Competition Reports

IF you put a plan together, sometimes things just work. Steve Kanowski invited US angler Fabian Rodriguez to join him as partner in round two of the Basstasstic X-Factor teams series. Fabian is an elite bass angler in the US and he was coming down under to visit family. But he also wanted to try his hand at targeting Aussie …

VMR Bundaberg is holding its 13th Family Fishing Classic from June 29 to July 1, 2018. The prize pool for lucky draws again includes the three Quintrex boats with outboards and trailers, with the total prize pool for lucky draws and fishing category prizes exceeding $70,000. The Classic runs from Burnett Heads over the three days, and the registration form …

BOONDOOMA Dam Yellowbelly Fishing Competition spokesman Terry Allwood said the lake fished extremely well for the 2018 event, with 278 fish going through the catch and release section and another 252 in the gilled and gutted section. The biggest yellowbelly of the event weighed in at 2.215kg. The competition set new records for the third year in a row with …

I spent the weekend with a mate of mine who had never caught a jack and he didn’t get one during the comp either, but still described it as one of his favourite weekends of fishing. I hope you get some good encounters with red fish over summer. See you at the next Mangrove Jack Anglers Tournament.

Floodgates opened about a week before the comp was to commence. It was clean water, so competitors in the Gracemere Rocky Barra Bounty were still hopeful it wouldn’t chase the barra from the top half of the river. Only three days out, the water turned from clean to mud as the dirty water from the Dawson area arrived. I think …

DESPITE the flow in the Fitzroy River from recent rains that looked like placing a dampener on the event, this year’s Rocky Barra Bounty turned out to be a cracker and lived up to the initial forecasts. Event committee member Bill Sawynok said, “This year’s Barra Bounty has broken more records than in any other year of the event. While …

The presentations were concluded and we managed to sneak into the top 10 in the three-man division, with the Whyte brothers absolutely schooling the rest of the field and Brendon Whyte taking out champion angler with an amazingly high score. This team really is the benchmark for other teams to try to reach.The brothers fish so well together they’re like …

A massive thanks to all our major sponsors: BCF Oxenford, JML Anglers Alliance, Mako Eyewear, Weapons Custom Rods and Marquee Events as well as all our minor sponsors 2DEEP, D&H Reel Repairs, Viking Tackle, Minn Repairs & Servicing, Bush ‘n Beach Fishing magazine and Caino Lures. The usual suspects have been leading the way on social media, with awesome early …