Berkley Round 9: Port Macquarie, New South Wales

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	First Name	Last Name	State	Division
1	Steve	Crawley	Queensland	Open
2	Craig	Ainsworth	New South Wales	Open
3	Rob	Walters	New South Wales	Open
4	Scott	Sandilands	Queensland	Open
5	Jim	Halliday	New South Wales	Open	Master's (60-64)
6	Rodney	O'sullivan	New South Wales	Open
7	Warren	Cossell	Queensland	Open
8	Michael	Halliday	Queensland	Open
9	Mark	Young	New South Wales	Open
10	Steve	Thomas	Victoria	Open
11	Bill	Woods	New South Wales	Open
12	Michael	Maas	Queensland	Open
13	Jason	Reid	New South Wales	Open
14	Peter	Woods	New South Wales	Open
15	Wayne	Robinson	New South Wales	Open
16	Brian	Rutledge	New South Wales	Open	Grand Master's (65 and over)
17	Michelle	Carmody	New South Wales	Open	Women's
18	Stephen	Maas	Queensland	Open
19	Jason	Meech	New South Wales	Open
20	Glenn	Allen	New South Wales	Open
21	Scott	Slattery	New South Wales	Open
22	Mathew	Masonwells	Queensland	Open
23	Luke	Kay	New South Wales	Open
24	Kendall	Soo	Queensland	Open
25	Trevor	Green	New South Wales	Open
26	James	Howarth	Queensland	Open	Youth (16 - under 21)
27	Dayne	Taylor	New South Wales	Open
28	Carl	Dubois	New South Wales	Open
29	Matthew	Ford	New South Wales	Open
30	Simon	Morley	New South Wales	Open
31	Mat	Cameron	New South Wales	Open
32	Brendan	Croft	New South Wales	Open
33	Jack	Gammie	New South Wales	Open	Youth (16 - under 21)
34	Gordon	Gammie	New South Wales	Open
35	Mark	Muggleton	New South Wales	Open
36	Paul	Hardiman	ACT	Open
37	Mark	Hodkinson	Queensland	Open
38	Lynden	Briggs	New South Wales	Open
39	Paul	Dunlop	New South Wales	Open
40	James	Kilpatrick	New South Wales	Open
41	Dane	Pryce	New South Wales	Open
42	Zac	O'sullivan	New South Wales	Open
43	Wayne	Bale	New South Wales		First Timer
44	David	Hedge	New South Wales	Open
45	Patrick	Mcquarrie	New South Wales	Open
46	Timothy	Maas	Queensland	Open
47	Dan	Walter	New South Wales	Open
48	Madeline	Hill	New South Wales	Open	Women' s
49	Byron	Hill	New South Wales	Open
50	Luke	Rogan	Queensland	Open
51	James	Rogan	New South Wales	Open
52	Wade	Mobbs	New South Wales	Open	Youth (16 - under 21)
53	Scott	Marcinkowski	New South Wales	Open

Place	Angler	State	Div	TF	TW	Boss Hog	Payout
1	Steve Crawley	QLD	Open	4	3.15	1.18	$930 + $100 Plus Sponsors Prize Pack
2	Jason Reid	NSW	Open	4	2.97		$480.00 Plus Sponsors Prize Pack
3	Andrew Death	NSW	Open	4	2.85		$310.00 Plus Sponsors Prize Pack
4	Kendall Soo	QLD	Open	4	2.83		$150.00 Plus Sponsors Prize Pack
5	Michael Maas	QLD	Open	4	2.56		$120.00 Plus Sponsors Prize Pack
6	Scott Slattery	NSW	Open	4	2.53		$110.00
7	Mat Cameron	NSW	Open	4	2.51		$100.00
8	Tyson Hayes	QLD	Open	4	2.41		$80.00
9	Dayne Taylor	NSW	Open	4	2.38		$70.00
10	James Rogan	NSW	Open	4	2.37		$60.00
11	Glenn Allen	NSW	Open	4	2.35
12	Luke Kay	NSW	Open	4	2.29
13	Byron Hill	NSW	Open	4	2.28
14	Jason Meech	NSW	Open	4	2.26
15	Scott Sandilands	QLD	Open	4	2.21
16	Rodney O'sullivan	NSW	Open	4	2.19
17	Patrick Mcquarrie	NSW	Open	4	2.16
18	Dane Pryce	NSW	Open	4	2.14
19	James Kilpatrick	NSW	Open	4	2.1
20	Carl Dubois	NSW	Open	4	2.05
21	Jack Gammie	NSW	Youth (16 - under 21)	4	2.01
22	Zac O'sullivan	NSW	Open	4	2.01
23	Wade Mobbs	NSW	Youth (16 - under 21)	3	2.01
24	Mark Muggleton	NSW	Open	4	1.96
25	Simon Morley	NSW	Open	4	1.92
26	David Hedge	NSW	Open	4	1.86
27	James Howarth	QLD	Youth (16 - under 21)	4	1.8
28	Paul Hardiman	ACT	Open	4	1.76
29	Peter Woods	NSW	Open	4	1.76
30	Mathew Masonwells	QLD	Open	3	1.71
31	Scott Marcinkowski	NSW	Open	4	1.7
32	Warren Cossell	QLD	Open	4	1.64
33	Michael Halliday	QLD	Open	4	1.59
34	Lynden Briggs	NSW	Open	4	1.57
35	Stephen Maas	QLD	Open	4	1.48
36	Brendan Croft	NSW	Open	3	1.47
37	Luke Rogan	NSW	Open	4	1.46
38	Jim Halliday	NSW	Master's (60-64)	2	1.33
39	Matthew Ford	NSW	Open	3	1.23
40	Mark Hodkinson	QLD	Open	2	1.14
41	Rob Walters	NSW	Open	2	1.04
42	Michelle Carmody	NSW	Women	2	0.77
43	Mark Young	NSW	Open	1	0.64
44	Madeline Hill	NSW	Women	1	0.47
45	Timothy Maas	QLD	Open	1	0.43
46	Dan Walter	NSW	Open	1	0.28
47	Bill Woods	NSW	Open
48	Brian Rutledge	NSW	Grand Master's (65 and over)
49	Steve Thomas	Vic	Open
50	Gordon Gammie	NSW	Open
51	Trevor Green	NSW	Open
52	Wayne Robinson	NSW	Open
53	Craig Ainsworth	NSW	Open
54	Ralph Eriksson	NSW	Open
55	Paul Dunlop	NSW	Open		-0.05		88.08
56	Wayne Bale	NSW	First Time Competitor	4	2.45
				Total Fish	Total Weight
				167	88.08
Division Winners		Total Fish	Total Weight
Frist Time Competitor
	Wayne Bale			4	2.45
Women
	Michelle Carmody			2	0.77
Youth (16 - under 21)
	Jack Gammie			4	2.01
Master's (60-64)
	Jim Halliday			2	1.33
Grand Master's (65 and over)
	Brian Rutledge			0	0
Mortgage Corp Monster Mover
	Kendal Soo

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Port Mac Turns It On!

Round 9 of the Hobie Kayak Bream Series presented by Daiwa has been run and won! This was the Berkley round of the series which was held at Port Macquarie, New South Wales. Port Mac is located about four hours north of Sydney and is surrounded by beautiful waterways – the Hastings River, canals, creeks, bays and the Pacific Ocean. The city also has a five-star collection of golden-sand beaches stretching from Port Macquarie Beach to Town Beach and north along the 16-km swathe of North Beach. The tournament director was very concerned about what the waterway would look like after a massive Australian East Coast low belted the coast line over the past few weeks. As it turned out, the day and waterway were awesome with 48 of the 56 anglers all catching fish and some anglers reported as many as 30 legal bream today. While the bag sizes of four Bream for this round were light, we still saw bags with kilo fish at the top of the leader board. Anglers from Queensland, the ACT and NSW all made the journey and for those who have not fished the location before, all agreed that venue was a great fishery. At the top of the leader board with a convincing win was Steve Crawley from Queensland with the 4 fish limit and his total bag weight of 3.15 kg. Steve also took out the Hogs Breath Café, “Boss Hog” Big Bream which weighed in at 1.18 kg. Crawley took home over a thousand dollars in cash and a Berkley Sponsors Prize for his first place and Boss Hog Big Bream combo. In second place was Jason Reid for New South Wales with 4 fish for 2.97kg, taking home $480.00 plus a Berkley Sponsors prize pack and Andrew Death from New South Wales taking home $310.00 plus a Berkley Sponsors prize pack for his 4 fish bag of 2.85kg. Winning Location When asked about his success, Crawley said he used Google Earth a great deal and decided on a local place called Limeburner’s Creek. Limeburner’s Creek is the home of the Hastings oyster leases and is an ideal place for bream on soft plastics or hard-bodied lures. With plenty of structure, the bream will hold up around the leases and readily take baits or lures that are presented well. The man-made structures of Limeburner’s Creek are complemented with plenty of natural structure. If you spend time navigating this waterway you will see man-made structure and natural structure coming together to form ideal fish habitat. “I fished the first bend and rack systems and stayed on fish all day”. Even though I only caught I think Twelve fish all day, as it turned out, it was enough to take out the comp” Crawley said. Tackle Secrets “The only thing I changed was to up size the leader from 4lb to 6lb Unitika to assist me with rack fishing”. Steve Crawley also said “this place is awesome and I can’t wait to come back”. The divisions titles went to Michelle Carmody in the women’s with 2 for .77kg. Jack Gammie and Wade Mobbs both from NSW picked up the Youth category with 4 for 2.01kg and Wayne Bale took out the First Time Competitor prize with 4 fish for 2.45kg The Mortgage Corp Monster Mover for this round went to goes to Kendal Soo from Queensland. Round 10 will take us to Mandurah, Western Australia with Round 11 back on the East Coast of Australia at Lake Macquarie NSW.