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Interstate anglers clean up in Victoria At ABT we love when dams have decent service because it means we can run our LIVE app-based events and anglers can enjoy the benefits of being able to keep an eye on each other. Thankfully, the 2022 13 Fishing BASS Pro series at Lake Glenmaggie is one Scan the QR code to watch the Boater winner interview
of these dams! However, as Mitchell Cone found out, this comes as both a blessing and a curse when the competition is nipping at your heels on day two. Fortunately for Mitch his 3.353kg day one bag alone was enough to keep him in first place after what was a tough day two for many
turned it off for day two. Leading the charge in the non-boater division, Wil Stockton pulled off a pretty rare feat on the ABT circuit, taking a second consecutive win from the back of the boat and kick-starting his campaign with a tonne of AOY points too! Stockton weighed a total of 4/6 fish for 1.316kg to claim a massive come-from-behind victory over the rest of the field on the final day. A MITCHELL CONE MASTERCLASS IN GRUBBIN’ Hailing from mighty NSW, Mitch Cone made the long haul to fish the two Victorian rounds via flight, borrowing a boat off Bryce Abbott (whom he would like to thank for his generosity) so he could fish the events. Mitch is no slouch on any bass impoundment, even ones he’s never been to
It’s become commonplace for anglers rocking Mercury motors to rule the top of the leaderboard. From left to right: 5th place (3rd place Mercury owner) Corey Goldie; 1st place Champion Boater (1st place Mercury owner) Mitchel Cone; and, 2nd place Boater (2nd place Mercury owner) Keeghan Painter. As a NSW angler, Cone is well accustomed to vertical fishing deep and slow, it’s a bread and butter technique on his home lakes of Glenbawn and St Clair during the summer months. Coney was able to apply the same technique to the bass at Glenmaggie. The lure of choice was a 3” Black Berkley
Gulp minnow grub on a 1/4oz Bassman Spinnerbaits jighead – a combination that has cashed a lot of cheques for bass anglers, including Coney, in years gone by. After locating the isolated fish on the sunken timber, Cone dropped the grub down to them, where he could watch them on his Garmin
The stakes in the Non-Boating division have never been higher with the introduction of the Rapala Bonus bucks for 2022. Throw in the $500 Buck n’ Big Bass for 2nd place, Jake Hardie (left), and you’ve got yourself a profitable weekend from the back of the boat! In the middle is 1st place Wil Stockton and on the right is 3rd place Brandon Scott. anglers. This round was sponsored by Garmin, and Coney channelled a bit of sponsor Karma to get him over the line. Coming in second place and not far behind after day one was well-travelled Queensland angler Keeghan Painter. Painter managed a 5/5 fish limit on day one for 2.778kg, which alone was enough to hold onto second place when the weather
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before. This was evident as he was fresh off a second place at Lake Blue Rock and was out for blood in the second round, running away with the event after day one with the only
bag over 3kg for the whole tournament. During his pre-fish, Cone located a patch of sunken timber in the main basin approximately 80m squared in area and in 40ft of water depth. After a slow start to the first session, it wasn’t until he moved out onto the deep timber and hunted isolated fish with his Garmin LiveScope unit that he began to find the better quality of fish.
BOATER RESULTS Place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 108
APRIL 2022
Angler Mitchell Cone Keeghan Painter Mick Johnson Dane Pryce Corey Goldie Tom Deer Tim Oakley Matthew Langford Rick Goward Rhys Harris
Fish 6/10 5/10 10/10 4/10 7/10 9/10 6/10 10/10 8/10 1/10
NSW angler and our champion boater for this event, Mitch Cone, is charging ahead on his quest for the AOY trophy. With the next two rounds on his home lake and coming off good form, he’ll be hard to stop in the Hunter Valley next month.
Full results at abt.org.au
Weight(kg) 4.518 2.778 2.578 2.013 1.918 1.873 1.697 1.234 1.151 1.02
Payout $2000 + $250 bonus $1000 + $125 bonus $750 $550 $75 bonus
