R8 Mallacoota – Review
Posted in R8 2011 - Review on 03. Sep, 2011
Squidgie Southern Bream Series 2011 Round 8 – Mallacoota – Wrap Up
Lovely blue skies greeted anglers at the final round of the SSBS for 2011. Magnificent Mallacoota saw 78 boating and 11 kayak teams take to the water for the first SSBS two day event.
The boating section saw a team of new anglers to SSBS take out first position and secure themselves a healthy $4650 cheque. Team Smith Barflies, Jesse Rotin and Mark Hayes, held on to the top spot after day one to claim victory with a 5/5 5.05kg and 5/5 3.65kg = 10/10 8.7kg combined bag. Second place getters team Cranka Lures/Original source, Dan Mackrell and Mat Keaton, weighed in another two full bags for a final combined weight of 8.495kg. Third place in the boating section went to consistent NSW anglers Scott Brown and Trent Killmore, team Damiki/Pontoon 21 with another 10/10 full bag weighing 8.3kg. The Damiki/Evinrude big bream prize went to Team Warren, Warren Carter and Rob Warren with a Mallacoota Monster weighing 1.845kg.
The kayak section was dominated by Matt Petrie of team Scott Lovig Hobie, in his first SSBS event Matt scored 2/3 1.96kg and 3/3 3.14kg, total 5/6 5.1kg bag to take top honours. Closely following on his heels was Bay and Basin Sportsfishing’s Darryl Head with a 5/6 4.675kg bag, Darryl also secured the Hobie Fishing Big Bream Prize with a nice 1.44kg bream on day two of the competition. Third place was another consistent angler in Dave Hedge with a 5/6 3.975kg bag.
Full details can be found at http://www.ssbs.basinlureandfly.org.au/rounds/r8-2011-mallacoota/r8-weigh-in/r8-mallacoota-weigh-in/
This wraps up the qualifying rounds of the 2011 SSBS, year to date points can be viewed at: http://www.ssbs.basinlureandfly.org.au/points/ytd-points-2011/
The grand final will be held on Saturday/Sunday 22nd/23rd October 2011 on St Georges Basin and Shoalhaven River.
