Fishing in regular monthly meetings will commence at 1pm on Friday and the weigh in will commence at 1pm on Sunday. Late arrivals will only be accepted if you have suffered mechanical difficulties preventing you from making it to the weigh on time or you have been involved in towing another boat back into shore.

Additional outings will be announced via the website throughout the year

To join you must me a Member of the Big Catch forums, only members of your immediate family ie Partner and Children will be allowed to weigh in under your membership.

A $10 Joining Fee will apply to cover you for Liability Insurance and you must complete a Membership Application Form.

Prizes will be awarded to the highest point scorers for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place, there will also be an award for highest point scoring junior under the age of 14.
A Mystery Fish announced on the day will be drawn, if the selected mystery fish has not been weighed in on the day the prize will Jackpot and carry over to the next weigh in.

Fishing will be catch and kill and to weigh in your fish they need to be gilled and gutted.

Any undersize or protected species will not be accepted and a warning will be issued, you will be disqualified from weighing in your fish, a second offense will result in an immediate withdrawal from the club.

There will be a maximum of 5 fish per species or as per Fisheries Daily Bag Limit regulations. (Your Weigh In catch must not exceed the Bag Limits set by Fisheries for any one day, not a combined total of all 3 days)

Points System

10 Points for attendance at weigh in
10 Points per species
1 Point per fish
5 Points per kilo

1 Point per kilo for Game Fish
10 Points for a Club Record Fish

Fish that will be accepted at weigh in:

Australian bass/Estuary perch
Australian salmon
Bonito
Bream
Dolphinfish*
Drummer
Flathead
Flounder
Garfish
Golden Perch
Hairtail
Kingfish, yellowtail
Leatherjackets
Luderick
Mackerel
Marlin*

Big Catch Social Fishing Club Rules

Morwong

Mullet

Mulloway

Nannygai

Pearl perch

Samson

Silver perch

Snapper

Tailor

Tarwhine

Teraglin

Trevallies

Trout

Whiting

Yellowfin Tuna*

Please note:  As this is the first year of the club these rules may be subject to change in future years, any changes for next year will be posted in the forum and a full set of rules will be published prior to commencement of the new year competition.

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