COBBITTY AIDS LEUKAEMIA FUND

Fund No: T-0-4412

P.O. Box 51 , Cobbitty NSW 2570 Phone: 0246 512622 Email: calf@bigpond.com.au

CALF 17th Annual Fishing Competition: Buckenderra Holiday Village – Lake Eucumbene 17th – 19th Oct. 2008.

Fishing Report:

Cobbitty Aids Leukaemia Fund’s 17th Annual trout fishing competition was held 17th to 19th October at Buckenderra, Lake Eucumbene.  The event was held over three days from Friday to Sunday, with the dinner and auction held on the Saturday night.

Some 59 people entered the competition with several there for the social aspect rather than serious fishing, never the less 35 anglers weighed in fish with 83 rainbow trout and 6 brown trout caught averaging 630grams clean weight.

The largest Rainbow Trout caught was 1025 grams cleaned caught by Steve Bucher.

Largest Brown trout weighted 1729 grams cleaned caught by Justin Eagles.

The winner is judged on the best five fish for each angler, with 10 fish allowed to be weighed in over the three days per angler. This year’s competition winner was Justin Eagles with five fish weighed in at 4545 grams.

This is the first time Justin has entered this competition which is an exceptional effort. Not only did he win the competition but he also caught the largest fish, a brown trout weighing 1729 grams cleaned.

Justin and his mates caught most of their fish trolling further up the lake.  Just over half the fish were caught by trolling and the rest on bait using Berkley Power bait or worms.

Junior winner was Christopher Sandrone with five fish weighed in at 2087 grams which was ninth place over all.

This year’s event raised just under $5000 for R.P.A Haematology Unit, Sydney for research and patient care.  

The event is held every October at Buckenderra Holiday Village. The generosity from the fishing and boating industry is overwhelming. 

Thank you to the sponsors:

Country Energy

Snowy Hydro

Siemens Ltd

Macarthur Electrical Wholesalers

Buckenderra Holiday Village,

Catch & Release Wear,

Campbelltown Trophies,

Campbelltown Fishing Scene,

Gabe’s Fishing and Boating,

Alpine Angler,

Tabata (Nilsmaster),

Eagles Automotive

Basser Millyard

Huett Marine

SNOWY MOUNTAINS TROUT FESTIVAL -- NOVEMBER 2008

LAKE LEVEL   22.1%

Day 1      Largest Rainbow   Lawrence Horsfall   1135gm

                 Largest Brown       Syd Knight                 1298gm

                 $1000 secret weight to Paul Meehan

Day 2      Largest Rainbow   Wolfgang Ranlaud    926gm

                 Largest Brown       Maria Romeo              1985gm

Day3      Largest Rainbow   Wendy Warren           945gm

                 Largest Brown     John Chapman              1566gm

Day4       Largest Rainbow   Christina Younger           808gm

                 Largest Brown     David Porter              2850gm

Day 5      Largest Rainbow   Wendy Warren           899gm

                 Largest Brown       David Tinworth           1532gm

Day 6      Largest Rainbow   Graham Drury           975gm

                 Largest Brown    Barry Peever            1303gm

Day 7      Largest Rainbow   Michael Poupolo           999gm

                 Largest Brown    James Medway          421gm

Trophy Winners

       Largest Trolling Rainbow went to Lawrence Horsfall

       Largest Bait fisging Brown went to David Porter

       $4000 secret weight went to anonymous Buckenderra fisherman, worried about friends       asking for loans.

Diplomatic Fishing Tournament Committee

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A FISHY TALE ABOUT DIPLOMATS

The eighteenth Diplomatic Fishing Tournament took place during the weekend 17-19 November 2006 at Buckenderra Holiday Village on Lake Eucumbene.

Ten diplomatic missions involving around 70 participants took part in this keenly contested tournament and social weekend. Overall fishing was good, with 43 anglers being successful and 84 fish weighed-in with an average weight of 561 grams (since only the heaviest fish caught counts, not all fish were weighed-in). Trolling and bait were equally as successful this year, together accounting for all but 3 fish which were caught on fly.

In a near clean sweep by the Delegation of the European Commission, its team comprising of John Tuckwell, Roger Camilleri and Ken Hood, won the all important team event for the first time, with their heaviest three fish weighing in at 2.8 kg. They nudged the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran into second place by the narrowest of margins (by just 3 gms!), with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in third place.

John Tuckwell won the Individual Grand Open Competition with a lovely 1.6kg brown trout caught on lemon twist Powerbait at Picnic Point at Buckenderra and also the fly fishing trophy with a 0.7kg rainbow trout caught on a brown beetle at Eucumbene Dam.

The Individual Adults Division was taken out by Darren Peterson, also fishing for the European Commission, with a 1.6kg brown trout caught trolling with Tassie Devil (orange with yellow dots) at Brookwood Bay. Again underlining just how close the competition was, Darren's fish was a mere 7gms lighter than the Grand Open winning weight.

The Juniors Division (under 15 years old) was won by a very excited Jacob Kingma fishing for the Embassy of the United States of America with a nice 1.1kg brown trout caught on bait at Picnic Point, Buckenderra.

For further information please contact:

John Tuckwell, Chairman, Diplomatic Fishing Tournament Photo of winning fish available.

Bait fishing has been the best I've seen in three years of being here especially off the bank. The fish are coming into the shallows along the grassy banks. The bait fishermen have had some pretty good catches of late with some nice rainbows being caught off the bank.

The best bait seem to be bardy grubs and Power Bait (in floro orange). It is probably better to keep the bait off the bottom so that the cruising fish will see it a little better. Another location to keep in mind are the yabbie beds which are located on the flats and the darker soil. Buckenderra has a large frontage to the lake for guest and visitors to find there own private piece of fishing space.

Fly Fishing in warmer weather should make the fish a little more active and an increase insect activity will have them near the surface shorlty. Around the darker soil and the yabbie beds is more than worthy of a look also.

On the lake we should see the fish coming to the edges and especially where there are weedbeds and structure. This is great for the fly guys who should experience some good fishing if they take a little time and care. Fish should spend a little time close to the small creeks and inlets to the lake. Again I cannot emphasise the importance of staying low and treading lightly around the foreshores.

The standard patterns should work pretty well for most fly guys. Beadhead Woolly Buggers with some flash in the tail as well as Brown and Black Woollies with some flash could prove a good choice. Again at this time of the season the old flouro orange patterns are probably worth the best shot.

The trollers seem to be picking up a number of good fish of late. Most using a variety of Tassie Devil and numerous colours. The most common have some pink, flouro orange black and red in them. Small Rapalas could even be worth a shot. Most fish that have been caught are in the 15 to 20 foot mark in the deeper water, but it is worth a shot close in to the bank especially over the yabbie banks that are all around the shores near us.

With the best access to Eucumbene here at Buckenderra we are starting to see boaties.

Buckenderra Holiday Village is situated on beautiful Lake Eucumbene in the Snowy Mountains. Our accommodation and restaurant facilities are great for club events providing a centralized position within the mountains on Lake Eucumbene. Buckenderra covers 1500 acres with 100 acres set aside for accommodation. Buckenderra is well spread out allowing for groups to relax without impacting others.

Choose Buckenderra as your base when planning the next trip to or thru the Snowys, our facilities cater for groups of up to 120 people and offers spectacular views. Our extensive landscape and peaceful atmosphere offers the perfect environment for onsite activities and social meetings

We offer a large selection of accommodation including Cottages, Cabins, caravan and huge lawned camping areas. We have a mini mart, fuel outlet, boat ramp, hire boats, tennis court, heated games room (with big screen TV) and all weather BBQs. We are situated approx 25 min from Cooma, 35 min from Jindabyne. Making day trips to either side of the mountains a new and refreshing experience.

Our accommodation is made up of two bedroom cottages and cabins all with linen or as needed. All will generally accommodate 4 to 5 people each.

Make use of our fabulous function room overlooking the park and lake. Book your wedding, special birthday or even the work Christmas party. You can even stay at the park after your event.

Prices change from time to time, so when booking, for further details Contact the Joanne on 1800 339 461 or 02 64537242

Experience the fine hospitality, spectacular scenery and a wide range of activities and adventure.

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