Hogs Breath Cafe Round 12: Wallis Lake, New South Wales

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	First Name	Last Name	State	Division
1	Steve	Crawley	Queensland	Open
2	Gary	Hanson	Victoria	Open	Master's (60-64)
3	Scott	Sandilands	Queensland	Open
4	Rodney	O'Sullivan	New South Wales	Open
5	Neil	Carstairs	Victoria	Open
6	Shane	Hahesy	New South Wales	Open
7	Geoff	Alford	ACT	Open
8	Ken	Clifton	New South Wales		First Timer
9	Paul	Malov	Victoria	Open
10	Tony	Pettie	Victoria	Open
11	Jim	Halliday	New South Wales	Open	Master's (60-64)
12	Steve	Thomas	Victoria	Open
13	James	Kilpatrick	New South Wales	Open
14	Scott	Slattery	New South Wales	Open
15	Jason	Reid	New South Wales	Open
16	Brian	Rutledge	New South Wales	Open	Grand Master's
17	Scott	Lovig	Victoria	Open
18	Ben	Phayer	Victoria	Open
19	Glenn	Allen	New South Wales	Open
20	Jason	Childs	New South Wales	Open
21	Aussie	Amies	New South Wales	Open
22	David	Hedge	New South Wales	Open
23	Jason	Deenen	Victoria	Open
24	Ty	Hanley	Victoria	Open
25	David	Ayton	Victoria	Open
26	Peter	Davies	New South Wales	Open	Grand Master's
27	Jonathan	Chen	ACT	Open
28	Mark	Young	New South Wales	Open
29	Derek	Hamer	New South Wales	Open
30	Brad	Williams	New South Wales	Open
31	Tracey	Wright	New South Wales	Open	Women's
32	Joel	Crosbie	Victoria	Open
33	Michelle	Carmody	New South Wales	Open	Women's
34	Gary	Cooke	New South Wales	Open
35	Jason	Lambert	New South Wales	Open
36	Michelle	Pardini	Western Australia	Open	Women's
37	Jack	Gammie	New South Wales	Open	Youth (16 - under 21)
38	Gordon	Gammie	New South Wales	Open
39	Steven	Pryke	Victoria	Open	Youth (16 - under 21)
40	Lindsay	Pryke	Victoria	Open
41	Rob	Chambers	New South Wales	Open	Masters (60-64)
42	Matt	Petrie	Victoria	Open
43	Mat	Cameron	New South Wales	Open
44	Christopher	Smith	New South Wales		First Timer
45	Paul	Hardiman	ACT	Open
46	Brendan	Pieschel	New South Wales	Open
47	Wayne	Robinson	New South Wales	Open
48	Richard	Benson	New South Wales	Open
49	Dean	Gamble	Victoria	Open
50	Michelle	Gamble	Victoria	Open	Women's
51	Mark	Muggleton	New South Wales	Open
52	Peter	Woods	New South Wales	Open
53	Doug	Baker	New South Wales	Open
54	Bill	Woods	New South Wales	Open
55	Bogdan	Zisu	Victoria	Open
56	Darryl	Head	New South Wales	Open
57	Carl	Dubois	New South Wales	Open
58	Michael	Maas	Queensland	Open
59	Warren	Allen	New South Wales	Open
60	Jason	Martin	New South Wales	Open
61	Michael	Halliday	Queensland	Open
62	Simon	Morley	New South Wales	Open
63	Greg	Rigby	New South Wales	Open
64	Jason	Meech	New South Wales	Open
65	Mathew	Masonwells	Queensland	Open
66	Chris	Burbidge	Victoria	Open
67	Tim	Golby	Victoria	Open
68	Justin	Bourne	New South Wales	Open
69	Kevin	Varty	New South Wales	Open
70	Brendan	Croft	New South Wales	Open
71	Royden	Toal	New South Wales	Open
72	Dayne	Taylor	New South Wales	Open
73	Eric	Wood	New South Wales	Open
74	Richard	Somerton	Victoria	Open
75	Chesney	Fung	Victoria	Open
76	Wade	Walker	Queensland	Open
77	Stephen	Maas	Queensland	Open
78	Shane	Ferris	New South Wales	Open
79	Dan	Walter	New South Wales	Open
80	Aaron	Williams	Victoria	Open
81	James	Morgan	New South Wales	Open	Youth (16 - under 21)
82	Byron	Hill	New South Wales	Open
83	James	Rogan	New South Wales	Open
84	Mark	Hodkinson	Queensland	Open
85	Matthew	Ford	New South Wales	Open
86	Paul	Dunlop	New South Wales	Open
87	Denis	Metzdorf	Queensland	Open
88	Dane	Pryce	New South Wales	Open
89	Tyson	Hayes	Queensland	Open
90	Luke	Rogan	Queensland	Open
91	Mitch	King	Victoria	Open
92	Matthew	Hooper	New South Wales	Open
93	Patrick	Macquarie	New South Wales	Open
94	Kris	Hickson	New South Wales	Open
95	Patrick	Macquarie	ACT	Open
96	Brian	Hunt	New South Wales	Open

Pl	Angler	State	Div	F1	W1	F2	W2	MI	BH	TF	TW	Payout
1	Richard Somerton	VIC	O	4	3.42	4	2.98		1.41	8	6.40	$2730 + $100 Boss Hog Plus Sponsors Prize Pack
2	Kris Hickson	NSW	O	4	2.96	4	2.15			8	5.11	$1420 Plus Sponsors Prize Pack
3	Carl Dubois	NSW	O	4	3.26	4	1.41			8	4.67	$920 Plus Sponsors Prize Pack
4	Brian Hunt	NSW	O	4	2.61	4	1.92			8	4.53	$430 Plus Sponsors Prize Pack
5	Jonathan Chen	ACT	O	4	2.03	4	2.35			8	4.38	$360 Plus Sponsors Prize Pack
6	Dayne Taylor	NSW	O	4	2.08	4	2.08			8	4.16	320
7	Mark Young	NSW	O	4	2.52	4	1.51			8	4.03	280
8	Michael Halliday	QLD	O	4	1.92	4	1.97			8	3.89	250
9	Brad Williams	NSW	O	4	1.60	4	2.03			8	3.63	210
10	Richard Benson	NSW	O	4	1.68	4	1.94			8	3.62	180
11	Chris Burbidge	VIC	O	4	1.88	3	1.74			7	3.62
12	Warren Allen	NSW	O	3	0.93	4	2.59			7	3.52
13	Michael Maas	QLD	O	4	1.48	4	2.01			8	3.49
14	Paul Malov	VIC	O	4	1.31	4	2.09			8	3.40
15	Jason Reid	NSW	O	4	1.81	4	1.52			8	3.33
16	Joel Crosbie	VIC	O	4	2.21	1	1.09			5	3.30
17	Luke Rogan	QLD	O	4	1.56	4	1.67			8	3.23
18	Matt Petrie	VIC	O	4	1.36	4	1.86			8	3.22
19	Simon Morley	NSW	O	4	1.58	4	1.63			8	3.21
20	Jason Childs	NSW	O	4	2.35	1	0.78			5	3.13
21	Jason Meech	NSW	O	4	1.75	4	1.29			8	3.04
22	Jim Halliday	NSW	M	4	2.00	3	0.97			7	2.97
23	Eric Wood	NSW	O	4	1.22	4	1.75			8	2.97
24	Brian Rutledge	NSW	GM	4	1.93	3	0.89			7	2.82
25	Stephen Maas	QLD	O	3	1.40	4	1.41			7	2.81
26	David Hedge	NSW	O	4	2.15	1	0.61			5	2.76
27	Rodney O'sullivan	NSW		4	2.06	2	0.70			6	2.76
28	Dennis Metzdorf	QLD	O	3	1.53	3	1.20			6	2.73
29	James Rogan	NSW	O	4	2.12	1	0.51			5	2.63
30	Mark Muggleton	NSW	O	1	0.97	4	1.65			5	2.62
31	Chesney Fung	VIC	O	1	0.55	4	2.06			5	2.61
32	Bogdan Zisu	VIC	O	3	1.73	3	0.88			6	2.61
33	Scott Slattery	NSW	O	1	0.45	3	2.14			4	2.59
34	Glenn Allen	NSW	O	4	1.98	2	0.61			6	2.59
35	Patrick Wilson	ACT	O	4	1.84	2	0.72			6	2.56
36	Jason Lambert	NSW	O	4	1.74	2	0.81			6	2.55
37	Jason Deenen	VIC	O	3	0.95	4	1.60			7	2.55
38	Dean Gamble	VIC	O	4	1.46	2	1.05			6	2.51
39	Derek Hamer	NSW	O	4	2.45					4	2.45
40	Neil Carstairs	VIC	O	4	2.04	1	0.39			5	2.43
41	Dane Pryce	NSW	O	4	1.61	1	0.58			5	2.19
42	Steve Crawley	QLD	O	3	1.23	2	0.95			5	2.18
43	Paul Hardiman	ACT	O	2	1.13	3	0.96			5	2.09
44	Tyson Hayes	QLD	O	4	1.61	1	0.32			5	1.93
45	Wade Walker	Qld	O	1	0.54	4	1.26			5	1.80
46	Kevin Varty	NSW	O	4	1.46	1	0.29			5	1.75
47	Shane Ferris	NSW	O	2	0.78	3	0.92			5	1.70
48	Mitch King	VIC	O	4	1.64					4	1.64
49	Steve Thomas	VIC	O	3	1.04	1	0.54			4	1.58
50	Ben Phayer	VIC	O	2	0.89	2	0.69			4	1.58
51	Patrick Mcquarrie	NSW	O	4	1.56					4	1.56
52	Gary Cooke	NSW	O	3	1.55					3	1.55
53	Tracey Wright	NSW	W			2	1.53			2	1.53
54	Aaron Williams	VIC	O	4	1.20	1	0.28			5	1.48
55	Wayne Robinson	NSW	O	4	1.45					4	1.45
56	Steven Pryke	VIC	Y	2	0.77	1	0.67			3	1.44
57	Peter Woods	NSW	O	4	1.40					4	1.40
58	Dan Walter	NSW	O	1	0.53	2	0.85			3	1.38
59	Mat Cameron	NSW	O	2	1.34					2	1.34
60	Darryl Head	NSW	O	4	1.27					4	1.27
61	Shane Hahesy	NSW	O	2	0.75	1	0.51			3	1.26
62	Geoff Alford	ACT	O			3	1.24			3	1.24
63	Scott Sandilands	QLD	O	1	0.61	1	0.57			2	1.18
64	Tony Pettie	VIC	O	1	0.42	2	0.63			3	1.05
65	Arthur Amies	NSW	O			1	1.04			1	1.04
66	Byron Hill	NSW	O	2	0.69	1	0.33			3	1.02
67	Brendan Croft	NSW	O	2	0.61	1	0.34			3	0.95
68	Scott Lovig	VIC	O	2	0.88					2	0.88
69	Paul Dunlop	NSW	O			2	0.82			2	0.82
70	Mathew Masonwells	QLD	O	1	0.47	1	0.33			2	0.80
71	Tim Golby	VIC	O	2	0.77					2	0.77
72	Jason Martin	NSW	O	2	0.72					2	0.72
73	Rob Chambers	NSW	O	2	0.68					2	0.68
74	Michelle Carmody	NSW	W			1	0.63			1	0.63
75	Lindsay Pryke	VIC	O			1	0.60			1	0.60
75	Brendan Pieschel	NSW	O	1	0.60					1	0.60
77	Bill Woods	NSW	O	1	0.56					1	0.56
78	Greg Rigby	NSW	O	1	0.47					1	0.47
79	Jack Gammie	NSW	Y	1	0.42					1	0.42
80	Gary Hanson	VIC	M	1	0.33					1	0.33
81	James Kilpatrick	NSW	O			1	0.31			1	0.31
82	Ken Clifton	NSW	FTC								0.00
82	David Ayton	VIC	O								0.00
82	Michelle Gamble	VIC	W								0.00
82	Ty Hanley	VIC	O								0.00
82	Doug Baker	NSW	O								0.00
82	Gordon Gammie	NSW	O								0.00
82	Matthew Ford	NSW	O								0.00
82	Mark Hodkinson	QLD	O								0.00
82	Michelle Pardini	WA	W								0.00
82	Justin Bourne	NSW	O								0.00
82	Chris Smith	NSW	O								0.00
82	Peter Davies	NSW	FTC								0.00
82	Matthew Hooper	NSW	O								0.00
95	James Morgan	NSW	O		- .10		- .50				-0.60
96	Roy Toal	NSW	O		- .75						-0.75
Division Winners		Total Weight
Frist Time Competitor
	Ken Clifton
Women
	Tracey Wright		2	1.53
Youth (16 - under 21)
	Steven Pryke		3	2.01
Master's (60-64)
	Jim Halliday		7	1.33
Grand Master's (65 and over)
	Brian Rutledge		7	2.82
Mortgage Corp Monster Mover
	Scott Slattery

Day Two Weigh In

Day Two Launch

Day One Weigh In

Day One Launch

Somerton cleans up at Wallis Lake!

96 anglers from New South Wales, Queensland, the ACT, Victoria and as far afield as Western Australia, all descended on the seaside town of Forster in New South Wales to compete in the Hog’s Breath Cafe round of the 2016 Hobie Kayak Bream Series presented by Daiwa. All were competing for a seat at the 2016 Australian Hobie Fishing Championship to be held on the Gold Coast in late October. This was also the chance for those waging a campaign for a spot on the 2016, Australian, Hobie Fishing Worlds team to build their qualifying score. The Wallis Lake arena was the perfect spot to do just that! The arena is a favorite on the Hobie Calendar, due to the quality and diversity of fishing the system delivers. There were plenty of options on offer over the weekend, from the edge fishing along Pipers Bay, Yahoo Island and Garden Island, the weedy flats directly in front of the launch site, to the adrenalin filled, highs, and lows of racks fishing found throughout the arena. The system did not disappoint! The weekend started with wet, cold and windy conditions coming from the South, South West stirring up the water and bringing on an epic afternoon of fishing on Saturday resulting in a total of 41 full bags of 4 bream and a total of 225 Yellow Fin Bream for the day. Day two, in contrast, delivered considerably calmer conditions with high sun and very little wind making for a more comfortable, albeit tougher, second day on the water and 165 Bream to the scales at weigh in. At the close of competition, 81 of 96 anglers had presented a total 390 Yellow Fin Bream to the tournament director, weighing in excess of 180kg over the course of the weekend. Ultimately, It was Richard Somerton from Victoria who claimed the top spot and took home the monster cash prize of $2,730.00 as well as a generous sponsors prize pack for his trouble. Somerton’s impressive two-day total of 8 Bream for 6.6kg were pulled from the racks, near Tuncurry, about 8km pedal from the Atomic Lures, launch site and were enough to secure him the victory with a comfortable 1.29kg lead over second place getter Kris Hickson (NSW) with 8 / 5.11kg and Carl Dubois (NSW) in third with 8 / 4.67kg. Somerton put the work in with the 16 kilometre round trip snatching the bulk of his fish from the cover some particularly shag covered racks, which not only provided shelter for the fish but also a plentiful food supply. The decision paid dividends as the racks not only delivered his bags but also landed him another $100.00 for the Hog’s Breath Cafe, Boss Hog Big Bream Award for his 1.41kg Horse! “ When I got the big one, I had the crab under the racks and he went sideways with it and when he came out, I saw how big he was and he just buried me! I had the whole rod underneath the yak. I don’t know how I landed him on size 14 hooks and 10lb leader. The Cranka Crab really worked for me, he had the two sets of trebles on either side of his mouth and that’s the only reason I held on to him.”

Winning Ways

“Fishing the racks, there was one set of racks that had shags all over it which just burley in the water. Plenty of cover, plenty of food, plenty of fish!”

Winning Tackle

• Rod: Duffrods 1–5kg Custom
• Reel: Daiwa Exist
• Line: 10lb Braid
• Leader: 12lb Sunline FC Rock
• Lure: Cranka Crab in Brackish Fiddler.

Hickson grabs second and a place at the Hobie Bream Australian Championship.

Kris Hickson from New South Wales has landed himself a seat at the Hobie Bream Australian Championship on the Gold Coast with his second place bag of 8 bream for 5.11kg. Hickson, who won the 2014 Wallis Lake round used his prior knowledge, Google Earth, and sixmaps to map out a plan of attack for the weekend with the intention of ‘spot hopping’ a lap around Wallis Island, however after getting his bag early on Saturday morning decided to continue fishing where the fish were and save his legs. With the high sun on day two, he headed to the racks about an hour from the launch site but had to put the work in to find some of his own water as there were a lot of anglers with same idea on day two. “My game plan across both days was pitching unweighted Ecogear Aqua Soft Plastic on a sample pack of Daiwa Saq Sas, Teflon coated, super sticky, worm hooks which worked really well on day one but the bite changed a bit on Sunday, so between that and the good old 2.5” Bloodworm ZMan GrubZ covered in Pro-Cure just pitching them as close as possible to the racks and hoping you could get them out worked really well.”

Tackle Used

• Rod: Daiwa Silver Wolf Zantetsu 6’8″ 2.5kg
• Reel: Daiwa Silver Wolf 2500 reel
• Line: 15lb Daiwa Evo 8 braid
• Leader: 10lb Gamma FC
• Lure: Unweighted Ecogear Aqua soft plastic

• Rod: Daiwa Black Label 6’8″ 2.5kg
• Reel: Daiwa 2500 Freams Z
• Line: 10lb JBraid
• Leader: 8lb Gamma FC
• Lure:5″ Bloodworm ZMan GrubZ

Divisions

The division titles went to Tracey Wright in the women’s with 2 for 1.53kg. Brian Rutledge took the Grand Masters with 7 for 2.82kg, Jim Halliday claimed the masters with 7 for 1.33kg and Steven Pryke picked up the Youth category with 3 for 2.01. The Mortgage Corp Monster Mover goes to Scott for Slattery who moved up 38 places on day two to finish 33rd.

Coming Up

Round 13, the penultimate round for 2016, sees the Hobie Fishing Road Show head to Nelson, on the South Australian / Victorian Border for the Ecogear round of the series before heading back to Queensland for the final round of the year at Bribie Island.

Special Thanks

Like all of the events in the Hobie Kayak Fishing Series, this round could not have gone ahead without the great support of our generous sponsors Daiwa, Berkley, Atomic, Lowrance, Rhino-Rack, Strike Pro, TT Lures, Yamatoyo, Ecogear, Power-Pole, Hog’s Breath Café, Mortgage Corp, ABT and also to the team at Barclay Marine for providing dealer support for the tournament. Thanks especially to the 96 anglers in attendance for making this the largest New South Wales round since the series started in 2009.

Day One Report

Richard Somerton from Victoria currently leads a field of 96 anglers in what has been an exceptional day of fishing on the Wallis Lake Arena in the seaside town of Forster, New South Wales. Anglers were greeted with wet and windy conditions coming from the South South West this morning which eased throughout the day to become an epic afternoon for fishing on the Hog’s Breath Cafe Arena. Of the 96 anglers that blasted off the Power-Pole Start Line this morning, 74 anglers caught fish and 44 caught their limit of 4 bream. In total 225 bream were caught, weighing 104.85kg before being released back into the system. Somerton’s day one result of 4 bream for 3.42kg put’s him in good stead for tomorrow but he will still have his work cut out for him. He is followed closely by Carl Dubois from New South Wales, in second, with 4 / 3.26kg and Kris Hickson, also from New South Wales, in third with 4 / 2.96kg. Stay tuned tomorrow for all the action from Day 2 of the Hog’s Breath Cafe Round of the Hobie Kayak Bream Series.