THE Dave Irvine Snapper Classic took place last Saturday and Sunday with around 150 competitors enjoying some fantastic fishing on the NSW North Coast.
Dom Thornely took out best Male Angler, while Chloe Taylor won best Female Angler. The Biggest Snapper went to Christopher Smith with a 91.3cm fish, while Edgewater/Lowrance won the Team category. The Juniors section was won by Shaun Cameron and Kayaks was won by Dale Johnson.
Organiser Mark Luttrell told Fisho the event was well received, and despite some bad weather, punters had a good comp with big numbers of fish caught. Saturday morning was reportedly fine until a strong Nor-Easter blew up. Sunday’s fishing was cancelled.
“We’re happy with the event this year. Saturday probably had the most fish ever caught in one day with an average size of 48cm,” said Luttrell.
“Most people reported good captures and we were happy with the new venue at Coffs Harbour Yacht Club,” said Luttrell.
“We had about 40 anglers more than last year with men and juniors, while females remained the same.”
Luttrell said the change of date from June to August this year was popular and the committee will soon confirm next year’s dates. At this stage August is a probable choice.
Check out the comp results below and stay tuned for news on next year’s event.
Champion Overall Angler
Chloe Taylor
Juniors
Shaun Cameron 788 Stingnn
Sonny Bootland 283 Hells Bells
James Munro 80 Hoo-Kares
Kayaks
Dale Johnson 149 Hashtag Snappers
Ryan Colin Thomson 148 Better Late Than Never
Nathan Watson 124 Havo Yak
Female
Chloe Taylor 1835 Tomohawk
Hayley Norris 545 Simrad/Evinrude
Gina Cleaver 175 Ofishal
Team
Edgewater/Lowrance 2693
Tomohawk 2546
By the Gills 2312
Biggest Snapper
91.3 Christopher Smith Team Persistant
91 Michael Spina EFC
89.5 Thai Chan On Edge
89.1 Andrew Burke TOR
Male
Dom Thornely Edgewater/Lowrance 1790
Sam Gilchrist By the Gills 1577
Michael Bonnici Simrad/Evinrude 1117
ABOVE: Chloe Taylor was awarded Champion Overall Angler. IMAGE: shefishes.com.au.
Above images courtesy of shefishes.com.au.
ABOVE: Dom Thornely and Josh Batterson showing off their trophies at the servo. Image courtesy of Dom Thornely.
ABOVE: Josh Batterson with a quality Coffs snapper. Image courtesy of Dom Thornely.
ABOVE: The juniors winners.
ABOVE: Gina Cleaver and Chloe Taylor
