The 2011 Ausfish Annual Agnes Water / 1770 M & G has been run and won.
From my perspective.
With an official 61 people in attendance, this was by far the largest turnout since the inaugural Meet & Greet in 2005 or was it 2004 ??? way too long ago to remember.
The usual suspects again proving a hit with the newbys and certainly everyone advancing the friendly atmosphere. Dizzying heights were reached by Black_Rat with a marathon session lasting well over 30hrs and in fact I believe chicksloveit also chimed in with monsters effort.
Friday night at the Tavern was a crowded affair with many locals taking advantage of the raffles and also a few Spearos up their for a Comp.
The weather was good and I got out 4 times all up. The Thursday and Friday ( last days of the M & G ) were definitely the best and a couple more days after that were also looking great.
A big thanks to the VMR for their assist, not only keeping an ear out for us, but also for the tow back of 2 Ausfish vessels. The skippers skills proved valuable.
To Roz and Tony for letting a few of us share their house and company, Thanks again.
To all the new people I met, it was a pleasure.
Some interesting folks out there in Ausfish land when ya meet them face to face.
There were a few PB's and firsts for the trip by many of us and my 8.87kg Blue Maori was a cracker
A special thanks to the bloke at 1770- Tyre & Mechanical for his honest dealings which was appreciated by me ( puncture repair ) and Anthony ( borrowing equip to fix small issue ).
To the cat ( Terminator ) who drove straight at us in the middle of the ocean and anchored within 30 mtrs of us directly in our drift line........... may the fleas of a thousand camels infest your armpits.. or........ why ?. Just why ?
The cook-off........ wow, big night and no losers there at all.
Special mention to marvin ( Kev ) for bringing his family up and to XtremeBoony for doing the same. Good to meet Amanda, Breeanna and Brooklyn and good to catch up again with Kev's family, Margie, Jesse, Brodie and Abby.
Muddytoes and Buggerit had an expensive trip with motor issues ( no, not E-Tecs, they were both Mercs ), and VMR tows, but I am, sure they will return for another crack at 1770 offshore piscatorial predators.
I believe Roz has a lot of good pics to be posted up as I took limited ones.
Now, I have a pair of steel cap boots in my possession ( may be peterbo3's ? ), a towel ( maybe robtarr ), butt cap & reading glasses ( thedeckie ) other stuff. Sorry NEWBY, your Coronas have found a new home .
I also have about 30 kgs of mullet fillet left in my freezer. It is packed into ( about ) 1kg bags, salted down and for sale. $3.00/kg. You must take minimum 10kgs. PM for details.
I am now looking forward to the other reports and pics. From what I hear, marvin topped the point scoring ( so to speak ) with a boat load of reds and other fish. Well done.
Fuel economy worked out at 1.56k's per litre for the week ( over 550k's ) 6.2 platey with a 2003 Honda 130HP four banger ( 4 blade solas prop ). The Colorado towing figures were 14.9ltrs / 100.
cheers LP.
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