2016 Tableland Hardware Tinaroo Barra Bash – Catch and Release
Total Nominations: 709 (495 Adults, 158 Junior, 56 Smallfry)
Photo Entries Submitted: 153 (71 Barra, 36 Sooty Grunter, 1 Sleepy Cod and a heap of Catfish from the Smallfry’s)
Total Funds Raised: $tbc (roughly $17,000) *to be finalised and confirmed* was raised at the 2016 Tableland Hardware Tinaroo Barra Bash. These funds will be used by the Tableland Fish Stocking Society to purchase and raise Barramundi for restocking and to maintain the Barrier Net, which is used in times of high rainfall as it provides a guard from losing fish over the dam’s wall.
Photos by Ian Leighton
2016 Winners
Tableland Hardware $10,000 Cash Adult Nomination Draw – Harry Henricks (Yungaburra)
Bransfords Discount Tackle Champion Angler – Ben Tunsted (Atherton); 14 fish ranging from 62-120cm. Total 1342cm
Wright Fishing Tackle & Co Longest Barra Mens – Dylan Jones (Douglas); 141cm
Precedence Internet Marketing Longest Barra Ladies – Kylie Coutts (Malanda); 98cm
Atherton Bait & Tackle Mystery Length – George Johnston (Malanda); 63cm
Conceptual Design Longest Barra Junior Girl – no barra caught, given as Lucky Draw. Mason Cardew (Cairns)
Tableland Tilt Truck Hire Longest Barra Junior Boy – Ashley Holm (Tarzali) 110cm
Ben Cashell Imagery Longest Sooty Grunter Senior – Roy Cleall (Mareeba); 51cm (apologies to Rodney Bradford (Harrington, NSW) for his 53cm entry that was misplaced)
Sunfish Longest Sooty Grunter Junior – Noah Bradford (Gordonvale); 52cm
Shimano Senior Lucky Draw – Jennifer Johnson (Mt Sheridan)
Smallfry (under 6) Encouragement Award – Alexa Haigh (Tolga), Brax Richardson (Mareeba), Bennett Laurie (Naura, NSW), Mia Leighton (Mareeba)
Jill Piggott Memorial Encouragement Award RFDS Near & Far Auxillary – Boy Cooper Tunsted (Kairi), Girl Sophie Porta (Cairns)
Mystery Junior Draw – Maddy Stockman (Atherton), Chase Fitzgerald (Mareeba)
Tablelands Regional Council Most Tilapia Junior & Smallfry – Holly Henricks (Yungaburra) 241 fish
Tableland Batteries Heaviest Redclaw Junior – Joel Delai (Tolga); 248g
Tableland Fish Stocking Society Junior Nomination Draw – Kodi Cassaniti (Cairns)
Lake Tinaroo was at 44% capacity on the weekend of the 2016 Tableland Hardware Tinaroo Barra Bash. Friday and Sunday had lovely weather, however Saturday was wet and windy.