Ecogear Round 13: Nelson, Victoria/South Australia

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	First Name	Last Name	State	Division
1	Raymond	Camilleri	South Australia	Open	First Timer
2	Paul	Whitehead	South Australia	Open	Master's (60-64)
3	David	Shanahan	Victoria	Open
4	Ben	Phayer	Victoria	Open
5	Corey	Gallagher	Victoria	Open
6	Ben	Harrison	South Australia	Open
7	Rhett	Gill	South Australia	Open
8	Sam	Beavis	Victoria	Open
9	Toby	Sawford	South Australia		First Timer
10	Andrew	Videon	South Australia	Open
11	Alex	Whitehead	South Australia	Open
12	David	Shorter	Victoria		First Timer
13	Jon	Clisby	Victoria	Open
14	Steven	Pryke	Victoria	Open	Youth (16 - under 21)
15	Lindsay	Pryke	Victoria	Open
16	Paul	Hardiman	ACT	Open
17	Neil	Hutchins	South Australia	Open
18	Nathan	Prezioso	Victoria	Open	Youth (16 - under 21)
19	Peter	Balzan	Victoria	Open
20	Kurt	Warmington	South Australia		First Timer
21	Gary	Hanson	Victoria	Open	Master's (60-64)
22	Rick	Massie	Victoria	Open
23	Glenn	Sheldon	Victoria	Open
24	Tony	Curwen	Victoria	Open	Master's (60-64)
25	Grant	Hocking	Victoria	Open
26	Jason	Deenen	Victoria	Open
27	Richard	Patterson	Victoria	Open
28	Chesney	Fung	Victoria	Open
29	David	Ayton	Victoria	Open
30	Aaron	Williams	Victoria	Open
31	Mitch	King	Victoria	Open
32	Kyle	Pettie	Victoria	Open
33	Tony	Pettie	Victoria	Open
34	Bogdan	Zisu	Victoria	Open
35	Neil	Carstairs	Victoria	Open
36	Richard	Somerton	Victoria	Open
37	Mark	Whitehead	South Australia	Open
38	Matt	Petrie	Victoria	Open

Pl	Angler	State	Div	F1	W1	F2	W2	BH	MM	TF	TW
1	Ben Phayer	VIC	O	3.00	1.70	3.00	2.14			6.00	3.84	$1120.00 Plus Sponsors Prize Pack
2	Corey Gallagher	VIC	O	3.00	2.13	2.00	1.47			5.00	3.60	$670.00 Plus Sponsors Prize Pack
3	Nathan Prezioso	VIC	Y	3.00	2.20	2.00	0.90			5.00	3.10	$400.00 Plus Sponsors Prize Pack
4	Steven Pryke	VIC	Y	2.00	1.32	2.00	1.71			4.00	3.03	$270.00 Plus Sponsors Prize Pack
5	Richard Somerton	VIC	O	3.00	1.65	2.00	1.31			5.00	2.96	$200.00 Plus Sponsors Prize Pack
6	Alex Whitehead	SA	O	3.00	1.19	3.00	1.54			6.00	2.73
7	Neil Carstairs	VIC	O	1.00	0.45	3.00	1.93		1.48	4.00	2.38	Mortgage Corp Monster Mover
8	David Ayton	VIC	O	2.00	1.37	1.00	0.96			3.00	2.33
9	Jon Clisby	VIC	O	2.00	2.06			1.12		2.00	2.06	$100.00 Hogs Breath Café Boss Hog Big Bream
10	Tony Pettie	VIC	O	2.00	1.08	2.00	0.86			4.00	1.94
11	Mitch King	VIC	O	2.00	0.76	2.00	1.14			4.00	1.90
12	Gary Hanson	VIC	M	2.00	1.11	1.00	0.41			3.00	1.52
13	Jason Deenen	VIC	O	1.00	0.56	2.00	0.87			3.00	1.43
14	Chesney Fung	VIC	O	2.00	1.35					2.00	1.35
15	Tony Curwen	VIC	M			2.00	1.23			2.00	1.23
16	Peter Balzan	VIC	O	2.00	1.08					2.00	1.08
17	Kurt Warmington	SA	FTC	2.00	0.99					2.00	0.99
18	Ben Harrison	SA	O			1.00	0.94			1.00	0.94
19	Matt Petrie	VIC	O			1.00	0.71			1.00	0.71
20	Sam Beavis	VIC	O			1.00	0.70			1.00	0.70
21	Paul Whithead	SA	O	1.00	0.62					1.00	0.62
22	Bogdan Zisu	VIC	O	1.00	0.57					1.00	0.57
23	Paul Hardiman	ACT	O	1.00	0.54					1.00	0.54
24	Aaron Williams	VIC	O	1.00	0.44					1.00	0.44
25	David Shanahan	VIC	O	1.00	0.35					1.00	0.35
26	Neil Hutchins	SA	O
26	Lindsay Pryke	VIC	O
26	Rhett Gill	SA	O
26	Grant Hocking	Vic	O
26	Richard Patterson	VIC	O
26	Glenn Sheldon	VIC	O
26	Kyle Pettie	VIC	O
26	Mark Whitehead	SA	O
26	Raymond Camilleri	SA	FTC
26	Toby Sawford	SA	FTC
26	David Shorter	VIC	FTC
26	Andrew Videon	SA	O

Day Two on the water

Day Two Morning

Day One

Final Report

Anglers faced a number of challenges this weekend in the Ecogear round of the Hobie® Kayak Bream Series at Nelson, Victoria. This event was always going to be a challenge to the anglers because of the unseasonal forecasted rain in this area. Upon arriving in Nelson the colour of the water wasn’t bad considering the heavy rain over the past weeks. Further rain was predicted for the pre-fish and during the competition days within the Glenelg River catchment. This newly added rain caused the Glenelg River to go from a flood watch on Saturday to a Major flood warning issued late on Sunday morning after the tournament day had started. The increasing amount of fresh water in the system and the lack of salt water made fishing more challenging as the tournament commenced. Twenty one anglers caught fish on Saturday and only sixteen weighed fish on Sunday which was testament to the deteriorating conditions during the event. Both Bream and Estuary perch were holding up in the deeper channels and holes where the sounders were showing a definite line where the fresh water finished and the salt started. Most of the fish were caught south from Nelson main boat ramp through to the heads. In particular to the south and west of Oxbow lake.

Winning Ways

Ben Phayer from Victoria took out the top podium spot with his 6/6 bag at 3.84kg. Ben used his Power-pole shallow water anchor to hold his position and allow him to cast into the deeper channels close to the entrance of the river. Corey Gallagher from Victoria held on to his day one second place position with his 5/6 Bream bag for 3.60kg. Corey concentrated on the main channels to the south of Oxbow Lake, casting up on to the shallow edges from a deep water position. Day one leader Nathan Perzioso also from Victoria took out third place as well as the youth division with his 5/6 bag for 3.10kg

Winning Tackle

Ben Phayer

• Rod: Strike Pro NanoEdge 1 – 3 kg
• Reel: Daiwa Sol 2004
• Line: Strike Pro 6lb Armour Braid
• Leader: Strike Pro 4lb Flurocarbon leader line
• Lures: Strike Pro Hummer Vibe in purple and Strike Pro Cyber Vibe Crank

“Both days I was throwing Strike Pro Hummer vibe and worked it up the bank. I used the Hummer Vibe in the new Purple Colour and the Strike Pro Cyber Crank Deep. Both lures had purple in them so it seemed that purple was the one colour that was working”. Corey Gallagher

• Rod: Gekkabijin
• Reel: Daiwa Certate
• Line: Unitika 4lb
• Leader: Fc rock 4lb
• Lure: Strike Pro Astro vibe

“Basically I threw Astro Vibes all weekend. I threw them because they were the heaviest thing I had so I wanted them to get down quick and sit on the bottom. I would give them small little hops and drag it along the bottom.

Divisions

During the Hobie Bream series this year we have introduced a number of new divisions. The division winners from this round were Nathan Prezioso taking out the youth division (under 21 years old) with his 3.10 kg, Garry Hanson took out the Masters Division (60 – 64 years old) with his 1.52 kg bag and Kurt Warmington won the First Time Entry division with his two fish bag weighing .99 kg. The Hogs Breath Café Boss Hog Big Bream was won by Jon Clisby with his respectable 1.12 kg bream.

Next Up

The last qualifying round for this season is next month at Bribie Island in Queensland . Many anglers that haven’t secured their Australian Championship spot yet will be making the journey north to hook up with a Queensland Bream or two and hopefully an invite to the Australian Championships. This year the Australian Championship arena will be the iconic Gold Coast in Southern Queensland. For more information please go to www.hobiefishing.com.au

Day One Report

Day one of the Ecogear round of the Hobie® Fishing Bream Series finished up with mixed results as some anglers, not all struggled with the waterway after some minor flooding. Those anglers that did get fish got some crackers with Jon Clisby from Victoria weighing in the Hogs Breath Café, BOSS HOG BREAM at 1.12 kgs. While Jon only weighed in two fish from a three fish bag limit, his two fish still lands him in third place with a 2.06 bag. In second place, Corey Gallagher also …from Victoria with 3/3 for 2.13 kgs and at the top of the leader board is Nathan Prezioso with 3/3 and a bag weight of 2.2 kgs. Nathan is also in the running for the youth division (under 21). The weather forecasts for Sunday is looking good with winds easing and a better tide window for anglers to catch fish that seem to be pushing in with the tide and saltier water as well as the easing of the flood current going out. The last thirty minutes today rewarded a good number of anglers and helped them fill the required bag limit (three fish) while other made good upgrades. Our prediction is that like today, most of the field will head down to the mouth of the system chasing better water conditions (more salt) due to the flood conditions which is present at the moment. The anglers meeting is at 6:30 AEST Sunday morning with the final weigh in starting at 2:30 AEST. Right now, anyone in the 15 we feel have a chance to take home the Ecogear round of the series.