19Nov2007
Mango Magic
Team Berkley's Mark "Mango" Mangold has topped off another successful year of tournament fishing by finishing 3rd in the ABT'S angler rankings. A win in the Aus open teams event and a 2nd in the Derwent Tasmania round and a 3rd in the Sydney ABT round boulsterd points for a solid performance for the year. Mango also placed highly at many other events including a 6th at the Glenbawn ABT Bass round, a 5th at St Helens, 9th at the Clarence, 7th at Gippsland and an 11th at the Hawkesbury. Mango also holds the ABT's 2nd spot record for the biggest bag of 5 bream weighing in at an impressive 6.120 kg.When Mango's not out fishing, he's piloting the team Berkley chopper, tuff job he reckons, but some ones got to do it!Mango and his SKEETER are proudly powered by Evinrude E-TECMango preparing his boat for the next days fishing, many hours of preparation are put in off the water to make sure nothing go's wrong in the heat of competition. Mango waiting for the start of day two's competition at t
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Towner Finishes 3rd in ABT Grand Final
Team Berkley's Scott Towner has finished 2007 on a high by taking out 3rd place in this years ABT grand final as well as the ABT's number 1 angler ranking. The ever consistent Towner fished against, Cameron Wittam, Stephen Wheeler and Ben Godfrey in a one session shootout contested in four identical Quintrex Hornets, after the two previous days of fishing had decided the top four anglers. Queensland's Ben Godfrey ultimately secured 1st place and towed home a gleaming new Quintrex Hornet for his efforts on the picturesque but challenging waters of Lake Macquarie. Scotty, in his SKEETER battle wagon ready for action on day two, the calm clear conditions made it tuff for competitors.Towner's quiver, Pro Tactics, Cardinal 802's and Stren Microfuse Scotty and Team Berkley are proudly powered by Evinrude E-tecScotty was also crowned Tasmanian angler of the year for finishing with the highest accumulated points for the ABT Tasmanian rounds
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Berkley Soft Bait Challange New Zealand
Kiwi's were recently introduced to the world of catch and release tournament style fishing in the form of the Berkley Soft Bait Challenge. The tournament was run out of the picturesque water side hamlet of Warkworth, situated around an hours drive north of Auckland. This was basically a trial run for a much bigger event planned for next year. A stiff early morning breeze greeted a field of keen anglers that consisted of 17 teams with a total of 50 competitors. "Team Westie" took out the champion team award, closely followed by "Team Assassin". The biggest fish of the event measured 730mm and was caught by team Assassin.Every one involved had a great time and are keen to get back next year to have a crack at winning the champion teams trophy, made by Team Berkley's resident artist Rob Fort
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Kayaking on the Coromandel
There's nothing I love better than catching snapper and kings on Gulp, during a recent trip to New Zealand's Coromandel peninsula I jumped onto one of Rob Fort's kayaks for a bit of a paddle and a cast around some of the spectacular inshore islands. It didn't take long for the action start, its quite different fighting larger fish from a kayak as you get towed around trying to land them. Fresh kiwi snapper, scallops, crayfish and a cold beer, hard to beat I reckon. Rob and his partner Jackie Danton are both part of the Berkley New Zealand Pro Team and run a kayak and guiding business out of Coromandel town on the North Islands east coast. Rob is also a talented artist that spends many hours producing amazing air brush works of New Zealands marine life and fish species. A nice catch of kiwi snapper that come out of the shallows around the islands, lightly weighted 5 inch Gulp Jerk shads are always deadly around the kelp lined rocky edges. Rob and Jackie's kayaks were perfectly set up fo
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Guesty wins Dave Irvine Snapper Tournament
Team Berkley's Michael Guest recently won the Dave Irvine snapper Tournament held on the magnificent off shore waters of Coffs Harbor. Guesty used a combination of 5 and 7 inch Gulp Jerk Shads to land the biggest fish of the event ( 87 cm ) and also took out the overall champion angler trophy. This event was the first of its kind in Australia, introducing catch and release tournament style fishing to anglers that enjoy pursuing larger offshore species such as our iconic bumpy headed reds. Once again Gulp, Nitro and Fireline proved to be a tournament winning combination.
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