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Simple and easy to use, this compact design is the perfect size for storing anywhere. The Rapala Mini Digital Scale powered by one lithium coin battery (included).  

Includes tare weight function and 4 minute auto shutoff; the scale is water resistant & features a chrome plated weighing hook.  

With the ability to weigh captures of up to 12kg in kilograms or pounds; the Rapala Mini Digital Scale is sure to become one of your “must haves” this season.

www.rapala.com.au

‘Old-faithful’; a legend amongst lures; the world’s No.1 saltwater hardbodied lure and No.1 choice for open water trolling – the Rapala CountDown Magnum has resulted in memorable captures for decades. Likewise the famous Rapala colour GFR, or Gold Fluorescent Red as it is commonly known, has accounted for its own success in years gone past.
Introducing the Rapala CountDown Magnum GFR – a blatantly obvious match just yearning to be introduced. Released by popular demand, the CD Mag GFR is available in 11cm, 14cm and 18cm for all your saltwater needs.

  The controlled sinking rate of the CountDown Magnum is perfect for fishing suspended fish or submerged growth and structure. Featuring a deep diving metal lip and super tough Abashi Wood construction; the CountDown Magnum GFR is destined for success joining the rest of the CD Mag range.

There’s a couple of new rods of interest to light line estuary lurers that have come from Austackle. The Takeda Fireblade is  brand new model. It’s IM8 graphite, 7′ and one piece with a fast taper and light tip. Rated at 1-3kg and built with Fuji Alconite guides, the $199 RRP price tag weighs in at only had of similar feeling rods from other major brands. This rod will be very popular with the bream fraternity.

Additionally, Austackle’s Camo Stik has been redesigned with feedback from their Pro Anglers. Its handle is thinner and shorter than the originals, making it a true, single handed, 7′ rod. Also built with Fuji guides, the green camo grips make this rod identifiable in any boat. Click the image above to see larger image of the rods.

www.austackle.com.au

There’s not many $16 barra lures on the market that feature a magnetic weight transfer system, but Austackle’s Bruiser SD140 does. It’s a floating barra lure that’ll dive between 1.2 and 2.1m on retrieve.

Available in 6 colours, the Bruiser features strong VMC hooks and weighs in at 28g and 140mm long. You can check out the full colour range at www.austackle.com.au.

Rapala X-Rap Magnum deep divers have resulted in World Records around the globe. Well known as an Australian favourite when it comes to bluewater trolling, X-Rap Magnums are now available in specialised Australian bait imitations – these lure patterns are found nowhere else in the world! Exclusive colours include Gold Scad, Brown Squid & Red Bait; available in 10, 15, 20 & 30ft versions. On top of this, Rapala have also released an attractive Purple Mackerel which features the signature “Rapala Magnum Mackerel” design.

The massive bib diving-lip takes the X-Rap Magnum deep… unassisted. Nothing to hinder the action, just pure Rapala attraction at 10-30 feet, dependent on lure size. These big-fish lures can be run up to 13 knots for game fish worldwide, and like all Rapala lures, they run perfect out of the box.

Grab one of these exclusive colours now to secure your shot at a World Record!

Bassboat Shop is a dedicated service and sales operation purely for bass boats.

The idea of Skeeter Australia’s Josh Batterson, this dedicated shop will cater for all your needs rergarding American bassboats of all brands and sizes. We stock a number of parts unavailable in Australia and are able to order special parts on request from the USA.

We supply all Australia’s leading brands of electronics and replacement parts including but not limited to Minn Kota, Lowrance, Humminbird, PowerPoles, Flowrite Livewell Spares, Rule Pumps, Syntec Carpets, REMCO, Optima and Gladiator Batteries. Our team at bassboatshop.com.au will offer service and repairs to all bassboats. Please check out www.bassboatshop.com.au or call Josh on 0408 621 426 or email josh@skeeterboats.com.au

Frogleys Offshore and Megabass are happy to announce a year-long competition that will result in one lucky angler accompanying a journalist, a retailer and the Frogleys Offshore team to a major Japanese Tackle Show in early 2012.

Aussies are aware of the quality of Japanese tackle and that many of the trends we adopt here have a genesis in the Land of the Rising Sun. It’s a randomly drawn prize, but you can increase your chances by using Megabass rods and reels, Samurai Reaction rods or Unitika braided lines.

You can download entry forms and full Terms and Conditions at www.frogleysoffshore.com.au as well as checking out the current list of entries. The list is updated on the Frogleys website.

Megabass Japan Tackle Tour Promo

Kerrin Taylor finishes 2nd at Monduran to claim the Southern and Overall AOY Trophies.
 

Place	Angler	Team	R1 Teemburra	R2 Faust	R3 Awoonga	R4 Awoonga	R5 Monduran	Nth AOY	Sth AOY	Overall AOY
1	Kerrin Taylor	Millerods/Shimano/Evinrude	0	93	99	100	99	93	298	298
2	Jason Wilhelm	Shimano/ E-Tec	93	99	96	99	94	192	289	294
3	Dean Silvester	Megabass/Mako	89	96	97	94	100	185	291	293
4	Daniel Grech	Rapala/ JT Reel Repairs	99	80	72	95	97	179	264	291
5	Alan McNamara	Shimano/ E-Tec	94	97	94	86	78	191	258	285
6	Jon Millard	Rapala/ JT Reel Repairs	74	94	91	83	96	168	270	281
7	Craig Griffiths	Rapala Street Team	100	87	72	88	78	187	238	275
8	Simon Barkhuizen	Samurai Reaction Rods	74	86	90	97	78	160	265	273
9	Matt McArthur	McArthur Customs	74	89	72	81	91	163	244	261
10	Mike Connolly	ETEC Evinrude HO	74	90	92	62	78	164	232	260
11	Glyn Barkhuizen	Samurai Reaction Rods	74	65	87	93	78	139	258	258
12	Rodney Milkins	Team Maverick	74	85	95	62	78	159	235	258
13	Michael Weick	Neranga Tangs	74	74	93	90	0	148	183	257
14	Matthew Mott	Bass to Barra	0	0	98	78	78	0	254	254
15	Elaine Sanderson	Tackle Warehouse Ladies	74	84	72	62	95	158	229	253
16	Rob Wood	Gin Gin Hotel	95	54	72	79	78	149	229	252
17	Geoff Newby	The Likely Lads	86	88	72	62	78	174	212	252
18	Leon Parmenter	ETEC Evinrude HO	91	83	72	62	78	174	212	252
19	Spencer Troxell	McArthur Customs	74	75	72	98	78	149	248	251
20	Cy Taylor	Millerods/Shimano/Evinrude	0	100	72	62	78	100	212	250
21	Tim Carter	Halco	0	0	84	87	78	0	249	249
22	Jake Schwerin	Fish Catching Machines	74	81	72	89	78	155	239	248
23	Jarrod Dalton	Sebile	96	54	72	74	78	150	224	248
24	Carl Jocumsen	Millerods/ Fish N’ Bits	0	0	72	96	78	0	246	246
25	Matt Hazell	Team Predator	90	77	72	62	78	167	212	245
26	Phil Lyons	The Likely Lads	74	92	72	62	78	166	212	244
27	Trevor Burgess	Berkley	0	0	88	77	78	0	243	243
28	Wayne Cox	Team Reef Suzuki Marine	74	91	72	62	78	165	212	243
29	Ian Miller	Millerods/ Fish N’ Bits	0	0	72	92	78	0	242	242
30	Matt Martin	Team Predator	92	67	72	62	78	159	212	242
31	Jason Ehrlich	Halco	0	0	85	76	78	0	239	239
32	Simon Black	I’m On Lures	74	72	72	62	89	146	223	235
33	Jason Medcalf	Team Polycraft	0	0	72	84	78	0	234	234
34	John Schwerin	Fish Catching Machines	74	82	72	62	78	156	212	234
35	Steven Wright	Team Reef Suzuki Marine	74	78	72	62	78	152	212	230
36	Boyd Read	Young Guns	0	0	72	62	93	0	227	227
37	Greg Mitchell	CJR Industries	0	0	86	62	78	0	226	226
38	David Reynolds	Bass to Barra	0	0	72	75	78	0	225	225
39	Karl Rembacher	Shitty Tinny	0	0	72	62	90	0	224	224
40	Ben Durkin	Gin Gin Hotel	74	54	72	62	78	128	212	224
41	Daniel Roth	Rapala Street Team	74	64	72	62	78	138	212	224
42	Katie Sanderson	Tackle Warehouse Ladies	74	66	72	62	78	140	212	224
43	Neville Parmenter	Team Maverick	74	69	72	62	78	143	212	224
44	Matt Fraser	Berkley Nitro R&D	0	0	83	62	78	0	223	223
45	Glen Smith	Neranga Tangs	74	70	72	62	0	144	134	216
46	Ben Vonpein	CJR Industries	0	0	72	62	78	0	212	212
47	Dean Thompson	Team Ecogear	0	0	72	62	78	0	212	212
48	Dustin Sippel	Young Guns	0	0	72	62	78	0	212	212
49	Gavin Dunne	Team Ecogear	0	0	72	62	78	0	212	212
50	Mark Larsen	Dairy Farmers	0	0	72	62	78	0	212	212
51	Mark Lennox	Berkley Nitro R&D	0	0	72	62	78	0	212	212
52	Matt Anderson	Quantum	0	0	72	62	78	0	212	212
53	Patrick Morgan	Sebile	0	0	72	62	78	0	212	212
54	Steve Eldred	Atomic	0	0	72	62	78	0	212	212
55	Trevor Cassidy	Rum Pigs	0	0	72	62	78	0	212	212
56	Donovan Power	Power	97	80	0	0	0	177	0	177
57	Matt Coleman	Team of Two	74	98	0	0	0	172	0	172
58	Roderick Walmsley	Sunline 2	0	0	89	80	0	0	169	169
59	Trent Power	Power	74	95	0	0	0	169	0	169
60	Kris George	Quantum	0	0	100	62	0	0	162	162
61	Trent Short	Sunline	0	0	72	85	0	0	157	157
62	Brian Todd	Sunline 2	0	0	72	82	0	0	154	154
63	Issac Toivanen	DC	98	54	0	0	0	152	0	152
64	Michael Napier	Bundyites	0	0	72	0	78	0	150	150
65	Rick Napier	Bundyites	0	0	72	0	78	0	150	150
66	Geoff Busbridge	Megabass/Mako	74	76	0	0	0	150	0	150
67	Katsutoshi Furusawa	Sunline	0	0	72	73	0	0	145	145
68	Matt Black	I’m On Lures	74	71	0	0	0	145	0	145
69	Nathan Chapman	Dingos	74	68	0	0	0	142	0	142
70	Brad Cooper	Team Polycraft	0	0	0	62	78	0	140	140
71	Andrew Black	I’m On Lures	0	0	72	62	0	0	134	134
72	Cameron Golightly	Rum Pigs	0	0	72	62	0	0	134	134
73	Dale Mullins	Atomic	0	0	72	62	0	0	134	134
74	Jason Jones	Dairy Farmers	0	0	72	62	0	0	134	134
75	Jason Sizeland	Shitty Tinny	0	0	72	62	0	0	134	134
76	John Cinciano	Aussie Boat Loans	0	0	72	62	0	0	134	134
77	Michael Starkey	Gamakatsu	0	0	72	62	0	0	134	134
78	Misty Burgess	Berkley	0	0	72	62	0	0	134	134
79	Peter Derksen	Aussie Boat Loans	0	0	72	62	0	0	134	134
80	Cameron Pratt	DC	74	54	0	0	0	128	0	128
81	Daryl Pead	Dingos	74	54	0	0	0	128	0	128
82	David Purdy	Sebile	74	54	0	0	0	128	0	128
83	Jeff Eales	Team of Two	74	54	0	0	0	128	0	128
84	Tyson Robertson	Wilson Fishing Australia	0	0	0	0	98	0	98	98
85	David Robinson	Gamakatsu	0	0	0	0	92	0	92	92
86	Adam Paskins	Reel Smooth	0	0	0	91	0	0	91	91
87	Nicholas Moore	Ulua Boys	88	0	0	0	0	88	0	88
88	Frank Ohl	Reidy’s Lures	87	0	0	0	0	87	0	87
89	Peter Price	Reidy’s Lures	85	0	0	0	0	85	0	85
90	Brook Ebzery	Teaser	84	0	0	0	0	84	0	84
91	Andy Chew	Active Angler/Egrell Rodz	0	0	0	0	78	0	78	78
92	Ashley Sims	Quantum	0	0	0	0	78	0	78	78
93	Chris Eldred	Atomic	0	0	0	0	78	0	78	78
94	Cliff Brauer	Dairy Farmers	0	0	0	0	78	0	78	78
95	Drew McGrath	Wilson Fishing Australia	0	0	0	0	78	0	78	78
96	Gary Leather	Team Rovex	0	0	0	0	78	0	78	78
97	Grant Murray	We Fish	0	0	0	0	78	0	78	78
98	Ken Murray	Blue Nitro	0	0	0	0	78	0	78	78
99	Lex Irwin	I’m On Lures	0	0	0	0	78	0	78	78
100	Nicholas Willet	Reidy’s B-52	0	0	0	0	78	0	78	78
101	Peter Jung	Reidy’s B-52	0	0	0	0	78	0	78	78
102	Ross Murray	Blue Nitro	0	0	0	0	78	0	78	78
103	Steven Bechly	Active Angler/Egrell Rodz	0	0	0	0	78	0	78	78
104	Tim Mulhall	Team Rovex	0	0	0	0	78	0	78	78
105	Tim Steenhuis	Berkley	0	0	0	0	78	0	78	78
106	Wayne Jones	We Fish	0	0	0	0	78	0	78	78
107	Arthur Grace	Amzing Grace Two Crew	74	0	0	0	0	74	0	74
108	Craig Birkett	INDT	74	0	0	0	0	74	0	74
109	Greg Birkett	INDT	74	0	0	0	0	74	0	74
110	Paul McFarlane	Amzing Grace Two Crew	74	0	0	0	0	74	0	74
111	Peter Behrens	Ulua Boys	74	0	0	0	0	74	0	74
112	Robert Ebzery	Teaser	74	0	0	0	0	74	0	74
113	Lindsay Dobe	Quantum Fishing Team	0	73	0	0	0	73	0	73
114	Colin Brett	Lethal Lures	0	0	72	0	0	0	72	72
115	Dale Nolan	Jagem	0	0	72	0	0	0	72	72
116	Ken Berry	Orion Lures	0	0	72	0	0	0	72	72
117	Ken Best	Orion Lures	0	0	72	0	0	0	72	72
118	Nathan Anderson	Sofishticated	0	0	72	0	0	0	72	72
119	Paul Habijanec	Team Polycraft	0	0	72	0	0	0	72	72
120	Quintin Maclean	Sofishticated	0	0	72	0	0	0	72	72
121	Ryan Fennell	Jagem	0	0	72	0	0	0	72	72
122	Stephen Lill	Lethal Lures	0	0	72	0	0	0	72	72
123	Mick Jones	Reel Smooth	0	0	0	62	0	0	62	62
124	Jack Erskine	Quantum Fishing Team	0	54	0	0	0	54	0	54

Australia’s largest and most respected lure manufacturer Halco Tackle Company, announces the arrival of their new, hard as nails casting minnow – Hamma.  

The Halco Hamma is at the new frontier of lure technology.  It is a clear-bodied, suspending casting lure supplied with two, easily interchangeable bibs of 1m and 3m running depths. It is purpose built to give maximum flexibility in one easy to fish package.  Hamma is destined to nail its competition and turn the lure fishing world on its head. www.halcotackle.com
The Hamma was designed from the ground up to tackle some of the world’s toughest and most iconic sportfish such as Barramundi, Black Bass, Mangrove Jack, Tigerfish and Tarpon.  

It has an incredibly realistic baitfish profile, and also features a specially designed weight transfer system for great casting ability, super sharp 5 extra strong Mustad trebles for maximum holding potential even when using today’s modern braided line technology, and Halco’s famous heavy duty fish rings.  

In the water the Hamma has a marvellously enticing, tight swimming action with a subtle phase shift mid-cycle that can be used to easily mimic a wounded bait fish. It also suspends during the pause in the strike zone, for maximum hook up potential on highly territorial, aggressive species.  

Look out for Hamma, it’s available at all good tackle stores.

Australia’s most famous big game hard bodied lure, the Rapala X-Rap Magnum, completes this range with the new X-Rap Magnum 10.

Targeted at light to medium sport and game fishing, as well as tropical north Barra; the NEW Rapala X-Rap Magnum 10 measures in at 11cm and dives deep to 10ft – perfect for trolling rock bars & broken reef structure, yet capable of being cast hard up against a snag.
Accounting for record captures all over the world including Australia, the X-Rap Magnum features all the life-like scale detail and selections from the incredible patterns of the original X-Rap®. The massive diving-lip takes the X-Rap® Magnum® deep…unassisted; nothing to hinder the action. These run perfect right out of the box, no wasted time tuning. Highly resistant, quality components such as full wire-through construction and VMC Perma Steel hooks ensure the lure is up to the task time and time again.

The X-Rap Magnum 10 can be run up to 13 knots for big game fish worldwide. Available in 12 colour patterns.