Round 6: Paynesville, Victoria

	First Name	Last Name	State
1	Chris	Burbidge	VIC
2	Richard	Somerton	VIC
3	Ben	Phayer	VIC
4	Dale	Baxter	VIC
5	Chesney	Fung	VIC
6	Bogdan	Zisu	VIC
7	Lex	Forbes	VIC
8	Gary	Hanson	VIC
9	Ty	Hanley	VIC
10	David	Ayton	VIC
11	Neil	Carstairs	VIC
12	Stephen	Majera	VIC
13	Jason	Deenen	VIC
14	Corey	Gallangher	VIC
15	Scott	Lovig	VIC
16	Simon	Morley	NSW
17	Paul	Hardiman	ACT
18	Jordan	Santos	VIC
19	Martin	Fellows	VIC
20	Jordan	Trusty	VIC
21	Douglas	Evans	VIC
22	Steven	Thomas	VIC
23	Aaron	Williams	VIC
24	Nick	Mace	VIC
25	Nathan	Prezioso	VIC
26	Paul	Davidson	VIC
27	Marcus	Mccormick	VIC
28	Rick	Massey	VIC
29	Alex	Whitehead	SA
30	Steven	Pryke	VIC
31	John	Whelan	NSW
32	Mark	Ctibbes	VIC
33	Ben	Harrison	SA
34	John	Van Vliet	Vic
35	Peter	Whelan	VIC
36	Matt	Petrie	VIC
37	Scott	Baker	VIC
38	Chad	Aumann	VIC
39	Jarrad	Dalzell	VIC
40	Peter	Woods	NSW
41	Joshua	Smith	VIC
42	Jon	Clisby	VIC
43	Jayden	Dihood	VIC
44	Tony	Pettie	VIC
45	Alex	Franchuk	VIC
46	Peter	Balzan	VIC
47	Chriss	Apos	VIC
48	Mitch	King	VIC
49	Chris	Lyons	VIC
50	Andrew	Fennelly	VIC
51	Huan	Tran	VIC
52	Andrew	Dellaca	VIC
53	Justin	Dingwall	VIC
54	Shane	Dyason	VIC

Place	Angler	State	F1	W1	F2	W2	TF	TW	BH	Payout
1	Richard Somerton	Vic	3	2.35	3	2.61	6	4.96		$1550.00 Plus Daiwa prize pack
2	Nathan Prezioso	Vic	3	1.80	3	2.29	6	4.09		$810.00 Plus Austackle prize pack
3	Rick Massie	Vic	1	0.59	3	2.37	4	2.96		$520.00 Plus Strikepro prize pack
4	Justin Dingwall	Vic	3	1.40	1	0.47	4	1.87		$240.00 Plus Berkley prize pack
5	Chris Burbidge	Vic	1	0.59	2	1.23	3	1.82		$200.00 Plus Atomic prize pack
6	Mitch King	Vic	2	1.76			2	1.76		$180.00
7	Stephen Majera	Vic	3	1.74			3	1.74		$160.00
8	Tony Pettie	Vic	1	0.64	1	1.10	2	1.74	1.10	$140.00
9	Gary Hanson	Vic	3	1.69			3	1.69		$120.00
10	Jason Deenen	Vic	1	0.59	2	0.96	3	1.55		$100.00
11	Chad Aumann	Vic	3	1.48			3	1.48
12	Ben Harrison	SA			2	1.38	2	1.38
13	Martin Fellows	Vic	2	1.24			2	1.24
14	Paul Davidson	Vic	1	0.63	1	0.60	2	1.23
15	Alex Whitehead	SA	2	1.21			2	1.21
16	Simon Morley	NSW			1	0.97	1	0.97
17	David Ayton	Vic	1	0.92			1	0.92
18	Steve Thomas	Vic	1	0.83			1	0.83
19	Lex Forbes	Vic	1	0.75			1	0.75
19	Tony Curwen	Vic	1	0.75			1	0.75
21	Nick Mace	Vic			1	0.74	1	0.74
22	Bogdan Zisu	Vic	1	0.72			1	0.72
23	Jordan Trusty	Vic	1	0.70			1	0.70
24	Matt Petrie	Vic	1	0.62			1	0.62
25	Neil Carstairs	Vic			1	0.54	1	0.54
26	Chris Lyons	Vic	1	0.47			1	0.47
27	Chris Apos	Vic	1	0.46			1	0.46
28	Steven Pryke	Vic			1	0.44	1	0.44
29	Jordan Santos	Vic	1	0.43			1	0.43
30	Ty Hanley	Vic	1	0.42			1	0.42
31	Dale Baxter	Vic
31	Scott Baker	Vic
31	Jon Clisby	Vic
31	Peter Balzan	VIc
31	Mark Cribbes	Vic
31	Peter Whelan	Vic
31	Ben Phayer	Vic
31	Aaron Williams	Vic
31	Paul Hardiman	ACT
31	John Whelan	NSW
31	Corey Gallagher	Vic
31	John Van Vliet	Vic
31	Chesney Fung	Vic
31	Andrew Dellaca	Vic
31	Joshua Smith	Vic
31	Marcus Mccormick	Vic
31	Peter Woods	NSW
31	Andrew Fennelly	Vic
31	Douglas Evans	Vic
31	Scott Lovig	Vic
31	Jarrad Dalzell	Vic
31	Jayden Dihood	Vic
31	Alex Franchuk	Vic
31	Shane Dyason	Vic
31	Huan Tran	Vic

Day Two. Weigh In

Day Two. On the water

Day One

Day One

Paynesville, Victoria, 19th April 2015: It was a wet and wild weekend at Paynesville as 55 anglers hit the water in Round 6 of the Hobie® Kayak Bream Series presented by Daiwa.

There’s no denying it was a tough event for most anglers with only 62 bream presented to the tournament director over the course of the weekend. Many fish were seen over the two days but unfortunately proved too difficult to convert for most.

Day 1

On day 1, overcast skies and light rain, which persisted throughout the day, greeted the anglers as they headed off from the Power-Pole starting line. However, the forecast of 10–20 winds knot didn’t eventuate during the session, perhaps contributing to a slow edge bite.

The arena proved difficult for anglers with only 25 competitors bringing fish to the weigh master. Many reported “seeing” bream under boat hulls but were not able to excite the bite while others reported getting busted off around structure and made plans to tie on heavier leaders for the second day of the tournament.

At then end day 1, Richard Somerton from Victoria was the TT Lures leader of the day, bringing back a solid 3 bream bag for 2.35kg. He was followed by fellow Victorians, Nathan Prezioso, with 3 bream for 1.8kg and Mitch King with 2 bream for 1.76k­g. Mitch King, also from Victoria, lead the Hog’s Breath Cafe, Boss Hog Big Bream the heaviest fish of the day weighing in at 1.05kg

Day 2

The wet weather continued on day 2 and winds picked up to the forecasted 20 –30 knots. Many anglers hoped that the wind would turn on the bite for the second day of competition but unfortunately it was another tough day on the water.

At the conclusion of the tournament, Richard Somerton held on to his lead and claimed the top prize with 6 bream for a total weight of 4.96kg. Nathan Prezioso maintained his number 2 position with 6 for 4.09kg and Rick Massie also from Victoria, climbed from 19th place to take 3rd place and the Mortgage Corp Monster Mover with a total of 4 bream for 2.96kg.

Somerton laid out his plan of attack for the tournament. “My plan coming in was to fish some flats that I’d scoped out a few weeks back but the fish just weren’t on them so I had to go to plan B and just hit boat hulls, jetties and pontoons.”

“I went over to the flats on Saturday morning and there was a lot of grey mud from where the swans had been working so I thought I’d throw sand coloured Cranka Crab on it, so it would stick out a bit, but I didn’t get anything. ”

“I moved down to a couple of pontoons, I was throwing a black crab and I snagged up and lost it. I only had the sand coloured Cranka handy so I threw that and bang, got an 800 gram fish! So I thought ‘Ok then’ and just stuck with it and then all my fish just came on those.”

“I worked pontoons and boat hulls up and down the straights and got my bag. Then I moved down to the lake and fished a couple of jetties down there and got a kegger upgrade on a black Crab so I was very happy!Winning Tackle.

• Rod: 1–4kg Duffrod HySTIX
• Reel: Daiwa Certate 2000
• Line: TD sensor 6lb
• Leader: 6lb FC rock
• Lure: Cranka Crabs in Sand and Black

Winning Ways.

“Definitely the sand coloured crab! I would throw it in and let sit on the bottom and hop it and slightly drag it and let it sit, and sit, and sit. It was a lot harder on Sunday with the wind because you’ve got to keep watching that line.”

2nd place getter Nathan Prezioso found the fishing tough. “I hit Newland’s Arm on both days. I pre fished there a couple of weeks ago and saw heaps of bream but couldn’t get them to convert. I just took my chances and headed back to where I’d seen fish to see if I could get them to bite. I didn’t catch more than three on each day, with no upgrades, it was tough but it paid off I guess.”

Tackle Used

• Rod: Austackle featherlight K series.
• Reel: Austackle Verto 2000
• Line: Austackle Krypto micro braid 6lb
• Leader: Austackle Premium fluorocarbon 4lb
• Lure: Austackle Sakana

Hog’s Breath Cafe, Boss Hog Big Bream Award

Tony Pettie took out the Hog’s Breath Cafe, Boss Hog Big Bream Award with his 1.1.kg kegger that he picked up near the mouth of the Mitchell using a Jackal Chubby in Brown Suji Shrimp.

Next Round

Round 7 is the 2nd of 3 Hobie Fishing Worlds Qualifiers and will be held in Forster in New South Wales, on the 16th and 17th of May.

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, Austackle, TT Lures, Yamatoyo, Ecogear, Power-Pole, Mortgage Corp , Hog’s Breath Cafe and ABT. Thanks also to Anthony and Shaun from Alpine Country Tackle World in Sale for providing Hobie dealer support.

Day 1 Report

Paynesville Victoria, 18th April 2015: Day one of the Paynesville round of the Hobie® Kayak Bream Series saw 55 of the country’s best kayak anglers head off from the Power-Pole starting line at 7:00am.

Overcast skies and light rain persisted throughout the day. Forecasts of 10-20 winds knot didn’t eventuate during the session, perhaps contributing to a slow edge bite.

The Paynesville arena is a legendary, East Gippsland, fishing location but proved difficult for today’s anglers with only 25 competitors bringing fish to the weigh master. Many anglers reported “seeing” bream under boat hulls but were not able to excite while others reported getting busted off around structure and will be tying on heavier leaders tonight.

At the completion of the Strike Pro weigh-in, Richard Somerton from Victoria was the TT Lures leader of the day, bringing back solid 3 bream for 2.35kg.

Richard is followed by fellow Victorians, Nathan Prezioso, with 3 bream for 1.8kg and Mitch King with 2 bream for 1.76kg. King is also the current Hog’s Breath Cafe, Boss Hog leader with his 1.05kg Big Bream.

See you on the water tomorrow.