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General Meetings
Bass Sydney Fishing Club Inc. holds it's General Meetings at the Northmead Bowling, Recreation and Sporting Club Ltd at 166 Windsor Rd Northmead 2152. General meetings are now held on the second Tuesday of every second calendar month.

Guest Speakers have been booked for these meetings and all visitors are welcome to attend.

Below is a list of dates:


February 9, 2010 between 19:30 - 21:30
April 13, 2010 between 19:30 - 21:30 (AGM)
June 8, 2010 between 19:30 - 21:30
August 10, 2010 between 19:30 - 21:30
October 12, 2010 between 19:30 - 21:30
December 14, 2010 between 19:30 - 21:30
Posted by admin on January 24, 2010 at 09:35 PM
February Hakesbury/ Nepean Bass Catch
To participate in the Feb Hawkesbury/Nepean Bass catch please register your interest in fishing this event by completing the registration form on the Bass catch link on the home page and it will be emailed back to us.

The Bass catch briefing will be held at the February General Meeting on February 9th and the Bass catch will be on the 20th and 21st of February 2010.
Posted by admin on January 24, 2010 at 09:32 PM
February General Meeting
Bass Sydney Fishing Club Inc. will be holding its February General Meeting at the Northmead Bowling, Recreation and Sporting Club Ltd, located at 166 Windsor Rd Northmead 2152.

The GM will be held on February 9, 2010 between 19:30 - 21:30. Please note that General meetings are now held on the second Tuesday of every second calendar month.
Posted by admin on January 24, 2010 at 09:29 PM
Parramatta Fishway News
Parramatta Fishway News

By the time you read this the new fishway on the Marsden Street weir at Parramatta should be operational. This is a lock design similar to the Tallowa Dam fishway that has seen so much publicity recently. Naturally the Parramatta version is on a much smaller scale but that makes it more accessible and easier to see the full operation.

Three out of the four proposed fishways are now complete and Parramatta Council is currently planning an official launch for the end of September 09. For more information on this project (and some pictures) check out our “Articles” page.

Environmental Efforts

Our latest riparian vegetation effort has involved pulling plants out rather than planting them! For the past two off-seasons we’ve joined forces with Springwood Anglers to undertake a weeding program under the guidance of NPWS.

We’ve removed massive amounts of lantana along the banks of the Grose River and still have a few sessions to go this year. For a full wrap, check out the Woods Reserve Weeding article.
Posted by admin on September 30, 2009 at 11:06 AM
Bass Sydney Recognition
Bass Sydney Fishing Club Inc. was awarded the Alan Thurbon Shield as the branch of the Native Fish Australia (NFA) which had contributed the most to the welfare of native fish with the provision of fishways and tree planting on the Parramatta River.
Posted by admin on June 26, 2007 at 11:14 AM
Bass Sydney Recognition
Bass Sydney honoured at NSW CFA AGM

At the NSW CFA’s AGM held at Penrith on 19 August, Bass Sydney was honoured with the NSWCFA 2006 Award to the organisation that has made the greatest contribution to NSW freshwater recreational fishing, and in particular for the conservation of the bass fishery natural environment in the Sydney region. President Rodney Tonkin presented the award to President of Bass Sydney, Domenic Squadrito.

The nomination was in recognition of Bass Sydney’s undertaking of the following activities.

· Greening Western Sydney: contributing to the restoration of South Creek, a one time premier Australian bass stream, with the planting of 1600 trees, shrubs and lamandras

· Proponent to a successful Commonwealth Grant: in partnership with the Parramatta City Council, Bass Sydney was successful in gaining a grant to establish fish passage in four weirs and barriers on the Parramatta River. Bass Sydney has informally approached NSW DPI to seek co-operation for the restocking of Bass in the river when this work is completed. It is likely that brood stock for this purpose will be sourced from the nearby Lane Cove River that is within the same system. Bass Sydney has been a strong supporter for a NSW DPI’s policy in this regard.

· Driving force in fish passage developments: Bass Sydney have been effective in supporting the construction of a fishway on the Lane Cove River; negotiating with the Campbelltown City Council and providing labour for the construction of a rock ramp fishway on the upper Georges River; and liaising with various authorities to establish a fishway on the Audley Weir in the Royal National Park. This proposed project has, amongst other problems, the difficulties associated with its heritage value.

· Streamwatch involvement: regular sampling for testing water quality has been undertaken at South Creek, Lane Cove and the Georges Rivers.

· Participation in the Angler Catch Research Program: data collection on the Hawkesbury-Nepean system for Bass has been an involvement for Bass Sydney for the past 20 years, it being a twice yearly activity. The first club to be involved in this Angler Catch Data Base, Bass Sydney set the pattern for Hunter Native Fish to follow on the Williams River and Wingham Anglers on the Manning, the objective being to establish the quality of each fishery. Bass Sydney was again to the fore raising $5000 in support of Fisheries restocking the Manning from Bass brood stock sourced locally.

· Contributing to the re-establishment of a viable Bass fishery: an active supporter of the NSWCFA, Bass Sydney have been very actively effective in supporting the NSW DPI-Fisheries in the efforts to re-instate Australian Bass as a viable fishery in and around Sydney, and in providing leadership elsewhere in NSW.
Posted by admin on February 14, 2007 at 09:31 PM
Funding Grant
Bass Sydney Fishing Club has been successful in securing a Federal Government grant of $45,000 towards the building of four Parramatta Fishways.

Bass Sydney has been involved with this project from the initial stages and over the last two years Alan Fowkes, the clubs Parramatta River Project officer, has been liaising with the other parties involved.

Below is the press release.

Native fish get a fin up with ladders in the Parramatta River

Native fish (including Australian Bass) have a chance to go home in the Parramatta River thanks to a local fishing group receiving $45,000 from the Federal Government.

Bass Sydney is a recreational fishing group committed to the conservation of native fish. Their primary focus is on Australian Bass, a well-known angling species that lives in fresh water but moves to brackish estuary waters for spawning. Since the early days of settlement his spawning migration has been interrupted In the Parramatta River by a number of weirs in the CBD.

Now the Australian Government’s Recreational Fishing Community Grants programme has provided Bass Sydney with $45,000 to assist with the construction and promotion of fish ladders in the Parramatta River. It is a joint project with Parramatta City Council, the Upper Parramatta River Catchment Trust, NSW Dept. of Primary Industries (Fisheries) and the Australian Government.

Alan Fowkes, Parramatta River Project Officer from Bass Sydney said, “This is fantastic news for Australian Bass. After almost 200 years of poor spawning access the species is only just hanging on in the Parramatta River. Now they’ve been thrown a lifeline. It’s a credit to all the agencies involved that they’ve had the foresight and commitment to take this project on. I hope the community will take the chance to see and learn about these fish ladders when they are built in the not too distant future.”
Posted by admin on February 8, 2006 at 07:45 PM
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