Daiwa Round 1. Bemm River, Victoria 2018

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#	Name	State	Division
1	Damian Holcroft	ACT	Open
2	Geoff Alford	ACT	Open
3	Trent Rogers	NSW	Open
4	Ruth Beeby	VIC	Open	Womens
5	Neil Carstairs	VIC	Open
6	Sean Hill	NSW	Open
7	Steven Pryke	VIC	Open	Youth (16 - under 21)
8	Lindsay Pryke	VIC	Open
9	Bill Woods	NSW	Open	Masters (60-64)
10	Tameika Purnell	NSW	Open	Womens
11	Paul Whitehead	SA	Open	Masters (60-64)
12	Christopher Purnell Harvey Purnell	NSW		PA17T Tandem
13	Ben Harrison	SA	Open
14	Rhett Gill	SA	Open
15	Danny Jobson	NSW	Open
16	Gary Hanson	VIC	Open	Masters (60-64)
17	Joshua Davey	SA	Open	Youth (16 - under 21)
18	Lex Forbes	VIC	Open	Masters (60-64)
19	David Ayton	VIC	Open
20	Lex Court	NSW	Open	Masters (60-64)
21	Shane Hahesy	NSW	Open
22	Stuart Buckingham	VIC	Open
23	Simon Morley	NSW	Open
24	Bogdan Zisu	VIC	Open
25	James Kilpatrick	NSW	Open
26	Andrew Taylor	NSW	Open
27	Craig Wallace	NSW	Open
28	Andrew Videon	SA	Open
29	Dale Baxter	VIC	Open
30	Michelle Carmody	QLD	Open	Womens, Grand Masters (65 and over)
31	Peter Balzan	VIC	Open
32	Andrew Hancox	NSW	Open
33	David Shanahan	VIC	Open
34	Peter Whelan	VIC	Open
35	Jason Deenen	VIC	Open
36	Gordon Gammie	NSW	Open
37	Jack Gammie	NSW	Open	Youth (16 - under 21)
38	Jeremy Thomas	NSW	Open
39	John Whelan	NSW	Open	Grand Masters (65 and over)
40	Kevin Varty	NSW	Open
41	Joshua Richards	NSW	Open
42	Dean Gamble	VIC	Open
43	Michael Walker	NSW	Open
44	Richard Somerton	VIC	Open
45	Thomas Harding	NSW	Open
46	Paul Hardiman	ACT	Open
47	Doug Baker	NSW	Open
48	Jonathan Chen	ACT	Open
49	Mark Crompton	NSW	Open
50	Tony Pettie	VIC	Open
51	Jamie Bowden Tammy Arnold	NSW		PA17T Tandem
52	Dylan Henness	VIC	Open
53	Epineha Cribb	NSW	Open
54	Nathan Dowling	NSW	Open
55	Amanda Whitehorn Justin Costa	SA VIC		PA17T Tandem
56	Luke Oleson	SA	Open
57	Ralph Eriksson	VIC	Open
58	Carl Dubois	NSW	Open
59	Stephen Majera	VIC	Open
60	Matthew Lang	SA		First Timer
61	Brian Hunt	NSW	Open
62	Jon Clisby	VIC	Open
63	Mitch King	VIC	Open
64	Brett Crowe	NSW	Open
65	Daniel Griffin	VIC	Open
66	Photi Kaoullas	VIC	Open
67	Paul Davidson	VIC	Open
68	Jake Griffin	VIC	Open
69	Richard Patterson	VIC	Open
70	Brendan Pieschel	NSW	Open
71	Michelle Gamble	VIC	Open	Womens
72	John Ellis	NSW	Open	Grand Masters (65 and over)
73	Brian Pelle	VIC	Open
74	Scott Boyd	VIC	Open
75	Kevin Boese	NSW	Open
76	Neil Hutchins	SA	Open
77	Jason Reid	NSW	Open
78	Byron Hill	NSW	Open
79	John Rao	VIC	Open
80	Kris Hickson	NSW	Open
81	Nick Mace	VIC	Open
82	Paul Dunlop	NSW	Open
83	Cedric Lopez	NSW	Open
84	Josh Klimas	NSW	Open
85	Rick Massie	VIC	Open
86	Jayden Dihood	VIC	Open
87	Sam Blundell	NSW	Open
88	Matt Petrie	VIC	Open
89	Huan Tran	VIC	Open
90	Alan Coulter	NSW	Open
91	Scott Lovig	VIC	Open
92	Richard Benson	NSW	Open
93	Bruce Rollins	VIC	Open
94	Lewis Parsons	NSW	Open
95	Brian Maissin	NSW	Open
96	Eric Wood	NSW	Open
97	Kyle Pettie	VIC	Open
98	Kayle Rattenbury	NSW	Open	Youth (16 - under 21)
99	David Hedge	NSW	Open
100	William Davis	NSW	Open
101	Ben Davidson	ACT	Open
102	Tom McBride	ACT	Open

Place	Angler	State	Division	F1	W1	F1	W2	TF	TW	Penalty	Net	Prize
1	Jonathan Chen	ACT	Open	3	2.85 kg	3	2.71 kg	6	5.56 kg		5.56 kg	$2,910.00
2	Bogdan Zisu	VIC	Open	3	2.75 kg	3	2.51 kg	6	5.26 kg		5.26 kg	$1,510.00
3	David Shanahan	VIC	Open	3	2.67 kg	3	2.55 kg	6	5.22 kg		5.22 kg	$980.00
4	Tony Pettie	VIC	Open	3	2.39 kg	3	2.79 kg	6	5.18 kg		5.18 kg	$450.00
5	Carl Dubois	NSW	Open	3	2.48 kg	3	2.63 kg	6	5.11 kg		5.11 kg	$380.00
6	Rick Massie	VIC	Open	3	2.52 kg	3	2.44 kg	6	4.96 kg		4.96 kg	$340.00
7	Scott Boyd	VIC	Open	3	2.56 kg	3	2.36 kg	6	4.92 kg		4.92 kg	$300.00
8	James Kilpatrick	NSW	Open	3	2.39 kg	3	2.40 kg	6	4.79 kg		4.79 kg	$260.00
9	Nick Mace	VIC	Open	3	2.21 kg	3	2.50 kg	6	4.71 kg		4.71 kg	$230.00
10	Kris Hickson	NSW	Open	3	2.15 kg	3	2.55 kg	6	4.70 kg		4.70 kg	$190.00
11	Jack Gammie	NSW	Youth (16 - under 21)	3	2.24 kg	3	2.46 kg	6	4.70 kg		4.70 kg
12	Richard Benson	NSW	Open	3	2.31 kg	3	2.36 kg	6	4.67 kg		4.67 kg
13	Andrew Hancox	NSW	Open	3	2.30 kg	3	2.36 kg	6	4.66 kg		4.66 kg
14	David Hedge	NSW	Open	3	1.89 kg	3	2.71 kg	6	4.60 kg		4.60 kg
15	Brian Pelle	VIC	Open	3	2.60 kg	3	1.97 kg	6	4.57 kg		4.57 kg
16	Dylan Henness	VIC	Open	3	2.14 kg	3	2.37 kg	6	4.51 kg		4.51 kg
17	Brian Hunt	NSW	Open	3	2.23 kg	3	2.25 kg	6	4.48 kg		4.48 kg
18	Michael Walker	NSW	Open	3	2.10 kg	3	2.33 kg	6	4.43 kg		4.43 kg
19	Byron Hill	NSW	Open	3	2.24 kg	3	2.16 kg	6	4.40 kg		4.40 kg
20	Bruce Rollins	VIC	Open	3	2.00 kg	3	2.39 kg	6	4.39 kg		4.39 kg
21	Dean Gamble	VIC	Open	3	2.12 kg	3	2.27 kg	6	4.39 kg		4.39 kg
22	Jason Deenen	VIC	Open	3	2.36 kg	3	2.01 kg	6	4.37 kg		4.37 kg
23	Mitch King	VIC	Open	3	2.01 kg	3	2.30 kg	6	4.31 kg		4.31 kg
24	Josh Klimas	NSW	Open	3	2.48 kg	3	1.82 kg	6	4.30 kg		4.30 kg
25	Richard Somerton	VIC	Open	3	1.77 kg	3	2.51 kg	6	4.28 kg		4.28 kg
26	Brian Maissin	NSW	Open	3	1.77 kg	3	2.50 kg	6	4.27 kg		4.27 kg
27	Jayden Dihood	Vic	Open	3	2.44 kg	3	1.83 kg	6	4.27 kg		4.27 kg
28	Sam Blundell	NSW	Open	3	2.04 kg	3	2.14 kg	6	4.18 kg		4.18 kg
29	Tom McBride	ACT	Open	3	2.31 kg	3	1.82 kg	6	4.13 kg		4.13 kg
30	John Rao	VIC	Open	3	2.14 kg	3	1.98 kg	6	4.12 kg		4.12 kg
31	Matt Petrie	VIC	Open	3	2.10 kg	3	1.99 kg	6	4.09 kg		4.09 kg
32	Ben Davidson	ACT	Open	3	2.17 kg	3	1.89 kg	6	4.06 kg		4.06 kg
33	Gary Hanson	VIC	Master's (60-64)	3	1.86 kg	3	2.18 kg	6	4.04 kg		4.04 kg
34	Lex Court	NSW	Master's (60-64)	3	1.94 kg	3	2.10 kg	6	4.04 kg		4.04 kg
35	Rhett Gill	SA	Open	3	1.80 kg	3	2.23 kg	6	4.03 kg		4.03 kg
36	Cedric Lopez	NSW	Open	3	2.54 kg	3	1.47 kg	6	4.01 kg		4.01 kg
37	Simon Morley	NSW	Open	3	1.62 kg	3	2.39 kg	6	4.01 kg		4.01 kg
38	Dale Baxter	VIC	Open	3	2.23 kg	2	1.74 kg	5	3.97 kg		3.97 kg
39	Brendan Pieschel	NSW	Open	3	1.91 kg	3	2.06 kg	6	3.97 kg		3.97 kg
40	Paul Dunlop	NSW	Open	3	2.60 kg	2	1.26 kg	5	3.86 kg		3.86 kg
41	Jon Clisby	VIC	Open	3	2.07 kg	3	1.76 kg	6	3.83 kg		3.83 kg
42	Ben Harrison	SA	Open	3	1.94 kg	3	1.88 kg	6	3.82 kg		3.82 kg
43	David Ayton	VIC	Open	3	1.71 kg	3	2.10 kg	6	3.81 kg		3.81 kg
44	Craig Wallace	NSW	Open	3	2.07 kg	3	1.74 kg	6	3.81 kg		3.81 kg
45	Geoff Alford	ACT	Open	3	2.08 kg	3	1.72 kg	6	3.80 kg		3.80 kg
46	Steven Pryke	VIC	Youth (16 - under 21)	3	2.31 kg	3	1.46 kg	6	3.77 kg		3.77 kg
47	Andrew Taylor	NSW	Open	3	1.58 kg	3	2.19 kg	6	3.77 kg		3.77 kg
48	Thomas Harding	NSW	Open	3	1.62 kg	3	2.14 kg	6	3.76 kg		3.76 kg
49	Kevin Boese	NSW	Open	3	1.90 kg	3	1.82 kg	6	3.72 kg		3.72 kg
50	Kayle Rattenbury	NSW	Youth (16 - under 21)	3	1.65 kg	3	2.06 kg	6	3.71 kg		3.71 kg
51	Michelle Gamble	VIC	Women's	3	1.74 kg	3	1.89 kg	6	3.63 kg		3.63 kg
52	Sean Hill	NSW	Open	3	1.38 kg	3	2.23 kg	6	3.61 kg		3.61 kg
53	Mark Crompton	NSW	Open	3	1.93 kg	3	1.66 kg	6	3.59 kg		3.59 kg
54	John Ellis	NSW	Grand Master's (65 and over)	3	1.92 kg	3	1.67 kg	6	3.59 kg		3.59 kg
55	Jason Reid	NSW	Open	3	1.99 kg	3	1.58 kg	6	3.57 kg		3.57 kg
56	Peter Whelan	VIC	Open	3	1.92 kg	3	1.59 kg	6	3.51 kg		3.51 kg
57	Will Davis	NSW	Open	3	1.89 kg	3	1.58 kg	6	3.47 kg		3.47 kg
58	Jeremy Thomas	NSW	Open	3	1.54 kg	3	1.90 kg	6	3.44 kg		3.44 kg
59	Ruth Beeby	VIC	Women's	3	1.72 kg	2	1.66 kg	5	3.38 kg		3.38 kg
60	Alan Coulter	NSW	Open	3	1.66 kg	3	1.65 kg	6	3.31 kg		3.31 kg
61	Kyle Pettie	VIC	Open	3	1.96 kg	2	1.25 kg	5	3.21 kg		3.21 kg
62	Danny Jobson	NSW	Open	3	1.66 kg	3	1.54 kg	6	3.20 kg		3.20 kg
63	Paul Hardiman	ACT	Open	3	1.19 kg	3	2.00 kg	6	3.19 kg		3.19 kg
64	Stuart Buckingham	VIC	Open	3	1.55 kg	3	1.63 kg	6	3.18 kg		3.18 kg
65	Photi Kaoullas	VIC	Open	2	0.95 kg	3	2.21 kg	5	3.16 kg		3.16 kg
66	Scott Lovig	VIC	Open	3	1.63 kg	3	1.46 kg	6	3.09 kg		3.09 kg
67	Joshua Davey	SA	Youth (16 - under 21)	3	2.03 kg	2	0.92 kg	5	2.95 kg		2.95 kg
68	Neil Hutchins	SA	Open	1	0.48 kg	3	2.45 kg	4	2.93 kg		2.93 kg
69	Andrew Videon	SA	Open	2	1.13 kg	3	1.75 kg	5	2.88 kg		2.88 kg
70	Paul Davidson	VIC	Open	3	1.81 kg	2	1.03 kg	5	2.84 kg		2.84 kg
71	Trent Rogers	NSW	Open	3	1.61 kg	1	1.04 kg	4	2.65 kg		2.65 kg
72	Lex Forbes	VIC	Master's (60-64)	3	1.62 kg	1	1.00 kg	4	2.62 kg		2.62 kg
73	Joshua Richards	NSW	Open	1	0.48 kg	3	2.10 kg	4	2.58 kg		2.58 kg
74	John Whelan	NSW	Grand Master's (65 and over)	2	1.66 kg	1	0.92 kg	3	2.58 kg		2.58 kg
75	Peter Balzan	VIC	Open	3	2.53 kg			3	2.53 kg		2.53 kg
76	Epineha Cribb	NSW	Open	1	0.75 kg	3	1.77 kg	4	2.52 kg		2.52 kg
77	Damian Holcroft	ACT	Open	3	1.36 kg	2	1.11 kg	5	2.47 kg		2.47 kg
78	Lindsay Pryke	VIC	Open	3	1.59 kg	1	0.80 kg	4	2.39 kg		2.39 kg
79	Kevin Varty	NSW	Open	1	0.54 kg	3	1.72 kg	4	2.26 kg		2.26 kg
80	Doug Baker	NSW	Open	3	1.60 kg	1	0.62 kg	4	2.22 kg		2.22 kg
81	Tameika Purnell	NSW	Women's	1	0.59 kg	3	1.53 kg	4	2.12 kg		2.12 kg
82	Shane Hahesy	NSW	Open	1	0.76 kg	2	1.34 kg	3	2.10 kg		2.10 kg
83	Stephen Majera	VIC	Open			3	1.96 kg	3	1.96 kg		1.96 kg
84	Eric Wood	NSW	Open	3	1.89 kg			3	1.89 kg		1.89 kg
85	HUAN Tran	VIC	Open	3	1.80 kg			3	1.80 kg		1.80 kg
86	Gordon Gammie	NSW	Open			3	1.64 kg	3	1.64 kg		1.64 kg
87	Lewis Parsons	NSW	Open	1	0.65 kg	2	0.97 kg	3	1.62 kg		1.62 kg
88	Bill Woods	NSW	Master's (60-64)	2	1.32 kg			2	1.32 kg		1.32 kg
89	Brett Crowe	NSW	Open	2	1.25 kg			2	1.25 kg		1.25 kg
90	Nathan Dowling	NSW	Open	2	1.19 kg			2	1.19 kg		1.19 kg
91	Michelle Carmody	QLD	Women's	2	1.16 kg			2	1.16 kg		1.16 kg
92	Ralph Eriksson	NSW	Open	1	0.63 kg			1	0.63 kg		0.63 kg
93	Paul Whithead	SA	Master's (60-64)	1	0.52 kg			1	0.52 kg		0.52 kg
94	Richard Patterson	Vic	Open						0.00 kg		0.00 kg
94	Neil Carstairs	VIC	Open						0.00 kg		0.00 kg
94	Luke Oleson	SA	Open						0.00 kg		0.00 kg
94	Jake Griffin	VIC	Open						0.00 kg		0.00 kg
DQ	Daniel Griffin	VIC	Open		-0.75 kg				0.00 kg	-0.75 kg	-0.75 kg
1	JAMIE Bowden, Tammy Arnold	NSW	Pro Angler 17T (Tandem Event)	3	1.66 kg	3	2.42 kg	6	4.08 kg		4.08 kg
2	Christopher Purnell ,Harvey Purnell	NSW	Pro Angler 17T (Tandem Event)	2	1.09 kg			2	1.09 kg		1.09 kg
3	Justin Costa, Amanda Whitehead	VIC	Pro Angler 17T (Tandem Event)						0.00 kg		0.00 kg
1	Matthew Lang	SA	First Time Competitor	3	2.20 kg			3	2.20 kg		2.20 kg
				Total Fish D1	Total Weight D1	Total Fish D2		Total Fish	Total Weight	Average Weight
				256	170.69 kg	236	162.75 kg	492	333.44 kg	0.68
Atomic Big Bream Winner
	Angler	State	W
	Dale Baxter	VIC	1.29 kg
Mortgage Corp Monster Mover
	Angler	State	W1	W2
	Neil Hutchins	SA	0.48 kg	2.45 kg
Division Winners
Youth (16 - under 21) (16 - under 21 yrs)
	Angler	State	F1	W1	F2	W2	TF	TW
	Jack Gammie	NSW	3	2.24 kg	3	2.46 kg	6	4.70 kg
Women's
	Angler	State	F1	W1	F2	W2	TF	TW
	Michelle Gamble	VIC	3	1.74 kg	3	1.89 kg	6	3.63 kg
Master's (60-64)
	Angler	State	F1	W1	F2	W2	TF	TW
	Lex Court	NSW	3	1.94 kg	3	2.10 kg	6	4.04 kg
	Gary Hanson	VIC	3	1.86 kg	3	2.18 kg	6	4.04 kg
Grand Master's (65 and over) (65 and over)
	Angler	State	F1	W1	F2	W2	TF	TW
	John Ellis	NSW	3	1.92 kg	3	1.67 kg	6	3.59 kg
Pro Anger 17 Tandem (Teams Event)
	Angler	State	F1	W1	F2	W2	TF	TW
	Jamie Bowdon & Tammy Arnold	NSW	3	1.66 kg	3	2.42 kg	6	4.08 kg
First Time Competitors
	Angler	State	F1	W1	F2	W2	TF	TW
	Matthew Lang	SA	3	2.20 kg			3	2.20 kg

Day 2 Weigh-In

Day 1 Weigh-In

The 2018 Hobie Kayak Bream Series 10 started off in style with 102 anglers entering round one, Bemm River Victoria, February 10-11, 2018. Anglers from Victoria, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and Queensland, headed to compete in the two-day competition at the bream fishing mecca, Bemm River, East Gippsland, Victoria. Pre-Fish Day on the Friday, saw anglers return to the event arena with a reasonable number of them reporting having pulled in solid bags. JONATHAN CHEN TAKES THE WIN Report from Jonathan Chen Day One “I headed straight to my marks near the mouth of Bemm River to find it crystal clear and no wind, fish were spooking easily over the 3ft deep flat. Managing a few small undersize bream on a Greedy-guts 66, however my patience wore thin having the lure fowl up on lose weed nearly every cast. To help avoid this, I switched to a Damiki Armor shad 3inch plastic in skin blue and begun searching the area for legal sized bream. At 9:30am, drifting over patchy weed and working my plastic faster over the weed, I quickly managed to fill my bag with three 37cm bream. With a good bag already, I decided to keep moving leaving the spot for the next day and find new area holding fish for day two. Moving 100 metres from my main location, I managed a good upgrade, a 42cm bream on a shad type plastic. The fishing was quiet, changing to a Damiki D Grub on a 1/12^th jighead, then casting at a small drop off, I was rewarded on the drop. A few cast later, leaving the plastic sitting in the bottom for 10 seconds, suddenly a massive tick in the line and another good fish was upgraded from a 37cm to a 39cm specimen. With the wind blowing harder, I decided to do a long drift heading towards Bobs Bay and making long casts into the wind, another small upgrade of 50grams on the Damiki Armor shad in baby bass re-coloured green with a green Spike It pen. The day ended with 2.85kg bag and leading day one’, said Jonathan Chen. Day Two The weather was bad due to the wind, but it was all go for the tournament. I headed straight to my first spot and they weren’t there. Moving just 10m and a tad deeper, 4.5ft, I managed to get two undersize bream in two casts on the Damiki Armor shad in baby bass and coloured uv green. Deciding to slow down and fish the area thoroughly, finally it produced my first legal, a 40cm bream. Switching to shad type lure produced another legal, the media boat arrived for a few happy snaps while fighting the fish. There were a few hairy moments where the fish would take a big run while trying to net it. Managing to get the fish in the boat, my second legal was a 37cm bream. A short time later switching to a Damiki Armor shad in skin blue, a 30cm bream was added to my bag. I moved to another drop off, catching bream after bream for about an hour, all being around 31 – 33cm, upgrading a bit at a time. Returning to my original location, the wind was really blowing now, to my advantage I started casting into the wind allowing the lure to move slower in the water column. With casting into the wind and changing the jig head to a 1/8 I finally managed to get another good upgrade on a grub. Hoping I had enough to keep me up the top, at 12:00 I decided to head back to the flats out the front of the launch spot as the wind was bad and I didn’t want to risk being late. Landing a couple of good fish but no upgrades. It was a nervous wait as anyone had the chance for a massive 3kg+ bag. Weighing in last, my bag went 2.71kg and enough to keep me on top and take out my second win at Bemm River with a total of 5.56kg. Rod: Miller Bream Buster Reel: Shimano Stradic C14 Line: 3lb FC straight through Lure: Damiki Amour Shad, skin blue, Damiki D Grubb and Juro Firebait Kayak: Hobie Pro Anger 14 BOGDAN ZISU TAKES SECOND Bogdan Zisu from Victoria, had a great weekend and almost pulled off the round win. With Tony Pettie weighing in with 6 fish at 5.18 kgs moving to the top of the leader board, then David Shanahan knocking off Tony with a 5.22 kg bag, I was unsure what my total would be and was very surprised to see my bag tip the scales at 5.26. “It was great weekend and one that will be remembered for some time”. “the top five positions were very close for sure!” Rod: Miller Custom Reel: Daiwa Exist, Steez and Certate Line: Sunline 3LB Fluro & 5LB Varivas Braid Lures: Daiwa Spike, Jackall Chubby – Brown Suji Shrimp & Zman Motoroil Grubs Kayak: Hobie Pro Anger 14 ATOMIC BIG BREAM WINNER Dale Baxter – VIC 1.29 KGS MORTAGE CORP MONSTER MOVER Neil Hutchins – SA DIVISION WINNERS YOUTH (16 – Under 21 yrs.) Jack Gammie – NSW WOMEN’S Michelle Gamble – VIC MASTER’S (60 – 64 yrs.) Lex Court – NSW Gary Hanson – VIC GRAND MASTER’S John Ellis – NSW PRO ANGLER 17 TANDEM (TEAMS) Jamie Bowdon & Tammy Arnold – NSW First Time Competitors Matthew Lang – SA EVENT STATS Total Fish Day 1 256 Total Fish Day 2 236 Total Fish 492! Total Weight 333.44 KG Average Weight .68 NEXT EVENT Hobie Kayak Bream Series 10, Rhino-Rack, JML, & Hobie® Polarized Round 2. Forster, NSW. March 10-11, 2018.

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