Gamakatsu Teams Series
Round 1 22/11/09
Bassday Bribe Island Challenge

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An increasing wind greeted 80 anglers on Sunday morning for the opening round of the Gamakatsu Team Series (GTS). With many optimistic faces ready to tackle the sometimes frustrating Pumicestone Passage and Moreton Bay, 40 teams headed of in search of some thumping QLD yellow fin bream.

It was Team Atomic Hardz that answered the call and presented the weigh-master with five healthy bream that pulled the scales down to an impressive 3.26kg. Opting to run as far south as time and boundaries would allow Steve Eldred and Dale Mullins threw the increasingly popular Atomic Hardz range of bream lures to fill their livewell including a whopping 1.04kg blue nose bruiser that also netted them and extra $500 of cash and prize courtesy of Damiki Tackle.

Second place was awarded to young guns, Team Kung Pow’s Nabeel Isa and Kendall Soo, and “Kung Pow” they did. Fishing a stones throw from the start/finish arena in the Bribie Island canal system Nabeel and Kendall utilised their whole day to fill and quality bag and fill the weigh scales with 2.78kg of bream.

Finishing a mere 240 grams behind second place, with only four fish was Team Frogleys Offshore. Frogleys Offshore director Paul Starkey and sales manager Jay Morgan fished with knowledge gained through a successful prefish, to weigh four bream for a total of 2.54kg. With their fish caught on a range of Atomic Hardz surface and sub-surface lures, in only a couple feet of water in and around Moreton Bay, Paul managed to coach a heavy 980g fish out of the rocky outcrops on only 4lb Unitika fluorocarbon. The fish stayed Damiki Big Bream of the day until the last bag of fish was weigh, where it was pipped at the post by Team Atomic Hardz.

We would like to thank Team Frogleys Offshore as they decided to hand back the cash & prizes they won because of their association with the event and this enabled us to pay down the field, a great gesture for the support of the event and fishing in general from Paul & Jay, thanks guys.

The visiting anglers from Japan adapted very fast to Australian teams breamin’ finishing 7th and 8th place and cashing prize checks in what will hopefully not their last GTS Bream tournament.
Anglers were well rewarded with round sponsors Bassday giving away almost $11,000 in cash and prizes and all teams receiving a tackle box of lures. Once again Steve McLean worked his magic on the GTS BBQ providing anglers with free BBQ and cold drinks on their arrival back to the presentation.

GTS would like thank BASSDAY for their involvement in the Bribie Island Challenge, all the staff and volunteers and sponsors that make us one of the largest and richest Bream Teams Tournaments in Australia.

Our next round on January 10 in Forster, presented by ECOGEAR, is sure to be a great day, with more great prizes and international flair with more teams of Japanese anglers making the trek over the equator to try out Teams Breamin’ at its best.

GTS

Ranking	Team Name	Angler 1	Angler 2	Weight	Fish	Big Bream	Prize
1	Atomic Hardz	Steve Eldred	Dale Mullins	3.26	5	1.04	$1200 plus $500 Bassday Product & Damiki Big Bream $250 plus $250 Dimiki Product
2	Kung Pow	Kendall Soo	Nabeel Isa	2.78	5	0	$600 plus $500 Bassday Product
3	Frogleys Offshore	Paul Starkey	Jay Morgan	2.54	4	0.98	Generously Donated back to Prize Pool
4	Fishbrain	Derek Paynter	Art Reinstra	2.41	5	0	$250 plus $240 Bassday Product
5	Pflueger/TT	Stephen Wilson	Darren Borg	2.35	5	0	$150 plus $240 Bassday Product
6	SAW	Will Lee	Mick Lee	2.27	5	0	$100 plus $240 Bassday Product
7	Samurai Reaction	David McKenzie	Alex	2.15	5	0	$75 plus $240 Bassday Product
8	Bassday	Tristan Taylor	Nomoto San	2	5	0	$75 plus $240 Bassday Product
9	TeeJay	Tony Livermore	Jamie Lockyer	1.99	5	0	$75 plus $240 Bassday Product
10	Baronoff Agencies	Alex Baronoff	Tony Vanrooy	1.9	5	0	$75 plus $240 Bassday Product
11	Pristine Painting System	Noel Latimer	Shayne Bates	1.88	5	0	$75 plus $240 Bassday Product
12	Meridien Marinas	Stuart Bible	Darrin Crowley	1.85	5	0
13	Couran Cove Holidays	Mick Torley	Arthur Hatzipetrou	1.52	5	0
14	Grumpy Old Men	John Mills	Gary Palmer	1.36	4	0
15	Ballina Marineland	Mick Corbett	Jake Stewart	1.28	4	0
16	Bream Boss	Nicholas Meredith	Bob Boss	1.22	3	0
17	FISHIN.COM.AU/Lowrance	Jay Perham	Grayson Fong	1.15	3	0
18	Rivercity Outboards	Steve Kanowski	Craig Simmons	1.13	5	0
19	Angler Rods	Baden Sparrow	Warwick Lyndon	1.07	2	0
20	Where's You Really Bream	Chris Lewis	Twain Byrnes	1.02	2	0
21	A and B Shed Building	Andrew Schrodter	Ben Mckenzie	0.95	3	0
22	Team Continuum	Peter Cashman	Chris Lonne	0.92	2	0
23	Team Sportys	Darren Love	Tony Moore	0.86	2	0
24	Team Chubby	Greg Burke	Gary Niemack	0.83	2	0
25	Barra Jacks Kawana	Richard Creighton	David Solano	0.81	3	0
26	Waterscreen	Craig Darroch	Aaron Dixon	0.69	2	0
27	Eureka Landscapes	Simon Vaughan	Jim Vaughan	0.64	2	0
28	Team Shoc	Broc Wilson	Shane Hollows	0.52	1	0
29	Mantis Evolutionary Jigheads	Mick Wright	Ben Cronk	0.28	1	0
30	Sponsor Needed	Ian Baker	Neil Gregson	0.26	1	0
31	The Old Mate Fishing DVD	Aaron Sarna		0.23	1	0
32	Dream Team	Ben Campbell	Thomas Stoneham	0	0	0
32	Eagle	Trevor Foote	James Connell	0	0	0
32	Galeforce Boats	Guy Mitchell	Darren Naqurcha	0	0	0
32	Reel Addiction	Brendon Neuendorf	Lindsay Neuendorf	0	0	0
32	Team Fishing	Drew McGrath	Tyson Robertson	0	0	0
32	Team Atomic	Aaron Sharp	Rob March	0	0	0
32	Team Fish	Matt Fishburn	Michael Fishburn	0	0	0
32	The Leg Dogs	Ben Leggett	Peter Leggett	0	0	0
32	Xtreme Sign and Boat Wraps	Dave Makinson	Trevor Jones	0	0	0