THE 2017 Gold Coast Flathead Classic wrapped up late last week with a record number of fishos competing in the popular catch & release tournament.
The Classic, run by the Gold Coast Sports Fishing Club, is now in its 24th year and once again Fishing World was a proud sponsor.
Team lowrance Whyte Boyz took out the Champion team this year with an outstanding effort. The Whyte Boyz scored over 4000 points on day one alone and ended the tournament with a whopping 6037 points! Coming in second place was The Mad Hueys Heritage with Brad Job, Ben Job and Ross McCubbin. And in third place was Team BCF.
Champion Angler went to Brenden Whyte with 2996 points.
Team Fishing World ended up at 65th place while David Green’s Team Dead Fishy came in at 8th place.
The three day event had a mix of weather. Day one was overcast with low winds, while day two was plagued by 30 knot northerlies; even the best teams struggled under those conditions. Day three finished with light winds and sunshine, which provided a good opportunity to catch up on points lost during the previous day.
Some of the winners and stats are listed below, while the full rundown of results can be found at the Flattie Classic’s Facebook page.
2017 Team Results
Ranking – Team Number – Team Name – Total Points
1 248 Lowrance Whyte Boyz 6037
2 173 The Mad Hueys Heritage 3453
3 210 BCF 3107
4 247 HDS Carbon 3006
5 175 Zerek 2900
6 174 Wilson Fishing 2717
7 181 TEAM ON STRIKE 2558
8 251 Dead Fishy 2557
9 159 Team Big Fish 2494
10 106 Team Sands 2487
11 74 Nulook Floors Sunshine Coast 2419
12 276 Nu Look Floors Northern Rivers 2387
13 34 All Terrain Gear 2300
14 141 RIPPIN AND TEARIN 2241
15 129 Dawson Swainskis 2221
16 191 CTPC 2211
17 84 Nulook Floors Brisbane South 2169
18 67 Homebrew Hombres 2120
19 207 Beer & Bullshit 2105
20 55 Team Nulook Floors 2076
2017 stats
5669
Total flathead caught
2938
Total flathead caught above 40cm
276
Total teams entered
670
Total competitors
66
Total junior anglers
2758
Total flathead caught (soft bodied lure)
6
Total flathead caught (fly)
1231
Most popular lure colour white
