Deep Sea Fishing Club

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About the RMYC Fishing Club

The RMYC Fishing club is a club within the Royal Motor Yacht Club Port Hacking. In order to become a member of the Fishing Club it is a requirement that one must have membership of the Royal Motor Yacht Club Port Hacking.

The Fishing Club was formed in 1972 and started out as the RMYC Deep Sea Fishing Club and in 2017 changed its name to RMYC Fishing Club. The Fishing Club has been a major part of the RMYC Port Hacking since being started by those early ‘bottom bashing fishos’.

The RMYC Fishing Club would like to thank and acknowledge our fantastic sponsors for their ongoing support:

Major Sponsors 

Membership

To become a member of the Fishing Club you must be a member of the Royal Motor Yacht Club Port Hacking.

Fishing club membership is $30 for an adult, $10 for a junior and family membership $50.

We generally fish throughout the year with a break during winter.

Our weigh-in is conducted at the flagstaff in the outdoor garden area.

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Life Members

Basil Cronk (dec’d) – John Anderson (dec’d) – George Payne (dec’d) –  – Les Nebauer (dec’d) – Ian Fraser (dec’d)                  Mick Pardoe – Don Saunders – Marcus Stalker – Stephen Lalor

RMYC Port Hacking FISHING CLUB (RMYCPH FC) By-Laws Rev 10

The RMYCPH FC is a sub-club of the Royal Motor Yacht Club Port Hacking (RMYC) and is subject to its constitution and by-laws.

The object of the RMYCPH FC is Encourage, Promote and Foster the sport of fishing.

1. Members must belong to the R.M.Y.C. or be a spouse or child (under 18) of a member.
2. All Members must be financial before fishing and hold current fishing licences as applicable.
3. Boats used must be owned by R.M.Y.C. Members (Boat Owner, Associate Member, Life Member or Crew Member)
4. Fishing must not commence before sunrise Friday and end prior to 3.00p.m. Sunday. Members can fish either Friday, Saturday or Sunday and only one day’s catch can be weighed in. Weigh in is at 3.00p.m. Sunday near the RMYC flagstaff. All fish must be gilled and gutted prior to weigh in
5. Fish caught on the troll or from fish traps are not eligible.  Fish can be caught in Port Hacking, Botany Bay and NSW Blue Water. Soft plastics/lures may be used instead of bait and fishing at FADs, whether they be floating or submerged, with soft plastics, lures or bait will be permitted
6. Points will be allocated at 2 POINTS PER FISH (double for targeted species) 10 POINTS PER KILOGRAM. 10 POINTS START PER FISHERPERSON.
7. Prizes will be presented as follows,

Up to 3 Fisho’s – 1 Prize for the largest target species if caught, none otherwise

4 – 5 Fisho’s – 2 Prizes    1 x highest point score, 1 x largest target species

6 plus Fisho’s – 3 Prizes,   1 x highest point score, 1 x largest target species, 1  x spin the board

Junior fisherperson award: Each junior who catches a weighable fish will be awarded a prize.

No Member can receive more than 1 prize per comp day.

8. Any Member attempting to weigh in under size fish will forfeit all of their points for that competition day.

9. Legal lengths and bag limits are as set by the NSW Governing Body (currently the Department of Primary Industries).Points are received for the following weighable fish:

• Bream   Flathead   Dusky Flathead   Jewfish   Morwong   Snapper   Teraglin   Flounder   John Dory   Kingfish
• Leather Jacket   Tailor   Trevally

These fish are the only fish which points will be awarded for except on Fishing days as nominated as Special Species days.  (Special Species fish are Pigfish, Australian Salmon, Ling, Groper, Red Morwong, Whiting, Samson Fish, Dolphin Fish, Drummer, Luderick, Garfish and Pearl Perch)

10. Catch and Release- We have introduced the concept of catch and release to help to reduce the impact on fish numbers and in particular the larger breading females. Fish are to be measured from Nose to Fork length. Each boat is to carry a “Brag Mat” (or similar) and take a photograph of the fish to be released to enable a weight to be allocated based upon the NSW Department of Primary Industries tables. Photos must be shown to the weighmaster at the weigh in for that competition weekend. Weights will be adjusted down by 10% to allow for gills and gutting. Points allocated for Catch and Release fish will be double those for a captured fish as per point 7, points will also be limited and subject to size and bag limits as per Fisheries rules and regulations.
11. The Most Species caught Trophy is limited to the following species: Snapper, Flathead, Dusky Flathead, Morwong, Tailor, Leather Jacket, Teraglin, Bream, Trevally, Kingfish, Flounder, John Dory, Jewfish,  Pigfish, Australian Salmon, Ling, Groper, Red Mowong, Whiting, Samson Fish, Dolphin Fish,   Drummer, Luderick, Garfish, & Pearl Perch.
12. All boat owners must complete an Annual Safety Self Checklist form on their boat to confirm that their boat meets the Safety Standards of the NSW Maritime Authority, if this is not done then the boat-owner and crew will not be eligible to weigh in their fish nor will they be covered under the Masterman’s Insurance Policy of the mother club being RMYC Port Hacking on our designated fishing days. All boat owners must provide a photocopy of their current boat insurance policy including public liability insurance, a photo of their  boat (some of these we have from previous years) and show current boat and fishing licenses if requested.

Approved AGM 10^th July 2018 and start time amendment 2022 July AGM Item 5 NSW Blue Water amendment by AGM 26/7/2023

Club Record Catches

Competition Days

The RMYC Fishing Club holds its Annual Competition between August and July each year.

Competition days are usually every third weekend and commence at sunrise Friday ending Sunday prior to our weigh-in at 3.00p.m. at the Flagstaff on the grassed area on the marina side of the Clubhouse. Only 1 days fish per person are allowed to be weighed in. We generally do not fish during school holidays or public holidays.

We have a great BBQ each fishing weekend after our weigh-in and prizes are awarded each fishing day for the largest fish of a designated species for that weekend, 2 spin the board species, the heaviest catch and Juniors each receive an award for a weighable fish.  The presentations and BBQ are funded by the Deep Sea Fishing Club.

Our Annual Presentation Night is held in July with Trophies given for Club Champion (most points awarded during the year) Runner-up to Club Champion and Champion Boat (again most points awarded to the crew of the boat during the year). There are trophies for each species of fish which are presented to the person who catches the largest fish of that species. We also have 2 prestigious Memorial Trophies, the George Payne Memorial Trophy is for the largest fish caught during the year and the other is the President’s Award – the John Durkin Memorial Trophy which is awarded to a member of the club at the President’s discretion for work within the club throughout the fishing season.

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Results 2024/25 Season

Running results 2025/2026

Running results 2025/26

2025/26 Points Ladder

Jonathan Towe         330  points

Stephen Lalor           250 points

Kevin Squires           182 points

Kieth Hudson             points

Paul Thomas             points

Tony Straty                 points

John Tripodi                points

Mark Osborn             points

Glenn Fitzpatrick       points

Nathan Straty             points

Lady Members

Karen Squires               points

Kathy Stephens             points

Judy Tripodi                   points

Juniors

Board Fish

Snapper    –    Steve Lalor 2.2kg

Flathead    –   Jonathan Towe 1.26kg

Dusky Flathead-

Morwong  –       kg

Tailor –                   kg

Leatherjacket –    kg

John Dory     kg

Teraglin  –      kg

Bream  –           kg

Trevally –      kg

Flounder  –     kg

Most species caught – Stephen Lalor / Kevin Squires   2

Special Species – Stephen Lalor          Sampson Fish     1.2kg

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Contact

We welcome new members, should you have any inquiries please contact one of the following people on the Committee:

Committee 2025-2026

Social Committee
Mark Osborn    0418245864
Mick Brannock 0407249052

Boat Safety Officer
Glenn Fitzpatrick  0418264073

Gear Steward

John Tripodi 0425245710

Weigh Masters

Tony Straty 0401365698 Jonathon Towe 0412247935

Point Score Keeper
Kevin Squires 0408462478 Jonathon Towe 0412247935

Website Administrator
Glenn Fitzpatrick 0418264073

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Upcoming Events

Away Trip- South West Rocks – Sunday 26th – Friday 31st July 2026
Ladies Day  TBA
Christmas Party Saturday 2026

Presidents Monthly Reports

Presidents Reports-

Presidents Annual Report for 2024 /2025                                                                                                                                                                                Congratulations to all of our Fishing Season Winners. Club Champion was Jono Towe and Kevin Squires runner up, with leading Boat “Special K”.        This season the club celebrated its 50 year anniversary with our Presentation Night. A terrific night was had by all and the meal was perfect.                   We just recently had nine members venture up to South West Rocks, just after the recent floods, which did not help with our fishing at all, but still never a dull moment with Ozzie on board!! Keith Hudson won the newly created Dave Moon memorial trophy, with a very nice Kingfish and John Tripody landing the only Venus Tusk fish, or was it Tony Straty, as they were sharing a rod.                                                                                                                            On a sad note, we lost 2 of our members, David Moon and Warren Stevens, both will be sadly missed.                                                                                  A big “thank you” to our committee, especially Jono, mate you are awesome.                                                                                                                        Our season starts again mid September so good luck and tight lines everyone.                                                                                                            Regards, your President Stephen Lalor

Seasons 2022-2024  Lets just say that the last  2 seasons with Covid have put the fishing club on hold. We have just not had the numbers fishing as we could not do weigh-ins as usual, and no raffles happening.                                                                                                                                                  2021-22 Well not to say the conditions were terrible and the same crews fished. Club Champion once again was Paul Thomas with 118 points and Jonathon Towe runner up with 88 points. The species were once again Snapper, Flathead, Bream and Flounder. So finally we were able to organise our presentation night with a small gathering of fishos and their wives and we were able to do the two years of presentations. Now with our AGM on Tuesday night I must thank all of our committee for the 2 years of standing, Paul, Jono, John ,Ossie, and Mick. Lets now see what 2022-2023 brings as far as the committee and weather. Yours, President Stephen Lalor                                                                                                                                                      2020-21 only saw 6 or so fish and weigh-in. Club Champion, Paul Thomas took out the honors with 557 points and Tony Straty was runner up with 327 points. We still had the usual species weigh-ins with Snapper, Flathead, Morwong, Tailor, Bream, Trevally and Flounder.