On 4th September 2011 – Father’s
Day – eighteen anglers competed in the final round of the Bass Electric Series
at Lake Gregory near Bundaberg. A 20-25
knot south-easterly wind made conditions difficult.
David
Trinder from New South Wales
travelled a long distance to compete against local Shane Anderson for
the Angler of the Year Trophy. Shane and David have been the top
two anglers vying for this award all year.
On
the day, Shane got the upper hand and beat David by 196grams in weight.
Shane weighed in two fish for a total weight of 2.532kgs, relegating David to
second place, weighing in two fish for 2.336kgs.
Shane
ventured up the left arm of the impoundment, targeting the weed beds and edges.
Shane was using a 783 Loomis rod matched to a Chronarch 100 reel spooled with
13lb Exceed braid and 14lb Vanish leader. His lure of choice was a
Bassman Spinnerbait in the 1/4oz with a Carl skirt colour. Shane would
cast the lure on top of the weed bed and then roll it as slow as possible,
pausing and letting it flutter down the weed face, then continually
slow-rolling it back to the boat. Shane caught seven legal fish for
the session, with his first two fish being the largest.
David travelled
up the right arm of the impoundment, again targeting the weed face.
David’s rod of choice was a 7′ Spellbinder matched to a 2500 Tierra reel
spooled with 10lb Seabass braid and 12lb leader. His lure of choice was
black and gold BJ Custom Spinnerbait. David’s technique was virtually the
same as Shane’s, with a slow roll back to the boat. David also captured a
few bass by hopping Little Max Blades off the bottom. He captured eleven
fish for the session, upgrading twice.
Big Bass
went to Paul Fleming who caught a fish weighing 1.757kgs. Other minor
placings were Rob Hinton in third place with 2 fish for 2.332kgs, Trevor
Burgess in fourth place with 2 fish for 2.319kgs, and Paul Fleming in fifth with
2 fish for 2.162kgs.
I’d like to
thank Chris Horne and Rob Sewell for their help on the day and would like to
wish everybody the best of luck at the Bass Electric convention to be held at
Borumba.
Until next
time,
Gary Leather
| Position | Angler | Fish | Weight | Big Bass |
| 1 | Shane Anderson |
2 | 2.532 | |
| 2 | David Trinder |
2 | 2.336 | 1.256 |
| 3 | Rob Hinton |
2 | 2.332 | |
| 4 | Trevor Burgess |
2 | 2.319 | |
| 5 | Paul Fleming |
2 | 2.162 | 1.757 |
| 6 | Michael Grimes |
2 | 2.130 | |
| 7 | Corey Head |
1 | 1.740 | |
| 8 | Tim Steenhuis |
2 | 1.647 | |
| 9 | Mark Lockwood |
2 | 1.532 | |
| 10 | Chris Horn |
2 | 1.484 | |
| 11 | Michael Turner |
2 | 1.186 | |
| 12 | Luke Newton |
2 | 1.002 | |
| 13 | Ben Durkin |
1 | .726 | |
| 14 | Gary Leather |
1 | .616 | |
| 15 | Steve Turner |
1 | .523 | |
| 16 | Robert Butler |
0 | ||
| 17 | Sue Fleming |
0 | ||
| 18 | Will Schloss |
0 | ||
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