Junior Anglers Wanted

An open invitation has been extended to all juniors to participate in the tournaments and competitions in October and November hosted by the Nhulunbuy Regional Sports Fishing Club. Last week the club released nominations for the NRSFC Family Fishing Competition to be held on the 1st and 2nd of November. The competition briefing for this competition will be from 8pm Thursday 30th October at the Walkabout Lodge. The competition is to cater for those not fishing the Walkabout Lodge John Jones Memorial Billfish Challenge and has a fabulous variety of prize categories for all anglers. Junior and ladies are especially catered for, and everyone is assured of a great competition.

Juniors and Ladies are also invited to participate in the Walkabout Lodge John Jones Memorial Billfish Challenge and the XXXX Gold Gove Game Classic. The club has also offered to enrol all juniors free of charge in the Game Fishing Association Junior Tournament if they enter these competitions. Not only does it enable them to be in the running for Club and NTGFA awards, but it puts them up against juniors from around Australia for tag and weighed fish. The NT has won 5 awards in the last 3 years and it is not impossible to win a National award from a place like Gove.

Watch out for  the windy conditions this weekend. We can only hope the weather boys are wrong and the conditions are kind to the entrants in the Walkabout Lodge John Jones Memorial Billfish Challenge. Don’t forget the briefing for this competition Thursday evening at 8pm at the Walkabout .

Few reports from last weekend, as the only information handed in was the good bait picked up off the sand spit on the Harbour last Saturday afternoon. Hope it’s put to good use this weekend.

Don’t forget to grab details of the current Tournament adds and weekly tide times in today’s Arafura Times.

Tight Lines.

Family Reef Competition Announced

The Nhulunbuy Regional Sports Fishing Club has released nominations for the NRSFC Family Fishing Competition to be held in November. This event is being sponsored by local business, Gove Tackle & Outdoors. Thanks Jeff and Kelly from Gove Tackle & Outdoors. Great to see another local business support the community. The competition will be over 2 days on the first weekend of November and briefing for this competition will be from 8pm Thursday 30th October at the Walkabout Lodge. The competition is to cater for those not fishing the Walkabout Lodge John Jones Memorial Billfish Challenge and has an incredible variety of prize categories for anglers to target. Fishing from 7am to 5pm each day, anglers will be required to present their captures at the Yacht Club at the end of each day to register points. The presentation dinner for both the NRSFC Family Fishing Competition and the Walkabout Lodge John Jones Memorial Billfish Challenge, will be held on the 8th of November at the Walkabout lodge.

Automatic Wash Down Bay Commissioned

Boat Wash Bay

The Nhulunbuy Regional Sports Fishing Club successfully commissioned their latest addition to the recreational fishing facility in Melville Bay this week with the opening of a 2 lane automatic spray system for trailer boats at the local boat ramp. The water wise system is card activated to ensure the water usage is kept to a minimum. Recreational anglers can now apply for their own card from the club and access this great environmentally friendly initiative. The system is simple to use. After launching and retrieving trailer boats, it is recommended to wash off the salt water to minimise the effect of corrosion on metal trailers. The fisho will now simply drive onto the concrete wash bay with his salty trailer in tow,

Nhulunbuy Regional Sports Fishing Club Volunteers Acknowledged

Club volunteers (Lto R) Rod Goodchild, Ralph Pellenat, Greg Williams and David Cox check out the new esky. Absent - Rob McDonald, Dave Forbes, Steve Mackie and Kev Lynch also recipients of eskies and thanks from the Club.

At this weeks NRSFC general meeting, the members and committee acknowledged the fantastic support and assistance from some very special volunteers who have worked tirelessly behind the scenes raising funds for both Club and Community Projects. Several members were mentioned as contributing to the continued success and ongoing growth of the Club. The Club acknowledged outstanding and continuous service of the past 3 years or more for several of its members at the recent meeting.