AN average day out on the water on the last day failed to stop the Classic Nitro Boys from claiming outright victory in the 2008 Barra Nationals.
The team of John Millyard, Trevor Robb and Justin Jones held the front runner position from day two of the

Palmerston Game Fishing Club’s annual five-day catch-and-release fishing tournament held on the Daly River, 220km southwest of Darwin.

But despite scoring just 126 points in a tough final day on Friday that saw only 143 fish caught overall, the Nitro Boys finished 987 points clear of the rest of the field on 2940.

Nitro Boy Trevor Robb, who scored almost half his team points, also claimed champion angler of the tournament.

The biggest fish award went to Colin Storer of team Bleeding Mullets, with a 105cm — one of only two metre-plus fish netted during the tournament — caught on day two.

DS Constructions’ Darren Crawley, Emil Plej and David Pears managed a stronger performance on the final day on the water — which including Pears netting the biggest fish of the day (at 88cm) — to overtake river rival Reel Easy (Skevos

Politis, Eddie Carroll and David Kears) to finally slip into outright second and claim the champion local team award with 1953.

The champion interstate team was VB Bandits.

More than 1375 fish were caught overall during the five days of competition.

Don’t miss tomorrow’s Northern Territory News for full results, pictures.

Source: Northern Territory News