Gamakatsu Teams Series
Round 5 15/3/09
Austackle Tweed Heads
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36 teams went out to try and win over some $9000 worth of cash and prizes. Conditions were great with little breeze and sunny skies. Up for grabs at the final round was the conventered Team of The Year, with 2 teams in contention, these being Anders Moore Accounting and Pflueger / TT it was going to be a close finish. The fishing was typical of the tweed river, lots of small fish and anglers having trouble finding some of the larger fish in the system. With 98 fish being weighed in totaling 36.02kg it proved tough, this averaged out to 2.72 fish per team and only 367g for each fish.
There were a couple of teams that defied the odds, team Green Machine managed to find their 5 coming 4th weighing the big bream for the event at 950gms, taking a Flow-Rite livewell system home for their trouble, third place was team Meridian Marinas / Nitro Boats.com after coming first last year they gave it a good go again to get 5 fish for 2.24kgs
Second place was team www.sportshq.com.au with AFC competitor Ben Godfrey and Brett Gay fishing deep plastics to achieve their bag of 2.44kg and taking home $500 plus Austackle Camo rods and braid.
Coming in at the top to secure first place and the Team of the Year trophy was Pflueger / TT made up of Stephen Wilson and AFC competitor Darren Borg. Going straight to the South wall and fishing a 100m stretch all day they found that scattered fish were moving in and out. Darren used Berkley 2” Shrimp with TT Tournament series jig heads and Stephen used Gulp 4” Minnow with Nitro Jig Heads. Stephen saying that if it was a 2 day tournament they would not have stayed there all day, they decided to put all their eggs in one basket and stick it out catching very few fish, but enough to get them the winning ticket.
With the generosity of our series sponsor Gamakatsu and naming sponsors Austackle, all the competitors were able to walk away with over their entry fee paid, while enjoying a free BBQ and drinks everyone hung around to discuss the one that got away.
Thanks to Gamakatsu, Austackle, Flow-Rite , Bassday, Megastrike, Megabass, Atomic and all the volunteers and competitors.
Position |
Team Name |
Angler 1 |
Angler 2 |
No Of Fish |
Big Bream |
Weight |
Prizes |
1 |
Pflueger/TT |
Stephen Wilson |
Darren Borg |
5 |
0.885 |
3.23 |
$1000 + 2 x Blue Eyes + 2 x Camo Rods + 2 x Camo Braid |
2 |
www.sportshq.com.au |
Brett Gay |
Ben Godfrey |
5 |
0 |
2.44 |
$500 + 2 x Camo Rods + 2 X Camo Braid |
3 |
Meridian Marinas / Nitro Boats.com |
Stuart Bible |
Darrin Crawley |
5 |
0 |
2.24 |
$250 + 2 x Camo Rods + 2 X Camo Braid |
4 |
Green Machine |
Paul Gillespie |
Jay Gillespie |
5 |
0.95 |
2.225 |
$175 + 2 x Camo Rods + 2 X Camo Braid + BB $250 + Flow-Rite Voucher |
5 |
Anders Moore Accounting |
Rod Walmsey |
Greg Byrne |
5 |
0 |
1.935 |
$120 + 2 x Camo Rods + 2 X Camo Braid |
5 |
Ballina Marineland |
Mick Corbett |
Jake Stewart |
5 |
0 |
1.935 |
$80 + 2 x Camo Beach Rod |
7 |
Nerang Fishing & Camping |
Nathen Johns |
Nabeel Issa |
5 |
0 |
1.905 |
$80 + 2 x Camo Beach Rod |
8 |
Galeforce Boats |
Guy McConnell |
Darren Magorcka |
5 |
0 |
1.755 |
$80 + 2 x Camo Beach Rod |
9 |
Eureka |
Simon Vaughan |
Jim Vaughan |
5 |
0 |
1.615 |
$80 + 2 x Camo Beach Rod |
10 |
Wild Bream Turkeys |
Chris Luis |
Twain Byrnes |
5 |
0 |
1.61 |
$80 + 2 x Camo Beach Rod |
11 |
Bush n Beach/Berkley/4BC - 2 |
Anthony Wishey |
Ben Collins |
5 |
0 |
1.585 |
|
12 |
Ballina Marineland 2 |
Ken Fitzgibbon |
Robert Berdin |
4 |
0 |
1.54 |
|
13 |
Bream Reapers |
Mick Wright |
Shane Bain |
5 |
0 |
1.375 |
|
14 |
Team Luckycraft |
Trent Short |
Brett Hyde |
4 |
0 |
1.29 |
|
15 |
Big River Bait and Tackle Shake & Bake |
Brett Young |
Mark Mulligan |
4 |
0 |
1.195 |
|
16 |
Bush & Beach/Pflueger/Budds |
Robert Kwiatrowski |
Jason Seaton |
3 |
0 |
1.055 |
|
17 |
Nitro Marine Gold Coast |
Scott Buttler |
Lee Porthouse |
3 |
0 |
0.95 |
|
18 |
Aquamates |
Peter Cashman |
Chris Lonne |
3 |
0 |
0.87 |
|
19 |
Get The Net |
Scott Bryant |
Aaron Sarna |
3 |
0 |
0.835 |
|
20 |
Yamba Bait and Tackle |
Mick Leavey |
Ben Lockwood |
2 |
0 |
0.785 |
|
21 |
Sportys |
Darren Love |
Tony Moore |
2 |
0 |
0.615 |
|
22 |
Whipett |
Steve Clarke |
Jack Clarke |
2 |
0 |
0.585 |
|
23 |
Team Tender |
Shane Jarrett |
Scott Lane |
2 |
0 |
0.54 |
|
24 |
Jensen Marine |
Jasen Burns |
Scott Baker |
2 |
0 |
0.46 |
|
25 |
Budds Bait & Tackle / Attack Boats |
Nick Whyte |
Wayne Peeters |
1 |
0.44 |
0.44 |
|
26 |
Team Atomic |
Rob March |
Steve Eldred |
1 |
0 |
0.395 |
|
27 |
Team Port Tackle |
Neil Chegwidden |
Greg Main |
1 |
0 |
0.31 |
|
28 |
Fat Boys |
Mick Bruggy |
Tom Bruggy |
1 |
0 |
0.305 |
|
29 |
Couran Cove Holiday/SEQ Building & Pest Inspection |
Grant Lazzarno |
Mick Torley |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
29 |
Dilligaff |
Rod Shorton |
Lee Dolby |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
29 |
G & G |
Greg Burke |
Geoff Hancock |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
29 |
Go Fish |
Grant Clements |
Cameron Nunn |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
29 |
Salt and Pepper |
John Mills |
Gary Palmer |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
29 |
Team Native 2 |
Matt Finney |
Anthony Duff |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
29 |
Tight Lines |
Shaun Prichart |
Matthey Ronald Seville |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
29 |
TT Switchblade |
Jay Perham |
Grayson Fong |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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