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