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Pflueger Lake Macquarie BREAM Super Series Final Results & Story
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Howling winds and brawling bream tested anglers at the final
NSW round of the Ford Ranger BREAM Series, with a record field and an eager
pack of late season breamers hitting the water for the Pflueger Lake Macquarie
BREAM Super Series, 3-5th July.
Ten grand final berths, $20,000 in prize money and the title
of 2009 Lake Macquarie Champion lay ahead for the gathered throng of anglers,
with Lake Macquarie breamer Wayne Reed rising to the challenge the best to
compile a (15/15, 9.4kg) tournament winning bag. - Relegating first time podium finisher Adam Sczepaniak
(14/15, 8.07kg) to second place, and Australia's number one ranked BREAM Scott Towner
(11/15, 8.00kg) to third, Reed won by over a kilo and confirmed a long held belief
that he's one of the guys to watch when the tour comes to Lake Macquarie.
Fishing the southern of the lake, Reed concentrated on the
Vales Point and Chain
Valley Bay
areas, targeting deep water hot spots he'd located in the lead up to the
tournament.
"I'd accrued a cluster of GPS marks that I'd found and
caught fish on over the preceding months, and it was these that I worked over
to catch my bag each day", explained Reed.
Pin pointing fish in the 15 feet depth range Reed began each
session with a bite sized offering with the objective of filling his bag before
he began hunting the big ones.
"I'd begin with a Berkley Gulp 2" Shrimp in lime tiger
colour before upsizing to a 4" Gulp Minnow, also in lime tiger colour",
explained Reed.
Rigging both on a TT 1/8 oz jighead, a size 2 when fishing
the Shrimp and a 2/0 when fishing the Minnow, Reed worked his presentation with
an aggressive rip-n-fall retrieve.
"If you worked the plastic with gentle lift and hops the
bream responded with tentative, noncommittal bites. So I used a faster more
pronounced retrieve that was more like flathead fishing than bream fishing",
explained Reed.
While the fish responded accordingly and ate the fast
working Gulps with gusto, day one was a less than ideal start to his tournament,
with Reed losing six good fish due to light leaders, and abrasion between his
knots and the recoil guides on his rod.
"It got ugly on the first day with knots sticking and fish
getting away, but I upgraded leader on day two and the fish stuck", explained
the Lake Macquarie champion.
Upgrading from four to six pound leader Reed bagged the fish
that eluded him on day one, weighing in an impressive and lead grabbing 3.83kg
limit.
Day three was a quieter day by comparison, with Reed
compiling a 2.72kg limit to secure the win and etch his name onto the list of
ABT event winners. The sole angler to weigh in a full 3-day limit for the
tournament, Reed demonstrated perfectly the level of consistency needed to win
at the highest level.
The tackle he used to secure his maiden victory included a
7' custom made Strudwick rod, matched to a Daiwa Steez 2508 reel, spooled with
10lb Suffix braid and Sunline FC Rockfish leader.
Making his way onto the podium for the first time at a BREAM
Super Series event was tournament runner-up Adam Sczepaniak of Sydney (14/15,
8.07kg). In contrast to event winner Reed, Sczepaniak opted for a more
traditional summer pattern, fishing the shallows with a crankbait presentation
to fill his bag each day.
"I found them on the Galgabba flats during the Thursday
prefish, so it was here, and another spot that I had from last year, that I
planned to fish", explained Sczepaniak.
Visiting the second of his spots was something that he never
got to do, with the howling winds that arrived on day one confining the Lake Macquarie
runner-up to the more sheltered Galgabba area.
Fishing the ½ to 2 metre depth range Sczepaniak used a
shallow running Jackall Chubby in ghost ayu colour, making long down-wind casts
before beginning an erratic rip-pause retrieve.
The retrieve involved imparting a few short, sharp rips to
the lure, then pausing the retrieve to give the fish enough time to assess the
lure and hopefully eat it.
"The bulk of the hits came on the pause, so it was crucial
to let it hang there long enough", explained the 38 year old Sydney breamer.
The approach delivering him eight fish on day one, including
three upgrades, four on day two, and his full limit of five on the day three.
Despite catching his limit day three proved to be the most difficult when it
came to getting a consistent and reliable bite.
"I caught my fifth fish with only 20 minutes to go; up until
then it had been hard. The bite dropped off when the wind changed half way
through the session and they seemed less willing to eat the Jackall with the
gusto they had the two days before", explained Sczepaniak.
While a Jackall Chubby is standard bream fair on the tour, Sczepaniak
made some small changes to make it event more effective.
"I down sized the hooks from size 10s to 14s and replaced
the rear treble after every few casts", said Szcepaniak.
The complete removal of the hooks during the prefish was
another measure he adopted to maximize success.
"I only wanted to make sure there was fish on the flat, I
didn't want to catch them until the tournament started", explained Sczepaniak.
The tackle he used to claim his podium finish included a 7'
Daiwa Zero rod, Daiwa Certate 2500 reel, spooled with 3lb Berkley Crystal
Fireline and 7lb Sunline V Hard fluorocarbon leader.
Having qualified for his first Ford Ranger BREAM Grand Final
Sczepaniak is exciting about heading to Sydney Harbour,
his home waterway, and fishing with the big boys.
"I can't wait for November, I know the area well and
hopefully I can string together another good performance. I know I'll be
practicing hard in the lead up to it", explained an excited Sczepaniak.
The non-boater division was a happy hunting ground for event
naming sponsor Pflueger with Pflueger breamer Gary Brown of Sydney claiming top
honours in the category (6/10, 4.47kg).
Fishing with champion boater Wayne Reed on day one and
Shayne Gillett on day two, Brown fished both shallow and deep to compile his
tournament winning bag. Day one was the standout for Brown with the fishing
writer and instructor delivering the biggest tournament bag to the scales
courtesy of a hot deep water plastic and blade bite.
Fishing around the Summerland Point area Brown used a
combination of Berkley Big Eye blades (colour- mango ripple & midnight
tiger) and 2" Berkley Gulp Shrimps (colour- peppered & banana prawn, &
mango ripple) rigged on 1/6 and 1/8 oz, size 2 Nitro jigheads.
"It was hard to fish in the wind so I kept the rod tip low
and to the side to the side as the lure sank to minimize the amount of line I
had out and keep the connection tight with the lure", explained Brown.
With the lure on the bottom Brown used a drawing retrieve,
moving the rod tip 30 to 50 cm to lift the lure off the bottom, then pausing it
for four to five seconds to allow it to sink and sit motionless on the bottom.
"Most of the hits came as you went to move the lure, with
the fish picked up the blade and plastic as it was sitting on the bottom. The
technique delivering him 15 legals and 5 upgrades.
Day two was a combination of deep water and shallows, with
Brown picking up two undersize fish fishing the later, and his only legal fish
for the day coming in deep water at Mannering
Park.
A brief stop fishing deep water at Bonnells Bay
delivered little and saw Brown change tact and head to the shallows near by.
Two undersize fish on crankbaits was all that he could find so he headed back
to the deep, this time fishing near Mannering
Park.
Winning the event by over half a kilo Brown could have gone
fishless on the final day and still won the event, such was the quality of his
day one bag.
The tackle that he used to secure his win included Pflueger
Supreme and Trion rods, matched to Pflueger Supreme 8030MG reels, and spooled
with a combination of 3lb Crystal Fireline (blades & plastics) and 3lb
Berkley Trilene (crankbaits) fished straight through to the lure.
The battle for the Go-So Big Bream was one of the standouts
in ABT BREAM history, with four XOS bream tieing for the title. Craig Hailes,
Mark Lennox, and Scott Towner all delivering a 1.59kg bream to the scales, with
Scott presenting two equally sized fish to the weighmaster on day two.
In total 478 bream hit the scales over the three days of
competition with anglers now fully aware of the potential of the venue to
produce big fish and in big numbers. Event winner Wayne Reed in particular was
excited with the fish weighed in for the tournament.
"We've always know that this place had the potential to
produce a seven kilo bag, and after the fish we saw on the weekend many of us are
thinking that it might be sooner rather than later. If we crack some good
conditions and a hot bite it'll happen", explained the Pflueger Lake Macquarie
BREAM Super Series winner.
The next round of the Ford Ranger BREAM Series sees the tour
head north to Queensland
for the final Super Series event, and second last round of the series, the
Mercury Gold Coast BREAM Super Series, 11-13th September. For event
information and entry contact ABT (07) 3387 0888 or visit www.bream.com.au
| Ford Ranger BREAM Series: Pflueger Lake Macquarie BREAM Super Series Boater Results | |||||||||||
| Place | Angler | State | F1 | W1 | F2 | W2 | F3 | W3 | TF | TW | Payout $ |
| 1 | Wayne REED | NSW | 5 | 2.85 | 5 | 3.83 | 5 | 2.72 | 15 | 9.4 | $5200, $250 (Mercury Bonus), 250 (Motorguide Bonus), + $50 MO Tackle Voucher |
| 2 | Adam SCZEPANIAK | NSW | 5 | 3.17 | 4 | 2.84 | 5 | 2.06 | 14 | 8.07 | $2500 + $50 MO Tackle Voucher |
| 3 | Scott TOWNER | NSW | 3 | 1.98 | 3 | 3.52 | 5 | 2.5 | 11 | 8 | $1800, $250 (Go-So Big Bream- 1.59kg), + $50 MO Tackle Voucher |
| 4 | Anthony THORPE | NSW | 3 | 1.36 | 5 | 2.45 | 5 | 4.02 | 13 | 7.83 | $1600 + $50 MO Tackle Voucher |
| 5 | Chris RUSSELL | NSW | 5 | 2.75 | 3 | 1.77 | 5 | 3.3 | 13 | 7.82 | $1400 + $50 MO Tackle Voucher |
| 6 | Kristoffer HICKSON | NSW | 4 | 1.82 | 5 | 2.36 | 4 | 2.07 | 13 | 6.25 | $1,250 |
| 7 | Chris WRIGHT | NSW | 5 | 2.62 | 3 | 1.34 | 3 | 1.51 | 11 | 5.47 | $1,000 |
| 8 | Chris CLEAVER | NSW | 3 | 2.15 | 3 | 1.75 | 3 | 1.37 | 9 | 5.27 | $800 |
| 9 | Stephen DUFF | Vic | 4 | 2.1 | 4 | 1.76 | 2 | 0.86 | 10 | 4.72 | $800 |
| 10 | John STARTIN | NSW | 3 | 2.22 | 4 | 1.95 | 1 | 0.47 | 8 | 4.64 | $650 |
| 11 | Darren BORG | QLD | 2 | 1.44 | 4 | 2.26 | 6 | 3.7 | $650 | ||
| 12 | Nicholas REAY | NSW | 5 | 2.65 | 2 | 0.92 | 7 | 3.57 | $400 | ||
| 13 | Martin RICHARDSON | NSW | 5 | 2.96 | 1 | 0.55 | 6 | 3.51 | $400 | ||
| 14 | Shayne GILLETT | NSW | 5 | 2.03 | 3 | 1.45 | 8 | 3.48 | |||
| 15 | Russell BABEKUHL | NSW | 2 | 0.94 | 5 | 2.5 | 7 | 3.44 | |||
| 16 | Ross CANNIZZARO | NSW | 5 | 2.98 | 1 | 0.44 | 6 | 3.42 | |||
| 17 | Jack OLMOS | NSW | 2 | 1.18 | 5 | 2.17 | 7 | 3.35 | |||
| 18 | Richard POTTER | NSW | 2 | 0.88 | 5 | 2.34 | 7 | 3.22 | |||
| 19 | Tom MCLEAN | NSW | 2 | 0.94 | 4 | 2.26 | 6 | 3.2 | |||
| 20 | David WELFARE | NSW | 4 | 1.43 | 4 | 1.57 | 8 | 3 | |||
| 21 | Warren CARTER | Vic | 5 | 2.54 | 1 | 0.36 | 6 | 2.9 | |||
| 22 | Mark DUNPHY | NSW | 2 | 1.37 | 3 | 1.49 | 5 | 2.86 | |||
| 23 | John TIMBRELL | NSW | 2 | 0.97 | 2 | 1.83 | 4 | 2.8 | |||
| 24 | Scott LEAR | NSW | 1 | 0.42 | 5 | 2.36 | 6 | 2.78 | |||
| 25 | Josh MATTHEWS | NSW | 1 | 0.61 | 5 | 2.07 | 6 | 2.68 | |||
| 26 | Daniel BROWN | NSW | 2 | 1.06 | 3 | 1.61 | 5 | 2.67 | |||
| 27 | Greg SEETO | NSW | 3 | 2.21 | 1 | 0.45 | 4 | 2.66 | |||
| 28 | Craig SIMMONS | QLD | 1 | 0.51 | 5 | 2.01 | 6 | 2.52 | |||
| 29 | Mark HEALEY | NSW | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0.95 | 5 | 2.45 | |||
| 30 | Ben TURBOTT | NSW | 5 | 1.9 | 1 | 0.45 | 6 | 2.35 | |||
| 31 | Craig HAILES | NSW | 1 | 0.73 | 1 | 1.59 | 2 | 2.32 | $125 (Go-So Big Bream- 1.59kg) | ||
| 32 | Bill KARAYANNIS | NSW | 2 | 0.93 | 3 | 1.31 | 5 | 2.24 | |||
| 33 | Cameron WHITTAM | VIC | 3 | 1.25 | 2 | 0.94 | 5 | 2.19 | |||
| 34 | Mark HOLMAN | NSW | 5 | 2.05 | 5 | 2.05 | |||||
| 35 | Mark MANGOLD | NSW | 5 | 2.04 | 5 | 2.04 | |||||
| 36 | Aaron HORNE | NSW | 1 | 0.45 | 3 | 1.46 | 4 | 1.91 | |||
| 37 | Gregg FLETT | NSW | 3 | 1.14 | 1 | 0.76 | 4 | 1.9 | |||
| 38 | Mitchell BIRT | NSW | 2 | 0.85 | 2 | 0.97 | 4 | 1.82 | |||
| 39 | Stuart BUCKINGHAM | NSW | 4 | 1.81 | 4 | 1.81 | |||||
| 40 | Peter MACOR | NSW | 3 | 1.17 | 1 | 0.58 | 4 | 1.75 | |||
| 41 | Graham FRANKLIN | NSW | 4 | 1.67 | 4 | 1.67 | |||||
| 42 | Dean HAMMOND | NSW | 1 | 0.36 | 3 | 1.26 | 4 | 1.62 | |||
| 43 | Josh BATTERSON | NSW | 1 | 0.52 | 1 | 0.79 | 2 | 1.31 | |||
| 44 | Alan LOFTUS | NSW | 1 | 0.58 | 1 | 0.7 | 2 | 1.28 | |||
| 45 | Michael TORLEY | QLD | 2 | 1.2 | 2 | 1.2 | |||||
| 46 | Dean BOLTON | NSW | 2 | 1.11 | 2 | 1.11 | |||||
| 47 | Ian SEETO | NSW | 2 | 1.04 | 2 | 1.04 | |||||
| 48 | Chris BRITTON | QLD | 1 | 0.37 | 1 | 0.58 | 2 | 0.95 | |||
| 49 | Ben GODFREY | Qld | 1 | 0.47 | 1 | 0.44 | 2 | 0.91 | |||
| 50 | Sean REYNOLDS | NSW | 1 | 0.45 | 1 | 0.42 | 2 | 0.87 | |||
| 51 | Scott BILTON | NSW | 1 | 0.84 | 1 | 0.84 | |||||
| 52 | Mick BUTCHER | NSW | 2 | 0.83 | 2 | 0.83 | |||||
| 53 | Robert KWIATKOWSKI | Qld | 1 | 0.79 | 1 | 0.79 | |||||
| 54 | Robert IRONS | NSW | 2 | 0.78 | 2 | 0.78 | |||||
| 55 | Paul MARSH | NSW | 2 | 0.76 | 2 | 0.76 | |||||
| 56 | Adam WARD | NSW | 1 | 0.74 | 1 | 0.74 | |||||
| 57 | Warwick CREGAN | NSW | 2 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.7 | |||||
| 58 | Karen FONTAINE | NSW | 1 | 0.49 | 1 | 0.49 | |||||
| 59 | Michael COLLINS | NSW | 1 | 0.42 | 1 | 0.42 | |||||
| 60 | Darren DOWD | NSW | 1 | 0.36 | 1 | 0.06 | 2 | 0.42 | |||
| 61 | Brendon HUGHES | NSW | 1 | 0.35 | 1 | 0.35 | |||||
| 62 | Darryn LOVE | Qld | |||||||||
| 62 | Gary NEWELL | NSW | |||||||||
| 62 | Ron ASHMAN | NSW | |||||||||
| 62 | Andrew HOWARD | NSW | |||||||||
| Ford Ranger BREAM Series: Pflueger Lake Macquarie BREAM Super Series Non-Boater Results | |||||||||||
| Place | Angler | State | F1 | W1 | F2 | W2 | F3 | W3 | TF | TW | Payout |
| 1 | Gary BROWN | NSW | 5 | 4.1 | 1 | 0.37 | 6 | 4.47 | Engel Fridge, Prize Pack, & $50 Mo Tackle Gift Voucher | ||
| 2 | Troy VANKAMPEN | NSW | 2 | 0.81 | 5 | 3.04 | 7 | 3.85 | Daiwa TD Sol rod, Shimano Sedona reel, Prize Pack, & $50 Mo Tackle Gift Voucher | ||
| 3 | Vicki WINTER | NSW | 4 | 1.63 | 4 | 1.86 | 8 | 3.49 | Shimano Raider rod, Tica spin reel, Prize Pack, & $50 Mo Tackle Gift Voucher | ||
| 4 | Trent FAHEY | NSW | 1 | 0.55 | 5 | 2.91 | 6 | 3.46 | Spotters Prize Pack, Prize Pack, & $50 Mo Tackle Gift Voucher | ||
| 5 | Rodney THORPE | NSW | 3 | 1.05 | 4 | 2.36 | 7 | 3.41 | TT Lure Pack, Prize Pack, & $50 Mo Tackle Gift Voucher | ||
| 6 | Mark LENNOX | NSW | 1 | 0.95 | 2 | 2.3 | 3 | 3.25 | UglyFish Eyewear Prize Pack, Prize Pack, + $125 (Go-So Big Bream- 1.59kg) | ||
| 7 | Jonathan THOMPSON | NSW | 1 | 0.17 | 5 | 3.04 | 6 | 3.21 | Berkley Drop Shot rod, Prize Pack | ||
| 8 | Peter KELLEHER | NSW | 2 | 0.72 | 4 | 2.38 | 6 | 3.1 | Berkley Attack rod, Prize Pack | ||
| 9 | Vaughan LEWIS | NSW | 1 | 0.36 | 5 | 2.68 | 6 | 3.04 | Prize Pack | ||
| 10 | Shaun EGAN | NSW | 1 | 0.54 | 4 | 1.92 | 5 | 2.46 | Prize Pack | ||
| 11 | Kallin CAMERON | NSW | 2 | 1.47 | 2 | 0.97 | 4 | 2.44 | |||
| 12 | Tony NEAL | NSW | 5 | 2.42 | 5 | 2.42 | |||||
| 13 | Tom DEER | SA | 5 | 2.4 | 5 | 2.4 | |||||
| 14 | David TOSLAND | NSW | 2 | 1.09 | 3 | 1.31 | 5 | 2.4 | |||
| 15 | Andrew OWCZAREK | NSW | 4 | 2.09 | 4 | 2.09 | |||||
| 16 | Nathan MCINNES | NSW | 1 | 0.38 | 3 | 1.63 | 4 | 2.01 | |||
| 17 | Kevin WINCHESTER | NSW | 4 | 1.81 | 4 | 1.81 | |||||
| 18 | Tracey MAMMEN | QLD | 3 | 1.77 | 3 | 1.77 | |||||
| 19 | Andrew PRINCE | NSW | 2 | 1.23 | 1 | 0.52 | 3 | 1.75 | |||
| 20 | Luke NOVAK | NSW | 4 | 1.73 | 4 | 1.73 | |||||
| 21 | David WILLIAMSON | NSW | 1 | 0.82 | 2 | 0.9 | 3 | 1.72 | |||
| 22 | Bernard KONG | NSW | 4 | 1.61 | 4 | 1.61 | |||||
| 23 | David WALMSLEY | NSW | 1 | 0.44 | 1 | 1.13 | 2 | 1.57 | |||
| 24 | Mitchell FLAVEL | NSW | 1 | 0.6 | 2 | 0.73 | 3 | 1.33 | |||
| 25 | Dale MIZZI | NSW | 1 | 0.66 | 1 | 0.63 | 2 | 1.29 | |||
| 26 | Michael CULIBRK | NSW | 3 | 1.23 | 3 | 1.23 | |||||
| 27 | Chris SEETO | NSW | 3 | 1.23 | 3 | 1.23 | |||||
| 28 | Simon SCZEPANIAK | NSW | 1 | 0.38 | 2 | 0.85 | 3 | 1.23 | |||
| 29 | Chris BYRNE | NSW | 2 | 0.68 | 1 | 0.51 | 3 | 1.19 | |||
| 30 | Karen SCULLY | NSW | 3 | 1.14 | 3 | 1.14 | |||||
| 31 | Scott MACKENZIE | NSW | 1 | 0.49 | 1 | 0.62 | 2 | 1.11 | |||
| 32 | Jeffrey ESPIRITU | NSW | 2 | 1.08 | 2 | 1.08 | |||||
| 33 | Simon MCALPIN | NSW | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 34 | Gavin JOYCE | NSW | 1 | 0.48 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.98 | |||
| 35 | Kieran HILL | NSW | 2 | 0.88 | 2 | 0.88 | |||||
| 36 | Jordan TRUSTY | VIC | 2 | 0.86 | 2 | 0.86 | |||||
| 37 | Dean NASH | NSW | 2 | 0.86 | 2 | 0.86 | |||||
| 38 | Jamie JOHNSON | NSW | 1 | 0.36 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.86 | |||
| 39 | Beau STARTIN | NSW | 1 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.8 | |||||
| 40 | Daniel TAMSETT | NSW | 1 | 0.78 | 1 | 0.78 | |||||
| 41 | David TRINDER | NSW | 1 | 0.74 | 1 | 0.74 | |||||
| 42 | Dale LANDSBURY | NSW | 1 | 0.65 | 1 | 0.65 | |||||
| 43 | Stephen FARR | NSW | 1 | 0.64 | 1 | 0.64 | |||||
| 44 | Chris GATES | NSW | 1 | 0.46 | 1 | 0.46 | |||||
| 45 | Alan MCNAMARA | NSW | 1 | 0.46 | 1 | 0.46 | |||||
| 46 | Peter HOLT | NSW | 1 | 0.44 | 1 | 0.44 | |||||
| 47 | Mario FACCIOLLI | NSW | 1 | 0.42 | 1 | 0.42 | |||||
| 48 | Michael LAGUZZA | NSW | 1 | 0.39 | 1 | 0.39 | |||||
| 49 | Rod RILEY | NSW | 1 | 0.38 | 1 | 0.38 | |||||
| 50 | Nick LOTOTZKY | NSW | 1 | 0.36 | 1 | 0.36 | |||||
| 51 | Brad GOYEN | NSW | -0.5 | -0.5 | |||||||
| 52 | Nathan DEBONO | NSW | |||||||||
| 52 | Aaron HUPPATZ | NSW | |||||||||
| 52 | Paul DUNLOP | NSW | |||||||||
| 52 | Andrew HANSLER | NSW | |||||||||
| 52 | Dale CAMERON | NSW | |||||||||
| 52 | Ross WESTWOOD | NSW | |||||||||
| 52 | Geoffrey BORG | NSW | |||||||||
| 52 | Craig THOMPSON | NSW | |||||||||
| 52 | Adam AMOS | NSW | |||||||||
| 52 | Steve REILLY | NSW | |||||||||
| 52 | James YEUNG | NSW | |||||||||
| 52 | Matthew CAMPBELL | VIC | |||||||||
| 52 | Gary MARTIN | NSW | |||||||||
| 218 | 111 | 222 | 117 | 38 | 20.9 | 478 | 249 | ||||
| 0.52 | |||||||||||
