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 |