2021 • 13 Fishing BASS Pro Grand Final – Richmond River (17/18 December)

Session 2 - Saturday 18th Dec

8:30pm - Here's the moment we announced the winner of the $62K Alloycraft boat package: 



8:00pm - Here's the winner's gallery from the final presentation:



3:00pm -  It's official! With a last, very important, fish caught twenty minutes before the end of the session Dane Pryce secured himself the win and is the 2021 13Fishing BASS Pro Grand Final Boater Champion.  Paul Mazaroli is the 2021 13Fishing Bass Pro Grand Final Non Boater Champion. More to come plus winner's interviews but for now...the ABT crew is hitting the road to head south to Maclean for the BREAM Grand Final Briefing on in a couple of hours. 



1:30pm - All anglers are in and it's getting busy here at the event site.  Scoreboards are on hold for a little while as we build suspense for the final result!

12noon - New Big Bass for Boater Dane Pryce.  A 46cm, 1.9kg bass now has him moved into second place. 

11:30am - Leaderboard change!  A upgrade with a 41cm 1.368kg bass puts Matthew Langford into the lead. 

10:30am - We have a new Big Bass in the boaters with Ian Wratten recording a 41cm (1.315kg) fish.   Nick Brunyee has jumped back into the number one spot with a 400g lead over Jake Schwerin.  

9:30am - No changes to the leader board for the last half hour.  Our top five all have 6kg + bags with Dane Pryce in fifth place still to land his fifth fish for the session. 

9:00am - Looking for something to watch on a Saturday morning?  Steve Morgan is live streaming his day on the Richmond River: 

 
8: 50am - More leaderboard changes with Jake Schwerin moving into first.  He is exactly 100g ahead of second placed Nick Brunyee.  To take the lead Nick Brunyee needs to upgrade his smallest bass which is currently a 478g (30cm) fish for a 32cm (589g) or bigger fish. 

8:15am - Non Boater leader Paul Mazaroli has just registered his second bass for the session giving him a 5/6 limit for the event for 4.209kg.



7:50am - Here's the start gallery from this morning:

7:25am - Nick Brunyee is the first angler of the day to get their session limit.  He is coming first with a 10/10 limit for 6.7kg.  Second placed Matthew Langford still has two bass to go to secure his limit and we are yet to hear from Session 1 leader Mitch Cone. 

7:15am - Another leaderboard change with Nick Brunyee moving to the top of the scoreboard.  He has caught 3/5 of his limit for the day so far and is currently 280grams ahead of Matthew Langford.  Tim Morgan has just sent through one of the most recent catches with a photo of the gear he is using this morning:

6:50am - Leaderboard change, with an early few catches on the board Steve Morgan is currently at the top of the leaderboard with 8/10 bass for 4.736kg. 

6:30am -  The first fish of the session have starting coming through with Matt Langford, Mike Nelson, Tim Oakley and Paul Mazaroli on the board so far today. Here's the first angler photo of the day from Steve Morgan. 

6:00am - All anglers have been checked out and the final session of the 2021 13Fishing BASS Pro Grand Final is officially underway.  Today is the day we find out who our 2021 Grand Final Champions are and who is taking home the $60,000 Alloycraft Boat Package!

Session 1 - Friday 17th Dec

7:00pm - Here's the session one highlights from the 13Fishing BASS Pro Grand Final:

3:00pm - Anglers are all back and catches are checked.  A few late entries have shaken the leaderboard up a little at the end of the session.  Mitchell Cone has taken the number one spot this afternoon with a five bass limit for 4.297kg.  Nick Brunyee is in second with the only other limit over 4kg today with 5 bass for 4.177kg.  Over for the non-boaters, Paul Mazaroli held onto the top spot for the entire session with a 3 bass limit for 2.437kg and Bridgett Currey is in second with a 3 bass limit for 2.123kg.  We'll get the angler highlights video for the session up in a few hours. 

1:30pm - Catches are definitely slowing down as we head towards the last 30 mins of the session for the first flight of anglers.  Mitch Cone is one of the anglers to send through one of the most recent catches and along with it a bit of insight into what he is using today: 

12:30pm - Catches have slowed a little as we head into the last 90mins of the session.  No leaderboard changes in the last hour.  We are still waiting to hear from nine boaters and one non boater.  They may have fish but haven't been able to load them through the app due to phone service coverage issues.  There's been 160 bass submitted between the 31 anglers on the scoreboard so far today. 

11:30am - Nick Brunyee is still in the lead and the only angler so far to crack a 4kg bag.  He currently has 5/5 bass for 4.177kg.  We now have 22/31 of the boaters on the scoreboard and 9/10 non boaters. 

10:35am - Dane Pryce is fishing solo today and with no one to take photos of him, he is working hard to find ways to send his Glory Photos to share his day with us back at HQ.  Thanks for the efforts Dane!  Dane is currently in 9th place with a five bass limit for 2.564kg. 



10:20am - More leaderboard changes with Nicholas Brunyee and Jonno Bale now first and second for the boaters.  Nick has his five bass limit for 3.921kg, one upgrade and he'll be cracking the 4kg bag mark.  Here's a pic just sent through from Mike Nelson who is currently rounding out our top 5.  This is Mike's biggest fish so far this session registering at just under 1kg.  We now have 21/31 boaters on the board and 8/10 non boaters. 

9:40am - A leaderboard change for the boaters with Jake Schwerin moving to the top.  Jake has a five bass limit for 3.826kg.  Matthew Langford moves into second with a 5 bass limit for 3.771kg.   Here is non boater Matt Cameron with his last catch which fills his 3/3 limit and currently has him in third place. 



8:50am - Plenty more catches starting to come through.  Matthew Langford and Paul Mazaroli are holding onto nice leads for boaters and non boaters.   Here's a great catch just through from Mitchell Cone.  Mitchell is currently in 7th place and is 1.5kg behind the leader.  This bass registered at 0.787kg. 

8:15am - We now have 18 boaters on the scoreboard with the latest catch coming through from Mark Lennox - this one pictured below registered at 0.382kg.  Half the non-boater field are now on the scoreboard.

7:35am - Beau Everleigh is all grins with the biggest non-boater bass recorded so far in the session.  This one registered at 0.787kg.  Four non-boaters are now on the scoreboard with Beau in third.  14/31 boaters are now on the board. 

7:25am - Nick Brown is on the non-boater scoreboard and looking pretty pleased with himself.  This one registered in at .651kg putting him in third.  3 out of 10 non boaters have now recorded catches.



7:15am - Want something to watch until the cricket starts this afternoon?  Steve Morgan is live-streaming his day on the Richmond River.  Check it out here: 

7:05am - Matthew Langford is the first boater with a 5 bass limit on the board.  5/5 for 3.229kg. 

7:00am - One hour into the session and non-boater Paul Mazaroli is the first angler on the scoreboard with their full limit.  He currently has 3/3 bass for 1.065kg.  Paul is the only non-boater to enter fish so far this session.  Matthew Langford is on track to be the first boater to log a limit with a 4/5 bass on the board so far for a total of 2.847kg.  So far 8 boaters have recorded catches for the session.   Follow the live scoreboards on the next tab across ->.

6:00am - The 2021 13Fishing BASS Pro Series Grand Final is officially underway.  31 boats have taken to the Richmond River with boaters chasing a 5 bass limit and non boaters chasing a 3 bass limit for the session.  Anglers are running across three flights this afternoon and are due back between 2pm and 2:30pm this afternoon. 

Thursday 16th Dec

9:00pm - The briefing for the 2021 13 Fishing BASS Pro Series is done and dusted.  A shout out to the team at Casino Outdoors & Disposals for their hospitality for the briefing.  We managed to get it all done before the rain!

2:00pm - That's a wrap for the angler's pre-fish.  All boats must now be off the water as a pre-fish ban kicks back in until we kick off tomorrow morning.