The 25th Annual Mulwala Classic has come and gone with a couple of new competitors taking out the Champion & Runner up Champion angler titles. Joel Thomas and Peter Pejkovic had a superb tournament boating 10 and 14 murray cod respectively. Joel had the better quality fish in the bag with the 2nd & 5th biggest fish of the tournament to get him over the line with 34.66kg compared to 2nd place with 30.23kg. Day 1 leader and last years champion Kyle Dalrymple was edged out by less than 100 grams to take 3rd position.

Gregory Crellin had the honours of biggest fish with a 933mm 17.43kg cod. Closely followed by Joel Thomas with a 890mm cod and Matthew Pejkovic with an 800mm cod. Jim Taylor had a birdthday to remember boating 16 murray cod for the tournament to take out the Most Cod Caught prize. Largest yellow belly went Darren Conduit with a 50cm perch. Lachlan Dubois took out the zero catch prize and was the only junior in the competition. We know the kayak anglers can catch fish, but we were impressed with Joel Crosbie who boated 12 cod for the weekend and finished 8th in Champion Angler. The teams event was not even close in the end with Peter Inwood, Dave Bumstead, Matthew Pejkovic & Peter Pejkovic boating 76.02kg of murray cod with 2nd team boating 54.13kg.

Taking only one fish to win the Lowrance Da$h 4 Ca$h the honours went to Michael Massier & Gregory Crellin. This team took home the $1000 cash and Lowrance sounder. Mick & Wayne Connors took 2nd position and Matthew & Peter Pejkovic 3rd, both teams taking home a Lowrance sounder.

Full results below

Champion Angler Category Biggest Cod Category Most Cod Caught Category Champion Teams Category 

The ever popular Super Draw saw the winner Paul Taylor take home an 80lb Minn Kota Ulterra self deploy motor. This is big on the must have toy list for most anglers. 2nd prize went to Simon Abernethy who won a 55" UHD TV and 3rd prize to Tan Trieu who took home a Diawa Zillon HLC. Tan actually lost a rod and reel out of his boat last year and the fishing gods have kindly replaced a reel for him. Maybe next year he will win a rod. Congratulations to the other 17 anglers that took home super draw prizes from our good sponsors Wilson, Hobie Fishing, Fish Camp & Ski, Gangster Lures, Kuttafurra Lures, Golburn Lures, Bassman Spinnerbaits & Tonic Eyewear.

Congragulations to all competitors on what was a fantastic event. Big thanks to our sponsors & the Yarrawonga Holiday Park for accommodating the anglers.

Champion Angler	Joel Thomas	34.66kg
Runner Up Champion Angler	Peter Pejkovic	30.23kg
Largest Murray Cod	Gregory Crellin	933mm
2nd Largest Murray Cod	Joel Thomas	890mm
3rd Largest Murray Cod	Matt Pejkovic	800mm
Best Yak	Joel Crosbie
Most cod caught	Jim Taylor	7 cod
Zero catch card	Lachlan Dubois
Hat Rack	Tony Bennett
Teams Winners	Inwood, Bumstead, Pejkovic & Pejkovic	58.41 pts
Fish Totals
Murray Cod - Legal Size (550mm)		387
Average Size		493mm
Murray Cod Total		489
Lowrance Da$h For Ca$h
1st	Gregory Crellin & Michael Massier
2nd	Mick Conners & Wayne Conners
3rd	Mathew Pejkovic & Peter Pejkovic