THE Tuross Head Fishing Club held its monthly weigh competition at the weekend and by all accounts it was a success.
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New member Gina Byron weighed in her first fish and proved size does not matter by scraping a win in the ladies’ lake and estuary with her 280-gram flathead.
The club’s members were chasing salmon for the coveted goblet and Perry Franke took it home with a 1.445kg catch.
Patty Parker took home the ladies’ rock and beach with her 1.175kg salmon.
The men’s lake and estuary was awarded to Paul Brown after he reeled in a 460-gram tailor.
Aubrey Glasgow was in the winning outside boat and took out men’s largest outside, reeling in a 1.08kg snapper.
Rod Federer brought a rare fish to weigh in, a groper, which was the first weighed in several years.
It weighed 2.095kg and Federer won the men’s rock and beach.
Junior angler Brendan Beileiter took home the junior’s prize with a 945-gram salmon.
Next month’s weigh in will coincide with the AGM and there will extra prize divisions as it is President’s Day.
The goblet will be morwong and weigh in will be held on August 10 at 1pm, downstairs at Tuross Head Country Club, followed by the AGM meeting at 2.30pm.
Members must be present on the day to cast their vote for the 2014-15 Tuross Head Fishing Club’s committee.
New members are welcome.
Information can be found on the club’s website www.turossheadfishingclub.org, or to see what the locals are catching go to Tuross Head Fishing Club on Facebook.