Australian Barra Archive

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

 

Hot & Cold Barra on Offer at Teemburra

Anglers experience hot and cold angling conditions at Teemburra Dam with competitors catching 28 fish in session one then struggling in a cold, wet and windy conditions in session two to land only 7 fish.

Making hay while the sun shine to claim victory was 39 year old Townsville angler Daryl Pead who caught a full bag in the first session to compiled a 5/10, 330cm limit for the tournament to secure the win over a talented field, including Jon Millard in 2nd and Daniel Grech in 3rd.
Victory for Pead was a result of a red-hot session one with the Teemburra champion getting seven bites and landing five fish on the first afternoon of competition.

“They bit consistently for the first 3 ½ hours of the session then they shut down”, explained Pead.

His approach to catch fish during the window of activity involved anchoring the boat a cast length out from a weed and lily lined point on the western side of the lake and working the shallows with slow rolled hard bodies.

“The bites were very tentative so we down sized to a Reidy’s Baby B52. Then it was a matter of slow rolling the lure back out from the edge and adding in the occasional pause. The takes were so tentative that many of the fish were just lip hooked on the rear treble. ”, explained Pead.

Most bites as expected came on the pause.

Day two proved a lot tougher and with their hot weed-point of day one failing to produce they even looking further afield in search of warmer water and hopefully active fish.

“We found warmer water up the back of a couple of bays, and while we got a hit we couldn’t put any fish in the boat”, explained Pead.

His 5/5, 330cm limit on day one proved enough and delivered Pead his maiden BARRA Tour event win.

Pead’s Tackle

Rod- 5’6” Live Fibre baitcaster
Reel- Rovex baitcaster
Line- 30lb Platil
Leader- 60lb Jinkai Plus flurocarbon
Notes- Down sized to smaller lures and fish slower due to the tentative bite. Saw fish on their sounders on day one but none on day two.

Millard Makes Good

2011 BARRA Tour AOY champion Jon Millard continued his BARRA Tour early season form with another top three placing at the Killalure presented Teemburra event.

Fishing with team mate Daniel Grech, the Rapala/ACM pair fished a gully punctuated by a flooded point to catch their fish.

“We had the boat in about 12 feet of water and cast up on to 8 feet deep point and worked our lures back”, explained Millard.

The lure his used was a 6” Berkley Hollow Belly rigged on a 3/8oz, 8/0 jighead and worked with a constant slow rolling retrieve.

“The fish weren’t active so you needed to keep the retrieve really slow to get a bite”, explained Millard.

The approach worked with the pair getting 17 bites for the session, including 6 landed fish. Four of which belonged to Millard.

“It was definitely a day time bite with the majority of hits coming before dark”, explained Millard.

Millard’s 3rd place once again confirmed his reputation as one of the most consistent anglers on the BARRA Tour, and it also delivered him the Northern BARRA Tour AOY title. A title he lost last year on a count back, but won this year, ironically also on a count back.

“It’s great to win the northern crown, especially after coming so close to winning it last year”, explained Millard.

With the southern tour only two months away and Millard on track to defend his overall BARRA Tour AOY Title Millard will be hard to beat in 2012.

Millard’s Tackle

Rod- 6’6” ACM Slash Bait Special
Reel- Shimano Calais
Line- 30lb Sufix 832 PE
Leader- 30lb YGK flurocarbon
Note- fished a flooded point that had plenty of cover including weed, lilies and trees, and had wind blowing onto it.

Killalure Big Barra Prize

Craig Griffths claimed the Big Barra Prize at Teemburra with the Rolleston barra angler picking up the winning fish (95cm) on a FLT Transam just after the start of the session one.

Attention now turns to the southern leg of the 2012 JM Gilles BARRA Tour slated for the end of the November and early December. Visit www.australianbarra.com.au for all tour information and entry forms.    

Place	Angler	Team	F1	L1	F2	L2	TF	TL	Cash	Prizes
1	Daryl Pead	DDC	5	330			5	330	$550	Ugly Fish Sunglasses, Rapala, Killalure, Storm & Squidgy Pack
2	Jon Millard	Rapala – ACM Rods	4	281			4	281	$350	Ugly Fish Sunglasses, Rapala, Killalure, Storm & Squidgy Pack
3	Daniel Grech	Rapala – ACM Rods	2	157	2	118	4	275	$250	Ugly Fish Sunglasses, Rapala, Killalure, Storm & Squidgy Pack
4	Peter Price	Team Lowrance/Reidy’s Lures	2	154	1	87	3	241	$200	Rapala, Killalure, Storm & Squidgy Pack
5	Glen Smith	Barra Fever	3	212			3	212		Rapala, Killalure, Storm & Squidgy Pack
6	Steven Wright	Team Nitro	1	75	2	116	3	191		Rapala, Killalure, Storm & Squidgy Pack
7	Keith Stanford	Barra Fever	2	155			2	155		Rapala, Killalure, Storm & Squidgy Pack
8	Nathan Chapman	DDC	2	147			2	147		Rapala, Killalure, Storm & Squidgy Pack
9	Donovan Power	Team Power	1	80	1	67	2	147		Rapala, Killalure, Storm & Squidgy Pack
10	Scott McAuley	Team Lowrance/Reidy’s Lures	2	146			2	146		Rapala, Killalure, Storm & Squidgy Pack
11	Craig Griffiths	Area 51 Jig Heads	1	95			1	95		Killalure Big Barra (95cm)
12	Geoff Newby	GB	1	79			1	79
13	Trent Power	Team Power			1	73	1	73
14	Jamie Bein	Team Nitro	1	65			1	65
15	Shane Clarke	Dam Busters	1	57			1	57
16	Steve Pill	Area 51 Jig Heads					0	0
16	Mat McFarlane	Dam Busters					0	0
16	Phill Lyons	GB					0	0
16	Karim De Ridder	Tin Can					0	0
16	Luke Katsaros	Tin Can					0	0
16	Michael Weick	Tree Huggers					0	0
16	Brendan Barnett	Tree Huggers					0	0
			28	2033	7	461	35	2494
				72.61		65.86		71.26

 

Place	Team	Angler 1	Angler 2	S1	S2	Total
1	Rapala – ACM Rods	Daniel Grech	Jon Millard	438	118	556
2	DDC	Nathan Chapman	Daryl Pead	477		477
3	Team Lowrance/Reidy’s Lures	Scott McAuley	Peter Price	300	87	387
4	Barra Fever	Glen Smith	Keith Stanford	367		367
5	Team Nitro	Steven Wright	Jamie Bein	140	116	256
6	Team Power	Trent Power	Donovan Power	80	140	220
7	Area 51 Jig Heads	Craig Griffiths	Steve Pill	95		95
8	GB	Phill Lyons	Geoff Newby	79		79
9	Dam Busters	Mat McFarlane	Shane Clarke	57		57
10	Tree Huggers	Michael Weick	Brendan Barnett			0
11	Tin Can	Karim De Ridder	Luke Katsaros			0
				2033	461	2494

 

The Price is Right at Faust

Peter Price drew first blood at the opening round of the 2012 JM Gilles BARRA Tour with victory in the Classic Lures Peter Faust Evening Event, 28/29th September.

Compiling a 10/10, 882cm limit to secure the win Price relegated Craig Griffths to 2nd place and a strong finishing Jon Millard to 3rd.

Fishing the western side of the lake to catch his fish Price had a selection of locations, each suited to a specific bite window during the session.

“The idea was to hit each spot when it was at its best”, explained Price.

Locking in two standout spots for the event Price’s approach involved anchoring the boat a cast length out from a weed edge them peppering the edge.
“The areas had deep timber (30-40 feet) near by then shallowed up until it hit the weedline. The barra would come up out of the deep creek and feed in the shallows”, explained Price.

With his boat anchored and his bite zone identified Price would cast a Reidy’s Judge hardbody tight to the edge, rip it or drawn it down until it bumped bottom, then stall it so it would float back up.

“It was important to bump the bottom then give the lure a chance to float back up. It was on the pause that most of the hits came”, explained Price.

The approach delivered 5/5, 456cm limit on day one and a 5/5, 426cm limit on day two.

“It was a harder on day two, I didn’t get my fifth fish until the last hour of the session. It was also made harder by the fact that the wind was blowing from a different direction (north east). This meant it took longer to get the boat anchored in just the right position to fish the area properly”, explained Price.

With a two wins from two starts Price will be looking for a solid result at Teemburra to claim the Northern BARRA AOY Title. With the 2011 Southern BARRA Tour AOY trophy already on his mantle piece Price will be one to watch for a hot year on the tour.

The win not only delivered Price back-to-back wins, his other being the final round of the 2011 BARRA Tour, but it was also Price’s first full limit in a BARRA Tour event.

“I’ve been working hard at my barra fishing for many years and fishing the BARRA Tour ever since it began so to finally get my full bag is very satisfying’, explained

Price’s Tackle Selection  
Rod- 7′ Live Fibre Venom
Reel- 3000 Shimano Sustain
Line- 20lb Sunline PE
Leader- 45lb Schneider
Lure- Reidy’s Judge in krypotonite colour. Front treble fitted with a size 1 Owner and the two rear trebles fitted with size 2 Owners.
Note- Worked his lure tight to the bottom because he believed the fish were still tuned in to eating redclaw.

Griffiths Guns for Top Two

Rolleston barra gun Craig Griffiths secured another podium finish on the BARRA Tour with second on a red hot Peter Faust Dam. Compiling a 8/10, 824cm limit during the event, Griffiths found the size but struggled to get the number on a tough day two.

“I got the big fish bites, I just didn’t get enough of them”, explained Griffiths.

With five fish in his eight fish over a metre long it was a catch card that gives testimate to the quality of fishing on offer at Faust.

The approach Griffths used to catch his fish involved fishing a wind blowing edge adjacent to a timber laden flooded creek.

“The fish would come out of the deep and move into the shallow to feed”, explained Griffiths.

While the approach may seem typical, it was the twist that Griffiths gave it that made the world of difference.

“Rather than anchoring the boat in the deep and cast up into the shallows, I anchored the boat in the shallows (10 feet) and cast out into the deep’, explained Griffiths.

Bringing his lure up the slope into the shallows proved the difference with Griffiths catching a 5/5, 522cm limit on day one, and two fish over a metre on day two.

The lure he used for the approach was the ever-popular Squidgy Slick Rig, a 130 in black and gold and modified with some slits in the tail for added vibration.

“The retrieve was full of movement. I’d cast it out, let it sink, then twitch and roll it up of the bottom, then stop and let it sink back down. It didn’t stop there, I’d also twitch it as it sank back down”, explained Griffiths.

It was on the twitchy sink that many of the fish bit the lure.

While the technique was red hot in session one, it was in session two that things got harder.

“On day one you could see a lot of fish on the sounder as they moved through. The wind changed on day two, the fishing got tougher and you couldn’t find a fish with your sounder”, explained Griffiths.

With only five bites and three landed fish for the session it wasn’t enough for him to hold his day one lead, and as a result he slipped to second.

With another solid result chalked up on the BARRA Tour Griffiths is certain to continue his march up the rankings ladder.

Griffths’ Tackle Selection  
Rod- 10-20lb Dobyns Reel- 3000 Shimano Stella
Line- 30lb Sufix 832 PE
Leader- 50lb YGK
Lure- Squidgy Slick Rig 130, black and gold fitted with a 1oz Area 51 jighead. Tail dipped in chautreuse dye and S Factor applied.   Note- Positioned his boat in shallow water, cast into deep water and worked his lure up the slope.

Classic Lures Big Barra

Karim De Ridder from Townsville claimed the Big Barra Prize at Peter Faust with his 115cm fish caught on a Squidgy Slick Rig 130 in session one. Falling to a slow rolled and hoped presentation it came at approximately 9.30pm and was the kicker fish that delivered him 6th place for the event.

Attention now turns to the Mackay area with anglers heading to Teemburra Dam for the Killalure Teemburra Dam Evening Event. Log in to www.australianbarra.com.au to check out all the results and see who claims the BARRA Tour Northern AOY title.

 

Place	Angler	Team	Status	F1	L1	F2	L2	TF	TL	Cash	Prizes
1	Peter Price	Team Lowrance/Reidy’s Lures	Standard	5	456	5	426	10	882	$600	Shimano Stradic C14 4000F reel, Classic Lures, Rapala, Storm and Squidgy lure pack
2	Craig Griffiths	Area 51 Jig Heads	Standard	5	522	3	302	8	824	$400	Ugly Fish Sunglasses, Classic Lures, Rapala, Storm and Squidgy lure pack
3	Jon Millard	Rapala – ACM Rods	Standard	4	383	3	294	7	677	$300	Ugly Fish Sunglasses, Classic Lures, Rapala, Storm and Squidgy lure pack
4	Daniel Grech	Rapala – ACM Rods	Standard	5	477	2	197	7	674	$200	Ugly Fish Sunglasses, Classic Lures, Rapala, Storm and Squidgy lure pack
5	Scott McAuley	Team Lowrance/Reidy’s Lures	Standard	2	169	5	459	7	628		Classic Lures, Rapala, Storm and Squidgy lure pack
6	Karim De Ridder	Tin Can	Standard	4	415	2	211	6	626		Classic Lures, Rapala, Storm and Squidgy lure pack + Classic Lures Big Barra Prize Pack (115cm)
7	Donovan Power	Team Power	Standard	4	375	1	86	5	461		Classic Lures, Rapala, Storm and Squidgy lure pack
8	Luke Katsaros	Tin Can	Standard	3	289	1	95	4	384		Classic Lures, Rapala, Storm and Squidgy lure pack
9	Phill Lyons	GB	Standard	2	185	2	182	4	367		Classic Lures, Rapala, Storm and Squidgy lure pack
10	Cy Taylor	Hobie Fishing	Pro	1	86	3	271	4	357		Classic Lures, Rapala, Storm and Squidgy lure pack + $200 1st Pro
11	Kerrin Taylor	Hobie Fishing	Pro	2	219	1	109	3	328
12	Stephen Pill	Area 51 Jig Heads	Standard	2	204	1	98	3	302
13	Trent Power	Team Power	Standard	2	165	1	98	3	263
14	Geoff Newby	GB	Standard	1	89	2	169	3	258
15	Steven Wright	Team Nitro	Standard			2	191	2	191
16	Nathan Chapman	DDC	Standard	1	87	1	97	2	184
17	Keith Stanford	Barra Fever	Standard	1	101			1	101
18	Mat McFarlane	Dam Busters	Standard			1	101	1	101
19	Shane Clarke	Dam Busters	Standard	1	99			1	99
20	Glen Smith	Barra Fever	Standard			1	78	1	78
21	Adrian Pegg	DDC	Standard					0	0
21	Jamie Bein	Team Nitro	Standard					0	0
23	Michael Weick	Tree Huggers	Standard					0	0
24	Brendan Barnett	Tree Huggers	Standard					0	0
				45	4321	37	3464	82	7785
					96.02		93.62		94.94

 

Place	Team	Angler 1	Angler 2	S1	S2	Total
1	Team Lowrance/Reidy’s Lures	Scott McAuley	Peter Price	625	885	1510
2	Rapala – ACM Rods	Daniel Grech	Jon Millard	860	491	1351
3	Area 51 Jig Heads	Craig Griffiths	Dan Roth	726	400	1126
4	Tin Can	Karim De Ridder	Luke Katsaros	704	306	1010
5	Power	Trent Power	Donovan Power	540	184	724
6	Hobie Fishing	Kerrin Taylor	Cy Taylor	305	380	685
7	GB	Phill Lyons	Geoff Newby	274	351	625
8	Dam Busters	Mat McFarlane	Shane Clarke	99	101	200
9	Team Nitro	Steven Wright	Jamie Bein		191	191
10	DDC	Adrian Pegg	Nathan Chapman	87	97	184
11	Barra Fever	Glen Smith	Keith Stanford	101	78	179
12	Tree Huggers	Michael Weick	Brendan Barnett			0
				4321	3464	7785