JACK GAZZARD

Monday , 22 of Febuary 2010 become a very sad day in The Heads with the loss of one of our greatest characters, Jack Gazzard.

Those close to Jack know him as a cranky, cantankerous, old bugger. Those who have been lucky enough to count him as a friend also know him to have a huge heart. A man that would always stand by his mate. A man who would do anything for anyone, and even for someone he didn’t particularly like, he would do what he could to help them out. Jack was a lovable rogue and always spoke his piece, whether he be right or wrong he would staunchly stand up for his belief. You didn’t argue with Jack because it didn’t matter how right you were…you were wrong, but you couldn’t help love him anyhow. I spent many hours alone on a boat with Jack, and you find so much to talk about and the one thing I really learned ( apart from how to catch fish) was that, even though he was not an outwardly affectionate man, he so adored his three girls..Marion, Sue and Debbie. Jack worked hard and played hard and he  also loved his fishing , and, although he had threatened to give it away many times,when he got the shits over something or another, it was his passion and he would always fish. He taught me so much and I feel blessed to be someone who was able to spend time with him as a mate.  Even though my wife, Patricia , and myself feel a deep pain in our hearts at the moment and we can’t begin to know the pain  that Jack’s wife Marion is feeling. Jack is going to be sorely missed by a great many people and none near as much as Marion and our thoughts and love are truly with her.

Patricia and Jim Webster

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JULY WEIGH IN

On Sunday 26th of July The Fishing Club held their July Weigh In.  Once again numbers were down with only 34 fish at 14.19kilo being weighed in.

Tom Ahling weighing in Jack Gazzard's catch

Jack Gazzard was the only deepsea fisherman, however he did pretty well with a catch of 13 fish weighing 4.61kilo. Among them was a 760gram Morwong, which won him “Heaviest Fish” and a nice 360gram Reddy. He won  Mens Deepsea and the Heaviest Catch.

Tom Ahling hit the river with his wife Mary and he hooked 6 fish weighing 2.75kilo which got him Men’s estuary runner up, while Mary caught 2 at 900grams and she won Ladies Estuary. Read the rest of this entry “

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JUNE ‘09 WEIGH IN

The June Weigh In was held on Sunday, 28th of June with a much better weekend of weather for fishing resulting in some spectacular results. There were 57 fish caught at a total weight of 56.3kilo, averaging almost 1kilo per fish. Has that ever happened before?.

James Thomas, Jim Hyland and our illustrious Cookie had a great day amongst the Kingies. Jim latched onto 5 weighing a massive 15.35kilo winning him the Men’s Deep Sea and Heaviest catch. He also caught the biggest fish with a 5.42kilo Kingfish. James Thomas caught 4 at 10.78kilo and was Deep Sea runner up. Cookie found 3 at 8.55kilo. Not a bad day for the boys and James tells me that they caught them all off the Jetty using green prawns for bait (believe it or not). Read the rest of this entry “

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MAY 2009 WEIGH IN

Extremely poor weather conditions spoiled another fishing weekend. Because of heavy seas there were no deep sea fisherman this weekend, in fact, we only had two brave souls that ventured onto the water at all. Rudi Bochdal and Tom Ahling. Between them they caught 11 fish weighing a total of 8.9kilo.

Rudi caught 9 fish weighing 8.3kilo, including the Jewie which he won heaviest fish for and a good Flathead. He captured Mens Estuary and Heaviest catch. Tom with 2 fish at 600 grams received estuary runner up. The mystery fish was a Snapper which obviously was not caught. Read the rest of this entry “

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April ‘09 Weigh In

The April “Weigh In” was held on Sunday 26th April in the Jerry Bailey Room. For the most part the weekend was a disaster. It was blowing a gale and the seas were to big for anyone to venture outside, therefore there were no deepsea fishermen.

However we did have a few hardy souls attack the river. There was a total of 20 fish caught at a weight of 8.03kilo.

As usual, Rudi Bochdal topped the count with 13 fish at 5.3kilo winning him Estuary and the heaviest catch. His wife Collen hooked 2 fish at .650grams and she took out the ladies estuary. Read the rest of this entry “

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March ‘09 Weigh In

During the month we lost one of our older members, Loy Craven. The members of the fishing club offer their heartfelt sympathy to Jack and his family. A nicer two people than Loy and Jack Craven do not exist and Loy will be be sadly missed by many friends in Shoalhaven Heads.

Sunday, 29th of March saw our March Weigh In happen. For the first time the food was catered for by the new “Longboard Bistro”. You can never please all the people all the time, however most where impressed with the feed we received and for $5 you won’t get better anywhere.

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March ‘09 Get Together

On Saturday the 14th March , Shoalhaven Heads Sports and Social Fishing Club held their first get together of the year. We usually have four of these a year and if you didn’t attend you are about to discover what you missed out on.

Dinner was catered for by the club’s new “Long Board Bistro” and consisted of all the prawns  and chicken you could comfortably eat and heaps of beautiful salad. I never heard one complaint on the day and why would you at $10 a head. All you have to do is join and you to can enjoy.

If this wasn’t enough, we were entertained by the lovely Jody Yates. Not only does she have a wonderful voice, she is a fantastic performer and can sing anything from Vera Lynn to Becki Cole and everything in between. Beside all that she is extremely good eye candy for both young and old. If you get the chance and haven’t seen Jody perform DO NOT miss her.  The entertainment didn’t finish with Jody. We were treated to an impromptu performance by the great Stompin’ Stevie (the big bopper) Woodland. We saw a wonderful duet with the legendary rocker and Jody.

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February 2009 Weigh In

FEBRUARY ‘09 WEIGH IN

President Col Hokin

On Sunday 22nd of February we had our February Weigh In. It was a rather disappointing roll up and I suspect that the fact that the last Sunday of the month was on the 22nd caught a few off guard. Although only 9 people fished there was still 78 fish caught, weighing in at 27.89kilo, not a bad result , all considered. A few of the best was a 540 gram Bream caught by Rudi Bochdal, Jim Webster hooked a 460 gram Flathead but Colleen Bochdal topped the scales with a nice Flatty at 770 grams.

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