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Team Spirit of Tasmania does it again

Patrick Sullivan with one of Team Spirit of Tasmania’s 21 fish winning tally.

Patrick Sullivan with one of Team Spirit of Tasmania’s 21 fish winning tally.

By NEIL GROSE | The first round of the 2009 Spirit of Tasmania Trout Classic was held on Great Lake in terrible conditions, with wind averaging 25knots and gust exceeding 40 knots.

However the wind was from a reasonably favourable direction, allowing all teams to find productive water in safety.

All 18 teams were on the water early, so by 6:50am there were rooster tails heading out of Swan Bay below the Great Lake Hotel and out into the main body of the lake.

Team Bigfin Sportsfishing with one of their 12 fish

Team Bigfin Sportsfishing with one of their 12 fish

All teams managed to find the fish early as the trout were obviously looking to feed hard before the brunt of the expected cold front hit.

Sure enough, most teams struggled to land fish after 10:30am with the exception of Team Spirit of Tasmania and fourth placed Team Juicy Isle.

Team Juicy Isle stayed in Swan Bay owing to their small boat size, and managed to tally up 10 trout totalling 514cm.

Third placed Bigfin Sportsfishing used the rough water capacity of their large boat to head north into Elizabeth Bay, which delivered them 10 fish before retreating to the shelter of Swan Bay where they notched another 2 nice trout.

Team BridgesBros fished the windswept shores to finish in second place.

Team BridgesBros fished the windswept shores to finish in second place.

Second placed team Bridges Brothers also erred on the side of caution, and after an initial foray around the Bee Hives decided to head back into relative calm water inside Swan Bay, where they completed their 12 fish haul.
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Classic Fishing Tournament lineup

Three tournaments sponsored by Spirit of Tasmania and organised by the Tasmanian Sport Fisher magazine and Anglers Alliance Tasmania will qualify the Tasmanian winning team to compete for significant prizes in the National Bream Classic Championship held in New South Wales later this year.

In addition to the Bream Classic series, two rounds of the national ABT qualifying series will be held in Tasmania in February /March this year, qualifying the winners to compete in the Australian championship which carry significant prize money.

As well as these ABT tournaments the exclusively Tasmanian “Spirit of Tasmania Trout Classic” will be held on Great and Arthurs lakes in early March.

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