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BARRA Adapt and Conquer Rankings and Records 2013 BARRA Tour Pictorial
SCRATCHING THE SURFACE
EXTRAS Your Kit to Get Bit Practise Makes Perfect 2014 Calendar and Dates
BREAM When Worlds Collide Battle to the Line Rankings and Records
BASS Made to Order Scratching the Surface Rankings and Records
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ADAPT AND CONQUER
2014 ABT RECORDS, EARNINGS AND RANKINGS
ISSUE 1
TOURNAMENT SEASON 2014: LET’S FISH ABT takes the success of its past and merges it with its renewed focus for the future to launch one of its most dynamic and exciting tournament seasons ever. New ideas and opportunities and a quality over quantity approach is the name of the game in 2014. WHAT’S IN STORE
ABT takes its media to the next level this year with its print media exposure now supported by an increased emphasis on e-media. ABT’s new single website (www.abt. org.au) headlines the e-media expansion and will align strongly with social media and sponsor partners. The new site will have increased, sponsor, angler, and video content, plus greater pre and post event media and product releases, and of course access to ABT’s online only Tournament Angler Guide. Add the expansion of event weigh-
in livestreaming to include the final day of BASS Pro events (internet signal permitting) and ABT again shows why it’s the industry leader in Australia when it comes to tournament fishing.
TOURNAMENT READY
On the tournament front 13 Fishing headlines the 2014 BREAM Series as the series naming sponsor, with the country’s only boater/ non-boater bream series visiting Sydney Harbour, Mallacoota, Clarence River, the Gold Coast and Sydney’s Hawkesbury River as it travels
its way around the country. Kayak fans have more choices than ever in 2014 with the Daiwa-Hobie Kayak BREAM and BASS Series delivering anglers a host of events to get their kayak tournament fix. For bream fans there’s now 14 qualifying events and a series of regional finals and of course the national final. Bass addicts have a four Qualifying event and Grand Final series to satisfy their bass urges.
BASS ACTION
Boat loving bassers are in for an exciting year on the Toray BASS
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MEDUSA
A model under the ONE’S Micro these rods feature tangle free KR guides, 2 piece blanks, skeleton reel seats, split rear grips and a hard rod tube. Available in 3 spin and 3 cast models. RRP $199
HURRICANE SWII
These premium high modulus rods feature the latest in rod builds and the best in rod blanks. They all use Fuji KR guides and Fuji skeleton reel seats. They offer the best in sensitivity, casting accuracy, distance and feel. Available in 2 spin and 4 cast models. RRP from $509
12 models available with many designed specifically for bream, snapper and barra. The Hurricane SWII rods offer light and sensitive blanks with excellent durability. They feature tangle free KR SIC guides (with larger tip tops for heavier leaders), EVA grips, soft touch reel seats and range in length from 6 foot to 9 foot. Available in 8 spin and 4 cast models. RRP from $165
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Pro tournament trail with two Qualifying Rounds, and Grand Final making for a nail biting tournament year. Queensland’s Lake Wivenhoe finally plays host to a BASS Pro event, with the Grand Final slated to visit its legendary waters in September. The BASS Megabucks takes place on Lake Somerset in spring, while a renewed AOY race that now sees the Grand Final as the title deciding event, combines to make for a fresh and exciting season. BASS Electric anglers get more bang for their buck in 2014, with two Haswing BASS Electric Major events added to the calendar that’ll deliver anglers staged weigh-ins and event media the same as BASS Pro events. The BASS Electric Convention will once again draw the curtain on the year, with the biggest event of the year visiting Lake Lenthalls in October. BARRA is on the menu again at the end of the year, with a three event tour scheduled to hit north Queensland lakes in late November/December.
WITH THANKS
2014 offers a host of new challengers and opportunities for ABT. Opportunities that can only be realised with the support of our customers, business partners, and staff.
ABT again shows why it’s the industry leader in Australia when it comes to tournament fishing.
To ABT’s staff, sponsors and loyal customers thankyou for your ongoing support and commitment to making 2014 a success. That’s your 2014, so get out there and get fishing and we’ll see you at a tournament soon. – Simon Goldsmith
CONTENTS
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MANAGING EDITOR: Steve Morgan
3
Calendar
3
When Worlds Collide
3
Scratching the Surface
3
Battle to the Line
Stephen Booth
PUBLISHERS: Fishing Monthly Group Steve Morgan and Matthew Drinkall
3
Made to Order
Dean Silvester
SPONSORSHIP: Simon Goldsmith
3
Practise Makes Perfect
Nabeel Issa
PRODUCTION MANAGER: Matt Drinkall
3
Your Kit to Get Bit
Elliot Fooks
3
Adapt and Conquer
DESIGNERS: Melissa Carroll Karen Millward Jenna Moir
ABT Grayson Fong Kris Hickson
Chris Byrnes
3
BREAM Rankings, Earnings and Records
ABT
3
BASS Rankings, Earnings and Records
ABT
3
BARRA Rankings, Earnings and Records
ABT
3
AFC Series X
ABT
3
Sponsor Bonus Program
ABT
3
Member Retailers Program
ABT
EDITOR: Simon Goldsmith ASSISTANT EDITOR: Chris Byrnes
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TOURNAMENT CALENDAR
BREAM KAYAK SERIES DATE
ARENA
EVENT
February 8 - 9
R1 - Glenelg
State Title (SA)
February 22 - 23
R2 - Bemm River
State Title (VIC)
March 15 - 16
R4 - Marlo
Worlds
March 23
R3 - GTS North Daiwa Hobie Kayak Bream Series, Clarence River
Qualifier
April 5 - 6
R5 - Forster
Qualifier
May 24 - 25
R6 - Lake Tyers
Qualifier
May 25
R7 - GTS North Daiwa Hobie Kayak Bream Series, Gold Coast
Qualifier
May 31 - June 1
R8 - Lake Macquarie
State Title (NSW)
June 14 - 15
R9 - Georges River
Qualifier
June 21 - 22
R10 - Redcliffe
Qualifier
July 19 - 20
R11 - Gold Coast
State Title (QLD)
August 16 - 17
R12 - Mooloolabah
Qualifier
September 13 - 14
R13 - St Georges Basin
Qualifier
October 11 - 12
R14 - Paynesville
Qualifier
October 18 - 19
GTS Kayak Grand Final North
Qualifier
TBA
WA Bream Kayak Classic Grand Final
Qualifier
TBA
Southern Bream Series Grand Final
Qualifier
November 22 - 23
Hobie Grand Final TBA
Grand Final
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DAIWA-HOBIE KAYAK BREAM SERIES The Daiwa-Hobie BREAM Kayak Series hits the water in 2014 delivering kayak breamers with their biggest and most exciting tournament series ever. Featuring events in WA, SA, VIC, TAS, NSW and QLD anglers are spoilt for choice when it comes to getting their bream kayak fix. Qualifier, State Title and Worlds events make up the calendar, and all lead to the pinnacle event of the series, the Daiwa-Hobie Kayak BREAM Grand Final. The showcase event of season that will see anglers fish from identical factory supplied Hobie kayaks in a bid to be crowned GF champ for 2014. Daiwa-Hobie BREAM Kayak Single-Day Event Entry: • $50 pre-event • $90 on the day Two-Day Event Entry: • $100 pre-event • $140 on the day For non-ABT run rounds see individual organisers for entry details.
13 FISHING BREAM SERIES The 13 Fishing BREAM Series is Australia’s premier bream fishing series and the only pathway to AFC. Four qualifying rounds and a Grand Final make up the 2014 series, with the BREAM Grand Final heading to Sydney’s famous
Hawkesbury River in November. Australia’s only boater/nonboater bream tournament series, the 13 Fishing BREAM Series is the only place you’ll get the opportunity to test yourself as an individual against Australia’s best boater and non-boaters. Tim Morgan, Chris Wright, and Russell Babekuhl all made their name here, and it’s still where they go for the ultimate tournament test. BREAM Qualifiers: Boater $250, Non Boater $125
BREAM SERIES
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DATE
STATE
LOCATION
EVENT
SPONSOR
Mar 15 - 16
NSW
Sydney Harbour
BREAM Qualifier #1
Hobie
May 17 - 18
VIC
Mallacoota
BREAM Qualifier #2
Spotters
Jul 26 - 27
NSW
Clarence River
BREAM Qualifier #3
Yamaha
Sep 27 - 28
QLD
Gold Coast
BREAM Qualifier #4
13 Fishing
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BREAM CLASSIC SERIES ABT returns to its roots with the BREAM Classic Series in 2014, scaling back the structure to provide inexpensive entry level teams events for
grass roots breaming fans. Events affiliated with ABT will receive exclusive exposure via www.abt.org.au and the Tournament Angler Guide. Anglers
fishing affiliated events will be the only competitors that receive BREAM Classic Ranking points. The biggest event of the BREAM Classic calendar,
BREAM CLASSIC SERIES DATE
STATE EVENT
LOCATION DIRECTOR
CONTACT WEB
1-2nd Feb
VIC
VBC
Docklands
Bill Hartshorne
0409 823 070
2nd Feb
WA
WABC
Craig Leatt Hayter
0412 249 647
8-9th Feb
NSW
SBS
St Georges Basin Basin Lure and Fly Anglers Inc.
0402 025 596
www.basinlureandfly.org.au/
9th Mar
NSW
SBS
Georges River
Basin Lure and Fly Anglers Inc.
0402 025 596
www.basinlureandfly.org.au/
22-23rd Mar
VIC
VBC
Mallacoota
Bill Hartshorne
0409 823 070
www.vicbreamclassics.com.au
6th Apr
NSW
SBS
Clyde River
Basin Lure and Fly Anglers Inc.
0402 025 596
www.basinlureandfly.org.au/
6th Apr
WA
WABC
Craig Leatt Hayter
0412 249 647
18th Apr
QLD
Easter BC
Gold Coast
Craig Templar
0428 737 512
3-4th May
VIC
VBC
Gippsland Lakes
Bill Hartshorne
0409 823 070
www.vicbreamclassics.com.au
11th May
NSW
SBS
Sydney Harbour
Basin Lure and Fly Anglers Inc.
0402 025 596
www.basinlureandfly.org.au/
8th Jun
WA
WABC
Craig Leatt Hayter
0412 249 647
14-15th Jun
VIC
VBC
Glenelg River
Bill Hartshorne
0409 823 070
www.vicbreamclassics.com.au
21-22nd Jun
NSW
SBS
Mallacoota
Basin Lure and Fly Anglers Inc.
0402 025 596
www.basinlureandfly.org.au/
3rd Aug
WA
WABC
Craig Leatt Hayter
0412 249 647
24th Aug
NSW
SBS
14th Sep
WA
WABC
21st Sep
NSW
SBS
Shoalhaven River Basin Lure and Fly Anglers Inc.
0402 025 596
www.basinlureandfly.org.au/
11-12th Oct
VIC
VBC
Hopkins River
0409 823 070
www.vicbreamclassics.com.au
11-12th Oct
NSW
SBS Grand Final
St Georges Basin Basin Lure and Fly Anglers Inc.
0402 025 596
www.basinlureandfly.org.au/
29-30th Nov
VIC
VBC Grand Final
Mallacoota
Bill Hartshorne
0409 823 070
www.vicbreamclassics.com.au
11-12th Nov
NSW
BREAM Classic Open
Sydney Harbour
ABT
(07) 3387 0888 www.abt.org.au
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St Georges Basin Basin Lure and Fly Anglers Inc. Craig Leatt Hayter Bill Hartshorne
0402 025 596
www.vicbreamclassics.com.au
www.basinlureandfly.org.au/
0412 249 647
the National BREAM Classic Championship receives a re-vamp in 2014, and is now an open, take-all-comers tournament. Featuring as part of the BREAM Grand Final Week in November, and taking place on Sydney Harbour, anglers from across the country can enter free of the pressure of having to qualify for the event. With a Bluefin Boats Drifter Pro 4.55/motor/trailer package on offer at the event it’ll be Australia’s richest bream teams event on the 2014 calendar. Make sure you don’t miss out on your chance to be at Sydney and to be crowned ABT’s inaugural BREAM Classic Open Champion. Classic Entries: refer to individual Classic Organisers
BLUEFIN BOATS BASS ELECTRIC SERIES BASS ELECTRIC SERIES DATE
LOCATION
Feb 15 - 16 Danjeera Dam
EVENT
DIRECTOR
CONTACT
EVENT TIMES
BASS Electric #1
Dave Mann
0417 232 652
2.30pm-6.30pm, 5.30am-11.30am
Feb 16
Bjelke Petersen Dam BASS Electric #2
Trevor Stead
0429 967 451
6am-12pm
Mar 2
Clarrie Hall Dam
BASS Electric #2
Joey Urqhart
0439 764 369
7am-1pm
Mar 29 - 30 Toonumbar Dam
BASS Electric #3
Adrian Melchior
0415 587 900
1.30pm-7.30pm, 5.30am-11.30am
Apr 13
Lostock Dam
BASS Electric #4
Mal Draper
0418 402 803
7am-1pm
Apr 27
Hinze Dam
Haswing BASS Electric Major #1 ABT
(07) 3387 0888
7am-1pm
Jun 1
Maroon Dam
BASS Electric #5
Rory Saint
0415 445 142
7am-1pm
Jul 13
Wivenhoe Dam
BASS Electric #6
Trevor Stead
0429 967 451
7am-1pm
Aug 9 - 10
Moogerah Dam
Haswing BASS Electric Major #2 ABT
(07) 3387 0888
12pm-5pm, 7am-1pm
Sep 28
St Clair
BASS Electric #7
Mick Skinner
0412 097 209
7am-1pm
Sep 28
Lake McDonald
BASS Electric #8
Steve Noble
0409 239 065
7am-1pm
Oct 5
Lake Gregory
BASS Electric #9
Tim Steenhuis
0409 569 201
7am-1pm
BASS Electric Convention
ABT
(07) 3387 0888
7am-1pm
Oct 18 - 19 Lenalls Dam
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The Bluefin Boats BASS Electric Series goes to another level in 2014, with nine qualifying rounds, two Haswing BASS Electric Majors and a BASS Electric Convention delivering unrivalled tournament options and opportunities. Grass roots bassing at its best, the series will hit QLD and NSW’s best bass lakes with a combination of single and two day events, all of which lead to the biggest event of the season, the Bluefin Boats BASS Electric Convention at Lenthalls Dam in October. Check out the calendar to find out where and when you can get your Bluefin Boats BASS Electric fix. BASS Electric Entry BASS Electric Qualifier: • $30 Single day • $60 Two day BASS Electric Major: • $50 Single day • $100 Two day $20 additional ‘Pro’ option on the day.
BRAIDS
SPINNING FLUOROCARBON RADIUS SUPER PE • LENGTH: 200M
BAWO SUPER HARD FINESSE • LENGTH: 100M
Designed as a long casting salt water PE, it has extra density from Toray’s own special blend. Backed up with good abrasion resistance and line body, it is the only choice for the salt water angler. 200 metre spools, with colour marking every 25 metre (red, yellow, blue, white).
This ultimate high performance ultra-light line is super hard, extremely sensitive and the thin diameter enables you to get those finicky fish to bite. Available in an extensive range of sizes, it offers you the ultimate choice in stealth and strength. A must have for the finesse fisherman, it is the number one fluorocarbon in Japan and when you try it you will find out why.
Toray fishing line has long been associated as one of the best and most premium products on the
TORAY POWER GAME JIGGING PE • LENGTH 200M The ultimate jigging PE for hardcore jigging fan. 2.5 times stronger than nylon this new must-have jigging line is made from 4 braid Dyneeema, is super strong and tough, yet equally soft and supple. Comes in 200 metre spools with a colour change every 10 metres.
Japanese market. Toray’s class HI-CLASS • LENGTH: 80M
leading technology allows them to produce the most advanced fishing lines using the newest and best materials available. Offering
The ultimate High Grade PE, it has unmatched sensitivity and durability over all others in its class. 20% smoother than other PE lines, it features dramatically increased casting distance, and by using the Highest grade PE Toray have delivered some of the thinnest diameter braid available.
a huge variety of products there is sure to be a braid, fluorocarbon or monofilament line to suit every
This line comes armed with the hardest Fluorocarbons available and is created with a new multi strand process to build a flexible, sensitive all-purpose line.
SEA BASS POWER GAME PE • LENGTH: 150M
Finished with an ultra-smooth surface thanks to a special resin process, it delivers a perfect mix of strength and performance.
SUPER STRONG PE • LENGTH: 100M Utilizing the latest high-tech materials available and introducing nylon into the elongation process of the PE strands- Super Strong PE is born. This line now has added strength due to the extra bonus of shock flexibility, something not found in any other PE Braids. Colour changing every 10 meters, (blue, orange, green, purple, grey).
SUPER HARD UPGRADE •LENGTH: 150M
situation you can encounter. SEA BASS SHALLOW FINESSE • LENGTH: 150M This high quality braid offers performance to rival any other braid on the market. A round profile and silky smooth finish ensures this braid exhibits incredible casting and handling performance, as well as ensuring maximum knot strength. Specifically designed for finesse fishing, this braid perfectly suits many Australian salt & freshwater fisherman. Whether you’re chasing bream or bass, if you want the very best line connecting you to the fish of a lifetime, look no further! Colour: White
This line is the flag ship Fluorocarbon from Toray. Created using the best modern day technology. Its properties include high sensitivity, exceptional wear resistance, a super smooth finish and an exceptionally hard surface tension thanks to Toray’s special resin coating process. Ideal for fishing in and around heavy cover. This line will amaze you with its abrasion resistance.
LEADERS L-HARD •LENGTH: 50M
L-Hard has set a new standard in ultra-tough leaders. It uses high quality fluorocarbon with super surface hardness and excellent abrasion resistance qualities. Ideal for fishing heavy snag structures and rocky foreshores.
SUPER LEX • LENGTH: 50M
Super LEX leader is made with high quality fibres, excellent uniformity and structure. This creates low water absorption, high abrasion resistance and low memory, while its resin processing creates flexibility and suppleness to aid in knot tying and improve the lure’s swimming action.
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FUNE HARISU • LENGTH: 100M
Fune Harisu is the allaround fisherman’s leader ranging from 6lb to 54lb. It combines a balance of strength, abrasions resistance and shock properties to handle all fishing situations, whether it be rough terrain or sweet water.
TORAY POWER GAME JIGGING LEADER• LENGTH 50M
Designed to withstand the harsh rigours of jigging this new jigging leader is the perfect match for Toray’s new Power Jigging. Comes in 50 metre spools.
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TORAY BASS PRO SERIES Toray headlines Australia’s premier bass fishing series, the 2014 Toray BASS Pro Series. With a proven 15 season history of delivering rewards and creating champions, 2014 will see the tour hotly contested with two Qualifying rounds and Grand Final making for nail biting competition. Season 2014 offers a host of new challenges and changes with a renewed AOY format, new Grand Final location (Lake Wivenhoe), livestreamed and staged final day weigh-ins, and a streamline calendar making for an excitingly different year on the tournament trail. Add industry leading cash payouts, broad spectrum media, and the only tournament fishing pathway to the televised AFC Outdoors and the Toray BASS Pro Series is definitely alive and kicking in 2014.
BASS PRO SERIES
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DATE
STATE LOCATION
EVENT
SPONSOR
Mar 8 - 9
NSW
Lake Glenbawn
BASS Pro Qualifier #1
OSP/Imakatsu
Jul 5 - 6
QLD
Lake Boondooma
BASS Pro Qualifier #2
Yamaha
Sep 13 - 14 TBA
TBA
BASS Grand Final
Toray
Sep 16 - 17 QLD
Lake Somerset
BASS Megabucks
Toray
DAIWA-HOBIE KAYAK BASS SERIES Bass anglers have the opportunity to get their kayak fix this year, with four qualifying events and an end of season Grand Final making up the series. Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland all play host to qualifiers, with the end of season Grand Final slated to hit Queensland’s Lake McDonald in October. Daiwa-Hobie BREAM Kayak • $50 pre-event entry • $90 on the day entry
BASS KAYAK SERIES
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DATE
ARENA
EVENT
Jan 12
Tallowa Dam, NSW
Qualifier
Mar 9
Blue Rock Lake, VIC
Qualifier
Aug 31
Moogerah Dam, QLD
Qualifier
Sep 14
Toonumbar Dam, NSW
Qualifier
Oct 25 - 26
TBA
Grand Final
WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE Text by Grayson Fong Photography by Hobie Cat Australasia
CONTENTS Smiling tournament fans from across the world mate the trip to Australia for the 3rd Hobie Fishing Worlds.
Competition was fierce but friendly.
The 2013 Hobie Fishing Worlds epitomised the power fishing has to bring people together. 46 anglers from 17 countries and 4 different continents bonded and battled hard for kayak supremacy in an event that saw rivalry stand side-by-side with unfettered sportsmanship.
B
ream kayak gun Grayson Fong made the journey, discovered new friendships and experienced first hand the spectacle of Hobie Fishing Worlds colliding with the Daiwa-Hobie Kayak BREAM Grand Final to create the greatest kayak bream event Australia has ever witnessed.
COMING TOGETHER
Bemm River, a small fishing township located in East Gippsland, Victoria, played host to the 2013 Hobie Fishing World Championships. A location, whose population at most would struggle to fill an aeroplane, has the power to draw anglers from across the globe to battle its legendary bream. The Hobie Fishing Worlds while only in its third year has captured the attention of kayak anglers worldwide. The
opportunity to represent your country on an international stage, for kayakers, like with many athletes, stirs the patriotic and competitive instincts within. Standing atop the winner’s dais as the World Champion was the dream of all, but would be relealised by only one. Three days on the water and 21 hours of competition would determine who that would be. The opportunity to fish the Hobie Fishing Worlds allowed me to fish a location that I’d never fished before and enabled me to test my skills against anglers from around the world, who for the vast majority like me were fishing a new waterway. For many of them they were also fishing for bream for the first time. This factor added to the challenge for visiting anglers and also presented local anglers with the opportunity to share our knowledge with
The opportunity to fish the Hobie Fishing Worlds allowed me to fish a location that I’d never fished before and enabled me to test my skills against anglers from around the world, who for the vast majority like me were fishing a new waterway.
LARGEST RAnGE of PoPPERS & STick BAiTS AVAiLABLE
visiting anglers and show them the ropes on the prefish day.
READY SET…
Before we hit the water there was plenty of things to organise, with angler briefings and kayak allocation getting us set to hit the water. On arrival it was easy to get the vibe of the international competitors with smiles and jokes being shared amongst them as they perused their supplied kayak, and rubbed shoulders with their fellow competitors. With spirits high many of the internationals were quietly nervous as not only had they never caught bream but many had never even seen one! For most this would all change on prefish day. For the British pair of Ian Harris and David Morris this event was not only exciting but an education in light line fishing as many of their fishing adventures back
home involved chasing larger species like pike on heavy outfits. But an indication on their enthusiasm was their willingness to learn and ask questions, which goes to show that no matter where you are in the world, questions never hurt!!
…GO!
Nervously excited to get on the water, prefish day was somewhat different from a standard tournament prefish. Most prefish days are a day of solitude and unaccompanied decision-making with only yourself to curse bad navigational errors or shoot a ‘selfie’ after nailing a personal best fish. This time each Australian angler was paired up with two international competitors giving us the chance to get to know each other and also show them the ropes of bream fishing. Now this day could be taken as a good thing or a bad
The view from above of 100 kayaks ready to hit the water.
thing as questions arose in my fellow Aussie team mate’s minds. Do you go all out to get your competitors onto fish (including fishing your number one spots), or do you hold something back so your prime spots are fresh for game day? My train of thought was a simple ‘many hands make light work’. The more people we had working to find the fish and work out what they wanted the better it would be for all of us. After all I’d never fished here before. I
was paired with Tommy Eubanks from Louisiana, USA, who’s fishing enthusiasm matched his ability, and 28 year old Gero Priebe from Germany who’s 5th place finish in the 2nd Hobie Fishing Worlds in Texas proved he could adapt to any condition. Our first stop was a shallow flat, and we positioned ourselves 30m apart and started a slow wind drift. Tommy used baitcaster gear, which proved to be far from a liability for light breaming, and ten
The weather was the biggest part of the challenge on the final day.
2013 AOY Champ Bryce Beechey was always going to be close to the front.
Action stations as angler get prepared to hit the water.
minutes into the drift he had his first fish. Three minutes later and he had a second. With Tommy off and running it was time to find fish for Gero so we headed over to a bank that had been described to me as a ‘sure thing’. And it was! Gero, Tommy and myself caught a host of fish and simply enjoyed the purity of fishing. The day was about having fun and putting the guys onto fish, and was true to the ethos of the Hobie Fishing Worlds. Fishing and fun.
Tommy Eubanks and Grayson Fong were all smiles after their awesome prefish day.
GAME DAY
With my prefish still fresh in my mind I started day one simply going out to have fun. Ten minutes into the day the fun really started to kick in with my first fish hitting the well of the Hobie and my bag of three fish completed in 40 minutes. When you have a start like this you know it’s going to be good day. With the wind at my back I used the Power-Pole Micro Anchor on my Hobie to hold myself in 1.5m of water approximately 60m off the bank, throwing long casts into 60cm of water. A slow rolling retrieve with the occasional pause did the damage, with my Atomic Shiner 45 in muddy prawn delivering me 14 legal fish for the day. While I had a great day the
honours for day one belonged to Justin Carter and AJ McWhorter from USA who both caught no fish on prefish but took the initiative to go upriver to find spawning fish amongst the snags. Using their Texas rigging skills from back home the pair bagged out on some quality bream on soft plastics to finish the day with bragging rights. With day one done and dusted, it was time for the Hobie Fishing Worlds roadshow to pack up and hit the road and head east to Marlo to join forces with the biggest event on the Australian kayak calendar, the Daiwa-Hobie Kayak BREAM Grand Final.
THE MEN FROM SNOWY RIVER
The day was about having fun and putting the guys onto fish, and was true to the ethos of the Hobie Fishing Worlds.
Where the Snowy meets the sea, Marlo is one of Australia’s premier kayak bream locations. Expansive, challenging and home to some staggeringly big fish, Marlo would provide Worlds competitors with another twist in the Hobie Fishing Worlds journey, and would allow Grand Final competitors the opportunity to see what the Worlds experience is all about. With a navigation day under our belt 104 kayakers hit the start line at Marlo for day two of the Worlds and day one of the Grand Final. This was the start of a battle that would see
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anglers struggle against each other and most testingly against the ever deteriorating weather. With over 100 competitors hitting the waterway, finding fish and keeping them to yourself would be a large part of the battle. Every bank was littered with competitors all vying for that one big fish, or in our case three big fish. Starting the day in 5th place and 590g off the lead in the World Championship race I knew it was a case of catch the fish or get swamped by the talent that surrounded me. Event favourites Richard Somerton and Chris Burbidge were both in the mix and primed to stamp their authority on the Worlds and potentially day one of the Grand Final.
short of my limit. Expecting the worst on the scoreboard I was relieved to have only slipped to 6th in the Worlds standings. Standing up to be counted on the day was Richard Somerton (2.63kg) and Chris Burbidge (2.30kg), with Richard finishing the day in the number one spot. Day one leader Justin Carter had a day he’d rather forget, and after seeing countless big fish on the navigation day could only manage a small two-fish bag. His tough day two saw him slip to 5th. Day two also saw a charge by the Australian team with Bryce Beechy, Jason ‘The Leech’ Meech and Scott Baker all rallying to find themselves in the top ten.
USA’s Justin Carter was pumped with his day one bag.
THAR SHE BLOWS
WHERE DO I START?
Heeding the advice of Victorian breamer Dan Mackrell I started the day fishing a great looking bank, it looked so good that there was 20 odd kayaks on it! The flotilla soon thinned out and after setting myself up on a reliable drift my technique involved casting parallel with the bank and keeping my lure in the 2m mark of a 3m drop-off where I soon started to catch fish. With two in the well in the first two hours things soon dried up, and I finished day one
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Hobie Fishing Worlds Champion Richard Somerton accepts his rewards from 2012 champion Marty Mood of the USA.
Waking up relaxed and refreshed on day three, and with the words of Warren Carter ‘to fish slower’ foremost in my mind, my teammates Will Lee, Wade Mobbs and I were informed of a gale wind warning that had been issued for the area. With conditions predicted to deteriorate later in the day the session was reduced to 12pm, a reduction of two hours, but it would still allow us to get out on the water. With grey skies overhead and rain laden wind squalls
battering the area, the majority of the field found a location and bunkered down, fishing it the best that they could in the conditions. Hitting my day one spot again I was interested to find second placed Chris Burbidge slow hopping a Strike Pro Hummer Vibe down the rock wall. Knowing I had to be in a good area, I started super-slow rolling an Atomic Crank 38. With nothing to show after two and half hours other than an EP, a couple of hits, and a few lure changes, things turned for the worse. The change came through to make things really difficult. Refusing to accept defeat and knowing that wind swept banks are often the best I looked for the most exposed windy bank I could find. Punching out my first cast on my new bank all I needed was two cranks of the handle for a legal bream to eat my Shiner. With my hopes restored I deployed the PowerPole and got to work, casting hard and catching my second, then my third fish for the day. Satisfied was the best way to describe my feeling back to the finish line. I’d learnt a lot about my physical and mental limits and was happy with my ability to make changes, and correct changes, when they were needed most.
Three of the best. The top three from the Hobie Fishing Worlds
AND THE WINNER IS….
The USA was well presented on the scoreboard and at the event.
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While I was one of only four Worlds anglers to weigh in a full bag, in the end I didn’t have enough to run down Chris Burbidge (2nd) and Richard Somerton who once again showed his dominance and consistency to hold the World Champion trophy aloft (1st). While Australians filled all the spots on the winner’s dais, the event was far from a local dominated affair. Day one leader Justin Carter (USA) performed exceptionally to finish 7th while his team mate Tom Michael showed his abilities as an angler to finish 9th. Statistics speak in tournament fishing and the fact that 7 anglers out of the top 20 were from overseas speaks volumes for the strength of competition of the Hobie Fishing Worlds. While competition is at the forefront of The Worlds, what underpins it is the friendships that are formed and strengthened, and the passion for fishing that is shared. The driving force behind the Hobie Fishing Worlds Steve Fields sums it up the best, “The Worlds is about bringing people together, sharing information about our lives and our passion of fishing. It is about teaching others to be as good as yourself at the craft. When this happens, then and only then are you a true champion.”
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SCRATCHING THE SURFACE Text by Kris Hickson Photography by Kris Hickson and Simon Goldsmith
CONTENTS The lure options are endless when it comes to scratching the surface.
Throwing surface lures is what we all love to do. The anticipation of the strike, the thrill of throwing your lure into a spot you know just has to hold fish, and of course the adrenalin rush of when the fish detonates on the lure.
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hile traditionally we’ve thrown walking stickbaits, poppers and paddlers the growing trend is for stuff that’s a little more left of field. Insects, bugs and all manner of surface roaming and scrambling options are starting to make their way onto the market and into our tackle boxes. In the process this opens up our eyes and minds to what’s possible and quite often exposes water and fishing options that weren’t previously available. Let’s take a look at some of the options if you want to scratch the surface with something a little different.
TRY A WORM
There’s perhaps nothing simpler than rigging a soft plastic on a worm hook. Simple, yes, but there are a lot of advantages to using worm hooked rigged soft plastics as a topwater option. Not only is there endless patterns and colours to choose from to match as closely as possible to the fodder you are trying to imitate, but they can also be rigged in such a variety of combinations. Basically any soft plastic can be used as a surface lure but for this article we will stick with things like frogs, craws and other creature bait options. Weedless plastics are a great The new surface critters are being devoured by angler and fish alike.
choice for pitching into heavy cover to get the fish’s attention. Once you’ve got its attention you can roll your lure out from cover to a point where it is far enough out that you have a chance to land the fish, but not too far out that the fish is out of its comfort zone and unlikely to eat the lure. Another advantage to this technique is that the hooks can be weighted so that once the lure grabs the fish’s attention while it is skimming along the surface, it can then be stopped and dropped back to the fish. This works a treat if the fish aren’t really in the mood to grab it off the top. When worm hooking a plastic to roll or waked across the surface the hook serves two main purposes. The belly in the worm hook serves as a keel to stop the bait from spinning and the point of the hook point sits inline with the hook eye allowing you to rig the plastic weedless, or at least close to weedless. As stated there are plenty of options when it comes to soft baits. Some of my bass favourites include Z-Man Pop Frogz and Hard Leg Frogz, OSP Dolive Craws, Z-Man Crawdadz and Jackall Mask Frogs. For bream I like the Z-Man Shrimpz, and the Squidgy Lobbies and Bugs when I want something that’s a bit more critter-like. There’s options when it
comes to lures and there’s also options with the hooks that you use. Trial and error is the best way to determine what works best for you. One hook that has stood out lately for me is the TT Lures Chinlockz. The lead keeper on these worm hooks not only keeps the bait on extremely well, it also adds a little weight to assist casting. If it is max buoyancy you are after, look for a plain wide gap worm hook or more buoyant plastic.
type of baits ability to be dragged through and over any mess you may come across, however, is the upward facing twin hooks set at the very rear of the body. They are perfectly lined up with the back of the lure, and are almost impossible to snag up on anything unless the body is compressed.
FROG OPTIONS
The list of hollow body bait options is growing all the time, and while there are a lot of choices you largely get what you pay for. Some of the better models are the OSP Skating Frog, Live Target Frogs and Field Mouse and Lunkerhunt Lunk Frogs but there are plenty of others to choose from . When choosing one of these lures there are three main features I look for: shape, how soft and easily compressed the body is, and how they sit in the water. The softer the body on these lures, the easier it is to be compressed and theoretically the better the hookup should be. The shape of the body will dictate the action. Bodies that are wide and flat on the bottom tend to hop along the water instead of walking side-to-side, while bodies with a narrower more rounded underside will walk side to side much easier. Which is best will depend on the day but I have found that the wider, flatter shape to be slightly better for rolling over
FROG FRENZY
We now have the famous hollow body frogs. This type of topwater bait has really hit its straps here in Australia in the past 12 months, largely due to some great exposure and a push from manufacturers. These super exciting, super effective baits come in a range of sizes, shapes, set ups and colours and although designed predominately for the large and smallmouth bass, they are just as well suited to our natives, particularly bass and barra. The simplicity of these lures and their ability to be cast into the thickest of weed matts or lily patches and worked back with minimal hang ups is what makes these lures so effective. A soft, hollow rubber body, rear weighted, skirt or rubber legs and a swivelling tow point all work together to make these lures look and swim like a real frog or mouse. The key to this Long considered a low percentage lure, Frogs are starting to make their mark thanks to new designs and improved hook-up rates.
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sticks and lily stems as they tend not to roll on their side and hook up as much. Having these lures weighted right not only assists in casting but also makes it easier for the fish to eat it. The easier it is for the fish to suck the lure off the surface the better the hook up rate.
CATCHING CRITTERS
Another weapon that is slowly creeping into the arsenal of many bream and bass anglers are floating head critter baits. While I and many other anglers have used these styles in the past it has always been with limited success. Tournament anglers however are an analytical bunch and are always looking for an edge and something different, and spending more time using these baits has seen them develop into a specific lure for a specific task rather than a broad use option. Pre-rigged spider and cicada imitations with floating heads are the two most common options and are starting to grab a bit of traction with those in the know.
HOW TO USE THOSE CRITTERS
Although not the sort of topwater you would throw in every situation, if finesse and subtlety are what you are looking for, these baits will be spot on. We are all aware that bream and bass often need If it swims, walks or wriggles across the surface there’s a good chance fish will eat.
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a bit of a wake up call to get them going but just as often they can be spooked by too much commotion. Where other heavy plastic topwater baits splash down like someone has thrown a rock in the water, these little critters touch down softly like an insect falling out of a tree into the water. To make up for the lack of noise that traditional poppers, paddlers and stickbaits make, these critters generally have multiple legs and wings to mimic the minimal disturbance that say a spider would make when it hits the water. Added to this the cup- faced popper head that many of them have and you end up with a surface option that has the right amount of subtlety, yet enough noise and movement to tempt fish. There is a great range of these lures hitting the shelves suited to bream and bass. On water use is the best way to find out which brand and model the target species in your area prefer. One point to mention is that a lot of the foam heads come standard with a weed guard, which while fine for bass can hinder the hook up with bream. A couple of my favourites at the moment are the OSP Orekanemushi and the Imakatsu Fujin Spider. Not always easy to get, but well worth the hunt.
HYBRID TECHNOLOGY
Last on the list of alternatives are
the topwater/sub surface hybrids. These are hard surface lures that can we worked across the surface but if need be dragged under for those situations where the fish just aren’t quite committed to eating on the top. Perfect for that fading topwater bass bite as the sun rises, or those times where the bream are not really eating off the surface but the water is shallow enough for it to get their attention. Although it could be said that if weighted correctly, nearly any surface lure could be turned into a hybrid, however there are a handful of lures that are specifically designed for this purpose.
WAKE UP
Wake baits are possibly the most popular and longest standing of the hybrids. Best fished when slowly wound across the surface with the rod tip high then dragged under with the rod tip, they imitate a small lizard or wounded baitfish. Not all wake baits are as effective as others but there are a few that definitely have their place in the topwater collection. Models like the Jackall Hamakuru, Harima Mazzy Pop, Kokoda Bugger Chug and OSP Buzzn’ Cranks are some of the more effective wake baits.
GETTING BENT
Without doubt the most popular
hybrid topwater at present is the OSP Bent Minnow. This little gem revolutionised how people thought about topwater fishing, and got people catching bream and bass on surface lures during times of the year that they would never have dreamed about catching before. This lure’s ability to mimic prawns, wounded baitfish and basically anything else that moves across the surface makes it one of the most popular and deadly choices for bream and bass anglers. There is hardly a bream tournament in any arena at any time of year where I don’t have an OSP Bent Minnow tied on. Bent Minnow retrieves can vary greatly, from walking them across the surface, twitching them under the water and flicking them to skip out of the water to look like it’s fleeing from what’s trying to mow it down. They’re the ultimate surface lure and the lure that every surface junky should have tied on.
There is hardly a bream tournament in any arena at any time of year where I don’t have an OSP Bent Minnow tied on.
ADD THOSE TO YOUR LIST
There you have it, some alternate options if you’re looking to scratch the surface on your next bream and bass trip. While they don’t relegate tried and true popper, stickbait and paddler options to the rubbish bin forever, they do offer us a host of additional options that are exciting to use, open up new water, and guaranteed a thrill. Worm hooked rigged soft plastics are simple yet highly effective as a surface option.
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40mm, 2.6gram. The creepy crawly of the fab five this weed guarded critter is perfect for fishing in amongst the nasty stuff and is best worked with a subtle shake of the rod tip to get it shimming on the surface.
JACKALL HAMAKURA
JACKALL MASK FROG
40mm, 5 grams. The bite size frog of the group that looks, feels and swims just like a frog. Made from Jackall’s special Mask elastomer material this is the bait to use when you want to keep it real.
75mm, 7.5grams. A jointed wake bait that snakes across the surface. It’s a very unique action and one that few fish have seen before.
OSP BENT MINNOW
76mm, 4.3grams. The lure that turned surface breaming on its head a few years ago. An erratic walk-the-dog action that can be fished sub-surface as well as a topwater.
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59mm, 11grams. The must have hollow body frog to fished in and over heavy cover. Sitting high on the water surface it looks just like a real frog when worked with a side to side retrieve.
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A BATTLE TO THE LINE Text by Stephen Booth and photgraphy by Simon Goldsmith
Horses for courses, there are plenty of line choices when it comes to breaming. Which one is best for each fishing style is the question.
CONTENTS
L
ine is perhaps the most important part of any fishing set up after the hook. It’s the direct connection from the angler to the fish, but is it really considered with enough thought when preparing for a tournament? Do
tournament anglers pay line and all its variations enough respect when they are considering getting a strike, hooking a fish and then landing the fish? I think the tide is starting to turn and tournament anglers are starting to scrutinise this vital
component ever more closely. And over the last 5 years there has been a push away from all braid outfits by the gun anglers in all fields of fishing. Tournament anglers are no different as they strive for better presentations, better hookups and greater numbers of fish
being boated. It’s an interesting trend that is based on some hard decisions in the toughest fishing field of all, an ABT tournament. So let’s interview a few of the gun anglers in the bream field and get their take on which line is best suited to which situation.
Cam loves his braid for bream and nails plenty of big specimens.
BREAMING – THE FINESSE KINGS
Bream fishing has the biggest playing field in tournament fishing these days. Developments, advancements and new tactics are almost commonplace as anglers strive for the best result. Most of the older bream anglers started off fishing lures with mono but moved away from it as the advantages of thin diameters, virtually zero stretch and the incredible breaking strengths of braid were embraced wholeheartedly. But this is changing, and not slowly either. These same elder statesmen and the newer, keener breed of breamers are looking at fluorocarbon as go-to options in certain situations. We will look at three common breaming situations and see what our three tournament pros, Kris Hickson, Steve Morgan and Cam Whittam have to say on the topic of line choice. Situation: Shallow Flats A few years ago some cluedin anglers found motherlodes of bream on shallow flats and started targeting them with all sorts of lures. From topwater through to grubs and slow rolled hardbodies, the flats quickly became a known hot spot. The next stage of development on the flats was the tackle used to present these lures and it was here that the advance guard of breamers
rediscovered the advantages of mono and fluorocarbon lines. And it was here that Steve Morgan discovered that a full spool of fluorocarbon was the best bet, whether he was using topwater, soft plastics of diving minnows. Steve said, “I always use fluorocarbon over the flats because I find that braid casts a shadow to spook. It’s a lot like fly fishing for trout where a bad presentation sees the trout spook off.” Hickson uses the best of both worlds when it comes to his flats fishing. “When I’m flats fishing, I always use straight through flurocarbon when fishing either crankbaits or stick baits. This is for two main reasons. The first is that there is a lot more stretch in straight through fluro and mono and it gives me the confidence that I’m not going to pull hooks as easily as the minimal stretch braid option. The other reason is that it doesn’t cast a shadow like braid making it a much more stealth approach. “When fishing plastic and topwaters on the other hand, I switch to braid with long, light leaders, up to 30ft. I find this still gives me enough stretch and stealth without compromising the feel, castability and the direct contact needed to impart the proper action on the lures and get a solid hook set.”
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Yellow v Black Cam Whittam has a slightly different view and this is generally based on the fact he is fishing for black bream compared to yellowfin bream. “I much prefer to fish a braid/ leader combination for breaming where possible,” said Cam. “I treat black and yellowfin bream differently as retrieval methods generally vary for the two species: it’s not often that I slow roll for blacks and I don’t often twitch for yellas. “If I can see the fish I will always go for a long leader and braid. “Most times my leader will be 4lb but I will go down to 3lb if the water is very clear or glassed out and the flat lends itself to lighter leaders. I fish a leader of 20ft in this situation as it gives me a hybrid presentation and feel. “I get a similar presentation to straight through fluoro with the long leader length, and a similar but slightly dampened feel than a normal braid/leader set up. “Having a long leader when using 3lb is important as the longer length has more stretch than a typical rod length of leader. “Because I can see the fish and I am on a flat or shallow edge, I am invariably fishing rod tip up. The long leader in this situation is so my braid isn’t sagging into the water and therefore can’t spook any fish. “While fishing for black bream we are mostly working our lure with
twitches, rips, drags and pauses. Braid gives a much crisper feel and connection to the lure and enables the angler to impart short sharp movements better than a straight through presentation.” Hickson follows a one setup suits all approach and with good reason. “I tend not to change my approach between black’s and yellowfin, I find that what works best for one species generally works for both. It more depends on the location, water clarity and structure being fished.”
Having different outfits for different lure types often requires different line to be used. Kris Hickson knows that better than most.
You’re Weak One of the pitfalls of the longer leader though is that the leader knot does get prematurely weakened by having line drag over it on every cast. I make sure to re-tie a couple of times during the day. Cam Whittam explains. “If I am blind fishing I will use both braid/leader and straight through presentations depending on the prevailing conditions. “In ultra clear or calm conditions 3lb fished straight through would be my first choice, particularly if I am fishing ultra shallow water or running a shallow lure. “On black bream I never go to 2lb as I don’t feel it gives you many more opportunities than 3lb, which has a 50% higher breaking strain for a small diameter increase.
It doesn’t take much colour in the water, or wind to have me back chuckin’ the braid outfit, again with my long leader setup. “It’s worth noting that in most flats situations if I were fishing for yellowfin bream I would mostly run straight through outfits as I generally wouldn’t be imparting any jerky movements on my lure.” Bream gun Kris Hickson is always conscious of his leaders and the considerations that need to be given when having one. “When running long 3lb and 4lb leaders, I have no issue using up to 30ft of leader, however if going any heavier I much prefer not to have the leader knot come onto the spool at all when casting. The heavier leaders tend to wear and also catch loose loops of line creating the dreaded wind knot.” Situation: Pontoons Pontoon fishing is almost the stereotypical fishing situation for breamers Australia wide. Bream love the shade, the current breaking nature of the legs and also the bait that congregates around them. Since the rebirth of luring for bream anglers have been chucking plastic and timber hardbodies at pontoons, as well as soft plastic and occasionally flies. It’s interesting to hear what the pros say about their line choice for pontoon fishing because the structure is such a stalwart target.
Steve Morgan always uses straight through fluorocarbon because it keeps small, light trebles and hooks in the fish until they get in the net. “But it’s not just about the hooks,” said Steve. “It’s also got a lot to do with the abrasion resistance of fluorocarbon under light load. I find that if a fish drills you around a pylon or two, you can ease up and gently lead the fish back through the structure. “When you’re using braid, most anglers tend to rely on the extra strength of braid, but when it hits a barnacle, it separates easily. Fluorocarbon in the same situation, under light tension resists the abrasions well and you actually land more fish,” said Steve. Kris mixes it up and uses both straight through fluro and a mainline leader set-up. “When I fish pontoon/wharves I tend to stick to the same rules as everywhere else. Cranks on straight through fluro and plastics and topwater on braid/leader set ups. Leaders tend to be a bit heavier due to the structure and shorter as the shadow cast by the braid is less of a hindrance due to the fish sitting tight and in the shadows. In ultra clear water and when the fish are spooky I will at times fish plastics on straight through 3-4lb and try to coax the fish out. This is more effective on pontoons with less poles than wharves but it can be done if need be.”
Using a braid to leader set up will mean you have to tie plenty of knots. Often in low light morning conditions and in rough conditions.
Thin on the Ground Pontoons are thin on the ground in Victoria, as a result locals rarely get the opportunity to fish pontoons like those in NSW and QLD unless they travel. There are pockets of pontoons in places like Paynesville, the Yarra River and Docklands area that give them the opportunity to brush up on skills and test theories, especially line theories. Cam Whittam generally fishes pontoons with shad style lures or a sinking stick minnow/plastic vibe and commented that in Victoria pontoons generally hold seriously big fish. He said “Pontoons are generally in relatively protected areas and as such quite often have very clear and calm water around them. “If I can see fish feeding on the sides of or under a pontoon I will fish my shad on a braid/4lb leader setup.I will likely be high sticking and not have braid in the water as I am trying to keep my lure fairly tight under the pontoon. I also drop my leader length to around 3m as the length of my casts is much shorter along pontoons and hence the line doesn’t sag as much as a longer flats presentation. “I still like to have a fair length of leader for the stretch factor to cushion any lunges the fish may make. “If I can’t see fish actively feeding on the pontoon I will usually choose to fish a stick minnow or plastic vibe and
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fish the traditional areas like any poles or shaded edges. “I will first of all fish braid/leader but always have 2 straight through rods rigged as an option if the fish are tough or conditions suit the straight through presentation better. “I have a 3lb and 4lb outfit rigged and tailor my presentation to the surrounding structure and the fish’s mood. “Lets face it, if you need to chuck 3lb to get a bite, you do it irrespective of the conditions,” finished Cam. Situation: Racks Rack fishing: The down and dirty, drag em out rough stuff of bream fishing, right? Absolutely, and it’s great fun. Just recently some cluedin anglers have been tempting the fishing gods by tossing lures on light fluorocarbon lines in amongst the racks. Is this just suicide or something you should actually consider? Can this wallet-punishing territory be tamed by lighter and more fragile line? Let’s get some ideas. “I always use braid around the racks because I want to get the fish’s head up and heading my way from the get go,” said Steve Morgan. “Line shadow is not the issue it is over the flats and the lack of stretch means you can get on top of the fish straight away. If a fish, even a small one, gets its
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Different lines will throw different amounts of shadow, an important consideration with flighty easily spooked fish.
Choosing the correct line is important, especially when fishing buoyancy dependant lures such as topwater.
In ultra clear or calm conditions 3lb fished straight through would be my first choice, particularly if I am fishing ultra shallow water or running a shallow lure.
head down, it’s goodbye lure. And that is the reason that racks and braided lines are the best combination,” said Steve Morgan. Cam Whittam doesn’t have the long term experience in the racks of the others interviewed and consequently rates himself pretty lowly as a racks angler. But this gives us a perfect insight into how a newcomer can approach these nasty bits of structure. “I approach racks in a couple of ways depending on the situation. In most cases I wouldn’t be too daring and run silly string
like 2lb or 3lb straight through. “My style of fishing would be to parallel a crank along the rack or fish a lightly weighted or unweighted soft plastic on a slight angle across the top of the rack and drop it down the side of the rack. “Fishing on this angle gives you a better angle on the fish to pull it away from the rack. “My line choices in both situations would be a Sunline Castaway braid in 10-16lb and a Sunline V-Hard leader between 4-10lb depending on
prevailing conditions and the size of the fish in the area. “I fish shorter 6-7’ leaders in this situation making sure that my leader knot isn’t on the reel before casting,” said Cam. A long time rack fisherman Kris Hickson loves his braid when it comes to muscling fishing out of one of the hardest bream structures going around. “Racks are one place where 9 times out of 10 I will use a braid/ leader combo. Stiff rods and heavy leaders are necessary to drag the fish out as quick as possible
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away from the razor sharp oysters and also cop a bit of wear and tear from bumping into the structure. As always, fish’s moods and water colour will play a part in how heavy and long leaders need to be but I generally start with a rod length of 12lb in the dirtier water and drop to 8lb in the clearer stuff. I also tend to step my braid up from 10lb to 15lb when in the racks, this gives me the confidence that if a fish does wrap me around the structure then I still have a chance of dragging it back. Contrary to what a lot of people believe, I much prefer to have my braid rubbing on the racks once a fish has wrapped me around something. I have always found that if it’s the leader caught it will eventually fray and break whereas if I can let the fish go to a point where it’s the braid that is rubbing I am safe, that’s just what works for me. With some advances in rods and lines, I have been having some success with straight through fluro casting cranks and unweighted plastics around the racks. The shock absorption and stretch can sometimes give you the advantage of leading the fish out without it feeling too much pressure and diving for the nearest piece of structure, 5lb and 6lb are still thin enough on the right combo to be cast more than far enough and gives you all the advantages of straight through fluro with some extra strength”.
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EACH TO THEIR OWN
I think it’s prudent in these days of highly pressured waterways to always consider fishing as light as possible in any given scenario. Call me old fashioned, but I still love my braid and don’t think that on Black Bream in particular, that straight through presentations offer a huge advantage,” said Cam. Kris in contrast is more particular when it comes to his line, “I tend to be pretty fussy when it comes to my line. It’s the most important thing that connects you to the fish, so it’s important that you have the correct line for the area that you’re fishing and the lure that you’re fishing”. Straight-through advocate Steve Morgan is less of a braid fan than Cam and Kris but acknowledges that it still plays a role in his breaming, “I only ever use braid around the racks, in selected topwater fisheries where you’re fishing over heavy rocky cover and for select deepwater plastic scenarios. The rest of the time I use fluorocarbon”. So there you have it an array of varying opinions and analysis on where, when and what to use. While there were no strong clearly defined patterns that all anglers followed, what did present itself was what worked best for each angler, and the confidence they had in their selections. Confidence as we know is a big determining factor in angling success, and in itself is something that all anglers should strive for.
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Wire framed lures are nothing new in bass fishing. Yet with each successive generation of anglers we seem to find another way to present these old school baits. Four savvy anglers in the form of Dan Clancy, Steven Chang, Dean Silvester and Steven Otto have taken things into their own hands and have started to make their wire baits to order.
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Wired baits made to order have been an underground hit on the bass tour. Not any more because the secret is out.
Steve Chang was one of the first to use wired baits, and is still developing new ways to use and make them.
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he first wire bait that pops to mind is the spinnerbait, a reaction style of lure that is typically thrown around structure and when fishing edges. A more finesse styled modified version of the spinnerbait of course is the beetle spin. A spinnerbait blade/soft plastic combo, a beetle spin is a slightly enhanced soft plastic offering that delivers flash and vibration along with the subtle movements of a soft plastic Other reaction lures have entered the fray recently when it comes to wired baits with lures such as lipless crank baits and blades being added to enhance appeal and offer fish a different stimulus. Wire arms and Colorado blades in particular are being utilised more and more to promote a response from otherwise disinterested fish.
BEETLE BAITS
Let’s try a spinnerbait arm with tandem blades retro-fitted with a lipless crankbait at the bottom and see what happens.
Beetle spins are a halfway bait. They work best when the fish are starting to become more active moving from a winter plastic bite into a summer reaction bite. Beetle spins typically work well when spinnerbaits are getting blade taps, or the skirt is being grabbed. While AFC angler Dan Clancy likes to experiment with lures his favourite, the one that he uses most often, is an
old fashioned beetle spin. “The beetle spin soft plastic combination is a proven big fish lure for me in Lake St Clair. It’s simple, easy to use and is a super consistent fish catcher,” states Clancy. Steve Chang also found that wired baits worked well at St Clair during a social session five years ago. His exact thoughts were, “Let’s try a spinnerbait arm with tandem blades retro fitted with a lipless crankbait at the bottom and see what happens.” This type of thinking seems to arise more and more as each angler attempts to outwit his opponent. Having fished these lures for a long time Chang struggles to choose a favourite, he states that the Noike Gill Jackall TN60 is ideal for drawing big fish from cover. However he can’t go past the Ecogear VX40 for a searching bait especially on shut down fish.
WHY OH WHY
The addition of a wire frame and blades to a lure not only adds to the overall size, it also creates extra flash giving the impression of something even larger. Aggressive bass although highly strung can still show some form of selfcontrol at the best of times and often increasing the lure size
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on a few key factors. Is the lure in their face long enough, does the lure create enough disturbance to push their buttons, or can they ignore it long enough for it to go away?
TELL ME WHY
is enough to push them over the edge and get them to bite. Schooled fish in particular can be hard to tempt and often the thickest and best soundings of fish can be the hardest to catch with conventional lures. Enter a wired option to get things going. Running a reaction style lure
through a deep school is one of the most productive ways to locate active fish or even in some instances turn dormant ones. Adding a wire option to your favourite reaction lure can maximise bites in a deep school, with an added wire accessory creating a larger profile lure
with more flash and more in your face appeal. Adding wire to your presentation can also slow the presentation down and keep the lure in the face of those disinterested bass longer. Triggering a response and getting a bass to eat your lure can be dependent
The answer can be summed up in three words, accuracy, intensity and speed. Casting accurately is still by far the most vital part of all bass fishing. In order to annoy any fish into reacting you have to take it to them in the first place, and being able to get the lure exactly into the strike zone is crucial for success. Optioning up your favourite bait with a wire fit-out delivers the second key to success, intensity. Adding blades and similar add-ons increases the size and intensity of your lure, with the extra flash and vibration often all it takes to encourage indecisive fish to bite. One of the real secrets to wired upgrades is that they slow the retrieve of the lure down.
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Slowing down is something we don’t do enough, especially in a tournament situation. Adding a large blade to a lure affects the action and requires a slower retrieve for the lure to stay upright and swim correctly. Slower means the lure is in the bass’ face longer which in turn gives it longer to eat it, a positive when dealing with fish that often like time to eat.
WHERE ARE WE
Wire-bait loving bass are more often than not edgy and best targeted with a reaction presentation. However even the most aggressive bass bite can suffer under the pressure of a 70 boat tournament. With 140 anglers peppering the water with noisy lipless crankbaits it’s easy to understand why the bite can taper off, or shut down. While downsizing or changing to a more finesse approach may seem like the most logical change to make, swapping to something that is louder and prouder in the water
may be a better way to go. Anglers who have used wired lures can attest to the response you can get using
Like dinning out, cooking up your own lures presents bass with varying meal options.
these lures on inactive fish. The strike can be nothing short of brutal. The strike is similar to what you would expect during a hot spinnerbait bite in spring, not from lethargic suspended fish in the throes of winter.
While wired lures are generally consistent all day long they perform at their best when fished over the top of weed in low light conditions such as early in the morning. 2012 BASS Pro AOY Champion Daniel Clancy explains. “The morning bite is generally always better, but don’t write a wire bait off during that tough middle of the day bite. They’ll quite often produce when everything else fails.”
PLENTY OF OPTIONS
While off the shelf bladed lures such as spinnerbaits catch plenty of fish they do in a lot of instances come with a level of limitations when it comes to versatility, speed, depth control and action. All these traits are greatly dictated by the blade configuration of the lure, and while making changes to the blade set up is possible it’s not as easy to achieve as when using one of the alternate wire bait options. An unrigged wire arm can be fitted with split rings then have either a Colorado or willow
The strike is similar to what you would expect during a hot spinnerbait bite in spring, not from lethargic suspended fish in the throes of winter.
blade attached. Want the lure to be more subtle? Downsize to a small blade. Need more vibration and flash? Upsize to a large willow blade. Want to run big baits in 2 feet of water across the top of weed? Snap on a large Colorado or even tandem Colorado and the lure can be slowed to a crawl.
YOUNG GUN FIRES
Fishing wired baits is something Daniel Clancy has done since his first days of bass angling. For Clancy these are a traditional style of bass lure that he has used in rivers and dams for as long as he can remember. Clancy lives locally to Lake St Clair and has honed his wired technique on this dam. Some of his biggest bass have fallen to this presentation, and he finds the best times for using them is leading into the winter months. “The fish in NSW dams tend to shut down leading into winter but the beetle spin seems to get them going when nothing else will,” explained Clancy.
THE CHANG GANG
Steven Chang has had multiple top ten placings fishing modified wired lures. Over the years Chang has had success on a host of different waterways, as he explains, “They work everywhere, in different states,
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on different types of lakes, and at varying times of the year.” Ultimately though he claims his local dam Lake St Clair is still his favourite choice, and the place where he does the testing for all his new baits. Having a resounding confidence in wired lures, Chang is able to successfully fish these lures year round and finds bigger is better during the warmer months when fish are at their most aggressive. While Chang has had success catching them at all depths he prefers to fish, and typically searches for fish, in 20 feet or less. “The shallow fish are generally the most active fish and active fish are the ones that’ll you tempt with wire bait in most cases,” explains Chang.
STEVE O TIES ONE ON
Steven Otto secured a podium finish at the Lake St Clair BASS Pro in 2013, a finish he largely attributes to getting wired during the event. A recent convert to wired baits, Otto, like many, rates Lake St Clair as his favourite waterway for throwing them. “I’m not sure why but the bass at Lake St Clair respond better to them than anywhere else,” explains Otto. Although Otto has success catching fish on wire baits all
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year he does favour late autumn (April) at Lake St Clair, and alternatively the spring months in Qld dams as the best times to tie one on. His gun technique involves burning his lure across the top of the weed early in the day and as the fish move deeper he’ll move deeper also. His deeper approach usually rotates between a slow roll down steep banks or a crank and pause on deeper flats, all the time remaining in close proximity to the bottom and the fish. “I find the ideal depth is less than 15ft to run them shallow.”
tournament when it’s all about getting the big bites, so he keeps it simple and sticks with a plastic/jighead approach.
TAKING CONTROL
Being able to control where and how your lure works is the key to success and ultimately putting bass in the livewell. Control is gained by swapping blades and jighead/ lure sizes depending on the depth that you’re fishing. Having constant control means the lure is the zone longer, the key is to run the lure as slow as possible whilst keeping it in the zone as long as possible. When fishing flooded weed the zone is the area just above the weed. With one vigilant eye on the sounder monitoring the depth and an educated hand on the rod and reel feeling the lure work through the water the position of the lure can be detected, and the lure can be kept in the zone right where the bass are holding.
GETTING WIRED AT HOME
Even though Daniel Clancy is younger than most anglers on the BASS Pro Tour he prefers an old-school approach when it comes to his wired baits, using a traditional style of a soft plastic and jig head on his go-to beetle spin set-up. He feels it combines a more natural presentation with “a wicked action.” Keeping it simple means Clancy only has two variables to concentrate on, the size of the jig head for the depth he’s fishing and matching the hatch with the plastic colour. Clancy has found that attaching blades and other baits to his wire setup draws the attention of the smaller fish. This is something that he doesn’t want in a
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OTTO GETS HEAVY
Otto started experimenting with wired lures about 4 years ago. He feels after all these years experimenting he finally has confidence to fish them in tournaments. Otto likes to run his lures deep and the lure of choice reflects that, Otto’s go-to combo is a 1/2oz Evergreen Little Max blade paired with a size 2 Colorado blade. He finds it has the ideal amount of vibration and flash. Rather than modify the lure Otto will leave the standard tow clip on the blade to give it more freedom. By leaving the clip attached Otto is faced with the issue of the jig spinner tow point facing the wrong direction. A quick 90° twist with the pliers and he is underway. “I believe the lock
snap gives the lure more action when attached to the beetlespin. I also do this with my Jackall TN60s.”
CHANG CHANGES
Chang has been messing with beetle spins for a long time in an attempt to find something new and unique to set him apart from the rest of the pack. “I started putting beetle spins on blades 5 years ago. At first I was looking to give the blades added noise. I thought the metal spin blade when positioned close enough to the vibe would clip it creating a metal on metal noise,” explained Chang. Chang is a step ahead of the game when it comes to getting wired, he has found a wired combination that can work in every circumstance he requires to catch fish, even top water. Chang states “I have a home-made injection lure which I use on a Buzz Bait wire frame, this is good for the surface. I call it a Hard-Buzz bait.” It’s this kind of ingenuity and desire to continually evolve that keeps anglers such as four BASS pros at the top of their game. It’s this dedication to improve that is setting the stage for bigger and better things to come.
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PRACTISE MAKES PERFECT
Crack the pattern, find the winning technique and stumble upon that school of willing and eager fish that no one else knows about. I’m sure that’s how many of us envisage our perfect prefish session. Of course, this is an unlikely scenario and more often than not we find ourselves stressing over where and how we can put together a competitive bag.
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Russell Babekuhl and Warren Carter are two of the best when it comes to nailing the prefish and the tournament.
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Chris Britton focuses on locations that he knows during the prefish and quickly checks to see how they are fishing.
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refishing is a crucial part of tournament fishing, it is the chance you get to formulate a plan, find out what’s working and set yourself up for the following days. This is the day that not catching fish is not necessarily a bad thing. Some of my best tournament results have come from prefish sessions that yielded only a few or no fish and some of my worst results have come from great prefishes! To give us some insight into prefishing I have enlisted the help of three talented anglers
from three different states who have a proven track record not only on their home waters, but interstate as well. Chris Britton, Russel Babekuhl and Warren Carter give us their insight into how practice can make for a perfect tournament.
DO YOUR HOMEWORK!
Your prefish preparation can begin months prior to the actual tournament. With the availability of online mapping tools, aerial photography, magazine articles, fishing reports, and of course the internet, it makes the gathering of information a relatively easy
process. Russel Babekuhl is a firm believer in putting the time and effort into researching before the comp. His first move before a tournament is to get onto Google Earth and get an idea of the waterway he plans to fish, “I like to get an idea of what the dominant fish holding areas are likely to be.” Chris Britton uses Google Earth but also looks at purchasing a marine map of the area. Carter in contrast goes for a more personal approach and likes to ask someone that knows about the area for some information. “Most people are tight lipped about their secret spots, but
you can generally gain some valuable information that will get you started,” explained Carter. All three anglers agreed that looking at past results and reports is an important step and can help narrow down the successful techniques for that area.
YOU’RE BANNED
Most of the bigger tournaments around the country will have a prefish ban of some sort and as with all ABT Qualifiers there is a two week no fishing ban. This releaves the location of some fishing pressure and eliminates some local advantage.
When you are first starting out, spending as much time as possible on a new waterway is very beneficial.
Quality fish like these don’t make it into your livewell by chance, a successful, well planned out prefish plays a big role.
So is it important to prefish prior to the fishing ban? Our three anglers all agreed that two weeks is a very long time and anything can happen between then and the tournament. Moon phases, weather changes and general fish movements can all mean that any fish you find prior to the ban may well have moved on or changed their feeding and spawning pattern. However, don’t discount this prefish just yet. Britton finds that this is a good time to learn a new waterway. This time on the water can be spent searching for different features of the system, and locating a variety of different structures that you can call upon when needed during the tournament. The important thing
to remember is that prefishing well before the tournament needs to be less about catching fish and more about locating different types of structures, finding where the weed beds are, rock walls, pontoons etc. This way, if you crack a pattern on the official prefish day on a certain structure, you know where you can find more of the same areas. Warren Carter has a slightly different approach when it comes to this. Carter believes that prefishing prior to the ban can be impractical and instead tries to get onto a nearby waterway that has similar characteristics to the location of the tournament. This way he can go out and catch as many fish as he can without having to worry about “stinging”
Google Earth is a valuable tool to identify locations to checkout when you hit the water for your prefish.
the fish for the tournament. Carter often uses this as a basis for planning his prefish day.
THE BIG DAY OUT
Ok, it’s probably not the biggest day of the weekend, but the official prefish day can set you up for the tournament. You want to find areas that are holding fish, but also eliminate areas that aren’t so you don’t waste time with them during the tournament. This is especially true when you have a bucket load of different spots you
want to fish. Narrowing your spots down to a few will help you focus on catching the fish rather than ‘umming and arring’ on whether the fish could be biting at one of your other 43 spots. Our three anglers all had a different outlook on how they approached this day. Chris Britton focuses on the locations that he knows and quickly checks each to see how they are fishing, before allocating time to go and find new locations and try new techniques. He tries not to catch
more than one fish per spot. “The idea is to work out if they are there, stinging them and catching them is for the next day,” explains Britton. Britton’s ideal prefish is one where he can identify three or four spots that he can pull a bag from, one or two upgrade spots and then a couple of ‘hail Mary’ spots in case everything goes wrong! Carter finds that covering a lot of ground on the prefish day is important. He will usually spend the tournament hours (7am-
2pm) on the water, fishing many different areas. Carter differs to Britton in that he likes to catch more than one fish from an area. “Catching one fish doesn’t normally formulate a good plan. Catching two very close together is a key factor to a spot producing,” explains Carter. This helps him know that the technique used and pattern found is working him. For Warren Carter the ideal prefish is one that he has identified only one or two areas holding fish and eliminated many
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other areas as being unsuccessful. Finding fish everywhere can make things confusing when trying to make a plan! Lastly Babekuhl is one who likes to find a pattern and get off the water as soon as he can, opting not to sting too many fish and to leave them for the tournament. Babekuhl’s idea of a successful prefish is quite different to our other anglers. “A successful pre fish isn’t measured in numbers or size of fish caught but more about the fish you have seen in the area, bait, water colour and tidal movement.” Babekuhl uses these factors along with previous experience in fishing these situations to form his plan.
NOW WHAT?
Most people are tight lipped about their secret spots, but you can generally gain some valuable information that will get you started.
Once your prefish day is over you have to now formulate your game plan. What worked and what didn’t? Should I go to those fish I found first? Or wait for the tide? If you’re anything like me then there are probably a million questions running through your head. Even if you had a successful prefish, failing to execute the right plan can be disastrous. Timing is crucial, so planning your day out is a helpful way to keep yourself fishing the right areas at the right time. Britton plans to visit the spot most likely to give him a bag first
up, and then visits his upgrade spots, that is unless he believes he is in with a chance of a big fish early. Carter plans to fish the locations from his prefish with the corresponding tides and weather conditions. Babekuhl plans to fish the locations he found fish, but places emphasis on making sure his gear is prepared in case there is a change in the bite pattern. Babekuhl finds that mixing techniques, even subtly, can make all the difference in a tournament situation. This may be something as small as changing hook size or varying your retrieve.
PRO TIPS
The last question I asked all three of our anglers is what advice or tips would they give any up and coming angler? Here’s what they had to share. Warren Carter - “To be the best, you need the knowledge and experience from the tournaments you have fished – certainly not from your social days out - this will more often than not help you to make poor decisions.” Chris Britton - “The longer you fish tournaments, the more you have to force yourself to try different locations and presentations – and I think that you should do that!! You might end up fishing old faithful spots 90% of the time, but every now and then you will uncover a gem!”
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on around you. What bait is around? What is the tide doing? What is the water clarity like? Even if you don’t find the fish you are after, these factors, combined with previous experience, all help you to make a plan.
An effective prefish can have you landing straight on the fish at the start of the tournament.
Old event reports can offer good insights into locations, lures and techniques.
PRACTISE MAKES PERFECT So there you have it, some words of wisdom from some very experienced bream anglers. Experience is paramount in being successful and as you can see from these anglers, they put a lot of thought into how they approach their prefish days.
A FEW KEY FACTORS TO REMEMBER
1. Don’t catch them all on prefish! 2. Pay attention to what is going Learing how to use your sounder and GPS is a crucial step to maximizing your time on water.
3. Put the effort into the homework stage and make sure not to catch too many fish and you will be well on your way to getting the most out of your time on the water during your prefish. Combine these three points with the information from our three pros, plus time on the water, and success will come. And of course if at first you don’t succeed, try and try again. You’ll get there in the end.
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YOUR KIT TO GET BIT Text by Elliot Fooks and photography by Simon Goldsmith
There’s many things you should have in your tournament kit, all are valuable and can contribute to success.
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Sure you think about maintaining your boat and fishing gear in the best possible condition but what about your body, clothing and mind. Surely it is time to think a little broader and look to improve your next tournament result through looking after yourself a little better, you know you’re worth it.
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here are many ways to look at keeping your body and mind in top condition, the easiest way to break it down is to look at it as pre, during and post tournament stages. This article will focus on nutrition, clothing and fitness and will give you a few tools to get more out of your tournament weekend.
EAT IT
Nutrition can be broken down into three stages, pre, during and post tournament. Each stage has different elements to them and will be at there most effective when used in combination. Pre tournament nutrition is much like filling up your car while you’re an apprentice or a university student, you only want to put in the energy required to
get you through the day and not over load on fuel you will not use. It is also important to remember you’re not only fuelling up once during the day, you’re trying to maintain the optimum level throughout the session. The first issue when thinking about nutrition pre event is looking at what energy you will burn through the day. For instance an angler fishing a kayak event is going to need to start the day with a lot more fuel in the tank in comparison to a boater in a BREAM event. Basing the requirements on those of endurance athletes the pre tournament should be based around high carbohydrates, low fat and protein. While typically there isn’t too much of a difference between low and high GI foods for athletes, for anglers on the water for seven hours the benefits of longer lasting
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foods come into their own. The easiest way to look at it is comparing high octane race fuel and diesel, energy drinks and a chocolate bar will spike your energy early and make you feel like your buzzing but they will make your energy level crash post that high. What you need is long burning fuel such as oats and bananas. Any running or marathon websites will be able to give you a comprehensive list of good foods that will fill your tank. Filling Up on the Water Nutrition during a tournament can be a hard thing to manage while your trying to negotiate a limited window of fishing time. There are two key areas to be aware of, the first is dehydration and the second is falling into a slump. Dehydration in my opinion is the more important of the two areas, and in reality is the easier of the two to combat. In many ways by preventing dehydration you can go a long way to stoping a slump. In a normal day your water usage is between 1.7 and 2.2 litres. Add in exercise and this can rise to 3 litres in cool conditions and go even higher in full summer heat. There are a number of options when it comes to refuelling water including off the shelf sports drinks and powder mix drinks. The easy choice is water, readily
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available and your body needs it, so you are going to want to make sure you at least have a couple of litres of this on your boat. When it comes to sports drinks and powder mixes the choice is yours. These drinks aim to refuel your electrolyte levels and maintain performance. Depending on your choice of electrolyte or sports drink one thing to be aware of is the sugar content. Many of the off the shelf drinks are typically higher in sugar and tend to be a lot more expensive in comparison to the powder and mix drinks but require no prep time. Two of the better options for powder and mix drinks are First Endurance EPS and Power Bar Perform. Both are relatively well priced and have a good mix of nutrients. Eating on the Run When it comes to eating there are a number of options depending on what style event you fish. For the BREAM anglers with a seven hour straight session there is really no time for a break so it pays to know when you can fit in a meal, whereas BASS anglers tend to have a small break between sessions. ABT’s own Stephen Morgan has his lunch pattern worked out. Morgan always looks to fit in some food and water while travelling through restricted speed zones thus using all his time to its full potential. While there are a
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large array of options that you can choose to eat two key principles should guide you, ease of eating e.g. one handed while driving and secondly keep it healthy, mostly carbohydrates and low GI. Post event is where many people let themselves down. With all the other tasks on your plate after finishing an event it is easy to forget to recharge your body. It is all about putting what you used up back in. This phase should be about putting water and simple foods back into your system as you’re trying to maintain the energy level in your body. At this stage in the cycle look at incorporating some wider range of foods but try to keep it light and simple as this will allow your body to absorb the nutrition with minimal effort.
YOUR KIT TO GET BIT
When I say the term kit, this covers any clothing from the hat on your head to shoes on your feet. Wherever you fish appropriate clothing is the key to staying fit and healthy, too cold and you will shiver your way through the session and too warm and you will sweat all day long and end up dehydrated at the finish line. The aim of the game is to keep your core temperature stable and maintain good blood flow. The list for shirts and shorts is almost endless, as a simple
rule for this basic outer wear you want to have something that is UPF rated. UPF ratings refer to the level of UV rays that a product repels; this rating will be shown on the tag of the clothing. Layer upon Layer In regards to staying warm on the water layering is the key. You want to be able to take off or put on clothing easily through out the session to ensure your feeling comfortable all day. Professional cyclists have a great system of layering that at its core concept can be applied to fishing. The idea is that you layer clothing allowing the warmest and least breathable items to be put on last and thus taken off first also look for clothing that is easy to take off. Sure thermals sound great when the morning starts and its 5ºC, but once that sun burns off the cloud cover and it warms up you will be cooking in your own clothing. The whole concept is about managing your day with the best possible choices for you and your situation. Storage of this excess clothing when not in use is another area that many anglers tend to forget, in an ideal world you should try to store clothing in a dry bag in the place where it has the least chance of coming in contact with water. Dry packs from any camping or outdoor stores are the most readily available option for
this and are relatively inexpensive. You’re Standing on It Your feet are your contact point from you to the deck of the boat and poor footwear can lead to overall discomfort especially in your lower back and legs. There is far too much to talk about in one article on footwear (this can be said for all topics covered) but there are a few basic things to look at, support, flexibility and weather conditions. Support would have to be the key issue for footwear; you want to look for a quality shoe designed for an active environment for example a running shoe or constrainer. Flexibility in a shoe will give you two advantages; it will help maintain contact with the moving surface of the boat as well as give you a little give if you happen to stand on a rod or reel. No one shoe will be perfect for all conditions, weather will dictate what is the best option. For example a shoe like the Nike Free Run will be perfect for warm sunny days or the Columbia Powerdrain if you are in and out of the water where as a water and wind proof option such as a Bogs Urbanfarmer will suit rainy cold conditions. Hose Me Down Personally I think a lot of anglers are crazy to not spend good money on wet weather
gear, people spend thousands on tackle so why not spend a decent amount of money on a rain suit? In an ideal world you want a bib and brace with a jacket made from Gore-Tex, E-vent or another similar material. While it helps in terms of comfort, this also should be considered part of ones safety equipment. Fit also plays a role in the selection of wet weather gear, if you are a larger angler a US made suit may fit your figure or if you are a slimmer build look to Japanese brands to find your fit. You want a suit that has ease of movement with enough space to allow for you to layer up your clothing in cooler conditions and can be worn alone in the warmth of summer. Seeing Is Believing Quality polarised eye wear is one area that many anglers are clued in on already, having a good set of glasses cut through the glare on the water giving you a better chance of detecting bites on your line or even fish hitting your lure. While different lenses will suit different light conditions, it is impossible for the average angler to have the perfect glasses for each situation. As an allrounder amber and copper are viewed in the fly fishing world as being ideal but as with anything personal preference will dictate what you will go with in the end.
…targeted stretching will allow you a greater range of movement and comfort through out the tournament session.
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GETTING FIT TO GET BIT
Fitness and physical condition don’t just effect your performance on the water but also effect you in the days after a tournament. Most tournament anglers have a day job, and being able to return to work in good condition and ready to go on Monday will make it easier when you tell your work you need a Thursday and Friday off for a tournament. It is about being a total endurance angler; all you need to be looking for is a good base level of fitness and endurance. This is where all of your endurance and fitness work will be done. Setting up an exercise routine should always be achievable, there is no point saying I will do this entire plan if it realistically impossible. In an ideal world you should look at doing twenty to thirty minutes of exercise three times a week and change the level of intensity depending on your level of fitness. Heath Blakie showed in the 2012 Grand Final that his fitness preparation was crucial to success on a testing final day at Bribie Island. Stretching To Victory Grayson Fong, a regular tournament angler, competitive triathlete and remedial masseuse/ acupuncturist is a firm believer that targeted stretching will allow you a greater range of movement and comfort throughout the tournament session. Fong’s pre and during
Your kit’s ready, so it’s time to hit the water and get bit.
tournament recommendations are to ensure that you keep your back loose as well as your hips and hamstrings through the use of simple static stretches. Post tournament Fong continues his lower body stretching but looks to take the stretching further by stretching the upper and lower back and neck. Fong believes that this regular stretching will also help prevent post tournament injury.
To add to your stretching routine the use of good quality pressure garments (such as skins and 2XU) can also aid in the recovery process by aiding blood flow and mussel recovery. These garments can be worn during the event and are most effective if used in the hour after the end of a session but, if correctly fitted, can be comfortably worn during the drive home.
A GAME CHANGER
While it may all seem like a lot of things to do these small changes in your clothing choice, food and fitness can all add up to a large difference in both your tournament results and how you pull up on Monday after a long weekend on the water. All of this advice is just the starting point, each topic
could be a thesis on its own and we have not even begun to look into mental preparation. There is an unlimited supply of information available to the modern angler and many clued on anglers have started to piece the puzzle together in their own time. Sometimes you have to look a little wider to find improvements to your tournament results.
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Daniel Grech and Jon Millard catch more barra than most, a result of practice, preparation and research. Three factors that will help all anglers catch fish.
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he reality is that anglers who do the work are the ones that reap the rewards. This often involves fishing in less than ideal conditions and displaying a willingness to try different approaches. ABT have pulled together a brains trust of anglers including past and present AOY and event winners Jon Millard, Daniel Grech, and Peter Price to assist those who have found the going tough and to shed light on the factors that can make or break your dream of angling glory.
REALITY BITES
Learning to pinpoint bite periods will increase your chances of finding active fish that are eager to eat your lure.
The reality of barramundi fishing can be a bitter pill to swallow. For first time anglers, filled with the promise and expectation of catching metre-plus long fish, the likelihood of going to a dam for the first time, finding a fish, getting a bite and landing it, is low. The odds are not in your favour and much like a casino, the house, or in this instance the fish, stands to win. But rather than losing heart the educated angler makes decisions and implements changes that increase their chance of success. Peter Price is spot on when it comes to explaining the reality of fishing for barramundi, “There are so many different conditions that will fire the fish up or shut them down. One day the
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barramundi are all over one type of lure or retrieve and the next day they will not even respond to it. Barra anglers that have only a few proven fishing techniques will struggle overall if this is the case.” Many anglers attempt barramundi fishing once or twice before becoming frustrated and leaving for greener pastures. But why give up so soon? With a wealth of information a mouse click away, it can be easy to accept that certain locations are the only areas where fish will be located. Likewise, many anglers rely solely on a limited arsenal of tackle, for example one type/model of lure in a certain size and colour. The mindset of rigidly sticking to a particular lure and/or pattern will potentially yield results, but for the 90% that lose heart in the face of mounting odds, it can be an exercise in futility. Daniel Grech explains why what you read doesn’t always relate to what actually happens on the water, “I believe there is definitely more to barra fishing then just reading a few articles and watching a few You Tube videos. It is a sport, and just like any sport, you can’t just go out there and succeed first time, every time. “I’m not saying that magazines and videos won’t help; they give us an understanding and some ammunition to go out there
and give it a go. Without this information, we would basically be running our own race, learning for ourselves and we would be years behind in the technologies and products we use today.”
STAY N’ PLAY
Anglers, especially those competing in a tournament, will often remain in a specific location for extended amounts of time. They foresee that a bite window will eventually come about, and by virtue of their presence and persistence, they will secure the bites on offer. There is enough evidence to support that this technique can often yield results during a competition, however, how effective is this strategy longterm and is it worthwhile outside tournament conditions? Jon Millard shares his take on this question, “Many different thought processes can influence an angler to stay in the one area during a tournament situation. The angler may have limited experience at the particular arena (Where do I go?), past tournament successes in particular areas (I’m staying here so no one else can fish this water) or has experienced success early in the session (I got fish here earlier so they must be here). Nevertheless, this is not a tactic commonly employed during social fishing.
“Without the pressures of a tournament, an angler has the freedom to try different techniques and areas without the fear of failure. This allows anglers more time for experimentation, being able to keep and employ successful patterns and discard ones with limited success.”
READING THE SIGNS
All interviewed anglers noted that key indicators during a tournament prefish would entice them to return and potentially stay in one location. These key indicators included the sounding of barramundi or bait, size of sounded fish, current, wind, structure and bird activity. When it comes to hard and fast rules Daniel Grech was adamant on one point, “Most anglers with tournament experience follow the one simple rule, never leave fish to find fish. This means that if you know fish are in the area, DO NOT LEAVE on the chance they could be in another area.” Albert Einstein, a fairly handy theoretical physicist, is credited as saying that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Yet many anglers employ the same lure and technique over and over in the hope that a fish will eventually decide to respond. We are not proclaiming that persistence and patience are the
Jon Millard and Dan Grech anchor up on a proven location waiting for active fish to move through.
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siblings of insanity rather that their application is most beneficial when other factors are in place and alternate options have been ruled out. If these key elements haven’t been addressed, the strategy of staying in one location/using one lure is akin to having everything and nothing at the same time.
TIME PAYS
Generally the anglers that are the most successful are those
that have spent the most time on the water. Understanding the changing conditions of a river, lake, impoundment or estuary and how they affect the fishing is fundamental to becoming a better angler. This knowledge assists in being able to find fish on the waterway, the key to catching them in the first place! From here anglers can begin to determine what factors are at play i.e. warmer water, presence of baitfish.
Finally determining what lure is most effective and why will provide information as to what the fish are doing or how they are behaving. The devil is in the detail, but that shouldn’t leave you on your knees asking for enlightenment. Our anglers had slightly differing views on this point. Jon Millard and Peter Price stand in the camp that says there is no substitute for time on the water. Daniel Grech had
a different take on the question with the following statement, “Time and experience on the water help find the fish, commitment and confidence help win tournaments! It takes commitment and confidence to execute a plan and most tournament wins have come from a well executed plan.” However you wish to dissect the question, the key elements are all connected. Jon Millard with the final word, “With time on the water anglers are able to decipher successful techniques and patterns themselves without being clouded with misleading information. This gives anglers confidence to repeat previous successes and experiment with new ones they believe may work.” Now that we have quickly addressed some key points let’s talk about how we can turn the odds in your favour.
UNDERSTAND THE CONDITIONS
Barramundi won’t bite all the time. It doesn’t matter whether you have the latest and greatest lure, rod, reel, sounder etc, if they are not willing to play then you will find the going tough. As you develop your angling skills you will learn to adapt, change, move/stay depending on what is happening on the water.
Until then, enjoy the experience and challenge, rather than seeing it as a barrier to success.
DON’T BELIEVE THE HYPE
If you talk to some anglers they will tell you they are catching plenty of fish on any lure in their box. What may be missing from their brief synopsis is the time inbetween catching fish, or how many fish they actually caught! Two fish caught across three cold, tough days maybe a great result, but the perception is often relative to the difficulty of the conditions! The metaphor of the problem gambler can be used here; they are happy to tell you how much they won but not what they lost. Being realistic will ensure your enjoyment regardless of what information you come across.
PATIENCE AND PERSISTENCE
It is important to realise that fishing for barramundi can be extremely difficult. The light at the end of the tunnel is the payoff when you catch and land a trophy fish. This feeling is further emphasised when it occurs during a fishing tournament! The arduous hours quickly melt away when you have your rod bent in a parabolic curve and the screaming reel in your ear. The fight can range from a short close encounter battle to a long
By the time you hit the start line your mind should be clear and all you should be focused on is barra.
drawn out war. The opponent: a nimble, fleet-footed infantryman or a powerful, unstoppable tank. The time between casting and hooking a fish will be a question of perception versus reward. If you believe the payoff to be enough motivation you will be patient and persist. If not, then your bucket list just got a little longer.
TIME ON THE WATER
There is no substitute for time on the water. If an angler is open to learning, a huge amount of information can be extracted from even a single trip. With experience an angler will begin to recognise patterns and develop a strategy for finding and targeting fish. It also allows an angler the opportunity to test out preconceived theories and suggestions. To illustrate the point, let’s examine the following common statement, ‘Only fish windward sides of a dam.’ Bait being blown onto one side of a dam would surely be the catalyst for targeting those areas? And theoretically there is merit in this suggestion. But the belief that the total fish population in a dam are going to undergo a seismic shift from one side to another with the change in wind is unfounded. With experience comes the understanding that there is no one rule. Challenging common perceptions will do far more
for your angling than blindly applying a bullet point checklist.
LURES
Let’s quickly clear up one fishing myth – there is no one winning lure. Certain lures, by virtue of how many individuals use them; can appear to be the Holy Grail of fishing, the one lure to rule them all. If this were the case then the walls of tackle shops would be sizably reduced and anglers would be rejoicing in unison of their sole super lure purchase. Realistically even the most effective lures have a limited range of use. A variety of different lures can be viewed like a toolbox; some lures will do multiple things while others have a singular purpose. Like an effective handyman it is about knowing which tool to use and when. Having a range of lures to draw on will give you options that you otherwise don’t have. It will also allow you to build on your angling repertoire, which is important when you are required to adapt to changing conditions. Don’t fall into the common trap of believing what worked before will do the job over and over. You wouldn’t make the same meal for your partner each night and expect to surprise them would you? Daniel Grech is a strong advocate for lure variety, “I don’t recommend having one of every lure, I recommend
Time and experience on the water help find the fish. Commitment and confidence help win tournaments! While his BARRA Tour team mate Daniel Grech finds the fish that Millard was looking for.
having two! You always need a back up. It’s very important to have a range of lure to give you options. Fish react differently at different times of the day, meaning as an angler you must be tuned in to what they are biting and when. More lures means more bites!”
INFORMATION OVERLOAD
There is a wealth of information available for anglers across a variety of media platforms. Like a nervous golfer on the first tee it can be daunting to try and cram everything you have heard and read, and then translate it successfully into practise.
Between the plethora of boat/tackle/lure choices the beginner angler can begin to come undone before they have even had the chance to hit the water. Address the things that you can control rather than focus on those that you cannot! To help clarify things, do up a simple checklist and tick the items off when they are finished: boat (batteries charged/fuelled/ navigation lights/safety gear), tackle (working/clearly labelled/easy to access), line/leaders (check for fraying/tie on new leaders, lures (check and replace hooks or rings). The goal is to get out on the water and free your mind from anything other than fishing the water in front of you. If you are worried about your fuel or battery levels while on the water then you are already at a distinct disadvantage. Once you are on the water you are the master of your own destiny. You can employ a run and gun approach where you fish multiple locations for 20 minutes at a time. Alternatively you can head to areas of the dam that you have never fished before and slowly work through a variety of presentations. Either way as long as you are open to watching what happens around you and constantly thinking about your approach you will benefit from the exercise. Above all relax and enjoy yourself, that’s why you made the effort in the first place!
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TROLLING
Outside of an ABT tournament situation, trolling is an effective tool for covering large areas and locating fish. Trolling allows you to cover a large area while effectively targeting fish at different water levels. Without getting into the specifics of lure spreads and configurations, having two lures with different diving depths is a worthwhile start. Targeting edges and natural bottom contours (i.e. old riverbeds) are two techniques that can provide the opportunity to hook a fish. Jon Millard is an advocate of trolling to identify potential locations. He notes the increased time the lure remains in the strike zone and amount of area covered as key reasons to troll. If a fish is hooked it prompts further investigation of the area, which can uncover locations that may have been otherwise overlooked. Trolling can provide a session of a lifetime and unearth tournament hotspots. On that information alone it needs to be considered as an option. Millard draws a line under the issue with the following, “Noone is too cool to troll!”
STEP UP
A lot of anglers want to go straight to casting. Whether it’s emulating their favourite AFC
anglers or wanting to tangle with fish at close quarters in the trees, casting is an effective and important skill necessary to becoming a better angler. To the uninitiated however, the step up from trolling, experience of using braid for the first time or negotiating an electric motor in rough conditions can make this process extremely complicated. Do yourself a favour before you go out on the water and purchase some casting plugs from your local tackle store. Go to your local park or oval and, away from other park users, practise small casts to targets. When mastered, move further away and practice medium range cast, then longer casts. Finally mix up the sequence. Remember, you will be faced with casts of varying distances throughout your session. Being able to adapt to this challenge should be your strength, not weakness.
LAST WORDS
Here are some helpful comments from three of our experts for anglers looking to step up and compete in a barramundi tournament. Peter Price: “If you have the right equipment and are familiar and comfortable with this equipment, then it is not a huge step to tournament fishing. The biggest thing is having the
right mindset to learn and to enjoy your experience. Don’t think you are going to win every comp and leave disappointed.” Daniel Grech: “If you can catch fish in a social format, then you can catch fish on tournament day. And just like any sport, the more you practise the better you become.” John Millard “The step up from social to tournament fishing cannot be underestimated, though it’s still important to always have fun. New pressures during tournament fishing can cause anglers to behave differently and make poor decisions when the pressure is on, with only experience able to settle nerves. “Tournament fishing also puts anglers in an area where egos can be dented; fishing under the same conditions, under the same set of rules on the same day and not being able to hide failures. Learning is often accelerated with one tournament equal to many social days on the water.” Fishing for barramundi is one of the most spectacular forms of angling available. Each trip will successfully build on the knowledge of the last, even if no fish are caught! Anglers of all abilities expend many hours trying to work out the riddle of consistently catching these aquatic denizens. It still remains a challenge to this day, but it is a challenge that equally demands and rewards.
Millard hammers a favourite spot on Peter Faust Dam.
BREAM
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ictorians dominated the BREAM scene in 2013, cleaning up in both Angler of the Year and Grand Final titles. Warren Carter had a dream year in 2013, winning the boater AOY crown with a staggering 398-outof-400 point score, while Brad Roberts claimed the nonboater title on the back of a red-hot tournament year. Colac’s Steve Parker added another win to his tournament CV by claiming victory in the biggest event on the tournament calendar, the Humminbird BREAM Grand Final, in the process winning himself a $20,000 Yamaha SHO outboard, and booking a spot in AFC Outdoors Series 11. Other notable performances for the year included Ian Seeto’s back-to-back Yamaha BREAM Australia Open wins, an impressive feat that will be hard to beat. Over $100,000 in prizemoney was won in 2013 with Warren Carter the standout during the year, adding $10,000 to his winnings to finish the season with $36,021 in career winnings. Steve Gill, Damien Domagala,
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Over $100,000 in prizemoney was won in 2013.
and Mark Lennox were all big winners for the year, but the top earner title still belongs to Steve Morgan ($66,436), even despite a quiet year on the tour. 2013 was a big year for kayak anglers with over 20 events on the calendar delivering kayakers their biggest and best year ever. In true Hobie style the biggest and brightest event of the year
was saved until the very end with the 100 kayak bream-athon at Marlo delivering a Daiwa-Hobie Kayak BREAM Grand Final like we’d never seen before. NSW’s Darryl Head stood out in testing conditions to claim the Grand Final title while Mr Consistent Richard Somerton won the Hobie Fishing Worlds. One angler rained on Somerton’s parade in 2013
BREAM EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
with new kid on the block Bryce Beechey relieving Somerton of his Angler of the Year crown to finish the year as the AOY champ. Team Gamakatsu’s Paul Malov and Alex Franchuk claimed the BREAM Classic Championship title at Mallacoota, winning the highly coveted teams’ title over 63 of Australia’s best breaming teams. Kris Hickson regained
his number one ranked BREAM Classic angler crown, with the AFC angler taking the number one spot from his good friend Russell Babekuhl who now sits in 4th. For more information visit www. abt.org.au. ABT would like to acknowledge and thank Gary Beazley and Robert Kneeshaw for their contribution to the collation of the BREAM statistics for 2013.
NATIONAL GRAND FINAL CHAMPIONS 2001 - Michael Metcalfe, QLD 2002 - Matt Fraser, QLD 2003 - Chris Metcalfe, QLD 2004 - Tim Morgan, QLD 2005 - Chris Wright, NSW 2006 - Steve Duff, VIC 2007 - Ben Godfrey, QLD 2008 - Darren Borg, QLD 2009 - Steve Morgan, QLD 2010 - Shaun Clancy, VIC 2011 - Russell Babekuhl, NSW 2012 - Heath Blaike, NSW 2013 - Steve Parker, VIC BREAM ANGLERS OF THE YEAR Overall 2012- Boater- Russell Babekuhl (392/400pts) 2012 - Non-boater- Phil Nix (383/400pts) 2013 - Boater - Warren Carter (398/400) 2013 - Non-boater - Brad Roberts (387/400) Queensland 2000 - Mike Delisser (286/300pts) 2001 - Tim Morgan (200/200pts) 2002 - Chris Metcalfe (200/200pts) 2003 - Chris Metcalfe (193/200pts) 2004 - Jay Morgan (190/200pts) 2005 - Kelvin Williams (196/200pts) 2006 - Travis Davies (194/200pts) 2007 - Darren Borg (196/200pts) 2008 - Robert Kwiatkowski (196/200pts) 2009 - Steve Morgan (285/300pts) 2010 - Steve Morgan (293/300pts)
2011 - Tristan Taylor (195/200pts) New South Wales 2001 - Steve Starling (198/200pts) 2002 - Tim Morgan (196/200pts) 2003 - Tim Morgan (199/200pts) 2004 - Michael Metcalfe (194/200pts) 2005 - Darren Borg (379/400pts) 2006 - Warren Carter (372/400pts) 2007 - Darren Borg (389/400pts) 2008 - Andrew Howard (360/400pts) 2009 - Kris Hickson (375/400pts) 2010 - Steve Morgan (387/400pts) 2011- Russell Babekuhl (384/400pts) Victoria 2003 - Kevin Gleed (190/200pts) 2004 - Chris Wright (195/200pts) 2005 - Chris Wright (198/200pts) 2006 - Dave Welfare (193/200pts) 2007 - Cameron Whittam (199/200pts) 2008 - Shaun Clancy (198/200pts) 2009 - Brad Hodges (198/200pts) 2010 - Chris Wright (196/200pts) 2011- Cameron Whittam (197/200pts) Western Australia 2003 - Geoff Spadaccini (198/200pts) 2004 - Ian Sewell (198/200pts) 2005 - John-Paul Cronin (196/200pts) 2006 - Dror Pietsch (199/200pts) 2007 - Szarn Tink (200/200pts) 2008 - Szarn Tink (196/200pts) 2009 - Dror Pietsch (198/200pts)
BREAM EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
2010 - Szarn Tink (199/200pts) 2011 - Alex Griesdorf (198/200pts) South Australia 2005 - Mick Pressnell (200/200pts) 2006 - Scott Towner (100/100pts) 2007 - Shaun Ossitt (100/100pts) 2008 - Wayne Friebe (193/200pts) 2009 - Dean Truman (100/100pts) 2010 - Warren Carter (100/100pts) 2011- Hugh Wirth (100/100pts) Tasmania 2006 - Steve Morgan (100/100pts) 2007 - Scott Towner (197/200pts) 2008 - Scott Towner (196/200pts) 2009 - Steve Morgan (196/200pts) 2010 - Shaun Clancy (198/200pts) 2011 - Steve Morgan (197/200pts) HEAVIEST WINNING WEIGHT IN A BREAM QUALIFYING EVENT / SUPER SERIES Overall Qualifier: 10/10, 12.89kg - Leigh McKenzie, Derwent River, March 2007. Super Series: 15/15, 18.05kg - Spiro Spyropolous, Derwent River, March 2011. Queensland Qualifier: 10/10, 7.77kg - Jay Morgan, Gold Coast, July 2005. Super Series: 15/15, 9.52kg, Ben Godfrey, Gold Coast, August 2007. New South Wales Qualifier: 10/10, 8.32kg - Andrew Howard, Forster, July 2001. Super Series: 15/15, 12.21kg - Jack Olmos, Hawkesbury, May 2007 Victoria
10/10, 11.30kg - Chris Wright, Gippsland Lakes, March 2006. Super Series: 11/15, 8.75kg - Mark Mangold, Gippsland Lakes, April 2008. Western Australia 10/10, 7.32kg - Dror Pietsch, Walpole, 2004. Tasmania 10/10, 12.89kg - Leigh McKenzie, Derwent River, March 2007. Super Series: 15/15, 18.05kg - Spiro Spyropolous, Derwent River, March 2011. South Australia 10/10, 6.45kg - Scott Towner, Port River, September 2006. HEAVIEST WINNING WEIGHT IN A BREAM GRAND FINAL 12/15, 14.09kg - Chris Wright, Gippsland Lakes, October 2005. BIGGEST BREAM IN AN ABT BREAM EVENT 1.99kg - Chris Wright, Forster MegaBREAM 2004 BIGGEST BREAM IN A BREAM QUALIFYING EVENT / SUPER SERIES Overall 1.88kg - Nigel Webster, Gippsland Lakes, 2004. Queensland 1.54kg - Steve Chenoweth, Sanctuary Cove, June 2002. New South Wales 1.78kg - Jack Olmos, Clarence River, 2005. Victoria
1.88kg - Nigel Webster, Gippsland Lakes, 2004. Western Australia 1.71kg - Miriam Melis, Perth, June 2004. Tasmania 1.84kg -Steve Steer, St Helens, February 2009. South Australia 1.55kg - Craig Seignor, Port River, September 2006. BIGGEST LIMIT OF FIVE BREAM Overall 5/5, 7.055kg - Chris Wright, Derwent River, March 2008. Queensland 5/5, 4.47kg - Tim Morgan, Gold Coast, 2004. New South Wales 5/5, 4.88kg - Andrew Howard, Forster, July 2001. Victoria 5/5, 6.34kg - Michael Rantall, Gippsland, March 2006. Western Australia 5/5, 4.35kg - John-Paul Cronin, Albany, April 2005. Tasmania 5/5, 7.055kg - Chris Wright, Derwent River, March 2008. South Australia 5/5, 4.75kg - Warren Carter, Nathan Alsop, Port River, September 2005. MOST BREAM EVENT QUALIFYING WINS Chris Wright (7). MOST BREAM WEIGHED AT A BREAM QUALIFYING
BREAM EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
EVENT / SUPER SERIES Overall 926 bream between 106 anglers for 399.70kg at Tweed River, July, 2007. Queensland Qualifier: 926 bream between 106 anglers for 399.70kg at Tweed River, July, 2007. Super Series: 848 bream between 103 anglers For 388.55kg at Gold Coast, August 2007. New South Wales Qualifier: 522 bream between 114 anglers for 255.12kg at Clarence, 2004. Super Series: 800 bream between 123 anglers for 401.34kg at Clarence, May 2008. Victoria Qualifier: 583 bream between 76 anglers for 429.27kg at Mallacoota, March 2010. Super Series: 108 bream between 50 anglers for 78.6kg at Gippsland Lakes, April 2008. Western Australia 476 bream between 78 anglers for 253.03kg at Walpole, 2004. Tasmania Qualifier: 300 bream between 57 anglers for 311.53kg at Derwent River, March 2008. Super Series: 375 bream between 58 anglers for 369.25kg at Derwent River, March 2010. South Australia
150 bream between 37 anglers for 78.46kg at Port River, February 2009. MOST BREAM WEIGHED AT A BREAM GRAND FINAL 916 bream between 110 anglers for 699kg at Mallacoota, November, 2010. BREAM CLASSIC GRAND FINAL CHAMPIONS 2007 - Squidgy (Chris Cleaver & Zachias Crombie) 2008 - Pflueger/Evinrude (Andrew Homann & Neil Foley) 2009 - Squidgy (Chris Cleaver & Bill Kayayannis) 2010 - Colac Tackle (Stephen Parker & Dan Mackrell) 2011 - Manning River Marine (Kris Hickson & Daniel Brown) 2012 - OSP (Tom Slater & Alex Roy) 2013 - Gamakatsu (Paul Malov & Alex Franchuk) HEAVIEST WINNING WEIGHT IN A BREAM CLASSIC GRAND FINAL 10/10, 11.86kg - Colac Tackle (Stephen Parker & Dan Mackrell), Gippsland Lakes, Oct 2010. BIGGEST BREAM IN A BREAM CLASSIC GRAND FINAL 1.7kg - Steve Gill (CritterOz/ Honda Marine), Gippsland Lakes, Oct 2010. MOST BREAM WEIGHED AT A BREAM CLASSIC GRAND FINAL 408 bream between 71 teams for 178.59 at Clarence, Nov 2008.
BREAM PRO BOATER RANKINGS 2013 1
Warren Carter
334
20
Dean Hammond
135
39
Nabeel Issa
94
57
Matthew Finney
67
2
Russell Babekuhl
334
21
Wayne Friebe
135
40
Chris Britton
92
58
Peter Macor
66
3
Kris Hickson
286
22
Damien Domagala
133
40
Shayne Dyason
92
59
Mark Hayes
66
4
Steve Morgan
281
23
Daniel Mackerell
132
42
William Lee
91
60
Dean Gamble
64
5
Cameron Whittam
269
24
Steve Eldred
121
43
Paul Conn
90
61
Tom Deer
64
6
Steve Gill
250
25
Heath Blaikie
120
44
Matt Fraser
87
62
Wal Balzan
62
7
Jarrod Healey
205
26
John Timbrell
119
44
Daniel Kent
87
63
Matt Williams
62
8
Tristan Taylor
190
27
Greg Seeto
118
46
Tracey Mammen
84
64
Darryl Baird
61
9
Steve Parker
184
28
Matthew Kearton
117
47
Mark Healey
83
65
Dror Pietsch
61
10
Graham Franklin
166
29
Anthony Wishey
115
47
Shayne Gillett
83
66
Alex Greisdorf
59
11
Don Johnston
163
29
Anthony Thorpe
115
49
Jamie Mckeown
80
67
Mark Lennox
59
12
Brad Hodges
160
31
Mark Gercovich
107
50
Wayne Reed
79
68
Peter Nord
59
13
Ian Seeto
159
31
Jordan Trusty
107
50
Dean Truman
79
69
Mark Mangold
58
14
Chris Wright
158
33
Michael Maas
104
51
Dean Pateman
75
70
Paul Malov
58
15
Daniel Brown
156
34
Aaron Sharp
103
52
Wayne Robinson
70
71
Warwick Lyndon
57
16
Scott Butler
155
35
Michael Colotouros
102
53
John Balcomb
69
72
Andrew Krushka
55
16
Grant Kime
155
36
Shane Barling
98
54
Ash Hazell
69
73
Codie Stewart
54
18
Ross Cannizzaro
152
37
David Mckenzie
97
55
Jack Dawson
68
74
Tony Thorley
54
19
Chris Seeto
141
38
Charlie Saykao
95
56
Kendall Soo
67
75
Dave Welfare
53
BREAM EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
BREAM PRO BOATER RANKINGS 2013 76
Martin Richardson
53
95
Craig Greenaway
37
114 Greg Woods
25
133 Ben Shuey
19
77
Peter Cashman
52
96
Shaun Clancy
35
115 Dion Robinson
24
134 Cohen Morante
19
78
Shane Ling
52
97
Jason Kerrison
35
116 Mark Holman
24
135 Ben Turbott
18
79
Declan Betts
52
98
John Startin
35
117 Ben Hill
23
136 Alex Roy
17
80
Shaun Chapman
49
99
Dale Pattison
34
118 Shane Jarrett
22
137 Anthony Duff
17
81
Richard Potter
48
100 Benjamin Scott
33
119 Andrew Howard
22
138 Craig Leatt-Hayter
17
82
Tom Slater
45
101 Mick Lee
33
120 Paul Mcculloch
22
139 Craig Templar
17
83
Scott Bilton
45
102 Steve Steer
32
121 Matt Kerr
22
140 Ian Sewell
17
84
Mario Vukic
43
103 David Griffin
31
122 Mick Torley
21
141 Stephen Wheeler
16
85
Aaron Horne
43
104 Darrell Wells
31
123 Damien Mcglynn
21
142 Brian Pelle
16
86
Tony Pettie
41
105 Nicholas Jason Glenn 31
124 Stephen Wilson
21
143 Mark Lawson
16
87
David Beer
41
106 Kim Mcintyre
30
125 Jesse Rotin
20
144 Greg Cooper
15
88
Drew Mcgrath
40
107 Andrew Cox
30
126 Daryl Hislop
20
145 Aaron Nussey
15
89
Spiro Spyropolous
40
108 Daniel Folley
30
127 Philip Knight
20
146 Damien Virieux
15
90
Joshua Kirkness
39
109 Leon Megaw
28
128 David Gibson
19
147 Tony Moore
14
91
Chris Gates
38
110 Robert Kwiatkowski
28
129 Nicholas Reay
19
148 Tony Ireland
14
92
Nathan Mcinness
38
111 Steve Yarwood
28
130 Ross Lamotte
19
149 Leigh Mckenzie
14
93
Graham Green
37
112 Rohan Soulsby
26
131 Richard Williams
19
150 Darryl Schroder
14
94
Isaac Harris
37
113 Richard Hinds
25
132 Justin Causby
19
151 Clay Smith
14
BREAM EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
BREAM PRO BOATER RANKINGS 2013 152 Ben Richards
14
171 Travis Bryan
11
190 Peter Mazey
5
153 Grayson Fong
13
172 Ellery Hatch
11
191 Szarn Tink
5
154 Trent Short
13
173 John Lister
11
192 Mark Crompton
5
155 Steven Galt
13
174 Patrick Sullivan
10
193 Gary Cope
5
156 Steven Morrison
13
175 Ian Baker
10
194 Peter Herbst
5
157 Gavin Dunne
13
176 Byron Blain
10
195 Matthew Little
4
158 Stuart Klose
13
177 Mitch Birt
9
196 Scott Sutherland
4
159 Roderick Walmsley
13
178 Tom Mclean
9
197 Danny Suttil
4
160 Darren Borg
12
179 Grant Clements
9
198 Peter Marshall
4
161 Tim Stuart
12
180 Murray Jeffery
9
199 Andrew Manson
4
162 Craig White
12
181 Stephen Duff
9
200 Darren Evans
4
163 Vernon Pascoe
12
182 Sandy Moorhouse
9
201 Grant Stingel
4
164 Simon Pender
12
183 Scott Corby
8
202 Peter Leggatt
3
165 Leroy Tirant
12
184 Shea Williams
8
203 Greg Weinert
2
166 Hugh Wirth
11
185 Corey House
7
204 Mace Boyer
2
167 Matthew Campbell
11
186 Nigel Harris
7
205 Trent West
1
168 Steve Fields
11
187 William Longani
7
206 Rob Warren
1
169 Adam Ward
11
188 Graeme Taylor
6
207 Toby Mcclure
1
170 Tony Robertson
11
189 Ryan Cumins
6
208 Craig Ainsworth
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BREAM EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
BREAM PRO NON-BOATER RANKINGS 2013 1
Chris Findlay
234
22
Declan Betts
101
43
Ashley Bryant
74
64
Peter Godfrey
52
2
Troy Hamilton
230
23
Scott Slattery
99
44
Cohen Morante
73
65
Bernard Kong
52
3
Vaughan Lewis
203
24
Grant Stingel
99
45
Rodney O’Sullivan
73
66
Tim Gooley
51
4
Brad Roberts
199
25
Aaron Williams
98
46
Rohan Soulsby
72
67
John Morgan
50
5
Geoffrey Borg
196
26
Nigel White
98
47
Dan Mackerel
72
68
Karl Rembacher
49
6
Mike Hodges
186
27
Scott Marcinkowski
95
48
Allan Morrison
69
69
Chris Maas
47
7
Rebecca Fazio
183
28
Andrew Wallace
92
49
Jeffrey Esperitu
67
70
Greg Cooper
46
8
Rob Kearton
161
29
Todd Burgess
92
50
Shane Wolhuter
66
71
Scott Angel
46
9
Glen Sturrock
142
30
Paul Jankowiak
91
51
Nathan Tuskes
65
72
Darren Borg
45
10
Steve Nedeski
140
31
Jonathon Thompson
89
52
Allan Austin
65
73
Alan Lister
45
11
Andrew Dibley
136
32
Suzanne Siranovic
88
53
Marcel Krieger
62
74
Dan Walter
45
12
Philip Nix
136
33
Andrew Stubbs
88
54
Daniel Stead
60
75
Neil Chegwidden
44
13
Mark Cribbes
135
34
Rodney Thorpe
85
55
Simon Johnson
60
76
Tony Pettie
43
14
Jim Xyga
119
35
John Wright
84
56
Lex Irwin
59
77
Grayson Fong
43
15
Justin Conn
116
36
Heath Krushka
82
57
Steven Cefai
58
78
Daryl Hislop
42
16
Lex Court
114
37
Richard Constable
79
58
Alex Franchuck
58
79
Justin Castle
41
17
Stuart Walker
114
38
Bryce Beechey
77
59
Gary Middleton
55
80
Cody Clements
41
18
Tanya Konsul
114
39
Ian Miller
77
60
Jaxon Miller
55
81
Eric Faes
41
19
Andrew Williams
108
40
David Beer
76
61
Braddley Young
55
82
Nathan Leicht
40
20
Richard Somerton
104
41
Robert Kneeshaw
75
62
Mitchell Romano
54
83
Shaun Egan
40
21
Tom Deer
102
42
Dave Hedge
75
63
Zig Domagala
53
84
Stuart Mckinnon
40
BREAM EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
BREAM PRO NON-BOATER RANKINGS 2013 85
Peter Barry
39
106 Joshua Williams
28
127 Justin Adair
23
148 Jarod Blain
19
86
Corey House
38
107 Richard Davie
28
128 Stephen Theodore
23
149 Scott Natho
18
87
Jack Dihm
37
108 Jordan Trusty
28
129 Tim Olsen
22
150 Callum Dowell
18
88
Ben Cole
37
109 Toby Mcclure
28
130 Wayne Blundell
22
151 Louis Cahill
18
89
Kendall Soo
37
110 Keenan Gilligan
28
131 Brodie Cumins
22
152 Dean Blair
18
90
Michael Tailor
34
111 Tony Neal
27
132 Tan Trieu
22
153 Ben Scullin
18
91
Mark Lawson
34
112 Dean Skordas
27
133 Jordan Garnsworthy
21
154 Doug Hunter
18
92
Alan Murray
33
113 Damian Coleman
24
134 Martyn Evans
21
155 Clint Voss
18
93
Trent Chapman
33
114 Steven Owens
24
135 Jack Healey
21
156 Alan Loftus
17
94
Peter Mazey
32
115 Dave George
24
136 Michael Milburn
21
157 Allan Rooks
17
95
Paul Siemaszko
32
116 Mace Boyer
24
137 Shane Ling
21
158 Rod Pickering
17
96
Jeff Jasinski
31
117 Simon Mcalpin
24
138 Gregory Wirth
20
159 Paul Mccullough
17
97
Colin Peasey
31
118 Grant Clements
24
139 John Siggs
20
160 Tim Atkins
17
98
Mitchell Vane
31
119 John Staltari
24
140 Thomas Clark
20
161 Bruce Robinson
17
99
Peter Morgan
31
120 Andrew Withers
23
141 John Picton
20
162 Lachlan Hamilton
17
100 Mark Morris
30
121 Brad Dolman
23
142 James Mackay
20
163 Shane Lowery
17
101 Thuan Huynh
30
122 Colin Gunning
23
143 Wade Mobbs
19
164 Andrew Mccarthy
17
102 Trent Porteous
30
123 Joel Corrie
23
144 Gordon Birch
19
165 Matthew Little
17
103 Michael Burman
29
124 Anthony Tedesco
23
145 Aaron Cordina
19
166 Clay Hilbert
17
104 Darren Evans
28
125 Matthew Cameron
23
146 Warwick Medwin
19
167 Glenn Hayter
16
105 Nick Georgiadis
28
126 Carey Nolan
23
147 Kevin Winchester
19
168 Scott Sutherland
16
BREAM EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
BREAM PRO NON-BOATER RANKINGS 2013 169 Andrew Pender
16
190 Daniel Bray
12
211 Nathan Newton
6
232 Tony Moore
3
170 Alex Dorrington
16
191 Andrew Larsen
12
212 Brady White
6
233 Ben Lockwood
3
171 Daniel Kopacz
15
192 Greg Weinert
11
213 Noel Awhy
6
234 Gary Lee
3
172 Brad Goyen
15
193 Brendon Mcneil
11
214 Mat Mcfarlane
6
235 Bob Miller
3
173 Alan Wilson
15
194 Craig Leatt-Hayter
11
215 Leughton Beer
6
236 Matt Kerr
2
174 Shane Barling
15
195 David Harrding
11
216 Denis Popovic
6
237 Paul Malov
2
175 Shane Jarrett
15
196 Josh Carpenter
10
217 John Fisher
6
238 John Galea
2
176 Daniel Tamsett
14
197 Gary Andrews
10
218 Bryce Mccomb
6
239 Chris Lunny
2
177 Alistair Creed
14
198 Shaun Stewart
10
219 Darren Seckold
6
240 Jason Harlock
1
178 Nathan Henderson
14
199 James Smith
9
220 Bill Milhail
6
241 James Howarth
1
179 Tony Ireland
14
200 David Mcgrillen
9
221 Justin Willmer
6
242 Dion Robinson
1
180 Jason Bird
14
201 Simon Thomas
9
222 Richard Buczynsky
6
243 Scott Carmody
1
181 Jason Garner
13
202 Dion Bull
8
223 Adam Crick
6
244 Rick Gough
1
182 Greg Wilson
13
203 Matt Williams
8
224 Brett Evill
6
245 Shane Hibberd
1
183 Dean Pateman
13
204 Gary Cope
8
225 Geoff Spadaccini
6
184 Szarn Tink
13
205 Peter Hewitt
8
226 Nicholas Scott
5
185 Philip Sales
13
206 Tom Viney
8
227 Shaun Huynh
5
186 Frank Tzortzoukas
13
207 Jason Meech
7
228 Greg Rooke
5
187 Mick Shaw
12
208 John Starkey
6
229 Anthony Mainas
4
188 Murray Jeffery
12
209 Darren Painter
6
230 Nathan Parker
4
189 Dominic Vassalo
12
210 Richard Buczynsky
6
231 Craig Thompson
4
BREAM EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
BREAM CLASSIC RANKINGS 2013 1
Kristoffer Hickson
368
22
Tracey Mammen
289
43
Kendall Soo
256
64
Aaron Williams
217
2
Shane Wolhuter
363
23
Darren Borg
282
44
Mike Nelson
248
65
Declan Betts
217
3
Nathan Wolhuter
356
24
Joshua Kirkness
281
45
Tim Staunton
242
66
Tom Slater
215
4
Russell Babekuhl
349
25
Scott Greentree
278
46
Aaron Sharpe
241
67
Nabeel Issa
207
5
Trent Fahey
349
26
Ross Lamotte
276
47
Jarrod Healey
238
68
Gavin Harris
206
6
Mark Healey
345
27
Alex Franchuk
275
48
Shaun Chapman
238
69
Scott Bilton
206
7
Warren Carter
342
28
Paul Malov
275
49
Matt Webb
237
70
Shaun Clancy
206
8
Scott Butler
341
29
Peter Macor
275
50
David Welfare
235
71
Peter Jones
206
9
Cameron Whittam
336
30
275
51
Greg Beattie
235
72
David Griffin
203
10
Chris Britton
335
31
273
52
Jake Stewart
232
73
Luke Ryan
202
11
Adrian Neoh
327
32
272
53
Grayson Fong
231
74
Rodney O’Sullivan
202
12
Alan Loftus
326
33
272
54
Chris Russell
230
75
Ben Shuey
202
13
Ross Cannizzaro
325
34
Troy Vankampen David McKenzie (TNB) Alex Roy Michael Hodges (VIC) Neil Chegwidden
272
55
Steve Steer
229
76
Wayne Bale
201
14
Tristan Taylor
323
35
Josh Batterson
268
56
Stephen Parker
224
77
Jeff Brundson
201
15
Daniel Brown
318
36
Grant Manusu
268
57
Shayne Gillett
222
78
Brian Everingham
201
16
Rob Kwiatkowski
317
37
Beau Startin
267
58
Codie Stewart
221
79
Tim Morgan
200
17
Anthony Wishey
300
38
John Startin
267
59
Tony Moore
220
80
Nathan McInnes
200
18
Brendon Hughes
296
39
Ben Collins
264
60
Dean Hammond
220
81
Mitchell Birt
198
19
Matt Finney
295
40
Brad Hodges
261
61
Damien Skeen
218
82
Craig Simmons
196
20
Anthony Thorpe
294
41
Alex Greisdorf
259
62
Brad Balding
218
83
John Balcomb
193
21
Rodney Thorpe
290
42
Steve Eldred
258
63
Stephen Wheeler
218
84
Zig Domagala
191
BREAM EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
BREAM CLASSIC RANKINGS 2013 85
Damien Domagala
191
106 Bradley Morante
174
127 Tom Deer
160
148 Dror Pietsch
148
86
Aaron Horne
191
107 Cohen Morante
174
128 Damien McGlynn
160
149 Troy Parsons
148
87
Steve Morgan
191
108 Glenn Ross
172
129 Matthew Braun
159
150 Grant Stingel
148
88
Stephen Walsh
190
109 Scott Whitfield
171
130 Stuart Kelly
159
151 Danny Torgersen
147
89
Jamie McKeown
188
110 Wayne Reed
171
131 Justin Causby
158
152 Daniel Folley
146
90
Steve Nedeski
187
111 Shane Owens
171
132 Danni Suttil
158
153 Jarrod Lye
146
91
Ben Lockwood
186
112 Steven Owens
171
133 Daniel Kent
157
154 Jim Hickson
145
92
Andrew Cox
186
113 Michael Corbett
169
134 Dion Robinson
156
155 Liam Carruthers
145
93
Andrew Howard
186
114 Rick Gough
169
135 Jeff Jasinski
156
156 Heath Blaikie
145
94
Zac O’Sullivan
181
115 Charlie Saykao
169
136 Simon Sczepaniak
156
157 Ben Walker
144
95
Mark Hayes
181
116 Doug Phayer
168
137 Sally Bacon
156
158 Greg Wirth
143
96
Brian Pelle
181
117 Ashley Hazell
167
138 Anthony Duff
155
159 Hugh Wirth
143
97
Grant Kime
181
118 Pete Leggett
167
139 Scott Corby
155
160 Gary Middleton
143
98
Peter Beeton
179
119 Bernie Pilkington
166
140 Paul Wilson
155
161 John Siggs
143
99
Mark Holman
178
120 Mike Nelson
166
141 Ian Sewell
154
162 Adam Arbuthnot
143
100 David Seaman
178
121 Fred Green
165
142 Eric Cregan
153
163 Emily Burgess
142
101 Jason Mayberry
177
122 James Smith
163
143 Harry Oltkiewicz
151
164 Greg Woods
142
102 Matt Little
177
123 Scott McNamara
162
144 Jordan Trusty
151
165 Darryl Kelcey
141
103 Leigh McKenzie
176
124 Graham Green
161
145 Daniel Mackrell
150
166 Wayne Friebe
141
104 Terry Parmenter
176
125 Andrew Pender
160
146 Sean Pallent
149
167 Tony Thorley
140
105 Mark Crompton
175
126 Damien Virieux
160
147 Greg Weinert
148
168 Daryl Wells
140
BREAM EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
BREAM CLASSIC RANKINGS 2013 169 Isaac Harris
140
190 Andrew Krushka
130
211 Simon McAlpin
125
232 Rohan Soulsby
115
170 Jay Rook
140
191 Martin Richardson
129
212 Colin Peasey
122
233 Shane DeLaMare
115
171 Matthew Kearton
140
192 Ritchie Duncan
129
213 Brad Williams
122
234 Heath Krushka
115
172 Brendan McNeil
140
193 William Duncan
129
214 Tracey Wright
122
235 Mitch Vane
114
173 Steve Wilson
139
194 Tom Gray
128
215 Chris Seeto
122
236 Dean Pateman
113
174 Andrew Wells
138
195 Peter Kerr
127
216 Jonty Krushka
120
237 Stuart Carruthers
112
175 Jon Lister
138
196 Nathan Peckham
127
217 Paul McCullough
120
238 Andrew Rae
111
176 Simon Pender
137
197 Ryan Garth
127
218 Sean Pearson
120
239 Dean Truman
111
177 Scott McGrath
137
198 David Bailey
127
219 Jason Quick
120
240 Justin Pitt
111
178 David Beer
135
199 Don Johnston
127
220 Lee Younan-Wise
120
241 Jason Grace
111
179 Dayne Ferry
135
200 Suzanne Siranovic
127
221 Peter Herbst
120
242 Tim Stuart
110
180 Shane Ling
135
201 Steve Morrison
127
222 Anthony Kalsow
120
243 Wal Balzan
109
181 Neil Kelly
134
202 Chris Cleaver
126
223 Nathan Leicht
120
244 Dean Gamble
109
182 Scott Sutherland
134
203 Kyle Branch
126
224 Bernard Kong
119
245 Owen McPaul
109
183 Paul Conn
133
204 Jason Matthews
126
225 Darren Seckold
119
246 Rob Bullion
109
184 Mark Gercovich
133
205 James Jones
126
226 Josh Williams
119
247 Bradley Baade
107
185 Blake O’Grady
133
206 Gregory Crellin
126
227 Nigel Harris
119
248 Steven Cefai
107
186 Mario Vukic
132
207 Michael Bressan
126
228 Simon Moore
118
249 Brenton Smith
106
187 Steve Gill
131
208 Joseph Urquhart
126
229 Ben Richards
118
250 Steve Matheson
105
188 Anthony Suttil
131
209 Paul Holmes
125
230 Aaron Clifton
118
251 Richard Williams
105
189 Todd Riches
130
210 Greg Rooke
125
231 Andrew Bowering
116
252 Terry Williams
105
BREAM EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
BREAM CLASSIC RANKINGS 2013 253 Daniel Dertesi
105
274 Jesse Rotin
100
295 Peter Stephens
96
316 Murray Jeffrey
89
254 Travis Bryan
105
275 Peter Jarvis
99
296 Brendon Gow
95
317 Michael Milburn
89
255 Toby Back
105
276 Jamie Lockyer
99
297 Mace Boyer
95
318 Nick Griffin
87
256 Wayne Robinson
105
277 Chris Anderson
99
298 Mark Cribbes
94
319 Geoff Borg
87
257 Zac Stojanowski
105
278 Chris Findlay
99
299 Richard Braund
94
320 Jason Harlock
87
258 Tony Livermore
104
279 John Morgan
99
300 Jim Blazewski
94
321 Joel Madam
86
259 Paul Siemaszko
104
280 Michael Coloturous
99
301 Warwick Cregan
93
322 Dave Harrington
86
260 Peter Clark
104
281 Scott Lear
98
302 Szarn Tink
93
323 Nathan Gilders
86
261 Christopher Curtis
104
282 Michael Maas
98
303 Plinio Taurian
93
324 Laurie Harrison
86
262 Mitchell Romano
104
283 Darren Dowd
98
304 Dan Stead
93
325 Martin Exel
86
263 Daniel Bray
104
284 Kevin Attard
98
305 Michael Borg
93
326 Barry Thomas
86
264 Peter Cook
103
285 Gavin Joyce
98
306 Aaron Swanson
93
327 Chris Allwood
86
265 Vaughn Lewis
103
286 Grant Clements
97
307 Will Lee
92
328 Vicki Lear
85
266 John Thorley
103
287 Thomas Purcell
97
308 Daniel Hird
92
329 Gavin Caswell
85
267 Steven Galt
102
288 Cameron Jones
97
309 Rob Taylor
92
330 Romeo Prezioso
84
268 Peter McKinnon
102
289 Dave Tosland
97
310 Warwick Lyndon
92
331 Leon Megaw
83
269 Luke Stubbs
102
290 Gary Brown
97
311 Gary Lockyer
91
332 Patrick Sullivan
83
270 Chris Deland
102
291 Brad Biddleston
97
312 Louis Taylor
91
333 Karen Scully
83
271 Mick Torley
101
292 Mick Smith
96
313 Ben Turbott
90
334 Matt Fraser
83
272 Brett Rayner
100
293 Shaun Stewart
96
314 Bill Karaynnis
89
335 Ian Baker
83
273 Ryan Jamieson
100
294 Greg Seeto
96
315 Wayne Skeen
89
336 Bryce Calvert
83
BREAM EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
BREAM CLASSIC RANKINGS 2013 337 David Waddell
83
358 Wayne Archie
76
379 Daniel Scott
72
400 Phil Cook
66
338 James Blazowski
82
359 Steve Bond
76
380 Peter Nord
72
401 Andrew Towns
66
339 Matt Williams
82
360 Tanya Konsul
76
381 Robert Lee
72
402 Mick Corbitt
66
340 Jack Dawson
81
361 Jeff Raynor
75
382 Callum Dowell
72
403 Tony Curwen
66
341 Carl DiToro
81
362 Adam Hadley
75
383 James Ison
71
404 Wayne Sherriff
65
342 Joel Tegart
80
363 Bradley Harrison
75
384 Arthur Hatzipetrou
71
405 Mick Kaksa
65
343 Craig Madam
80
364 Robert Blackeby
75
385 Steve Duff
70
406 Nigel Kelly
65
344 Gary Cope
80
365 Nick Reay
75
386 Greg Silva
69
407 Alan Britcliffe
65
345 Tony Ireland
80
366 Mike Jones
74
387 Simon Waters
69
408 Dan Frost
64
346 Greg Cooper
79
367 Tom McLean
74
388 Sandy Waters
69
409 Michael Torak
64
347 Simon Little
79
368 Wade Stenhouse
74
389 Chris Maas
69
410 Garry Wotherspoon
64
348 Chris Wright
79
369 Alison Hammond
74
390 Andrew Manson
68
411 Nigel Skyring
64
349 Ian Miller
79
370 Sean Kennedy
74
391 Tim Vickers
68
412 Matt Leach
64
350 Brett Forsyth
78
371 Neil Foley
73
392 Grant Grounds
68
413 Robert Harvey
64
351 Thuan Huynh
78
372 Scott Brown
73
393 Steve Gardoll
67
414 Aaron Dyer
64
352 Stuart Duncan
78
373 Marc Huisken
73
394 Rob Irons
67
415 Graeme Deer
64
353 Brodie Quaas
78
374 Oliver Seear
73
395 Matthew Shea
67
416 Richard Patterson
64
354 Guy Jamieson
77
375 Peter DeGroot
73
396 Drew McGrath
67
417 Guy Struthers
64
355 Graham Franklin
77
376 Jason Kerrison
73
397 Peter Cashman
67
418 Zac Skyring
63
356 Shane Jarrett
76
377 Paul Arnold
72
398 Allan Rooks
67
419 Justin Phillips
63
357 Bob Berberick
76
378 Nathan Tuskes
72
399 Rhett Sandy
66
420 Matt McDonald
63
BREAM EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
BREAM CLASSIC RANKINGS 2013 421 Brad Worboys
63
442 Mark Pigram
60
463 Rob Ward
56
484 Phil Smallman
53
422 Steve Yarwood
62
443 George McNamara
59
464 Brett Stokes
55
485 Tim Golby
53
423 Jason Gatt
62
444 Daniel Bonaccorso
59
465 Michael Peachey
55
486 Ben Hough
53
424 Ashley Walton
62
445 Tony Bourke
59
466 Matt Petrie
55
487 Billy Tamayo
53
425 Glyn Barkhuizen
62
446 Ben Pearce
59
467 Daniel Brady
55
488 Russ McIntosh
53
426 Chris Neville
62
447 Greg Byrne
58
468 Lucas Weaver
55
489 Daryl Baird
53
427 Chris Bond
62
448 Shane Barling
58
469 Jason Jones
55
490 Adam Hodges
52
428 Michael Starkey
61
449 Andrew Stubbs
58
470 Marcus Popowski
55
491 Steve Davidson
52
429 Ryan Warren
61
450 Mark Robertson
58
471 Gary Ford
55
492 Nick Glenn
52
430 Darren Evans
61
451 Paul Tippett
57
472 Dean Gill
55
493 Barry Johnson
52
431 Grant Lazzarro
61
452 Daryl Schroder
57
473 Mick Richards
55
494 Dale Pattison
52
432 Clay Hilbert
61
453 Brad Atley
57
474 Steve Ditterich
54
495 Stuart Buckingham
52
433 Daryl Hislop
61
454 Bryce Beechey
57
475 Steve Mew
54
496 Jamie Henderson
52
434 Greg Cahill
61
455 Mick Rantall
56
476 Chris Lewis
54
497 Michael O’Toole
52
435 Kim McIntyre
61
456 Ben Johnson
56
477 Simon Vaughan
54
498 Andy Parkinson
52
436 Jamie Ryan
60
457 Tom Viney
56
478 Nick Whyte
54
499 Stephen Theodore
51
437 Craig Pillion
60
458 Nicholas Meredith
56
479 Simon Boich
54
500 Jack Dihm
51
438 John Kay
60
459 Ray Camilleri
56
480 David Whyte
54
505 Leigh Barrett
51
439 Nigel White
60
460 Shendell Camilleri
56
481 Chris Kilby
54
506 Ben Cronk
50
440 Simon Johnson
60
461 Karl Rembacher
56
482 Josh Mitchell
54
507 Oliver Sustek
50
441 Luke Smith
60
462 Darren Weda
56
483 David Harding
54
508 Mark Taylor
50
BREAM EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
BREAM KAYAK RANKINGS 2013 1
Richard Somerton
397
23
Patrick McQuarrie
226
45
Justin Dingwall
168
67
Brendan Chambers
122
2
Scott Baker
348
24
Bryce Beechey
210
46
Michael Maas
167
68
Daniel Brown
119
3
Jason Meech
347
25
Mathew Cameron
205
47
Greg Lewis
157
69
Jordan Trusty
111
4
Stephen Maas
333
26
Justin Thompson
205
48
Pete Bostock
157
70
Rick Massie
108
5
Chris Burbidge
330
27
Darryl Head
204
49
Glenn Allen
156
71
Derek Steele
108
6
Andrew Death
325
28
Scott Sandilands
204
50
Gary Beazley
153
72
Phil Pluis
107
7
Josh Carpenter
307
29
Jim Barrie
203
51
Tim Maas
150
73
Guy Struthers
107
8
Joel Crosbie
300
30
Scott Brown
198
52
Jon Clisby
149
74
Keith Andrews
107
9
Stewart Dunn
299
31
Simon Morley
194
53
Dale Baxter
137
75
Wade Mobbs
105
10
Nicholas Meredith
294
32
Denis Metzdorf
193
54
Scott Marcinkowski
135
76
Michelle Carmody
101
11
Dave Hedge
289
33
Tony Pettie
191
55
Ben Hough
133
77
Brendan Chua
100
12
Jason Reid
272
34
Nick Mace
189
56
Paul Davidson
132
78
Sven Bandura
99
13
Luke Kay
269
35
Carl Dubois
188
57
John Sorrell
131
79
Andrew Krushka
99
14
Matt Petrie
264
36
Martin Fellows
185
58
Joe Franco
129
80
Guy Struthers
97
15
Luke Rogan
258
37
Shane Owens
184
59
Daniel Brady
129
81
Chesney Fung
95
16
Ronnie Sonter
255
38
Clark Wilson
181
60
Chris Seeto
128
82
Michael Halliday
95
17
Steve Fields
253
39
Neil Carstairs
180
61
Steve Thomas
127
83
Stuart May
94
18
Peter Woods
245
40
Scott Brownlees
177
62
Rob Chambers
126
84
Doug Phayer
93
19
Craig Coughlan
239
41
Steve Crawley
173
63
Kurt Thomson
125
85
Ron Hall
93
20
Scott Lovig
236
42
Jason Lambert
172
64
Jake Gill
125
86
Scott Carmody
92
21
Jonathan Chen
234
43
Warren Cossell
171
65
Brian Rutledge
124
87
Peter Whelan
91
22
Shane Taylor
226
44
Kevin Winchester
169
66
Matthew Meredith
124
88
Eric Wood
91
BREAM EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
BREAM KAYAK RANKINGS 2013 89
Wayne Robinson
89
111 Sham Benson
63
133 Alex Greisdorf
51
155 Paul Ferraro
39
90
Grayson Fong
88
112 Justin Hamilton
63
134 Chris Garas
50
156 Nicolas Glenn
39
91
Richard Creighton
85
113 Mark De Cruz
62
135 Andrew Battersby
49
157 Philip Knight
38
92
Lachlan Costello
84
114 Ian Seeto
62
136 Tyson Hayes
49
158 Dion Robinson
38
93
Lynden Briggs
83
115 Barry Brownrigg
61
137 Tarrant Trent Drollet
49
159 Michael Rybka
38
94
John Whelan
83
116 Richard Orchard
60
138 John Van Vliet
47
160 John Carroll
38
95
Ian Abercrombie
82
117 Bill Woods
60
139 Russell Babekuhl
47
161 Benton Parrott
37
96
Dennis McMahon
81
118 Marcus McCormick
60
140 Daniel Burnitt
47
162 Kyle Pettie
37
97
Warren Allen
80
119 Ken Williams
59
141 Mark Whitehead
46
163 Grant Stingel
37
98
Nicholas Hare
78
120 Samantha Rutledge
59
142 Bradley Gange
45
164 Kristoffer Hickson
37
99
Matthew Davern
78
121 Szarn Tink
59
143 Allan Beeching
44
165 Justin Desmarchelier 36
100 Mohammad Byron
75
122 Tom Joyce
59
144 Colin Peasey
44
166 Paul Vogel
36
101 Andy Mitchell
73
123 Brendan Susana
58
145 Dean Davern
44
167 Douglas Evans
36
102 Sean O’Hagan
72
124 Ian Sewell
57
146 Bob Boss
44
168 Tom Schuiling
36
103 Ben Harrison
72
125 Alan Britcliffe
53
147 Andrew Hancox
44
169 Greg Seeto
36
104 Will Lee
71
126 Patrick Wilson
53
148 Jeff Corkill
43
170 Vicki Lear
36
105 Bruce Waterson
71
127 Mitch Vane
52
149 Thomas Purcell
43
171 Kane Terry
35
106 Jason Childs
71
128 Michael Ricci
52
150 Hudson Kent
42
172 Matt McCarthy
35
107 Chad Aumann
69
129 Lachlan Gubb
52
151 Gary Cooke
41
173 Tim Golby
34
108 Nathan Prezioso
66
130 David Gully
52
152 Chris Morris
41
174 Andrew Branson
34
109 Kendall Soo
65
131 Rhett Gill
51
153 Shane De Mello
41
175 Steven Cefai
34
110 Mark Muggleton
64
132 Tim Stylianou
51
154 Geoff Alford
39
176 David Solano
34
BREAM EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
BREAM KAYAK RANKINGS 2013 177 Jamie Beer
34
199 Jesse Mayers
26
221 Anthony Correnti
21
243 Shane Demello
17
178 Jack Dawson
34
200 Gary Tait
26
222 Dennis Skou
20
244 Brett Ozanne
17
179 Jarryd Aleckson
33
201 Ben Leggett
26
223 Glen Edwards
20
245 Scott Davidson
17
180 Neil Hutchins
33
202 Adam Richards
25
224 Julian Taylor
20
246 Adam Costa
16
181 Jason Garner
33
203 Steve Duff
24
225 Paul Robson
20
247 Aaron Williams
16
182 Stuart McCarthy
33
204 Mark Halliday
24
226 Peter Bolt
20
248 David Poulton
16
183 Nick Georgiadis
32
205 Warren Struthers
23
227 Michal Rybka
20
249 Blake Hocking
15
184 Jason Deenen
32
206 Chris Starkey
23
228 Brett Gladman
20
250 Jason French
15
185 Grant Manusu
32
207 Joe Paratore
23
229 Robert Zanatta
19
251 Paul Salafia
15
186 Simon Ryan
32
208 Jim Halliday
22
230 Jack McNamara
19
252 Adam Archer
15
187 Jonty Krushka
31
209 Jack Cridland
22
231 Billy Sgouras
19
253 Matt Reeves
14
188 Brett Crowe
31
210 Kent Muir
22
232 Keith Gosnell
19
254 Mathew Dugins
14
189 Joel Deenen
30
211 Jason Price
22
233 Kyle Osmond
19
255 Lee Evans
14
190 Mark Thompson
30
212 Charlie Saykao
22
234 Michelle Gamble
19
256 Lex Irwin
14
191 Justin Pugh
30
213 James Kilpatrick
21
235 Brad Roberts
18
257 Vaughan McCullough 13
192 Nathan Annen
29
214 Daniel Holder
21
236 Darrin Crowley
18
258 Rohan Pellizzer
13
193 Adam Crick
28
215 Richard Linossi
21
237 Ron Walker
18
259 Todd Chown
13
194 Phillip Cockshutt
27
216 Neil May
21
238 Paul Tuckwell
18
260 Eamonn Hannah
13
195 Paul Malov
27
217 Daniel Kopacz
21
239 Glyn Sargent
18
261 Phil Cockshutt
13
196 Craig Mace
27
218 Rodney Lee
21
240 Reece Pitkowczy
17
262 Michael Randall
13
197 Rob Walter
26
219 Peter Gardiakos
21
241 Matt Williams
17
263 Tom Michael
12
198 Thai Chau
26
220 Hayden O’Keefe
21
242 Daniel Young
17
264 Dylan Brennan
12
BREAM EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
BREAM KAYAK RANKINGS 2013 265 Wendy Sandilands
12
287 Jayden Dihood
8
309 Matt Bunking
3
313 James Findlay
3
266 Dave Gleeson
12
288 Shaun Beekman
8
310 Marcel Krieger
3
314 Greg Jamieson
3
267 Grant Hocking
11
289 Neil Kelly
8
311 Justin Sheather
3
315 Terry Grima
3
268 Darryl Tiffins
11
290 Ashley Summers
8
312 Jetlee Ganado
3
316 Tony Curwen
1
269 Ian Reeves
11
291 Jason Peters
8
270 Danny Torgersen
11
292 Stephen Duff
7
271 Jason Edwards
11
293 Dane Heath
7
272 Justin Reeves
11
294 Brady Wagner
7
273 Chris Barnes
11
295 Kevin McIlveen
7
274 Andrew Jeavons
11
296 Kurt Bales
7
275 Pete Berlinsky
11
297 Scott Bryant
6
276 Ronny Helaers
10
298 Marios Procopiou
5
277 Richard Davies
10
299 Chris Mace
5
278 Joanne Branson
10
300 Kevin Varty
5
279 Tristan O’Reilly
10
301 Herve Martin
4
280 Sam Guy
10
302 Robert Walters
4
281 Staffan Jorup
9
303 Mark Cribbes
4
282 Ben Davidson
9
304 Lucas de Kundar
4
283 Josh Morgan
9
305 Tate Shaw
4
284 Tony Ireland
9
306 James Howarth
3
285 Karl Foster
9
307 Michael Shaw
3
286 Ben Pountney
9
308 Phen Vann
3
BREAM EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
BREAM EARNINGS 2013 Steve Morgan
QLD $66,436
Michael Starkey
NSW $13,601
Adam Ward
NSW $9,850
David Gibson
NSW $6,350
Darren Borg
QLD $62,425
Wayne Reed
NSW $13,575
Steve Gill
NSW $9,765
Dean Silvester
QLD $6,245
John Balcomb
NSW $13,500
David Welfare
NSW $9,445
John Startin
NSW $6,075
Russell Babekuhl NSW $54,286 Scott Towner
NSW $54,000
Andrew Homann NSW $13,200
Steve Starling
NSW $9,300
Mark Gercovich
VIC
Chris Wright
NSW $49,683
Martin Richardson NSW $13,125
Michael Collins
NSW $8,800
Simon Vaughan
QLD $6,000
Kris Hickson
NSW $45,739
Graham Franklin
NSW $13,056
Stephen Duff
VIC
$8,475
Mark Lennox
NSW $5,975
Tim Morgan
QLD $39,911
Nigel Webster
NSW $13,050
Gavin Dunne
QLD $8,450
Chris Russell
NSW $5,950
Mark Mangold
NSW $37,000
Brad Hodges
VIC
Steve Parker
VIC
$8,225
Jordan Trusty
VIC
Warren Carter
VIC
$36,021
Jack Olmos
NSW $12,550
Wayne Friebe
VIC
$8,095
Matt Fraser
QLD $5,700
Chris Britton
QLD $31,595
Dror Pietsch
WA
$12,350
Russ Williams
NSW $8,000
Charlie Saykao
WA
Andrew Howard
NSW $28,825
Spiro Spyropoulos VIC
$11,823
David Beer
WA
Dean Nash
NSW $5,500
Ben Godfrey
QLD $25,600
Szarn Tink
WA
$11,550
Andrew Cowling
NSW $7,500
Clayton Gusmerini NSW $5,400
Tristan Taylor
QLD $25,356
Kaj Busch
NSW $11,400
Daryl Schroder
NSW $7,500
Stephen Wilson
QLD $5,400
Jay Morgan
NSW $10,600
Chris Metcalfe
QLD $7,450
Aaron Horne
NSW $5,350
Cameron Whittam VIC
$23,350
$12,920
$7,546
$6,000
$5,750
$5,540
Anthony Wishey
QLD $20,650
Jarrod Healey
VIC
$10,550
Trent Short
QLD $7,400
Matthew Finney
NSW $5,350
Steve Eldred
QLD $17,549
Damien Domagala VIC
$10,450
Steve Steer
TAS $7,250
Ben Turbott
NSW $5,264
Shaun Clancy
VIC
Ross Lamotte
NSW $10,450
Michael Maas
QLD $7,000
Glen Helmers
NSW $5,150
Craig Simmons
QLD $15,300
Scott Butler
QLD $10,400
Mark Healey
NSW $6,925
Grant Kime
NSW $5,025
David Mckenzie
QLD $10,200
Patrick Sullivan
TAS $6,925
Will Lee
QLD $5,025
NSW $6,850
Aaron Sharp
QLD $5,000
$17,300
Robert Kwiatkowski QLD $15,270 Ian Miller
NSW $14,350
Michael Horn
QLD $10,200
Chris Martin
Daniel Brown
NSW $13,725
Ian Seeto
NSW $10,100
Michael Metcalfe QLD $6,500
BREAM EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
Geoff Spadaccini WA
$5,000
BREAM EARNINGS 2013 Greg Lee
NSW $5,000
Shane Dyason
John Timbrell
NSW $5,000
Patrick Debattista NSW $5,000
VIC
Adam Todd
SA
Simon Sczepaniak NSW $3,900
Drew Mcgrath
Karen Scully
NSW $3,825
$3,900
Rudy Holzfiend
VIC
QLD $3,000
Joe Crust
NSW $2,175
Matthew Kelly
NSW $3,000
Shayne Gillett
NSW $2,100
Steve Kanowski
QLD $3,000
Chris Cleaver
NSW $2,050
Ben Sandman
QLD $2,000
Matt Taylor
NSW $2,000
$3,070
$2,200
Scott Lear
NSW $4,800
Ian Sewell
WA
Wade Eaton
NSW $4,800
Beau Startin
NSW $3,725
Tyson Detheridge NSW $3,000
David Otway
NSW $4,750
Stuart Mckinnon
VIC
$3,650
Robert Dawson
WA
Trent Butler
QLD $4,600
Anthony Thorpe
NSW $3,625
Adam O’connor
NSW $2,900
Ricky Cooper
NSW $2,000
Darren Seckold
NSW $4,561
Robert Irons
NSW $3,600
Richard Potter
NSW $2,900
Mark Ward
QLD $1,900
Michael Torley
QLD $3,525
Kevin Attard
NSW $2,850
John Schofield
QLD $1,850
Mick Pressnell
VIC
Tom Slater
QLD $1,850
Ross Cannizzaro NSW $4,550
$3,790
$2,950
Leigh Mckenzie
TAS $4,500
Adam Sczepaniak NSW $3,500
Don Johnston
WA
$4,300
Peter Mckinnon
NSW $3,500
Michael Colotourous NSW $2,700
Jack Dawson
WA
$4,300
Andrew Krushka
TAS $3,420
Grayson Fong
QLD $2,625
Miriam Melis
ACT $1,800
Dean Truman
SA
$4,250
Kelvin Williams
QLD $3,400
Shane Barling
VIC
$2,500
Dave Robinson
QLD $1,750
Gregg Flett
NSW $4,200
Kevin Gleed
NSW $3,400
Tom Deer
SA
$2,500
Jamie Mckeown
QLD $1,750
Travis Davies
QLD $4,200
Michael Geary
QLD $3,350
Dean Hammond
NSW $2,400
Josh Batterson
NSW $1,750
Daniel Mackrell
VIC
Shuan Chapman NSW $3,325
Peter Morgan
QLD $2,350
Ron Ashman
NSW $1,750
Drew Griffiths
QLD $4,050
Jesse Lomas
Shaun Ossitt
SA
Jorg Van Husen
NSW $1,700
Jay Perham
QLD $4,000
Darren Georgeston NSW $3,250
Mark Dunphy
NSW $2,300
Nabeel Issa
QLD $1,700
Peter Kelleher
NSW $4,000
Roderick Walmsley QLD $3,200
Phil Jagger
WA
$2,300
Mark Holman
NSW $1,600
Peter Macor
NSW $4,000
Nick Cuccovia
WA
Murray Jeffery
WA
$2,280
Nathan Sewell
QLD $1,600
Alex Griesdorf
WA
Adrian Neoh
NSW $3,075
Michael Passau
NSW $2,200
$4,100
$3,940
QLD $3,300
$3,150
BREAM EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
Wade Stenhouse WA
$2,750
$2,320
$1,850
Arthur Hatzipetrow QLD $1,575
BREAM EARNINGS 2013 Matthew Williams QLD $1,550
Chris Lemessurier WA
$1,200
Jason Dunne
NSW $1,000
Trent Fahey
NSW $800
NSW $1,500
Graham Green
WA
$1,200
Karl Cathcart
WA
$1,000
Bill Karayannis
NSW $750
Lance Sulkowski NSW $1,500
Graham Taylor
VIC
$1,200
Kurt Blanksby
WA
$1,000
David Vrcic
WA
Isaac Harris
TAS $1,200
Neil Foley
NSW $1,000
James Poolman
NSW $750
Rodney Metzelaar NSW $1,000
Matthew Allen
VIC
David Tosland
$750
Micheal Rantall
VIC
Norm Kemp
NSW $1,500
Nathan Gilders
WA
Peter Cashman
QLD $1,425
Wal Balzan
NSW $1,150
Steve Moran
QLD $1,000
Mick Lee
QLD $750
Grant Manusu
NSW $1,375
Rodney Thorpe
NSW $1,125
Steve Yarwood
WA
Mick Walsh
NSW $750
Codie Stewart
NSW $1,350
Craig Seiginor
VIC
Vicki Lear
NSW $1,000
Mike Delisser
QLD $750
Peter Herbst
QLD $1,350
Kendall Soo
QLD $1,100
Barry Thomas
VIC
$900
Andrew Axon
ACT $715
James Graham
WA
$1,320
Paul O’sullivan
QLD $1,100
Declan Betts
VIC
$900
Dylan Martin
NT
Ash Hazell
WA
$1,300
Robert Harvey
VIC
$1,100
Leon Bettson
WA
$900
Andrew Orley
QLD $700
Ben Scullin
VIC
$1,300
Stuart Gordon
WA
$1,100
Mark Lawson
QLD $900
Chris Elliot
WA
Darrell Wells
TAS $1,300
Chris Deland
NSW $1,088
Paul Malov
VIC
$900
Glen Sturrock
NSW $700
Darryl Dimmick
QLD $1,300
Ian Clift
SA
Andrew Rollison
QLD $850
Grant Lazzaro
QLD $700
David O’reilly
WA
Bill Maguire
NSW $1,000
Mark Halse
WA
$850
James Ison
NSW $700
Gary Newell
NSW $1,300
Craig Ellis
SA
$1,000
Matt Kearton
VIC
$850
Jeremy Heron
QLD $700
Stephen Tracey
QLD $1,300
Daniel Kent
VIC
$1,000
Chris Horne
QLD $800
Nicholas Glenn
SA
$700
Max Frost
NSW $1,250
David Fletcher
QLD $1,000
Chris Seeto
NSW $800
Peter Van Schoubroeck
WA
$700
Peter Jarvis
NSW $1,250
Dino Taglieri
NSW $1,000
Greg Woods
TAS $800
Russell Patterson VIC
$700
Warren Drew
WA
Hugh Wirth
SA
$1,000
Jeff Murray
WA
Bradley Yates
WA
$650
Andrew Hyslop
NSW $1,200
Ira Fehlberg
WA
$1,000
Joshua Kirkness
QLD $800
David Griffin
QLD $650
$1,500
$1,300
$1,250
$1,200
$1,100
$1,050
BREAM EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
$1,000
$800
$750
$710
$700
BREAM EARNINGS 2013 Dean Seaborn
NSW $650
Craig Leat-hayter WA
$500
Richard Somerton NSW $500
Mario Vukic
VIC
Kevin Tormey
VIC
$650
Dan Mackerell
VIC
$500
Rob Bartlett
QLD $500
Nicholas Reay
NSW $400
Matthew Gillet
WA
$650
Danny Simons
QLD $500
Rohan Soulsby
NSW $500
Ryan Mumford
VIC
$400
Mitch Birt
NSW $650
Darryn Love
QLD $500
Ryan Maddock
QLD $500
Suzanne Siranovic WA
$400
Stephen Bacon
VIC
$650
Dave Seaman
NSW $500
Scott Corby
QLD $500
Tim Richards
WA
$400
Shane Ling
TAS $620
Evan Cranston
WA
$500
Shane Hill
SA
George Mccarthy WA
$390
Alan Durkin
WA
$600
Glenn Nanda
SA
$500
Steve Chenoweth QLD $500
Nathan Mckernan VIC
$600
Graham Whibley SA
$500
Steve Reilly
NSW $500
Matthew Campbell VIC
$370
$500
Steven Flynn
SA
$500
Steven Morrison
WA
$360
Stuart Buckingham VIC
$500
Jason Ehrlich
QLD $350 VIC
$500
$400
Tracey Mammen QLD $375
Paul Gillespie
NSW $600
Greg Wirth
SA
Paul Weare
NSW $600
John Herzog
ACT $500
Tony Pettie
VIC
$600
John-Paul Cronin WA
$500
Stuart Parks
WA
$500
Leon Megaw
Craig Campbell
WA
$550
Lee Rayner
VIC
$500
Tim Hodge
WA
$500
Luke Baranowski NSW $350
Paul Vogl
WA
$550
Mark Hayes
VIC
$500
Toby Richards
WA
$500
Mark Morris
WA
Adam Pereira
WA
$500
Michael Clutterbuck QLD $500
Vernon Pascoe
WA
$500
Mick Skinner
NSW $350
Alex Dorrington
WA
$500
Michael Milburn
NSW $500
Wayne Matthews VIC
$500
Michael Simpson NSW $338
Andrew Dibley
VIC
$500
Nathan Alsop
VIC
Ben Hill
TAS $475
Aaron Williams
WA
$300
Nathan Mcinnes
NSW $500
Alan Zecchin
WA
Adam Royter
VIC
$300
WA
$300
Andrew Owczarek NSW $500
$500
$450
$350
$350
Brad Goyen
NSW $500
Paul Mccullough WA
$500
Grant Stingel
TAS $450
Andrew Herden
Chad Williams
NSW $500
Peter Degroot
WA
$500
Paul Conn
VIC
Brendon Hughes NSW $300
Chris Hill
WA
Phil Nix
NSW $500
Adrian Melchior
NSW $400
Coling Singleton
QLD $300
Craig Griffis
NSW $500
Raef Puddifoot
QLD $500
Ian Bailey
WA
Craig Johnson
QLD $300
$500
BREAM EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
$450
$400
BREAM EARNINGS 2013 Dale Gilliver
QLD $300
Garry Sturdy
QLD $250
Richard Davie
WA
Bruce Redman
NSW $50
Dale Pattison
VIC
$300
Geoff Bennett
NSW $250
Vincent Bleakley
NSW $150
Corey Mobilia
WA
$50
Daniel Bray
NSW $300
Glenn Chester
VIC
Warren Hughes
QLD $150
Howard Loosemore WA
$50
Daryl Hislop
VIC
$300
Greg Seeto
NSW $250
Craig Hailes
NSW $125
Michael Hodges
VIC
$50
Deacon Plant
WA
$300
Heath Krushka
TAS $250
Bernard Kong
NSW $100
Tim Gooley
NSW $50
Dean Pateman
NSW $300
Michael White
VIC
$250
Jamie Finlay
WA
Justin Conn
VIC
Ian Rickard
WA
Sean Forward
WA
$250
William Longani
ACT $100
Neil Chegwidden NSW $35
Warwick Cregan
NSW $250
Brad Roberts
VIC
Al Creed
TAS $25
Rebecca Fazio
NSW $60
Jeff Jasinski
WA
Braddley Young
VIC
Vaughn Lewis
NSW $25
$300
Joseph Urquhart NSW $300
$250
Matthew Nidd
NSW $300
Jim Xyga
VIC
Peter Godfrey
NSW $300
Chris Maas
QLD $200
Shane Owens
WA
Craig Greenaway NSW $200
Shane Wolhuter
QLD $300
David Currey
NSW $200
Steve Jennings
VIC
$300
Geoff Beyer
QLD $200
Wade Fahill
SA
$300
Matt Kerr
VIC
Nathan Tuskes
QLD $200
$300
Andrew Cornford NSW $250
$210
$200
Andrew Stubbs
NSW $250
Tan Trieu
VIC
$200
Brett Wilson
NSW $250
Taro Okamoto
WA
$200
Cohen Morante
NSW $250
Tom Hahn
SA
$200
Dan Stead
QLD $250
Ward Ellwood
QLD $200
Darryl Baird
VIC
Sean Pearson
SA
$170
Eric Faes
ACT $250
Craig Steel
VIC
$150
$250
BREAM EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
$150
$100
$70
$50
$35
$25
TOTAL EARNINGS $1,625,841
BREAM KAYAK EARNINGS 2013 Greg Lewis
$11,120
Jonathon Chen
$1,800
Michael Maas
$845
Jim Barrie
$500
Jason Meech
$6,465
Shane Owens
$1,775
Gary Beazley
$820
Scott Marcinkowski
$500
Richard Somerton
$3,910
Stephen Maas
$1,550
Brad Turner
$800
Phillips Knight
$450
Chris Burbidge
$3,520
Josh Carpenter
$1,540
Glen Allen
$800
Mark Thompson
$450
Nicholas Meredith
$3,345
Wayne Robinson
$1,534
Scott Sandilands
$765
Derek Steele
$430
Will Lee
$3,260
Peter Woods
$1,445
Patrick McQuarrie
$745
Jon Clisby
$425
Joel Crosbie
$3,030
Nick Mace
$1,350
Rick Massie
$720
Raymond Stork
$420
Dave Hedge
$2,950
Wade Mobbs
$1,350
Grant Stingel
$700
Tim Moszekiari
$420
Andrew Death
$2,680
Martin Fellows
$1,330
Joe Franco
$700
Ben Harrison
$405
Matt Petrie
$2,635
Jason Reid
$1,320
Craig Coughlan
$660
Andy Mitchell
$400
Stewart Dunn
$2,550
Kevin Winchester
$1,210
Nigel Webster
$650
Chris Lacey
$400
Daniel Brown
$2,475
Carl Dubois
$1,200
Bob Boss
$630
Robert Greetham
$400
Denis Metzdorf
$2,405
Ronnie Sonter
$1,190
Paul Davidson
$630
Chad Aumann
$350
Scott Baker
$2,390
Shane Taylor
$1,125
Andrew Krushka
$610
Daniel Brady
$350
Jordan Trusty
$2,270
Tristan Taylor
$1,100
Luke Rogan
$600
Eric Wood
$350
Luke Kay
$2,025
Tony Pettie
$1,050
Neil Cartairs
$585
Jason Lambert
$350
Justin Dingwall
$1,925
Gary Cooke
$1,025
Paul Malov
$550
Tim Maas
$350
Scott Lovig
$1,910
Russell Babekuhl
$975
Scott Brown
$550
Brian Rutledge
$320
Bryce Beechey
$1,845
Rhett Gill
$920
Scott Brownless
$550
Bryan Lazzaro
$300
Clark Wilson
$1,845
Matthew Cameron
$900
Guy Struthers
$540
Dale Baxter
$300
Steve Fields
$1,825
Grayson Fong
$880
Wayne Bone
$520
Darren Borg
$300
BREAM EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
BREAM KAYAK EARNINGS 2013 David Varney
$300
Ryan Dixon
$200
Jake Gill
$100
Justin Desmarchelier $80
Grant Manusu
$300
Chris Martin
$190
Jason Wong
$100
Ken Raley Â
$75
Kendall Soo
$300
Mark Muggleton
$175
Shane De Mello
$100
Roberta Pearce
$75
Michelle Carmody
$300
Richard Creigthton
$170
Barry Trapp
$90
Tristan Hooft
$70
Nathan Prezioso
$300
Andrew Battersby
$150
Kevin Crawford
$90
Ben Hough
$50
Steve Crawley
$300
Andrew Hillyard
$150
Steve Duff
$90
Jake Underwood
$50
Jayson Clarke
$280
Chesney Fung
$150
Daniel Holder
$260
Gary Tait
$150
Sven Bandura
$260
John Whelan
$150
Alan Durkin
$250
Jamie Beer
$150
Ian Seeto
$250
Matthew Kris
$150
Jason Price
$250
Terry Grima
$150
Matthew Davern
$250
Vicki Lear
$150
Brett Ozanne
$230
Liam Suiskis
$130
Darryl Head
$225
Glen Chester
$125
Brendan Chua
$200
David Gully
$120
Bruce Waterson
$200
Peter Bostock
$120
Jonty Krushka
$200
Phil Pluis
$110
Josh de Groot
$200
Adrian Ryan
$100
Keeton Eoff
$200
Brett Ozanne
$100
Michael Halliday
$200
David Tindale
$100
BREAM EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
TOTAL EARNINGS $124,304
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ean Silvester had a stellar year on the BASS Pro Tour in 2013 claiming the TT Lures Lake Somerset event win in August then capping it off a month later with victory in the Smak Lures BASS Pro Grand Final at Lake Cania. Young gun Callum Munro was another hot angler on the bass trail finishing second to Silvester in the Somerset BASS Pro event, in the process becoming the youngest angler to win the Smak Lures BASS Pro Angler of the Year crown. With the kicker fish in his AOY winning bag now ABT’s biggest bass (3.82kg) it’ll be a year that Munro may find hard to top in 2014. 2013 delivered a mixture of new and proven BASS Pro winners, with Peter Phelps (Glenbawn) adding another win to his already impressive tournament CV, while Jason Shephardson (St Clair), John Brider (Boondooma), and Dean Silvester (Somerset) all became first time winners.
2013 delivered a mixture of new and proven BASS Pro winners
BASS EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
Plenty of money was handed out during the year, with Dean Silvester ($7025), Peter Phelps ($6145), Callum Munro ($5310), Jason Shephardson ($4000) and John Brider ($3675) cashing in the best during the year, while Carl Jocumsen ($56,808) still leads the overall money earnings list followed by three time BASS Pro Grand Final winner Matthew Mott ($36,054) and Tim Morgan ($36,635). Adrian and Christian Manolea had a performance driving year on the Bluefin Boats BASS Electric scene finishing 1st and 2nd respectively in the AOY race, while ever consistent angler Andrew Low became the number one ranked BASS Electric Angler. The young guns fired at the Bluefin Boats BASS Electric Convention with Jordan Renz and Joseph Urqhart finishing first and second in the Bjelke Petersen Dam event. With a new Bluefin Estuary Pro tournament prize boat now registered in his name Jordan will be an angler to watch in 2014. For full records and rankings visit www.abt.org.au. ABT would like to acknowledge and thank Peter Jenkins and Barry Oxford for their contribution to the collation of the BASS statistics for 2013.
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BASS PRO ANGLER OF THE YEAR (BOATER) 1999 Brett Thomson (592/600pts) 2000 Brett Thomson (780/800pts) 2001 John Schofield (798/800pts) 2002 John Schofield (767/800pts) 2003 Stephen Kanowski (278/300pts) 2004 Andrew Robinson (281/300pts) 2005 Stephen Kanowski (291/300pts) 2006 Carl Jocumsen (294/300pts) 2007 Stephen Kanowski (294/300pts) 2008 Carl Jocumsen (289/300pts) 2009 Wayne Beazley (283/300pts) 2010 Carl Jocumsen (294/300pts) 2011 Matthew Mott (288/300pts) 2012 Daniel Clancy (295/300pts) 2013 Callum Munro (292/300pts) BASS PRO ANGLER OF THE YEAR (NON-BOATER) 2011 Karen Fontaine (288/300pts) 2012 Ray Holmes (290/300pts) 2013 Dave Hedge (295/300pts) BASS PRO GRAND FINAL WINNERS 1999 Harry Watson (10/10, 3640 mm, Maroon Dam). 2000 John Schofield (10/10, 3570 mm, Cresbrook Dam). 2001 George Voysey (10/10, 10.02kg, Cania Dam). 2002 Craig Simmons (6/6, 12.00kg, Lake StClair). 2003 Jason Ehrlich (6/6, 8.44kg, Bjelke-Petersen Dam).
2004 David Green (6/6, 8.45kg, Lake Boondooma). 2005 Matthew Mott (6/6, 7.64kg, Lake Borumba) 2006 Tim Morgan (5/6, 6.99kg, Lake Glenbawn) 2007 Kerry Symes (6/6, 10.055kg, Lake Somerset) 2008 Carl Jocumsen (8/8, 8.3kg, Lake St.Clair) 2009 Matthew Mott (6/6, 8.27kg, Lake Somerset) 2010 Wayne Reed (6/6, 6.73kg, Lake Glenbawn) 2011 Matthew Mott (6/6, 9.06kg, Lake Boondooma) 2012 Mark Lennox (6/6, 5.93kg) 2013 Dean Silvester (6/6, 8.36kg) MOST POINTS IN A BASS PRO QUALIFYING EVENT LENGTH: Tim Morgan (10/10,4255mm) Round 4 2000,Boondooma Dam. WEIGHT (10 fish): Gavin Dunne (9/10,16.10kg) Round 1 2002, Somerset Dam WEIGHT (6 fish): Tim Morgan (6/6,12.24kg) Round 1 2003, Glenbawn Dam. MOST POINTS IN A BASS PRO GRAND FINAL LENGTH: Harry Watson (10/10,3640 mm) 1999 Grand Final, Maroon Dam. WEIGHT (10 Fish): George Voysey (10/10,10.02kg) 2001
BASS EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
Grand Final, Cania Dam WEIGHT (8 Fish): Carl Jocumsen (8/8, 8.3kg) 2008 Grand Final, Lake St Clair. WEIGHT (6 Fish): Craig Simmons (6/6,12.00kg) 2002 Grand Final, Lake St Clair. MOST POINTS IN A BASS PRO QUALIFYING EVENT SESSION LENGTH: John Schofield (2/2,990mm) 2000, Round 2, Glenbawn Dam. WEIGHT: Ian Pfingst (2/2, 5.68kg) 2005, Round 5, Somerset. BIGGEST BASS IN A BASS EVENT LENGTH: Phil Roebuck (540mm) 2001 Round 4, Bjelke-Petersen Dam. WEIGHT: Callum Munro (3.82kg) 2013 Somerset BASS Pro, Somerset Dam. BIGGEST BASS IN A BASS PRO GRAND FINAL LENGTH: John Schofield (490mm), 2000, Grand Final, Cressbrook Dam. WEIGHT: Kerry Symes (3.17kg), 2009, Grand Final, Lake Somerset. BIGGEST BAG IN A BASS PRO GRAND FINAL David Green (2/2, 4.43kg), 2009 Grand Final, Lake Somerset. MOST BASS QUALIFYING EVENT WINS Matthew Mott (4) MOST BASS GRAND FINAL WINS Matthew Mott (3)
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237 between 58 anglers. 2011 Grand Final, Lake Boondooma. BASS ELECTRIC GRAND FINAL WINNERS 2001 Jason Ehrlich (6/6, 4.76kg, Maroon Dam) 2002 Peter Keidge (6/6, 7.68kg, Lenthalls) 2003 No Grand Final. 2004 Convention: Ian Galloway (3/3, 3.16kg, Hinze Dam). 2005 Convention: Garry Fitzgerald (3/3, 7.82kg, Wivenhoe Dam) 2006 Convention: Ben Pepperall (2/3, 2.64kg, Lostock Dam) 2007 Convention: Ian Galloway (3/3, 2.13kg, Wivenhoe Dam) 2008 Convention: Jesper Noiesen (2/3, 3.48kg, Bjelke Petersen Dam)
BASS EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
2009 Convention: David Trinder (3/3, 4.26kg, Boondooma Dam) 2010 Convention: Shaun Falkenhagen (3/3, 2.07kg, Cania Dam) 2011 Convention: Freddie Sawyer (4/4, 4.41kg, Borumba Dam) 2012 Convention: Jeremey McConnell (4/4, 3.71kg, Hinze Dam) 2013 Convention: Jordan Renz (4/4, 4.09kg, Bjelke Petersen Dam) BIGGEST BAG IN A BASS ELECTRIC QUALIFYING EVENT Ken Murray (2/2, 5.70kg) Lake Wivenhoe, 2006. BIGGEST BAG IN A BASS ELECTRIC GRAND FINAL SIX FISH: Peter Keidge
(6/6, 7.68kg) 2002 Lake Lenthalls. THREE-FISH: Garry Fitzgerald (3/3, 7.82kg) 2005 Wivenhoe Dam. BIGGEST BASS IN A BASS ELECTRIC QUALIFYING EVENT Ian Galloway (3.235kg) Lake Wivenhoe, 2008. BIGGEST BASS IN A BASS ELECTRIC GRAND FINAL Dave Hislop (2.79kg) Convention, 2005, Lake Wivenhoe. MOST BASS ELECTRIC QUALIFYING EVENT WINS Barry Oxford (10) MOST BASS ELECTRIC GRAND FINAL WINS Ian Galloway (2)
BASS PRO BOATER RANKINGS 2013 1
Callum Munro
270
21
Adrian Melchior
116
41
Michael Fairburn
55
61
Shane Anderson
16
2
Dean Silvester
256
22
Jason Shepherdson
116
42
Steven Richards
55
62
Mike Creighton
16
3
Matthew Mott
240
23
Dave Reynolds
108
43
Tony Thorley
47
63
Simon Marchant
16
4
Mark Lennox
216
24
Wayne Beazley
100
44
David Aseguinolaza
44
64
Nigel Middleton
16
5
Peter Phelps
213
25
Brad Clark
98
45
Peter Fogarty
44
65
Craig Shiels
15
6
Matt Johnson
207
26
John Brider
95
46
Mark Reinbott
39
66
Jorg Vanhusen
14
7
Stephen Kanowski
198
27
Bill Schloss
92
47
Gavin Sticklin
38
67
Tim Morgan
12
8
Daniel Clancy
197
28
David Young
88
48
Steve Eldred
35
68
Dean Walsh
12
9
Alan Mcnamara
185
29
Peter Leggett
86
49
Wayne Reed
35
69
Jason Ehrlich
11
10
Aaron Mogg
180
30
Wayne Blundell
78
50
Matt Anderson
34
70
Aaron Sharp
11
11
Ian Wratten
167
31
Simon Barkhuizen
76
51
Tim Moss
34
71
David Lane
8
12
Steven Otto
162
32
Ben Pepperall
76
52
Joseph Urquhart
30
72
Jay Morgan
4
13
Steve Chang
160
33
Mark Mangold
75
53
Gary Mccabe
24
73
Ken Pepperall
4
14
Barry Reynolds
160
34
Allan Price
68
54
Paul Cooper
23
74
Craig Simmons
4
15
Baden Sparrow
153
35
David Green
68
55
Mick Clarke
21
75
Jody Vernon
4
16
Gregg Flett
151
36
Michael Henare
65
56
Paul Beavan
19
76
Glyn Barkhuizen
2
17
Peter Jenkins
145
37
William Schloss
60
57
Darryl Langton
19
77
Darryn Love
1
18
Trevor Stead
144
38
David Williamson
58
58
John Cooper
18
19
Gavin Dunne
133
39
Todd Cormack
57
59
Adrian Baunach
17
20
Paul Gillespie
124
40
Mal Draper
56
60
Mike Connolly
17
BASS EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
BASS PRO NON-BOATER RANKINGS 2013 1
Dylan Mott
248
12
Steve Babbage
132
23
Warren Howe
97
34
Ashley Bryant
77
2
Ray Holmes
208
13
Luke Parsons
132
24
David Mann
94
35
John Noble
76
3
Greg Mitchell
207
14
John Koch
118
25
Luke Mulholland
94
36
Andrew Woods
74
4
Terry Alwood
201
15
Matt Cushieri
114
26
Jay Gillespie
92
37
Todd Cormack
72
5
James Reid
194
16
James Browning
113
27
Greg Munro
87
38
Troy Danes
71
6
Dave Hedges
190
17
Ben Scotman
112
28
Dave Trinder
87
39
Andrew Mcbride
67
7
Joshua Evans
177
18
Stuart France
109
29
Glenn Wojtasik
85
40
Stephen Turner
66
8
Shaun Falkenhagen
177
19
Dylan Glover
103
30
Joshua Schwerin
84
41
Duane Macey
65
9
Dane Radosevic
154
20
Tom Slater
99
31
Robert Baldock
83
10
Peter Holmes
150
21
Deborah Kowalczyk
98
32
Luke Novak
81
11
Stephen Mclean
134
22
Michael Thompson
97
33
Mal Draper
78
BASS EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
BASS ELECTRIC RANKINGS 2013 1
Andrew Low
376
20
Denis Shaw
262
39
Les Barber
138
58
Paul McHugh
96
2
Tom Reynolds
356
21
Shane Anderson
259
40
Rory Saint
133
59
Paul Gray
95
3
Dave Mann
352
22
Mitchell Renz
258
41
Chris Osley
132
60
Cole Hutchison
91
4
Dave Trinder
350
23
Brian Rutledge
247
42
Nathan Swanson
129
61
Chris Horne
87
5
Tim Steenhuis
341
24
Kenny Lebherz
225
43
Paul Holmberg
125
62
Matt Johnson
86
6
Christian Manolea
333
25
Jeff McKee
213
44
Dean Thomson
121
63
Steve McLean
86
7
Jordan Renz
322
26
Stephen Turner
212
45
Brett Dinham
119
64
David West
82
8
Jeremy McConnell
310
27
Robert Butler
190
46
Barry Oxford
118
65
Michael Skinner
81
9
Glen Hayter
301
28
Graham Dodds
187
47
Callum Tewes
117
66
Owen McPaul
81
10
Andrew Baunach
300
29
Paul Phillips
172
48
Dylan Glover
116
67
Peter Bryant
81
11
Roy Souter
288
30
Mark Petersen
167
49
Steve Chang
112
68
David Bullard
80
12
Adrian Wilson
288
31
Charles West
164
50
Steve Noble
106
69
Ricky Simmons
77
13
Brett Kleinschmidt
275
32
Wayne Baunach
161
51
Ben Biggs
105
70
Ken Fitzgibbon
75
14
Adrian Manolea
275
33
Ian Galloway
152
52
Luke Clark
105
71
Sue Pauline
75
15
Stuart France
274
34
Samantha Rutledge
152
53
Michael Turner
104
72
Patrick Conduit
74
16
Rob Hinton
274
35
Brett Renz
150
54
Trevor Stead
100
73
Phil Fitzgerald
72
17
Joseph Urquhart
273
36
Jesper Noiesen
146
55
Darryn Love
99
74
Robert Ottesen
71
18
Jack Gold
272
37
Hans Jensen
143
56
Peter Woods
99
75
Logan Gilmore
69
19
Shaun Falkenhagen
264
38
Pete Bostock
140
57
Sam Madelaine
98
76
Rod Shorten
69
BASS EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
BASS ELECTRIC RANKINGS 2013 77
Adrian Melchior
66
96
Jonathon Box
52
115 Reg Pauline
41
134 Natasha Souter
33
78
Scott Hutchison
65
97
Tim Rankin
52
116 Matthew Osley
40
135 Tom Ackerman
33
79
Joe Pietraszkiewicz
64
98
John Picton
51
117 Mal Draper
40
136 Adam Thompson
31
80
Anthony Winters
62
99
Steve Babbage
51
118 Mark Lockwood
40
137 Phillip Merrick
31
81
Bill Woods
62
100 Andrew Drennon
50
119 Anita Parsons
39
138 Rick Steedman
31
82
Daniel Clancy
62
101 Jason Ehrlich
50
120 Luke Draper
39
139 Tony Dolinie
31
83
Benn Durkin
61
102 Alex Roy
49
121 Brendan Deurloo
38
140 Will Sims
31
84
David Lane
61
103 Jason Clark
48
122 Michael Grimes
38
141 Ann-marie Mcmullen 30
85
Ed Harrison
61
104 Trent Barea
48
123 Brenton Smith
37
142 Tony Thorley
30
86
Andrew Dunkerly
58
105 Darren Harris
47
124 Howard Althaus
37
143 Craig Williams
29
87
Richard Holmberg
58
106 Ken Jackson
47
125 Jarrah Fitzgibbon
37
144 Dean Buchanan
29
88
Wayne Beggs
58
107 Mark Muggleton
47
126 Wayne Beazley
37
145 Gary Rooks
29
89
Danny Weaver
57
108 Arron Swanson
46
127 Paul Gillespie
36
146 Anthony Parke
28
90
Mike Henare
57
109 Luke Newton
46
128 Blake Ehrlich
35
147 Gary Leather
28
91
Steve Lawrance
56
110 John Ski
44
129 Remi Hagge
35
148 Matt Manby
28
92
Aiden Robertson
55
111 Tony Downie
44
130 Amy Chang
34
149 Shane Brown
28
93
Bevan Sutherland
55
112 Glen Winters
43
131 Andrew Wilson
34
150 Cory Head
27
94
Peter Robinson
55
113 Simon Marchant
43
132 Grant Elderidge
34
151 Callan Bayliss
26
95
Simon Saint
53
114 Blake Lambert
41
133 John Noble
33
152 Mat Steedman
26
BASS EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
BASS ELECTRIC RANKINGS 2013 153 Terry Allwood
26
172 Matt Cabban
22
191 Lachlan Devlin
17
210 Andrew Ryan
11
154 Andrew Huxley
25
173 Cameron Doonan
21
192 Rob March
17
211 Craig Churches
11
155 Richard Sutherland
25
174 Cody Haynes
21
193 Kurt Rowlands
16
212 Daniel Bull
10
156 Bruce Jordan
24
175 Eli Preist
21
194 Boyd Stewart
15
213 Wayne Blundell
10
157 Daniel Molloy
24
176 John Schwerin
21
195 Darren Painter
15
214 Adam Williams
9
158 Michael Cain
24
177 Michael Lindenmayer 21
196 Jamie Lawrenson
15
215 Ben Davidson
9
159 Te Rowman
24
178 Nigel Skyring
21
197 Jay Gillespie
15
216 William Peterson
9
160 Trevor Burgess
24
179 Rod Glover
21
198 Allan Rooks
14
217 Bailey Weaver
8
161 Steve Otto
23
180 Dylan Bedford
20
199 Josh Wall
14
218 Bob Hadley
8
162 Bernard Austin
23
181 Glen Casey
20
200 Lee Younan-Wise
14
219 Scott Whitfield
6
163 Damien Parsons
23
182 Joe Allan
20
201 James Reid
13
164 Josh Rattau
23
183 Mark Reinbott
20
202 John Bacon
13
165 Matthew McDonald
23
184 Arthur Allen
19
203 John Siggs
13
166 Ben Pepperall
22
185 Chelsey Lennon
19
204 Lilly Reid
13
167 Brandon Gould
22
186 John Kidd
19
205 Gene Prince
12
168 Brett Court
22
187 Nathan Wolhuter
19
206 Scott Sutherland
12
169 Dale Mullins
22
188 Sue Barber
19
207 Warren Cossell
12
170 David Green
22
189 Josh Schleusener
18
208 Jason Shepherdson
11
171 Ian Moss
22
190 Jeremy Fisher
17
209 Danny Robinson
11
BASS EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
BASS EARNINGS 2013 Carl Jocumsen
$56,808
Peter Phelps
$10,395
Mark Lennox
$5,575
Danny Robinson
$3,400
Matthew Mott
$36,054
Daniel Clancy
$9,925
Jason Shepherdson
$5,550
Steven Richards
$3,250
Tim Morgan
$34,635
Craig Simmons
$9,787
Brad Smith
$5,525
Chris Galligan
$3,250
David Green
$27,218
Steven Otto
$9,570
Simon Barkhuizen
$5,225
Michael Collins
$3,250
John Schofield
$24,325
Mike Creighton
$7,800
Kerry Ehrlich
$4,900
Jody Vernon
$3,195
Steve Kanowski
$23,437
Adrian Melchior
$7,725
Bill Schloss
$4,730
Dan Ryan
$3,150
Harry Watson
$20,500
Greg Walton
$7,600
Ian Wratten
$4,245
Mark Reinbott
$3,150
Michael Pascoe
$19,033
Wayne Beazley
$7,430
Justin Scott
$4,235
Matt Fraser
$3,150
Gregg Flett
$16,073
Spiro Zantiotis
$7,350
Jay Morgan
$4,200
Mark Pertot
$3,100
Ben Pepperall
$15,443
Baden Sparrow
$7,225
Ashley Sims
$4,170
Wayne Parry
$3,087
Gavin Dunne
$15,005
Matt Johnson
$6,950
Colin Singleton
$4,075
Brad Clark
$3,075
Mike Connolly
$14,395
Wayne Reed
$6,930
Garry Hardman
$3,975
Kylie Cornish
$3,050
Peter Keidge
$13,900
Mark Mangold
$6,925
Andrew Homann
$3,950
Steve Chang
$3,050
Callum Munro
$13,127
Trevor Stead
$6,350
John Brider
$3,825
Trevor Foote
$3,050
Steve Eldred
$12,195
David Young
$6,145
David Reynolds
$3,813
Neil Scott
$3,000
Jason Ehrlich
$11,800
Wayne Blundell
$6,025
Steve Morgan
$3,750
Peter Leggett
$3,000
Stephen Almond
$11,800
Andrew Robinson
$5,900
Mark Lawson
$3,570
Barry Reynolds
$2,800
Dean Silvester
$11,225
Brett Thomson
$5,852
Kerry Symes
$3,550
Tony Payne
$2,800
Matt Anderson
$10,970
Alan Mcnamara
$5,750
Greg Parkes
$3,525
Dave Daniel
$2,552
BASS EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
BASS EARNINGS 2013 Dylan Mott
$2,538
Robert Smith
$1,800
Drew Griffiths
$1,250
Steve Todeschini
$850
Toby Wilson
$2,525
George Voysey
$1,750
Wayne Gordon
$1,250
Joe Allan
$825
Peter May
$2,500
Mark Cutler
$1,750
Mal Draper
$1,200
Matt Hawkless
$750
Glenn Helmers
$2,438
Paul Dolan
$1,750
Peter Jenkins
$1,140
Garry Sturdy
$700
Paul Cooper
$2,425
Michael Starkey
$1,705
Scott Dakin
$1,100
Ken Murray
$700
Dave Robinson
$2,400
Ian Black
$1,650
Shawn Ryan
$1,100
Gary Mccabe
$650
Michael Clarke
$2,400
Glyn Barkhuizen
$1,625
Michael Henare
$1,025
Kris Hickson
$650
Mike Delisser
$2,300
Christian Serne
$1,500
Bruce Anderson
$1,000
Graham Sabine
$600
Dan Stead
$2,225
Craig Johnson
$1,500
Chris Eldred
$1,000
Gavin Sticklen
$550
Jesper Noiesen
$2,200
Mike Weger
$1,500
John Fooks
$1,000
Ian Miller
$550
Bob Town
$2,100
Grant Boyle
$1,450
Tony Robinson
$1,000
James Munro
$550
Ross Murray
$2,050
Will Schloss
$1,450
Darryl Douglas
$900
Ray Sargent
$550
Mick Elsley
$2,030
Shaun Parkinson
$1,400
Gary Prerost
$900
Steve Moran
$550
Aaron Mogg
$2,025
Ian Galloway
$1,375
Jorg Vanhusen
$900
Jade Cornish
$525
Darryl Dimmick
$2,000
Anthony Thorpe
$1,300
Tony Evans
$900
Joshua Evans
$500
Zach Kronk
$2,000
Gary Percival
$1,300
Trent Butler
$900
Ben Scotman
$500
Barry Oxford
$1,900
Peter Morgan
$1,300
Todd Cormack
$875
Dale Mullins
$500
Marty Vanveghel
$1,802
Rodney Thorpe
$1,300
Greg Beattie
$870
Damien Norris
$500
Nicole Jovanovic
$1,800
Andrew Pullbrook
$1,250
Joel Norman
$870
Dave Hislop
$500
BASS EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
BASS EARNINGS 2013 Dave Trinder
$500
Dexter Granada
$400
Lance Sulkowski
$300
Ward Ellwood
$250
David Mudd
$500
Eric Grell
$400
Michael Lanagan
$300
Freddie Sawyer
$200
Dion Walker
$500
Gavin Mckay
$400
Rod Studdert
$300
John Starkey
$200
Greg Munro
$500
Glen Stewart
$400
Steven Mcdonald
$300
Kevin Jones
$200
Ian Pfingst
$500
James Poolman
$400
Tony Thorley
$300
Ron Sattler
$200
Mark Mate
$500
Jayson Deforrest-Had$400 dleton
Richard Robson
$290
Billy Gibson
$150
Mick Mee
$500
John Cooper
$400
Eddy Studman
$252
Brock Duncan
$150
Miles Morgan
$500
Peter Fogarty
$400
Steve Starling
$252
Josh Kinghorne
$150
Murray Morgan
$500
Steve Bechly
$400
Bruce Morgenstern
$250
Luke Parsons
$150
Paul Fleming
$500
Steve Timperley
$400
Darren Borg
$250
Michael Fraser
$150
Peter Robinson
$500
Warren Morgenstern
$400
Gordon Macdonald
$250
Shaun Taylor
$150
Phil Roebuck
$500
Andrew Galloway
$375
Jack Dihm
$250
Steve Lowcock
$100
Tracy Johnson
$500
Joseph Urquhart
$350
Mark Bowman
$250
Dylan Glover
$50
Ron Jones
$450
Steve Davies
$350
Mick Clarke
$250
Steve Duff
$50
Anthony Thorpe
$425
Dave Hedges
$300
Dean Thompson
$425
David Hine
$300
Bruce Moss
$400
Errol Hardke
$300
Chris Gipps
$400
Jamie Hardman
$300
Craig Robertson
$400
Kim Bain
$300
BASS EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
TOTAL EARNINGS $793,233
BARRA
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arra was on the menu during the 2013 BARRA Tour with eager teams hitting the lakes of North Queensland for one of the most anticipated tours in many years. Featuring a new teams format anglers battled hard over three venues, with Peter Faust, Kinchant, and Teemburra Dams delivering different challenges and rewards. Craig Griffiths and Trent Short from Team EJ Todd stood out to claim the Team of Year Title on the back of their Teemburra round win, while Trent and Donovan Power dominated at Peter Faust and Matt McArthur and Ben Durkin reigned supreme in the big fish smackdown at Kinchant. Griffiths and Short cashed in the best of all the anglers on the tour, collectively adding $1600 to their BARRA earnings, while in total 18 different anglers cashed in on the tour. With a host of different anglers reaping the rewards on
If his 2014 BARRA Tour is as red-hot as his 2013 tour his dream may just be realised.
the tour. The BARRA Rankings saw quite a few movements and changes with AFC Series 10 debutant Daniel Grech finishing the year as the number one ranked BARRA Angler. Grech’s close friend Millard slipped from his number one spot last year to now sit in 2nd, while 2013 BARRA Tour hotshot Craig Griffiths has his sights set on the number one spot and has moved from 5th into 3rd. If his 2014 BARRA Tour is as red-hot as his 2013 tour his dream may just be realised. Other movers and shakers in the rankings include Trent (35th to 6th) and Donavon Power (23rd to 5th), while Peter Price (2nd to 4th) and Scott McAuley (4th to 9th) slipped down the list on the back of a quiet tour. For more information visit www.abt.org.au.
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BARRA ANGLER OF THE YEAR 2005 Gavin Dunne (457/500 pts) 2006 Kerrin Taylor (381/400 pts) 2007 Cy Taylor (366/400 pts) 2008 Cy Taylor (396/400 pts) 2009 Cy Taylor (397/400 pts) 2010 Kerrin Taylor (298/300 pts) 2011 Jon Millard (297/300 pts) 2012 Peter Price (297/300 pts) 2013 Craig Griffiths and Trent Short (295/300 pts) BARRA ANGLER OF THE YEAR NTH TOUR 2006 Kerrin Taylor (282/300 pts) 2007 Matt Coleman (277/300 pts) 2008 Jason Crofts (197/200 pts) 2009 Cy Taylor (200/200 pts) 2010 Jason Wilhelm (192/200 pts) 2011 Rob Wood (197/200 pts) 2012 Jon Millard (197/200) BARRA ANGLER OF THE YEAR STH TOUR 2006 Jason Medcalf (278/300 pts) 2007 Phil Strader (USA) (278/300 pts) 2008 Cy Taylor (297/300 pts) 2009 Jason Wilhelm (287/300 pts) 2010 Kerrin Taylor (298/300 pts) 2011 Peter Price (285/300 pts) 2012 Daniel Grech (198/200 pts) BIGGEST BARRA IN AN EVENT Peter Price (130cm), 2011 Peter Faust Evening Event BIGGEST BARRA AT EACH VENUE Tinaroo – Warren Adams (118cm), 2005. Faust – Peter Price (130cm), 2011. Teemburra – Rodney Collings (110cm), 2005. Awoonga – Jason Crofts (126cm), 2009. Monduran – Rick Napier (124cm), 2009.
BIGGEST BAG IN AN EVENT 5 Fish Limit – Daniel Grech (5/5, 583cm), Lake Awoonga, 2009. 10 Fish Limit – Jason Wilhelm (10/10, 1010cm), Lake Awoonga, 2009. Biggest Bag at each Venue Tinaroo – Kerrin Taylor (5/5, 363cm), 2006. Kerrin Taylor (6/10, 448cm), 2006. Faust – Kerrin Taylor (4/5, 405cm), 2006. Craig Griffiths (9/10, 866cm), 2011. Teemburra – Rodney Collings (5/5, 482cm), 2005. Cy Taylor (10/10, 732cm), 2009. Awoonga – Daniel Grech (5/5, 583cm), 2009. Jason Wilhelm (10/10, 1010cm), 2009. Monduran – Steve Kanowski (5/5, 411cm), 2006. John Schofield (6/10, 548cm), 2006. MOST BARRA EVENT WINS Cy Taylor (7) MOST BARRA IN AN EVENT 231 barramundi for 15,686cm between 64 anglers at Teemburra, 2009 (fish). 229 barramundi for 21,993cm between 58 anglers at Lake Awoonga, 2009 (length). MOST BARRA AT EACH VENUE Tinaroo – 20 barramundi for 1,598cm between 28 anglers, 2006. Faust – 124 barramundi for 7,885cm between 54 anglers, 2009. Teemburra – 231 barramundi for 15,686cm between 64 anglers, 2009. Awoonga – 229 barramundi for 21,993cm between 58 anglers, 2009. Monduran – 89 barramundi for 8,457cm between 86 anglers, 2009.
BARRA EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
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Daniel Grech
206
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Ken Elliot
87
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Keegan Hayden
49
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Cy Taylor
20
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Jon Millard
200
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Willem Reichard
87
40
Ashley Sims
46
59
Kerrin Taylor
19
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Craig Griffiths
199
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Elaine Sanderson
82
41
Georgette Elkins
46
60
Matthew Zahl
18
4
Peter Price
198
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Shane Sanderson
74
42
Daryl Pead
40
61
Clayton Walker
16
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Donovan Power
134
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Matt McArthur
73
43
Greg Thomas
40
62
Clinton Honour
16
6
Trent Power
124
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Aaron Dial
69
44
Jono Clark
40
63
Adrian Osborne
15
7
Colin Brett
119
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Cameron Johnson
69
45
Steven Wright
39
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Michael Webber
15
8
Michael Weick
119
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Stephen Lill
68
46
Nathan Chapman
36
65
Ian Napier
14
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Scott McAuley
119
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Martin Brennan
66
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Grant Murray
34
66
Maurie Napeier
14
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Ben Durkin
113
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Ryce Bullimore
66
48
Wayne Jones
34
67
Quintin Maclean
13
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Karim De Ridder
113
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Rex Berry
64
49
Ben Wilcox
33
68
John Schwerin
11
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Luke Katsaros
111
31
Neil Wilson
56
50
Stephen Pill
32
69
Kyle Broeendale
11
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Keith Stanford
110
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Rob Wood
54
51
Matt McFarlane
26
70
Scott Hurle
11
14
Trent Short
105
33
Nicholas Moore
52
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Shane Clarke
26
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Todd Cormack
11
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Brendon Barnett
103
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Peter Behrens
52
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Curtis Land
23
72
Darren Corr
10
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Glen Smith
102
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Phil Lyons
51
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Glen Boys
23
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Tamara Stanhope
10
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Dustin Sippel
91
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Tom Wood
51
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Justin Land
23
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Adrian Pegg
9
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Geoff Newby
90
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Daniel Hurt
49
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Mark Lochwood
23
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Rick Napier
89
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Jamie Bein
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Jake Schwerin
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BARRA EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
BARRA EARNINGS Cy Taylor
$12,510
John Schofield
$1,500
Les Reibelt
$800
Craig Simmons
$500
Kerrin Taylor
$11,155
Phil Strader (USA)
$1,500
Rick Napier
$750
Issac Toivanen
$500
Jason Wilhem
$7,100
Carl Jocumsen
$1,400
Ken Elliot
$700
Katie Sanderson
$500
Scott McAuley
$5,025
Willem Reichard
$1,400
Nathan Ruth
$700
Matthew Murray
$500
Jon Millard
$3,930
Nigel Webster
$1,200
Paul McKay
$700
Michael Schneider
$500
Craig Griffiths
$3,500
Mike Connolly
$1,100
Spencer Troxell
$700
Phill Lyons
$500
Alan McNamara
$3,400
Rob Wood
$1,050
Tyson Robertson
$700
Steve Blaney
$500
Daniel Grech
$3,360
Darren Lewis
$1,000
Warren Adams
$700
Gavin Dunne
$450
Peter Price
$2,750
Donovan Power
$1,000
Gareth Dunwoodie
$600
Aaron Mogg
$400
Dean Silvester
$2,600
Harry Watson
$1,000
Jarrod Dalton
$600
Ben Durkin
$400
Simon Barkhuizen
$2,600
Trent Short
$1,000
Kevin Hulse
$600
Jason Medcalf
$400
Jason Crofts
$2,400
Chris Nagiello
$900
Rodney Collings
$600
Keegan Hayden
$400
Jake Schwerin
$2,150
Heath Craven
$900
Steve Kanowski
$600
Lance Richards
$400
Matt Coleman
$1,950
Lindsay Dobe
$900
Daryl Pead
$550
Matt McArthur
$400
Kris George
$1,900
Michael Starkey
$900
Nathan Champan
$550
Trevor Cassidy
$400
Jock McPherson
$1,750
Mike North (USA)
$900
Andy Thomson
$500
Ben Leighton
$350
Jason Ehrlich
$1,650
Trent Power
$900
Barry Collett
$500
Karrim De Ridder
$350
Matthew Mott
$1,600
Kerry Symes
$800
Ben Platten
$500
Len Schnieder
$350
BARRA EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
BARRA EARNINGS Luke Katsaros
$350
Martin Brennan
$250
Steve Morgan
$200
Adam Meredith
$100
Brad O’Sullivan
$300
Colin Slade
$200
Steven Bechly
$200
Boyd Read
$100
Denny Howarth
$300
David Lange
$200
Aaron Dial
$150
Brendon Horner
$100
Elaine Sanderson
$300
Dennis Roughan
$200
Brad Lovern
$150
John Schwerin
$100
Ian Miller
$300
Glyn Barkhuizen
$200
David Powell
$150
Neville Gannon
$100
Jason Sizeland
$300
John Brider
$200
Dustin Sippel
$150
Stephen Cheng
$100
Michael Boehm
$300
Kerry Ehrlich
$200
Cameron Johnson
$150
Terry Alwood
$100
Rod Harrison
$300
Matt Fraser
$200
Graham Vallance
$150
Trevor Burgess
$100
Roderick Walmsley
$300
Matthew Wallace
$200
Paul Topp
$150
Mike Stewart
$50
Rodney Milkins
$300
Michael Weick
$200
Ryce Bullimore
$250
Paul Starkey
$200
Rex Berry
$250
Peter Bayliss
$200
BARRA EARNINGS, RANKINGS & RECORDS
TOTAL EARNINGS 118,130 $
2013 AFC ANGLER DATA BREAM
SERIES 10
Name: Kris Hickson Age: 27 years old AFC Appearances: Series 3, Series 4, Series 9 AFC Titles: 0 BREAM Earnings: $45,739 ABT Ranking: 3rd ABT Top 10s: 39
Name: Warren Carter Age: 46 years old AFC Appearances: Series 9 AFC Titles: 1 (Series 9 – Team Aerogard) BREAM Earnings: $36,021 ABT Ranking: 1st ABT Top 10s: 29 Name: Steve Gill Age: 34 years old AFC Appearances: Debut AFC Titles: 0 BREAM Earnings: $9,765 ABT Ranking: 6th ABT Top 10s: 10
Name: Shane Taylor Age: 30 years old AFC Appearances: Debut AFC Titles: 0 BREAM Earnings: $1,000 (ABT Kayak) ABT Ranking: 22nd ABT Top 10s: 1
Name: Russell Babekuhl Age: 25 years old AFC Appearances: Series7, Series 9 AFC Titles: 1 (Series 9 – Team Aerogard) BREAM Earnings: $54,286 ABT Ranking: 2nd ABT Top 10s: 36
Name: Heath Blaikie Age: 38 years old AFC Appearances: Debut AFC Titles: 0 BREAM Earnings: $0 ABT Ranking: 25th ABT Top 10s: 1
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2013 AFC ANGLER DATA BASS
SERIES 10
Name: Dean Silvester Age: 33 years old AFC Appearances: Debut AFC Titles: 0 BASS Earnings: $11,225 ABT Ranking: 2nd ABT Top 10s: 8
Name: Alan McNamara Age: 43 years old AFC Appearances: Series 7 (Barramundi) AFC Titles: 1 (Series 7 – Team Mercury) BASS Earnings: $5, 750 ABT Ranking: 9th ABT Top 10s: 7
Name: Daniel Clancy Age: 22 years old AFC Appearances: Series 9 AFC Titles: 1 (Series 9 – Team Aerogard) BASS Earnings: $9,925 ABT Ranking: 8th ABT Top 10s: 9 Name: Matthew Mott Age: 43 years old State: QLD AFC Appearances: Series 4, Series 5, Series 6, Series 7, Series 8, Series 9 AFC Titles: Series 5 (Team Mercury), Series 6 (Team Mercury), Series 7 (Team Mercury), Series 9 (Team Aerogard) BASS Earnings: $36,054 ABT Ranking: 3rd ABT Top 10s: 36
Name: Callum Munro Age: 20 years old AFC Appearances: Series 9 AFC Titles: 0 BASS Earnings: $13,127 ABT Ranking: 1st ABT Top 10s: 10
Name: Mark Lennox Age: 49 years old AFC Appearances: Debut AFC Titles: 0 BASS Earnings: $5,575 ABT Ranking: 4th ABT Top 10s: 7
2013 AFC ANGLER DATA BARRA
SERIES 10
Name: Jon Millard Age: 28 years old AFC Appearances: Debut AFC Titles: N/A BARRA Earnings: $3,930 ABT Ranking: 2nd ABT Top 10s: 11
Name: Scott Baker Age: 40 years old AFC Appearances: Debut AFC Titles: N/A BARRA Earnings: $0 ABT Ranking: N/A ABT Top 10s: 0
Name: Peter Price Age: 50 years old AFC Appearances: Debut AFC Titles: N/A BARRA Earnings: $2,750 ABT Ranking: 4th ABT Top 10s: 7
Name: Gary Clouse Age: 51 years old AFC Appearances: Debut AFC Titles: N/A BARRA Earnings: $0 ABT Ranking: N/A ABT Top 10s: 0
Name: Daniel Grech Age: 24 years old AFC Appearances: Debut AFC Titles: N/A BARRA Earnings: $3,360 ABT Ranking: 1st ABT Top 10s: 10
Name: Takayoshi Orimoto Age: 41 years old AFC Appearances: Debut AFC Titles: N/A BARRA Earnings: $0 ABT Ranking: N/A ABT Top 10s: 0
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2014 SPONSOR BONUS PROGRAM
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t pays to fish in 2014 and it definitely pays to fish with sponsors products on the ABT tournament trail thanks to the Sponsor Bonus Programs. A rewards program that pays, and where anglers reap the rewards when they perform using sponsors’ products. Want to catch more than just fish when
fishing an ABT tournament then the Sponsor Bonus Programs is the way to do it. Mercury, Yamaha, and Hobie are giving BREAM anglers the chance to cash in with cash bonuses at each round of the 13 BREAM Series allowing anglers to value add their tournament experience
with some serious dough. BASS, BREAM and BARRA anglers also have multiple chances to win that other currency of tournament anglers, tackle, with sponsor bonuses courtesy of Duffrods, Pontoon21, Damiki, Ecogear, and Fish Arrow delivering product bonuses for those that perform
on tour using their products. So whatever your fish, series, or preferred tackle brand there’s a bonus tailor made for you, and tailor made to deliver you some series rewards. Don’t go unrewarded in 2014 and make sure you support the sponsors that support your sport and the ABT Sponsor Bonus Program.
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on-boaters are in for the Hobie experience again in 2014, with Hobie Bonus Bucks delivering plenty of rewards. Each non-boater will receive a specially designed Hobie fishing jersey at their first event of the 13 Fishing BREAM Series. Valued at $80 your new Hobie jersey will have you looking the part and winning you cash at the same time. How so? Well let’s take a look:
CASHING IN
Wear your Hobie fishing jersey on the final day of a BREAM Qualifier, from event start to presentation, and the top three placed jersey wearers will pocket cash. $50 for 1st place, $35 for 2nd and $25 for third.
WAIT THERE’S MORE
Non-boaters are in for the Hobie experience again in 2014…
The rewards don’t end there though. The winner of the BREAM Non-boater AOY Title will receive a wildcard invitation to fish the Daiwa-Hobie Kayak BREAM Grand Final. With a fully supplied kayak to step into for the invitee it’s a perfect opportunity for a bream non-boater to dip their toe in kayak fishing.
A REWARDING YEAR
With Hobie always striving to make things bigger and better, the Hobie Bonus Program and Bonus Bucks will give non-boaters on the Bream tour rewards and opportunity like only Hobie can. So make sure you grab you Hobie fishing jersey and hit the tournament trail.
Valued at $80 your new Hobie jersey will have you looking the part and winning you cash at the same time.
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CUP 2014
ercury powers into a new tournament season with their Mercury Bonus Program and Mercury Cup Race set to deliver some serious competition and cash rewards for anglers on the BREAM Tour. Cash is the name of the game at each qualifying round of the 13 BREAM Series with the top three placed Mercury owners taking home some serious cash courtesy of Mercury. For those who really want to get their Mercury rising all year long the Mercury Cup is where the action is, with the season long points race decided at the final event of the year. The season long battle will see every Mercury owner in an event that receives BREAM Rankings points (in a Qualifier for Grand Final) added to the Mercury Cup Points Race, and the best five finishes through the season are tallied to crown a winner. It’s not a winner takes all race though with the top three placegetters all winning cash.
MERCURY BONUS PROGRAM PAYOUTS
It pays to run a Mercury in 2014 with $500 in bonuses to win at each BREAM Qualifier. 1st $250 2nd $150 3rd $100
WILL SHO YOU THE MONEY ON THE BREAM TOUR IN 2014
* Yamaha ownership must be nominated at event briefing.
Boaters cash in at each stop (5 events) of the 2014 13 Fishing BREAM Series, with $300 awarded to the highest placed Yamaha powered angler. There have always been plenty of reasons to run a Yamaha outboard, well now you have five more reasons to do so and $1500 worth of reasons if you go the distance.
SHO THEM WHO’S BOSS WITH YAMAHA BONUS BUCKS
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Wear your supplied Hobie tournament jersey at a tournament, finish in the top three (1st- $50, 2nd- $35, 3rd- $25) and you’ll win cash courtesy of Hobie. Win the non-boater BREAM AOY Title and you’ll receive a wildcard invitation into the Daiwa-Hobie Kayak BREAM Grand Final.
Win a BREAM or BASS Pro Qualifier as either a boater or a nonboater using a Duffrod and Kustom Fishing Tools will reward you with an identical Duffrod. * *Excludes Duffrod Pro Team members.
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Damiki will award a $200 RRP value gift pack to any boater winning a BREAM Qualifier, BASS Pro Qualifier or Grand Final on Damiki lures. Also, a $150 RRP pack is available for a winning non-boater using Damiki in the same events.
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Win a BREAM, BASS Pro, BARRA or Grand Final event and Ecogear will reward you with a $500 RRP gift pack if you’re a boater and a $250 gift pack if you’re a nonboater. *Lures need to be nominated in ABT written report.
Fish Arrow will award a $200 RRP value gift pack to any boater winning a BREAM Qualifier, BASS Pro Qualifier or Grand Final on Fish Arrow lures. Also, a $150 RRP pack is available for a winning non-boater using Fish Arrow in the same events.
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