Forty-six fishers braved a very cold morning and registered in the dark to fish the second round at Clarrie Hall Dam, hosted by the Australian Bass Association. The sun came up to reveal a beautiful winter day with very little wind. As usual with this impoundment, some found the going very tough and others found schools and enjoyed superb fishing action. Reports came back of catches of more than fifty fish for one boat. As it was, 53 fish were weighed in from 32 successful anglers.
First place went to Ken Fitzgibbon who used Gold and Chartreuse Atomic
Blades to secure his bag of two fish for 2.040 kg. from the lower
reaches of the dam. Ken also scored the biggest bass for the day, a
well conditioned specimen of 1.365 kg.
Second placed Rod Shorten found that slow hopping or dead sticking
plastics, blades and masks was just the ticket for a bag of 1.735 kg.
Jesper Noiesen came in third and also scored his fish from a school using blades and plastics.
A couple of thanks must go out for making this event possible, all the
great supporters and sponsors of the ABT tournaments which without
these the fun electric events would not be possible. Ian Galloway for
bringing the gear down with him. And a big thank you from the stocking
group for the donation which ABT give back for assisting in running
these events.
RESULTS
Place Angler Fish Weight
1 Ken Fitzgibbon 2 2.040
2 Rod Shorten 2 1.735
3 Jesper Noiesen 2 1.720
4 Bob Hadley 2 1.605
5 Jay Gillespie 2 1.510
6 Dale Ianna 2 1.420
7 Michael Corbett 2 1.410
8 Paul Gillespie 2 1.400
9 Frank Distefano 2 1.395
10 Adrian Melchior 2 1.290
11 Scott Lane 2 1.265
12 Brenton Smith 2 1.260
13 Josh Carpenter 2 1.235
14 Allan Rooks 2 1.200
15 Dan Stead 2 1.195
16 Shaun Falkenhagen 2 1.170
17 Ian Galloway 2 1.160
18 Jonathon Ward 2 1.125
19 Glyn Barkhuisen 2 1.085
20 Troy Hobson 2 0.965
21 Ricky Simmons 2 0.905
22 Colin Fordon 2 0.870
23 Craige Ford 1 0.845
24 Dan Molloy 1 0.695
25 Paul Gray 1 0.660
26 Vinnie Bleakley 1 0.630
27 Sefton Burgmann 1 0.625
28 Joe Urquhart 1 0.595
29 Joe Allan 1 0.590
30 Jonathan Box 1 0.575
31 Alex Roy 1 0.550
32 Adrian Wilson 1 0.530
33 Shane Brown 0 0.000
33 Roy Latter 0 0.000
33 Brian Rutledge 0 0.000
33 Nigel Skyring 0 0.000
33 Zac Skyring 0 0.000
33 Rick Gough 0 0.000
33 Joy Urquhart 0 0.000
33 David Bullard 0 0.000
33 Ken Jackson 0 0.000
33 Hans Jensen 0 0.000
33 Chris Horne 0 0.000
33 Mark Lawson 0 0.000
33 Steve Kanowski 0 0.000