Gamakatsu Teams Series
Round 3 14/2/10
Austackle Gold Coast Fish Off

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A cheerful 102 anglers turned out for Rd 3 of the $100,000 Gamakatsu Team Series on the Gold Coast presented by Austackle. Recent rains had a handful of teams wondering if the event will be a tough challenge or a fish-a-cast affair. The sunny Gold Coast day landed somewhere in between, with most teams bringing in limits.

It was regular breamer’s “Budds Bait and Tackle” Nick Whyte and Rick Luker who tempted the five heaviest bream to the livewell, and ultimately the scales, to take home the cash and prizes from Austackle. Fishing the seawalls around the Broadwater, Nick and Rick cranked deep diving Jackall Chubbies to great success until about 9.30am when their bite stopped. For the remaining 3 hours they searched for the elusive “kicker”, which never came. Doing the numbers on the weigh back they wondered if their 3.11kg was enough. Lucky for them it was.

Early to weigh in, and a long time to wait, first time bream competitors Nigel and Zac Skyring landed themselves the second place cheque and bundle of goodies from Austackle. Like first place the “Skyring Bros” team headed to the Broadwater seawalls, only on the northern side of the entrance. Watching the sounder for where the water came up from 7m to 2m Nigel and Zac would drop their 2” shrimp down to the hungry bream. Again the bite died early at the seaway, so the Skyring duo headed to the bridges, where they lost 2 good fish. But it was Zac’s last ditch effort near the finishing point that got them their fifth fish, and helped Zac score the Atomic Lures “Kids Big Bag”.

Rounding out the top 3 was regular GTS supporters Team Tender, Scott Lane and Shane Jarrett. Using locally made Scizz Blades, in gold finish, they found their willing bream in 10m of water hugging the coffee rock. The bite really produced on the last of the run in tide and slack water.
The sponsor bonus programs were spread right across the field with, Darrin Crowley landing his 3rd Damiki Big Bream prize. The .890g fish fell victim to a Salmon Roe Chubby connected to 2lb crystal mainline. Its was a battle of wits as Darrin commented he could feel the hooks pull, praying the bream had enough stuck in him to get it in the boat.
The Blu-Eye Eyewear mystery weight was a split decision awarded to “Tight Lines” and “Lucky Craft”.
GTS would like to thank all sponsors and we look forward to seeing you all at Rd 4 on the Clarence River in Iluka.

Rankin	Team Name	Angler 1	Angler 2	Weight	No Of Fi	Big Bre
1	Budd Bait and Tackle	Nick Whyte	Rick Luker	3.11	5	0.82
2	Skyring Bro's	Zac Skyring	Nigel Skyring	2.65	5	0
3	Team Tender	Shane Jarrett	Scott Lane	2.57	5	0
4	Meridian Marinas/ Nitro Bass Boats	Darrin Crowley	Stuart Bible	2.48	5	0.89
5	Grumpy Old Men	John Mills	Gary Palmer	2.47	5	0
6	Busting Braid	John Siggs	Gary Middleton	2.41	5	0
6	Rivercity Outboards	Steve Kanowski	Mark Lawson	2.41	5	0
8	Fishbrain	Derek Paynter	Art Reinstra	2.31	5	0
9	Pflueger/TT	Stephen Wilson	Darren Borg	2.27	5	0
10	The Old Mate Fishing DVD	Aaron Sarna		2.24	5	0
11	Couran Paws	Mick Thorley	Arthur Hatzipetrou	2.23	5	0
12	Ballina Marineland	Mick Corbett	Jake Stewart	2.19	5	0
13	Team Atomic	Aaron Sharp	Rob March	2.07	5	0
14	Nitro Marine/Ugly Fish	Scott Butler	Scott Platter	2.01	5	0
14	Team Eureka Landscapes	Simon Vaughn	Jim Vaughn	2.01	5	0
16	Green Machine	Paul Gillespie	Jay Gillespie	1.97	5	0
17	Shrek n Donkey	Grant Clements	Chris Lynch	1.95	5	0
17	www.fishin.com.au/Lowrance	Jay Perham	Grayson Fong	1.95	5	0
19	Lucky Craft	Mick Horn	Willie Horn	1.88	5	0
20	Team Continuum	Peter Cashman	Chris Lonne	1.87	4	0.75
21	Dick and Dave	Richard Creighton	David Salano	1.82	4	0
21	Tight Lines	Shaun Pritchard	Dan Quinton	1.82	5	0
23	Frogleys Offshore	Paul Starkey	Jay Morgan	1.79	5	0
23	Xtreme Printing and Boat Wraps	David Makinson	Trevor Jones	1.79	5	0
25	Big River Bait n Tackle	Brett Young	Mark Mulligan	1.76	5	0
26	Atomic Hardz	Cadillac Elderado	Dale Mullins	1.65	5	0
27	Team Terry	Ben Richards	Lee Hennesy	1.6	5	0
28	Team Eagle	Trevor Foote	Paul Foote	1.52	3	0.79
29	Baintech	Peter Herbst	Justin Welsh	1.51	5	0
30	Bream Bandits	T Byrnes	Chris Lewis	1.5	4	0
31	Fillet and Release	Tony Thorley	John Thorley	1.46	4	0
32	No Name	D McGrath	Tyson Robertson	1.3	4	0
33	Bush n Beach Berkley	Anthony Wishey	Ben Collins	1.27	3	0
34	Mantis Evolutionary Jigheads	Mick Wright	Ben Cronk	1.22	3	0
35	TT Switchblades	Peter Jung	Stuart Dowier Bridges	1.13	2	0
36	Lured In	David Bullard	Ross Sangster	1.01	3	0
37	Bush n Beach/Pflueger/Budd's	Rob Kwiatkowski	Jason Seaton	0.96	2	0
38	TeeJay	Tony Livermore	Jamie Lockyer	0.93	2	0
39	TT Lures	Declan Williams	Troy Stockwell	0.89	3	0
40	A and B Shed Building	Andrew Schrodter	Ben Mckenzie	0.8	2	0
40	Team Meredith	Nicholas Meredith	Aaron Meredith	0.8	2	0
42	Team Fatboys	Mick Buggy	Tom Bruggy	0.49	1	0
43	Dunno Fishing	Brett Dunston	Andrew Cumberland	0.47	1	0
44	Charltons Fishing	Trent Mander	Nathan Sewell	0.41	1	0
45	Team Sportys	Darren Love	Tony Moore	0.36	1	0
46	Salt n Pepper	David Whyte	Shane Suliman	0.35	1	0
47	Team Honda	Michael Maas	Peter Gibson	0.34	1	0
48	Team Native	Matthew Finney	Anthony Duff	0.32	1	0
49	Club Chubby	Greg Burke	Gary Niemack	0	0	0
49	Go Slow	Thomas Alexander	Troy Campbell	0	0	0
49	Kakadu Annexes	Bruce Anderson	Nathan Anderson	0	0	0
49	Legget Reverse	Pete Legget	Kerry Symes	0	0	0
49	Sluggas	Nathan Straume	Daniel Straume	0	0	0
49	Team Austackle	Ben Cole	Brett Rayner	0	0	0
49	Team Fish	Matt Fishburn	Linda Bettiens	0	0	0
49	Team Strudwick	Glen White	Mark Petersen	0	0	0