THE 20th Anniversary Gold Coast Flathead Classic was held over the weekend on Queensland’s Gold Coast, where the event attracted a record 503 anglers to compete in the two and a half day event.
Competitors reportedly found the going fairly tough this year due to a variety of factors including windy conditions and discoloured water.
A total catch & release tally of 3817 flathead was recorded for the 2013 Classic, which was well down on totals from previous years.
The largest flathead taken during the comp was a 95cm beauty by Brenden Whyte of the Team Evinrude Whyte Boys.
The second largest fish was a 94cm fish caught on the last day by Con Voukelatos in the final 10 minutes of competition.
Ian “Big E” Phillips with a nice little jewie caught during a pre-fish to the main event.
Team Fishing World, consisting of David Green, Jim Harnwell and Ian “Big E” Phillips managed “an array of 60cm fish” during the comp which saw the trio finish in the top 20 amongst the teams while David Green took out 19th place in the Seniors rankings.
Other results:
Longest Flathead – Overall and Casting – Brenden Whyte – 95cm
Longest Flathead – Trolling – Jamie Pollock – 87cm
Longest Mulloway – Brenden Whyte – 106cm
Longest Trevally – Scott Blair – 53cm
Longest Tailor – Jason Heller – 49cm
Longest Mangrove Jack – Bill Hossack – 43cm
Longest Estuary Cod – Carl Lorrigan – 47cm
Longest Whiting – Chris Burns and Luke Haber – 40cm
Longest Bream – Craig McKenzie 40cm
Random Junior Boat Winner – Aiden Cross
Random Senior Boat Winner – Ryan Dixon
The Fishing World team heading out on Day One.
Team placings
1 Soft-Ons
2 Switchbait
3 Team Sands
4 Team Evinrude Whyte Boys
5 Team Dog
6 Beer & Bullshit
7 Team Hi Seas
8 Flatliners
9 Dusky Deviants
10 The Mad Hueys
11 Furious Flickers
12 Fishing Monthly
13 M.A.D
14 Great Northern Brewing
15 Austackle
16 The Geriatric Duo
17 Ballina Bait and Tackle
18 Wilson Fishing
19 Fishing World
20 TNT
Total Scores for Seniors
1 1132 Andrew Mayhew
2 1090 Alex Hallam
3 1063 Murray Rogers
4 969 Dean Hanckel
5 956 James Nishida
6 921 George Sands
7 920 Danny Sands
8 903 Brad Donald
9 891 David Hill
10 881 Troy Dixon
11 867 Kazi Rembacher
12 833 Jamie McKeown
13 776 Paul Neilsen
14 768 Kevin Lappin
15 761 Geoff Carey
16 758 Con Vouts
17 743 Brett Dixon
18 728 Roy Latter
19 723 David “The Doctor” Green
20 708 Jason Heller
Fisho’s Jim Harnwell with one of many around 60cm flatties caught by the FW team. Image: Ian “Big E” Phillips
Stay tuned for Fishing World’s event wrap-up and for more results go to:
http://www.goldcoastsportfishingclub.com.au/2013-gold-coast-flathead-classic-results/
