From the ABT ’ s side of things the Tour saw the highest number of new or Rookie Teams enter and the highest overall participation rate for a few years . From Zerek ’ s side of things , we got to expose the elite and keen anglers to the barra lures within the range .
Wilson Fishing had three teams competing in the tournament with Team Wilson , Team Zerek and Team Venom all taking part .
Team Wilson had Jono Clark and Talin Payne , Team Zerek had Matt and Nick Wells and Team Venom had Peter Price and head office ’ s Troy Dixon .
It was so hectic that Pricey was telling me to get my bloody lure back in the water and get another one on !
WF : What was the hardest and most difficult part of the Tour ?
TD : The hardest part of the Tour was fishing at Kinchant Dam in the first round . We ’ d had a good prefish and formed a solid game plan but the night of the tournament was a fizzer . The barra were coming through on the sounder in waves but we just couldn ’ t find the key to getting them to bite . That night we got one bite ( Pricey got it ) and landed one fish . You don ’ t really know what frustration is until you ’ ve seen hundreds of fish over the night session mark up on your sounder and you simply can ’ t get a bite .
WF : We introduced a lot of anglers to a number of our products on tour , which product in particular do you think was most widely accepted by the anglers ?
We ’ ve taken the time to talk to Troy about the tournament . The highs and the lows , what he learnt and how that will influence the direction of impoundment barra tackle moving forward .
For ease of understanding we ’ ll have Wilson Fishing designated as WF and Troy will be designated as TD .
TD : Without doubt the Zerek Flat Shad in 7 ” and 9 ” was the most widely accepted introduction . We were sitting at camp in between sessions showing people how to rig them up and how to fish them . It was a really good way to get the word out . But the best part was having these same people come back after the next session and tell us all about the fish they had caught on the lures . Having one team land 5 fish for over
WF : Troy , what was the one highlight from the Tour that will stick with you forever ?
TD : The one thing that really sticks in my mind was seeing barra stacked up on the sounder in deep water and catching five fish in 20 minutes on the Zerek Fish Trap 110 in Fat Betty ( FAB ) colour . There is just something about Fat Betty that simply appeals to barra .
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