Who won the Lord of the Snapper 2026?

Ben O'Meara won the Lord of the Snapper 2026 with an 83cm snapper measured to the fork. Corey Stewart took the whiting division with a 47cm whiting, and George Jayilian won the combined species division with a total of 106cm.

Who won the Two Bays Snapper Challenge 2025?

Johnny Bannan won the inaugural Two Bays Snapper Challenge in spring 2025 with an 80cm snapper, from a field of 589 anglers. Austin Jackel was the junior champion.

Who won the first Lord of the Snapper?

Rob Vitiello won the inaugural Lord of the Snapper in winter 2025 with a 77cm snapper to the fork. That year 389 anglers fished the competition and only 45 snapper were recorded across 31 days.

Where can I find past results?

Full results, leaderboards, rules and prize lists for every year of both competitions are linked from the Hall of Lords page at reedysrigs.com/hall-of-fame.

Reedy's Rigs · Est. 2025

Hall ofLords

The anglers who earned the title. Champions of Victoria's toughest snapper competitions, etched in for good.

Looking for results?

Lord of the Snapper 2026 results Lord of the Snapper leaderboard Lord of the Snapper 2025 results Two Bays 2025 results Two Bays 2026 leaderboard All past winners ↓

2026Champions
Lord of the Snapper

91Fish landed

59Snapper

32Whiting

4,416Total cm logged

278Anglers in the comp

Lord of the Snapper · Winter 2026

Ben O'Meara

Took the title in the hardest month of the year to catch a snapper.

83cmTo the fork

Full results

Snapper — top 10

1Ben O'Meara83 cm
2Brandon Anderson75 cm
3Justin Williams73 cm
4Chris Daly71 cm
5Mark Palmer70 cm
6Luke Cheshire countback70 cm
7Jai Cappiello69 cm
8George Jayilian countback69 cm
9Dayne Bassett68 cm
10John Giuliano countback68 cm

Comp totals

278Anglers

91Fish landed

59Snapper

32Whiting

23Days fished

83cmBiggest snapper

58.9Avg snapper cm

4,416Total cm logged

Top 20 placings were revealed live at presentation day. Full board on the results page.

Biggest Whiting · 2026

Corey Stewart

Biggest King George whiting of the competition.

47cmWhiting

Whiting division

Whiting — top 10

1Corey Stewart47 cm
2Shane Stuart countback47 cm
3Andrew Holden46 cm
4Sandy Singh45 cm
5Craig Currie44 cm
6Brock Spiers countback44 cm
7Chris Niclasen countback44 cm
8Glen Stuart countback44 cm
9Darren Cairns42 cm
10Lee Dorow41 cm

Division totals

32Whiting logged

47cmBiggest

38.5Average cm

Combined Species · 2026

George Jayilian

Snapper and whiting added together — the all-rounder's title.

106cmCombined total

Combined division

Combined species — snapper + whiting

1George Jayilian 69 snapper + 37 whiting106 cm
2Chris Niclasen 60 + 44104 cm
3Ben Love 63 + 38101 cm
4Michael Scerri 63 + 2891 cm
5Robert Barbuto 47 + 3784 cm

Only five anglers put a fish on both boards. Totals are each angler’s best snapper plus their best whiting.

2025Champions
The first year of both comps

389In the first Lord

45Snapper in 31 days

589In the first Two Bays

374Two Bays fish landed

21,795Two Bays cm logged

Lord of the Snapper · Winter 2025

Rob Vitiello

The first name on the trophy. One of only 45 snapper landed that July.

77cmTo the fork

Top three & comp totals

Top three

1Rob Vitiello77 cm
2Anthony Baltruschaitis74 cm
3Gildon tied 2nd, 3rd on countback74 cm

Comp totals

389Anglers

45Snapper

31Days

Only the top three were recorded in the first year.

Two Bays Champion · Spring 2025

Johnny Bannan

Snapper King 2025. A fat 9.8kg Western Port fish, from a field of 589 anglers.

80cmTo the fork · 9.8kg

Open division top 20

Open Division — Spring 2025

1Johnny Bannan WP80 cm
2Zac Bonnet WP78.5 cm
3Nick Mouat WP78 cm
4Richard Muscat WP, countback77 cm
5Mark Jackel WP77 cm
6Anthony Baltruschaitis WP, countback76.9 cm
7Wade Kneale WP76.9 cm
8Fadi Al-Najar PPB76.8 cm
9Emily Downey WP76.5 cm
10Adam Bailey PPB76.2 cm
11Brendan Wing76 cm
12Dayne Bassett75 cm
13Darren Box75 cm
14Warren Hill74 cm
15Ryan Knight74 cm
16Riley Ohehir73 cm
17Dimitri Karamessinis73 cm
18Matthew Long73 cm
19Brodie Thomas72 cm
20James Shenton72 cm

589Anglers

374Fish

21,795Total cm

Junior Champion · Spring 2025

Austin Jackel

He and his dad both landed 77cm fish that week, and won the Warneet Club Comp along the way.

77cmTo the fork

Junior division top 20

Junior Division — Spring 2025

1Austin Jackel WP77 cm
2Oscar Scarlett WP75 cm
3Lincoln Mace WP73 cm
4Jayden Currie WP67 cm
5Lachie Cutajar PPB66.5 cm
6Luke Griffiths66 cm
7Jack Tomlinson65 cm
8Sage Vitiello65 cm
9Byron Weston65 cm
10Luke Hall64 cm
11Alby Knight63 cm
12Alex Kraulis63 cm
13Charlie Young62 cm
14Riley Kraulis62 cm
15Finn Huber61 cm
16Petar Krstic60 cm
17Zac Leyden60 cm
18James Blackwood59 cm
19Samson Mooney58 cm
20Noah Guest countback57 cm

Over time, things get forgotten. Photos disappear. Results get buried. Stories fade.

But every now and then a fish, a moment or a name deserves to be remembered. That's all this page is — the anglers, the fish, and the names that earned their place here.

Every champion of the Lord of the Snapper and the Two Bays Snapper Challenge is listed here, along with their winning fish. Full results, leaderboards and rules for each year are linked in the archive below.

The origin

Lord of the Snapper

July. The middle of winter. The hardest month of the year to catch a snapper in Port Phillip Bay or Western Port.

Most anglers have the snapper gear packed away by then. A few look forward to it. The Lord of the Snapper was never built to be easy — it was built because diehard snapper anglers love a challenge.

The first one drew 389 anglers. Over 31 days, 45 snapper were recorded. For the toughest month of the year, those numbers speak for themselves.

Every fish had to be earned. Every fish was verified. Every fish mattered.

There can only be one Lord each year, but any angler with a verified July snapper has done something worth being proud of. Not many can honestly say they've caught an inshore snapper in July. Fewer still can prove it.

It also settled something anglers had long suspected — there are more residential snapper holding in our bays through winter than most people realise. Not enough to make winter easy. Far from it. But enough to show the fish are there for anyone willing to put the effort in.

The evolution

The Two Bays Snapper Challenge

For a lot of Victorian anglers the Tea Tree Snapper Tournament is a special chapter in the state's fishing history. The competition, the stories, the champions, the trophy. It set the benchmark.

Nobody can replace the Tea Tree. Nor should they try.

After it finished, the Snapper Challenge kept the tradition going. For eight years David and the team from the Frankston Bombers gave anglers something to look forward to every spring.

Then came Lord of the Snapper — a winter comp built on one idea: challenge yourself in the hardest month of the year. The response went well past what anyone expected.

Two different competitions, same spirit. Challenge, competition, and a love of fishing. Combining the strengths of both is how the Two Bays Snapper Challenge was born — not to replace what came before, but to continue the story.

589 anglers entered the first Two Bays. Proof that great fishing competitions still matter.

The prize

The championship trophy

Every competition crowns a winner. Not every competition makes a trophy worth winning.

One thing that always stood out about the old Tea Tree comp was the trophy itself. It felt special. It meant something. So when it came time to make one, the goal was simple — something worthy of the anglers who'd win it.

After speaking with respected taxidermist Ros Farrugia, work began on a handcrafted snapper trophy. Each fibreglass fish is individually made and hand painted.

No two trophies are the same. Just like no two winning stories are.

Watch

The story

Find the archives

Results & archive

Full results for each champion are in their card above — tap the drop-down. Everything else is here.

2026Two Bays Snapper ChallengeSpring 2026 — still to be fished

Running 30 October to 7 November 2026, with the champion crowned at presentation day on Sunday 8 November at Frankston Bombers Football Club. Results land here the moment they're confirmed.

Comp home Leaderboard Prizes Rules Presentation day

AllEvery results pageBoth comps, every year

Lord of the Snapper 2026 results Lord of the Snapper leaderboard Lord of the Snapper 2025 results Two Bays 2025 results Two Bays 2025 Wall of Honour Two Bays 2026 leaderboard

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The names remain

Every name on this page is a moment in time. A fish caught. A challenge conquered. A competition won. A place in history.

Long after the trophies are handed out
and the presentations are over,
the names remain.