arpie Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 (edited) WOOHOOO!! top result for his first ever ABT Bass evenT!! Jewhunter comes 6th in the Clarrie Hall electric ABT event on Sunday, June 26th!! Well done, Mate - you deserve it!! Anyone who fishes these events, knows the pressure it puts onto you. For some weeks now, I'd been trying to convince Grant to go in the abt yak bass event on the same weekend, (we almost had an agreement to do it together, but I had to pull out with Dr commitments) then, he had a crook back, so went in the leccie event instead!! Little did he know that, if he'd caught the same fish in the yak event, he would have WON IT OUTRIGHT!!! However, he didn't do the yak event (THIS TIME) - he did the leccie event and came in 6th place & how good is that? Top Ten finish in his first ABT bass event!! Watch out yakkers, next event held there!! Clarrie Hall is a VERY well fished dam & given all the rain & stuff flowing down the Tweed over the last month or so, I can only imagine how difficult it was for the competitors to get into quality fish. Grant had told me a couple of weeks back that he'd had a terrific session, catching 20 or more bass up to 40cm+ (bloody good size for that dam!) So I gave him even MORE stick, encouraging him to go in the ABT, as it was in HIS back yard!! I even told him not to follow MY footsteps in fishing his own backyard POORLY,( as I have in every ABT event I have fished here in Forster! ) Have a plan & stick to it! Use what has worked in the past & don't worry about anyone else! No-one knows it as well as you!! Congratulations, Grant for a terrific result - the first of many, I reckon! There will be more bass events (for yaks anyway) in the next year or so, so start practising!!! Cheers Roberta BLUEFIN BASS ELECTRIC - CLARRIE HALL RESULTS - 26 JUNE 2011 Freddy Sawyer topped a large field of BASS Electric anglers on a productive June Sunday. 30 anglers landed limits of bass, but none topped Freddy's (2/2, 2.145kg) bag, which included the event's Big Bass (1.205kg). PLACEANGLERFISHWEIGHTBig BassPAYOUT 1Freddy Sawyer 2.2145 1.205 big bass $160 + Prizes + Big Bass 2Hans Jensen 2.2070 1.090 Prizes 3Shaun Falkenhagen 2.1940 $110 + Prizes . 4Jake Stewart 2.1795 Prizes 5Adrian Melchior 2.1755 Prizes 6Grant Vidler 2.1735 $60 7Matt Johnson 2.1700$40 8Jarrah Fitzgibbon 2.166 9Scott Sutherland 2.1660 10Ricky Simmons 2.1630 $40 11Jack Gold 2.1625 0.785 $30 12Allan Rooks 2.1610 13Jamie Kanowski 2.1600 14Nigel Skyring 2.1595 15Andrew Baunach 2.1580 16Jesper Noiesen 2.1570 17Rick Gough 2.1565 17Jay Gillespie 2.1565 19Stuart France 2.1545 20Jeremy McConnell 2.1520 21Corey Kerr 2.1510 22Dave Trinder 2.1500 23Paul Gray 2.1485 24Tom Burton 2.1430 25Bob Hadley 2.1425 26Tom Reynolds 2.1420 27Adrian Wilson 2.1390 28Thomas Mather 2.1355 29Paul Phillips 2.1230 30Ken Fitzgibbon 2.1175 31Joseph Urquhart 1.0920 32Chris Olsey 1.0815 33Dave Bullard 1.0665 33Brett Kleinschmidt 1.0665 35Christian Manolea 1.0600 36Sam Madelaine 1.0560 37Zac Skyring 1.0410 38Tara Baunach00.000 39Steve McLean00.000 40Brian Rutledge00.000 41Samantha Rutledge00.000 42Ian Galloway00.000 43Adrian Manolea00.000 44Graham Dodds00.000 45Alberto Fernandez00.000 46John Bryant00.000 47John Ski00.000 48Jason Lyons00.000 49Josh Wall00.000 50Alex Young00.000 51Rod Shorten00.000 52Nick Buckley00.000 53Craige Floyd00.000 54Stephen Hoffman00.000 Edited June 27, 2011 by Roberta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james7 Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Congratulations Grant! Top result! Cheers Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassboy888 Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Congrats grant! what an awesome result! Hoping for the same results on the weekend fishing the Bassin event at lake St Clair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catchin Jack Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Nice work Grant, thanks for the report Roberta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray R Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Good onya Roberta, nice of you to put this up, congrats Grant... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 And here I was thinking there was only 6 competitors ... Terrific achievement Grant, and a couple of bob for some more lures! Cheers Skip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewhunter Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Thanks Roberta! Thanks also for the kind words fellas. It was my 1st ever bass tournie so I'm rapt with that result. I felt like I fished it really well & didn't do too much wrong. I maybe should have moved to my 2nd spot a bit earlier as I got a 38cm upgrade & 2 x 35cm fish there in 30 mins! I was just hoping to weigh a bag & had a bag within the 1st hour. Ended up for 14 bass for the session. It was a beautiful, glassed out day & the fish were on the chew. I did get dusted by a very good fish that stitched me up in the weed but even that one wouldn't have got me close to the top 2 fishos. Their bags were a great result for that dam & well done to them. Usually when I fish there I have it to myself. To see all those boats & yaks was a real eye opener. I reckon I must have looked like a bloody hillbilly! Only 2 rods & a huge esky for a livewell & my old bass boat. Out of all these flash boats, boats with leccies that look like outboards, boat with 3 leccies at the back with 1 up front & boats with leccies that would have been worth more than my boat, leccie & trailer put together I had the oldest, slowest boat there! It didn't matter as they all took of to all points leaving me behind. I got 11 of my fish within 500mtrs of the start line! I flew the Fishraider flag high though with my hat, jacket & 2 stickers down the side of the old boat that makes it look a lot better than it is! Fish were caught on a 1-3kg rod, 4lb pink fireline & 6lb nitlon flouro leader. Used 3' bass minnows on 1/12th jigheads fished low & very slow along the edges of weedbeds & lilypads. Not a touch on the 2nd rod with spin blade/grub combo & blades. Sorry, no pics as I was too busy fishing! Cheers, Grant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arpie Posted June 28, 2011 Author Share Posted June 28, 2011 Hi Grant Once again, well done! 14 fish on that dam, given the pressure it was under that day, with both the Leccie & Yak comp ..... is amazing! I've only ever caught a few there, not all legal! A good buddy came in 7th in the Yak session with the 2 only fish she landed, so she was stoked too, never having fished there before! She was busted off by a biggie, too! THere are some fish swimming around with lots of bling, eh? There was only a matter of grams between the top 7 in the yaks - if she'd landed the biggie, she could have been on top! .... Used 3' bass minnows on 1/12th jigheads ..... you just love those 3" (I am assuming inches, not feet!!) bass minnows - don't tell me, pearl watermelon colour?? Some FRs wouldn't know what they are, with SPs having been overtaken by Gulp & other Berkley products in more recent times!! Good to see the good 'ol Berkley Bass Minnows still work! Gee, 1/12th is pretty heavy - or was it in deeper parts of the lake?? .........I got 11 of my fish within 500mtrs of the start line! .... Hmmm, I think I might know where one of those spots would have been Shame the biggie busted you off tho! I'll try & get up there for it next year - I'll be following you! Cheers Roberta Now that you're an ABT member, you can go as a boater or non boater in other events too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Knot Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Good onya Grant thats a top effort mate :thumbup: Cheers Blood Knot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul.kenny Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Great effort Grant......you did much better than I did during my first Bass comp. I understand the sight of all those boats at the start line, it is very easy to get boat envy . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkymalinky Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Grant spends a lot of time at Clarrie Hall and I know why... it's a beautiful piece of water. Fishing it successfully in winter takes some very specific techniques and the great result shows how well he's got them wired. Just don't expect him to let you in on his little secrets. He's taken me up there twice now and we haven't boated a single fish yet. Now call me suspicious but ??????????? Well done, mate Clarrie Hall Dam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arpie Posted July 12, 2011 Author Share Posted July 12, 2011 ..... He's taken me up there twice now and we haven't boated a single fish yet..... Same with me!!!! The only fish I've caught there was at the inaugural Scotty Bass Bash last year!!! A guy's gotta keep some secrets up his sleeve ............ I reckon he'll be in his yak next time tho! Roberta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcel haber Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Well done Grant - not a bad effort for your first attempt mate, you rve all the aknowledgement in the world. Roberta - thumbs up for passing on the news and results. Twin1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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