🎣 TWO BAYS SNAPPER CHALLENGE 2025 — OFFICIAL RESULTS

What a crew. What a week.

Massive thanks to every angler, family, sponsor and volunteer who made this happen. I’m honestly humbled. 🙏

SNAPPER KING 2025

Johnny Bannan — 80 cm (WP)

Reported weight: 9.8 kg (~21.6 lb) — fat, powerful fish.

✅ Fished hard & deserved the win 🏆 Overall Champion 📏 Verified fork length
JUNIOR CHAMPION

Austin Jackel — 77 cm (WP)

Austin and his dad both landed 77 cm fish — one male, one female — and they also won the Warneet Club Comp during Two Bays. 💥

🎯 Composed under pressure 🏆 Warneet Club Winners 💪 Family team effort

🏆 OPEN DIVISION — CHALLENGE WINNERS

  1. 1️⃣ Johnny Bannan — 80 cm (WP)
    Champion Prize Pack (~$7,500): Bespoke trophy • $4,000 Compleat Angler Dandenong voucher • Spotters sunglasses (Karingal Optical) • $750 Bay Prize • Shimano Stradic SW 8000 (WP) • Shimano Stradic SW 6000 (PPB) • Custom fibreglass Snapper Champion Trophy
  2. 2️⃣ Zac Bonnet — 78.5 cm (WP)
    Runner-Up (~$3,500): Bespoke trophy • $2,000 CAD voucher • Spotters sunglasses • Shimano Stradic SW 8000 (WP) • Shimano Stradic SW 6000 (PPB)
  3. 3️⃣ Nick Mouat — 78 cm (WP)
    Third Place (~$2,500): Bespoke trophy • $1,000 CAD voucher • Spotters sunglasses • Shimano Stradic SW 8000 (WP) • Shimano Stradic SW 6000 (PPB)

👓 SPOTTERS TOP 10 — OPEN

Each receives a Spotters Sunglasses Voucher + Atomic Rod (redeem at Karingal Optical).

  1. Johnny Bannan — 80 cm (WP)
  2. Zac Bonnet — 78.5 cm (WP)
  3. Nick Mouat — 78 cm (WP)
  4. Richard Muscat — 77 cm (countback, WP)
  5. Mark Jackel — 77 cm (WP)
  6. Anthony Baltruschatis — 76.9 cm (countback, WP)
  7. Wade Kneale — 76.9 cm (WP)
  8. Fadi Al-Najar — 76.8 cm (PPB)
  9. Emily Downey — 76.5 cm (WP)
  10. Adam Bailey — 76.2 cm (PPB)

🏅 OPEN — Places 11–20

  1. Brendan Wing — 76 cm
  2. Dayne Bassett — 75 cm
  3. Darren Box — 75 cm
  4. Warren Hill — 74 cm
  5. Ryan Knight — 74 cm
  6. Riley Ohehir — 73 cm
  7. Dimitri Karamessinis — 73 cm
  8. Matthew Long — 73 cm
  9. Brodie Thomas — 72 cm
  10. James Shenton — 72 cm

🧒 JUNIOR DIVISION — CHALLENGE WINNERS

  1. 1️⃣ Austin Jackel — 77 cm (WP)
    Champion Pack ($1,500+): Bespoke trophy • Wilson Blade ’n’ Tails Snapper Rod • Wilson Virtuous Reel • $750 Drysdale Bait & Tackle voucher
  2. 2️⃣ Oscar Scarlett — 75 cm (WP)
    Runner-Up ($1,200+): Bespoke trophy • Wilson Blade ’n’ Tails Rod • Wilson Virtuous Reel • $500 Gone Fishin’ voucher
  3. 3️⃣ Lincoln Mace — 73 cm (WP)
    Third ($1,000+): Bespoke trophy • Wilson Blade ’n’ Tails Rod • Wilson Virtuous Reel • $500 Gone Fishin’ voucher
  4. 4️⃣ Jayden Currie — 67 cm (WP) — $500 Gone Fishin’ voucher
  5. 5️⃣ Lachie Cutajar — 66.5 cm (PPB) — $500 Gone Fishin’ voucher

🧒 JUNIORS — Places 5–20 (corrected order)

  1. Jayden Currie — 67 cm
  2. Luke Griffiths — 66 cm
  3. Lachie Cutajar — 66 cm
  4. Jack Tomlinson — 65 cm
  5. Sage Vitiello — 65 cm
  6. Byron Weston — 65 cm
  7. Luke Hall — 64 cm
  8. Alby Knight — 63 cm
  9. Alex Kraulis — 63 cm
  10. Charlie Young — 62 cm
  11. Riley Kraulis — 62 cm
  12. Finn Huber — 61 cm
  13. Petar Krstic — 60 cm
  14. Zac Leyden — 60 cm
  15. James Blackwood — 59 cm
  16. Samson Mooney — 58 cm

Noah Guest (57 cm) is 21st on countback.

📊 Summary of Catches

BayNumber CaughtTotal LengthAverage Length
PPB1116,148.5 cm55.4 cm
WP26315,647 cm59.5 cm
Total Fish374
Total Length21,795.5 cm
Overall Avg.58.3 cm
Winning BayWestern Port

💙 Thank You

From the bottom of my heart — thank you to EVERYONE who turned up, fished hard, helped out, or chipped in. This comp is for the fishos, by the fishos.

▶️ Highlights Video

🏆 Wall of Honour — Legends Backing the Comp

Huge thanks to every sponsor, brand, and local business that made this event possible. Victoria’s snapper community is what it is because of you. 🎣

Beach Comber Caravan Park, Mallacoota
Moama Riverside Caravan Park
Lake Hume Caravan Park
Matthew Hunt Fishing Charters
Fin Chaser Fishing Charters
Pro Red Fishing Charters
Apollo Bay Fishing Charters
Rip Charters
Duffs Fishing Charters
Welshpool Hotel
Lone Star Anchor Winches
Lowrance
Shimano
Boat Catch
Fishin’ with Fergy
BCF Mornington
Hookup Bait & Tackle
Compleat Angler Dandenong
Compleat Angler Ringwood
SEAVU
Inku Squid Tackle
Savage Trailers
Wilson Fishing
Bullet Lures
Preserver Vac Sealers
Prawn Cracker Berley
Frogleys Offshore
Salty Crew
Salty Crew Fishing
Reedy’s Rigs
Fishing Online (Hastings)
Gone Fishin’
Drysdale Bait & Tackle
Karingal Optical
Nepean Optical Rye
Ocean Accessories
Melbourne Framing Company (Carpentry)
Yummy Pizza
Winpro Services
South East Pool Renovations
Rent-A-Bomb
ZB Plumbing
Travel Buddy Ovens
Icey Tek Coolers
Mercury Marine (Australia)
Spotters
Q & J Constructions
Bayview Marine
Legacy Line Fishing Services
Diveline
Brody Connelly Fishing (YouTube)
SMB Excavations

Every name here helped bring the Two Bays Snapper Challenge to life — legends, the lot of you. 💙