Welcome

jaro, sunshiner, whalebait, eyetag, maverick, happy Noosa Yakkers, May 2010.

Back in 2006 a few Noosa locals started to fish offshore from their kayaks regularly, and started to get results. But mainly they had fun, fishing together, enjoying the camaraderie, adventure and challenge. Within a year the circle of kayak fishers had expanded and the founders decided to use emerging technology in a bid to assist communication within the group. Right from the start we decided to keep it simple: no formalities, no property, no money and no idiots.

Noosa Yakkers is the result. All members are keen kayak fishers and many of them live in the Noosa area, but quite a few live and fish much further away. Some fish regularly but others only three or four times a year. Sometimes we have ten or a dozen members fishing together, but often it's only one or two. It's a community that gets together for a beer once a month but much more often through email, Facebook, this blog and on the water.

We hope you enjoy the content of this blog and our public Facebook Page and if you're so inclined, no matter where you live, feel free to approach us to join up but be warned, we're kayak fishers. Membership is free.

On Facebook

Noosa Yakkers has both a public Facebook page and a closed Facebook Group.

Public Page. The public Facebook Page is an introduction to Noosa Yakkers and is designed to allow visitors to view some of our best kayak fishing photos and videos. It also allows visitors to easily access our membership process and to send Facebook messages to us and even to post items (subject to moderation). Click here to visit our public Page.

Facebook Group. This is action central for Noosa Yakkers, where members share kayak fishing information including fishing trip details. It's closed, which means it's fully accessible only to Noosa Yakkers' members (people who have been accepted into Noosa Yakkers using our normal membership processes; click or tap here to apply to join). The Facebook Group is accessed here.

Even among the regular membership not everyone is a Facebook user, which is also essential to access our Facebook Group page. However we're encouraging all to take this small step, as we have found that our Facebook Group facility provides unmatched internal communication benefits. To demonstrate some of the benefits we've created this small movie. If you're not familiar with Facebook you may find it useful in explaining some of the features available in a Group.