Fixing Botany Bay

In this video Recreational Fishing Alliance President Stan Konstantaras talks about his home water, Botany Bay, and how the RFA is working with the Nature Conservancy on oyster reef restoration.

Botany Bay has many competing users—commercial, recreational and environmental. It’s a major working port, but remediation of some of its features is important and possible. As Stan says in the video, ‘Every bit of the seafloor we want, the government wants for something else’. Recreational fishers can play a major part in projects that protect what’s left, and reclaim and help repair the damaged areas.

Click to view.

Eastern suburbs residents get sniffy about sewage treatment

As much as 4 million litres of raw Sydney sewage a day is pumped into the ocean between South Head and Bondi Beach, but local residents are complaining about a pumping station that Sydney Water wants to build to divert the sewage to the Bondi wastewater treatment plant where it can be partially treated, rather than dumped straight into the ocean. Residents say the pumping station will impinge upon the local clifftop park and cause bad odours.

Sydney Water wants to build a modest and tidy pumping station at Eastern Reserve in Dover Heights. This is their artist's impression above. It would divert raw sewage that currently runs directly into the ocean from the wealthy suburbs of Watsons Bay, Vaucluse, Rose Bay and Dover Heights. 

About thirty years ago three deep ocean outfalls (North Head, Malabar and Bondi) were constructed to process sewage before it is pumped three kilometres out to sea, but those outfalls have never handled ALL the sewage from the area.

Sydney Water's 'Refresh Vaucluse and Diamond Bay' project is designed to divert the raw sewage from Watsons Bay, Vaucluse, Rose Bay and Dover Heights to the Bondi deep ocean outfall. Two pumping stations, at Parsley Bay on Sydney Harbour and Eastern Reserve at Dover Heights, will need kilometres of new underground wastewater pipelines, vent shafts and manholes.

Waverley Council and residents are not happy about the pumping station on the Eastern Reserve park. Waverley Council says the pollution near the three raw sewage outfalls in Vaucluse, Diamond Bay and Dover Heights only has a “minor impact” on the water quality of Bondi, Tamarama and Bronte Beaches, and that Council "share residents’ concerns about the potential visual and landscape character impacts to the reserve as well as impacts to park users.”
 
In the Sydney Morning Herald, Dover Heights resident Marcus Phillips is quoted as calling the proposed pumping station “a nuclear missile silo” that would reduce the amount of recreational space at the park. In a letter to Vaucluse Liberal MP Gabrielle Upton, he argued that the impact of the pumping station had to be weighed against the “proposed benefits of protecting the ocean from an insignificant amount of natural waste”.

Is 4 million litres of raw sewage a day "an insignificant amount of natural waste"? No it's not. Take a look at this video of faeces, toilet paper, sanitary napkins and frangers floating around just off Diamond Bay. This is the rubbish going untreated into our oceans, fisheries and beaches. It has to stop.

White Spot detected in NSW prawns
At the end of August NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) is responding to the detection of White Spot in prawns in an enclosed facility in the north of NSW following confirmatory testing by DPI and the Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness (ACDP).

NSW DPI has also been working closely with the owners of the enclosed prawn facility and have overseen the destruction and disposal of all infected prawns on site. Decontamination activities are well progressed to treat the site and stop any further spread, which was scheduled for completion on Friday 2 September 2022.

A Biosecurity Direction was issued on the property, banning the movement of prawns, water and equipment from the site and limiting the number of people accessing it. DPI is confident the detection has been contained within the enclosed facility.

Surveillance of wild prawn stocks is underway to identify the potential source – and to demonstrate freedom from White Spot in NSW wild prawn populations.

Preliminary genetic analysis using whole genome sequencing undertaken by ACDP indicates that the White Spot detected in northern NSW is different to the White Spot detected in south east Queensland between 2016 and 2020, and is likely to be of separate origin. NSW DPI will continue to keep stakeholders informed of any new information from these activities.

White Spot is highly contagious to prawns and other crustaceans, and was the cause of significant mortality in prawn farms in south east Queensland in 2016.

The NSW Government has had movement restrictions in place to limit the risk of White Spot entering our state since it was first detected in Queensland.

Everyone is reminded never to use prawns intended for human consumption as bait, or to bring bait caught in south east Queensland to NSW.

**WHITE SPOT UPDATE**
Received 9 September from Ben Rampano, Incident Controller, White Spot August, NSW Department of Primary Industries (and congratulations to DPI on keeping fishers promptly informed).
 
"In responding to the detection of White Spot in prawns at an enclosed northern NSW facility on August 18 2022, surveillance of wild prawn stocks by NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) has not detected the presence of White Spot in local estuary and offshore prawns.  
 
"On 7 September 2022, laboratory analysis was finalised on prawn samples collected from the estuarine areas around the farm and offshore, with all samples testing negative for White Spot. This surveillance reaffirms NSW as free from White Spot in wild prawn populations.
 
"These results are consistent with and support ongoing testing undertaken by NSW DPI to protect the NSW prawn industry and show freedom from White Spot.
 
"On 7 September 2022, South Australia installed border restrictions on the importation of prawn and polychaete worm bait products to South Australia from NSW. NSW DPI is working with inter-jurisdictional counterparts to communicate surveillance results and reaffirm that NSW is free of White Spot.
 
"DPI has responded swiftly and has worked closely with the affected business, the seafood industry and other state and federal jurisdictions to ensure rapid containment and management of the detection.
 
"NSW DPI has been working closely with the owners of the enclosed prawn facility and have overseen the destruction and disposal of all infected prawns on site. Decontamination activities were undertaken at the facility and completed on 2 September 2022.
 
"At the time of the detection, a Biosecurity Direction was issued on the property, banning the movement of prawns, water and equipment from the site and limiting the number of people accessing it. NSW DPI is confident the detection has been contained within the enclosed facility. The Biosecurity Direction was confirmed complete and revoked by on 7 September 2022. 
 
"Preliminary genetic analysis using whole genome sequencing undertaken by ACDP indicates that the White Spot that was detected in northern NSW is highly different from the White Spot detected in south-east Queensland between 2016 and 2020 and is likely to be of a separate origin. NSW DPI will continue to keep stakeholders informed of any new information from these activities."

Padstow RSL Fishing Club 2022 Snapper/Morwong Challenge

Padstow RSL Fishing Club welcomes all members and visitors to participate in their 2022 Snapper/Morwong Challenge on 1st October to the 2nd October 2022.

Padstow RSL Fishing Club is a small Fishing Club in Sydney and they are trying to encourage as many people to enjoy fishing.

Tickets can be purchased from https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/409110048167

Adult Entry Fee $40, Junior Under 16 Entry Fee $5.00. All fishing practices are in accordance with the current NSW Fisheries regulations. 

There are prizes for Longest Snapper, Longest Bag of 5, Boat – Longest bag of 5, Mystery Lengths x 3, Lucky Angler Prize x 2

Fishing Waters are Sydney Heads to Belambi. 

This fishing competition is open to all anglers holding a current NSW Fishing License or are exempt from holding a License. The sale of fish is prohibited by NSW law, and anglers are encouraged to take only the fish they need. Unwanted fish should be released alive.

Recreational boater representation
from Dennis Donald, Amateur Fishermen's Association of NSW

Several years ago NSW Maritime formed two advisory groups being;- (RVAG) Recreational Vessel Advisory Group and (RBAG) Regional Boating Advisory Group. The concept was meetings scheduled quarterly, with participants from the Boating Industry and various recreational groups

The concept was:- "RVAG was established to provide advice and expertise on recreational boating matters. Members of RVAG may belong to groups that have, or represent national organisations. This provides RVAG with a cross-border perspective which is useful when considering issues which may impact interstate visitors to NSW waters". 
OBJECTIVE:- Provide a forum for peak, recreational vessel stakeholders, to discuss emerging issues, explore ideas, contribute to innovative solutions, and provide expert advice to Government".
ROLE and FUNCTION;- (Extract) - "To represent the peak recreational vessel advisory group". "To discuss recreational vessel matters concerning maritime safety, environment, access or amenity". "To provide advice based on extensive knowledge and/or practical experience in recreational vessel issues for consideration". "To present concerns and issues raised by the recreational vessel community directly with Transport for NSW and other members". 

In January 2022 we were advised of the following:- (extract) "Transport for NSW are revising our approach on how we effectively engage with our stakeholders". "We're making some positive changes". Our goal remains on continuously improving our services". "Invitations will be sent to selected participants depending on the issues being addressed". "In 2022 we also plan to communicate collective outcomes from the forums, and what we're working on with stakeholders". 

To our knowledge, there has been NO (RVAG or RBAG) during 2022. The Recreational Fishing Alliance is considered by the majority of recreational fisher/boater associations to be the peak representative for recreational boaters, however, they have not been invited to participate. Conservations with past members of (RBAG) confirm that scheduled meetings were suspended about 2019. 

In reviewing past minutes from RVAG meetings, many items remain in excess of a year with other items simply disappearing. 

With an INVITATION only, there potentially will be LIMITED REPRESENTATION for recreational boaters.

According to Transport for NSW-Maritime, recreational boating registrations and boating licences have significantly increased since the commencement of COVID.  Why is Transport for NSW - Maritime ignoring the potential concerns of recreational boaters? 

Coral trout off the coast of Sydney

Common coral trout usually call the warmer waters of Queensland home; however, recently they have been spotted as far south as the waters off Sydney.  

Common coral trout is one of almost 200 species identified by recently published research that has significantly shifted their range south since 2003 due to climate change.  

DPI scientists have collaborated with Redmap Australia (www.redmap.org.au) to produce a NSW report card showing how marine species distributions are changing along the NSW coastline based on sightings made by citizen scientists (such as fishers, divers, boaters and snorkelers). 

The NSW Redmap Report Card shows how marine species are moving in response to ocean warming. 

The Redmap (Range Extension Database and Mapping) Australia citizen science program enables anyone out on the water to spot, log and map any uncommon marine species not usually seen in their local area.  

The NSW report card is based on 656 observations of species outside of their historical distributions along the NSW coastline spotted by 234 ‘citizen scientists’.
 
To check out the NSW climate change citizen science report card see the website at: www.marine.nsw.gov.au. NSW DPI Fisheries and Redmap Australia (based at the University of Tasmania) has completed the climate change citizen science report card with support from the NSW Marine Estate Management Strategy.

Call for expressions of interest for a new Line & Trap Fishery Harvest Strategy Working Group 
A new Harvest Strategy Working Group is being established to engage key stakeholders in a collaborative process to develop harvest strategies for key species in the NSW inshore and offshore line & trap fisheries across all harvest sectors, commencing with yellowtail kingfish and snapper. 

Harvest strategies are designed to provide transparent decision-making frameworks that define agreed management objectives for a fishery or species, and actions necessary to achieve the objectives. Harvest strategies will consider and seek to encompass relevant commercial, recreational and Aboriginal fishing to develop an integrated fishery or stock management approach. 

The Working Group will provide its advice on Harvest Strategies to RFNSW and CommFish NSW for consideration, and public submissions will also be invited once draft strategies are developed. 

Expressions of interest for membership are now open for recreational, commercial, Aboriginal and independent expert members. Further information – including Terms of Reference for the working group and an EOI information package – is available on the NSW DPI Fisheries website at the Line & Trap Fishery Harvest Strategy Working Group website at this link.  Applications close 14 September 2022. 

New Boating Asset Maintenance Program
The NSW government recently announced that a Special Boating Asset Maintenance Sub-Program has been approved to assist Councils maintain boat ramp and other public maritime infrastructure. The Boating Asset Maintenance Sub-Program provides up to $2 million to help boating infrastructure owners across NSW to undertake minor repair and maintenance works of boating infrastructure.

This one-off funding contribution is available for the repair and/or maintenance of boat ramps, pontoons, wharves, jetties or boat ramp car and trailer parking facilities that are available to the general boating public. These assets must also provide direct benefits to recreational boaters and must be included on an existing annual maintenance schedule or have its own asset maintenance plan in place at the time of application.

The sub-program will fund up to $30,000 for repair and/or maintenance works per asset, up to a maximum of $60,000 per applicant for multiple assets.

Further details on the sub-program and the eligibility criteria are available in the sub-program guidelines. Application forms should be downloaded and emailed to mido@transport.nsw.gov.au by 5pm Friday 30 September 2022.

So if your Local Boat Ramp or its Infrastructure looks like it needs some help to be maintained then give your Councils Open Space or Recreational Asset Manager a call, start that important discussion, then follow them up to make sure they have put their application in before the closing date, which should result in a minimum of 32+ Councils getting $60k or less, to assist in funding their 2022/23  Maritime Infrastructure Asset Maintenance Program.

But Botany Bay Boat Ramp disasters continue

Local fishing club observers contacted the RFA to report of a diabolical day for boaters at the poorly maintained Port Botany Boat Ramp.
On Saturday the 11^th Sept cars slid into the water, people fell and were injured and all due to the fact that the ramp is not being maintained. This is Sydney’s most popular ramp for those who live locally and travel with their families from western Sydney. Videos and photos have been provided to the RFA, reports by concerned fishers have been made to the Police and even discussions with the Federal Border Force Police indicated that one of their employees slipped and fractured a wrist and they were off work for months!

The RFA is sure that the same spin will be provided, in fact an official sign at the ramp says chock your wheels, so remember if you use this ramp you should carry a few bricks from home to chock your wheels. Give us a break and just maintain the ramp!

Habitat Action Grants available
The annual NSW Department of Primary Industries Habitat Action Grants are now open. Applications close 5.00 pm Friday 23rd September 2022.

All info including guidelines and application forms is at this link.

What's happening on Recreational Fishing NSW Advisory Council and NSW Rec Fishing Trusts?
Over the past few years, and under two Fisheries Ministers, rec fishing groups have been complaining about lack of reports from the NSW Recreational Fishing Trusts and the body they report to - the Recreational Fishing NSW Advisory Council. Until a few days ago, the last RFNSW Meeting Outcomes published were for May 12th 2021. The comment 'Meeting 21-24 Outcomes are currently being considered by the Government', has been on the Recreational Fishing NSW Advisory Council's web site for months. 

The RFA raised this yet again on our Facebook page at the end of August, and now it appears that Minister Dugald Saunders and/or his staff do read and take action when it's pointed out that there are NSW Government Policies and Procedures that such committees with their paid secretarial support must follow.

We now have an extra 18 pages of RFNSW Meeting Outcomes from Meetings 21 (8 pages) and Meeting 22 (10 pages) to read with interest.

Here is a link to the RFNSW Chairman's Summaries and Meeting Outcomes for anyone to read.

Bonefish on drugs
Aquatic animal health specialist Ben Diggles has written an interesting/alarming article about research by the Bonefish and Tarpon Trust and Florida International University in the USA into pharmaceuticals found in bonefish in the Florida Keys. 

Populations of bonefish have continued to decline, despite tight management, catch and release and habitat restoration. Now researchers have found that every one of the 93 bonefish examined had pharmaceuticals in their bloodstream, close to 60% had pharmaceutical levels that exceeded a third of the human therapeutic blood plasma threshold, and all of the fish except one had cocktails of pharmaceuticals in their bloodstream, which can be expected to result in mixture interactions and poorly understood health effects.

Read Diggles' full article at this link.

Tips for pyramid style yabby traps
'Opera house' style yabby traps are now banned in ALL NSW waters to help prevent inadvertent capture of native wildlife. 
  
NSW DPI Fisheries encourages yabby fishers to use open pyramid lift nets and/or hoop nets to catch a feed. These environmentally friendly and affordable nets are widely available at tackle retailers across NSW. Some fishers may not yet be familiar with using these nets when chasing yabbies so here are a few handy tips and hints to help maximise your success.
 
Tip 1: Open pyramid lift nets are most effective when “actively fished”. Check your nets at least once every hour to maximise your catch rates.
  
Tip 2: While the nets can produce high catch rates in productive yabby fisheries, performance may be enhanced by cutting down the sides of nets to half the commercially available length.  

Tip 3: Modifying the sides of nets is legal as long as the mesh height is less than 150 mm and the horizontal opening at the top of the net parallel to the base of the net is greater than 200 mm in all dimensions.
   
For more info on yabby fishing, check out https://bit.ly/3p3E9tv or download the FishSmart app at https://bit.ly/3LTNfCn.   


You can improve your yabby net’s performance by trimming the mesh height. See Tip 3 for details. Image: Brown, Hunt and Giri, 2012.

Aboriginal cultural fishing inquiry
On 19 August, more than 20 witnesses took part in a hearing for the NSW Parliament's Upper House inquiry into why legal provisions for Aboriginal cultural fishing are yet to come into effect in NSW.

Learn more about the inquiry into the delayed commencement of the Fisheries Management Amendment Act 2009 at this link.

Who did the committee hear from? As well as a number of individuals who practise cultural fishing, among those to give evidence were Recreational Fishing Alliance of NSW, the NSW Abalone Association and Oxfam Australia, along with AIATSIS and researchers from the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research at The Australian National University, the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security at UOW: University of Wollongong, Australia and the Climate, Society and Environment Research Centre at UTS: University of Technology Sydney.

Also appearing were representatives of NSW Aboriginal Land Council, Ntscorp Ltd and Aboriginal Legal Service, members of steering committees for Aboriginal Cultural Fishing Local Management Plan trials, and NSW Department of Primary Industries. 

How much do recreational fishers contribute to the NSW economy?
Help University of Wollongong with this study.

Recreational fishers contribute to local and regional economies in NSW through their expenditures on fishing gear, and their expenditures on items such as food and drink, accommodation and fuel when they travel to fishing sites.

The University of Wollongong is asking fishers to complete a survey answering questions about their fishing-related spending in order to quantify the contribution recreational fishers make to the NSW economy. This will help identify the value in maintaining or improving recreational fisher access to key recreational fish species and sites, and supports ongoing management of fresh and saltwater recreational fisheries.

The University of Wollongong is inviting you to complete an online survey, which will ask you about your general fishing activity and then more specific questions about your most recent fishing trip, including how far you travelled, what you spent money on and which species you were hoping to catch. This survey should take about 20 minutes to complete.

You can access the survey by following this link.

This online survey will close on 30 September 2022, so get in quick if you want to participate!

This project is receiving funds from the NSW Recreational Fishing Trust. 

Wet against next summer

In recent days BOM says we will have another wet summer, now saying there is a 70% chance of another La Nina, up from their recent 50% estimate.

Apparently changes in the Pacific Ocean and trade winds have pushed weather towards La Nina thresholds over the past month.

This would create three La Nina events in a row. That hasn't happened since 1998-2001, and has only happened three times since records were kept. So this wet weather will stay with us through spring and probably into the summer.

Greenwashing Sydney Harbour

We all saw the announcement a few weeks ago about the habitat being put back into to Sydney Harbour, but what was lacking was any mention of the fish. The state government hopes the $9.1 million project will encourage the return to the Harbour of marine life including the endangered White’s seahorse, green turtle, penguins and seals, but the fish don’t get a mention, nor do any of the toxins that they eat and bio-accumulate in the food chain and ultimately transfer into the seals. Funny that.

Well that got the RFA thinking: that’s like building a new house and stocking your fridge with poisoned food. The fact that no fish was mentioned, nor the huge job that needs to be done to actually fix the toxic sediments on the Harbour floor that fish, seals and humans eat, says a lot about the greenwashing messages being used to cover up the real problems of legacy and continued poisoning of the sea bed, continued disturbance by ships and tunnelling, storm water runoff and continued fish kills.

This current greenwashing could be setting up the call for a Sydney Marine Park and the impending and ongoing lockouts of fishers under the current Marine Park Review. The Marine Estate Management Authority and NSW DPI continue to push feelings over science and evidence, when it comes to locks out in NSW. The continued failure to provide localised baseline data and substantive local evidence will mean that this spin will continue to overshadow evidence as the greenwashing continues in NSW.

WA government proposes to shut rec fishing for dhufish and snapper for nine months of the year
Fishing World magazine is reporting that the WA government released a discussion paper proposal that could see recreational fishers banned from fishing for the state's iconic dhufish and pink snapper species for up to nine months of the year, while commercial fishing continues year round.

The proposal follows the state's 50 per cent reduction in the West Coast Demersal Scalefish Resource (WCDSR) total catch limit from 750 tonnes to 375t, to meet a 2030 recovery target for the resource.

Recfishwest–WA's peak fishing body–says it is bitterly disappointed by the discussion paper released by the government on the future of WA's dhufish and snapper fishery.

The discussion paper has ignored key recommendations put forward by Recfishwest, including a spawning closure to protect dhufish and a properly funded voluntary fisheries adjustment scheme to ensure a long-overdue fairer restructure of the fishery.

For the full story, go to Fishing World's article at this link.

Botany Bay Recreational Fishing Haven torn apart once again
The 200 metre Kamay Wharf development has been approved by NSW Government and is now with Fed Environment Minister for final approval. Listen to Mark Banasiak’s excellent questions in Parliament this week putting the Government under the spotlight for cost blowouts and changing scope of the project. This is a massive over-development for what was supposed to be a simple reinstatement of the old ferry service. Marine biodiversity will not do well. The lovely vistas over Botany Bay will be obstructed by steel and concrete. We will also lose the green space around the wharf and will see a lot more traffic. That is progress for you.

Just another Government project that has gone from costing $24.3 million to now $49.3 million and justified by the bureaucrats as "additional requirements." And a project that goes straight through a Recreational Fishing Haven that our NSW rec fishing licence money paid for.

Someone should sack the project manager.

RFA behaviour questioned in Budget Estimates by Transport for NSW.
The RFA notes that in the most recent Budget Estimates the following discussion occurred, including remarks by Howard Collins, Chief Operations Officer - Greater Sydney - Transport for NSW:
 
The Hon. MARK BANASIAK: Thank you. I might change tack, Minister. The Recreational Vessels Advisory Group, which has been established since 2019 or before that—it's gone to a new model, I believe, where it's not having regular meetings. It's just inviting individual groups of the department's choosing. There are concerns that that action group or advisory group is now being disbanded. Particularly there's a concern about the Recreational Fishing Alliance—they're a key stakeholder there—essentially being isolated because of their outspoken views on certain things.

Mr DAVID ELLIOTT: I might invite Mr Collins—

The Hon. MARK BANASIAK: Can you give me a status update on what is happening with that action group?

HOWARD COLLINS: Thank you for the question. As you know, Mr Banasiak, there is regular engagement with many, many groups across Maritime locally and regionally. We've seen some engagement and some improvement in the investment of those facilities for boaters, fishers and many people who use the waterways. I'm not sure about this particular group. As you mentioned, there may have been some issues regarding their behaviour, so I'll check and take that on notice. But I think we are always open to engaging any user groups who use our waterways. Certainly we've made an extra effort this year, particularly post-COVID, to ensure that the 40 per cent uplift in boaters who are out there get the opportunity to engage with the industry and the community. I'm happy to take that on notice.

The Hon. MARK BANASIAK: Yes, can you take it on notice as to why there have been no minutes of that group since 2020, as well? There seem to be no public minutes since 2020.

HOWARD COLLINS: Thank you. I will do that.
 
Following on from a question the Hon Mark Banasiak raised about “outspoken views” Howard Collins response included “I'm not sure about this particular group. As you mentioned, there may have been some issues regarding their behaviour, so I'll check and take that on notice”.
 
The RFA has reviewed its correspondence with TfNSW senior staff. It is respectful and the RFA cannot fathom why Mr Collins would imply that our behaviour was an issue, when there has never been any indication by TfNSW to the RFA to indicate otherwise. The only assumption we can make is that our outspoken views were not appreciated and like most declined to participate in a process that was purely a tick and flick exercise, much like the process we saw around the Rockfishing Safety Act 2016 that saw a similar process unfold.
 
The RFA is the peak representative body for recreational anglers in New South Wales. The RFA represents the interests of anglers in the management of the State’s recreational fisheries, promote sustainable fishing practices, encourage the participation of children, help secure rights to fishing access, encourage recreational anglers to become involved in the well-being of the fishery, promote consultation and communication between government and anglers and promote fishing safety. The RFA estimates that there are 1,000,000 recreational fishers in the NSW which currently contribute around $3 billion each year to the Australian economy. The RFA represents the interests of these anglers, who are also members of the community that have an intrinsic and natural connection to the water and the life it supports. Many of these anglers own boats so our involvement in this space is well documented, especially around the quality of marine infrastructure and on -street boat trailer parking. 
 
The RFA will be asking for any specific instances where TfNSW staff have communicated any issues with the RFA’s behaviour so we can set out to address these issues together.

Gone Fish Day is coming...9 October
All recreational fishers and boaters across NSW and Australia: save the date and set aside some friends and family time for AUSTRALIA's GONE FISHING DAY 2022 on Sunday 9th October. Lock the date away and start talking about making some plans now! Oh, and maybe put a few good words into the Weather God 'Mother Nature' so we all have fine weather for a safe, fun-filled fishing/boating trip.

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