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The Tasmanian Bream Classic 2013 Final Results

Day Two saw a small breeze at the start and weather was a little cooler. Team Bream It On backed up their lead with another good bag leaving them on top of the leader board with Josh Williams taking out the Cranka big Bream with a 1.520kg. Team Cranka slugged it out with no main motor all weekend and still came up with the goods, slotting them into second place with a top bag 5.670kg. Third place went to a father and son team with smiles all round for them. Another smooth and great tournament was had by all. With anglers looking forward to the final round on the Derwent River in Hobart.

: Category: Fishing Competitions; Published: 12 March 2013; Hits: 5644

Fishing Competitions

Tasmanian Bream Classic 2013 Saturday 9 March Results

Today saw the start of round 2 of The Tasmanian Bream classic 2013 held on the Swan River. Weather conditions were perfect and Swansea as always put on a beautiful day. With nearly all anglers catching a mix of big and small fish, positions after day one are tight and as a result have made way for a tightly contested day of fishing tomorrow.

Results:

: Category: Fishing Competitions; Published: 10 March 2013; Hits: 6611

Fishing Competitions

SHIMANO SAROS FA SPIN REEL

The existing Shimano Saros threadline series has been re-built from the ground up, with a stylish new appearance and a heap of extra features.

Looking especially smart in a gunsmoke grey, black and metallic finish, the FA series covers all the popular small to medium reel sizes — 1000, 2500, 3000 and 4000. The new XGT7 graphite frame, rotor and sideplate cuts down weight while maintaining strength, and we have X-Ship for increased gearing efficiency and power, delivered via a zinc DC gear and a hardened brass pinion for longevity and light-touch handle rotation.

: Category: Tackle, Boats and other Equipment; Published: 09 March 2013; Hits: 8665

Tackle, Boats and other Equipment

Pflueger Purist Spin and Bait Caster.

New releases. Click here and here for PDF press releases

Click read more for full sized pictures

: Category: Tackle, Boats and other Equipment; Published: 09 March 2013; Hits: 5435

Tackle, Boats and other Equipment

Community Fishing Forums

Please feel free to distribute the attached flyer for Community Fishing Forums being held in the Northern part of the state in March. The concept is being trialled and if there is sufficient interest we will conduct similar forums in the South at a later date.

Feel free to provide feedback. A PDF flyer is available here

: Category: IFS, DPIPWE, MAST and Peak Bodies; Published: 08 March 2013; Hits: 5045

IFS, DPIPWE, MAST and Peak Bodies

Bar Crusher's evolutionary Gen2 hull design

Please find attached a media release introducing Bar Crusher's evolutionary Gen2 hull design.

Introduced on the new 615C and 615HT models, the Gen2 hull delivers greater hydrodynamic lift, a higher bow attitude and better spray deflection, as well as increased stability at rest… cementing Bar Crusher's position as an innovator in boat design and construction.

: Category: Tackle, Boats and other Equipment; Published: 08 March 2013; Hits: 7188

St Helens Report 3/3/2013

We just got home from a tuna trip down at St.Helens with my brother Steve and his partner Viv. We arrived at the ramp around 8am this morning and fished until around 1.30pm. We caught around 16 albacore and a couple of stripy tuna. Most of the hook ups came from the 100 metre mark, we did troll out to the Plateau and all we caught out there was a stripy.

: Category: St Helens; Published: 08 March 2013; Hits: 4646

St Helens

Yep - Extra bonus in Pirtek Challenge

The nationwide Pirtek fishing challenge competition is on again, this year it is to be held on Sunday the 24th of March right across Australia. Primarily this competition is designed as a fund raiser for the Prostate Cancer Foundation. (https://pirtekfishingchallenge.com.au/). You may not know this, but for the last 2 years the Tasmanian section has been won using YEP TASSIE TACKLE LURES!

2011 / Mike Stevens: Won the Tassie section with a huge black back salmon caught on a Yep Tassie Tackle “Black "n" Gold Flapper” soft plastic. (click picture to enlarge)

2012 / Marcus Popowski: Won the Tassie section with the biggest flathead whilst using a Yep Tassie Tackle “Pearl White Flapper” soft plastic. (click picture to enlarge)

So given the above mentioned results, we have decided to run a competition alongside the Pirtek Challenge and attempt a "Hat Trick" of wins! Our prize on offer is $300 worth of Yep Tassie Tackle, given to any person that wins the 2013 Pirtek challenge using a Yep Tassie Tackle lure.

Rules For The Yep Tassie Tackle / HAT TRICK Competition:

The winner must have caught the fish using a Yep Tassie Tackle lure
The winner must be confirmed as the winner of the Pirtek challenge
The winner must email pictures of the winning fish and angler to Yep Tassie Tackle and agree for Yep Tassie Tackle to use this material for advertising

The $300 worth of Yep Tassie Tackle Lures prize will be given to the first prize winner of the Pirtek Challenge - ADULT
The $100 worth of Yep Tassie Tackle Lures prize will be given to the first prize winner of the Pirtek Challenge - JUNIOR

Picture of fish on Pirtek Brag Mat with Yep Lure must be supplied

: Category: Fishing Competitions; Published: 03 March 2013; Hits: 5425

Fishing Competitions

Mersey River Impossible to Spin Today 27/2/2013

After 32mm of rain in the Sheffield area yesterday I thought the Mersey River was worth a go this morning in humid and foggy conditions. Headed over to Weegena to have a fish upstream from the bridge. When I arrived there the river was like a mill pond as there was not a bit of wind about, and it looked perfect too. Looking upstream and downstream from the bridge I noticed the river had risen by a couple of inches plus there was not a sign of a fish on the rise either. This was a good sign for me as I thought it's going to be a top day for the spinner. I was wrong, as it was to be the opposite. Once in the water that was crystal clear and had a nice flow to it, and then after my first cast and retrieve the anti kink and the # 00 Black Aglia were fouled by the dreaded green cotton like algae that has been in the majority of the Mersey of late.

: Category: Mersey River; Published: 03 March 2013; Hits: 4436

Mersey River

Arthurs Lake 24/2/2013

On reading the super forecast of humid, rainy and winds 10-15 knots easing back I headed to Arthurs confident of finding a good dun hatch. How wrong was I . Wind never got under 15 knots and I'm sure got up to 25 knots meaning any hatching duns got swept up and spirited km away! I fished 4 hours and only saw 2 duns. It was a matter of getting in the lee and seeing what i could conjure up.. the trusty bead head under the dry did no good so loch style it was and within minutes of changing I hooked and subsequently lost two smallish fish.