GERROA BOAT FISHERMANS CLUB LTD FISHING COMPETITION RULES AS ADOPTED EFFECTIVE 1 JANUARY 2021 ELIGIBILITY          All financial members and their guests are eligible to enter ordinary fishing competitions. Major trophies and competition awards are for members and juniors only. For the purpose of these rules, member’s children and grandchildren are classified as juniors up to the age of eighteen years. The skipper of each boat shall be a financial member of the Gerroa Boat Fishermans Club Ltd. The same rules apply generally to beach, rock and estuary fishing.   REGISTRATION The skipper of each boat shall be responsible of registering his/her boat and crew with the radio operator between the hours of 7:30 am and 9:00 am. The boat must be on the water at 9am to be eligible to weigh in on a competition day. Failure to sign on before 9:00am will result in disqualification from the competition for that fishing day. This does not preclude fish being weighed in in accordance with Clause 6 (b).   METHODS OF SIGNING ON   The Skipper calls GERROA BASE on Channel 74 (VHF) between 7:30 am and 9:00am and advises The boat name and call sign. The number of persons … Continue reading Fishing Rules