Byron Bay Deep Sea Fishing Club

All keen fishermen of any age welcome. Like many other communities dotted along the coast, our members aren't just fishers.

THE CLUB

• Byron Bay Deep Sea Fishing Club

• The Club was Founded in 1974

• This year we celebrate 40 years in the local community.

• We currently have around 90 members and 50 key-holding skippers ranging in age from 19 to thier 80's.

• In the last two years we've had a massive membership surge - Particularly among younger members 22-38years old. We attribute this largely to the fact that th

ese guys are born and bred ocean dwellers and that the Club may in some way be positively helping them find deeper levels of friendship and comradery that may be somehow lost in this social media age. We are also helping them learn how to be better fishermen.

• Since the first settlement at Palm Valley in the 1840's and indigenous times before that, sharing the marine environment has been a right of passage. Just like any other ocean usage activity, fishing is deeply and inter-generationally entrenched in the waters of Byron Bay. They surf, kayak, kiteboard, SUP, swim, snorkel, SCUBA and free-dive. Our members are ocean dwellers and reasonable access to our local subsistence harvest stocks is as important to us as the respect for the oceans that maintain our collective health and wellbeing.

• The club represents the vessel based fishing community of Byron Bay and has inter-generational fishing ties to early settlement

• The Club meets at 7.30pm on the first Wednesday of every month (Except January) at The Byron Bay Services Club

OUR ACHIEVEMENTS

• Ramp: The concrete and bitumen boat ramp at The Pass was the brainchild of the Byron Bay Deep Sea Fishing Club and was built through funding by Council and the PWC (Now known as NSW RMS). The ramp itself has withstood numerous cyclones and king tides and is as servicable today as it was when it was constructed in around 1977.

• FAD: The Club holds an Exemption Certificate to Install a Fish Aggregation Device (FAD) in Commonwealth waters at the 4Mile. As a result of this, we were the first fishing Club in NSW that was licensed to construct and deploy our own dedicated recreational fishing FAD system.

Photos from Byron Bay Deep Sea Fishing Club's post

24/10/2022

Another great year for the fishing club done.

The club had its presentation on Saturday afternoon after missing out the last couple of years.

Just want to say a massive thank you to everyone that made it happen! We had some great sponsors this year and really appreciate all the support.

Huge shout out to the boys at

North Coast Yamaha

Missing at sea

Hot tackle

Nomad design Australia

Winners for the night were

Club champion- Adam Wooldridge
Club man- Shawn coyte
Wooden spoon- Kent wright
Jewfish- Adam Wooldridge 11.6kg
Mahi- Darren cook 127cm
Kingfish- Sandro pines 10kg
Cobia- John Morgan 100cm
Pearl perch- Dan bode 59cm
Snapper- John Goodwin and Chad Jones 90cm
Spanish mackerel- Liam Afflick 140cm
Wahoo- Matt Donny 12kg
Tuna- Jeremy Wooldridge
Junior fisho- Jeremy Wooldridge

Handmade timber trophies made by long time club member Darryl Mcormack look amazing!

Huge thanks to the many hands on the day for chipping in with everything. Amazing food from the MasterChef John Verano

21/02/2022

Who needs school when you can catch solid kings like this!!

Jye paxton absolutley frothing on this king! Well done legend!

20/08/2020

New campaign... save the byron harbour!

19/08/2020

Esky full, glassy run home, grins all round, head gear on point... these lads woulda chatted for hours if we let em!

26/07/2020

Easily pleased! Bar cod’orama for Dan.

01/03/2020

Chad had a solid marlin eat his yellowfin! Halco trebles held up. Marlin released... how cool is that.

26/02/2020

When the blue water is pushing, snapper fishing can suddenly step up a level!

22/12/2019

Anyone looking to dispose of expired flares will be able to do so on the 2nd of January at Evans head.

Merry Christmas all, stay safe on the water

25/10/2019

Bring on summer!!! A lot of work goes into preparing and deploying our club FAD. Use it wisely...
Don’t tie up to it
Give it some space
Give each other some space
Report any damage

04/08/2019

Club grommie profile! Seems to be in this kids blood. Couch fishing, handlining, Pelagics, reefies... beach n rock. Good onya dad!!

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Location

Byron Bay

Telephone

0404755288

Website

http://byronbaydeepseafishingclub.com/

Address

132 Jonson Street
Byron Bay, NSW
2481

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 5pm
Tuesday	10am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	10am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm
Sunday	8am - 5pm