Boat Show Time Again!

Winter time is Boat Show Time! Come see the latest in new Hobie Product including the new Hobie Tandeum Island!

 Once again Hobie Australasia with assistance from the Hobie dealer network will have on display the Hobie Product. In addition the Hobie dealer will have special "show" pricing to ensure you get the best deal.

Stop by amd meet the Hobie Team.

The 43rd Sydney International Boat Show
 

Stop in and see the Team from the Sailing Scene as well as Kayak Angler of the year, Greg Lewis.

2010 BRISBANE BOAT SHOW

2010 Hobie ABT BREAM Kayak Events

Hobie BREAM Grand Final- Final Results & Story

Taree BREAM Daniel Brown added his name to the Hobie BREAM Kayak Grand Final trophy with victory in the final event of the series at Forster, NSW, 15/16th May.

Saving his best bag of the tournament for the final day (2.45kg) Brown showed the advantage of his local knowledge, leap froging from 3rd on day one to 1st on day two to secure his maiden Hobie win. 

Compiling a 6/6, 4.62kg limit for the event Brown achieved a comprehensive win over his nearest rival, Tasmania Andrew Krushka (6/6, 1.94kg), with the 2010 champ securing the 2010 title by an impressive 400 grams.

Earmarked as one of the favourites heading into the season ending Grand Final, Brown kick started his tournament fishing the oyster racks in Wallis Lake's famous Paddock.

"I'd had originally planned to fish further up the system but my legs were spent before I got there so I stopped for a breather and starting fishing the racks at the start of the paddock", explained Brown.  

Keying in on the empty racks as the most productive ones to fish Brown focused on the rails swimming a 2" Berkley Gulp Shrimp shallow and along the structure to catch his fish. Current and water movement were crucial for success with the fishing adage of no run-no fun definitely the case for Brown.  

"Current and casting were the keys to success. When the tide pumped the fish bit, but with the clear water and shallow presentation you needed to make sure your casts were long and spot-on", explained Brown.  

With his kayak positioned into the current, Brown would cast his lure up current before working it back to the Hobie with a slow rolling retrieve. With the fishing holding shallow Brown kept his lure likewise, swimming it no deeper than six to eight inches below the surface.  

Hooking the fish was very much like a hardbody bite, with Brown only striking at fish when the rod loaded up.  

"You'd wait for the rod to load up then you'd pull hard so they didn't do you in the racks", explained Brown.  

The approach proved effective with Brown only losing one fish on day one and another three on day two.  

"It was old school aggressive rack fish, especially on day one when the wind was blowing hard and there was a good ripple on the surface", explained Brown.  

Day two saw this aggressive pattern wane slight with the easing wind, and the fish became more tentative.  

"There was a lot more tail bites of the plastic on day two and it became even more important to keep the casts long", explained Brown.  

The tackle he used to keep the casts long and muscle the fish out of the racks was a combination of two outfits, a Daiwa Luvias 701LFS rod, matched to Daiwa Certate 2000 reel spooled with 8lb line. While the other and heavier outfit was a custom made, 7', 6-12lb rod, matched to a Daiwa 2000 Certate, and spooled with 12lb Sunline PE Jigger 8 HG line.  

Brown's choice of leader was perhaps one of the main ingredients between success and failure with Brown opting for 15lb Daiwa TDR Competition fluorocarbon leader to keep his fish connected in the line shredding oyster racks.  

Lure wise Brown cashed in courtesy of the ever-popular 2" Berkley Gulp Shrimp in pepper and banana prawn colours, rigged both on his beloved TT jigheads.  

"A 1/28th, size 2 TT HWS jighead was the perfect tool for the job, giving the Shrimp just enough weight to swim at the right depth, and a small enough profile so the bream could get the plastic in its mouth with ease", explained Brown.  

Post victory Brown was perhaps most satisfied with his ability to remain focused and calm on the final day when he could see victory as a real possibility.  

"I knew I was on the fish that I needed to win, I was just concerned that I might get could caught up in the emotion of it all and start second guessing myself and what I was doing if the fish played hard to get", explained Brown.  

Remaining calm and calculated Brown executed his game plan to perfection, catching his biggest limit for the tournament on a day when many of his nearest rivals stumbled and struggled to adjust to the changing conditions.  

Bucking this faltering trended was event runner-up and self confessed yellowfin bream novice Andrew Krushka of Tasmania. Catching his first yellow fin on the Friday prefish, Krushka took to mainland breaming like a duck to water, catching his limit by 9.30am on day one, and by 10am on day two.  

"The prefish set the tone for the weekend, I caught fish just about everywhere I went and felt like I was on the ball for the tournament", explained Krushka.  

Fishing near Bandicoot Island Krushka hit the weedbeds early each day to catch his limit before switching to the racks in search of upgraders.  

"I got a few tips from fellow Tassie breamer Steve Steer and combined them with the techniques that I largely use at home to catch black bream", explained Andrew.  

Starting off with a Daiwa Presso Minnow on the weedbeds Krushka fished shallow, high sticking his rod on the retrieve and working the lure with a slow rolling retrieve.  

"The lure was so shallow at times they were almost like surface strikes", explained Andrew.  

Swimming enticingly over the top of the weed the hits were aggressive and purposeful, with the approach delivering Krushka his limit within the 2 ½ hours of the session.  

With his limit in the bag and the racks now in his sights Krushka switched baits swapping to a Cranka crankbait and working it with a roll and pause retrieve.  

"The retrieve was a bit more like what we do at home on the blacks with the occasional pause added into the slow retrieve so fish has a chance to size up the lure then eat it", explained Andrew.  

His choice of tackle for his Pressos and Crankas varied also with his flats outfit comprised of a custom made 7' G.Loomis rod, Daiwa Luvias 1500 reel spooled with 3lb Berkley Fireline and a 5-6 metre long Sunline Basic FC fluorocarbon leader. In the racks as expected Krushka upsized his gear opting for a shorter 6' Nitro rod, Daiwa Sol 1500 reel, spooled with 3lb Berkley Fireline and 6lb Sunline Sniper FC leader.  

Fishing only his second kayak event Krushka was ecstatic with his tournament results and his first experience catching mainland bream.  

"I've had an absolute ball fishing the kayak events this year, and the trip to Forster to fish the grand final has topped it all off. The fishing went better than I could ever have hoped and the family has had a real ball on the trip", explained a happy Krushka.  

Forster lived up to its reputation on day one with the $250 Boss Hog Prize going to Kevin Winchester for his 1.42kg Forster monster. Caught from the upper reaches of Beken Ridge channel the prize winning fish came on a black coloured Smith Camion SR in the last two hours of the session.

Day two once again impressed with Scott Sandilands claiming the Boss Hog prize with his 0.93kg fish. Muscled from an oyster rack in Wallis Lake the prize winning bream was caught at 10am and was tempted by a bone modena coloured Megbass Dog X Jnr.  

"I cast the Dog X into a small gap, twitched it twice and the fish smashed it", explained Sandilands.  

Winchester and Sandilands weren't alone when it came to the rewards for the event, with event victor Brown paddling away a Hobie Pro Angler Kayak for his win, and the top seven placed anglers picking up a topline Daiwa Tournament Z/ Steez rod and reel outfit. With an assortment of Hobie clothing, Atomic, Ecogear, Berkley and Bassday products making up the prize pool all anglers headed home with their tackle box bulging and set for the 2011 Hobie BREAM Kayak Series.  

ABT wishes to thank all those involved in the 2010 series, including event sponsors (Hobie, Daiwa, Berkley, Hogs Breath), Hobie dealers and anglers. Details on next year's series will be released later in the year.

More Photos at http://www.hobiefishing.com.au

2009 / 10 ABT Hobie BREAM Kayak Tour & Calendar

(Scott Lovig - Last Years Grand Final Winner)

Building on the momentum of the successful BREAM Kayak series, Hobie Kayaks is proud to announce the schedule for the 2009/2010 Hobie BREAM Kayak Tour.

What started as a small series in Queensland and NSW has rapidly expanded into a tour which incorporates events in WA, SA, Victoria, Tasmania, NSW and Queensland.

Although competitor’s fish in their own craft for the qualifying events, the Tour will culminate in the ABT Hobie BREAM Kayak Grand Final, where all qualifying competitors will fish from identical, factory supplied Hobie kayaks – complete with recirculating livewells – to create a truly level playing field.

ABT Director, Steve Morgan, identified kayak tournaments as an area of significant growth. “Kayak tournament fishing is inexpensive, accessible and healthy way to satisfy an angler’s competitive urge. There’s no telling how far kayak tournament fishing can take you. For instance, the 2009 BREAM Kayak Champion, Victorian Scott Lovig, earned a place on this year’s Australian Fishing Championships (AFC) TV show,” he said.

Hobie’s Steve Fields in even more excited about what the season will bring. “The timing of this series is just right. The momentum from the last series coupled with the excitement of the successful launch of the tournament-designed Hobie Pro Angler will ensure that this series is successful.”

ABT BREAM Kayak events are unique in that anglers catch bream on lures and then keep their three, biggest, legal fish to present to the weighmaster at the end of the fishing session. Anglers get to see first hand the quality of the bream their fellow competitors land.

Full rules and entry forms will be uploaded on www.bream.com.au and www.hobiefishing.com.au

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