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Rapala Derwent River BREAM Super Series Final Results & Story
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in Wire-to-Wire Derwent River
Victory
Spiro Spyropolous stamped his authority on the Derwent River once again with a comprehensive wire-to-wire
victory in the Rapala Derwent River BREAM Super Series, Mar 4-6.
With weather ranging from single figure temperatures with
snow on the mountains to light winds and sunny clear skies, Spyropolous adapted
and conquered the varying conditions the best to compile a 15/15, 18.05kg bag
to relegate Warren Carter (14/15, 16.96kg) to 2nd and a late
charging Cam Whittam (15/15, 15.705kg) to 3rd.
To set the new three day limit in a Super Series event Spiro
fished to his strength and the technique that he loves the best, twitching and
ripping jerkbaits.
Fishing a long continual rock wall at Rosny Spiro found the
mother load of fish during the Thursday prefish, went straight there on the day
one and loaded up, catching his limit by 8.30am. - "The fish were there in numbers and nailing the lure like
there was no tomorrow", explained Spiro.
His approach involved electricing along the shore line and
making 45 degree casts tight to the water's edge then work the lure back with a
twitch-pause retrieve. He had two go-to lures a Smith Cherry Blood 70 Deep early
before the sun hit the water and a Smith Jade when the light intensity
increased and the fish moved deeper.
The tandem lure approach delivered Spiro the biggest 5-fish
bag (6.835kg) for the tournament on day one and two other bags that were no
lighter than five kilos. Day two would prove a lot tougher though with a small
higher tide leaving Spiro's rock wall largely high and dry.
"The water just didn't come up like it did the day before
and I had to work real hard to get the fish compared to the day before",
explained Spiro.
While he had his first four fish within the first 45 minutes
the last fish of his limit proved hard to get and didn't come until seven
minutes before the end of the session.
"I was running around and hitting a bunch of old spots
trying to the find that last fish, I was beginning to think that I wasn't going
to get it. In the end I managed to pick it up right at the end at Cemetery
Point", explained Spiro.
If day two was tough
Spiro was worried that day three would be even tougher thanks to an even
smaller predicted tide. His concerns would prove unnecessary with the Derwent River gun adjusting his technique and
finding the fish and catching his limit in quick time.
"The fish weren't tight to the edge as I hoped and as I had
found them the two days before so I fish a little deeper (7-8 feet) and used
the Jade so I could get down to them", explained Spiro.
While it took him 20 minutes into the session to find
exactly where the fish were once he did he had four in the well in 10 minutes.
The fifth fish came soon after and Spiro found himself with the job done and
only a nervous wait to see if anyone could run down his lead.
Back at the weigh-in site by 10am drinking and coffee and
relaxing Spiro was more than confident that he had enough to hold off any
challenges. The last angler to weigh-in Spiro needed only 4.69kg to take the
win and with over 5 ½ in the bag his win would prove to be a fait accompli.
Setting a new Super Series bag record and completing a
wire-to-wire victory Spiro confirmed that he is definitely the man to watch
when the Daiwa BREAM Tour comes to the Derwent River.
The tackle he used to secure the win included two outfits, a
7'2" Smith Dancing Bream rod, matched to a Daiwa Exist 2506 reel spooled with
0.6 Varivas Egi PE and Varivas Ganoa Absolute fluorocarbon leader, while the
other outfit was a 7' Smith prototype rod, Exist 2004 reel, spooled with 3lb fluorocarbon.
When quizzed post victory Spiro was keen to share some of
the secrets to his victory.
"Fishing 3lb fluorocarbon straight through was vital to catching
fish in the clear water. The other important thing was to swap to clearer more
translucent lures once the sun hit the water. If it wasn't for these two things
I don't think I would have got the bites that I did", explained
For event runner up Warren Carter it was a fairy tale maiden
trip to Tasmania
with the 2010 Mallacoota BREAM Qualifier victor finally making the trip to
tassie after years of planning and longing to get there.
"All the rumors about how good this place is are absolutely
true. Actually it's even better than what I was lead to believe", explained
Carter.
Like Spyropolous Carter fished near Rosy and Bellrieve and
took a hardbody approach, throwing a translucent green with orange belly
coloured Smith Panish 65 and working it with a text book black bream twitch and
pause retrieve.
Fishing his way along the rocky walls Carter would throw his
lure up onto the 2-4 feet deep flooded edge and work the lure back with the expectation
of intercepting the fish that were actively feeding up in the shallows.
The approach excelled on day one with Carter weighing in a 6
kilo plus limit while day two proved a lot tougher due to the smaller high
tide.
"It was tough on the second day and I had to really grind it
out to catch my fish", explained Carter.
It was such a grind that Carter returned to the weigh-in
with only four fish in a bag, a short fall that would prove crucial in the
overall result and perhaps denied him the event win.
Day three proved just as tough back on his rock walls and
rather than settling to weigh in less than a full limit he headed up river in
search of more fish.
"By 10am I new it wasn't going to happen to I headed up pass
the Bowen Bridge and fished the edges around
Berridale", explained Carter.
The change was just what he need with Carter loading up on a
string of kilo plus fish. Heading back to the weigh Carter thought he may have
enough in his bag to be with a shot of knocking Spiro off.
With a 6.02kg bag hitting the scales Carter in reality had
done all that he could have done on the last day to catch the leader. With a
1.09kg gap between himself and Spiro it would prove the absence of one single
kilo plus fish on day two that prove the difference.
Post event Carter was anything but disappointed that he'd
perhaps let the event slip through his fingers.
"The tournament and whole trip has just been mind blowing.
I've already booked the accommodation for next year so I'll definitely be back
to have another go", explained Carter.
The tackle he used to catch his fish included a Shimano
T-Curve Flight Series 701 rod, Shimano Stella 2500 reel, spooled with 4lb
Berkley Crystal Fireline and 4lb Varivas Ganoa Absolute fluorocarbon leader.
Former tassie local Peter Mazey finished his tournament on a
high winning the non-boater division with a 9/10, 8.815kg two-day limit.
Fishing with Tom Deer on day one Mazey fished a rocky point
near the Lindisfarne startline and it was here that he picked up the first
three fish in his bag before they moved location and fished Newtown Bay.
"The technique and lure in both locations were the same, a
slow twitch and pause of a Daiwa Presso Minnow", explained Mazey.
The presentation involved Mazey casting the right up into
the shallows, twitching it then letting it sit so the fish feeding in shallows
had a chance to eat it.
"You had to make sure you gave the lure a long enough pause so
the fish had a chance to eat it", explained Mazey.
On day two fishing with Kris Hickson the approach was more
multi pronged with Mazey using the same retrieve but a trio of different lures,
namely a Daiwa Presso, Smith Panish and a Zip Baits Rigge Deep 65. While the
Presso was fished on straight through 3lb Yamatoyo fluorocarbon the Panish and
Rigge were both fished on 4lb Varivas Egi PE mainline with 6lb Sunline FC Rock
fluorocarbon leader.
"The Presso was the go-to lure for the shallows while the
other two were better suited to the deeper areas", explained Mazey.
The approach delivered Mazey his first full limit for the
tournament, an impressive 5/5, 5.13kg. With his nearest challenged Mark Hayes ½
kilo behind Mazey claimed his first non-boater victory in an ABT BREAM event.
"I'm just over the moon to have won. The truth is I'm still
in shock that I did it", explained Mazey.
With a $1500 assortment of Daiwa breaming tackle his reward Mazey is kitted out and ready to hit the water in his next tournament. For Daiwa Big Bream winner Paul McCullough it was a nervous wait through the day three weigh-in to see if any of the top ten boaters would knock off his leading big bream from day two. His wait was rewarded with the visiting Western Australian bream claiming the $500 prize thanks to his day two 1.565kg fish. Caught on a Daiwa Presso Minnow the prize winning fish came two hours into the session while fishing a rocky area at Mourila with Andrew Crushka.
Paul wasn't the only angler to share in the big bream prizes
with Jim Xyga claiming the Rapala Big Bream Prize on day one (1.365kg) for the
biggest bream caught on a Rapala lure, while Wayne Friebe claimed the day two
honours with his 1.275kg bream.
Attention now turns to the Minn Kota MegaBREAM event for
anglers with the event slated for March 12-13th at Forster, NSW.
Visit www.bream.com.au each day of the
tournament for all the results, pictures and news.
| Daiwa BREAM Series: Rapala Derwent River BREAM Challenge Boater Results | |||||||||||
| Place | Angler | State | F1 | W1 | F2 | W2 | F3 | W3 | TF | TW | Payout |
| 1 | Spiro SPYROPOULOS | VIC | 5 | 6.835 | 5 | 5.435 | 5 | 5.78 | 15 | 18.05 | $4,200 + $250 Mercury Bonus |
| 2 | Warren CARTER | Vic | 5 | 6.46 | 4 | 4.48 | 5 | 6.02 | 14 | 16.96 | $2,500 |
| 3 | Cameron WHITTAM | VIC | 5 | 5.325 | 5 | 4.95 | 5 | 5.43 | 15 | 15.705 | $1,600 |
| 4 | Steve MORGAN | QLD | 5 | 5.6 | 5 | 5.31 | 5 | 4.58 | 15 | 15.49 | $1,300 + $300 1st Pro |
| 5 | Andrew KRUSHKA | TAS | 5 | 5.805 | 4 | 3.57 | 5 | 5.735 | 14 | 15.11 | $1,100 |
| 6 | Patrick SULLIVAN | TAS | 5 | 5.74 | 4 | 4.295 | 5 | 5.015 | 14 | 15.05 | $900 |
| 7 | Graham FRANKLIN | NSW | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5.185 | 4 | 4.47 | 14 | 14.655 | |
| 8 | Justin CAUSBY | TAS | 4 | 3.745 | 4 | 4.36 | 4 | 2.515 | 12 | 10.62 | |
| 9 | Steve STEER | TAS | 5 | 5.535 | 1 | 1.295 | 4 | 3.695 | 10 | 10.525 | |
| 10 | Mark MANGOLD | NSW | 2 | 1.95 | 5 | 4.925 | 3 | 2.21 | 10 | 9.085 | |
| 11 | Ben HILL | TAS | 3 | 3.1 | 3 | 3.46 | 6 | 6.56 | |||
| 12 | Don JOHNSTON | WA | 5 | 5.825 | 5 | 5.825 | |||||
| 13 | Chris WRIGHT | NSW | 4 | 4.645 | 1 | 0.475 | 5 | 5.12 | |||
| 14 | Stephen PARKER | VIC | 5 | 5.025 | 5 | 5.025 | |||||
| 15 | Andrew WELLS | TAS | 3 | 3.69 | 1 | 1.16 | 4 | 4.85 | |||
| 16 | Shaun CLANCY | VIC | 5 | 4.355 | 1 | 0.43 | 6 | 4.785 | |||
| 17 | Tristan TAYLOR | Qld | 4 | 3.46 | 1 | 1.105 | 5 | 4.565 | |||
| 18 | Leigh MCKENZIE | TAS | 4 | 3.26 | 2 | 1.295 | 6 | 4.555 | |||
| 19 | Rob WARREN | VIC | 2 | 2.37 | 2 | 2.045 | 4 | 4.415 | |||
| 20 | Kristoffer HICKSON | NSW | 2 | 2.175 | 2 | 2.125 | 4 | 4.3 | |||
| 21 | Wayne FRIEBE | Vic | 3 | 2.165 | 2 | 1.59 | 5 | 3.755 | Rapala Big Bream Bonus (D2- 1.275kg) | ||
| 22 | Jon LISTER | TAS | 2 | 1.525 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3.525 | |||
| 23 | Grayson FONG | Qld | 2 | 1.6 | 3 | 1.91 | 5 | 3.51 | |||
| 24 | Tom DEER | SA | 1 | 0.915 | 3 | 2.18 | 4 | 3.095 | |||
| 25 | Neil GROSE | TAS | 4 | 1.51 | 1 | 1.32 | 5 | 2.83 | |||
| 26 | Shane LING | TAS | 1 | 1.415 | 1 | 1.23 | 2 | 2.645 | |||
| 27 | Dean TRUMAN | SA | 2 | 2.15 | 2 | 2.15 | |||||
| 27 | Stephen WHEELER | VIC | 3 | 2.15 | 3 | 2.15 | |||||
| 29 | Dan WALTER | NSW | 1 | 0.865 | 1 | 1.05 | 2 | 1.915 | |||
| 30 | Greg WOODS | TAS | |||||||||
| Daiwa BREAM Series: Rapala Derwent River BREAM Challenge Non-Boater Results | |||||||||||
| Place | Angler | State | F1 | W1 | F2 | W2 | F3 | W3 | TF | TW | Payout |
| 1 | Peter MAZEY | VIC | 4 | 3.685 | 5 | 5.13 | 9 | 8.815 | Daiwa Pack- TMX762LFS Interline rod, Luvias 2000 reel, Shinobi braid, TD Fluorocarbon leader, tools, clothing & lures | ||
| 2 | Mark HAYES | VIC | 5 | 6.165 | 4 | 2.155 | 9 | 8.32 | Samaki Zing rod, Prize Pack | ||
| 3 | Mace BOYER | VIC | 2 | 2.27 | 5 | 4.885 | 7 | 7.155 | Samaki Zing rod, Prize Pack | ||
| 4 | Andrew WALLACE | NSW | 4 | 4.1 | 3 | 2.88 | 7 | 6.98 | TT Pack, Prize Pack | ||
| 5 | Lex COURT | NSW | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4.945 | 7 | 6.945 | Austackle Camo-Stik Pro Series rod, Prize Pack | ||
| 6 | Mark LAWSON | QLD | 5 | 5.22 | 1 | 1.445 | 6 | 6.665 | Spotters Sunglasses, Prize Pack | ||
| 7 | Jim XYGA | VIC | 5 | 4.39 | 1 | 1.035 | 6 | 5.425 | Prize Pack + Rapala Big Bream Bonus (D1- 1.365kg) | ||
| 8 | Dan STEAD | QLD | 2 | 1.16 | 4 | 3.925 | 6 | 5.085 | Prize Pack | ||
| 9 | Angus COLLINS | QLD | 3 | 3.175 | 1 | 1.195 | 4 | 4.37 | Prize Pack | ||
| 10 | Brendan TURRIFF | TAS | 2 | 2.455 | 1 | 1.235 | 3 | 3.69 | Prize Pack | ||
| 11 | Graham GREEN | WA | 3 | 3.645 | 3 | 3.645 | |||||
| 12 | Vaughn LEWIS | NSW | 1 | 0.955 | 4 | 2.365 | 5 | 3.32 | |||
| 13 | Mark HEALEY | NSW | 3 | 1.715 | 2 | 1.58 | 5 | 3.295 | |||
| 14 | Paul MCCULLOUGH | WA | 3 | 1.635 | 1 | 1.565 | 4 | 3.2 | $500 Big Bream (1.565kg) | ||
| 15 | Tom SLATER | QLD | 2 | 2.175 | 2 | 0.735 | 4 | 2.91 | |||
| 16 | Alan WILSON | VIC | 2 | 2.545 | 2 | 2.545 | |||||
| 17 | Philip NIX | NSW | 2 | 1.375 | 1 | 1.05 | 3 | 2.425 | |||
| 18 | Richard SOMERTON | VIC | 1 | 1.07 | 1 | 1.17 | 2 | 2.24 | |||
| 19 | Paul SIEMASZKO | WA | 3 | 2.135 | 3 | 2.135 | |||||
| 20 | Bradley HARRISON | TAS | 3 | 2.07 | 3 | 2.07 | |||||
| 21 | Dale BAXTER | VIC | 2 | 2.065 | 2 | 2.065 | |||||
| 22 | Michael MILBURN | NSW | 2 | 0.895 | 1 | 1.07 | 3 | 1.965 | |||
| 23 | Isaac HARRIS | TAS | 1 | 0.395 | 1 | 1.09 | 2 | 1.485 | |||
| 24 | Daniel BRAY | NSW | 2 | 1.345 | 2 | 1.345 | |||||
| 25 | David BEER | WA | 2 | 1.305 | 2 | 1.305 | |||||
| 26 | Andrew WILLIAMS | NSW | 1 | 1.015 | 1 | 1.015 | |||||
| 27 | Stephen THEODORE | VIC | 1 | 0.835 | 1 | 0.835 | |||||
| 28 | Greg WILSON | QLD | |||||||||
| 28 | Peter GODFREY | NSW | $100 Non-boater pro option | ||||||||
| 28 | James MACKAY | TAS | |||||||||
| 163 | 161 | 118 | 111.7 | 45 | 45.45 | 326 | 318.08 | ||||
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