RMYC Port Hacking Fishing Club
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About the RMYC Fishing Club
The RMYC Fishing club is a club within the Royal Motor Yacht Club Port Hacking. In order to become a member of the Fishing Club it is a requirement that one must have membership of the Royal Motor Yacht Club Port Hacking.
The Fishing Club was formed in 1972 and started out as the RMYC Deep Sea Fishing Club and in 2017 changed its name to RMYC Fishing Club. The Fishing Club has been a major part of the RMYC Port Hacking since being started by those early ‘bottom bashing fishos’.
The RMYC Fishing Club would like to thank and acknowledge our fantastic sponsors for their ongoing support:
Major Sponsors
Membership
To become a member of the Fishing Club you must be a member of the Royal Motor Yacht Club Port Hacking.
Fishing club membership is $30 for an adult, $10 for a junior and family membership $50.
We generally fish throughout the year with a break during winter.
Our weigh-in is conducted at the flagstaff in the outdoor garden area.
Life Members
Basil Cronk (dec’d) – John Anderson (dec’d) – George Payne (dec’d) – Mick Pardoe – Don Saunders – Les Nebauer – Marcus Stalker – Stephen Lalor – Ian Fraser
RMYC Port Hacking FISHING CLUB (RMYCPH FC) By-Laws Rev 6
The RMYCPH FC is a sub-club of the Royal Motor Yacht Club Port Hacking (RMYC) and is subject to its constitution and by-laws.
The object of the RMYCPH FC is Encourage, Promote and Foster the sport of fishing.
- Members must belong to the R.M.Y.C. or be a spouse or child (under 18) of a member.
- All Members must be financial before fishing and hold current fishing licences as applicable.
- Boats used must be owned by R.M.Y.C. Members (Boat Owner, Associate Member, Life Member or Crew Member)
- Fishing must not commence before sunrise Saturday and end prior to 3.00p.m. Sunday. Members can fish either Saturday or Sunday and only one day’s catch can be weighed in. Weigh in is at 3.00p.m. Sunday near the RMYC flagstaff. All fish must be gilled and gutted prior to weigh in
- Fish caught on the troll or from fish traps are not eligible. Fish can be caught in Port Hacking, Botany Bay and Blue Water. Soft plastics/lures may be used instead of bait and fishing at FADs, whether they be floating or submerged, with soft plastics, lures or bait will be permitted
- Points will be allocated at 2 POINTS PER FISH (double for targeted species) 10 POINTS PER KILOGRAM. 10 POINTS START PER FISHERPERSON.
- Prizes will be presented as follows,
Up to 3 Fisho’s – 1 Prize for the largest target species if caught, none otherwise
4 – 5 Fisho’s – 2 Prizes 1 x highest point score
1 x largest target species
6 plus Fisho’s – 3 Prizes, 1 x highest point score
1 x largest target species
1 x spin the board
Junior fisherperson award: Each junior who catches a weighable fish will be awarded a prize.
No Member can receive more than 1 prize per comp day.
- Any Member attempting to weigh in under size fish will forfeit all of their points for that competition day.
- Legal lengths and bag limits are as set by the NSW Governing Body (currently the Department of Primary Industries).Points are received for the following weighable fish:
- Bream
- Flathead
- Dusky Flathead
- Jewfish
- Morwong
- Snapper
- Teraglin
- Flounder
- John Dory
- Kingfish
- Leather Jacket
- Tailor
- Trevally
These fish are the only fish which points will be awarded for except on Fishing days as nominated as Special Species days. (Special Species fish are Pigfish, Australian Salmon, Ling, Groper, Red Mowong, Whiting, Samson Fish, Dolphin Fish, Drummer, Luderick, Garfish and Pearl Perch)
- Catch and Release- We have introduced the concept of catch and release to help to reduce the impact on fish numbers and in particular the larger breading females. Fish are to be measured from Nose to Fork length. Each boat is to carry a “Brag Mat” (or similar) and take a photograph of the fish to be released to enable a weight to be allocated based upon the NSW Department of Primary Industries tables. Photos must be shown to the weighmaster at the weigh in for that competition weekend. Weights will be adjusted down by 10% to allow for gills and gutting. Points allocated for Catch and Release fish will be double those for a captured fish as per point 7, points will also be limited and subject to size and bag limits as per Fisheries rules and regulations.
- The Most Species caught Trophy is limited to the following species: Snapper, Flathead, Dusky Flathead, Morwong, Tailor, Leather Jacket, Teraglin, Bream, Trevally, Kingfish, Flounder, John Dory, Jewfish, Pigfish, Australian Salmon, Ling, Groper, Red Mowong, Whiting, Samson Fish, Dolphin Fish, Drummer, Luderick, Garfish, & Pearl Perch.
- All boat owners must complete an Annual Safety Self Checklist form on their boat to confirm that their boat meets the Safety Standards of the NSW Maritime Authority, if this is not done then the boat-owner and crew will not be eligible to weigh in their fish nor will they be covered under the Masterman’s Insurance Policy of the mother club being RMYC Port Hacking on our designated fishing days. All boat owners must provide a photocopy of their current boat insurance policy including public liability insurance, a photo of their boat (some of these we have from previous years) and show current boat and fishing licenses if requested.
Approved AGM 10th July 2018
Club Record Catches
BERT SMITH
1976/1977
DAVE MOON
2011/2012
MARCUS STALKER
2007/2008
LES NEBAUER
1975/1976
GORDON SMITH
1976/1977
MICK PARDOE
1985/1986
WARREN WALKER
2002/2003
PHIL PERRY
1978/1979
MITCHELL DIBBEN (jnr)
2013/2014
EDDIE SAVONNA
1984/1985
LES NEBAUER
1975/1976
NICK STRATY
2013/2014
LES NEBAUER
1978/1979
MARK OSBORN
GROPER
SNAPPER
7.82kg
FLATHEAD
1.51kg
DUSKY FLATHEAD
4.23kg
MORWONG
3.06kg
TAILOR
1.70kg
JEWFISH
18.82kg
LEATHER JACKET
2.04KG
TERAGLIN
3.06kg
BREAM
1.29kg
TREVALLY
4.08kg
KINGFISH
19.50kg
FLOUNDER
.61kg
JOHN DORY
2.04kg
SPECIAL SPECIES
2.75KG
Competition Days
The RMYC Fishing Club holds its Annual Competition between August and July each year.
Competition days are usually every third weekend and commence at sunrise Saturday ending Sunday prior to our weigh-in at 3.00p.m. at the Flagstaff on the grassed area on the marina side of the Clubhouse. Only 1 days fish per person are allowed to be weighed in. We generally do not fish during school holidays or public holidays.
We have a great BBQ each fishing weekend after our weigh-in and prizes are awarded each fishing day for the largest fish of a designated species for that weekend, 2 spin the board species, the heaviest catch and Juniors each receive an award for a weighable fish. The presentations and BBQ are funded by the Deep Sea Fishing Club.
Our Annual Presentation Night is held in July with Trophies given for Club Champion (most points awarded during the year) Runner-up to Club Champion and Champion Boat (again most points awarded to the crew of the boat during the year). There are trophies for each species of fish which are presented to the person who catches the largest fish of that species. We also have 2 prestigious Memorial Trophies, the George Payne Memorial Trophy is for the largest fish caught during the year and the other is the President’s Award – the John Durkin Memorial Trophy which is awarded to a member of the club at the President’s discretion for work within the club throughout the fishing season.
Results 2019/20
Runner Up
Champion Boat
Junior Champion
Junior Runner-Up
Ladies Champion
pts
pts
pts
Board Fish
Snapper
Flathead
Dusky Flathead
Morwong
Tailor – none caught . kg
Leatherjacket
Teraglin – none caught . kg
Bream
Trevally
Flounder
John Dory
Most species caught
Special Species – none caught
George Payne Trophy –
John Durkin Memorial-Presidents Award Paul Thomas
Most Improved Senior – Paul Thomas
Most Improved Junior –
Helmet Award – John Tripodi
Dummy Spit Award – John Tripodi
Paddle Award –
Running results 2019/2020
Aug 25/26 1fishoes total 0 fish @ 0 kgs 10 pts Tony Straty
Sep 15/16 2fishoes total 14 fish 5.96 @ kgs 105 pts Jonathan Towe
Oct 6/7 0fishoes total 0 fish@ 0kgs 0 pts
Oct 27/28 2fishoes total 9 fish @ 3.78kgs 66 pts Paul Thomas
Nov 17/18 0fishoes total 0 fish @ 0kgs 0 pts
Dec 8/9 3 fishoes total 19 fish@6.39kgs 64 pts Jonathan Towe
Jan 19/20 fishoes total fish @ kgs pts Cancelled
Feb 2/3 2 Fishoes total fish @ kgs
Feb 15/16 1 fisho total 6 fish @ kgs pts Tony Straty
Mar 2/3 4fishoes total 6 fish @ 10.03kgs 174 pts Tony Straty
Mar 23/24 3fishoes total fish @ kgs 68 pts Paul Thomas
Apr 13/14 fishoes total fish @ kgs pts
May 17/18 3fishoes total 13 fish @ 6.8 kgs 48 pts Stephen Lalor
Target Species Raffle
snapper Thominator
flathead Special K
morwong Day by Day
flounder Rebel
kingfish Taitors
leatherjacket The Riddler
dusky Sea Dweller
trevally Thominator
tailor Special K
s’species Day by Day
jewfish Rebel
snapper Taitors
flathead The Riddler
bream Sea Dweller
Running results 2019/20
Senior-Paul Thomas
Junior-Lachlan Swatosch
Ladies-Jessica Swatosch
Boat -Thominator
Current runners up –
Senior -Tony Straty
Junior –
Ladies-
Boat- Day by Day
2019/20 Points Ladder
Paul Thomas 541 points
Tony Straty 361 points
Stephen Lalor 326 points
Warren Stephens 293 points
Charlie Vella 154 points
John Tripodi 136 points
Glenn Fitzpatrick 125 points
Steven Lowe 123 points
Jonathan Towe 115 points
Brooke Dibben 108 points
Peter Swatosch 32 points
Mark Osborn
Lady Members
Jessica Swatosch 10 points
Juniors
Lachlan Swatosch 27 points
Board Fish
Snapper – kg
Flathead- kg
Dusky Flathead- kg
Morwong – kg
Tailor – kg
Leatherjacket – kg
John Dory kg
Teraglin – kg
Bream – kg
Trevally – kg
Flounder – kg
Most species caught –
Special Species – kg
Contact
We welcome new members, should you have any inquiries please contact one of the following people on the Committee:
Committee 2019-2020
President Stephen Lalor 0408028200Vice President John Tripodi 0425245710
Secretary Paul Thomas 0418257303
Treasurer David Moon 0417706705
Social Committee
Mark Osborn -Secretary 0418245864
Mick Brannock 0407249052
Glenn Fitzpatrick 0418264073
Jonathan Towe 0412247935
Boat Safety Officer
Glenn Fitzpatrick 0418264073
Gear Steward
Mick Brannock 0407249052
Weigh Masters
Brook Dibben 0414320193
Peter Swatosch
Jonathon Towe 0412247935
Point Score Keeper
John Tripodi 0425245710
Brook Dibben 0414320193
Website Administrator
Glenn Fitzpatrick 0418264073
Upcoming Events
Presentation Night – JulyAGM -July
Social Golf Day
Ladies Day
Christmas Party
Presidents Monthly Reports
Presidents Report for 2019 – 2020 RMYC Fishing Club
Congratulations to all Club Members, with Paul Thomas a first Club Champion, well done Paul. our Runner up was Tony Straty and our Junior award went to Lachlan Swatosch. Even though not many of us fished due the conditions and covid those that put in the effort were rewarded. The Riddler with Warren Stephens landed a nice Kingy up the river, and Tony on board Day By Day cleaned up with Trevally, Bream and some nice Dusky Flathead with one released over 70cm. Next best was the only decent Snapper to be caught at 3.8 kg cleaned this was pulled out under the nose of The Riddler one perfect day down south. The Thominator with skipper Thommo must have fished most comp days with weather permitting to be rewarded with Club Champ, Leading Boat, best Flathead and a few other species,again well deserved Congratulations Paul. We also organised a social day out on one of the local charters only to have cancelled by weather and then covid. Its ashame as this would have been a great social day,maybe next season. We also had to cancelled our Presentation night in July so its been decided to have this at our December weigh in. Our season will commence again in on September on the 19th and 20th with Snapper the species. So in closing as always a big Thank you to all of the committee and new new committee for 2020 – 2021 Tight Lines Stephen Lalor.