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The 2010 Bluewater Classic

Preparations are underway for the 2010 Australian Bluewater Freediving Classic, this being the 16th year the prestigious comp has run. For more details, CLICK HERE!!

The Fish Report (14th January 2010)

For the first time in a long time the weather is starting to co-operate and we are getting a lot more diving days coming our way. The holiday makers were treated to a very wet Chrissie but in the lead up to Christmas we had some great diving and now early in the New Year we are being treated to some really pleasant conditions.

There were some great fish about in December with a 31.7kg jewfish being taken early in the month. It was not the only bragging fish about. Big Samsonfish have been seen and some very respectable ones landed. There are generous numbers of smaller Sambos and amberjack about and they are always good for a feed. 

Spears have been flying at the Spanish when they are encountered but pickings have been thin until most recently when some of our old stalwarts started finding numbers of them. Even rock-hopping should start to produce some Spanish. For the first time in a long time, some reports of Spotties are making it onto the grapevine. Kingfish abound as usual with some very big specimens having been seen recently

It looks as if the mantas and black rays have brought the cobia in and some Healthy Specimens taken quite recently. The mantas are often found on the shallows reefs around Arrawarra, so if you are out there look for the tell-tale manta fin tips and investigate. You may very well be handsomely rewarded with some good fish.  

Wahoo are being seen and taken but not very regularly although now with the news of the Spanish arriving in numbers, the Wahoo are sure to be around in the deeper water. Divers looking at any floating structure are getting Dolphinfish and out wide on the edge of the shelf some really good fish have been taken.

Things are definitely looking up after a long dry spell. Preparation for the Classic is well underway and this year promises to be a great competition. Many of the sponsors have stipulated that their prizes are to be awarded as lucky draw prizes which mean that any diver stands an equal chance of getting one of the spectacular gear upgrades.

Mark Kallman 31.7kg Mulloway.(Best of the Best 2009)

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Membership + Best of the Best

Membership Forms: GO HERE

Entries are open for the Best of the Best for 2010. REMEMBER you have a grace period until the second club meeting of the year (15th of February) where you can enter BOB without being a CURRENT member, after that if you ain’t a member it don’t qualify…..so join the club! We will be taking membership at the next meeting $83 seniors $20 Juniors.

Fish of the Month

Kurt Bienefelt and Justin Ward with some great Dolphinfish

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