Mar Fishing Comp - WINNERS ANNOUNCED

[leftieant]

Thanks to DAVO'S BAIT AND TACKLE, it's time for the March Fishing Comp. This month's comp will run from Sat 7 Mar to Sun 15 Mar. Rules are below:

Entries:
All entered fish will earn 30 points
All Tales of Woe will earn 10 points
Only one (1) fish per person per comp period. You can upgrade your entry by editing your original post - however your ORIGINAL post date will count for the mystery date (see below).

Hall of Fame
If you get a 1st place, you earn a BONUS 30 points, 2nd place = 20 points and 3rd place = 10 points.

Monthly winners
There will be 6 winners per month. 1st place will earn a bonus 70 points, down to the 6th place fish earning 10 bonus points.

So far it's all pretty standard, here's the new stuff though:

MYSTERY LENGTH: Each month there will be a 'mystery length'. The entry with the closest fish length to the mystery length will double their points for that month's entry. This will include any bonus points - for example, Hall of Fame, winners points, or both! You will need to enter a fish to qualify for this - Tale of Woe ain't gonna cut it.

MYSTERY LETTER: Each month there will be a mystery letter. The first angler with the mystery letter as the first letter of their nickname will earn double points for that month's entry - including bonus points. (eg - if the mystery letter was "L", and Leftieant was the first entrant with the letter "L", I would get double points for the month). Even if you enter a Tale of Woe, you are still eligible. If no-one with that letter enters the comp for that month, the mystery bonus will not be awarded.

MYSTERY DATE: Each month there will be a mystery date. All entries for that day (fish or Tale of Woe) will earn a 50% points bonus for that month's entry. Please note, the date you post your entry in the thread will be the date used, NOT the date you caught your fish.

All of these bonus points will compound - ie if you are lucky enough to land all 3 of the mystery bonuses, you would end up with 2 x 2 x 1.5 = 6 X YOUR POINTS SCORE FOR THE MONTH!

The idea of the mystery bonuses is to mix up the points table a bit, and give a few of the big guns a scare this year!

RANDOM PRIZES: Davo's Bait & Tackle have donated 4 lures per month for random prizes, which will run through until May at this point. There will be 4 random prize winners per month!

As always, the comp will run from the 1st Saturday to the 2nd Sunday of the month. Dates may be adjusted or extended slightly for some holiday periods, solely at the Moderators discretion (ie me).

Feel free to include crap fish like Pike and Wrasse but you must be willing to handle the verbal abuse and questioning of your manhood associated with the entry of such captures.

All entries should include the following information (along with a picture of the fish)

Only one (1) fish per person per comp period. Make it a good one!!!

Name/UserName of Angler
Date of Capture
Location
Type and Size/Weight of Fish
Tackle/Line/Lure Used
Conditions (optional)
Other Comments (optional)

If you are entering a Tale of Woe, please include the information below:

Name/UserName
Date of Fishing Trip
Location
Conditions
Tale of Woe (ie why didn't you get anything!)

Good luck and get out there!

[AJD]

Edited for upgrade
AJD
Caught 12/3/09 at 8:30pm
Manly Harbour QLD
Flatty - 62cm
Little Pfluegger 1000 spinning reel with 8lb braid running to a 10lb mono leader, no sinker and a size 2/0 octopus circle hook baited with a live poddy mullet.
25knot south easterly (which is why I was inside the harbour)
This gutz ate a 5inch poddy mullet like it was a tic tac!

[victor-victor]

Victor (Victor-Victor)
Capture Date: Sat 7 March 2009
Location: Lake Burely Griffin
Fish: Golden Perch (Yellowbelly) 46 cm
Tackle: Lure Jackall TN60 (Ghost Minnow), 6lb Braid / 6lb Leader shimano chronarch MG, Burkley Dropshot T5100
Comments: Clear Morning, no wind, only obstacles where rowers ;fishing was a little slow. Yella caught in 2 meters of water within weed beds and pulled more weed than the yella. Yella released unharmed., CPR given

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[kraley]

[EDITED FOR UPGRADE]

Name/UserName of Angler: kraley
Date of Capture: 8/03/2009
Location: Balmoral
Type and Size/Weight of Fish: Yellowfin Bream 33cm's.
Tackle/Line/Lure Used: 2lb crystal fireline, 4lb flouro leader. 1/12 jighead, Gulp 2" Prawn in Mottled Grey
Conditions: Overcast, bit breezy.

Trip report here:
viewtopic.php?f=17&t=25180

[Marty75]

Name/UserName of Angler: Marty75
Date of Capture: 8/03/2009
Location: Balmoral
Type and Size/Weight of Fish: Tailor 35cm's.
Tackle/Line/Lure Used: Daiwa Advantage 2500, 3-6kg Shakespeare Graphlite rod, 8lb Power Pro braid, 14lb Nitlon leader, 6" SP.
Conditions: Overcast, bit lumpy but enjoyable.

Trip report here:
http://www.akff.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=25188

[T-curve]

Name/UserName of Angler - T-curve
Date of Capture - 8th March 2009
Location - Midnorthcoast
Type and Size/Weight of Fish - Flathead (59.5)cm
Tackle/Line/Lure Used - Daiwa Tierra/Advantage combo with 6lb braid/fc leader on a Stiffy top dog
Conditions (optional) couldnt have been better in the end

Trip Report ... viewtopic.php?f=17&t=25175

[granpop]

Name/UserName of Angler: Granpop
Date of Capture: 7 Mar 09 - Snapper
Location Burrill Lake
Type and Size/Weight of Fish 35 cm overall
Tackle/Line/Lure Used 2-4kg Sik Stik, 1500 Daiwa Exceller, 4lb braid, 6lb Vanish, Watermelon Berkley 4# Hawg
Conditions (optional) wind was a nuisance

[WayneD]

Name/UserName of Angler - WayneD
Date of Capture - 08/03
Location - Hinze Dam
Type and Size/Weight of Fish - Bass 45cm o/all
Tackle/Line/Lure Used - Lake Police Water Moccasin
Conditions (optional) - Perfect night
Other Comments (optional) - This bass did a huge smash and grab off the surface. It was awesome.

[Rstanek]

ENTRY UPGRADED, PAGE 2 OF THREAD.

[Davey G]

Name/UserName of Angler - Davey G
Date of Capture - 08/03
Location - Creek at head of Burrill Lake
Type and Size/Weight of Fish - Whiting 43cm
Tackle/Line/Lure Used - Shimano Backbone Elite 2-4kg rod, Shimano Symetre 2500 reel, 4lb Fireline, 6lb mono leader, Rebel Pop-R Clear surface lure.
Conditions (optional) - Drizzling, calm
Other Comments (optional) - Yay.

[Levi]

Name/UserName of Angler - Levi
Date of Capture - 07/03/09
Location - Ku-Rin-Gai chase national park
Type and Size/Weight of Fish - Estuary Perch- 35cm
Tackle/Line/Lure Used - 4lb fireline, 6lb sure catch fluro-carbon leader, 3' gulp minnow pumkin seed on squidgy resin head
Conditions- Last of run out tide, calm and sunny, luverly!
Other Comments (optional) - how excing, my first entry.. hope this is alright?
First decent EP's, No brag mat, and only camera was the crackberry, so apologise for poor photo. Measured and released with all his brothers and sisters (including bigger sister with no photo... next month i will take a real camera!)

[Gorey]

Name/UserName of Angler: Gorey
Date of Capture: 07/03/2009
Location: Gold coast
Type and Size/Weight of Fish: Estuary cod 54cm.
Tackle/Line/Lure Used: 10lb Fins braid, 40lb flouro leader. Tilsan barra (red)
Conditions: About midday, lots of boat traffic / jetskis, getting a bit windy.
Other comments: Fought like a champion. Got him right next to a bridge pylon.

[Alster99]

Name/UserName of Angler: Alster99
Date of Capture: 8th March, 2009
Location: Ricketts Point, PPB, Vic.
Type and Size/Weight of Fish: Snapper/Pinkie. 40cm
Tackle/Line/Lure Used: Innovator Shogun 6'6 2-4kg spin rod, Shimano Aerlex 2500 reel, 8lb fireline, 8lb fluorocarbon leader, Gulp 6 inch camo sandworms.
Conditions (optional): 9:30am, Overcast, Southerly around 10 knots.
Other Comments (optional): Fished through the piscatorial family tree including all the undersized ones to land this one. My biggest from the yak yet

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[paffoh]

Name/UserName of Angler: Paffoh
Date of Capture: 8th March, 2009
Location: Burrill Lake, NSW
Type and Size/Weight of Fish: Flathead 46cm
Tackle/Line/Lure Used: TD Advantage 3 Med Light, TD Advantage 2500, TD Sensor 8lb, TD Leader 8lb, Mini Micro Mullet
Conditions (optional): Pretty good, that lure always makes it better day ( Bleeding Mullet pattern )
Other Comments (optional): AKFF Burrill weekend, had to freeze a frame off the video I took for measurement.

[BJM]

Name/UserName of Angler: BJM
Date of Capture: 8th March, 2009
Location: Hinze Dam
Type and Size/Weight of Fish: Saratoga - 47cm
Tackle/Line/Lure Used: 1-3kg 7' spin with 6lb mono straight through to Halco popper in a very pretty fluro pink (Manly)
Conditions (optional):Water temp of about 27deg on a overcast, fair amount of moon out.
Other Comments (optional): My first ever Toga, it got a few jumps in and as I netted it and let out my WOO HOOOOOOO I found that it had spat the lure into the net - One more and it was goneski.

Ignore me smug idiotic look, was mighty pleased with myself.