Mortgage Corp Round 3: Mallacoota, Victoria.

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#	First Name	Last Name	State/Territory
1	Gary	Hanson	Victoria
2	Bogdan	Zisu	Victoria
3	Mark	Young	New South Wales
4	Neil	Carstairs	Victoria
5	Jason	Deenen	Victoria
6	Bill	Woods	New South Wales
7	Michelle	Gamble	Victoria
8	Dean	Gamble	Victoria
9	Simon	Morley	New South Wales
10	Alan	Osborne	Victoria
11	Derek	Hamer	New South Wales
12	Paul	Davidson	Victoria
13	Rodney	O'Sullivan	NSW
14	Geoff	Alford	Act
15	Peter	Gardiakos	Victoria
16	Lex	Forbes	Victoria
17	Jason	Childs	New South Wales
18	Tony	Curwen	Victoria
19	Alex	Franchuk	Victoria
20	Ralph	Eriksson	New South Wales
21	Mark	Cribbes	Victoria
22	Scott	Marcinkowski	New South Wales
23	Ka Ching	Chung	Victoria
24	Glenn	Allen	New South Wales
25	Chesney	Fung	Victoria
26	Jonathan	Chen	Act
27	Tony	Pettie	Victoria
28	Shane	Taylor	New South Wales
29	Bruce	Rollins	Victoria
30	Doug	Baker	New South Wales
31	Steve	Thomas	Victoria
32	Tim	Golby	Victoria
33	Brian	Rutledge	New South Wales
34	Andrew	Hancox	New South Wales
35	Neil	Hutchins	South Australia
36	Ben	Harrison	South Australia
37	Josh	Carpenter	New South Wales
38	Ben	Phayer	Victoria
39	Paul	Malov	Victoria
40	Corey	Gallagher	Victoria
41	Steven	Pryke	Victoria
42	David	Shanahan	Victoria
43	Dan	Walter	New South Wales
44	Kane	Terry	New South Wales
45	Christopher	Purnell	New South Wales
46	Tameika	Purnell	New South Wales
47	Darryl	Head	New South Wales
48	Stewart	Dunn	New South Wales
49	Peter	Balzan	Victoria
50	Paul	Hardiman	ACT
51	David	Ayton	Victoria
52	Rick	Massie	Victoria
53	Jason	Lambert	New South Wales
54	James	Kilpatrick	New South Wales
55	Joel	Crosbie	New South Wales
56	Amy	Barrie	New South Wales
57	Aaron	Williams	Victoria
58	Kevin	Varty	New South Wales
59	Ty	Hanley	Victoria
60	Richard	Somerton	Victoria
61	David	Hedge	New South Wales
62	Nathan	Prezioso	Victoria
63	Matt	Petrie	Victoria
64	Tracey	Wright	New South Wales
65	Brian	Hunt	New South Wales
66	Jon	Clisby	Victoria
67	Scott	Baker	Victoria
68	Craig	Wallace	New South Wales
69	Joel	Cruz	New South Wales
70	Chris	Burbidge	Victoria
71	Carl	Dubois	New South Wales
72	Jeremy	Thomas	New South Wales
73	Kane	Terry	New South Wales
74	Douglas	Evans	Victoria
75	Paul	Dunlop	New South Wales
76	Chris	Lyons	Victoria
77	James	Rogan	New South Wales
78	Peter	Woods	New South Wales
79	Josh	Klimas	New South Wales
80	Eric	Wood	New South Wales
81	Scott	Lovig	Victoria
82	Andrew	Death	New South Wales
83	Jason	Meech	New South Wales
84	Mitch	King	New South Wales
85	Clark	Wilson	Victoria
86	Madeline	Hill	New South Wales
87	Byron	Hill	New South Wales
88	Jim	Barrie	New South Wales
89	Patrick	Wilson	ACT
90	Tom	Mcbride	ACT
91	Roy	Toal	New South Wales
92	Joel	Bramble	Victoria
93	Nick	Glenn	SA
	Open	90
	Grand Masters (65 and over)	2
	Masters (60-64)	3
	Womens	5
	Youth (16 - under 21)	3
	First Time Entry	2
	Updated:	29/02/16

Pl	Angler	State	Div	F1	W1	F2	W2	TF	TW	Payout
1	Carl Dubois	NSW	O	3	2.80	3	2.67	6	5.47	$2590.00
2	Tony Pettie	Vic	O	3	3.01	3	2.43	6	5.44	$1350.00
3	Josh Klimas	NSW	O	3	2.39	3	2.81	6	5.20	$870.00
4	Richard Somerton	Vic	O	3	2.58	3	2.51	6	5.09	$400.00
5	Paul Malov	Vic	O	3	2.52	3	2.28	6	4.80	$340.00
6	Chris Burbidge	Vic	O	3	2.38	3	2.37	6	4.75	$300.00
7	Glenn Allen	NSW	O	3	2.21	3	2.48	6	4.69	$270.00
8	Neil Carstairs	VIC	O	3	2.09	3	2.59	6	4.68	$240.00
9	Kane Terry	NSW	O	3	2.42	3	2.26	6	4.68	$200.00
10	Jim Barrie	NSW	O	3	2.71	3	1.91	6	4.62	$170.00
11	Peter Gardiakos	Vic	O	3	2.21	3	2.40	6	4.61
12	Scott Marcinkowski	NSW	O	3	2.26	3	2.34	6	4.60
13	Alex Franchuk	Vic	O	3	2.39	3	2.17	6	4.56
14	Mitch King	Vic	O	3	2.14	3	2.41	6	4.55
15	David Shanahan	Vic	O	3	2.54	3	1.99	6	4.53
16	Aaron Williams	Vic	O	3	2.09	3	2.42	6	4.51
17	Bogdan Zisu	Vic	O	3	1.66	3	2.80	6	4.46
18	Steven Pryke	Vic	Y	3	2.18	3	2.27	6	4.45
19	Brian Rutledge	NSW	GM	3	1.58	3	2.84	6	4.42
20	Dean Gamble	Vic	O	3	2.33	3	2.05	6	4.38
21	Rick Massie	Vic	O	3	2.07	3	2.31	6	4.38
22	Byron Hill	NSW	O	3	2.40	3	1.97	6	4.37
23	Andrew Death	NSW	O	3	2.38	3	1.98	6	4.36
24	Derek Hamer	NSW	O	3	2.14	3	2.22	6	4.36
25	Jason Meech	NSW	O	3	1.98	3	2.32	6	4.30
26	Ty Hanley	Vic	O	3	2.18	3	2.10	6	4.28
27	Ralph Eriksson	NSW	O	3	1.67	3	2.56	6	4.23
28	Darryl Head	NSW	O	3	2.30	3	1.92	6	4.22
29	Josh Carpenter	NSW	O	3	1.99	3	2.20	6	4.19
30	Chesney Fung	Vic	O	3	1.74	3	2.43	6	4.17
31	Jonathan Chen	ACT	O	3	2.30	3	1.80	6	4.10
32	Scott Lovig	Vic	O	3	2.38	3	1.71	6	4.09
33	Paul Davidson	Vic	O	3	1.69	3	2.39	6	4.08
34	Ka Ching Chung	Vic	O	3	1.81	3	2.27	6	4.08
35	Joel Crosbie	Vic	O	3	2.22	3	1.85	6	4.07
36	Stewart Dunn	NSW	O	3	1.90	3	2.16	6	4.06
36	Matt Petrie	Vic	O	3	2.16	3	1.90	6	4.06
38	Nathan Prezioso	Vic	Y	3	2.01	3	2.02	6	4.03
39	Jon Clisby	Vic	O	3	2.04	3	1.82	6	3.86
40	Rodney O'sullivan	NSW	O	3	1.78	3	2.07	6	3.85
41	Clark Wilson	Vic	O	2	1.48	3	2.35	5	3.83
42	Jason Lambert	NSW	O	3	2.17	3	1.66	6	3.83
43	Jason Deenen	Vic	O	3	1.96	3	1.82	6	3.78
44	Corey Gallagher	Vic	O	3	1.91	3	1.87	6	3.78
45	Mark Young	NSW	O	3	1.92	3	1.84	6	3.76
46	Chris Lyons	Vic	O	3	2.27	3	1.46	6	3.73
47	Bruce Rollins	Vic	O	3	1.71	3	2.02	6	3.73
48	Tim Golby	Vic	O	3	1.64	3	2.03	6	3.67
49	Dan Walter	NSW	O	3	1.74	3	1.88	6	3.62
50	Gary Hanson	Vic	M	3	1.81	3	1.78	6	3.59
51	Brian Hunt	NSW	O	3	1.62	3	1.94	6	3.56
52	Shane Taylor	NSW	O	3	1.42	3	2.06	6	3.48
53	Bill Woods	NSW	O	3	1.72	3	1.74	6	3.46
54	Andrew Hancox	NSW	O	3	1.87	3	1.58	6	3.45
55	Paul Hardiman	ACT	O	2	1.49	3	1.95	5	3.44
56	Geoff Alford	ACT	O	3	2.08	2	1.34	5	3.42
57	Nick Glenn	SA	O	3	2.07	2	1.34	5	3.41
58	Simon Morley	NSW	O	3	1.88	3	1.51	6	3.39
59	Mark Cribbes	Vic	O	3	1.61	3	1.65	6	3.26
60	Joel Bramble	Vic	Y	3	1.91	2	1.29	5	3.20
61	David Hedge	NSW	O	3	1.75	3	1.45	6	3.20
62	Ben Phayer	Vic	O	3	2.15	2	1.01	5	3.16
63	Tracey Wright	NSW	W	3	1.55	3	1.53	6	3.08
64	Patrick Wilson	ACT	O	1	0.86	3	2.12	4	2.98
65	Paul Dunlop	NSW	O	3	1.39	3	1.48	6	2.87
66	Christopher Purnell	NSW	O	2	1.30	2	1.47	4	2.77
67	Tony Curwen	Vic	M	3	1.44	3	1.30	6	2.74
68	Peter Woods	NSW	O	2	0.82	3	1.90	5	2.72
69	Douglas Evans	Vic	O	2	1.62	1	0.94	3	2.56
70	James Rogan	NSW	O	1	0.83	3	1.71	4	2.54
71	Amy Barrie	NSW	W	3	1.76	2	0.76	5	2.52
72	Kevin Varty	NSW	O	3	1.49	2	0.96	5	2.45
73	Ben Harrison	SA	O	1	0.46	3	1.83	4	2.29
74	Tameika Purnell	NSW	W	1	0.62	3	1.48	4	2.10
75	Madeline Hill	NSW	W	3	1.52	1	0.53	4	2.05
76	Tom Mcbride	ACT	O	2	1.48	1	0.50	3	1.98
77	Alan Osborne	Vic	GM	0	0.00	3	1.80	3	1.80
78	Doug Baker	NSW	O	3	1.78	0	0	3	1.78
79	Craig Wallace	NSW	O	2	1.10	1	0.68	3	1.78
80	Roy Toal	NSW	FTC	3	1.66	0	0	3	1.66
81	Scott Baker	Vic	O	1	0.71	1	0.62	2	1.33
82	Michelle Gamble	Vic	W	1	0.77	1	0.52	2	1.29
83	Jason Childs	NSW	O	1	0.41	1	0.76	2	1.17
84	David Ayton	Vic	O	2	1.15	0	0	2	1.15
85	Neil Hutchins	SA	O	2	1.10	0	0	2	1.10
86	Lex Forbes	Vic	M	2	1.05	0	0	2	1.05
87	Eric Wood	NSW	O	2	1.01	0	0	2	1.01
88	James Kilpatrick	NSW	O	1	0.49	1	0.24	2	0.73
89	Jeremy Thomas	NSW	O	0	0.00	1	0.54	1	0.54
90	Steve Thomas	Vic	O	0	0.00	0	0	0	0.00
90	Peter Balzan	Vic	O	0	0.00	0	0	0	0.00
Hogs Breath Cafe Boss Hog Big Bream
1.20	Carl Dubois	$100.00
Mortgage Corp Monster Mover
	Alan Osborne	1.80

Day Two Afternoon

Day Two Morning

Day One Afternoon

Day One On The Water

Day One Launch

March 5 and 6 saw 93 kayak anglers from New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and South Australia hit the legendary fishing town of Mallacoota in Victoria’s East for what was to be an exceptional weekend’s fishing. The Mortgage Corp, Round 3, of the Hobie Kayak Bream Series delivered the goods. A massive 134 full bags of three bream. A total of 458 fish with a combined weight of 307.42kg were brought to the scales over the weekend. While anglers were looking for the round win, they were also chasing a spot in the Australian Championship as well as qualifying points towards the 6th Hobie Fishing World Championship to be held later this year. On both days, anglers headed off from the Power-Pole Start Line, splitting up with half the field heading for Top Lake & The Narrows and the other half opting for Bottom Lake and the flats leading to it. On Day 1, Tony Pettie from Traralgon in Victoria sat at the top of the Lowrance Leaderboard with a solid 3 bream bag weighing 3.01kg, as well as, leading the Boss Hog that weighed 1.15kg. At the close of weigh in, there was less than 500g separating the top 13 and only 750g separating the top 20. Coming in to day two it was still anyone’s prize for the taking. Ultimately it was Carl Dubois from Sydney who scooped the top prize with 6 Bream for a total weight of 5.47kg. Tony Pettie held on to second place with 6 for 5.44kg and third place went to Josh Kilmas from Victoria with 6 for 5.20kg. Dubois pushed through from second place on day one to take the title, scoring himself a sponsors prize pack, a $2,590.00 pay cheque and 100 points towards qualifying for the 6th Hobie Fishing World Championships for his weekend’s work. Dubois also took out the Hog’s Breath Cafe, Boss Hog Big Bream award with his 1.20kg bag kicker on day two, adding another $100.00 to his prize tally.

It was Neck and Neck but Dubois Came Out on Top.

When asked about his tournament Dubois said… “I loved it! This is my first time here and I’ve heard so many good reports about the location. It was awesome that this year everything fell into place and I could come down and fish it. I’ve had a great comp! “ “Pre-fish was a fairly average day, I only got about 6 legals but the actual competition days were just great! I got my bag nice and early and caught about 10 or 11 legals each day.”

Plan of attack.

“My plan was to get to the flats for the early bite while the light was still low, I thought they’d be on the flat and they were. Using 2.5” Z-Man GrubZ in bloodworm I had my bag within 20 minutes each day. I just wanted to lock in my bag early and search for the bigger ones later.”

Day 1.

“The big fish all came from about 2.1m depth on a Gladiator purple and black Shiver Vibe. The rest of my bag came from over the flats in around 1.5m on an Evergreen Tiny Predator, they look a bit like an OSP Dunk with a green back and a cream belly.”

Day 2.

“On day 2 the bream were going after the Shiver Vibe and it seemed like they went after a bit more noise so I put on the Jackal Chubby Vibe in Purple and Black and I think that bit of extra noise was what they wanted and they just zeroed in on it and that’s what I got the big fish on today.”

Winning Tackle

• Line: Braid – Gosen PE 9lb.
• Leader: Reloaded BASS FC 6lb
• Rod and reel: Gladiator Psyborg matched to a Psyborg 2000 reel.
• Scent: Squidgy.
• Lure/s:Gladiator Shiver Vibe in purple and black, Jackal Chubby Vibe in Purple and Black & Evergreen Tiny Predator.

Winning Ways “With the Tiny Predator I was going for long casts and cranking it down quick to get it deep to the bottom and then used a slow roll to keep it digging into the bottom. With the vibes I was using subtle, little, lifts only 4-5” and keeping the slow roll going as well.” This is Dubois’ second Worlds qualifying round after fishing Bemm River in January, with another 100 points towards his qualifying score Dubois is sitting on 159 points with the Forster round still on his calendar, there’s still plenty of work to do to claim a spot for Worlds. “I’d love to qualify for Worlds. I don’t know where it is but if I get in I’m going!!!”

Tony Pettie Takes it to the Wire

The winner of last year’s Mallacoota round, Tony Pettie came extremely close to a repeat performance for 2016 and took it all the way to the wire following up his impressive day one bag of 3.01kg with another 2.44 kg on day two that eventually landed him in second place. Tony had a great weekend on the water from pre-fish through to the final results. “I started off on pre-fish and went to Goodwin Sands and found some fish, so I marked them up and moved on to Tea Tree Point. I found fish there and then went around towards Howe Bight, I couldn’t scratch a fish there so I struck a plan to go to “The Sands” first up on day one and it paid off.” “On day one, I headed to “The Sands” and found a patch. I had my bag and my big one within 8 casts. Then I went behind “The Sands” and picked up a couple more and then picked up another couple here and there over the course of the day.” “On day two, I wanted to mirror my day one plan so I went to “The Sands” again but there were no fish there. I managed to get a couple of small ones but it struck me it was going to be tough.” “I went behind “The Sands” to where I’d fished in last year’s competition. I got three fish there and upgraded a couple of times, then from 11:30 that was it, only small ones from there.” “I was in the second group to return for weigh-in and as I was coming in I could hear what Carl had weighed in and I knew there was only 40-50 grams in it and it was going to be close. I was actually speed fishing for the last 10 minutes to try and get another upgrade out the front but unfortunately it didn’t happen, but it was still an awesome comp. Congratulations to Carl on a great Result.”

Hog’s Breath Cafe, Boss Hog Big Bream Award

Round winner, Carl Dubois pigged out and weighed in the tournament’s biggest fish, a 1.20kg bream, taking another $100.00 home for his efforts with the Hog’s Breath Cafe Boss Hog Big Bream cheque. He caught the Boss Hog on day 2 of the tournament using a Jackal Chubby Vibe in Purple and Black.

Divisions

This year, Hobie has introduced divisions to the series as an exciting way to encourage new anglers to try their hand at tournament kayak fishing. All anglers compete in the general open category but there are also Youth (16-21), Women’s, Masters (60-64) and Grand Masters (65+) divisions which provide another layer of incentive to anglers. Division winners take home sponsor prize packs. Stephen Pryke from Victoria took out the Youth Division with 6 for 4.45kg. Tracey Wright from New South Wales landed the Women’s Division with a 3.08kg bag. Masters Division winner Gary Hanson from Victoria scooped the top spot in his class with 6 for 4.35 and the Grand Masters Division went to long time competitor Brian Rutledge from New South Wales who landed the biggest bag on day two and third biggest bag of the competition with 2.84kg giving him a total weight of 4.42kg for 6 bream.

Mortgage Corp Monster Mover

The Mortgage Corp Monster Mover for Round 3 went to Alan Osbourne who improved his day one score by 1.8kg and took home a Mortgage Corp picnic pack for his efforts.

Special Thanks

As with all of the events in the Hobie Kayak Fishing Series, this round could not have gone ahead without the generous support of our series sponsors Daiwa, Berkley, Atomic, Lowrance, Rhino-Rack, Strike Pro, TT Lures, Power-Pole, Mortgage Corp, Hog’s Breath Cafe and ABT. Thanks also to Leaf and Vicki from Compleat Angler in Merimbula for providing Hobie dealer support.

Mallacoota delivers the goods on day one!

The Mortgage Corp Mallacoota Round of the Hobie Kayak Bream Series kicked off with another massive starting line today as 93 anglers took to the water in sensational, if a little warm, conditions. The bream were firing early as the field split off the start line heading to the top and bottom lakes. There were numerous reports of anglers catching their limit of 3 bream as early as 8:00am and full bags were commonplace as 68 of the 93 field returned to the weigh-in with three bream. At the close of day one Tony Pettie from Victoria is in the lead with 3.01kg for 3 Bream. Tony is followed by Carl Dubois from New South Wales with 3 for 2.8kg and Jim Barrie from New South Wales is currently sitting in third with 3 for 2.71kg. Tony is also leading the Hog’s Breath Cafe, Boss Hog Big Bream with his 1.15kg monster. In the divisions, Gary Hanson from Victoria leads the masters with 3 bream for 1.81kg, Amy Barrie from New South Wales is leading the women with 3 for 1.76kg and Steven Pryke from Victoria is currently in the top spot for youth with 3 for 2.18kg Only 500 grams separates the top 5 and only 1kg separating the top 35, it’s going to be an interesting day tomorrow. Temperature’s for the day should hover in the mid to high twenties making it another hot one on the water. Hopefully the wind will pick up delivering some relief and switching on the bight for another big day!