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Proud ABT sponsors EJ Todd hosted Sunline Bass Pro angler Katsutoshi ‘Kats’ Furusawa. Kats has fished competitively in both Japan and the FLW in America. Taking part in his first ABT event and promoting the new Sunline Shooter and BMS fluorocarbon range, we thank him for his participation.
The spoils of the weekend in one of the toughest Somerset BASS Pro tournaments we have seen go to local Brisbane angler Steve Eldred. Consistently hitting the top ten over the last few year sand runner up at last year’s Somerset tournament, Eldred broke through for his maiden victory and amassed a bounty of prizes that included $3000 1st place cheque, $675 1st Pro cheque, $500 Big Bass cheque, 2 x Quantum TE100HPT reels and a custom Gary Howard/TT Lures rod. - With a fishless prefish and a similar scenario on the two weekends prior to the ban, Eldred headed to Pelican Point with most other competitors in tow to fish the schools of bass.
“I found the schools on my Humminbird sounders in 19-24 feet, but the arches were quite small, so I targeted individual bigger fish out wider and shallower,” said the Frogleys Pro Staffer.
Targeting these bigger fish for the first hour with Atomic Metalz yielded no fish, so Eldred switched to his fly gear. Using a Reddington 9 weight fly rod with an 11lb Unitika twisted leader, he threw Bass Vampire imitation flies tied by fellow competitor Adrian Melchior. These flies were tied on Gamakatsu no.4 hooks and had intermediate glow eyes.
Allowing the fly to sink to the bottom, Eldred used a slow to medium strip retrieve. Persisting with the tough conditions, he scored a bite, only to be snagged by the fish. Using his Minn Kota to drive over the top of the fish he was able to free the bass and after a 6-7 minute tussle netted the weekend’s big bass of 2.83kg. As the results turned out, this fish alone would have won him the tournament. But, it was not over yet and Somerset renown for its big bass, could easily change the leaderboard.
“I returned in the second session, hooking 7 undersize fish in about 45 minutes before I landed a legal on a fast strip,” he explained.
After a minute silence for Anzac Day, Eldred headed out in pole position on day two, with almost a 2kg lead over his nearest competitor. The pressure was mounting. He watched as Stephen Kanowski landed his 2.49kg bass and when he did not boat a fish for the session was nervous about the end result, knowing that one of the other 71 boaters could have easily landed 2 big fish and taken out the tournament.
Fortune fell Eldred’s way and he claimed his first win of his career. Runner up Carl Jocumsen caught the most fish of any competitor for the weekend, scoring 4/6, 2.63kg, but the quality was not enough to get him across the line.
Jocumsen headed to Pelican Point in the first session and like most anglers found the fishing tough and returned to the weigh in with an empty well.
“In the second session I thought I would try something out of the ordinary,” explained Jocumsen.
“With the fishing tough and plenty of angling pressure I felt the bass might push to structure, so I headed to the trees at the mouth of nearby Wyangi Creek,” he continued.
Using a Millerod 7’2” Bass Buster matched to a Shimano Twin Power 2500 reel spooled with 3lb Stren Microfuse and 8lb Unitika leader, Carl threw a new Bassman Compact Spinnerbait 5/8oz black/gold with downsized tandem blades.
From the second tree, he scored a 34cm bass on the drop and with his non boater landing a 25lb Mary River Cod from the third tree; Carl knew his hunch was right.
Quickly landed his second bass and filing his limit, Jocumsen sounded another set of trees and found fish holding tight to structure with his Humminbird sounder. He returned to the weigh in with this knowledge up his sleeve for Day 2.
At the beginning of session 3 Carl hunted for that lucrative big bass at Pelican Point, but quickly moved to his trees where he landed another 2 legal bass on the same Bassman Compact Spinnerbait.
“You had to land the lure close to the tree and use a constant slow roll, the lure would get hit several times before hooking up,” he said.
Champion non boater Matt Hawkless claimed his second career victory with 3/6, 2.52kg. His weapon of choice a 7ft 6-10lb Daiwa Heartland XA rod matched to a 2000 Heartland reel spooled with 12lb Sunline Castaway and 10lb Sunline FC Rock.
Hawkless claimed his session 2 bag on a 1/2oz Bassman Spinnerbait brown/gold/black lure. Fishing the edges opposite the Spit with boater Jody Vernon, he targeted sticks and points close to the edge with a sink to the bottom followed by a slow roll and pause retrieve.
Day 2 saw Hawkless fishing with Adrian Melchior in the bay opposite Pelican Point, where he landed a small bass on an Ecogear VX40 blade in colour 405 (gold/red with black stripes). Finding active schools in 14 feet of water he would let the lure sink to the bottom and wind the reel 10 times before opening the bail up and sinking the lure once again. It was on the second retrieve that he scored his fish, landing 8 undersize bass before he landed his solitary legal fish for the session.
With 133 competitors and a crowd of campers and watercraft users it was a busy weekend, but thoroughly enjoyed by competitors even though the bass were tight lipped. The Battery Traders vouchers for each session went to Greg Munro, Toby Wilson and Stephen Kanowski for their big fish, proudly donated by event victor Steve Eldred.
We know look toward the 3rd event in the 2010 Quantum BASS Pro season at Lake Boondooma, June 26-27.
For more information visit www.australianbass.com.au or phone ABT on 07 3387 0888.
| Quantum BASS Pro Series: TT Lake Somerset BASS Pro Qualifier Boater Results | |||||||||||
| Place | Angler | State | F1 | W1 | F2 | W2 | F3 | W3 | TF | TW | Payout |
| 1 | Steve ELDRED | QLD | 1 | 2.83 | 1 | 1.08 | 2 | 3.91 | 3000, Gary Howard/TT rod, Quantum TE100HPT reel x 2, $500 Big Bass, $675 1st Pro | ||
| 2 | Carl JOCUMSEN | QLD | 2 | 1.26 | 2 | 1.37 | 4 | 2.63 | 1600, Quantum TE100HPT reel, $405 2nd Pro | ||
| 3 | Stephen KANOWSKI | QLD | 1 | 2.49 | 1 | 2.49 | 1250, S3 $50 Battery Traders voucher | ||||
| 4 | Danny ROBINSON | NSW | 2 | 2.3 | 2 | 2.3 | 1000 | ||||
| 5 | Gavin DUNNE | QLD | 2 | 2.03 | 2 | 2.03 | 850 | ||||
| 6 | Matt FRASER | QLD | 2 | 1.83 | 2 | 1.83 | 750 | ||||
| 7 | Peter LEGGETT | Qld | 2 | 1.41 | 1 | 0.42 | 3 | 1.83 | 750 | ||
| 8 | Glyn BARKHUIZEN | QLD | 2 | 1.77 | 2 | 1.77 | 600 | ||||
| 9 | Toby WILSON | NSW | 1 | 1.67 | 1 | 1.67 | 600, S2 $50 Battery Traders voucher | ||||
| 10 | Matthew MOTT | QLD | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 1.07 | 3 | 1.57 | 500 | ||
| 11 | Jody VERNON | NSW | 1 | 1.04 | 1 | 0.38 | 2 | 1.42 | 500 | ||
| 12 | Matt JOHNSON | Qld | 1 | 0.58 | 1 | 0.83 | 2 | 1.41 | 350 | ||
| 13 | Steven OTTO | QLD | 2 | 1.21 | 2 | 1.21 | 250, 3rd Pro $270 | ||||
| 14 | Spiro ZANTIOTIS | QLD | 2 | 1.1 | 2 | 1.1 | 250 | ||||
| 15 | Mike CONNOLLY | QLD | 1 | 0.62 | 1 | 0.47 | 2 | 1.09 | |||
| 16 | Tristan TAYLOR | Qld | 1 | 1.08 | 1 | 1.08 | |||||
| 17 | Peter ROBINSON | NSW | 2 | 1.05 | 2 | 1.05 | |||||
| 18 | Simon BARKHUIZEN | QLD | 1 | 1.01 | 1 | 1.01 | |||||
| 19 | David GREEN | QLD | 1 | 0.52 | 1 | 0.46 | 2 | 0.98 | |||
| 20 | Matthew ANDERSON | NSW | 2 | 0.91 | 2 | 0.91 | |||||
| 21 | Bruce ANDERSON | NSW | 1 | 0.91 | 1 | 0.91 | |||||
| 22 | Callum MUNRO | Qld | 1 | 0.82 | 1 | 0.82 | |||||
| 23 | Mike CREIGHTON | QLD | 1 | 0.67 | 1 | 0.67 | |||||
| 24 | Craig SIMMONS | QLD | 1 | 0.59 | 1 | 0.59 | |||||
| 25 | Gregg FLETT | NSW | 1 | 0.53 | 1 | 0.53 | |||||
| 26 | Wayne REED | NSW | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | |||||
| 27 | Trevor FOOTE | QLD | 1 | 0.48 | 1 | 0.48 | |||||
| 28 | Paul HEMPSTEAD | Qld | 1 | 0.48 | 1 | 0.48 | |||||
| 29 | Jake SCHWERIN | QLD | 1 | 0.48 | 1 | 0.48 | |||||
| 30 | Dean SILVESTER | QLD | 1 | 0.47 | 1 | 0.47 | |||||
| 31 | David REYNOLDS | Qld | 1 | 0.45 | 1 | 0.45 | |||||
| 32 | Christian SERNE | QLD | 1 | 0.38 | 1 | 0.38 | |||||
| 33 | Greg PARKES | NSW | 1 | 0.36 | 1 | 0.36 | |||||
| 34 | Mark MANGOLD | NSW | |||||||||
| 34 | Wayne BEAZLEY | NSW | |||||||||
| 34 | Brad CLARK | QLD | |||||||||
| 34 | Aaron MOGG | Qld | |||||||||
| 34 | Adrian MELCHIOR | NSW | |||||||||
| 34 | Gavin STICKLEN | QLD | |||||||||
| 34 | Mark LENNOX | NSW | |||||||||
| 34 | Kerry SYMES | QLD | |||||||||
| 34 | Baden SPARROW | QLD | |||||||||
| 34 | David YOUNG | QLD | |||||||||
| 34 | Shaun PARKINSON | Qld | |||||||||
| 34 | Bill SCHLOSS | Qld | |||||||||
| 34 | William SCHLOSS | QLD | |||||||||
| 34 | Stuart FRANCE | Qld | |||||||||
| 34 | Peter MAY | Qld | |||||||||
| 34 | Ross BEINKE | QLD | |||||||||
| 34 | Michael HENARE | Qld | |||||||||
| 34 | Allan PRICE | NSW | |||||||||
| 34 | Steven RICHARDS | NSW | |||||||||
| 34 | John BRIDER | Qld | |||||||||
| 34 | Mark CUTLER | NSW | |||||||||
| 34 | David WILLIAMSON | NSW | |||||||||
| 34 | Paul FOOTE | QLD | |||||||||
| 34 | Brad SMITH | QLD | |||||||||
| 34 | Peter DERKSEN | Qld | |||||||||
| 34 | Daniel CLANCY | NSW | |||||||||
| 34 | Paul GILLESPIE | NSW | |||||||||
| 34 | Peter JENKINS | NSW | |||||||||
| 34 | Allan HOFFMAN | QLD | |||||||||
| 34 | Ron JONES | NSW | |||||||||
| 34 | Paul PIPER | NSW | |||||||||
| 34 | Stephen ALMOND | NSW | |||||||||
| 34 | Mark REINBOTT | QLD | |||||||||
| 34 | Ken MURRAY | Qld | |||||||||
| 34 | Paul COOPER | QLD | |||||||||
| 34 | Joel NORMAN | NSW | |||||||||
| 34 | Stephen DUFF | Vic | |||||||||
| 34 | Ross MURRAY | Qld | |||||||||
| 34 | Jay PERHAM | QLD | |||||||||
| Quantum BASS Pro Series: TT Lake Somerset BASS Pro Qualifier Non-Boater Results | |||||||||||
| Place | Angler | State | F1 | W1 | F2 | W2 | F3 | W3 | TF | TW | Payout |
| 1 | Matt HAWKLESS | Qld | 2 | 2.1 | 1 | 0.42 | 3 | 2.52 | Gary Howard/TT rod, Quantum TE100 HPT reel, $50 Charltons voucher, prize pack | ||
| 2 | Greg MUNRO | QLD | 1 | 1.25 | 1 | 0.76 | 2 | 2.01 | Blue Acres Lamiglas, $50 Charltons voucher,prize pack, $50 Battery Traders voucher | ||
| 3 | Kris GEORGE | QLD | 1 | 0.95 | 1 | 0.65 | 2 | 1.6 | Shimano Twin Power 2500 reel, $50 Charltons voucher, prize pack | ||
| 4 | Mike DELISSER | QLD | 2 | 1.29 | 2 | 1.29 | TT lure pack, $50 Charltons voucher, prize pack | ||||
| 5 | Brendan DEURLOO | QLD | 2 | 1.24 | 2 | 1.24 | Spotters sunglasses, $50 Charltons voucher, prize pack | ||||
| 6 | Luke NOVAK | NSW | 1 | 1.16 | 1 | 1.16 | Ugly Fish sunglasses pack, $50 Charltons voucher, prize pack | ||||
| 7 | John SCHWERIN | QLD | 2 | 1.04 | 2 | 1.04 | 21 Carrot Gold Stix rod, Quantum TE100 HPT reel, $50 Charltons voucher, prize pack | ||||
| 8 | Brendan WEIL | QLD | 1 | 1.03 | 1 | 1.03 | Squidgies tackle bag,$50 Charltons voucher, prize pack | ||||
| 9 | John PICTON | NSW | 2 | 1.03 | 2 | 1.03 | Squidgies tackle bag,$50 Charltons voucher, prize pack | ||||
| 10 | Hilton SMITH | NSW | 1 | 0.69 | 1 | 0.69 | Engel Cooler bag, $50 Charltons voucher, prize pack | ||||
| 11 | Stephen CLENTON | QLD | 1 | 0.67 | 1 | 0.67 | |||||
| 12 | Shane ANDERSON | QLD | 1 | 0.55 | 1 | 0.55 | |||||
| 13 | Jay WELCH | NSW | 1 | 0.51 | 1 | 0.51 | |||||
| 14 | Richard POTTER | NSW | 1 | 0.49 | 1 | 0.49 | |||||
| 15 | John CIANCIO | QLD | 1 | 0.48 | 1 | 0.48 | |||||
| 16 | John KOCH | QLD | 1 | 0.42 | 1 | 0.42 | |||||
| 17 | Daniel MOLLOY | Qld | 1 | 0.39 | 1 | 0.39 | |||||
| 18 | Joseph URQUHART | NSW | |||||||||
| 18 | Tom REYNOLDS | Qld | |||||||||
| 18 | Jason LOWE | Qld | |||||||||
| 18 | Brett KLEINSCHMIDT | Qld | |||||||||
| 18 | Ashley SIMS | Qld | |||||||||
| 18 | Paul BERRY | NSW | |||||||||
| 18 | Shaun FALKENHAGEN | Qld | |||||||||
| 18 | Arthur ALLEN | Qld | |||||||||
| 18 | Howard ALTHAUS | Qld | |||||||||
| 18 | Warwick LYNDON | QLD | |||||||||
| 18 | Stephen MCLEAN | NSW | |||||||||
| 18 | Brooke KENNETT | NSW | |||||||||
| 18 | Matthew MCDONALD | QLD | |||||||||
| 18 | David INGRAM | Qld | |||||||||
| 18 | Dan MALLORY | QLD | |||||||||
| 18 | Mal FAVAGER | QLD | |||||||||
| 18 | Adrian WILSON | QLD | |||||||||
| 18 | Alan MCNAMARA | NSW | |||||||||
| 18 | Ken BRIDER | QLD | |||||||||
| 18 | Daniel QUARMBY | NSW | |||||||||
| 18 | Michael MILNE | NSW | |||||||||
| 18 | Adam ROGERS | QLD | |||||||||
| 18 | Kris CAMERON | QLD | |||||||||
| 18 | Karen FONTAINE | NSW | |||||||||
| 18 | Declan WILLIAMS | Qld | |||||||||
| 18 | Luke MULHOLLAND | NSW | |||||||||
| 18 | Tom BURTON | QLD | |||||||||
| 18 | David MCDONALD | QLD | |||||||||
| 18 | Peter MORGAN | QLD | |||||||||
| 18 | Shayne BATES | Qld | |||||||||
| 18 | Jayson DEFORREST-HADDLETON | NSW | |||||||||
| 18 | David J SIMMONS | QLD | |||||||||
| 18 | Terry ALWOOD | QLD | |||||||||
| 18 | Alphonse DEGRAAF | QLD | |||||||||
| 18 | Tim STEENHUIS | QLD | |||||||||
| 18 | Rob HINTON | Qld | |||||||||
| 18 | Darryn LOVE | Qld | |||||||||
| 18 | Thomas STONEHAM | QLD | |||||||||
| 18 | Wayne PYLE | QLD | |||||||||
| 18 | Aaron BURGESS | NSW | |||||||||
| 18 | Deborah KOWALCZYK | NSW | |||||||||
| 18 | Candice HOFFMAN | QLD | |||||||||
| 18 | Katsutoshi FURUSAWA | JPN | |||||||||
| 18 | Trevor STEAD | QLD | |||||||||
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