The first round of the 2017 bass electric series started with a bang, with 44 anglers ready to to battle with the heat on what was a
very up day for some and a down day for many. 33 fish were brought to the scales with an average of 766grams, and only 21 anglers weighting in fish.
3rd place went to Tom Pearson who found the right bites for the day compiling a 2/2 limit for 1.82kg. Tom headed to the same areas that he had fished recently opting to throw a evergreen jerkbait on spin tackle working the weed edges for great success.
Bass electric regular Matt Johnston took out second place with his 2/2 limit weighing in at 1.92kg and also securing big bass with a Clarrie hall giant of 1.14kg.
Matt got the right bites as he only landed 3 fish. He opted to throw a 1/4oz buzz bait in blue gill colour. His rod of choice was a Barrabass xsb843 rod matched with a 2500 Quantum reel to accurately position his lure tight to the weed edges. He opted to use 10lb braid and leader to wrestle these big fish.
1st place went to bream angler James Howarth. James used some previous knowledge of the dam as well as studying insight genesis to pick key areas. Once he found those key areas he used a jerkbait and a cut down Ecogear Grass Minnow to secure the win. James threw these lures with a JML Perfection Torz 6’10 rod matched with a 2004 Daiwa Gekkabijin reel spoiled with 10lb braid and 8lb Yamatoyo Chinu Harris as leader.
Big thanks to all who turned up and everyone that helped out.
1st James Howarth 2/2 1.95kg
2nd Matt Johnson 2/2 1.92kg
3rd Tom Pearson 2/2 1.82kg
4th Chesley Lennon 2/2 1.79kg
5th Stephen Mclean 2/2 173kg
6th Brady Ellis 2/2 1.63kg
7th Tim Currie 2/2 1.61kg
8th Jono Bale 2/2 1.52kg
9th Nigel Skyring 2/2 1.43kg
10th Tim Nangano 2/2 1.42kg
11th Dayne Taylor 2/2 1.30kg
12th Craig Atta-Singh 2/2 1.01kg
13th Shaun Falkenhagen 1/2 .970kg
14th Dean Silvester 1/2 .770kg
15th Matthew Flyn 1/2 .760kg
16th Rebecca Smith 1/2 .750kg
17th Robert Butler 1/2 .720kg
18th Michael Rowswell 1/2 .670kg
19th Joey Allan 1/2 .670kg
20th Joey Urquhart 1/2 .440kg
21st Brett Kleinschmidt 1/2 .420kg
23rd Charles West
23rd Aaron Kemp
23rd Adrian Wilson
23rd Prue Urquhart
23rd Dean Thomson
23rd Nathan Swanson
23rd Shane Dekker
23rd Raymond Yau
23rd Les Smith
23rd Ian Galloway
23rd Sue Barber
23rd Les BArber
23rd Tom Reynolds
23rd Chris Lindsay
23rd Paul Mchugh
23rd Adrian Manolea
23rd Christian Manolea
23rd Paul Phillips
23rd Graham Dodds
23rd Cameron Mcleod
23rd Rob March
23rd Rob Gaden
23rd Justin Thompson
