A crisp morning at Billies Bay on Lake Wivenhoe saw a record crowd of
107 anglers in 59 boats vying for the top 5 places to go through to the
Bass Electric Convention. While the fish were not as active as they
have been in previous years, they were there to be found.
54 fish were
brought to the weigh-in with some very respectable bags. The winner
was Glyn Barkhuisen with 4.3kg, second was Glenn Hamill with 4.2kg,
third was Mike Weger with 3.82kg, forth Steve Kanowski 3.35kg and fifth
was Tom Reynolds with 3.34kg. The Big Bass Prize went to Kerry Ehrlich
with a whopping 2.8kg fish.
A most rewarding site for the organiser was seeing a young couple fishing their first BASS event. Henry Moggs weighed in a 1.98kg fish and his fishing partner Courtney Muller weighed in a 2.00kg one. They fished from a 3 metre tinnie with a transom mount, no bow mount and NO SOUNDER!!! Awesome effort! Courtney’s fish was heavier but Henry’s was longer, I can see many an argument in the future over who had the “best” fish. – Dale Sinclair.
Place | Angler | Fish | Weight (kg) | Big Bass |
1 | Glyn Barkhuizen | 2 | 4.3 | |
2 | Glenn Hamell | 2 | 4.2 | |
3 | Mike Weger | 2 | 3.82 | |
4 | Steve Kanowski | 2 | 3.35 | |
5 | Tom Reynolds | 2 | 3.34 | |
6 | Tony Thorley | 2 | 3.03 | |
7 | Johnathon Box | 2 | 2.9 | |
8 | Ken Fitzgibbon | 2 | 2.9 | |
9 | Kerry Ehrlich | 1 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
10 | David Green | 2 | 2.58 | |
11 | Bruce Moss | 1 | 2.56 | |
12 | Peter May | 2 | 2.46 | |
13 | Adam Harvey | 2 | 2.37 | |
14 | Hans Jensen | 1 | 2.33 | |
15 | Chris Fraser | 1 | 2.26 | |
16 | Daniel Molloy | 1 | 2.22 | |
17 | Danny Brooks | 1 | 2.15 | |
18 | John Schofield | 1 | 2.14 | |
19 | Kevin Jackson | 1 | 2.02 | |
20 | Courtney Muller | 1 | 2 | |
21 | Dan Mallory | 1 | 2 | |
22 | Henry Moggs | 1 | 1.98 | |
23 | Adrian Wilson | 2 | 1.63 | |
24 | Anthony George | 1 | 1.4 | |
25 | Matt Johnson | 1 | 1.34 | |
26 | Peter Kelleher | 2 | 1.28 | |
27 | Ray Sargent | 1 | 1.26 | |
28 | Aaron Mogg | 1 | 1.24 | |
29 | Stuart France | 1 | 1.22 | |
30 | Jonathan Ward | 1 | 1.19 | |
31 | Jack Gold | 1 | 1.1 | |
32 | Arthur Allen | 1 | 1.07 | |
33 | Mike Connoly | 1 | 1 | |
34 | Marcel Kreiger | 1 | 0.98 | |
35 | Shane Bird | 1 | 0.95 | |
36 | Kevin Jones | 1 | 0.88 | |
37 | David West | 1 | 0.84 | |
38 | Jesper Noiesen | 1 | 0.84 | |
39 | Paul Gillespie | 1 | 0.81 | |
40 | Craig Ullman | 1 | 0.74 | |
41 | Jami Kanowski | 1 | 0.7 | |
42 | Aaron Dale | |||
42 | Adam Essery | |||
42 | Adrian Ingram | |||
42 | Adrian Lindsay | |||
42 | Alf Degraaf | |||
42 | Alison Cook | |||
42 | Andrew Baunach | |||
42 | Andrew Hobbs | |||
42 | Anthony Cook | |||
42 | Brad Clark | |||
42 | Brenton Smith | |||
42 | Cathy McNaught | |||
42 | Charles West | |||
42 | Chris Mills | |||
42 | Chris Proctor | |||
42 | Corey Kerr | |||
42 | Dale Ianna | |||
42 | David Lee | |||
42 | Davie Bull | |||
42 | Dean Wilson | |||
42 | Dru Absalom | |||
42 | Glen White | |||
42 | Graeme Essery | |||
42 | Howard Althals | |||
42 | Ian Galloway | |||
42 | Jake Schwerin | |||
42 | Jason Warry | |||
42 | Jason Whitesides | |||
42 | Jay Gillespie | |||
42 | John Schwerin | |||
42 | John Ski | |||
42 | Josh Wall | |||
42 | Justin Fraser | |||
42 | Keith Mauch | |||
42 | Luke Sirett | |||
42 | Mark Petersen | |||
42 | Martyn Wolens | |||
42 | Mat Giles | |||
42 | Matthew Hawkless | |||
42 | Michael Johnston | |||
42 | Nathan Young | |||
42 | Nicky Scholl | |||
42 | Peter Jenkins | |||
42 | Peter Spittal | |||
42 | Peter Whitesides | |||
42 | Peter Woolger | |||
42 | Rex Fraser | |||
42 | Rex Mildren | |||
42 | Richard Hanson | |||
42 | Richard Otto | |||
42 | Rod Shorten | |||
42 | Ross Turner | |||
42 | Roy Souter | |||
42 | Shannon Souter | |||
42 | Shaun Falkenhagen | |||
42 | Simon Barkhuizen | |||
42 | Steve Eldred | |||
42 | Steve Otto | |||
42 | Steven Jensen | |||
42 | Steven Mauch | |||
42 | Wayne Shum | |||
42 | William Millfull | |||
42 | Jessica Souter | |||
106 | Ken Murray | DQ | ||
106 | Ross Murray | DQ | ||
106 | John Adams | DQ |