2022 AOY and TOY for BARRA, BASS and BREAM

Every year, ABT crowns Angler of the Year (AOT) and Team of the Year (TOY) titles across BREAM, BASS Pro, BASS Electric and BARRA events. And we reckon there’s never been a closer race for the title that there was between Matt Langford (399pts) and Mitchell Cone (395pts) in the BASS Pro Series this year.

Coming into the final event, Langford had won three events and was still catchable by Cone, who had won two. Crazy stuff. Langford held on to take the title and Mick Johnson (387pts), who had a ripper season was third with a tally that’d often take the title.

NSW’s Tony Neal (388pts) wrapped up the trophy from the back of the boat over Jake Hardie (373pts) and Adam Mears (370pts).

On the BREAM side, Steve Morgan (487pts) outdistanced Mark Crompton (474pts) in another race that came down to the last event in Gladstone. BREAM AOY is designed to be won by an angler that can catch both black and yellowfin bream proficiently, and Morgan’s wins at Mallacoota and Tweed proved that point.

The GOAT non boater Stuart Walker took his 7th AOY title from the back of the boat, his 496pts reflecting another stunning season that included two wins, two seconds and a third placing. Rumour has it that Stewie is moving to New Zealand this year, and Dave Shanahan (2nd, 480pts) and Alan Lavell (3rd, 457pts) will be happy about that!

Not surprisingly, big event specialist in the BASS Electric Series, Peter Bostock, took the title after winning another Grand Final. The BASS Electrics are the only series that counts the Grand Final points into the AOY tally. Peter’s 293 points outdistanced Peter Woods (288pts from his kayak) and

Shaun Ezzy (285pts). Special mention to Casey Monagle, who bagged 4th place and 278 points in his first season.

In one of the smallest boats on the tour, the BARRA TOY was James Wilson and Liam Robinson. The self-confessed Zerek Fish Trap specialists set records along the way with a pair of wins at Tinaroo. They nearly reached 100kg for a 5-fish bag of barra!

Well done to Troy Dixon and Adam Meredith (507pts) and Quintin Maclean and Mick Slade (495 points) for filling the podium places.

1

Anita Barra/Humminbird (Liam Robinson/James Wilson) 530 2

Venom (Troy Dixon/Adam Meredith) 507 3

Imakatsu / Dobyns Rods (Quintin Maclean/Mick Slade) 495 4

Fishing Monthly (Steve Morgan/Nicholle Smith) 493 5

TBC (Peter Laine/Ben Williams) 459

Fish With Me (Marc Edmonds/Evan Zikos) 483 6

6

About Town Bait & Tackle (Michael Detenon/Luke Mulcahy) 455

Wilson Fishing (Kord Luckas/Jeremy Cornelius) 459 7

Family Affair (Colin Sohier/Liam Sohier) 429

8 Pond Pounders (Jason Crofts/Trevor Crofts) 438 9

10

EJ Todd/Tackleworld Bundy (Jordan Stoddart/Nathan Sutton) 409

Barra Bandits (Glen Smith/Moz Kahn) 418 11 Samaki (Tommy Wood/Josh Lowry) 414 12

13

Smak Wild (Brett Turner/Thomas Herbohn) 407

14 Bass Masters (Carl Jocumsen/Jeff Gustafson) 396

15

Mustad Swap Dogs (Jono Clark/Adam Walker) 388

16

Millerods/Lowrance (Al McNamara/Greg Beatie) 372

Garmin (Matthew Mott/Dylan Mott) 375 17

18

Mother & Son (Paul Aldous/Ricky Doyle) 355

Southern Fried (Lachlan Lathan/Kyle Lewis) 366 19

Zachery Taylor 298

Troy Parsons 285

Cameron Hall 269

Marcus Schembri 269

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