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TEAM BAY AND BASIN SPORTSFISHING WINS THE 2010 BASIN FLATHEAD CLASSIC!
Slide show here.

Team Bay and Basin Sportsfishing consisting of Ian “The Big E” Phillips and Greg Reid recently took out the St George’s Basin Lure and Fly Club’s annual Flathead Classic on the 24.1.2010. The Big E’s 90cm 5.95kg fish was the only fish in the 90’s on what was a relatively tough day’s fishing.The relationship the Ian "Big E" Phillips has with the giant dusky flathead is something that defies description. There's not many individuals who lay claim to catching and releasing over 20 metery's, and in the past twelve months we've done about 20 odd trips together on the Basin and only once failed to put at least an 80cm on the boat.There's two words you love to hear when fishing with "Big E"and that is "good fish"! It's now almost become a mechanical process of winding in my line, grabbing the BIG net, making adjustments on the electric and trying my best to stay calm given the intense hit of adrenalin my body is experiencing. The big girl on the day was pinned perfectly through the top lip but she did come to the net on the second attempt.
Seeing that specimen in the net after the planning that went into that event was very satisfying.
The day itself didn't produce as many big one's as I thought it might. Our warm up session on the Friday before saw the big fella bag out on an 88, 82, a trio of 65's, a few 50's and standard run of the mill 30's and 40's, so it was good to see the luck hold out for the day. My gut feeling for the day was that is was going to happen around 1030am, and just after 10am when we pulled up about 300m behind Jim Barrie who had been drifting over a favourite section of ground that we hadn't touched since about late October, the Big E came up tight about 20mins later and the rest is history.

If your part of a club and would like to have the Big E come and deliver one of his informative presentations on catching and releasing a MONSTER flathead then contact us today.

And remember, put the big girls back!

A 90cm dusky flathead is a big breeding female of around 15 years of age. She will produce between 2-3million eggs per year and is far too valuable to kill if we all want to continue catching a Basin “Croc” well into the future.

As I write this the rain is steadily falling overhead which will do wonders for most systems. I have a Bass trip planned for the last week in Feb to the upper reaches of the Clyde River so stay tuned for that report. Also keep in mind that late march into April should see good numbers of 1-2kg snapper in some quiet calm estuary water so let’s keep our fingers crossed for that one.

Till next time.

“Tight Lines and good times!”

Greg Reid


Phone Contact 0413 610 832		TEAM BAY AND BASIN SPORTSFISHING WINS THE 2010 BASIN FLATHEAD CLASSIC! Slide show here. Team Bay and Basin Sportsfishing consisting of Ian “The Big E” Phillips and Greg Reid recently took out the St George’s Basin Lure and Fly Club’s annual Flathead Classic on the 24.1.2010. The Big E’s 90cm 5.95kg fish was the only fish in the 90’s on what was a relatively tough day’s fishing.The relationship the Ian "Big E" Phillips has with the giant dusky flathead is something that defies description. There's not many individuals who lay claim to catching and releasing over 20 metery's, and in the past twelve months we've done about 20 odd trips together on the Basin and only once failed to put at least an 80cm on the boat.There's two words you love to hear when fishing with "Big E"and that is "good fish"! It's now almost become a mechanical process of winding in my line, grabbing the BIG net, making adjustments on the electric and trying my best to stay calm given the intense hit of adrenalin my body is experiencing. The big girl on the day was pinned perfectly through the top lip but she did come to the net on the second attempt. Seeing that specimen in the net after the planning that went into that event was very satisfying. The day itself didn't produce as many big one's as I thought it might. Our warm up session on the Friday before saw the big fella bag out on an 88, 82, a trio of 65's, a few 50's and standard run of the mill 30's and 40's, so it was good to see the luck hold out for the day. My gut feeling for the day was that is was going to happen around 1030am, and just after 10am when we pulled up about 300m behind Jim Barrie who had been drifting over a favourite section of ground that we hadn't touched since about late October, the Big E came up tight about 20mins later and the rest is history. If your part of a club and would like to have the Big E come and deliver one of his informative presentations on catching and releasing a MONSTER flathead then contact us today. And remember, put the big girls back! A 90cm dusky flathead is a big breeding female of around 15 years of age. She will produce between 2-3million eggs per year and is far too valuable to kill if we all want to continue catching a Basin “Croc” well into the future. As I write this the rain is steadily falling overhead which will do wonders for most systems. I have a Bass trip planned for the last week in Feb to the upper reaches of the Clyde River so stay tuned for that report. Also keep in mind that late march into April should see good numbers of 1-2kg snapper in some quiet calm estuary water so let’s keep our fingers crossed for that one. Till next time. “Tight Lines and good times!” Greg Reid