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

What makes the Tick?

Tim O'reilly | November 09

Be careful to mind your crab pots during November, as there are plenty of thieves in the shape of crocs roaming around.

November is hot, damn hot, and the fishing is the same. However, there’s thugs and mugs and robbers all fired up to do piscatorial battle in an effort to get fed. It seems no matter what fish you're after, there's bound to be predator lurking to rob you.

Emblazoned in my memory is the vision of a few 80cm barramundi free jumping around shallow reefs joining the beach, but these fish weren’t jumping for fun. Speedy whaler sharks snapped below them. As the tide recedes, these spawning barra run the risk of jumping injured up into shallow pools or onto rocks, which make easy pickings for a huge sea eagle.

On the return journey that day, very large milkfish did long jumps at 90° to one another covering about 50m in five jumps to flee from unseen predators below. As with the barra, these milkfish are spawning to give their young ones the best chance of surviving in next year’s soup following the wet season.

It is not uncommon to catch and release barramundi with terrible scars through their scales, many with bits of tail and body missing. Iridescent queenfish and ravenous blue salmon chase around even smaller silver fish while also being chased themselves.

November is the time for fight or flight amongst fish. If they're not spawning, they're eating, and if they're not eating then they're being eaten. If you are a fish and you are shiny and like to move about, then things aren't good for you right now. Whiting, mullet, gar, bony bream, hardiheads and herring are all on offer to would-be predators.

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