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Wrap up of 2013 Club Marine Insurance Barra Nationals.
A total of 691 fish caught, with 9 fish over a metre.

Biggest barra was a 110cm caught by Darren Wild from Team Tackle Back

Top 5 teams were
1. Cunning Stunts 2213pts
2. Polar Bears 1430pts
3. Horse Whisperers 1365pts
4. Top End Tackle World 1348pts
5. Team Koolabung Lures 1299pts

Individual standings top 5.
1. Matthew Bennett 1011pts
2. Len Schneider 987pts
3. Brendan Flynn 975pts
4. Stephen Bennet 836pts
5. Shane Moon 789pts

Champion female angler was Rocky Edwards with 465pts

691 fish divided by 183 anglers = 3.7 fish each.

There must have been anglers who caught more than 3.7 fish, particularly the top ten. I know that different length fish are worth different points but it would be interesting to see how many fish the individuals landed.

Makes you wonder how many competitors did not get anything except heat stroke and hangovers for their efforts and entry fee.

There were 4 teams (12 anglers) who caught absolutely zero, and a few more teams who scored well under 100 points

Hottest conditions i've experienced in my 8 years of the nats,i think about 40 competitors didnt boat a fish but it didnt effect their enthusiasim back in camp each night LOL,Mozzies were the worst i've ever seen got back home on saturday and the missus said i look like a lepper.
their were that big sounded like a chopper landing.

Still sounds like better fishing than the 2010 Classic… that still haunts me.

Now how you feel NathanL - back about 10 years ago the total tally for the Nats was 307 or 308, in those days the Team "Gold Cans" (city gardens boys & buffalo) were dragging anything around 15 fish per day on their own. Take that out of the numbers and there wasnt much left for the other teams.

G'day Pete.

Keeping Steve in line?

The fishing was very hard, the weather hot to the point people were going to bed early, although the first and last two nights made up for it.
Best thing I saw all week was the flyover by the 3 Hornets as they followed the river.
As for average numbers of fish per person. On the second last day out of 79 caught we got eight, although the biggest was only 57, only 100 points for eight fish, took just one decent fish to get more for the day.

NathanL wrote:Still sounds like better fishing than the 2010 Classic… that still haunts me.

What happened during the 2010 classic?