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Berkley Clarence River BREAM Challenge Final Results & Story

#192 - 0--bream--Berkley Clarence River BREAM Challenge Final Results & Story--2006-06-17 17:08:42

#Borg Bags Clarence BREAM Challenge



Darren ‘Dizzy’ Borg, the 2005 NSW Lowrance BREAM Angler of the Year claimed his first BREAM Qualifier title, securing the inaugural victory on his home waters of the Clarence River, 17/18th June.

Compiling a 10/10, 6.04 kg bag, Borg was thrilled to say the least.
- With a clean sweep of prizes and Sponsor Bonuses, Borg won $3000 for first place, $200 for the Mercury Bonus, a free Grand Final entry for the Angler Rods Sponsors Bonus and a $500 TT Prize Pack. It was due reward for a well planned and throughout game plan.


With his infamous game plan written down on a palm card to keep him on track, Borg fished deep water locations for the tournament, eventually finding the larger fish at the Brown’s Rocks area in the lower reaches of the river.


Opting for a bigger bait, Borg used a 3” Berkley Gulp Shrimp in nuclear chicken colour rigged on a 1/16 oz TT jighead.


“I worked the plastic with the current, hopping it just enough so it didn’t snag”, Borg explained.
“My largest fish didn’t come on a soft plastic though, but instead fell to a Tiemco Sinking Minnow hardbody”, he continued.


The secret to success may well be the special addition of Dizzy Wax, in spice flavour, that was added about every second cast to both his soft plastic and hard body lures.


The outfits that delivered Borg his first BREAM victory, and provided him with the Angler Rods Sponsors’ Bonus (free Grand Final entry fee), were comprised of Angler Rods DCX 840 and 841 spin rods, matched with Quantum Energy PT10 reels, spooled with 4 lb Berkley Fireline, and topped off with 4 and 6 lb Berkley Vanish fluorocarbon leader.


Second place was secured by Shimano’s very own Mark Dunphy, who compiled a, 10/10, 5.91 kg limit to secure his first ABT podium finish. On both days Dunphy had his 5 fish in the well by 7.40am, before making the 30 minute run up river towards Grafton to find bigger upgrade fish.


Once there, Dunphy concentrated his attention on a specific depth range. “I used my Lowrance X135 sounder, working parallel along the bank looking for drop offs and fish holding features in 7 to 14 feet of water”, Mark said.


Opting for a hard bodied approach, Dunphy used a Lake Police deep diving Chubby, in ayu and crawdad colours, casting the lure hard up against the bank before beginning a slow rolling retrieve back to the boat.


To present his offerings Dunphy used a 7ft, 2-4kg, Shimano T-Curve rod, matched to a Shimano Sustain 1000 reel, spooled with 4 lb Squidgy braid and 4 lb Sunline fluorocarbon.


Champion Non-Boater for the weekend was Wayne Lodington who compiled the only full limit for the division, a 10/10, 4.73kg bag, that scored him a swag of prizes including a Millerod Bream Buster rod, Shimano Aeronos spin reel and a Berkley Shirt.


Fishing the Broadwater both days, Lodington cracked the pattern, finding his fish under a school of baitfish that was pin pointed by birds working the surface. Using a 3 inch Atomic Jerk Minnow in CPH (carolina pumpkin holographic) colour rigged on the new 1/8 Gamakatsu Lead Belly jighead, enabled Lodington to sink the plastic horizontally through the suspended bait to the bream waiting below.


To compile his tournament winning limit Lodington used a Samari S002X 7ft rod matched to a Pflueger President reel, spooled with 4 lb braid and 8 lb fluorocarbon leader to catch his fish.


The Go-So Big Bream title was won by Anthony Wishey, who claimed the prize with a 1.05kg specimen lured from the Lawrence and Brushgrove area of the Clarence River. Using a 3” Berkley Bass Minnow rigged on a 1/32 Nitro jighead, Wishey presented his lure deep into the shade, and tight against the reedy bank to tempt his $500 kicker fish.


The Reef Science Display Tank was a hit with the local community of Maclean, with some spectators travelling from as far away as Coffs Harbour to see the action over the weekend. ABT would like to thank all the local sponsors for their support of the event, including Maclean Services Club, Maclean Bowls Club, Maclean Cellars, Corbett Earthmoving, and Paul and Sheryl from Big River Bait and Tackle.


The final east coast round of the Ford Courier BREAM Series, takes place with the 2nd Queensland Qualifier event, the 4BC Radio Tweed River Challenge, July 8-9. For more information visit www.bream.com.au or phone ABT (07) 3268 3992 (b/h), 0427 32 64 64 (b/h).




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Ford Courier BREAM Series: Berkley Clarence River BREAM Challenge Boater Results
Place	Angler	State	F1	W1	F2	W2	TF	TW	Payout $
1	Darren BORG	NSW	5	2.77	5	3.27	10	6.04	3000 + $200 Mercury Bonus
2	Mark DUNPHY	NSW	5	2.76	5	3.15	10	5.91	1500
3	Jason DUNNE	NSW	5	2.94	5	2.85	10	5.79	1000
4	Warren CARTER	Vic	5	2.9	5	2.64	10	5.54	900
5	Tim MORGAN	QLD	5	2.75	5	2.74	10	5.49	700
6	Michael GEARY	QLD	4	2.56	5	2.76	9	5.32	600
7	Russell BABEKUHL	NSW	5	2.5	5	2.7	10	5.2	500
8	John BALCOMB	NSW	5	2.45	5	2.59	10	5.04	400
9	Craig SIMMONS	QLD	5	2.4	5	2.59	10	4.99	300
10	Darren SECKOLD	NSW	5	2.55	5	2.35	10	4.9	300
11	Anthony WISHEY	QLD	4	2.04	5	2.75	9	4.79	300 + $500 Go-So Big Bream (1.05kg)
12	Chris CLEAVER	NSW	5	2.53	5	2.26	10	4.79
13	Mark MANGOLD	NSW	2	1	5	3.54	7	4.54
14	Drew GRIFFITH	Qld	5	2.76	4	1.69	9	4.45
15	Scott TOWNER	NSW	4	1.63	5	2.8	9	4.43
16	Matt FRASER	QLD	3	1.35	5	2.82	8	4.17
17	Robert KWIATKOWSKI	Qld	3	1.48	5	2.32	8	3.8
18	Daniel CUPITT	NSW	5	1.78	5	1.97	10	3.75
19	Martin RICHARDSON	NSW	5	3.26	1	0.41	6	3.67
20	Trent SHORT	NSW	3	1.41	5	2.21	8	3.62
21	Craig SEIGNOIR	VIC	4	1.8	4	1.64	8	3.44
22	Stephen WILSON	QLD	2	1.09	5	2.26	7	3.35
23	Jeff BRUNSDON	NSW	3	1.26	4	1.96	7	3.22
24	Kerry SYMES	QLD	2	0.98	3	2.23	5	3.21
25	Michael HORN	QLD	5	2.59	1	0.58	6	3.17
26	Kristoffer HICKSON	NSW	4	2.56	1	0.56	5	3.12
27	Sean REYNOLDS	NSW	4	1.6	4	1.38	8	2.98
28	Peter KELLEHER	NSW	4	1.98	1	0.67	5	2.65
29	Steve STARLING	NSW	1	0.54	5	2.1	6	2.64
30	Tony ZANTIOTIS	QLD	1	0.57	5	2.05	6	2.62
31	Dean HAMMOND	NSW	4	1.8	2	0.8	6	2.6
32	Brett YOUNG	NSW	4	2.06	1	0.46	5	2.52
33	Nigel WEBSTER	QLD	2	1	3	1.43	5	2.43
34	David WELFARE	NSW	3	1.33	2	1.08	5	2.41
35	Bill KARAYANNIS	NSW	1	0.43	4	1.95	5	2.38
36	Gary James NEWELL	NSW	1	0.64	4	1.71	5	2.35
37	Rod SHORTEN	NSW	1	0.45	4	1.86	5	2.31
38	Steve MORGAN	QLD	1	0.41	4	1.71	5	2.12
39	Bill PARASIRIS	NSW	3	1.14	2	0.96	5	2.1
40	Kelvin WILLIAMS	QLD	1	0.42	3	1.6	4	2.02
41	Peter MORGAN	QLD	2	0.99	2	0.78	4	1.77
42	Brad HOLMAN	QLD	2	0.89	1	0.85	3	1.74
43	Yilmaz NEZIZ	NSW	3	1.18	1	0.5	4	1.68
44	Travis DAVIES	QLD	2	1.27	1	0.4	3	1.67
45	Bill MAGUIRE	NSW			3	1.61	3	1.61
46	Warren HUGHES	Qld	2	0.84	1	0.54	3	1.38
47	Adam WARD	NSW	3	1.33			3	1.33
48	Rick WRIGHT	Qld	1	0.51	2	0.82	3	1.33
49	Michael REID	NSW	1	0.84	1	0.47	2	1.31
50	Justin WELSH	QLD	2	0.74	1	0.53	3	1.27
51	Mark LAWSON	QLD			3	1.21	3	1.21
52	Chris BRITTON	QLD	1	0.69	1	0.41	2	1.1
53	Ian BAKER	QLD	3	1.07			3	1.07
54	Andy DUKE-YONGE	NSW	2	0.95			2	0.95
55	Craig HEWETT	NSW			2	0.9	2	0.9
56	David WARD	QLD	2	0.77			2	0.77
57	Kevin TORMEY	Vic	1	0.55			1	0.55
58	Tom WEIERS	NSW			1	0.44	1	0.44
59	Steve EBELING	NSW
55	Ross LAMOTTE	NSW
Ford Courier BREAM Series: Berkley Clarence River BREAM Challenge Non-Boater Results
Place	Angler	State	F1	W1	F2	W2	TF	TW	Payout
1	Wayne LODINGTON	NSW	5	2.48	5	2.25	10	4.73	Millerod Bream Buster, Shimano Aeronos reel, Berkley Shirt
2	Michael MAAS	QLD	5	2.79	4	1.86	9	4.65	G.Loomis rod, Tica Camry reel, Berkley shirt
3	Vincent BLEAKLEY	NSW	5	2.62	4	1.57	9	4.19	Angler DCX, Tica Camry reel, Berkley shirt
4	Norm KEMP	NSW	4	2.28	4	1.69	8	3.97	Spotters Sunglasses, Berkley Shirt
5	Steve ELDRED	QLD	5	2.15	3	1.4	8	3.55	Nitro spin rod, Berkley Shirt
6	Warwick LYNDON	QLD	3	1.96	3	1.49	6	3.45	Shimano Squidgy spin rod
7	Mick BOOTH	NSW	2	0.85	4	2.43	6	3.28	Berkley Drop Shot rod
8	Ian MCNICOL	VIC	1	0.45	5	2.61	6	3.06	Abu Garcia spin reel
9	James HICKSON	NSW	5	2.3	2	0.74	7	3.04	Prize Pack
10	Matthew FINNEY	NSW	2	0.88	3	2.13	5	3.01	Prize Pack
11	Micheal KAMINSKI	NSW	4	1.79	3	1.22	7	3.01
12	Mark MARR	QLD	3	1.49	4	1.51	7	3
13	Chris RIGG	NSW	1	0.57	4	2.33	5	2.9
14	David SEAMAN	NSW	5	2.31	1	0.55	6	2.86
15	Paul GILLESPIE	NSW	4	2.36	1	0.39	5	2.75
16	Russell LEONARD	NSW	3	1.52	2	0.86	5	2.38
17	Justin GORNALL	NSW	2	1.05	3	1.28	5	2.33
18	Joe ALLEN	QLD	3	1.6	1	0.68	4	2.28
19	John MILLS	NSW	3	1.57	1	0.52	4	2.09
20	Mick TORLEY	QLD	1	0.41	4	1.64	5	2.05
21	Robert BLACKEBY	NSW	2	1.13	2	0.83	4	1.96
22	David GREEN	QLD	1	0.51	3	1.35	4	1.86
23	Luke MORGAN	Qld	4	1.8			4	1.8
24	Michael STARKEY	NSW	1	0.58	2	1.21	3	1.79
25	Ian KRENSKE	Qld	3	1.71			3	1.71
26	John WILLIAMS	NSW	4	1.52			4	1.52
27	Geoffrey BORG	NSW	1	0.47	2	0.92	3	1.39
28	Josh CARPENTER	Qld	1	0.46	2	0.89	3	1.35
29	Peter TATHEM	Qld	1	0.6	1	0.73	2	1.33
30	Neil CHEGWIDDEN	NSW			3	1.25	3	1.25
31	Anthony DUFF	NSW			3	1.23	3	1.23
32	Trevor STEAD	QLD			3	1.2	3	1.2
33	Karen BERRY	NSW	1	0.48	2	0.7	3	1.18
34	Drew RHODES	NSW	2	1.08			2	1.08
35	Jade MASTERS	QLD	2	1			2	1
36	Angus COLLINS	QLD			2	1	2	1
37	Robert COOKE	Qld			1	0.87	1	0.87
38	Scott LENTON	NSW	1	0.83			1	0.83
39	Steve REILLY	NSW	2	0.81			2	0.81
40	Brendon LANE	NSW	2	0.8			2	0.8
41	Cameron WATTS	NSW			1	0.75	1	0.75
42	Steve TEALE	Qld	2	0.74			2	0.74
43	Richard ROBSON	NSW			1	0.73	1	0.73
44	Colin GROTH	QLD			1	0.63	1	0.63
45	Adrian MELCHIOR	NSW	1	0.46			1	0.46
46	Paul CONLEY	Qld	1	0.45			1	0.45
47	James YEUNG	NSW			1	0.43	1	0.43
48	Malcolm BARKER	Qld
48	Dale JOHNSON	NSW
48	Tony ZANN	NSW
48	Daniel JACQUES	NSW
48	Sam REID	NSW
48	Simon VAUGHAN	QLD
48	Vic APOLESKI	NSW

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