AFC 7 SERIES PREVIEW: Preview of The Australian Fishing Championships Series 7.

AFC Fans

I now have the On Air dates for the Series 7 of AFC. A few changes this year - one being that there's a break between the first and last half of the season (on Ch 10), and the second being that it's showing on Saturdays on ONE HD.

This means that the second half of the season will be seen on OneHD first, before Ch 10.

AFC is shot in HD this year.

TEN / SOUTHERN CROSS
Sun 20/12/2009 1.00pm AFC Celebrity Episode BREAM Gold Coast
Sun 27/12/2009 1.00pm BARRA - Lake Awoonga
Sun 03/01/2010 13.00 BARRA - Lake Monduran
Sun 10/01/2010 13.00 BASS - Lake Gregory
Sun 07/03/2010 13.00 BASS - Lake Boondooma
Sun 21/03/2010 13.00 BREAM - Redcliffe
Sun 04/04/2010 13.00 BREAM - Tweed River

ONE HD
Sat 26/12/2009 5.00pm AFC Celebrity Episode BREAM Gold Coast
Sat 02/01/2010 5.00pm BARRA - Lake Awoonga
Sat 09/01/2010 5.00pm BARRA - Lake Monduran
Sat 16/01/2010 5.00pm BASS - Lake Gregory
Sat 23/01/2010 5.00pm BASS - Lake Boondooma
Sat 30/01/2010 5.00pm BREAM - Redcliffe
Sat 06/02/2010 5.00pm BREAM - Tweed River

Check local guides for any variations.

Cheers,

Stephen Morgan

Go deep for better snapper

Wayne Friebe | December 09

Finally we have had some relief from the strong onshore winds that was making fishing opportunities scarce for anglers.

This year’s weather pattern seems to be following a more traditional path, which gave us a more prolonged spring with more rain than we have been used to over the past couple of years. This has done great things for the fishing in the bay; just ask the thousands of anglers out there at the moment having the time of their lives!

Snapper is the major summer draw card for most of the bay’s anglers. It really is amazing to see the transformation that occurs at ramps and piers when the snapper start biting, and also how many anglers seem to have no jobs or home to go to.

Snapper fishing has been a Victorian tradition for many years, and luckily we have what I reckon is the best all round snapper fishery right here in our great bay.

Most of the action is currently out wide in depths greater than 18m. Currently the snapper are very spread out in these areas, and not holding in large numbers. Also, most fish are smaller school sized fish in the 2-3.5kg range.

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