This is the second year that we have Mackay and the world class Peter
been naming sponsors of ABT’s Zerek Faust Dam near Proserpine. All three
BARRA Tour.
lakes have produced and continue to
produce trophy barramundi over the
The Zerek BARRA Tour is designed as
metre mark and these are the fish the
a team’s event where two anglers fish
competitors are chasing.
together to catch the most weight of
fish they are able to in the session This year we had three teams involved
times. Weight is assigned to fish by in the tournament circuit. There were:
their length using a formula developed
Venom Rods: Troy Dixon and Rob
by Fisheries to give a reasonably
Payne
accurate weight.
Wilson Fishing: Jono Clark and Talin
ABT was always at the front of the
Pain
pack for catch and release fishing
tournaments and the BARRA Tour Mustad: Lochie Reed and Jeremy
exemplifies that heritage. The other Cornelius
part we like about the ABT events is
The Tour started at Kinchant with a
their willingness to share information.
bang!
Competitors are encouraged to share
knowledge and grow the sport, rather
than play secret squirrels and keep
all the information to themselves. It
is their belief that secret squirrels do
nothing to grow the industry and we
firmly believe in that ethos.
The Tour visits three location in
northern Queensland, the magical
Kinchant and Teemburra dams near
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