outstanding service to his beloved WSAC which he belonged to for close on 50 years.

Lionel served WSAC well. He was prominent on commiCee for four years and with wife Tua organised a couple of prize giving events that were quite outstanding. I am quite certain though, that Lionel’s unique giL to our club was his unfailing ability to meet and greet new members, oLen to the point of taking them fishing and showing them places to fish and how to go about catching different species. Lionel also just loved our NZCA NaBonals events and competed for many years from both boat and shore. Just taking part and meeBng new friends and greeBng old ones was Lionel’s main moBvaBon for aCending. But having said that, Lionel also competed well, taking out two very credible second and a third placing in the open boat event, and along with good buddy Steve Reed took out a first team placing.

On the home front Lionel was always a compeBtor and aCendee of every club event, not just the ones that appealed. He worked hard when there was fund-raising to be done and his generous sponsorship through way of sinker donaBons was always appreciated. On the club fishing front Lionel was one of our most acBve members and when you look back through the club’s history you realise just how oLen he has flown under the radar. For instance he sBll holds five club records including the unusual shore catch of a ling weighing 8 kilos. On the trophy front Lionel has won the Veterans trophy four Bmes and his name appears on five other trophies where good sized kingfish and snapper are prominent. Lionel was the inaugural winner of our club’s boat compeBBon in 1986 and repeated the feat in 1989.

Lionel just loved the club’s annual snapper trip to the Pelorous Sound. And what good value he was. Always doing more than his share of the workload and certainly always first up to get things cracking at the 5 am starts. That in itself was quite ironic for while Lionel made sure no one slept in, he also made sure that anyone sleeping within a bull’s roar of him would get no sleep. But you couldn’t get mad at the bloke for Lionel had the most gentle of disposiBons and always sought the good in a person, no maCer how small that goodness might be.

In the year 2,000 at the club’s AGM Lionel was deservedly awarded life membership. I know just how much this meant to him, and never more so than the photo he proudly displayed on the door of his room at the rest home where he had resided for the last two years. It shows the then WSAC President Chris Fouhy presenBng Lionel with his Life Membership badge.

Lionel was the best of mates that I could have had as a WSAC fishing partner. The fishing adventures we shared both in WSAC compeBBons and NaBonals events will always be strong in my memories. As will be the total respect we shared for one another. To Lionel’s family and friends, the club extends its deepest sympathies.

Jim O’Brien WSAC Patron

Boat project update As you can see from the image there has been some progress on my project boat. It now rests upside down on the trailer and I’ve been hard at work on the hull. Patches, soft spots, sanding, sanding and more sanding!

Recently started the rebuild with a new layer of glassfiber cloth and a good few coats of epoxy to reseal. This process has taken more epoxy than I though and I’ve learnt about how to try to avoid bubbles under the cloth!

Newsletter Editor - Matt Balkham

From the Editor So the weather is telling us that winter will soon be here and this week we’ve had the first cooler southerly for a while. Hopefully still time for a few nice fish to be caught at the back end of the season and all to play for in the various club competitions. Still a few social events in the calendar and the end of year social not far away too.

A massive effort from clubbies is both the NZSFC and NZACA nationals with some great club results to show for it. My first nationals experience was challenging for sure but some great memories made and even managed to scrape a few fish in the toughest of conditions. One thing for sure I’ll be back next year and raring to go!

Next on the list is the new paint job which hopefully I can get sorted before the weather turns (not a job for wet weather). My thoughts

There feels like lots of news packed into this newsletter which has taken a while to pull together. Apologies is been a while since the last one but hopefully worth the wait! Thank you for all the contributions received it’s great to have some extra articles and photos and it’s nice to have to be selective about some of the content.

and fuel tanks . One

So I’ll end the penultimate newsletter of the year with the same request as usual! Please do keep the stories and photos coming in via email or the Facebook page. I’d love more clubbies to get involved with contributions and welcome suggestions for improvements and features.

step at a time!

Tight lines

Hopefully have a few

Matt

are already turning to electronics, outboards

clubbies on board next season!

Last but not least!

Recent catches of note James from shore comp no. 8 and Anthony and Colin recent monster snapper from the shore!

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