finished in 8th place in the visiting team’s category, absolutely smashing our goal of finishing up in the top 20. As for the champs, in the three person teams it was all
During slow bite periods the crew pulled the electric up and slow trolled the Zerek Tango Shads up and back in less than 1.5m of water to find the active fish. Once
Mixed Champion Team was the Dawson Swainskis. The longest Flathead of the event was caught and released by Hayley Cassell, measuring in at 93cm.
The author with a nice 65cm flathead from day two of the Classic. about Team Wilson Fishing, who dedicate a lot of time to working out these fish. Their Zerek range of lures is a well-known brand in the flathead community, and the range has quickly branched out cover other popular Australian species, such as barra and Murray cod. Robbie, Kord and Scotty fished every morning within 50m from us, so we had a great incite into what the
they found another patch willing to bite, they would stop and pepper that area, picking up a few more out of the school. For a more in-depth rundown on exactly how the gents got the job done and how they rigged these plastics, jump onto the Zerek Fishing Australia Facebook page and check out the videos. In the individual sections
Hayley was also the lucky winner who got the chance to win a spot onboard with Team Surf Coast Marine, fishing alongside fishing and football legend Andrew Ettingshausen. A massive congratulations to all the winners and all the competitors in all the top 20s of each section. It’s a mammoth effort to be up at the pointy end in such
to give away. The online WIN a Renegade prize was taken home by Shane Porter; I’m guessing it’s the best $10 raffle ticket he’s ever bought! The junior major prize was a Quintrex Dory with an Evinrude outboard, and it was taken home by a young lady angler Charli Murphy. In the Seniors section it came down to two lucky blokes by the name of Adam Bailey and Brent Farrell, both taking home Quintrex 420 Renegade and Evinrude E-Tec boat-motortrailer packages worth over $20k each. It was absolutely awesome to see the winners’ faces as their names were read out, and to hear Brent’s back story about having never caught a flathead on a plastic until two days into the comp, only to win his first ever boat! And a massive thanks goes out to all the sponsoring businesses and brands of this competition. We anglers appreciate everything you do to help out at events like this. I also believe I speak on behalf of the competitors when I say a huge thank you to all the volunteers and committee of the Gold Coast Sport Fishing Club, who make this annual event run so smoothly. Without you all, these events literally can’t happen! Until next year, happy pre-fishing!
All fish caught at the Classic are released.
Robbie, Kord and Scotty from Team Wilson Fishing were stoked to take out the Champion Team category. TEAM RESUTS Place This fish measured 81cm and earned 207 points on the score board. boys were up to. The team were all peppering a ledge with the 3.5” Zerek Flat Shads, which they had retrofitted with painted traditional jigheads for a better hook-up rate. The boys then switched back to a weedless hook when the water level rose, and the weed began to stand upright.
we had Steven Ward take out the Champion Male section, Melinda Henderson was the Champion Lady, and Drayzen Allen was the Champion Junior. The Champion Two-Person team went to TT Lure Tough TTs, the Champion Visiting Team was the guys from Team Barambah Lures, and the
a talented and huge field of anglers. One of the big draw cards to this great event is the massive number of prizes given away on the final night during the random draw giveaways. The crew at Surf Coast Marine did a great job of preparing four fantastic boat-motor-trailer packages
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Points
1............................Wilson Fishing........................................................... 3268 2............................Team Sands............................................................... 3094 3............................Reel Easy................................................................... 2928 4............................Team ZMan 10X Tough............................................... 2833 5............................Barambah Lures........................................................ 2826 6............................Deady Fishy............................................................... 2609 7............................Lowrance Black & White............................................ 2594 8............................Show Us Ya Flatties................................................... 2571 9............................Team On Strike.......................................................... 2552 10...........................The Mad Hueys A Grade........................................... 2545 NOVEMBER 2019
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