2010 Summer Classic Report

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The 2010 Summer Classic fishing competition was successfully run for the first time this weekend! With 40 competitors it was always going to be a tough competition, especially with many of the participants making use of the early registration time and the perfect idyllic early morning conditions. Congratulations must go to all competitors for another fantastic fishing competition.

The morning started well with over half the competitors reporting to Event HQ to receive their competitor number before 5:00am. The conditions were perfect with a glassed out passage and mild morning. As the day went on and the tide turned, the wind decided to pick up and along with the summer heat it became somewhat of a challenge. Credit must be given to those who persisted and I know Baden Phillips would be thankful for doing so, snaring the winning bream close to lunchtime. Kylie Wahry was also rewarded for her efforts taking out yet another AFO prize category, 2nd place Flathead. Kylie and Ian both made the trip down to Spinnaker Sound from Caloundra to sign in and later submit their entries. Their knowledge of the Northern Passage paid off yet again! All other placings were taken out by first timers to any AFO events, Cliff Lugton, Dayle Banks, Joel Puurand and Daniel Brinckman. It was great to see so many new faces do so well and we certainly hope this has wet their appetite for future AFO events!

The prize presentation was held at 4:00pm at the Event HQ at Spinnaker Sound, off Caboolture-Bribie Island Road, Sandstone Point (near Bribie Island). Even though the long day took its toll on a fair few competitors it was good to see those that stayed for the prize presentation and also good to see the new faces that were introduced to and met some of the other fellow AFO community members. In total for the Summer Classic there were for the conditions a respectable 21 flathead and 7 bream weighed-in, plus lots of other species that were outside of the official prize categories. Unfortunately, there were no Mangrove Jacks caught in this year's event although Travis Warren had some closely fought battles with some red devils using livies up one of the passages creeks. Kriso Lubbers and James Wahry also donated several lures each to toothy critters throughout the duration of the competition. Our only advice for these anglers is use something a bit more substantial than 4lb next time your chasing Jacks!

The official results taking the great prizes provided by Anaconda Everton Park were:

2010 Summer Classic Results

Longest Flathead:

1st Place

Cliff Lugton

472mm

2nd Place

Kylie Wahry

460mm

3rd Place

Dayle Banks

453mm

Longest Bream:

1st Place

Baden Phillips

298mm

2nd Place

Joel Puurand

263mm

3rd Place

Daniel Brinckman

262mm

Longest Mangrove Jack:

1st Place

Not Awarded

Not Awarded

2nd Place

Not Awarded

Not Awarded

3rd Place

Not Awarded

Not Awarded

PRIZES:

Prizes were thanks to the helpful team over at Anaconda Everton Park.

Longest Bream

1st: Mojiko Assault KH2000 Spin Reel and Mojiko Tournament Spin Rod 2-4kg, 7 foot, 1 Piece and 2 x Packets of Mojiko Soft Plastics $200 RRP

Longest Flathead

1st: Mojiko Assault KH2000 Spin Reel and Mojiko Tournament Spin Rod 2-4kg, 7 foot, 1 Piece and 2 x Packets of Mojiko Soft Plastics $200 RRP

Longest Mangrove Jack

1st: Mojiko Assault Baitcaster and Mojiko Tournament Baitcaster Rod 6-10kg, 1.8m, 1 Piece and 2 x Packets of Mojiko Soft Plastics $250 RRP

Lucky Door Prize

1st: Mojiko Ironbark Baitcaster Rod, 213cm, 1 Piece, 4-7kg. $60 RRP

EVENT SPONSOR:

The 2010 Summer Classic fishing competition was proudly sponsored by Anaconda at Everton Park

Good fishing!

Brisbane Fishing Online

[Angus]

Shame half the competitors were gone by the time of the presentation!

But thats one of the reasons a time frame change is being reviewed.

No Jacks either. But oh well. They were always going to be the challenge over Bream and Flatties.

Angus

[Enormoss]

had a great day massive thankyou to all involved. will be there 4 sure next year my report is on its way!

[kreel]

Thanks to Gus and Johnny for another great AFO event, we've just arrived home after spending the night on Bribie and today down at Boonah for a party.

As per usual we had a great day fishing and met some old friends and made a few new ones.

It was a wonderful day and I would encourage everyone to be part of these events.

[Travis]

Angus wrote:

No Jacks either. But oh well. They were always going to be the challenge over Bream and Flatties.

Angus

They were there.... but got smoked and you only get one crack at em.... not happy