Team Loomis does it again
71 Teams entered our Round 5 event at Lake St Clair last weekend.The weather was great although a strong N/E wind picked up through out the day, troubling some of our anglers. With the recent rise in water levels the Bass were very hard to come by with none of the 71 teams catching their full bag limit of 12 fish. Most anglers though would have had no trouble putting together a good bag of Golden Perch.
Our current championship leaders Mick Pascoe and Joel (Slim) Norman headed out in 3rd place on Sunday morning behind teams Twitchen and Just 4 Fun. Mainly fishing spinner baits and fly to the edges, with some mist opportunities and a couple of bust offs they stormed home to take out the round, compiling a 10 fish total bag. Finishing in 1st place will go a long way to securing their hold on the Weipa trip for champion team this year. Sorry for doubting you guys on Lake St Clair, revenge is sweet isn’t it!!!
Finishing in 2ND place we had Team Just 4 Fun, Greg Parkes and Steve Almond. Greg and Steve also fished mainly reaction baits to get their 9 fish total bag. The boy’s have been pretty consistent this year also finished in second place at our round 2 event at Lake Glenbawn. Greg will be competing in the ABT Grand final in a couple of weeks so he wasn’t too keen to give too much away which I can’t blame him. It’s a very small world in the tournament scene, but I hope his plans for the event will come through for him.
In 3rd place were the young guns from Tamworth Ian Roberts and Daniel Clancy. Charlie’s Corner Fishing Tackle started out in 11th place at the start of the 3rd session also fishing reaction baits. Blades, Spinner baits and Jackalls were the order of the day. Daniel and Robert stormed home with a 4 fish, 2.940kg bag to take out 3rd spot overall. Ian is also getting married in a few weeks time so I hope he is allowed to keep fishing. Maybe give Daniel the flick Ian and bring your girl along next time.
To have a top 10 finish in a big field of 70 + teams is a great achievement. So congratulations to those of you who got there. It was great to see a few teams up there who have only started fishing tournaments this year. See it’s not too hard; it’s just a confidence thing. Maybe you guys will be stepping up to the Pro ranks very soon.
Thanks for a great weekend. Hope to see you all at Glenbawn on the 8th November.
Lake St Clair Round Presentation
This weekends report will be posted soon.
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What a great weekend!!
The Skeeter owner’s tournament was held at Lake Glenbawn last weekend with 25 teams competing.
The event is organized by Josh Batterson of Skeeter Boats Australia every year on the 3rd weekend in September for all Skeeter owners. It is a teams, shared weight event and runs over 2 days with anglers fishing a 7hr session on the Saturday and a 6 Hr session on the Sunday.
Skeeter owners are allowed to invite a friend along for the weekend and yes I do have friends. Mick Elsley invited me along to fish as the Elsley team, probably because of my great “fishing ability” or was it my great company; anyway we had a great time, and catching some Bass as well. The weekend was fully catered with plenty of food and refreshments supplied by Josh. There were also lots of prizes on offer. There was a yellow duck hunt where a prize was attached to each duck. There were secret weight prizes. There were Jackall packs, Lucky craft packs, MinnKota chargers, Megabass, Flueger , Bing Lee, Shimano, Loomis, Lowrance , Evinrude, Pure Fishing etc, etc. You name it all the big names were on board for this one. The meals were again supplied by Sandra, Dennis, and the girls from the Lake Glenbawn Kiosk, and we all know how they can look after us.
Craig Simmons and Adam Ward took out the event with a total of 6 fish in a pretty well shut down bite. The fish are there they just have lock jaw at the moment. During their presentation speech Simmo and Wardy didn’t give too much away, (Megabucks coming up) only saying that they kept their lures down deep due to the fact that the water was very clear.
Anyway a great weekend Josh, hope to be there again next year.
Guys and Girls,
Our round 5 event will be held at Lake St Clair on the 27 – 28th September.
Briefing will be at 7.30pm Friday up at the BBQ area. We will be there from 5.30 for registrations and to check all teams in.
There will be a quick run down on the rules and regulations along with session times for the weekend etc.
Over the last few weeks St Clair has received a good influx of water and looks fantastic.
This time last year when we held our first practice event there we had 37 teams competing, and some great fish caught, with Peter Phelps landing a 2.62kg monster on surface.
For this event we currently have 62 teams and hopefully with the days and the water warming up the fishing should be just as good with the bass becoming more active. Some good Bass have been landed there over the past couple of weeks.
Looking forward to seeing you all there and hope the weather stays kind.
With 3 rounds to go, who do you think will take out champion team for 2008 and win the trip to Weipa.
We have 1 round left at Lake St Clair and 2 at Lake Glenbawn.
1st place we have Team Loomis. Mick and Joel have been very consistent through out this year but tend to struggle at St Clair (Sorry boys it’s the truth). Put them at Glenbawn though and watch them perform. Mick would be one of the best exponents of deep fly bass fishing that I have ever seen and has also won over $12,000 in prize money fishing ABT tournaments over the past few years.
2nd place currently is Team Extreme, the boys from Windsor, Greg Beattie and Allen Cleary. These guys are a couple of well seasoned tournament anglers both in bass and bream. They are very thorough with the way they approach each event doing lots of homework before they compete and usually have some type of game plan prior to even leaving home.
3rd place we have North West Fishing Tackle 1, Robert and Daniel from Tamworth. These two blokes are very quiet achievers. They were unknowns at the start of the year and have snuck up on the rest of the field. But everyone knows them now. They don’t say too much, don’t give too much away, but boy can they fish.
4th place we have teams 2 teams. Team Bass About, Ben and Ron Pepperall. These guys are locals to our 2 major dams Glenbawn and St Clair and know them both very well. Probably the most consistent anglers when it comes to extracting deep schooled bass. Ben’s an expert in the art of targeting single fish on the sounder and slow rolling plastics up through the depths to usually get his limit, which sounds a lot easier than it really is.
Also in 4th place are The Squirrels Bros. Ron and Neil are quiet often mistaken for father and son but their not, they are bro’s. Probably because Ronny looks a lot older than he really is. These guys love their surface fishing, with Neil being one of the most patient fishermen that I have ever seen throwing a popper around for surface feeding fish. Neil also took out ABT’s Borumba round this year in Queensland bringing home the $3000.00 cheque. But don’t ask them where or how they are catching them, they won’t tell you.
5th place we have Team Savage. What can I say about these two? Robo and Jade are the most unlikely partners that you would ever expect to fish together. They are both the biggest stirrers, “BS artist” that we have competing. They are both very competitive with each other and always arguing. But in saying that they are both great guys. Ask them who is the best angler and both will poke themselves in the chest. How they are sitting in 5th place is beyond me though, maybe the use of their Lamiglas sponsored rods are getting them over the line.
Who do you think is going to take the competition out? Will it be out of these 6 teams?
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Guys and girls we need a bit more passion out there on the water.
Here’s Mike he’ll show you how it’s done.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HluB1vPgH4U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cNU7J2uLFA
Due to recent rain, water levels in the dam are rising, this is creating more country for bass and more food being produced, which means more bait balls are seen whilst out fishing. Due to warmer days, there have been more bugs and moths appearing after dark. Since water temperature is rising, there might be a surface action start up in the mornings and afternoons.
We have been catching fish on Slider Pro Blue 3″ with 1/4 ounce jigheads. In schools, dad, my brother and I have been using a variety of lures – one of them being Jackall Blades. The technique we’ve been using with the Jackall Blades is just letting them sink to the bottom, then slowly rolling them off the bottom.
Catch you on the water
Ryan Jones.
2008 Junior Rankings
Here are the current 2008 junior rankings after round 4.
Reid Tierney is holding onto first place at the moment with Alex Fowler snapping at his heals in 2nd.
With the Juniors, the boys and girls weigh their biggest fish for each session. A total of 3 Bass recorded over the weekend if everything goes to plan.
The overall results at the end of the year will be decided by your best 5 rounds.
Point System is as follows: 100 points for 1st / 95 for 2nd / 90 for 3rd etc.
If you don’t catch a fish over the weekend you will be penalized an additional 5 points.
So if you guys don’t fair so well in a couple of rounds, or you can’t make it to some events you can drop those rounds. We do understand that it can be hard for you to attend all events throughout the year.
Remember Your Best 5 Rounds Count!!!
