Category: Results

Team EJ Todd (Craig Griffiths and Trent Short) finish the 2013 BARRA Tour as the number one team. Read more for full results.

Place	Team	Angler 1	Angler 2	R1- Faust	R2- Kinchant	R3- Teemburra	Total
1	EJ Todd	Craig Griffiths	Trent Short	98	97	100	295
2	Power	Trent Power	Donovan Power	100	93	96	289
3	Nomad Tackle/Hydrowave	Willem Reichard	Ken Elliot	99	84	99	282
4	Rapala	Dan Grech	Jon Millard	91	94	95	280
5	Dobyns/Rapala Street Team	Karim De Ridder	Luke Katsaros	87	99	93	279
6	Dobyns/ Lucky Craft Lures	Colin Brett	Steve Lill	90	96	92	278
7	Triton	Rick Napier	Dustin Sippel	96	85	97	278
8	Snap-Dog	Aaron Dial	Cameron Johnson	97	91	89	277
9	BTD Lures McArthur Custom Rods	Benn Durkin	Mat McArthur	88	100	87	275
10	EnS	Shane Sanderson	Elaine Sanderson	84	95	94	273
11	Swamp Donkeys	Martin Brennan	Ryce Bullimore	83	90	98	271
12	MTA Blue	Geoff Newby	Neil Wilson	95	83	91	269
13	Tree Hugger’s	Michael Weick	Brendan Barnet	93	89	85	267
14	Whopper Stoppers	Keegan Hayden	Daniel Hurt	92	86	83	261
15	Lowrance/Reidy’s Lures	Peter Price	Rex Berry	73	98	88	259
16	13 Fishing/Sebile	Peter Behrens	Nicholas Moore	94	72	90	256
17	Barra Fever	Glen Smith	Keith Stanford	85	82	84	251
18	Fishin Magician	Ash Sims	Georgette Elkins	86	92	72	250
19	Evolution	Greg Thomas	Jono Clark	73	88	72	233
20	We Fish	Grant Murray	Wayne Jones	73	72	82	227
21	Touchin’ Cloth	Matthew Zahl	Ben Willcox	89		86	175
22	Second Chance	Justin Land	Curtis Land	73	72		145
23	Master Cabinets	Glen Boys	Mark Lochwood	73	72		145
24	Old Fellas	Phill Lyons	Clinton Honour		87		87
25	Blown Income	Darren Corr	Tamara Stanhope			72	72

EJ Todd Go Hard and Soft for Teemburra Win Team EJ Todd (Craig Griffith and Trent Short) 10/10, 623cm claimed victory in the final round of the 2013 BARRA Tour at Teemburra Dam, with the winning pair using a combination of hard body lures and soft plastics to catch their fish. Fishing a combination of points and backs of bays the pair focused much of their attention at the mouth of Teemburra Creek.

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  “We’d fish Teemburra Creek before sunset, then we’d move to Middle Creek,” explained Griffiths.   With Griffith throwing a Lucky Craft DD Pointer 100 most of the time and Short a 5″ Castaic swimbait the key was to find the right weed in each location to find the fish.   “The thick lush, bright green weed was the key. The fish seemed to really key in on this,” explained Short.   The retrieve for Griffith using the Lucky Craft involved casting the Pointer tight to the edge then slowing twitching and pausing it out from the edge. Once the lure was two metres out from the edge he’d crank the lure back and repeat. For Short the retrieve was slower and more direct.   “I’d cast the lure into the weed edge then slowly draw it through the weed to it didn’t get hung up,” explained Short.   The tandem approach paid dividends with the pair catching five fish on day one and another six on day two. The only team to catch their full limit for the event it was a switch bait approach that the paired used that they saw as their key to getting to fish.   “If I got a bite on my hardbody, Trent would throw his soft plastic straight in there, and likewise if he got a bite on his soft plastic I’d throw my hard body in there,” explained Griffiths. “As long as we didn’t throw the same lure in most cases we’d catch the fish.”   A calculated approach that delivered results, and delivered the pair the Teemburra event win and the 2013 BARRA Tour Team of the Year (TOY) crown.   “I was a little disappointed with my barra tour last year, so to do well this year and to win the title fishing with Trent is very satisfying,” explained Griffiths.   “I couldn’t have done it without the support of Trent and the guys at EJ Todd.”   Team Nomad (don’t) Roam in to Second Place Willem Reichard and Ken Elliot from Team Nomad Tackle/Hydrowave (9/10, 496cm) finished second at Teemburra with the pair fishing a lily point near the mouth of Teemburra Creek to catch the majority of their fish.   “We caught some fish in other areas, but it was definitely the point that gave us most of or fish,” explained Elliot.   Anchored up in 5 metres of water and a cast length out from the point the pair would cast their lorikeet colour Squidgy Slick Rig 110 and 130 to edge, then flick it and rip it out of the lilies to get the attention of any barra.   Day one was the standout at day for the approach with the pair catching a seven fish for the session, which included a 30 minute bite period when the fish were really active.   “They bit their heads off just on dark,” explained Elliot.   Day two proved a lot tougher, especially during the daylight hours, an increase in activity just on dark did however get things moving.   “They bit once again as it got dark, and five minutes before the end of the session we lost a 75cm fish that would have given us our full limit for the tournament,” explained Elliot.   Falling one fish shy of their full bag the pair finished in second place, their second runner-up position for the 2013 BARRA Tour and a level of consistency that saw them finish in 3rd place in the Team of the Year points race for the year.   One of the most consistent teams on the BARRA Tour this year Reichard and Elliot will definitely be a team to watch in 2014.     Big Barra Team Swamp Donkey claimed the Big Barra Prize at Teemburra with the team catching the prize winning 97cm fish on a bright yellow coloured Squidgy Slick Rig 130 at 4.30pm on day two of competition. Caught from a lily lined weed point 700 metres from the boat ramp it was the standout fish on the team’s catch card which also included a 94cm. Once again from the same weed point.     Winning Tackle Rod- Dobyns Champion 705SF (Short), Reel- Shimano Calais (Griffiths), Daiwa 3000 Branzino (Short) Line- 30lb PE (Griffiths), 30lb Sunline Momentum PE (Short) Leader- 30lb FC fluorocarbon (Griffiths), 35lb FC 100 flurocarbon Lure- Lucky Craft DD Pointer (Griffith), french blue coloured 5″ Castaic Jerky J Swim rigged on a Hypohead with a Trokar size 5 worm hook (Short)     Winning Ways Team EJ Todd saw two things as integral to their success, the switching of lures when they got bite and the use of their Hydrowave to keep fish active and draw them out of the weedbeds.          

Place	Team	Angler 1	Angler 2	F1	L1	F2	L2	TF	TL (cm)	Big Barra (cm)	Cash	Prizes
1	EJ Todd	Craig Griffiths	Trent Short	5	289	5	334	10	623	94	$800	Spotters sunglasses, Austackle Prizepack, OSP/Squidgy Prizepack
2	Nomad Tackle/Hydrowave	Willem Reichard	Ken Elliot	5	263	4	233	9	496		$700	OSP/Squidgy Prizepack
3	Swamp Donkeys	Martin Brennan	Ryce Bullimore	2	158	4	289	6	447	97	$500	OSP/Squidgy Prizepack
4	Triton	Rick Napier	Dustin Sippel	2	148	5	294	7	442		$300	Squidgy Prizepack
5	Power	Trent Power	Donovan Power	3	138	5	271	8	409
6	Rapala	Dan Grech	Jon Millard	5	332	1	65	6	397
7	EnS	Shane Sanderson	Elaine Sanderson	5	306	1	63	6	369
8	Dobyns/Rapala Street Team	Karim De Ridder	Luke Katsaros	5	341			5	341
9	Dobyns/ Lucky Craft Lures	Colin Brett	Steve Lill	1	65	2	153	3	218
10	MTA Blue	Geoff Newby	Neil Wilson	1	81	2	130	3	211
11	13 Fishing/Sebile	Peter Behrens	Nicholas Moore	3	182			3	182
12	Snap-Dog	Aaron Dial	Cameron Johnson	1	43	2	117	3	160
13	Lowrance/Reidy’s Lures	Peter Price	Rex Berry	1	47	2	110	3	157
14	BTD Lures McArthur Custom Rods	Benn Durkin	Mat McArthur	1	86	1	64	2	150
15	Touchin’ Cloth	Adrian Osborne	Ben Willcox			3	122	3	122
16	Tree Hugger’s	Michael Weick	Brendan Barnet	1	50	1	67	2	117
17	Barra Fever	Glen Smith	Keith Stanford	1	64	1	51	2	115
18	Whopper Stoppers	Keegan Hayden	Daniel Hurt	1	78			1	78
19	We Fish	Grant Murray	Wayne Jones	1	69			1	69
20	Blown Income	Darren Corr	Tamara Stanhope					0	0
20	Evolution	Greg Thomas	Jono Clark					0	0
20	Fishing Magician	Ash Sims	Georgette Elkins					0	0
				44	2740	39	2363	83	5103
					62.27				61.48

Kinchant Dam hosted the second event of the 2013 BARRA Tour, the Kinchant Night Championship. This was the first time Kinchant Dam had been used for an ABT BARRA event. Add to this that Kinchant Dam was recently used for series 10 of the Australian Fishing Championships (AFC) BARRA rounds and all anglers were excited about what lay in store.
Kinchant Shines For Night Championship  

Kinchant Dam hosted the second event of the 2013 BARRA Tour, the Kinchant Night Championship. This was the first time Kinchant Dam had been used for an ABT BARRA event. Add to this that Kinchant Dam was recently used for series 10 of the Australian Fishing Championships (AFC) BARRA rounds and all anglers were excited about what lay in store.

  The Night Championship format tests angler’s skill and stamina in equal measure. Teams fish one session from 4pm through to 7am the next morning. This maximises the opportunity to catch barramundi during the prime twilight and early morning periods. Unfortunately the weather decided to play its part during the tournament and teams had to battle the elements in addition to trying to catch the barramundi on offer.

  Let’s take a look at the teams that reigned supreme;

    Team BTD Lures/McArthur Custom Rods (Benn Durkin/Matt McArthur) 5/5, 513cm

    Team BTD Lures/McArthur Custom Rods decided not to prefish for the event. Benn Durkin explains, “We felt we had enough experience from social fishing on the dam. Also we were concerned how the extra traffic would affect what is essentially a small dam.

  We had decided on our location prior to the event. It was a rock bar located at the entrance to a feeder creek. We would sit in around 25 feet of water and cast up onto a weed flat of around 10 feet deep. Our location gave us access to both deep and shallow water without needing to move the boat”.

  At the start of the tournament the team went straight to their chosen location. Using Humminbird Side Imaging the anglers noted that there was good fish traffic moving through the area and used Jackall Transams and 130mm Squidgy slick rigs in black/gold colour to entice any bites on offer.

  Durkin dissects the location, “There was a v-shaped channel through the weed that was like a natural highway for the fish. Barramundi were continuously moving through this channel”.

  The team experienced an initial flurry of activity once they arrived at their chosen location, boating five fish within a hectic 45 minutes. This was followed by a quiet patch till 12pm when near the high tide window two fish were caught.

  The weather throughout the session was challenging for all the anglers. The storm that hit during the event briefing quickly dissipated, but rainstorms and high wind continued throughout the night. Team BTD Lures/McArthur Custom Rods attempted to spotlock with their electric motor, but in the end the conditions decreed that they required the anchor.

  At 3am another storm hit albeit for a short time. The team hadn’t had a bite since 12am, but as the sun slowly began to light the morning another bite window opened. A change in lure colour (130mm Squidgy slick Rig in pilly colour) prompted bites and saw the team land a further two fish before finishing the session.

  Durkin discusses the team’s key technique, “We made long casts then we let the lure sink to the bottom. Using vicious rips of the rod we would lift the lure off the bottom before letting it sink back with a few turns of the reel. This would be repeated back to the boat. Most of the bites came as the lure was sitting on the bottom”.

  The team made special mention of the fellow anglers competing at the event, “It was great to see so many young, keen anglers attend the BARRA Tour this year. These are anglers who quickly cotton on to what is happening and perform well across all the events. It pushes everyone to become better and has made the tour dynamic and competitive, whilst still retaining the great social element that is the BARRA Tour”.

    Dobyns/Rapala Street Team take second and Big Barra  

Team Dobyns/Rapala Street Team (Karin De Ridder/Luke Katsaros) caught 5/5, 495cm to finish in second place. Their limit was anchored by the event Big Barra, a whopping 122cm fish. Karim De Ridder shares the eventful session, “Leading up to the event and the day before we prefished the dam. We had one location in the deep with an adjacent weededge. The barramundi were showing on the sidescan unit and we were confident of finding some fish”.

  Team Dobyns/Rapala Street Team fished a location near to where the winning team found their fish. The back of the bay where they were located was in 14-15 feet of water with the adjacent weed edge shallowing out into 2 feet of water. A channel through the weed was a key transitional area for the barramundi in the location.

  De Ridder talks us through the session, “We had some early nudges when we arrived at the location. At round 4.45pm we had our first fish via a double hookup. The bites continued through to twilight”.   The teams key lures were a 130mm Squidgy slick rig in black/gold colour, a Jackall Transam and a custom white 7″ swimbait rigged on a 3/8th oz TT jighead.

  Bites continued to come through the session. Shortly after a rain squall came through the team hooked a fish that was to be the event Big Barra. De Ridder explains what then unfolded, “It was a good fish. When we finally landed it we attempted to move it from the back of the boat to the front. In the process the spine of the fish hit a knee and after the fish was photographed and released we realised the spine had broken off in the contact and was in the knee”.

  A trip to Mackay hospital ensued with the anglers then returning to Kinchant Dam around 2pm. Fishing was slow until the daylight brought the fish on the bite. A further two fish were caught before the session ended a long night for the team.

  The team used Dobyns/ACM rods paired with quality baitcaster and spin reels spooled with 10-20lb braid and 40-60lb Sunline FC 100 leader.

  De Ridder wraps it up, “Key for us was the location. The number and size of the fish demanded we stay in the area. Also keeping the lure in the zone near the edge of the weed was important. We changed our jighead weights (3/8th oz – ¾ oz) depending on the depth of the area we were fishing. The technique was to cast to the edge, hop the lure out of the weed and have it swimming into deeper water. This attracted both deeper barra and those willing to follow the lure out from the weed edge”.

  Whilst the wild and woolly weather made things uncomfortable for the anglers the fishing fired with 70 fish being caught and released. The overall average size was an impressive 89cm. In all nineteen teams boated fish during the tournament. If these figures are anything to go by Kinchant Dam is set to go for BARRA 2014.

Winning Notes  

Winning Tackle   7′ McArthur Custom rods (built on a G. Loomis 4 weight IMX 12-20lb blank) 3000 Daiwa Branzino/3000 Daiwa Sol reels 20lb/30lb PE 50lb/80lb Jinkai leader

 
Winning Edge  

“Experience on the water and belief in the locations we were fishing. The bigger fish were coming from deeper water so we focused on those areas and found the fish we needed”.

Place	Team	Angler 1	Angler 2	Fish Total	Length Total	Big Barra
1	BTD Lures McArthur Custom Rods	Benn Durkin	Mat McArthur	5	513
2	Dobyns/Rapala Street Team	Karim De Ridder	Luke Katsaros	5	495	122
3	Team Lowrance/Reidy’s Lures	Peter Price	Rex Berry	5	467
4	EJ Todd	Craig Griffiths	Trent Short	5	450
5	Dobyns/ Lucky Craft Lures	Colin Brett	Steve Lill	5	434
6	EnS	Shane Sanderson	Elaine Sanderson	5	430
7	Rapala	Dan Grech	Jon Millard	5	423
8	Team Power	Donovan Power	Trent Power	4	408
9	Fishin Magician	Ash Sims	Georgette Elkins	5	372
10	Snap-Dog	Aaron Dial	Cameron Johnson	4	317
11	Swamp Donkeys	Martin Brennan	Ryce Bullimore	4	302
12	Tree Hugger’s	Michael Weick	Brendan Barnet	3	269
13	Evolution	Greg Thomas	Jono Clark	3	267
14	Old Fellas	Phill Lyons	Clinton Honour	2	201
15	Whopper Stoppers	Keegan Hayden	Daniel Hurt	2	191
16	Team Triton	Rick Napier	Dustin Sippel	2	183
17	Nomad Tackle/Hydrowave	Willem Reichard	Ken Elliot	2	172
18	MTA Blue	Geoff Newby	Neil Wilson	2	165
19	Barra Fever	Glen Smith	Keith Stanford	2	159
20	We Fish	Grant Murray	Wayne Jones
21	Second Chance	Justin Land	Curtis Land
22	Master Cabinets	Glen Boys	Mark Lochwood
23	13 Fishing/Sebile	Peter Behrens	Nicholas Moore
				70	6218
				Ave	89

The Overall BARRA Team of the Year (TOY) is the most prestigious award a BARRA team can achieve. It rewards the
team who are the most consistent throughout the qualifying rounds, with points per round allocated according to placing. At the end of the Rounds, TOY points are tallied and the BARRA Team of the Year is determined. A team best three events will count towards their Overall TOY Calculations.

Place	Team	Angler 1	Angler 2	Peter Faust Evening Event	Kinchant Night Championship	Teemburra Evening Event
1	Team Power	Trent Power	Donovan Power	100
2	Nomad Tackle/Hydrowave	Willem Reichard	Ken Elliot	99
3	EJ Todd	Craig Griffiths	Trent Short	98
4	Snap-Dog	Aaron Dial	Cameron Johnson	97
5	Team Triton	Rick Napier	Dustin Sippel	96
6	MTA Blue	Geoff Newby	Neil Wilson	95
7	13 Fishing/Sebile	Peter Behrens	Nicholas Moore	94
8	Tree Hugger’s	Michael Weick	Brendan Barnet	93
9	Whopper Stoppers	Keegan Hayden	Daniel Hurt	92
10	Rapala	Dan Grech	Jon Millard	91
11	Dobyns/ Lucky Craft Lures	Colin Brett	Steve Lill	90
12	Touchin’ Cloth	Matthew Zahl	Ben Willcox	89
13	BTD Lures McArthur Custom Rods	Benn Durkin	Mat McArthur	88
14	Dobyns/Rapala Street Team	Karim De Ridder	Luke Katsaros	87
15	Fishin Magician	Ash Sims	Georgette Elkins	86
16	Barra Fever	Glen Smith	Keith Stanford	85
17	EnS	Shane Sanderson	Elaine Sanderson	84
18	Swamp Donkeys	Martin Brennan	Ryce Bullimore	83
19	Master Cabinets	Glen Boys	Mark Lochwood	73
20	Second Chance	Justin Land	Curtis Land	73
21	Team Lowrance/Reidy’s Lures	Peter Price	Rex Berry	73
22	We Fish	Grant Murray	Wayne Jones	73
23	Evolution	Greg Thomas	Jono Clark	73

Power Charges To Victory   Team Power (Trent Power/Donovan Power) took out the first event of the 2013 BARRA Tour, the Peter Faust Evening Event. Team Power’s tournament limit of 9/10, 925cm saw them secure a comfortable victory and provide the perfect start to their 2013 ABT tournament season.
Power Charges To Victory  

Team Power (Trent Power/Donovan Power) took out the first event of the 2013 BARRA Tour, the Peter Faust Evening Event. Team Power’s tournament limit of 9/10, 925cm saw them secure a comfortable victory and provide the perfect start to their 2013 ABT tournament season.

  Team Power located fish during the prefish day with a number of proven locations sounding good numbers of barramundi. “The fish were there and responding to a Stiffy Bony Bream lure”, explained Trent Power.

  In the first session Team Power traveled to a clearing near the old power lines where they fished a point next to an adjacent gully. Trent Power explains, “We targeted a section of bank around 50 meters long casting to a lilly edge in water from 2-4 meters deep. We had a concentrated bite window between 2.30 to 4.30 pm when we caught most of our fish (3). We then checked out adjacent weedy flats and the old creek line before returning to our key area. The team’s session one total of 5/5, 503cm had them sitting in second place and poised to challenge the leader.

  On day two Team Power returned to their key location, but were unable to find any fish. They moved to a nearby location, Pandanus Bay, which had two branching arms with a flat in between. The team moved further up the creek for no fish before moving back to the flats. A quiet spell almost prompted a move, before their first fish of the session was caught and landed.  A decision to stay at the location was rewarded with two more fish coming before sunset.

  In a final throw of the dice the team headed to fish the main basin. Donovan Power explains what unfolded, “We were fishing around 250 meters from the buoy line with plenty of other boats. We were marking plenty of baitfish and barramundi in the area. The soundings indicated that the bait was holding in 20-30 feet with active barramundi sitting underneath. Surface activity indicated that the fish were active. I was casting out and slow rolling the lure when I got a hit with twenty minutes to go. The barramundi went 117cm and was our final fish for the session”.

  The team’s key lures were a 130mm Squidgy Slick Rig in black gold and white. Both were rigged on Area 51 jigheads. “During the day we used the black/gold and at night switched to the white”, explained Trent Power.

  Trent Power explains the pattern, “The key areas were small in size with adjacent rivulets nearby. Whilst we sounded fish in the deep they weren’t feeding. The majority of the fish we caught were barramundi sitting tight to the edges”.

            Nomad Tackle/HydroWave secure second place  

Team Nomad Tackle/HydroWave caught 8/10, 781cm to finish in second place. Leading after day one the team found the fishing harder on day two and was overtaken by a fast finishing Team Power. Ken Elliot and Willem Reichard share their experience, “We had a good prefish where we caught fish and identified our key locations. We had 3-4 areas where we could focus on depending on the prevalent wind direction and amount of traffic in the area”.

  On day one the team headed to a shallow bank near the existing powerlines. The bank had an adjacent deep channel proving the team with multiple options. The team employed their HydroWave to activate the baitfish in the vicinity. Reichard explains,

  “The HydroWave is a patented electronic sound device that emits the natural sounds of bait fish and predatory fish feeding on them. Together the sounds produce an instinctive response in nearby predatory fish. The predatory fish can hear the sounds and feel the vibrations of the sound waves in the water.

  We used the Australian freshwater edition and toggled through the settings toggling between bony bream passive, freshwater shrimp and Red claw/yabby. We set the HydroWave on a 30 second sound loop on ½ volume setting”.

  The barramundi were active with the team noting they would move through in groups of two and three. Between 3pm and 4pm a distinct bite window occurred with the team capitalizing and landing four fish. Reichard explains the team’s approach, “We would look to constantly mix up the presentations with one team member using a different lure to the other. This would be either a hardbody or larger lure. The key lure for the session was a 130mm Squidgy Slick Rig in black/gold colour rigged on a ½ oz Area 51 jighead. The retrieve was a slow roll punctuated with hops. All our hookups were solid with the fish hitting the lure aggressively”.

  Team Nomad Tackle/HydroWave led the field after the first session with 5/5, 521cm. With an average fish size of 104.2cm the team were confident they were in the right area and anticipated a good day two session.

  On day two the wind direction changed. Despite this challenge the team decided to stick with their successful day one plan. Even though there were fewer bites the team cottoned onto an important bite trigger. Elliot explains, “Occasionally surface activity would erupt around the boat. The key was to quickly cast to those activity areas to get a bite. It was really about being in tune with what was happening around you”.

  In all the team secured 3/5, 260cm which secured them overall second place and valuable Team of the Year (TOY) points.

        The outfits of Team Nomad Tackle/HydroWave consisted of a 7′ 8-14kg 13 Omen black rod teamed with  Daiwa Certate 3000/Shimano Sustain 4000 reels spooled with 20lb Powerpro braid and 80lb Black Magic tough trace.

    Big Barra   The event Big Barra (118cm) was caught in session two by Geoff Newby (Team MTA Blue). Newby explains, “The fish was caught at 2.10pm from below the existing powerlines. We were anchored in six feet casting back to a lilly edge in 2 feet of water. I was using a medium paced retrieve when the fish hit the lure (130mm Squidgy Slick Rig in Black/gold colour). The fish gave some fight, breaching a couple of times before coming to the boat. Fortunately my stinger hook was effective as it was hooked in the lip. Very exciting and happy to catch it during a tournament”.

  Winning Tackle  Rod: 6’6″ 6-8kg Shimano Raider rods Reel: 4000 size Daiwa Certate/Shimano Symetre Line: 30lb Fins braid Leader: 60lb YGK fluorocarbon and 80lb Surecatch leader.

Winning Ways  “We took the opportunities when they presented themselves. We were confident in the locations we chose. Understanding why areas were holding fish and knowing enough locations with similar characteristics made the difference. We could identify areas that weren’t as heavily pressured and the fish would respond accordingly. This all came about due to time and experience on the water.

  Also having a smaller boat (3.75m/25HP) proved useful around trees and small creek areas. Being maneuverable is sometimes the difference between catching and losing fish”.

Place	Team	Angler 1	Angler 2	F1	S1	F2	S2	Fish Total	Length Total	Big Barra	Cash	Prizes
1	Team Power	Trent Power	Donovan Power	5	503	4	422	9	925		$800	Spotters sunglasses, Austackle Prizepack, OSP/Squidgy Prizepack
2	Nomad Tackle/Hydrowave	Willem Reichard	Ken Elliot	5	521	3	260	8	781		$700	OSP/Squidgy Prizepack
3	EJ Todd	Craig Griffiths	Trent Short	5	478	3	255	8	733		$500	OSP/Squidgy Prizepack
4	Snap-Dog	Aaron Dial	Cameron Johnson	2	157	5	477	7	634		$300	OSP/Squidgy Prizepack
5	Team Triton	Rick Napier	Dustin Sippel	4	403	2	208	6	611
6	MTA Blue	Geoff Newby	Neil Wilson	4	352	2	205	6	557	118		OSP/Squidgy Prizepack
7	13 Fishing/Sebile	Peter Behrens	Nicholas Moore	3	303	2	219	5	522
8	Tree Hugger’s	Michael Weick	Brendan Barnet	3	285	2	197	5	482
9	Whopper Stoppers	Keegan Hayden	Daniel Hurt	3	268	2	194	5	462
10	Rapala	Dan Grech	Jon Millard	2	180	2	167	4	347
11	Dobyns/ Lucky Craft Lures	Colin Brett	Steve Lill	2	191	1	113	3	304
12	Touchin’ Cloth	Matthew Zahl	Ben Willcox	2	185	1	109	3	294
13	BTD Lures McArthur Custom Rods	Benn Durkin	Mat McArthur	3	282			3	282
14	Dobyns/Rapala Street Team	Karim De Ridder	Luke Katsaros	2	184			2	184
15	Fishin Magician	Ash Sims	Georgette Elkins	2	181			2	181
16	Barra Fever	Glen Smith	Keith Stanford	1	93			1	93
17	EnS	Shane Sanderson	Elaine Sanderson			1	92	1	92
18	Swamp Donkeys	Martin Brennan	Ryce Bullimore			1	55	1	55
19	Master Cabinets	Glen Boys	Mark Lochwood					0	0
20	Second Chance	Justin Land	Curtis Land					0	0
21	Team Lowrance/Reidy’s Lures	Peter Price	Rex Berry					0	0
22	We Fish	Grant Murray	Wayne Jones					0	0
23	Evolution	Greg Thomas	Jono Clark		-30			0	-30
				48	4566	31	2973	79	7539
								Ave	95.43

Peter Price of team Lowrance/Reidy’s Lures has capped off another cracking season, taking out the overall Angler of the Year title with 297 out of a possible 300 points. Price’s win in the last event secured him the victory from Daniel Grech by one point. Grech didn’t walk away empty handed, showing supreme consistency with two second places in the southern events to secure the Southern AOY. With the Barra fishing heating up 2013 will a tour not to be missed. Stay tuned to www.australianbarra.com.au for next years dates as they come to hand.

Individual AOY
Place	Angler	Team	R1 Faust	R2 Teemburra	R3 Awoonga	R4 Monduran	Best 3
1	Peter Price	Team Lowrance/Reidy’s Lures	100	97	94	100	297
2	Daniel Grech	Rapala – ACM Rods	97	98	99	99	296
3	Jon Millard	Rapala – ACM Rods	98	99	98	96	295
4	Scott McAuley	Team Lowrance/Reidy’s Lures	96	91	100	97	293
5	Craig Griffiths	Area 51 Jig Heads	99	90	95	85	284
6	Keith Stanford	Barra Fever	84	94	88	90	272
7	Glen Smith	Barra Fever	81	96	83	84	263
8	Michael Weick	Tree Huggers	71	76	89	95	260
9	Brendan Barnett	Tree Huggers	71	76	73	86	235
10	Jamie Bein	Team Nitro	71	87	73	71	231
11	Tom Wood	Gin Gin Hotel	0	0	96	94	190
12	Robert Wood	Gin Gin Hotel	0	0	91	98	189
13	Colin Brett	EJ Todd / Area 51	0	0	97	91	188
14	Donovan Power	Team Power	94	92	0	0	186
15	Ben Durkin	Mondy Barra Charters/BDT Lures	0	0	90	92	182
16	Steven Wright	Team Nitro	86	95	0	0	181
17	Nathan Chapman	DDC	85	93	0	0	178
18	Geoff Newby	GB	87	89	0	0	176
19	Trent Power	Team Power	88	88	0	0	176
20	Karim De Ridder	Tin Can	95	76	0	0	171
21	Luke Katsaros	Tin Can	93	76	0	0	169
22	Phill Lyons	GB	92	76	0	0	168
23	Shane Clarke	Dam Busters	82	86	0	0	168
24	Stephen Pill	Area 51 Jig Heads	89	76	0	0	165
25	Mat McFarlane	Dam Busters	83	76	0	0	159
26	Daryl Pead	DDC	0	100	0	0	100
27	Elaine Sanderson	Tackle Warehouse	0	0	93	0	93
28	Brian Rake	Team Rebels	0	0	0	93	93
29	Jack Schwerin	Fish Catching Machine	0	0	92	0	92
30	Cy Taylor	Hobie Fishing	91	0	0	0	91
31	Kerrin Taylor	Hobie Fishing	90	0	0	0	90
32	Dustin Sipper	Bundyites	0	0	0	89	89
33	Nole Lobban	Team Rebels	0	0	0	88	88
34	Clayton Walker	Beer n Barra Boys	0	0	87	0	87
35	Rick Napier	Bundyites	0	0	0	87	87
36	Micheal Webber	46-80	0	0	86	0	86
37	Shane Sanderson	Tackle Warehouse	0	0	85	0	85
38	Quintin Maclean	Beer n Barra Boys	0	0	84	0	84
39	Ian Napier	Rat Catchers	0	0	0	83	83
40	Maurie Napier	Rat Catchers	0	0	0	82	82
41	John Schwerin	Fish Catching Machine	0	0	73	0	73
42	Scott Hurle	Cod Catchers	0	0	73	0	73
43	Todd Cormach	Cod Catchers	0	0	73	0	73
44	Kyle Broeendale	46-81	0	0	73	0	73
45	Adrian Pegg	DDC	71	0	0	0	71

 

Southern AOY
Place	Angler	Team	R3 Awoonga	R4 Monduran	Total
1	Daniel Grech	Rapala – ACM Rods	99	99	198
2	Scott McAuley	Team Lowrance/Reidy’s Lures	100	97	197
3	Jon Millard	Rapala – ACM Rods	98	96	194
4	Peter Price	Team Lowrance/Reidy’s Lures	94	100	194
5	Tom Wood	Gin Gin Hotel	96	94	190
6	Robert Wood	Gin Gin Hotel	91	98	189
7	Colin Brett	EJ Todd / Area 51	97	91	188
8	Michael Weick	Tree Huggers	89	95	184
9	Ben Durkin	Mondy Barra Charters/BDT Lures	90	92	182
10	Craig Griffiths	Area 51 Jig Heads	95	85	180
11	Keith Stanford	Barra Fever	88	90	178
12	Glen Smith	Barra Fever	83	85	168
13	Brendan Barnett	Tree Huggers	73	86	159
14	Jamie Bein	Team Nitro	73	71	144
15	Elaine Sanderson	Tackle Warehouse	93	0	93
16	Brian Rake	Team Rebels	0	93	93
17	Jack Schwerin	Fish Catching Machine	92	0	92
18	Dustin Sipper	Bundyites	0	89	89
19	Noel Lobban	Team Rebels	0	88	88
20	Clayton Walker	Beer n Barra Boys	87	0	87
21	Rick Napier	Bundyites	0	87	87
22	Micheal Webber	46-80	86	0	86
23	Shane Sanderson	Tackle Warehouse	85	0	85
24	Quintin Maclean	Beer n Barra Boys	84	0	84
25	Ian Napier	Rat Catchers	0	83	83
26	Maurie Napier	Rat Catchers	0	82	82
27	John Schwerin	Fish Catching Machine	73	0	73
28	Scott Hurle	Cod Catchers	73	0	73
29	Todd Cormach	Cod Catchers	73	0	73
30	Kyle Broeendale	46-81	73	0	73

Peter Price held on to win the Warlock Lures Monduran Morning event with 10/10 fish for 528cm. Daniel Grech continued his good form, taking out second place with 10/10 fish for 488cm. Stay tuned to australianbarra.com.au for the full story soon.

Place	Angler	Team	F1	L1	F2	L2	TF	TL	Cash	Prizes
1	Peter Price	Team Lowrance/Reidy’s Lures	5	277	5	251	10	528	$600	Lox Rod, Rapala, Storm and Squidgy lure pack
2	Daniel Grech	Rapala – ACM Rods	5	247	5	241	10	488	$400	Lox Rod, Rapala, Storm and Squidgy lure pack
3	Robert Wood	Gin Gin Hotel	3	159	5	260	8	419	$200	Rapala, Storm and Squidgy lure pack
4	Scott McAuley	Team Lowrance/Reidy’s Lures	5	258	3	147	8	405		Rapala, Storm and Squidgy lure pack
5	Jon Millard	Rapala – ACM Rods	5	244	3	152	8	396		Rapala, Storm and Squidgy lure pack
6	Michael Weick	Tree Huggers	2	105	4	226	6	331		Rapala, Storm and Squidgy lure pack
7	Tom Wood	Gin Gin Hotel	3	175	3	151	6	326		Rapala, Storm and Squidgy lure pack
8	Brian Rake	Team Rebels	0	0	5	315	5	315		Rapala, Storm and Squidgy lure pack + Squidgies Big Barra Pack
9	Ben Durkin	Mondy Barra Charters/BTD Lures	1	52	4	231	5	283		Rapala, Storm and Squidgy lure pack
10	Colin Brett	EJ Todd/Area 51 Jig Heads	2	126	3	152	5	278		Rapala, Storm and Squidgy lure pack
11	Keith Stanford	Barra Fever	0	0	5	254	5	254
12	Dustin Sipper	Bundyites	5	251	0	0	5	251
13	Noel Lobban	Team Rebels	0	0	4	196	4	196
14	Rick Napier	Bundyites	3	142	1	53	4	195
15	Brendan Barnett	Tree Huggers	0	0	4	193	4	193
16	Craig Griffiths	EJ Todd/Area 51 Jig Heads	0	0	3	148	3	148
17	Glen Smith	Barra Fever	2	101	0	0	2	101
18	Ian Napier	Rat Catchers	1	51	0	0	1	51
19	Maurie Napier	Rat Catchers	1	49	0	0	1	49
20	Jamie Bein	Mondy Barra Charters/BTD Lures	0	0	0	0	0	0
			43	2237	57	2970
				53.23		52.1

Jon Millard leads the 2012 AOY race after the Lake Awoonga round, but with one event left to go the titles anyones for the taking. Who will step up and take out the 2012 JM Gillies Barra Tour Angler of the Year…? Stay tuned to www.australianbarra.com.au for the full results after the Warlock Lures Monduran Morning Event.

Place	Angler	Team	R1 Faust	R2 Teemburra	R3 Awoonga	R4 Monduran	Best 3
1	Jon Millard	Rapala – ACM Rods	98	99	98	0	295
2	Daniel Grech	Rapala – ACM Rods	97	98	99	0	294
3	Peter Price	Team Lowrance/Reidy’s Lures	100	97	94	0	291
4	Scott McAuley	Team Lowrance/Reidy’s Lures	96	91	100	0	287
5	Craig Griffiths	Area 51 Jig Heads	99	90	95	0	284
6	Keith Stanford	Barra Fever	84	94	88	0	266
7	Glen Smith	Barra Fever	81	96	83	0	260
8	Michael Weick	Tree Huggers	71	76	89	0	236
9	Jamie Bein	Team Nitro	71	87	73	0	231
10	Brendan Barnett	Tree Huggers	71	76	73	0	220
11	Donovan Power	Team Power	94	92	0	0	186
12	Steven Wright	Team Nitro	86	95	0	0	181
13	Nathan Chapman	DDC	85	93	0	0	178
14	Geoff Newby	GB	87	89	0	0	176
15	Trent Power	Team Power	88	88	0	0	176
16	Karim De Ridder	Tin Can	95	76	0	0	171
17	Luke Katsaros	Tin Can	93	76	0	0	169
18	Phill Lyons	GB	92	76	0	0	168
19	Shane Clarke	Dam Busters	82	86	0	0	168
20	Stephen Pill	Area 51 Jig Heads	89	76	0	0	165
21	Mat McFarlane	Dam Busters	83	76	0	0	159
22	Daryl Pead	DDC	0	100	0	0	100
23	Colin Brett	EJ Todd / Area 51	0	0	97	0	97
24	Tom Wood	Gin Gin Hotel	0	0	96	0	96
25	Elaine Sanderson	Tackle Warehouse	0	0	93	0	93
26	Jack Schwerin	Fish Catching Machine	0	0	92	0	92
27	Robert Wood	Gin Gin Hotel	0	0	91	0	91
28	Cy Taylor	Hobie Fishing	91	0	0	0	91
29	Ben Durkin	Mondy Barra Charters/BDT Lures	0	0	90	0	90
30	Kerrin Taylor	Hobie Fishing	90	0	0	0	90
31	Clayton Walker	Beer n Barra Boys	0	0	87	0	87
32	Micheal Webber	46-80	0	0	86	0	86
33	Shane Sanderson	Tackle Warehouse	0	0	85	0	85
34	Quintin Maclean	Beer n Barra Boys	0	0	84	0	84
35	John Schwerin	Fish Catching Machine	0	0	73	0	73
36	Scott Hurle	Cod Catchers	0	0	73	0	73
37	Todd Cormach	Cod Catchers	0	0	73	0	73
38	Kyle Broeendale	46-81	0	0	73	0	73
39	Adrian Pegg	DDC	71	0	0	0	71

Scott McAuley stepped it up on day 2 managing 9/10 fish for 626cm to take his first win of the 2012 JM Gillies Barra Tour at the Squidgies Awoonga Morning Event. Daniel Gretch took out second place with a consistent 8/10 for 533. With sixty-seven fish hit the brag mats for an average of just over 66 cm Awoonga is showing its coming back on line.

Place	Angler	Team	F1	L1	F2	L2	TF	TL	Cash	Prizes
1	Scott McAuley	Team Lowrance/Reidy’s Lures	4	268	5	358	9	626	$600	Shimano Stradic C14 4000F reel, Rapala, Storm and Squidgy lure pack
2	Daniel Grech	Rapala – ACM Rods	4	269	4	264	8	533	$400	Lox Rod, Rapala, Storm and Squidgy lure pack
3	Jon Millard	Rapala – ACM Rods	4	258	3	185	7	443	$300	Rapala, Storm and Squidgy lure pack
4	Colin Brett	EJ Todd/Area 51 Jig Heads	4	255	1	101	5	356	$200	Rapala, Storm and Squidgy lure pack + Squidgies Big Barra Pack (101)
5	Tom Wood	Gin Gin Hotel	0	0	5	316	5	316		Rapala, Storm and Squidgy lure pack
6	Craig Griffiths	EJ Todd/Area 51 Jig Heads	4	247	1	64	5	311		Rapala, Storm and Squidgy lure pack
7	Peter Price	Team Lowrance/Reidy’s Lures	1	65	3	198	4	263		Rapala, Storm and Squidgy lure pack
8	Elaine Sanderson	Tackle Warehouse	0	0	4	259	4	259		Rapala, Storm and Squidgy lure pack + bonus Squidgies Big Barra Pack
9	Jake Schwerin	Fish Catching Machines	0	0	3	255	3	255		Rapala, Storm and Squidgy lure pack
10	Robert Wood	Gin Gin Hotel	3	183	1	63	4	246		Rapala, Storm and Squidgy lure pack
11	Ben Durkin	Mondy Barra Charters/BTD Lures	0	0	3	189	3	189
12	Michael Weick	Tree Huggers	2	134	0	0	2	134
13	Keith Stanford	Barra Fever	1	65	1	63	2	128
14	Clayton Walker	Beer ‘n’ Barra Boys	1	62	1	64	2	126
15	Micheal Webber	46-80	1	68	0	0	1	68
16	Shane Sanderson	Tackle Warehouse	0	0	1	64	1	64
17	Quintin Maclean	Beer ‘n’ Barra Boys	1	63	0	0	1	63
18	Glen Smith	Barra Fever	1	62	0	0	1	62
19	Brendan Barnett	Tree Huggers	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Jamie Bein	Mondy Barra Charters/BTD Lures	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	John Schwerin	Fish Catching Machines	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Kyle Broeendale	46-80	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Scott Hurle	Cod Catchers	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Todd Cormach	Cod Catchers	0	0	0	0	0	0
			31	1999	36	2443	67	4442	66.29

Jon Millard used the disapointment of missing out on last year’s Northern AOY Title on a count-back as motivation to win the 2012 crown.

Fittingly his win this year was also via a countback with Millard beating Peter Price for the title.

Read more for the full standings.

Place	Angler	Team	R1 Faust	R2 Teemburra	Total
1	Jon Millard	Rapala – ACM Rods	98	99	197
2	Peter Price	Team Lowrance/Reidy’s Lures	100	97	197
3	Daniel Grech	Rapala – ACM Rods	97	98	195
4	Craig Griffiths	Area 51 Jig Heads	99	90	189
5	Scott McAuley	Team Lowrance/Reidy’s Lures	96	91	187
6	Donovan Power	Team Power	94	92	186
7	Steven Wright	Team Nitro	86	95	181
8	Keith Stanford	Barra Fever	84	94	178
9	Nathan Chapman	DDC	85	93	178
10	Glen Smith	Barra Fever	81	96	177
11	Geoff Newby	GB	87	89	176
12	Trent Power	Team Power	88	88	176
13	Karim De Ridder	Tin Can	95	76	171
14	Luke Katsaros	Tin Can	93	76	169
15	Phill Lyons	GB	92	76	168
16	Shane Clarke	Dam Busters	82	86	168
17	Stephen Pill	Area 51 Jig Heads	89	76	165
18	Mat McFarlane	Dam Busters	83	76	159
19	Jamie Bein	Team Nitro	71	87	158
20	Brendan Barnett	Tree Huggers	71	76	147
21	Michael Weick	Tree Huggers	71	76	147
22	Daryl Pead	DDC	0	100	100
23	Cy Taylor	Hobie Fishing	91	0	91
24	Kerrin Taylor	Hobie Fishing	90	0	90
25	Adrian Pegg	DDC	71	0	71

 

Teams AOY
Place	Team	Angler 1	Angler 2	R1- Faust	R2- Teembuura	Total
1	Rapala – ACM Rods	Daniel Grech	Jon Millard	99	100	199
2	Team Lowrance/Reidy’s Lures	Scott McAuley	Peter Price	100	98	198
3	Area 51 Jig Heads	Craig Griffiths	Dan Roth	98	94	192
4	Power	Trent Power	Donovan Power	96	95	191
5	DDC	Adrian Pegg	Nathan Chapman	91	99	190
6	Team Nitro	Steven Wright	Jamie Bein	92	96	188
7	GB	Phill Lyons	Geoff Newby	94	93	187
8	Barra Fever	Glen Smith	Keith Stanford	90	97	187
9	Dam Busters	Mat McFarlane	Shane Clarke	93	92	185
10	Tin Can	Karim De Ridder	Luke Katsaros	97	82	179
11	Tree Huggers	Michael Weick	Brendan Barnett	80	82	162
12	Hobie Fishing	Kerrin Taylor	Cy Taylor	95	0	95