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Steve Slides into Win at Suncorp Somerset Slugfest

#79 - 0--bassadmin--Steve Slides into Win at Suncorp Somerset Slugfest--2005-08-28 15:37:45

#Somerset Dam finally fished to its potential at a BASS Pro event, with dozens of huge limits weighed by anglers fishing the final qualifying round of the 2005 Yamaha BASS Pro season - the Suncorp sponsored event.

And Steve 'Killer' Kanowski steadily ascended the leader board from session to session, taking both the event and the prestigious BASS Pro Angler of the Year for 2005 with the one performance. His 6/6, 11.09kg bag eclipsed a fast-finishing Jason Ehrlich (6/6, 10.71kg) while Craig Simmons (6/6, 10.70kg), Greg Walton (6/6, 10.59kg) and Kerry Ehrlich (6/6, 10.44kg) filled the top five places.
- Targeting breaklines in 30 to 40 feet of water, Steve fished a couple of confidence lures as close to the bottom and as slowly as he could. Both were Slider grubs fished on 5/8oz Nitro Dam Deep jigheads and he alternated between smoke/yellow core and Tennessee Shad colours.




"There was no speed that was too slow for the bass this weekend," Steve explained, "and nearly every one of my fish ate the lure within a foot or two of the bottom."




Slowing his drift in a stiff south-easter with a sea-anchor, Steve said that it was an event where anglers needed to be in the right place at the right time. The bigger bass tended to bite in bursts.




"I had a horrible practice day on the Friday," Killer recalled, "I only got one bite all day, so I just went back to spots that had produced for me in prior events and it paid off."




Steve's tackle consisted of an Angler DCX 841 rod, Angler Stealth 2000 reel, 10lb PE braid and 12lb Yamatoyo leader.




Second placed Jason Ehrlich also finished the event with a flurry, jumping from the 29th placed boater after session one to 17th overall overnight and into second place after session three.




"This is the best I've ever seen Somerset fish in a tournament - the lake handled the fishing pressure incredibly well," Ehrlich observed, "but I had a feeling that it wouldn't be a bank bite this weekend - the winter's been too warm to really bring the fish up. There's been good schooled fish all winter."




Jason also targeted bass on breaklines - the areas where flats dropped off into the old river bed - but most of his fish were caught in the 17 to 20 foot zone.




"My pattern revolved around the soft Jackall Mask Vib 60 in Pearl Ayu colour," Ehrlich explained, "I'd cast the lure across the zone, let it sink to the bottom, and retrieve it with a series of hops - usually three or four hops in rapid succession followed by a slow roll of a couple of metres. The bass always ate the bait on the drop after a hop or slow roll."




"I like the larger Mask as it sinks at a rate that bass like, and that's when it got bit."




Ehrlich added to the presentation by dipping his Mask in an old Berkley Powerbait bag with left-over imitation scales.




"It make it look even more real after I did that," he concluded.




Ehrlich's Jackall was attached to a 15lb Vanish leader, 8lb XDS Fireline, a 7' Strudwick SoftBodz rod and Shimano Sustain 1500 reel.




NEW BASS BAG RECORD


Non-boater Ian Pfingst was sitting in 93rd place after the second session, but a record-breaking session three limit - including the Daiwa Big Bass of 3.00kg - propelled him into the non-boater top ten.




The 5.68kg limit easily eclipsed Gavin Dunne's briefly-held 5.20kg record bag weighed at a recent BASS Electric event at Wivenhoe Dam, just downstream.




Ian landed the enormous pair on ice jigs in open water.




Stuart Fraser bagged the non-boater main prize with 6/6 bass for 9.83kg.




BASS Pro AOY DECIDED


The closeness of the 2005 BASS Pro Angler of the Year race meant that final results had to be calculated after the event, but Steve Kanowski's top three finishes pipped the incredibly consistent Carl Jocumsen's performance in a year where Carl didn't finish out of the top ten at any event.




The award - to be presented at the Yamaha BASS Pro Grand Final at Lake Borumba - is Kanowski's second AOY title. He's the first to reclaim the award after losing it.





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Yamaha BASS Pro Series 2005: Suncorp Lake Somerset BASS Pro Results
Place	Angler	State	F1	W1	F2	W2	F3	W3	TF	TW	AOY
1	Stephen KANOWSKI	QLD	2	2.41	2	4.5	2	4.18	6	11.09	100
2	Jason EHRLICH	QLD	2	2.24	2	4.24	2	4.23	6	10.71	99
3	Craig SIMMONS	QLD	2	3.38	2	2.86	2	4.46	6	10.7	98
4	Greg WALTON	QLD	2	4.01	2	3.02	2	3.56	6	10.59	97
5	Kerry EHRLICH	QLD	2	4.26	2	4.27	2	1.91	6	10.44	96
6	Carl JOCUMSEN	QLD	2	4.5	2	3.83	2	1.93	6	10.26	95
7	Trevor STEAD	QLD	2	3.54	2	3.02	2	3.55	6	10.11	94
8	Harry WATSON	QLD	2	3.58	2	3.28	2	3.17	6	10.03	93
9	Stuart FRASER	QLD	2	2.37	2	4.83	2	2.63	6	9.83	92
10	Glen BARKHUIZEN	QLD	2	2.78	2	2.27	2	4.72	6	9.77	91
11	Dexter GRANADA	QLD	2	2.99	2	3.81	2	2.89	6	9.69	90
12	Michael CLUTTERBUCK	QLD	2	1.61	2	4.18	2	3.8	6	9.59	89
13	Tony MOTT	QLD	2	2.94	2	3.59	2	3.06	6	9.59	88
14	Barry OXFORD	QLD	2	2.87	2	3.63	2	2.98	6	9.48	87
15	Matthew MOTT	QLD	2	3.04	2	2.74	2	3.62	6	9.4	86
16	Mike DELISSER	QLD	2	4.63	2	4.31			4	8.94	85
17	Mark PERTOT	QLD	2	2.84	2	3.8	2	2.23	6	8.87	84
18	Dave MANSON		2	4.33	2	3.73	1	0.68	5	8.74	83
19	David GREEN	QLD	1	0.78	2	4.29	2	3.46	5	8.53	82
20	Bradley CLARK	QLD	2	4	2	2.51	2	1.96	6	8.47	81
21	Michael WEGER	QLD	2	2.78	2	3.54	1	1.83	5	8.15	80
22	Wayne BLUNDELL	QLD	2	2.76	2	2.9	2	2.46	6	8.12	79
23	Graham SABINE	QLD	2	3.24	2	1.83	2	2.88	6	7.95	78
24	Dan MALLORY	QLD	2	3.38	2	2.46	2	2.08	6	7.92	77
25	Paul COOPER	QLD	2	3.87	2	4.03			4	7.9	76
26	Ian PFINGST		1	0.97	1	1.23	2	5.68	4	7.88	75
27	Alan MCNAMARA	NSW	2	1.9	2	2.6	2	3.37	6	7.87	74
28	Tim MORGAN	QLD	2	3.79	2	3.97			4	7.76	73
29	Peter MAY	Qld	1	0.55	2	4.59	1	2.46	4	7.6	72
30	Zach KRONK	QLD	2	2.48	2	3.17	2	1.86	6	7.51	71
31	Wayne PARRY	NSW	2	2.28	2	2.83	2	2.33	6	7.44	70
32	Mike CONNOLLY	QLD	2	1.92	2	3.47	2	2.03	6	7.42	69
33	Kevin JONES	QLD	2	1.45	2	2.51	2	3.45	6	7.41	68
34	Dan RYAN	QLD	2	2.57	2	2.26	2	2.58	6	7.41	67
35	Michael STUBBIN		2	3	2	3.15	1	1.01	5	7.16	66
36	Stephen ALMOND	NSW	1	1.87	2	2.12	2	2.96	5	6.95	65
37	Trent MANDER	QLD	2	2	2	2.65	2	2.04	6	6.69	64
38	Trevor FOOTE	QLD	2	2.39	2	1.97	1	2.17	5	6.53	63
39	Gavin DUNNE	QLD	2	4.83			1	1.66	3	6.49	62
40	Paul FLEMING	QLD	2	1.79	2	3.82	1	0.79	5	6.4	61
41	Michael STEWART	QLD	2	2.07	1	1.19	2	3.01	5	6.27	60
42	David HISLOP	QLD	2	2.41	2	3.85			4	6.26	59
43	Gerard BARTON	NSW	1	1.9	2	4.34			3	6.24	58
44	Sue FLEMING	QLD	2	3.06	2	1.81	2	1.32	6	6.19	57
45	Greg PARKES	NSW	1	2.14	2	2.06	2	1.93	5	6.13	56
46	Adrian MELCHIOR	NSW	2	4.16	2	1.91			4	6.07	55
47	Mal FAVAGER	QLD	2	3.82			1	2.14	3	5.96	54
48	Peter MORGAN	QLD	2	2.39	2	2.27	2	1.22	6	5.88	53
49	Mark CUTLER	NSW			1	1.09	2	4.65	3	5.74	52
50	Alex PETROV	QLD	2	2.66	1	1.86	1	1.11	4	5.63	51
51	David CAREY	QLD	2	1.85	2	2.05	2	1.69	6	5.59	50
52	Simon BARKHUIZEN	QLD			2	1.91	2	3.59	4	5.5	49
53	Kerry SYMES	QLD	1	1.21	2	3.08	1	1.03	4	5.32	48
54	David MUDD	NSW	2	3.39	1	1.8			3	5.19	47
55	Andrew PULBROOK	NSW	1	1.65	2	2.42	2	1.11	5	5.18	46
56	Mark HARTWELL	QLD	2	2.02	1	0.86	2	2.16	5	5.04	45
57	Baden SPARROW	QLD	2	2.93	2	2.08			4	5.01	44
58	Scott DAKIN		2	2.82			2	2.16	4	4.98	43
59	Jos VANDEVEN		2	2.26	2	2.67			4	4.93	42
60	Peter KEIDGE	QLD	2	2.02	2	2.25	1	0.62	5	4.89	41
61	Jason WEARE	QLD	1	0.91	1	0.73	2	3.22	4	4.86	40
62	Nicole JOVANOVIC	Qld	2	2.98	1	1.05	1	0.81	4	4.84	39
63	Scott MCKENZIE	QLD	2	1.12	2	3.64			4	4.76	38
64	Kym ROBERTS				2	2.5	2	2.08	4	4.58	37
65	Colin SINGLETON	QLD	2	1.86	1	0.78	2	1.89	5	4.53	36
66	Barry JACKSON	QLD	2	2.11	1	1.14	2	1.21	5	4.46	35
67	Spiro ZANTIOTIS	QLD			1	1.33	2	3.12	3	4.45	34
68	Peter JENKINS	NSW	2	3.53			1	0.86	3	4.39	33
69	Steven BECHLY	QLD			2	3.42	1	0.89	3	4.31	32
70	Ken MURRAY	Qld	2	2.33	1	0.84	1	1.07	4	4.24	31
71	Chris JOWETT	Qld	1	1.01	1	2.06	1	1.15	3	4.22	30
72	Matt FRASER	QLD	1	0.78	2	1.95	2	1.48	5	4.21	29
73	Jason JOVANOVIC	QLD	1	1.09	2	2.11	1	0.9	4	4.1	28
74	Chris ELDRED	QLD	1	0.93	1	0.8	2	2.18	4	3.91	27
75	Roy SOUTER	QLD			2	3.07	1	0.83	3	3.9	26
76	Mark MANDER	Qld	1	1.58	2	1.6	1	0.65	4	3.83	25
77	Bob TOWN	QLD	2	1.86	2	1.84			4	3.7	24
78	Gavin STICKLEN		2	1.79			2	1.83	4	3.62	23
79	Ian GALLOWAY	QLD	2	2.38	1	0.95			3	3.33	22
80	Wayne GORDON	QLD	2	2.73	1	0.57			3	3.3	21
81	Terry MCCULLOGH		2	2.56	1	0.64			3	3.2	20
82	Richard ROBSON	NSW	1	1.22			2	1.77	3	2.99	19
83	Dave ROBINSON	QLD	2	1.44	1	1.53			3	2.97	18
84	Vicki WINTER	NSW	2	2.47	1	0.48			3	2.95	17
85	Phil BEVIS	QLD			2	1.94	2	0.97	4	2.91	16
86	Jay MORGAN	QLD	1	0.97	2	1.88			3	2.85	15
87	Greg FARRELL	NSW	2	2.72					2	2.72	14
88	Christian SERNE	NSW	1	1.6	1	1.11			2	2.71	13
89	Danny ROBINSON	NSW			2	2.02	1	0.57	3	2.59	12
90	Ross MURRAY	Qld			2	2.57			2	2.57	11
91	Tony PAYNE	QLD	2	2.54					2	2.54	10
92	Natalie GRIMA	NSW	1	0.98	2	1.56			3	2.54	9
93	Peter BOUGHTON	NSW			2	2.53			2	2.53	8
94	Nathan SEWELL	QLD					1	2.49	1	2.49	7
95	David YOUNG	QLD			1	2.45			1	2.45	6
96	Bill JONES				1	1.39	1	1.02	2	2.41	5
97	Paul FOOTE	QLD			2	2.25			2	2.25	4
98	Glen CASEY	NSW					1	2.22	1	2.22	3
99	Michael BOYD	NSW			1	0.88	1	1.23	2	2.11	2
100	Mark LAWSON	QLD	1	2.09					1	2.09	1
101	Chris ELLIOT	Qld	2	1.97					2	1.97
102	Brad SMITH	NSW	2	1.96					2	1.96
103	Mike CREIGHTON	QLD	2	1.93					2	1.93
104	Max FROST	NSW	2	1.82					2	1.82
105	Bruce MOSS	QLD	1	0.76			1	1.01	2	1.77
106	Dale MULLINS	QLD			1	1.07	1	0.57	2	1.64
107	Cameron BALL	QLD					1	1.61	1	1.61
108	Justin SCOTT	NSW	2	1.56					2	1.56
109	Ian BLACK	QLD	1	1.55					1	1.55
110	Ray SARGENT	QLD	1	0.61			1	0.85	2	1.46
111	Dean MCLEOD		1	1.21					1	1.21
112	Glenn WHITE	Qld	1	1.12					1	1.12
113	Brad HOLMAN	QLD			1	0.9			1	0.9
114	Kristoffer HICKSON	NSW					1	0.64	1	0.64
115	Adrian KAMPF	QLD
115	David WARD	QLD
115	Mick CLARKE	NSW
115	Michael PASCOE	NSW
115	Jason BRETT
115	Steve MORGAN	QLD
115	Jarrod BURTON
115	Tony HOBMAN	QLD
115	Steven MCDONALD	NSW

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