Yamatoyo Round 11: Lake Macquarie NSW

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	First Name	Last Name	State	Division
1	James	Kilpatrick	New South Wales	Open
2	Geoff	Alford	ACT	Open
3	Dane	Pryce	New South Wales	Open
4	Jim	Halliday	New South Wales	Open	Master's (60-64)
5	Mark	Young	New South Wales	Open
6	Terry	Thorn	New South Wales		First Timer
7	Richard	Benson	New South Wales	Open
8	Glenn	Allen	New South Wales	Open
9	Scott	Slattery	New South Wales	Open
10	Jason	Lambert	New South Wales	Open
11	Brian	Rutledge	New South Wales	Open	Grand Master's (65 and over)
12	Patricia	Gregory	New South Wales		First Timer
13	Michael	Halliday	Queesland	Open
14	Michelle	Carmody	New South Wales	Open	Women's
15	Jessie	Riley	New South Wales	Open
16	Nathan	Cliff	New South Wales	Open
17	Chesney	Fung	Victoria	Open
18	Jason	Meech	New South Wales	Open
19	Tony	Pettie	Victoria	Open
20	Brendan	Croft	New South Wales	Open
21	Andrew	Hancox	New South Wales	Open
22	Shane	Ferris	New South Wales	Open
23	Simon	Morley	New South Wales	Open
24	Matthew	Ford	New South Wales	Open
25	Trevor	Green	New South Wales	Open
26	Luke	Kay	New South Wales	Open
27	Kevin	Varty	New South Wales	Open
28	Carl	Dubois	New South Wales	Open
29	Madeline	Hill	New South Wales	Open	Women's
30	Byron	Hill	New South Wales	Open
31	Christopher	Purnell	New South Wales	Open
32	Warren	Allen	New South Wales	Open
33	Mark	Muggleton	New South Wales	Open
34	Eric	Wood	New South Wales	Open
35	Doug	Baker	New South Wales	Open
36	Paul	Dunlop	New South Wales	Open
37	Scott	Marcinkowski	New South Wales	Open
38	Gordon	Gammie	New South Wales	Open
39	Jack	Gammie	New South Wales	Open	Youth (16 - under 21)
40	Kane	Terry	New South Wales	Open
41	Grant	Ridge	New South Wales		First Timer
42	Stewart	Dunn	New South Wales	Open
43	David	Hedge	New South Wales	Open
44	Derek	Hamer	New South Wales	Open
45	Paul	Hardiman	ACT	Open
46	Luke	Rogan	Queensland	Open
47	Tyson	Hayes	Queensland	Open
48	Dan	Walter	New South Wales	Open
49	Craig	Wallace	New South Wales	Open
50	James	Rogan	New South Wales	Open
51	Brian	Hunt	New South Wales	Open
52	Daniel	Wijaya	New South Wales	Open

Pl	Angler	State	Div	Fish	Weight	Payout
1	Nathan Cliff	NSW	O	4	2.72	$1490.00
2	Tony Pettie	Vic	O	4	2.52	$780.00
3	Michael Halliday	QLD	O	4	2.23	$500.00
4	Carl Dubois	NSW	O	4	2.18	$230.00
5	Glenn Allen	NSW	O	4	2.00	$190.00
6	Luke Kay	NSW	O	4	1.97	$170.00
7	Simon Morley	NSW	O	4	1.88	$160.00
8	Kane Terry	NSW	O	3	1.87	$140.00
9	Shane Ferris	NSW	O	3	1.65	$120.00
10	Dan Walter	NSW	O	3	1.62	$100.00
11	Paul Hardiman	ACT	O	3	1.55
12	Brian Hunt	NSW	O	3	1.53
13	Andrew Death	NSW	O	3	1.50
14	James Kilpatrick	NSW	O	2	1.34
15	Jason Meech	NSW	O	3	1.33
16	Byron Hill	NSW	O	2	1.32
17	Paul Dunlop	NSW	O	2	1.17
18	Chesney Fung	Vic	O	3	1.08
19	Andrew Hancox	NSW	O	3	0.98
20	Matthew Ford	NSW	O	1	0.95
21	Stewart Dunn	NSW	O	2	0.88
22	Scott Slattery	NSW	O	2	0.86
23	David Hedge	NSW	O	2	0.85
24	Luke Rogan	NSW	O	1	0.82
25	Scott Marcinkowski	NSW	O	2	0.78
26	Eric Wood	NSW	O	1	0.75
27	Derek Hamer	NSW	O	1	0.65
28	Brendan Croft	NSW	O	1	0.64
29	Geoff Alford	ACT	O	1	0.59
30	Jason Lambert	NSW	O	1	0.56
30	James Rogan	NSW	O	1	0.56
32	Mark Young	NSW	O	1	0.51
33	Warren Allen	NSW	O	1	0.46
33	Craig Wallace	NSW	O	1	0.46
35	Christopher Purnell	NSW	O	1	0.40
36	Kevin Varty	NSW	O	1	0.31
37	Brian Rutledge	NSW	GM
37	Jim Halliday	NSW	M
37	Dane Pryce	NSW	O
37	Richard Benson	NSW	O
37	Terry Thorn	NSW	FTC
37	Patricia Gregory	NSW	FTC
37	Michelle Carmody	NSW	W
37	Jessie Riley	NSW	O
37	Mark Muggleton	NSW	O
37	Madeline Hill	NSW	W
37	Trevor Green	NSW	O
37	Doug Baker	NSW	O
37	Tyson Hayes	QLD	O
37	Gordon Gammie	NSW	O
37	Jack Gammie	NSW	Y
37	Grant Ridge	NSW
DQ	Daniel Wijaya	NSW	FTC		- .75
Hogs Breath Cafe Boss Hog Big Bream
	Luke Kay	1.03
Mortgage Corp Monster Mover Pack
	Chesney Fung

Weigh In

On the water

Launch

NATHAN CLIFF HOOKS THE BIG PRIZE AT LAKE MACQUARIE

On the weekend of the 23rd and 24th of July 53 Anglers from New South Wales, the ACT, Queensland and Victoria all descended on the Yamatoyo Event Arena at Rafferty’s Resort in Lake Macquarie to take part in Round 11 of the 2016 Hobie® Kayak Bream Series presented by Daiwa.

After forecasts of winds over 50kph, the competition was reduced to a one day event in the interest of safety and the wellbeing of the competing anglers. It was a difficult call but it was the right decision as the predicted winds howled across the lake from the WNW in early morning peaking at 52kph by midday.

With the winds having mostly blown themselves out on Saturday, day two brought considerably better conditions. Early morning clear blue skies, frosty temperatures ranging from 8-12°C and a relatively light breeze blew in at 16-20kph. The 53 hopeful anglers pedaled off from the Power-Pole starting line on Sunday morning charged and ready to make up for the missed day of competition.

After a solid day’s work, fishing on Lake Macquarie, bags were removed from the Berkley Bump Tub and taken to the scales for the weigh-in. With an impressive performance on a day when anglers needed to muster every ounce of skill in their kit, Nathan Cliff from New South Wales snared the major prize of $1490 and a hefty sponsor prize pack with his 4 Bream bag weighing 2.72kg. Second place went to Tony Pettie with 4 Bream for 2.52kg and Michael Halliday from Queensland took the final place on the podium with 4 for 2.23kg.

The tournament winner Nathan Cliff gave a brief outline of how his day on Lake Macquarie won him the top prize money in the tournament.

“I just started out shallow cranking along a shore line of Crangan Bay, south of Cams Wharf. I was focusing on the windblown shores and found a patch of fish, so I just stayed there. I lost my go to lure to a flathead, so I switched out to another lure with purple in it, and then later to a black Pro Lure. This was my second Hobie event, I fished one about a year ago at St Georges Basin and didn’t do too well, so it was really good to do well here”. Winning Tackle

• Rod: 13 Fishing Omen Black 7’1” and a 6’10”
• Line: Yamatoyo 3lb Spinning Fluro
• Lure: Diztek FB 35

TONY PETTIE REELS IN SECOND PLACE

Tony Pettie from Victoria netted a full bag of Bream with an accumulated weight of 2.52kg, which was short of the tournament winner by 200g but gave him a lead of 290g over third place finisher Michael Halliday from Queensland. Pettie was asked how he felt after taking out second position in the tournament. “The last time I was up here and fished Lake Mac was in the Australian Championship late last year. I only caught one fish then, so to get a full bag and to take out second place is an amazing improvement on that. It was worth the long drive up”.

LUKE KAY BAGS THE HOG’S BREATH CAFÉ BOSS HOG BIG BREAM

New South Wales angler and tournament 6th place getter, Luke Kay, bagged the tournament’s biggest fish which weighed in at 1.03kg taking home the Hog’s Breath Café Boss Hog Big Bream cheque. Tackle Used

• Rod: G Lumis GL2 2-6lb
• Reel: Shimano Sustain 1000
• Line: Berkley Exceed 4lb
• Leader: FC Rock 3lb
• Lure: Pro Lure Oil Grub rigged with a 1/12 jighead

Finally, The Mortgage Corp Monster Mover, picnic hamper and backpack, went to Chesney Fung from Victoria. Normally given to the angler who moves the most places up the leaderboard on the second day of a two-day competition, as the tournament was shortened due to wind, the prize was handed to Fung for moving himself the furthest distance to fish the event.

Coming up in August

The Re-scheduled Rhino-Rack Round will be held at the Gold Coast on Sunday the 7^th of August followed by the “round of the year” at Wallis Lake in NSW on August 27-28. The Hogs Breath Café round 12 is the final qualifying event, in the selection of the Australian team for the Hobie Fishing World Championship in Louisiana in the USA this December. If you hope to upgrade your current point score or lock in your necessary third qualifying round, you’ve got to be there! It’s going to be massive! 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 and ABT. Thanks also to Hunter Water Sports for providing dealer support for the tournament.