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The Brisbane Fishing Online team is made up of experienced and enthusiastic fishing folk that share the same passion for fishing and the outdoors as you do.
Administrators
Angus Gorrie (Angus)
Thanks to my dad growing up at the beach (Peregian) I have always been exposed tothe outdoors and fishing. I have grown up largely as a surf fisherman with the occasional trip off shore on a boat when the opportunity arose. One of the highlights of my early fishing life was a 6 day trip out to the Swaines Reef. You know you are spoiled when you get caught saying “don’t worry, this Red Emperor is only around 60cm”!
Due to a common interest in fishing and love of Brisbane, my mate Johnny and I somehow found ourselves toying with the idea of a Brisbane River fishing comp and thus “BFO” was born. Its been a step learning curve since then with lots of interesting adventures. The most appreciated aspect of running the site so far for me has been the way it has diversified my fishing. In my mind there will always be time for a 13 foot rod and an Alvey on the beach, however new and loved experiences include; Lures both hard and soft, kayaks, freshwater, live baiting, offshore and so much more!
So far I have been lucky enough to fish in Australia, South Africa, Scotland, South East Asia and Fiji. Next year I plan to head to the Kimberly, and in the future I am desperate to head to PNG and target Black Bass! I would also love to visit Texas in the USA and check out the huge Kayak Fishing scene there.
Aside from fishing I enjoy most things outdoors, mainly camping and hiking. I also have a strong appreciation for food and wine dating back to my days working in restaurants and kitchens.
I am currently working in the Water Department at Anaconda Everton Park which also gives me a fantastic opportunity to be sorrounded by "toys" all day long.
Looking forward to seeing the future evolution of Brisbane Fishing Online.
Angus's Profile
John Petrie (Johnny)
Johnny spends way too much time behind a computer nowadays and not enough time out enjoying the beautiful Queensland outdoors. Growing up going on family holidays to Mermaid Beach and Moreton Bay it is not hard to figure out how he got his passion for fishing and boating. He has been in boats his whole life starting with a timber sailing dinghy and has been all around the bay in his family's bay cruiser - one of Queensland's first boats. He has fond memories of fishing noosa and the Sunshine Coast with Angus as 12 year old schoolmates and loves nothing more than a fishing weekend at Straddie with mates. He likes beach and estaury fishing and can regularly be found down the Gold Coast wetting a line. Outside of fishing he has a passion for all things design, webdesign, music and rowing (having rowed in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia). He strives to keep making Brisbane Fishing Online the premier fishing community for Queensland.
Rebecca Goddard (Becky)
Becky is the administration assistant and a website content editor for Brisbane Fishing Online. Becky enjoys spending her pastime reading a good book, fishing with friends and getting outdoors and exploring Australia – although she does have a dislike for spiders!
Webmaster
Some say that he was born with a fishing rod in one hand and a keyboard in the other, and that he has taken over the role of running the website from Angus and John because his brain is 3 times that of a normal human, all we know his that he is called the Webmaster!
Charlie Wellington
Charlie helps out with the graphic design for Brisbane Fishing Online. Not only does he help with the website but with all other print material.
Cassie Henderson
Cassie is the finance guru for Brisbane Fishing Online, helping us to keep on track and to make sure we don't go spending millions on overseas fishing trips to the Bahamas!Moderators
Kris Lubbers (Kriso)
I got into fishing about 2 years ago after i purchased a property and party funds were no where what they used to be, i thought fishing would be good cheap fun, boy was i wrong lol!. At first my kmart combo was fine untill i discovered graphite rods, hard body lures and soft plastics etc! to be honest though in my opinion fishing can be as expensive as you want it to be ( just dont tell the mrs!). I found out about Brisbane Fishing Online (aka BFO) when i decided i should google the net to find out why i wasnt catching any fish and now 2 years later i have made some great friends and learnt heaps about fishing and our local waterways. As for the boring stuff I'm a mechanic by trade ( a lion taimer though if you want your car fixed) but have stopped spining spanners for a job and just get my hands dirty for a hobie more then anything, and have moved onto a sales and marketing position for a large John Deere dealer network. Hobbies are Fishing, anything with an engine involved and music.
If theres one thing i can recommend to new members is to jump in the forum and introduce yourself and then ask away about anything you need to know then put the knowledge into use and get out there, besure to post a report when your back and let us all know how you went wether it be good or bad. That's it from me and hope to see you on the water!
Tight Lines
Kriso
Will Landsberg (Cowfish13)
Began fishing seriously around year 3 when I was privileged enough to spend a week in Weipa with relatives targeting fingermark, jew, coral trout and other species. Since then, I have kept at it, and we’ve now got a 5.2m Tinny for exploring the bay and close offshore reefs and a kayak for more stealthy missions. Love flicking lures for estuary species such as bream and flathead, casting the banks of western rivers for murray cod and yellowbelly, and get out into the bay targeting snapper, tuna, mackerel and squid when ever I get a chance.
Got introduced to this site by a mate about 3 years ago (back when it was still brisbaneriverclassic.com) and have been spending too much time on here since. Play the guitar in my free time, as well as rugby and cricket, and am looking to seek a career in mechanical and aerospace engineering.
Brian Ellis (Ellicat)
45 year old, white Australian male. Have had a boat of my own for about 4 years. Prior to that it was mates/family or hire one. Been fishing fresh and salt water since early childhood.Favourite type of fishing is when it can be combined with friends or family camping alongside a western river somewhere. Love to soak a bait and have a chat and laugh, but prefer fishing solo when doing it seriously. Was a lure tragic 15 years ago but essentially made them second fiddle to bait about 10 years ago when having a family encroached on fishing time. BFO has slowly brought back the urge since joining up in 2006.
Outside fishing I’m a close follower of Rugby League supporting the (Balmain) Tigers in the NRL since around 1984. Have been in business for myself since 1996 as an accountant/tax agent, but I’m currently finishing that up and joining forces with a couple of others in a completely different field.
Terry Hessey (Terry H)
TBC
Jack Landsberg (Mack_attack)
Been fishing since the age of 5 and seriously since I was 10. My fishing gear collection has grown from a humble alvey combo to now include over 20 rods and reels and own well over 300 Harbody lures and many more soft plastics in the goal of having no style of fishing uncovered. I fish at least once a week from either the family’s boat, from my ocean kayak 13 or land based depending on the conditions and the species I want to target. Earlier this year I was privileged to get a job in one of Brisbane’s finest fishing stores in my spare time, while being a full time civil engineering student. I have tried most styles of fishing but my top four at the moment would have to be inshore plastic work, pelagic spinning, squidding/eging and estuary luring work.
Henry Do (Do$tylz)
My first memory of fishing was with my old man and my brother in the Bris River down at the Yeronga stretch. Only until recently, I'd enjoyed fishing as was just a good way to get out and kill time every once in a while.
It was only when I discovered BFO a couple of years ago while trying to research for better fishing spots in Brisbane that I really got into fishing. I'd never really tried hardbodies or plastics before until I got to reading more and more on BFO. Also previously I'd never really considered conservation, stocking or the impacts on the environment that I had when going out fishing. All the info and opinions of BFO from every user teaches me more and more with time.
I now refer to myself as a professional amateur fisherman I think I'm still at the learning stages of a lot of fishing styles and techniques and am always looking to learn more.
With the purchase of Angus's old profish, I've begun to explore the realms of fishing on water a bit more. Previously I was stuck to wherever my car could take me (had to be a sealed road) and wherever my little legs would take me. Generally you'll find me fishing the salt, but that's because the fresh is that much further away from where I live in the inner south.
If I could win lotto..... I'd spend my time fishing, partying (all things included within partying that is not family friendly ;P), driving awesome cars...and fishing.
Outside of fishing I'm a paid nerd for a global company, in love with my car and an allround always positive guy. If you ever see me out and about rockin my fro or driving spiritedly, say G'day. I'm always up for a chat with other insane fishos
Past Moderators
James Wahry (James W)
James hasn't filled in his bio yet. Tsk Tsk
Andrew Kennedy (Feral)
G'day. Nickname in fishing circles is Feral, Andrew is my given name. I answer to both, and a few other expletives when SWMBO uses them!
I dont know how long I have been fishing, I have seen a picture of myself at about 2 years old with a whiting I caught on a hand line, so at least that long!
I grew up in a a family with a mad keen fisherman as a father, he owned a string of boats when I was a kid, and Moreton bay was my backyard. However the style of fishing back then did not really grab me all that much, particulary if things were quite, soaking bait on the drift is pretty boring for a teenager! So when I left home and town, I did not fish much at all until I found myself in Barcaldine about 10 years later when a mate introduced me to fresh water fishing. Was not a great deal more interesting, handlines from the bank, but I liked the peace and quite.
When I cam back to brisbane about 20 years ago, I started fishing the salt again and was dismayed by the lack of fish in areas they were plentiful when I was a kid. Basically it was hardly worth wetting a line with 100k of Brisbane.
Then my father paid for a father son fishing weekend for himself, myself and my boys at Hinze Dam. The boys loved it, the fish were plentiful (and sustainable, being stocked), and that was the entry for my path back in to fishing. Bass fishing with bait is a pretty slow process unless you can get live shrimp, so I then digressed in to plastics quite successfully, then I started fishing with Ferg who introduced me to hard body lures. Have not used plastics or bait hardly at all since then.
I have developed a passion for casting lures, and fresh water fishing. After my horror at how depleted moreton ba has become, I made the decision to practice sustainable fishing. Most of my fishing is now in stocked waters. I am a member of two fish stocking associations, One which presominately stocks my local waterways and dams, and another which stocks Barra a bity further north.. I am also a member of two fishing clubs, one fresh water, one salt water. Through these associations and clubs my kids and I have helped stock 100's of thousands of fingerlings and breeding stock, breeds including Mary Cod, Saratoga, Bass, Yellow Belly and Barra.
My goal is to see Jacks become a more widely stocked in fresh water impoundments. My dream is for the scientists to crack the breeding cycle of threadfin salmon, so we can introduce them in to the dams of South East Queensland as a viable large target trophy fish to compliment the bass. (Mary cod are just to hard to breed, and not agressive enough to really be a viable attraction for the general public)
Over the last 2 years before the onset of the depression, I had a little spare cash, so I had a two year plan to fish as many fresh water dams as I could in a two year period. I fished a total of 30 dams and weirs from Goondiwindi to Awoonga to Clarrie Hall.
I have recently bought a yak to compliment nmy electric dam boat, and I am enjoying the experience, although I must admit I enjoy the paddling the yak more than fishing from it at this stage.
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Privacy Policy
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GENERAL INFORMATION
IP Addresses
Generally speaking, you may visit the Site while remaining anonymous and not revealing any personal information.
BFO uses your IP address to help diagnose problems with the Site servers, to administer the Site, to monitor Site usage, and to gather broad demographic information. Your IP address is used to help identify you and to aid in your navigation through the Site as determined by your customisation options, if any. BFO also may aggregate the IP address with other information to create anonymous Site statistics. BFO does not, however, use your IP address to collect personal information about you.
Submission and Use of Personal Information
BFO Generally
Certain portions of the Site require that you submit some personal information, such as your name and a valid email address, before using those portions of the Site.
BFO uses that information to provide the services you select or the services set by default when you register, and also to assist BFO with the administration of the Site. BFO may also use all information from your current or past activities to assist with troubleshooting any problems, detecting fraud, resolving disputes, and for any purposes deemed necessary or required by BFO to enforce the Terms of Use and other terms or conditions applicable to any portion of the Site.
In addition, if you give BFO permission, BFO may use the information you submit to send you information about BFO, or other topics BFO thinks may be of interest to you. You will typically be asked for your permission at the time you initially register for BFO membership, or when you later sign up for a particular service. Some services are provided by default when you register for BFO membership. BFO may also use the information to contact you directly to request your permission after you register or sign up for a service.
You can revise your Member Profile and Member Preferences to request information or services you had initially declined, or option out of any request for information or services you initially requested, or option out of any request for information or services set by default when you register for BFO membership.
You may decline to receive informational mailings from BFO. However, BFO reserves the right, even if you decline to receive informational mailings or cancel your account, to use the information you previously provided to contact you about administrative matters relating to your use of the Site (or any portion or service of the Site), your member account or about any issues relating to the Terms of Use, this Privacy Policy, or any other policy then in-effect.
BFO and Third Parties
BFO does not, without your prior permission, distribute to third parties information you have submitted to this Site that identifies you personally. BFO may at times provide to you the option of permitting BFO to provide certain personal information to BFO business partners. You will usually be asked for your permission when you sign up for the service. BFO may also request your permission after you sign up for a service.
BFO will provide you with the ability to option out of any service that you have signed up for at anytime, including such services that require your personal information to be distributed to third parties, and will to its best ability remove your details from that service and service providers mailing list.
On occasion, BFO may offer in conjunction with third parties certain services that may require you (or BFO) to share your personal information with that third party as a condition for providing that service. Participation in that service will be voluntary and any specific rules or intended use for your information will be provided to you before you decide to participate in that service. While BFO will treat any information it receives in accordance with this Privacy Policy, BFO will not be responsible for the information submitted by you to that third party, and BFO reminds you to review the applicable rules and any third party's applicable privacy policies separately before participating in such service.
Law Enforcement and Posted Information Exceptions
One exception to this Privacy Policy is that BFO may provide information you submit to this Site to law enforcement authorities. As noted in the Terms of Use BFO intends to cooperate with any order or request from law enforcement officials or a court of competent jurisdiction for information as to the identity of individuals submitting or posting information to BFO or on this Site. Such orders or requests supercede the terms of this Privacy Policy. Another exception applies to any information you decide to post in one of the Site's public forums.
Aggregation and Use of Anonymous Data
BFO does aggregate all information provided by you to create anonymous statistical and demographic data. This anonymous data helps BFO to understand and know the Site's customer base better. That anonymous data may be provided to third parties, such as advertisers or BFO business associates, but never in such a fashion as to identify you personally.
Public Forums for Posted Information
Certain portions of the Site are designed to offer you the opportunity to post information on the Site, including but not limited to information about yourself ("Posted Information").
Please remember that any Posted Information becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information. If you decide to post any information, that Posted Information is exempt from this Privacy Policy.
Links to Other Sites and AdvertisingThis Site contains links to third party sites, including but not limited to sites operated by BFO business associates. BFO is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those web sites. Please be sure to review the privacy policies of those sites. From time to time, this Site displays advertisements or information and links to third parties. These advertisements or links may contain cookies placed by those third parties. BFO is not responsible for how those advertisements, the web sites to which they are linked, or how any other linked sites, may use their own cookies. For example, cookies received with banner ads may be collected by the company posting the ad on our Site. Again, please refer to that company's privacy policy for further information.
From time to time, BFO may have access to the information gathered by those third party sites or advertisers. If that information identifies you personally, BFO intends to treat it in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Surveys and Contests
From time to time BFO may make online surveys available to users of the Site. Participation in those surveys is voluntary. Some online surveys may ask participants for personal information, such as an email address, in addition to requesting answers to survey questions. BFO may use that personal information to contact the participant if necessary, or to send the participant information about BFO, or other topics BFO thinks will interest the participant. BFO may make the results of any survey publicly available, although BFO will not attribute any particular response to you without your permission. Participants may opt-out of receiving future informational mailings from BFO.
On occasion BFO may make available to users of the Site contests in which they may qualify for participation. Participation is always voluntary and subject to the applicable contest rules. The contest may ask participants to provide personal information as a condition of participation. BFO may use that information to contact the participant with regard to the contest itself, or when otherwise necessary. BFO may also use that information to send participants information about BFO, or other topics BFO thinks will interest the participant. Finally, BFO may make the names of contest winners public, as provided in the rules of such contests, or as required by applicable state or federal law. Participants may opt-out of receiving future mailings from BFO. In some instances, the applicable contest rules may contain additional or different uses for the information you provide; please be sure to review those rules carefully before entering.
BFO may permit a third party to sponsor a survey or contest with BFO, or post its own surveys or contests on the BFO Site. Such surveys or contests are governed solely by any applicable rules, and may require you to provide information to that third party as a condition for participation. While BFO will treat any information it receives in accordance with this Privacy Policy, BFO is not responsible for the information gathered by that third party, and BFO reminds you to review the rules and privacy policies separately applicable to those surveys or contests.
SECURITYGeneral Issues
Generally speaking, this Site has security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. Since the Site under general usage does not collect financial information, BFO uses the standard internet connections for those general usage portions of the Site, without secured sockets.
BFO Registration
In many cases, you may be prompted to register with the Site to undertake a particular Site activity or obtain a particular service. As part of that registration, you are asked to choose your own password. BFO reminds you to protect your password, and not provide it to others to use. Allowing others to access and use your account and password can compromise the security of your information. BFO disclaims any responsibility or obligation for your decision to provide your password to third parties.
CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
If and when BFO makes changes to this Site, BFO may have to update this Privacy Policy to better reflect those changes.
Because changes to this Site or updates to this Privacy Policy may alter how information is collected from you or otherwise used by BFO, you should review this Privacy Policy from time to time. It is your responsibility to make sure you understand BFO's current information practices. Your decision to continue using this Site after this Privacy Policy is updated will signify that you have agreed to any new Privacy Policy terms.
CORRECT/UPDATE
This Site gives members the following options for changing and modifying information previously provided.
The Member section of this Site permits a registered user to change or modify information previously provided.
A particular service may have an Administration section that allows you to change or modify information you previously provided for that service.
You can send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for assistance in canceling your membership.
CONTACTING THE WEB SITE
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this Site, or your dealings with this Web Site, you can contact the BFO team at the following address and email:
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PO Box 1574
Milton Queensland,
Australia 4064
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Member Benefits
Interactive Site Experience
Brisbane Fishing Members have access to your own internet publishing tools. Upload your fishing pictures into the site's photo gallery & fishing reports directly into our searchable fishing report database. You can submit internet links to be published in the site's link directory, submit recipes, upcoming events, interact in the forum and add your two cents in the site's polls. Publishing is instant & couldn't be easier.
Your Own Profile Page:
As a Brisbane Fishing Member you will receive your own Member profile page which you can edit and update at any time. On this profile page you can share your favourite types of fishing and tackle as well as show off photos of your best catches. You can also view here your forum posts, images uploaded into the site's photo gallery, your classified ads and your directory listings. Members can choose what information is displayed on their home page, including what other Members view for privacy.
You also get your own Private Message box service, that you can send and receive to other members of the Brisbane Fishing site. There is also a guestbook on your profile where other members can leave messages.
As a Member you also have the opportunity to enter into the Fish of the Month competitions as well as all the other competitions and prizes that the Brisbane Fishing Online site offers.
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