Gamakatsu Teams Series
Round 3 18/1/09
Austackle Gold Coast Event

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29 teams braved some of Australia’s toughest economic times, and laid their money on the table in attempt to tame yellowfin bream in a brand new arena to the Gamakatsu Team Series, at Bribie Island north of Brisbane.

Anglers were greeted with light breezes, sunny skies and over 400km of shoreline.
16 limits of 5 fish were presented to the weigh master, with Team Anders Moore Accountings, Greg Byrne and Roderick Walmsley taking top honors. Byrne and Walmsley fished water less than 4 ft deep from Scarborough south to the Green Zone at Woody Point. Casting small Lucky Craft Pointers on light line, Team Anders Moore Accounting proceeded to fill the weigh bag, finally topping out at 5 fish for 4.25kg. The good back of yellowfin bream was anchored by a 1.145kg “kicker fish”, but that fish wasn’t quite enough to take the Flow-Rite Big Bream of the tournament.

Second place was awarded to the ever popular and ever consistent Team Pflueger/TT, Darren Borg and Stephen Wilson. Wilson and Borg fished similar areas as the top dogs, with a cracking bag of 3.060kg, impressive by any means.

Rounding out the top 5 was, father and son Team Squidgie’s Craig and David Simmons, Team Sassie Dynabolters, Peter Herbst and Arthur “Hatz” and TT/Switchblade, Jay Perham and Grayson Fong.

Team Meridian Marinas/Nitro Boats, Flow-Rite Big Bream is the biggest Bream to cross the Gamakatsu scales since the tournaments inception. Pulling the scales down to a “MASSIVE” 1.655kg, the bream was a team effort in locking the drag and driving the boat away from nasty structure to ensure they landed the fish. Engulfing a Megabass Dog-X topwater bait, this yellowfin will be sure to the target of the upcoming ABT Bream Pro event from Bribie Island.

With the generosity of our Naming and associate sponsors, all the competitors were able to walk away with close to, if not exceeding the entry fee paid.

Thanks to Austackle, Flow-Rite, Gamakatsu, Bassday, Megastrike, Megabass, Atomic and all the volunteers and competitors. Be sure to catch the next round at the Tweed River on March 15.

Position	Team Name	Weight	Big Bream	No Of Fish
Place	Team Name	No. of Fish	Big Bream	Total Weight	Prize
1	Anders Moore Accounting	5	1.145	4.25	$900 + Austackle Travel Bag
2	Pflueger/TT	5		3.06	$450 + Austackle Travel Bag
3	Team Squidgie	5	0.85	2.945	$180 + Blue Eye Sunglasses + Austackle Travel Bag
4	Sassie Dynabolters	5	0.975	2.725	$100 + Austackle Travel Bag + Sponsors Prize Bag
5	TT Switchblade	5		2.71	$80 + Austackle Travel Bag + Sponsors Prize Bag
6	Allround Angler	5		2.565	$55 + Austackle Travel Bag + Sponsors Prize Bag
7	Salt n Pepper	5		2.495	$55 + Austackle Travel Bag + Sponsors Prize Bag
8	Northside	5		2.47	$55 + Austackle Travel Bag + Sponsors Prize Bag
9	Meridian Marinas/Nitro Boats	5	1.655	2.36	$55 + Austackle Travel Bag + Sponsors Prize Bag/$100 BCF Gift Card + Blue Eye Sunglasses + $250
10	Bream Reapers	5		2.315	$55 + Austackle Travel Bag + Sponsors Prize Bag
11	Team Tender Centre	5		2.235	Sponsors Prize Bag + Austackle CamoStick
12	Baronoff Agencies	4		2.195	Sponsors Prize Bag + Austackle CamoStick
13	Dazza's 4 x 4	5	0.69	2.16	Sponsors Prize Bag + Austackle CamoStick
14	Bush n Beach/Berkley/4BC 2	2		2.14	Sponsors Prize Bag
15	Ballina Marineland	5		1.925	Sponsors Prize Bag
16	Megabass	5		1.89	Sponsors Prize Bag
17	Whippet	5		1.88	Sponsors Prize Bag
18	Bream Dog	5		1.695	Sponsors Prize Bag
19	Eureka	3		1.525	Sponsors Prize Bag
20	Mobile Boat Canopies	4		1.475	Austackle CamoStick
21	Aquamates	4		1.4	Austackle CamoStick
22	Team Atomic	2		1.12	Austackle CamoStick
23	Bassday	2		1.055	Austackle CamoStick
24	Intergrated	1		0.73	Austackle CamoStick
25	Bush n Beach/Berkley/4BC 1	2		0.65	Austackle CamoStick
26	Big River Bait and Tackle/Shake n Bake	1		0.5	Austackle CamoStick
27	Bush n Beach	1		0.355	Austackle CamoStick
28	Logan River Marine	0		0	Austackle Travel Bag
29	Team Chubby	0		0	Austackle Travel Bag