“Playing with Plastics”

The next monthly general meeting of the Nhulunbuy regional Sports Fishing Club (NRSFC) will be held upstairs at the Walkabout Lodge Conference Room at 8pm next Tuesday the 5th of May. This month’s topic is “Fishing with Soft Plastics”. As always, the NRSFC monthly general meetings held the first Tuesday of the month, are open to the public and you do not have to be a member to attend. Soft plastic lures have become incredibly popular in recent years, and those attending next week will first view an informative DVD on these popular lures and then review a wide range of lures provided by local business Gove Tackle and Outdoors. The session will be punctuated with the necessary drinks breaks and finish with some handy tackle tips and braid knots to provide the full picture on how to select, swim and fish with these great lures. Sponsor XXXX Gold has some lures to give away and the tackle representative from Gove tackle and Outdoors will show anglers the best outfits to fish with. So don’t forget to attend next Tuesday the 5th of May 8pm at the Walkabout Lodge for this informative session.

Family Fishing Event to Benefit Local Family.

The Nhulunbuy Regional Sports Fishing Club (NRSFC) has announced the next in this year’s series of open (public) fishing competitions. The NRSFC and local company C & S Refrigeration are proudly hosting a Family Fishing Competition on Sunday the 10th of May. As the event is being held on Mothers Day and the club has recognised a worthy cause here within our own community, all proceeds of the C & S Refrigeration Family Fishing Competition are being donated to the Rogers Family Appeal currently underway. Here is a chance for everyone to take mum out for a great day on the water, hopefully catch a fish or two for dinner, win some great prizes and raise some funds for a local family recovering from their recent tragedy.

Recreational Fishing Survey and News

We see that NT Fisheries have kicked off their 2009 / 2009 recreational fishing survey here in Nhulunbuy. The last survey of recreational fishing activity in the NT occurred in 2000/2001. The primary focus of the survey is to collect data on catch, effort and participation rates in recreational fishing. However the survey will also collect relevant information on demographics, economic activity, attitudes and awareness in recreational fishing.

Anglers can participate in 2 ways. A telephone/diary survey that will collect information on NT residents and a series of on-site surveys that will assess visitor information.