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A collection of member's experiences fishing and adventuring in the Huon Gulf and well beyond. Kicked off here with Kerry King's account of the first big club 'adventure' when six club members got together, said "inap long ol mauswara" and travelled 2,000 miles to take in the Bougainville National Titles in 1983 plus one of PNG's most remote and exotic locations, Egum Atoll. Followed by Kerry's stories of the first National Titles held by the LGFC - just to push the envelope - out of Finschhafen and finally, Lae's third Titles, pushing the envelope south this time, out of Salamaua.

Barry Mallett (LGFC past-President) provides us with a glimpse into the determined enterprise that assisted the Mallett family to dominate the results and records of the LGFC for many years. Barry and wife Flo have 'retired' near Gympie, north of Brisbane and we look forward to the results of further forays into the go-pinis container. Now included is the transcript of Barry & Flo's account of the sinking of 'Wild Thing' and eventual rescue of Barry, Flo & Justin - 'Story of Survival' - a Must Read for every member.

Daniel King joins us with a weighty paper, written as part of the journey towards a Masters of Applied Science in Aquaculture, for those of us interested in the technical aspects of aquaculture.

Lester Rohrlach, LGFC's  raconteur extraordinaire, 'Teller of Truths', follows up his tour round the fishing hot spots of the Huon Gulf (Where-How-Why page) with 'Mako Chaos', a tale of encounters with this most energetic fish, 'Mama Makaira', a fictional account of one marlin's encounter with the Huon Gulf and it's above water predators and 'Tya Tya the Irrepressible', an extraordinary account of the amazing pike eel. There are more stories in the pipeline from Lester and even a little poetry.

To all who visit these pages - welcome - and when you leave get out the pen and paper or keyboard and word processor - send your contribution to

The Expedition - Lae-Bougainville-Lae for the 1983 Titles - by Kerry C King

2nd National Titles - Finschhafen 1977 - by Kerry C King

12th National Titles - Salamaua 1987 - by Kerry C King

Two Bignose Whalers from Markham River on "Wild Thing" - by Barry Mallett

Implications of the replacement of fish meal in diets for tropical aquaculture species on nutrition and feed formulation - by Daniel King (note this is a PDF file requiring Acrobat Reader)

Mako Chaos - by Lester Rohrlach

Mama Makaira - by Lester Rohrlach

Tya Tya the Irrepressible - by Lester Rohrlach - the incredible pike eel revealed

A Lesson for Us All - A Story of Survival - by Barry & Flo Mallett - a Must Read for all, this is no 'liklik' stori

On Hooking Jewys - by Lester Rohrlach - secrets of one of the sweetest eating fish of all

Wanem Samting Archive

Some of these tempters link to stories above and some to other pages buried deep. Click the pic to go to the stori.

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