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Skeeter Australia Launches New Website

Skeeter Australia is pleased to announce the arrival of our website, www.skeeterboats.com.au.

With all the latest Skeeter Australia News, Special deals, Ranges of Boats, How to Order, Team Skeeter and our Business Partners, Skeeter Performance Program information, Owners Tournament Information plus some history of Skeeter Australia.

We trust that this site has all the information required and we will continue to improve the site in the future. I trust you will enjoy the site and we look forward to hearing from you.

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Skeeter's $29,990 Deal

Josh Batterson from Skeeter Boats Australia is doing amazing deals on entry-level Skeeters.

The skeeter SX170 is not a compromised boat… it has all the usual features of the Skeeter SX range of boats, and with over 40 SX Skeeters out of a total of 85 Skeeters sold in Australia the runs are on the board so to speak.

So a little about the boat….

• Skeeter SX170
• 16’8" Long
• 87" wide
• 70lb Minn Kota 24 Volt Electric Motor
• 2 x Lowrance XD50 Sounders
• An infinite range of colours to choose from… not limited to catalogue examples
• Bow Panel with trim Switch
• Fully Hookless carpet, including rod storage box
• Retractable Rod Stays
• Driver Passenger Footrests
• Boarding ladder
• Bike Seat with adjustable pedestal
• Fishing Chair with pedestal

Trailer
• Easytow Fully Galvanised Trailer – made in Australia for Australian conditions
• Trailer tie down straps

Motor
• 90hp Yamaha
• Options to Upgrade to Evinrude Etec 90hp or 115hp

Skeeter options
• Minn Kota 20amph onboard Charger
• Hot Foot and Pro trim
• Hambys Keel protector

BARRA Tour Teams Northern & Southern AOY- Final Standings

Read on for the teams northern and southern AOY points.
Northern Tour

Place	Team	Angler 1	Angler 2	Total	Teem R1	Faust R2	Tinaroo R3
1	Millerods/ Shimano	Cy Taylor	Kerrin Taylor	290	93	99	98
2	Reidy Lures	Peter Price	Arthur Lovern	280	96	92	92
3	Tackle Warehouse Ladies	Elaine Sanderson	Katie Sanderson	271	90	90	91
4	Happy Chappy’s	Aaron Gilmour	Nathan Chapman	270	97	78	95
5	Mundi-itis	Peter May	Cathy McNaught	260	77	89	94
6	Lost Bass Fishos	Alan McNamara	Brendon Horner	199	99	100
7	G.Loomis A	Danny Anderson	Colin Slade	195	98	97
8	Activeangler.net A	Matt Coleman	Jason Cameron	194	100	94
9	Barraboss	Matthew Wallace	Quoc Thai Pham	190		91	99
10	McBarra	Aaron Mogg	Les Reibelt	187	91	96
11	Mundi	Trevor Burgess	Scott McAuley	170	77	93
12	Barra Nomads	Robert Tombs	Lyndon Anlezark	155	77	78
13	Ocean Blue Boats Team 2	Nathan Ruth	Lance Richards	100			100
14	Jack Erskiine Pro Fishing Team	Jack Erskine	Lindsay Dobe	98		98
15	G.Loomis B	Danny Anderson	Coota Stevens	97			97
16	Activeangler.net B	Matt Coleman	Alissa Davis	96			96
17	Marital Bliss	Daniel McBey	Ashley Cotter	95		95
18	Koolabung	Wes Blanch	Len Schnieder	95	95
19	Gulping XRAPS	Willem Reichard	Jason Crosts	94	94
20	Ocean Blue Boats Team 1	Vince Cassaniti	Simon Monk	93			93
21	Reidy’s Rats	Ben Leighton	Ian Leighton	92			92
22	Complete Angler	Jeff Eales	Russell Bilney	92	92
23	Matt & Dan	Matthew Collinge	Daniel Grech	89	89
24	Team Koolabung	Wes Blanch	Len Schnieder	88		88
25	Fish Catching Machines	John Schwerin	Dennis Schwerin	88	88
26	The Hammertures	Jade Hammer	Kyle Hammer	87	87
27	Coast to Creek Marine	Stephen Palmer	David Luck	77	77
27	Power	Trent Power	Donovan Power	77	77
27	Seaforth Bait & Tackle	Michael Schneider	Enzo Minuzzo	77	77

Southern Tour

Place	Team	Angler 1	Angler 2	Total	Awo R4	Awo R5	Mon R6
1	Evinrude HO	Mike Connolly	Phil Strader (USA)	285	97	100	88
2	Mundi	Trevor Burgess	Scott McAuley	281	90	92	99
3	Charltons	Simon Barkhuizen	Glyn Barkhuizen	281	95	89	97
4	Activeangler.net C	Matt Coleman	Alan McNamara	275	91	91	93
5	Millerods/ Shimano	Cy Taylor	Kerrin Taylor	274	99	81	94
6	Tennesee	John Brider	Stephen Kanowski	266	85	90	91
7	Reidys Lures	Peter Price	Arthur Lovern	265	98	95	72
8	Shimano/Squidgies	Craig Simmons	Jason Wilhelm	264	93	99	72
9	Squidgy/Evacool	Kerry Symes	Matthew Mott	261	82	87	92
10	Halco	Tim Carter	Peter Swanson	260	92	86	82
11	Halco/Berkley	Jason Medcalf	Nigel Webster	243	73	98	72
12	Farkens	Ken Best	Ken Berry	238	81	85	72
13	McBarra	Aaron Mogg	Les Reibelt	234	88	59	87
14	Tackle Warehouse Ladies	Elaine Sanderson	Katie Sanderson	232	83	77	72
15	Grump Old Men	Peter Morgan	Dave Robinson	228	80	76	72
16	Tackle World Bundaberg	Gary Leather	Dale Smith	226	84	70	72
17	ABT International	Mick Geary	Naoya Hiramura (Japan)	225	72	81	72
18	G.Loomis A	Danny Anderson	Colin Slade	222	62	88	72
19	Polewog	Jami Kanowski	Tony Zantiotas	221	62	74	85
20	Drifter	Daniel Molloy	Brett Court	218	77	69	72
21	Dropbear	Stuart Ad*****	Edwina Ad*****	217	62	83	72
22	Ridgeback Lures	Dave Hislop	Paul McKay	207	76	59	72
23	Bundy Barra Bandits	Shane Anderson	Les Barber	206	62	72	72
24	Bio-Hazard A	Trevor Nye	Jules Tyson	205	74	59	72
25	RCE	Scott Rooney	John Meiers	205	62	71	72
26	Dorko A	Justin Nye	Justin Fischer	193	62	59	72
27	Berkley A	Jason Ehrlich	Kerry Ehrlich	192	96	96	0
28	Torment	Karl Rembacher	Jason Sizeland	188	94	94	0
29	Fish Catching Machines B	John Schwerin	Jack Schwerin	184	87	97	0
30	Anaconda A	Chris Byrnes	Ryan Humphreys	169	89	80	0
31	Egrell Rodz/Russell Mineral Equipment A	Steven Bechly	Gerry Weir	168	75	93	0
32	QLD Fishing Monthly A	Steve Morgan	Gary Boyd (USA)	161	86	75	0
33	Tackle Warehouse A	Adam Meredith	David Whyman	146	62	84	0
34	Logan River Marine	Corey Tarr	Rod Watt	141	62	79	0
35	Berkley Nitro	Matt Fraser	Greg Angel	140	62	78	0
36	Barra Magic A	Robert Tombs	Lyndon Anlezark	138	79	59	0
37	Wheatman	David Reynolds	Steve Thornehill	135	62	73	0
38	Rum Pigs	Trevor Cassidy	Stephen Tracey	131	0	59	72
39	Leathal Weapons	Jim Schaefer	Neil Hart	121	62	59	0
40	Berkley B	Jason Ehrlich	Chris Galligan	100	0	0	100
41	Jackall	Harry Watson	Heath Craven	100	100	0	0
42	Breeze Finance	Kevin Hulse	Paul Holmberg	96	0	0	96
43	QLD Fishing Monthly B	Simon Goldsmith	Gary Boyd (USA)	95	0	0	95
44	Egrell Rodz/Russell Mineral Equipment B	Steven Bechly	Brad Clark	90	0	0	90
45	East Coast Auto Electrics	Mike Stewart	Kevin Jones	89	0	0	89
46	Gin Gin Hotel	Paul McKay	Rob Woods	86	0	0	86
47	Tackle Warehouse B	Gordon MacDonald	Ray Wessels	84	0	0	84
48	Anaconda B	Chris Byrnes	Carl Rembacher	83	0	0	83
49	Steve	Stephen Town	Steve Oster	78	78	0	0
50	Barra Magic B	Lyndon Anlezark	Kelli Anlezark	72	0	0	72
51	Fish n’ Bits	Peter May	Carl Jo*****sen	72	0	0	72
52	Iconda	Phillip Myers	Stephen Myers	72	0	0	72
53	Nomads	Robert Tombs	Adrian Andersen	72	0	0	72
54	Spro	Warren Morgenstern	Steven Harper	72	0	0	72
55	The Optomists	Jim Schaefer	Kev Jackson	72	0	0	72
56	TT Lures 2	Gareth Williams	Declan Williams	72	0	0	72
57	Chapatack	Aaron Mackay	Gregg Chapman	62	62	0	0
58	Creek 2 Coast	Craig Griffiths	Norm Crouch	62	62	0	0
59	Faber Toolboxes	Jason Simpson	Gavin Simpson	62	62	0	0
60	Just Hafta Fish	Steve Brodie	Rod Sealy	62	62	0	0

BARRA Tour Teams Overall AOY- Final Standings

Read on for the final AOY standings for the teams overall.
Overall Tour

Place	Team	Angler 1	Angler 2	Best 4	Teem R1	Faust R2	Tinaroo R3	Awo R4	Awo R5	Mon R6
1	Millerods/ Shimano	Cy Taylor	Kerrin Taylor	390	93	99	98	99	81	94
2	Reidys Lures	Peter Price	Arthur Lovern	381	96	92	92	98	95	72
3	Mundi	Trevor Burgess	Scott McAuley	374	77	93	0	90	92	99
4	McBarra	Aaron Mogg	Les Reibelt	362	91	96	0	88	59	87
5	G.Loomis A	Danny Anderson	Colin Slade	355	98	97	0	62	88	72
6	Tackle Warehouse Ladies	Elaine Sanderson	Katie Sanderson	354	90	90	91	83	77	72
7	Evinrude HO	Mike Connolly	Phil Strader (USA)	285	0	0	0	97	100	88
8	Charltons	Simon Barkhuizen	Glyn Barkhuizen	281	0	0	0	95	89	97
9	Activeangler.net C	Matt Coleman	Alan McNamara	275	0	0	0	91	91	93
10	Happy Chappy’s	Aaron Gilmour	Nathan Chapman	270	97	78	95	0	0	0
11	Tennesee	John Brider	Stephen Kanowski	266	0	0	0	85	90	91
12	Shimano/Squidgies	Craig Simmons	Jason Wilhelm	264	0	0	0	93	99	72
13	Squidgy/Evacool	Kerry Symes	Matthew Mott	261	0	0	0	82	87	92
14	Mundi-itis	Peter May	Cathy McNaught	260	77	89	94	0	0	0
15	Halco	Tim Carter	Peter Swanson	260	0	0	0	92	86	82
16	Halco/Berkley	Jason Medcalf	Nigel Webster	243	0	0	0	73	98	72
17	Farkens	Ken Best	Ken Berry	238	0	0	0	81	85	72
18	Grump Old Men	Peter Morgan	Dave Robinson	228	0	0	0	80	76	72
19	Tackle World Bundaberg	Gary Leather	Dale Smith	226	0	0	0	84	70	72
20	ABT International	Mick Geary	Naoya Hiramura (Japan)	225	0	0	0	72	81	72
21	Polewog	Jami Kanowski	Tony Zantiotas	221	0	0	0	62	74	85
22	Drifter	Daniel Molloy	Brett Court	218	0	0	0	77	69	72
23	Dropbear	Stuart Adcock	Edwina Adcock	217	0	0	0	62	83	72
24	Ridgeback Lures	Dave Hislop	Paul McKay	207	0	0	0	76	59	72
25	Bundy Barra Bandits	Shane Anderson	Les Barber	206	0	0	0	62	72	72
26	Bio-Hazard A	Trevor Nye	Jules Tyson	205	0	0	0	74	59	72
27	RCE	Scott Rooney	John Meiers	205	0	0	0	62	71	72
28	Lost Bass Fishos	Alan McNamara	Brendon Horner	199	99	100	0	0	0	0
29	Activeangler.net A	Matt Coleman	Jason Cameron	194	100	94	0	0	0	0
30	Dorko A	Justin Nye	Justin Fischer	193	0	0	0	62	59	72
31	Berkley A	Jason Ehrlich	Kerry Ehrlich	192	0	0	0	96	96	0
32	Barraboss	Matthew Wallace	Quoc Thai Pham	190	0	91	99	0	0	0
33	Torment	Karl Rembacher	Jason Sizeland	188	0	0	0	94	94	0
34	Fish Catching Machines B	John Schwerin	Jack Schwerin	184	0	0	0	87	97	0
35	Anaconda A	Chris Byrnes	Ryan Humphreys	169	0	0	0	89	80	0
36	Egrell Rodz/Russell Mineral Equipment A	Steven Bechly	Gerry Weir	168	0	0	0	75	93	0
37	QLD Fishing Monthly A	Steve Morgan	Gary Boyd (USA)	161	0	0	0	86	75	0
38	Barra Nomads	Robert Tombs	Lyndon Anlezark	155	77	78	0	0	0	0
39	Tackle Warehouse A	Adam Meredith	David Whyman	146	0	0	0	62	84	0
40	Logan River Marine	Corey Tarr	Rod Watt	141	0	0	0	62	79	0
41	Berkley Nitro	Matt Fraser	Greg Angel	140	0	0	0	62	78	0
42	Barra Magic A	Robert Tombs	Lyndon Anlezark	138	0	0	0	79	59	0
43	Wheatman	David Reynolds	Steve Thornehill	135	0	0	0	62	73	0
44	Rum Pigs	Trevor Cassidy	Stephen Tracey	131	0	0	0	0	59	72
45	Leathal Weapons	Jim Schaefer	Neil Hart	121	0	0	0	62	59	0
46	Ocean Blue Boats Team 2	Nathan Ruth	Lance Richards	100	0	0	100	0	0	0
47	Berkley B	Jason Ehrlich	Chris Galligan	100	0	0	0	0	0	100
48	Jackall	Harry Watson	Heath Craven	100	0	0	0	100	0	0
49	Jack Erskiine Pro Fishing Team	Jack Erskine	Lindsay Dobe	98	0	98	0	0	0	0
50	G.Loomis B	Danny Anderson	Coota Stevens	97	0	0	97	0	0	0
51	Activeangler.net B	Matt Coleman	Alissa Davis	96	0	0	96	0	0	0
52	Breeze Finance	Kevin Hulse	Paul Holmberg	96	0	0	0	0	0	96
53	Marital Bliss	Daniel McBey	Ashley Cotter	95	0	95	0	0	0	0
54	Koolabung	Wes Blanch	Len Schnieder	95	95	0	0	0	0	0
55	QLD Fishing Monthly B	Simon Goldsmith	Gary Boyd (USA)	95	0	0	0	0	0	95
56	Gulping XRAPS	Willem Reichard	Jason Crosts	94	94	0	0	0	0	0
57	Ocean Blue Boats Team 1	Vince Cassaniti	Simon Monk	93	0	0	93	0	0	0
58	Reidy’s Rats	Ben Leighton	Ian Leighton	92	0	0	92	0	0	0
59	Complete Angler	Jeff Eales	Russell Bilney	92	92	0	0	0	0	0
60	Egrell Rodz/Russell Mineral Equipment B	Steven Bechly	Brad Clark	90	0	0	0	0	0	90
61	Matt & Dan	Matthew Collinge	Daniel Grech	89	89	0	0	0	0	0
62	East Coast Auto Electrics	Mike Stewart	Kevin Jones	89	0	0	0	0	0	89
63	Team Koolabung	Wes Blanch	Len Schnieder	88	0	88	0	0	0	0
64	Fish Catching Machines A	John Schwerin	Dennis Schwerin	88	88	0	0	0	0	0
65	The Hammertures	Jade Hammer	Kyle Hammer	87	87	0	0	0	0	0
66	Gin Gin Hotel	Paul McKay	Rob Woods	86	0	0	0	0	0	86
67	Tackle Warehouse B	Gordon MacDonald	Ray Wessels	84	0	0	0	0	0	84
68	Anaconda B	Chris Byrnes	Carl Rembacher	83	0	0	0	0	0	83
69	Steve	Stephen Town	Steve Oster	78	0	0	0	78	0	0
70	Coast to Creek Marine	Stephen Palmer	David Luck	77	77	0	0	0	0	0
71	Power	Trent Power	Donovan Power	77	77	0	0	0	0	0
72	Seaforth Bait & Tackle	Michael Schneider	Enzo Minuzzo	77	77	0	0	0	0	0
73	Barra Magic B	Lyndon Anlezark	Kelli Anlezark	72	0	0	0	0	0	72
74	Fish n’ Bits	Peter May	Carl Jocumsen	72	0	0	0	0	0	72
75	Iconda	Phillip Myers	Stephen Myers	72	0	0	0	0	0	72
76	Nomads	Robert Tombs	Adrian Andersen	72	0	0	0	0	0	72
77	Spro	Warren Morgenstern	Steven Harper	72	0	0	0	0	0	72
78	The Optomists	Jim Schaefer	Kev Jackson	72	0	0	0	0	0	72
79	TT Lures 2	Gareth Williams	Declan Williams	72	0	0	0	0	0	72
80	Chapatack	Aaron Mackay	Gregg Chapman	62	0	0	0	62	0	0
81	Creek 2 Coast	Craig Griffiths	Norm Crouch	62	0	0	0	62	0	0
82	Faber Toolboxes	Jason Simpson	Gavin Simpson	62	0	0	0	62	0	0
83	Just Hafta Fish	Steve Brodie	Rod Sealy	62	0	0	0	62	0	0

Daiwa BARRA Tour Overall AOY Final Standings

Read on for the final standings of the the overall BARRA AOY

Place	Angler	Best 4	Teem R1	Faust R2	Tinaroo R3	Awoon R1	Awoon R2	Mond R3
1	Cy Taylor	391	81	99	96	100	67	96
2	Alan McNamara	385	100	100	0	93	92	71
3	Kerrin Taylor	373	84	95	97	97	63	71
4	Matt Coleman	372	99	93	85	46	72	95
5	Arthur Lovern	362	96	85	0	91	90	71
6	Danny Anderson	351	85	90	85	46	91	71
7	Peter Price	350	88	80	0	95	87	71
8	Scott McAuley	347	69	86	0	73	88	100
9	Trevor Burgess	324	69	88	0	82	83	71
10	Colin Slade	320	98	96	0	46	55	71
11	Les Reibelt	319	91	94	0	46	39	88
12	Aaron Mogg	318	69	92	0	86	39	71
13	Elaine Sanderson	312	86	69	85	64	70	71
14	Katie Sanderson	309	69	84	85	69	39	71
15	Peter May	307	69	82	85	0	0	71
16	Lyndon Anlezark	285	69	69	0	76	39	71
17	John Schwerin	282	69	0	0	46	85	82
18	Phil Strader (USA)	278	0	0	0	89	100	89
19	Jason Ehrlich	272	0	0	0	78	95	99
20	Jake Schwerin	268	0	0	0	83	94	91
21	Mike Connolly	262	0	0	0	94	97	71
22	Matthew Mott	259	0	0	0	81	84	94
23	Simon Barkhuizen	257	0	0	0	88	71	98
24	Robert Tombs	255	69	69	0	46	39	71
25	Craig Simmons	251	0	0	0	84	96	71
26	Jason Wilhelm	250	0	0	0	80	99	71
27	Aaron Gilmour	249	95	69	85	0	0	0
28	John Brider	248	0	0	0	74	81	93
29	Nathan Chapman	248	94	69	85	0	0	0
30	Glyn Barkhuizen	242	0	0	0	85	86	71
31	Karl Rembacher	242	0	0	0	79	80	83
32	Peter Swanson	236	0	0	0	90	75	71
33	Steven Bechly	227	0	0	0	46	89	92
34	Nigel Webster	226	0	0	0	57	98	71
35	Cathy McNaught	223	69	69	85	0	0	0
36	Chris Byrnes	220	0	0	0	87	62	71
37	Stephen Kanowski	219	0	0	0	69	79	71
38	Tim Carter	218	0	0	0	75	62	81
39	Ken Best	207	0	0	0	58	78	71
40	Mick Geary	200	0	0	0	56	73	71
41	Tony Zantiotas	200	0	0	0	46	68	86
42	Dave Robinson	193	0	0	0	65	57	71
43	Stuart Ad*****	193	0	0	0	46	76	71
44	Gary Leather	191	0	0	0	67	53	71
45	Jason Medcalf	191	0	0	0	46	74	71
46	Brendon Horner	186	89	97	0	0	0
47	Jason Sizeland	185	0	0	0	92	93	0
48	Matthew Wallace	181	0	83	98	0	0	0
49	Brett Court	180	0	0	0	70	39	71
50	Peter Morgan	180	0	0	0	59	50	71
51	Ken Berry	176	0	0	0	66	39	71
52	Len Schnieder	176	97	79	0	0	0	0
53	Les Barber	175	0	0	0	46	58	71
54	Gary Boyd (USA)	173	0	0	0	63	39	71
55	Kerry Symes	173	0	0	0	46	56	71
56	Dave Hislop	172	0	0	0	62	39	71
57	Paul McKay	172	0	0	0	46	39	87
58	John Meiers	171	0	0	0	46	54	71
59	Trevor Nye	170	0	0	0	60	39	71
60	Daniel Molloy	166	0	0	0	46	49	71
61	Quoc Thai Pham	166	0	81	85	0	0	0
62	Jason Cameron	159	90	69	0	0	0	0
63	Edwina Ad*****	156	0	0	0	46	39	71
64	Jami Kanowski	156	0	0	0	46	39	71
65	Jules Tyson	156	0	0	0	46	39	71
66	Justin Fischer	156	0	0	0	46	39	71
67	Justin Nye	156	0	0	0	46	39	71
68	Naoya Hiramura (Japan)	156	0	0	0	46	39	71
69	Scott Rooney	156	0	0	0	46	39	71
70	Shane Anderson	156	0	0	0	46	39	71
71	Kerry Ehrlich	155	0	0	0	96	59	0
72	Wes Blanch	151	82	69	0	0	0	0
73	Steve Morgan	146	0	0	0	77	69	0
74	Gerry Weir	143	0	0	0	61	82	0
75	Adam Meredith	123	0	0	0	46	77	0
76	Rod Watt	112	0	0	0	46	66	0
77	Dale Smith	111	0	0	0	72	39	0
78	Greg Angel	111	0	0	0	46	65	0
79	Steve Thornehill	110	0	0	0	46	64	0
80	Steve Tracey	110	0	0	0	0	39	71
81	Trevor Cassidy	110	0	0	0	0	39	71
82	Ryan Humphreys	106	0	0	0	46	60	0
83	Nathan Ruth	100	0	0	100	0	0	0
84	Corey Tarr	99	0	0	0	46	53	0
85	Heath Craven	99	0	0	0	99	0	0
86	Lance Richards	99	0	0	99	0	0	0
87	Harry Watson	98	0	0	0	98	0	0
88	Lindsay Dobe	98	0	98	0	0	0	0
89	Kevin Hulse	97	0	0	0	0	0	97
90	Matt Fraser	97	0	0	0	46	51	0
91	Coota Stevens	95	0	0	95	0	0	0
92	Willem Reichard	93	93	0	0	0	0	0
93	Russell Bilney	92	92	0	0	0	0	0
94	Ashley Cotter	91	0	91	0	0	0	0
95	Mike Stewart	91	0	0	0	0	0	91
96	Jack Erskine	89	0	89	0	0	0	0
97	Daniel McBey	87	0	87	0	0	0	0
98	Jason Crosts	87	87	0	0	0	0	0
99	Alissa Davis	85	0	0	85	0	0	0
100	Ben Leighton	85	0	0	85	0	0	0
101	Chris Galligan	85	0	0	0	0	0	85
102	David Reynolds	85	0	0	0	46	39	0
103	David Whyman	85	0	0	0	46	39	0
104	Ian Leighton	85	0	0	85	0	0	0
105	Jim Schaefer	85	0	0	0	46	39	0
106	Neil Hart	85	0	0	0	46	39	0
107	Simon Monk	85	0	0	85	0	0	0
108	Vince Cassaniti	85	0	0	85	0	0	0
109	Gordon MacDonald	84	0	0	0	0	0	84
110	Daniel Grech	83	83	0	0	0	0	0
111	Dennis Schwerin	80	80	0	0	0	0	0
112	Kyle Hammer	79	79	0	0	0	0	0
113	Adrian Andersen	71	0	0	0	0	0	71
114	Alan Ross	71	0	0	0	0	0	71
115	Brad Clark	71	0	0	0	0	0	71
116	Carl Jo*****sen	71	0	0	0	0	0	71
117	Declan Williams	71	0	0	0	0	0	71
118	Gareth Williams	71	0	0	0	0	0	71
119	Kelli Anlezark	71	0	0	0	0	0	71
120	Kev Jackson	71	0	0	0	0	0	71
121	Kevin Jones	71	0	0	0	0	0	71
122	Paul Holmberg	71	0	0	0	0	0	71
123	Phillip Myers	71	0	0	0	0	0	71
124	Ray Wessels	71	0	0	0	0	0	71
125	Rob Woods	71	0	0	0	0	0	71
126	Stephen Myers	71	0	0	0	0	0	71
127	Stephen Town	71	0	0	0	71	0	0
128	Steven Harper	71	0	0	0	0	0	71
129	Tim Mulhall	71	0	0	0	0	0	71
130	Warren Morgenstern	71	0	0	0	0	0	71
131	Bev Palmer	69	69	0	0	0	0	0
132	Donovan Power	69	69	0	0	0	0	0
133	Enzo Minuzzo	69	69	0	0	0	0	0
134	Jade Hammer	69	69	0	0	0	0	0
135	Jeff Eales	69	69	0	0	0	0	0
136	Matthew Collinge	69	69	0	0	0	0	0
137	Michael Schneider	69	69	0	0	0	0	0
138	Stephen Palmer	69	69	0	0	0	0	0
139	Trent Power	69	69	0	0	0	0	0
140	Aaron Mackay	46	0	0	0	46	0	0
141	Craig Griffiths	46	0	0	0	46	0	0
142	Gavin Simpson	46	0	0	0	46	0	0
143	Gregg Chapman	46	0	0	0	46	0	0
144	Jason Simpson	46	0	0	0	46	0	0
145	Norm Crouch	46	0	0	0	46	0
146	Rod Sealy	46	0	0	0	46	0	0
147	Steve Brodie	46	0	0	0	46	0	0
148	Steve Oster	46	0	0	0	46	0	0

Daiwa BARRA Tour Southern AOY Final Standings

Read on for the final standings in the southern AOY.

Place	Angler	Total	Awoon R1	Awoon R2	Mond R3	Total
1	Phil Strader (USA)	278	89	100	89	278
2	Jason Ehrlich	272	78	95	99	272
3	Jake Schwerin	268	83	94	91	268
4	Cy Taylor	263	100	67	96	263
5	Mike Connolly	262	94	97	71	262
6	Scott McAuley	261	73	88	100	261
7	Matthew Mott	259	81	84	94	259
8	Simon Barkhuizen	257	88	71	98	257
9	Alan McNamara	256	93	92	71	256
10	Peter Price	253	95	87	71	253
11	Arthur Lovern	252	91	90	71	252
13	Craig Simmons	251	84	96	71	251
14	Jason Wilhelm	250	80	99	71	250
15	John Brider	248	74	81	93	248
16	Karl Rembacher	242	79	80	83	242
17	Glyn Barkhuizen	242	85	86	71	242
18	Trevor Burgess	236	82	83	71	236
19	Peter Swanson	236	90	75	71	236
20	Kerrin Taylor	231	97	63	71	231
21	Steven Bechly	227	46	89	92	227
22	Nigel Webster	226	57	98	71	226
23	Chris Byrnes	220	87	62	71	220
24	Stephen Kanowski	219	69	79	71	219
25	Matt Coleman	213	46	72	95	213
26	John Schwerin	213	46	85	82	213
27	Danny Anderson	208	46	91	71	208
28	Elaine Sanderson	205	64	70	71	205
29	Tony Zantiotas	200	46	68	86	200
30	Mick Geary	200	56	73	71	200
31	Aaron Mogg	196	86	39	71	196
32	Stuart Ad*****	193	46	76	71	193
33	Dave Robinson	193	65	57	71	193
34	Jason Medcalf	191	46	74	71	191
35	Gary Leather	191	67	53	71	191
36	Lyndon Anlezark	186	76	39	71	186
37	Jason Sizeland	185	92	93		185
38	Peter Morgan	180	59	50	71	180
39	Katie Sanderson	179	69	39	71	179
40	Ken Berry	176	66	39	71	176
41	Les Barber	175	46	58	71	175
42	Les Reibelt	173	46	39	88	173
43	Kerry Symes	173	46	56	71	173
44	Gary Boyd (USA)	173	63	39	71	173
45	Paul McKay	172	46	39	87	172
46	Dave Hislop	172	62	39	71	172
47	Colin Slade	172	46	55	71	172
48	John Meiers	171	46	54	71	171
49	Trevor Nye	170	60	39	71	170
50	Daniel Molloy	166	46	49	71	166
51	Shane Anderson	156	46	39	71	156
52	Scott Rooney	156	46	39	71	156
53	Robert Tombs	156	46	39	71	156
54	Naoya Hiramura (Japan)	156	46	39	71	156
55	Justin Nye	156	46	39	71	156
56	Justin Fischer	156	46	39	71	156
57	Jules Tyson	156	46	39	71	156
58	Jim Schaefer	156	46	39	71	156
59	Jami Kanowski	156	46	39	71	156
60	Edwina Ad*****	156	46	39	71	156
61	Kerry Ehrlich	155	96	59		155
62	Steve Morgan	146	77	69		146
63	Gerry Weir	143	61	82		143
64	Tim Carter	137	75	62		137
65	Ken Best	136	58	78		136
66	Adam Meredith	123	46	77		123
67	Rod Watt	112	46	66		112
68	Greg Angel	111	46	65		111
69	Dale Smith	111	72	39		111
70	Trevor Cassidy	110	0	39	71	110
71	Steve Thornehill	110	46	64		110
72	Brett Court	109	70	39		109
73	Ryan Humphreys	106	46	60		106
74	Heath Craven	99	99	0		99
75	Corey Tarr	99	46	53		99
76	Harry Watson	98	98	0		98
77	Matt Fraser	97	46	51		97
78	Kevin Hulse	97			97	97
79	Mike Stewart	91			91	91
80	Neil Hart	85	46	39		85
81	David Whyman	85	46	39		85
82	David Reynolds	85	46	39		85
83	Chris Galligan	85			85	85
84	Gordon MacDonald	84			84	84
85	Tim Carter	81			81	81
86	Warren Morgenstern	71			71	71
87	Tim Mulhall	71			71	71
88	Steven Harper	71			71	71
89	Stephen Tracey	71			71	71
90	Stephen Town	71	71	0		71
91	Stephen Myers	71			71	71
92	Rob Woods	71			71	71
93	Ray Wessels	71			71	71
94	Phillip Myers	71			71	71
95	Peter May	71			71	71
96	Paul Holmberg	71			71	71
97	Kevin Jones	71			71	71
98	Kev Jackson	71			71	71
99	Ken Best	71			71	71
100	Kelli Anlezark	71			71	71
101	Gareth Williams	71			71	71
102	Declan Williams	71			71	71
103	Carl Jo*****sen	71			71	71
104	Brett Court	71			71	71
105	Brad Clark	71			71	71
106	Alan Ross	71			71	71
107	Adrian Andersen	71			71	71
108	Steve Oster	46	46	0		46
109	Steve Brodie	46	46	0		46
110	Rod Sealy	46	46	0		46
111	Norm Crouch	46	46	0		46
112	Jason Simpson	46	46	0		46
113	Gregg Chapman	46	46	0		46
114	Gavin Simpson	46	46	0		46
115	Craig Griffiths	46	46	0		46
116	Aaron Mackay	46	46	0		46
117	Steve Tracey	39	0	39		39

Halco Lake Monduran Final Results

The Halco Monduran Barra event held on Dec 1 & 2 was the final event for the Daiwa BARRA Tour in 2007. For some anglers there was a lot riding on this event, valuable points for Southern Angler of the Year and Overall AOY, as well as the last chance for those who had yet troubled the scorers to catch a fish or five.

With a hot bite leading up to the event, it was unfortunate that a cold front approached and shut down the fickle barra. Lake Monduran lived up to its reputation as ‘Lake Misery” as frustrated anglers returned to the key tag board fishless.

21 anglers landed fish over the two day event the best going to Scott McAuley on the first morning with 2/10 for 216cm, eventually scoring him a win on the dam.

Scott used a G.Loomis GL2 matched to a Daiwa Blue Bay Backer reel spooled with 50lb Jigman braid and a twisted leader of 60lb Sunline fluorocarbon.

His lure of choice was a 10ft Classic in guns n roses colour modified with tungsten sticky weight and upgraded Owner trebles.

“I use the sticky weight to suspend the lure in their face and leave it there for them to eat,” McAuley explained.

Cruising to part B of the dam, Scott found a creek in 25ft that spread into a bay with shallow flats. Normally the shallow flats with warmer water hold the barra but the weather conditions meant that he started at the entrance on the creek.

His partner up the front of the boat on the electric had five casts at a large submerged tree with numerous spindly branches before moving. Scott at the back of the boat now had a chance to hit the same target and with a vicious crank down of the lure right into the tree branches he hooked up to the event’s big barra of 114cm.

“I think as the barra weren’t biting, Trevor had stirred the big girl up,” he said.

“I pays to persist and keep the lure suspended down there,” he continued.

Looking for similar structure McAuley continued the technique of cranking the lure down till it hit a branch then simply moving the rod with a 3” jiggle to move the lure whilst suspended. It paid dividends for him as he soon had his second metre plus fish hooked.

“I tighten my drag and go hard on the barra,” McAuley explained.

“I don’t let them take line, I simply bounce them around and into the net. It is generally hard on the trebles, bending a few but they most often hold until the fish is landed,” he continued.

This ‘go hard’ technique is definitely tough on tackle, as the hooked barra shake their heads and twist the lure, McAuley finds quite often his hard bodies split up the seams and fill with water. A trade off between the hip pocket and landing a fish of a lifetime from the big fish expert.

Second place went to QFM writer Jason Ehrlich, scoring 2/10, 166cm.

He armed himself with a Berkley Dropshot 6’6” 6-12kg rod and Abu Revo SX baitcaster reel spooled with 50lb Stren braid and 60lb Vanish leader.

“I find the Vanish holds up well on the barra’s tough mouths and the snags around Monduran,” Ehrlich commented.

Using a 22 gram Trollcraft lipless crankbait, Ehrlich described his prefish.

“I removed the points off the trebles, so I would get hits but no hookups,” he said.

“I prefished really hard and felt confident with the area I had choosen to fish,” he continued.

Making the trip to middle river between sections I and O, Ehrlich found a snaggy ridge in 4-8 feet with deep water either side.

Casting out the lipless crankbait he counted to 4 before a steady retrieve where he could feel the vibration of the lure working through the rod tip. Using a few small stop starts in the retrieve was enough to allow the barra to inhale the bait and upgrading the trebles to Owner ST66 hooks and heavy wire split rings allowed him to pull hard on the fish and like McAuley never gave too much drag.

That concludes another successful year in the ABT, the Tournament Angler Guide is soon to be rolling off the printers and will be delivered to all members in the new year. Look out for a copy at all good newsagencies and check out the 2008 Tournament calendar.

For further info call ABT in the office on 07 3268 7958.

Individual Results

Place	Angler	F1	L1	F2	L2	TF	TL	Payout
1	Scott McAuley	2	216			2	216	$1750+ Millerod + Shimano Curado reel
2	Jason Ehrlich	2	166			2	166	$1150 + Blue Acres b/c rod + Shimano Cruxis reel
3	Simon Barkhuizen	1	66	1	67	2	133	$800 + Team Daiwa b/c rod, Daiwa TDA reel
4	Kevin Hulse	1	109			1	109	$600 + Angler Stealth DCX, Tica reel
5	Simon Goldsmith	1	108			1	108
6	Cy Taylor	1	103			1	103	$500 + Angler Stealth DCX, Tica reel
7	Matt Coleman	1	96			1	96	$400 + Shimano Raider rod,
8	Matthew Mott			1	93	1	93	$300 + Shimano Raider rod,
9	John Brider			1	93	1	93	$200 + Spotter Sunglasses
10	Steven Bechly	1	89			1	89	$200 + Uglyfish Eyewear
11	Mike Stewart	1	85			1	85	$50 + Uglyfish Eyewear
11	Jake Schwerin	1	85			1	85	$50 + Uglyfish Eyewear
13	Phil Strader (USA)			1	85	1	85	Prize Pack
14	Les Reibelt	1	84			1	84	Prize Pack
15	Paul McKay	1	83			1	83	Prize Pack
16	Tony Zantiotas	1	80			1	80
17	Chris Galligan	1	77			1	77
18	Gordon MacDonald	1	65			1	65
19	Carl Rembacher	1	64			1	64
20	John Schwerin			1	64	1	64
21	Tim Carter	1	63			1	63
22	Mick Geary					0	0
22	Naoya Hiramura (Japan)					0	0
22	Alan McNamara					0	0
22	Lyndon Anlezark					0	0
22	Kelli Anlezark					0	0
22	Trevor Nye					0	0
22	Jules Tyson					0	0
22	Paul Holmberg					0	0
22	Shane Anderson					0	0
22	Les Barber					0	0
22	Justin Nye					0	0
22	Justin Fischer					0	0
22	Stuart Ad*****					0	0
22	Edwina Ad*****					0	0
22	Kevin Jones					0	0
22	Brad Clark					0	0
22	Mike Connolly					0	0
22	Ken Best					0	0
22	Ken Berry					0	0
22	Peter May					0	0
22	Carl Jo*****sen					0	0
22	Danny Anderson					0	0
22	Colin Slade					0	0
22	Rob Woods					0	0
22	Peter Morgan					0	0
22	Dave Robinson					0	0
22	Jason Medcalf					0	0
22	Nigel Webster					0	0
22	Phillip Myers					0	0
22	Stephen Myers					0	0
22	Aaron Mogg					0	0
22	Kerrin Taylor					0	0
22	Trevor Burgess					0	0
22	Robert Tombs					0	0
22	Adrian Andersen					0	0
22	Jami Kanowski					0	0
22	Gary Boyd (USA)					0	0
22	Scott Rooney					0	0
22	John Meiers					0	0
22	Dave Hislop					0	0
22	Alan Ross					0	0
22	Trevor Cassidy					0	0
22	Stephen Tracey					0	0
22	Craig Simmons					0	0
22	Jason Wilhelm					0	0
22	Kerry Symes					0	0
22	Ray Wessels					0	0
22	Elaine Sanderson					0	0
22	Katie Sanderson					0	0
22	Gary Leather					0	0
22	Tim Mulhall					0	0
22	Chris Byrnes					0	0
22	Glyn Barkhuizen					0	0
22	Daniel Molloy					0	0
22	Brett Court					0	0
22	Peter Swanson					0	0
22	Peter Price					0	0
22	Arthur Lovern					0	0
22	Warren Morgenstern					0	0
22	Steven Harper					0	0
22	Stephen Kanowski					0	0
22	Jim Schaefer					0	0
22	Kev Jackson					0	0
22	Gareth Williams					0	0
22	Declan Williams					0	0
		19	1639	5	402	24	2041
			86.26315789				85.04166667

Teams Results

Place	Team	TF	TL
1	Berkley	3	243
2	Mundi	2	216
3	Fish Catching Machines	2	149
4	Team Charltons	2	133
5	Breeze Finance	1	109
6	QLD Fishing Monthly B	1	108
7	Millerods/Shimano	1	103
8	Active Angler	1	96
9	Squidgy/Evacool	1	93
10	Team Tennesee	1	93
11	Egrell Rodz/Russell Mineral Equipment	1	89
12	East Coast Auto Electrics	1	85
13	Evinrude HO	1	85
14	McBarra	1	84
15	Gin Gin Hotel	1	83
16	Polewog	1	80
17	Tackle Warehouse	1	65
18	Team Anaconda	1	64
19	Team Halco	1	63
20	ABT International	0	0
20	Barra Magic	0	0
20	Bio-Hazard	0	0
20	Bundy Barra Bandits	0	0
20	Dorko	0	0
20	Dropbear	0	0
20	Farkens	0	0
20	Fish n’ Bits	0	0
20	G.Loomis	0	0
20	Grumpy Old Men	0	0
20	Halco/Berkley	0	0
20	Iconda	0	0
20	Nomads	0	0
20	RCE	0	0
20	Ridgeback Lures	0	0
20	Shimano/Squidgies	0	0
20	Tackle World Bundaberg	0	0
20	Team Drifter	0	0
20	Team Reidy Lures	0	0
20	The Optomists	0	0
20	TT Lures 2	0	0
20	Rum Pigs
20	Tackle Warehouse Ladies
20	Team Spro

Squidgy Lake Awoonga 2-Day Evening BARRA Event Final Results & Story

Here’s the results and the story form the event.
Strader Steals the Show

Visiting USA bass angler Phil Strader claims one of the most prized crowns on the Daiwa BARRA Tour by securing victory in the second event on the southern tour, the Squidgy Lake Awoonga Evening event.

For the 42 year old bass pro from Oregon, is was a dream start to tournament barra fishing, with only three days of barra fishing under his belt Strader compiled 7/10, 620cm limit to beat a field of talented and experienced barra tournament anglers.

Partnered with Mike Connolly for the tournament, Strader fished the middle reaches of the lake east of Dingo Island, working a channel of water that lead into an expansive weedbed.

“It was a run that was about 12-14 feet deep”, explained Strader.

“It was fairly featureless other than the occasional sunken tree, and produced fish along its’ whole length”, he added.

Winding drifting his way along the channel Strader used the ever-popular Squidgy Slick Rig to tempt his fish. Locating the fish with his sounder he would make long down wind casts before allowing the lure to sink to the bottom and beginning the retrieve.

“We swapped between presentation and retrieve styles depending on how many boats were in the area and how much angling pressure the fish were getting”, explained Strader.

On day one this saw him utilize more of a lift and drop approach, while on day two he opted for a slower more finesse styled slow roll. The mood of the takes varying markedly also, ranging from complete inhaling of the lure on the drop to soft touched inquiries more associated with bream than rampaging barra.

The number of lost, rubbed off and jumped off fish was classic barra fishing as Phil explains.

“The first night wasn’t too bad when it came to lost fish, but night two was just ridiculous. I landed two and dropped nine. Right from the outset it was one of those days, with fish jumping off, bricking me on sunken trees, rubbing through the leader of simply jumping and throwing the lure. It was downright frustrating”.

The final outcome however was all positive for the USA bass angler, with a combination of local knowledge from partner Mike Connolly and a sound understanding of fish behaviour from his years of largemouth bass fishing in the states delivering him victory.

The arsenal of tackle used for victory included an 6’6” Angler Rods Stealth DXC 784 rod, Daiwa Zillion reel (ratio 6.3:1), spooled with 50lb Sunline Jigger PE and 80lb Sunline nylon leader. While the go-to lure was a 110mm Squidgy Slick Rig in black and gold colour.

When quizzed post victory Phil was open with his reasons for success.

“Mike’s knowledge on the barra and the venue in particular was the key to us finding fish. We hit one of his hot spots from last year’s tournament and chose a presentation that was appropriate to the location and fish that we were targeting. In many ways it was like fishing at home”

Hot on Strader’s heals in second place was inagural BARRA round winner and Awoonga local Jason Wilhelm. Fishing a topwater bite for the duration of the tournament Wilhelm fished a shallow football sized weedbed near Dingo Island.

Located in 2-4 feet of water and with weed extending all the way to the surface Wilhelm used a weedless rigged soft plastic frog fished across the top of the weed to score his fish. Making long wind assisted casts he retrieved his lure with a medium paced burn, swimming it across the surface and through the scattered strings of weed laying on the surface.

“The key was to keep the rod tip high and keep the lure moving”, explained Wilhelm.

The takes were brutal with fish detonating on the lure, and either taking to air in a frantic aerial display or powering away through the weed like a submarine. In contrast to many topwater bites Wilhelm’s was just as productive during daylight hours as at night.

“There was little difference when it came to night and day and the number of hits that we got”, explained Wilhelm.

“There was however a difference in the size of the fish, with all the big ones coming during daylight hours”, he added.

The hard part was getting them to the boat. Leading after the first day Wilhelm was working the percentages and was hoping for easier to land smaller fish.

It didn’t quite play out as Jason would have like with only two of seven hook-up making their way into the landing net.

Wilhelm’s choice of tackle included a 7’ Shimano T-Curve Power Spin rod, Shimano Stella 4000 reel, spooled with 20lb Daiwa Sensor braid and 80lb Gallis mono leader. His lure of choice was a Zoom Horny Toad (colour- white or green) rigged on a 1/32 oz 6/0 TT worm hook.

Post victory Wilhelm was more than willing to explain how he cracked the topwater toad pattern. “I knew I needed to find unpressured fish and use a technique that was different to what most of the field was using”, explained Wilhelm.

“Once we found the location, Craig with the help of Phil (Strader) and Gary (Boyd) found the lure that was right for the job, a Zoom Horny Toad”.

From there on in it was a match made in heaven with the topwater toad producing fish in a location where most lures would simply foul up on weed.

The Go-So Big Barra prize was claimed by the 2007 Northern BARRA AOY Champ Matt Coleman, who secured the prize with his 112cm specimen caught on day one.

For more information on ABT events contact the office on 07 3268 7958.

Individual Results

Place	Angler	F1	L1	F2	L2	TF	TL	Payout
1	Phil Strader (USA)	5	444	2	176	7	620	$1500 + Blue Acres b/c rod, Shimano Curado reel
2	Jason Wilhelm	5	457	2	157	7	614	$1000 + Team Daiwa b/c rod, Daiwa Team Advantage reel
3	Nigel Webster	3	258	4	335	7	593	$800 + Angler Stealth DCX, , Shimano Cruxis reel
4	Mike Connolly	5	436	2	150	7	586	$600 + Angler Stealth DCX, Shimano Cruxis reel
5	Craig Simmons	3	244	4	336	7	580	$500 + Shimano Raider rod, Tica reel
6	Jason Ehrlich	5	400	2	168	7	568	$400 + Shimano Raider rod, Tica reel
7	Jake Schwerin	3	253	2	171	5	424	$300 + Spotter Sunglasses
8	Jason Sizeland	3	277	1	96	4	373	$200 + Uglyfish Eyewear
9	Alan McNamara	2	171	3	200	5	371	$100 + Uglyfish Eyewear
10	Danny Anderson	2	182	2	169	4	351	Uglyfish Eyewear
11	Arthur Lovern	2	168	2	179	4	347	Prize Pack
12	Steven Bechly	1	88	3	258	4	346	Prize Pack
13	Scott McAuley	2	192	1	103	3	295	Prize Pack
14	Peter Price	2	183	1	108	3	291	Prize Pack
15	Glyn Barkhuizen	5	290			5	290
16	John Schwerin	2	206	1	84	3	290
17	Matthew Mott	2	185	1	104	3	289
18	Trevor Burgess	2	194	1	93	3	287
19	Gerry Weir	1	84	2	183	3	267
20	John Brider	2	166	1	98	3	264
21	Karl Rembacher	3	258			3	258
22	Stephen Kanowski	3	256			3	256
23	Ken Best	1	97	2	154	3	251
24	Adam Meredith	2	165	1	84	3	249
25	Stuart Ad*****	1	73	2	167	3	240
26	Peter Swanson	1	106	1	108	2	214
27	Jason Medcalf	1	87	1	107	2	194
28	Mick Geary	1	104	1	87	2	191
29	Matt Coleman	1	112	1	53	2	165
30	Simon Barkhuizen	2	154			2	154
31	Elaine Sanderson	1	75	1	75	2	150
32	Steve Morgan	2	139			2	139
33	Tony Zantiotas	1	109			1	109
34	Cy Taylor	1	105			1	105
35	Rod Watt	1	100			1	100
36	Greg Angel			1	96	1	96
37	Steve Thornehill			1	92	1	92
38	Kerrin Taylor			1	91	1	91
39	Chris Byrnes	1	86			1	86
40	Tim Carter			1	86	1	86
41	Ryan Humphreys			1	85	1	85
42	Kerry Ehrlich	1	84			1	84
43	Les Barber	1	82			1	82
44	Dave Robinson			1	81	1	81
45	Kerry Symes	1	81			1	81
46	Colin Slade	1	73			1	73
47	John Meiers			1	72	1	72
48	Corey Tarr	1	71			1	71
49	Gary Leather	1	71			1	71
50	Matt Fraser			1	69	1	69
51	Peter Morgan	1	67			1	67
52	Daniel Molloy	1	66			1	66
53	Aaron Mogg					0	0
53	Brett Court					0	0
53	Dale Smith					0	0
53	Dave Hislop					0	0
53	David Reynolds					0	0
53	David Whyman					0	0
53	Edwina Ad*****					0	0
53	Gary Boyd (USA)					0	0
53	Jami Kanowski					0	0
53	Jim Schaefer					0	0
53	Jules Tyson					0	0
53	Justin Fischer					0	0
53	Justin Nye					0	0
53	Katie Sanderson					0	0
53	Ken Berry					0	0
53	Les Reibelt					0	0
53	Lyndon Anlezark					0	0
53	Naoya Hiramura (Japan)					0	0
53	Neil Hart					0	0
53	Paul McKay					0	0
53	Robert Tombs					0	0
53	Scott Rooney					0	0
53	Shane Anderson					0	0
53	Steve Tracey					0	0
53	Trevor Cassidy					0	0
53	Trevor Nye					0	0
		88	7499	55	4675	143	12174
			85.21590909				85.13286713

Teams Results

Place	Team	Angler 1	Angler 2	TF	TL
1	Evinrude HO	Mike Connolly	Phil Strader (USA)	14	1206
2	Shimano/Squidgies	Craig Simmons	Jason Wilhelm	14	1194
3	Halco/Berkley	Jason Medcalf	Nigel Webster	9	787
4	Fish Catching Machines	John Schwerin	Jack Schwerin	8	714
5	Berkley	Jason Ehrlich	Kerry Ehrlich	8	652
6	Reidys Lures	Peter Price	Arthur Lovern	7	638
7	Torment	Karl Rembacher	Jason Sizeland	7	631
8	Egrell Rod Designz	Steven Bechly	Gerry Weir	7	613
9	Mundi	Trevor Burgess	Scott McAuley	6	582
10	Active Angler	Matt Coleman	Alan McNamara	7	536
11	Team Tennesee	John Brider	Stephen Kanowski	6	520
12	Team Charltons	Simon Barkhuizen	Glyn Barkhuizen	7	444
13	G.Loomis	Danny Anderson	Colin Slade	5	424
14	Squidgy/Evacool	Kerry Symes	Matthew Mott	4	370
15	Team Halco	Tim Carter	Peter Swanson	3	300
16	Farkens	Ken Best	Ken Berry	3	251
17	The Tackle Warehouse	Adam Meredith	David Whyman	3	249
18	Dropbear	Stuart Ad*****	Edwina Ad*****	3	240
19	Millerods/Shimano	Cy Taylor	Kerrin Taylor	2	196
20	ABT International	Mick Geary	Naoya Hiramura (Japan)	2	191
21	Team Anaconda	Chris Byrnes	Ryan Humphreys	2	171
22	Logan River Marine	Corey Tarr	Rod Watt	2	171
23	Berkley Nitro	Matt Fraser	Greg Angel	2	165
24	Tackle Warehouse Ladies	Elaine Sanderson	Katie Sanderson	2	150
25	Grump Old Men	Peter Morgan	Dave Robinson	2	148
26	QLD Fishing Monthly	Steve Morgan	Gary Boyd (USA)	2	139
27	Polewog	Jami Kanowski	Tony Zantiotas	1	109
28	Wheatman	David Reynolds	Steve Thornehill	1	92
29	Bundy Barra Bandits	Shane Anderson	Les Barber	1	82
30	TBC	Scott Rooney	John Meiers	1	72
31	Tackle World Bundaberg	Gary Leather	Dale Smith	1	71
32	Team Drifter	Daniel Molloy	Brett Court	1	66
33	Rum Pigs	Trevor Cassidy	Steve Tracey	0	0
34	Ridgeback Lures	Dave Hislop	Paul McKay	0	0
35	Optomists	Jim Schaefer	Neil Hart	0	0
36	McBarra	Les Reibelt	Aaron Mogg	0	0
37	Dorko	Justin Nye	Justin Fischer	0	0
38	Bio-Hazard	Trevor Nye	Jules Tyson	0	0
39	Barra Magic	Robert Tombs	Lyndon Anlezark	0	0

Daiwa Lake Awoonga Night Championships Results

The Awoonga Night Championship kicked off the Daiwa BARRA tour southern leg on Sat 24 November. To fish from 4pm through the night till 8am is a great test of endurance and mental fatigue especially if the prized barra are illusive. But for the young seasoned pro Cy Tyler it proved to be another great result scoring 5/5 for 508cm.

The technique involved slowly moving around the weedy banks. The moon was bright and it allowed the Taylor boys to see and target features along the weed like gaps in the weedbed, broken weedbed and anything that stood out from the normal contour of the weed edge.

Knowing that the Awoonga barra usually hold in these spots and wait for bait to pass by, Cy chose to use the new 110cm Squidgy Slick Rid lights in the evil minnow and green grunter colours. Casting the new Pro Range plastics close to these areas and using a jig, jig, jig, sink retrieve, he was able to land 4 over a metre and one 85cm specimen to fill his bag and convincingly take first place.

The gear used to heave these beasts into the yellow Millerods tinny was a Millerod Salty Barra Camoufish Long Cast with a Shimano Chronarch 50MG reel spooled with 25lb Super Lunker orange braid and 80lb Black Magic leader.

“A nice light outfit that is easy to continually cast throughout the night when the arms are tiring,” Cy said.

To compel the problems of getting metre plus barra into the boat, come 1am the Taylor boys were standing in water that had filled up over the floorboards from a small leak in the boat.

“We would take turns in bailing water out as the other fished,” Cy explained.

Fishing with AFC Pro Harry Watson was Heath Craven and managing to pip him on the scorecards by a centimeter landing 5/5 for 487cm.

Craven used a G.Loomis Crankbait 756 and Daiwa Crazy Cranker spooled with 40lb Stren braid and 80lb Jinkai leader.

Choosing to throw a combination of Squidgy Slick Rigs Pro Range 110cm in the drop bear colour and Berkley 5” Mullet in the holographic gold colour fitted with a custom treble rig under the plastic for extra security.

“I fished the submerged weed in the main basin, swimming the plastics as slow as possible,” Craven said.

“I scored 7 fish from 7 hits, two hitting the lure four feet from the boat. A lesson learnt never to give up on the retrieve until the lure is in the boat,” he continued.

Big Barra for the event was a tied effort of 118cm. Kerrin Taylor was not to be outshined by his twin scoring some accolades using the Slick Rig technique between taking his turn at bailing.

Steve Morgan scored the other beast, his new PB. Fishing a weedy point at the mouth of the Riverston Arm the fish enhaled a 110cm Squidgy Slick Rig in drop bear colour at 11.30pm.

With two more events on the Southern leg it was a great start to the Taylor boys reign over the Barra Tour. One that has now seen them become accomplished AFC winners.

For more information on ABT events contact the office on 07 3268 7958.

Individual Results

Place	Angler	TF	TL	Payout
1	Cy Taylor	5	508	$1000 + Blue Acres b/c rod, Shimano Cruxis reel
2	Heath Craven	5	487	$700 + Team Daiwa b/c rod, Daiwa Team Advantage reel
3	Harry Watson	5	486	$500 + Angler Stealth DCX, , Shimano Cruxis reel
4	Kerrin Taylor	4	436	$300 + Angler Stealth DCX, Tica reel
5	Kerry Ehrlich	4	364	$200 + Shimano Raider rod, Ugly fish sunglasses
6	Peter Price	4	339	$200 + Shimano Catana rod, Ugly fish sunglasses
7	Mike Connolly	4	336	$100 + Ugly fish sunglasses
8	Alan McNamara	4	328	Lure tray
9	Jason Sizeland	4	327	Lure tray
10	Arthur Lovern	3	306	TT pack
11	Peter Swanson	3	267	Cooler pack
12	Phil Strader (USA)	3	258
13	Simon Barkhuizen	3	257
14	Chris Byrnes	3	251
15	Aaron Mogg	3	240
16	Glyn Barkhuizen	3	234
17	Craig Simmons	2	210
18	Jack Schwerin	3	204
19	Trevor Burgess	3	203
20	Matthew Mott	2	165
21	Jason Wilhelm	2	162
22	Karl Rembacher	2	157
23	Jason Ehrlich	2	136
24	Steve Morgan	1	118
25	Lyndon Anlezark	1	112
26	Tim Carter	1	105
27	John Brider	1	102
28	Scott McAuley	1	101
29	Dale Smith	1	93
30	Stephen Town	1	93
31	Brett Court	1	90
32	Katie Sanderson	1	87
33	Stephen Kanowski	1	87
34	Gary Leather	1	86
35	Ken Berry	1	85
36	Dave Robinson	1	81
37	Elaine Sanderson	1	80
38	Gary Boyd (USA)	1	77
39	Dave Hislop	1	75
40	Gerry Weir	1	74
41	Trevor Nye	1	72
42	Peter Morgan	1	71
43	Ken Best	1	69
44	Nigel Webster	1	65
45	Mick Geary	1	56
46	Aaron Mackay	0	0
46	Adam Meredith	0	0
46	Colin Slade	0	0
46	Corey Tarr	0	0
46	Craig Griffiths	0	0
46	Daniel Molloy	0	0
46	Danny Anderson	0	0
46	David Reynolds	0	0
46	David Whyman	0	0
46	Edwina Ad*****	0	0
46	Gavin Simpson	0	0
46	Greg Angel	0	0
46	Gregg Chapman	0	0
46	Jami Kanowski	0	0
46	Jason Medcalf	0	0
46	Jason Simpson	0	0
46	Jim Schaefer	0	0
46	John Meiers	0	0
46	John Schwerin	0	0
46	Jules Tyson	0	0
46	Justin Fischer	0	0
46	Justin Nye	0	0
46	Kerry Symes	0	0
46	Les Barber	0	0
46	Les Reibelt	0	0
46	Matt Coleman	0	0
46	Matt Fraser	0	0
46	Naoya Hiramura (Japan)	0	0
46	Neil Hart	0	0
46	Norm Crouch	0	0
46	Paul McKay	0	0
46	Robert Tombs	0	0
46	Rod Sealy	0	0
46	Rod Watt	0	0
46	Ryan Humphreys	0	0
46	Scott Rooney	0	0
46	Shane Anderson	0	0
46	Steve Brodie	0	0
46	Steve Oster	0	0
46	Steve Thornehill	0	0
46	Steven Bechly	0	0
46	Stuart Ad*****	0	0
46	Tony Zantiotas	0	0

Teams Results

Place	Team	TF	TL
1	Jackall	10	973
2	Millerods/Shimano	9	944
3	Reidys Lures	7	645
4	Evinrude HO	7	594
5	Berkley	6	500
6	Team Charltons	6	491
7	Torment	6	484
8	Shimano/Squidgies	4	372
9	Team Halco	4	372
10	Active Angler	4	328
11	Mundi	4	304
12	Team Anaconda	3	251
13	McBarra	3	240
14	Fish Catching Machines	3	204
15	QLD Fishing Monthly A	2	195
16	Team Tennesee	2	189
17	Tackle World Bundaberg	2	179
18	Tackle Warehouse Ladies	2	167
19	Squidgy/Evacool	2	165
20	Farkens	2	154
21	Grump Old Men	2	152
22	Barra Magic	1	112
23	Team Steve	1	93
24	Team Drifter	1	90
25	Ridgeback Lures	1	75
26	Egrell Rod Designz	1	74
27	Bio-Hazard	1	72
37	Halco/Berkley	1	65
28	ABT International	1	56
29	Berkley Nitro	0	0
30	Bundy Barra Bandits	0	0
31	Chapatack	0	0
32	Creek 2 Coast	0	0
33	Dorko	0	0
34	Dropbear	0	0
35	Faber Toolboxes	0	0
36	G.Loomis	0	0
38	Just Hafta Fish	0	0
39	Leathal Weapons	0	0
40	Logan River Marine	0	0
41	Polewog	0	0
42	RCE	0	0
43	The Tackle Warehouse	0	0
44	Wheatman	0	0

Daiwa BARRA Tour- Northern AOY Final Standings

It came down to the last event and the last session of fishing to decide the Norther BARRA AOY Champion for 07.

Take a look inside to see who came out on top.

Place	Angler	Teem R1	Faust R2	Tinaroo R3	Total
1	Matt Coleman	99	93	85	277
2	Kerrin Taylor	84	95	97	276
3	Cy Taylor	81	99	96	276
4	Danny Anderson	85	90	85	260
5	Aaron Gilmour	95	69	85	249
6	Nathan Chapman	94	69	85	248
7	Elaine Sanderson	86	69	85	240
8	Katie Sanderson	69	84	85	238
9	Peter May	69	82	85	236
10	Cathy McNaught	69	69	85	223
11	Alan McNamara	100	100		200
12	Colin Slade	98	96		194
13	Brendon Horner	89	97		186
14	Les Reibelt	91	94		185
15	Matthew Wallace		83	98	181
16	Arthur Lovern	96	85		181
17	Len Schnieder	97	79		176
18	Peter Price	88	80		168
19	Quoc Thai Pham		81	85	166
20	Aaron Mogg	69	92		161
21	Jason Cameron	90	69		159
22	Trevor Burgess	69	88		157
23	Scott McAuley	69	86		155
24	Wes Blanch	82	69		151
25	Lyndon Anlezark	69	69		138
26	Robert Tombs	69	69		138
27	Nathan Ruth			100	100
28	Lance Richards			99	99
29	Lindsay Dobe		98		98
30	Coota Stevens			95	95
31	Willem Reichard	93			93
32	Russell Bilney	92			92
33	Ashley Cotter		91		91
34	Jack Erskine		89		89
35	Daniel McBey		87		87
36	Jason Crosts	87			87
37	Alissa Davis			85	85
38	Ben Leighton			85	85
39	Ian Leighton			85	85
40	Simon Monk			85	85
41	Vince Cassaniti			85	85
42	Daniel Grech	83			83
43	Dennis Schwerin	80			80
44	Kyle Hammer	79			79
45	Bev Palmer	69			69
45	Donovan Power	69			69
45	Enzo Minuzzo	69			69
45	Jade Hammer	69			69
45	Jeff Eales	69			69
45	John Schwerin	69			69
45	Matthew Collinge	69			69
45	Michael Schneider	69			69
45	Stephen Palmer	69			69
45	Trent Power	69			69