queensland AUSTACKLE “King of Moreton Bay" Flathead Round

[Orca]

AUSTACKLE “King of Moreton Bay" Flathead Round

The dreaded big ‘W’s that are common for this time of the year - wind and weed- plagued anglers as they fished the Flathead round of the “King of Moreton Bay†Team Series. 34 anglers in 17 teams braved 20 knots and rain at 5am as they set out to various parts of greater Moreton Bay with the Jacobs Well /Pin area being the most popular choice.

The rain quickly disappeared as the sun got up but the northerly winds showed no signs of abating and stayed fairly constant throughout the day. There was an early morning high tide and an analysis of the anglers catch sheets handed in showed that there were 2 distinct bite periods - 6am to 8am and 2pm - 3pm.

An interesting aspect of the days fishing was the number of other species caught during the day with Bream and Jew being the most common. Snapper, Sharks, big Sea Toads and Whiting were also mentioned by anglers at final check-in, especially by the teams who scored a big doughnut on Flathead!

The winning team came from the Gold Coast. Well known Flathead anglers Brett Rayner and Chad Patterson landed 9 legal fish for a score of 496 points. Runner up for the second time in this year’s competition was Team Stradic with 309 points and third place went to Team Austackle Gold with 258 points. The Austackle team also landed the biggest Flathead of the day - a fantastic fish of 86cms. They also nailed a big Jew which they were calling a big Flathead initially until it peeled off over half a spool of line as it made its run for freedom.

Brett Rayner & Chad Patterson being presented with their winnings by Austackle’s James Morris.

Drew McGrath with his monster 86cms Flathead. Gear used was a Takeda Firebade 3-6kg combo and a large soft plastic Grub

Drew’s Team mate Jamie McKeown with a nice Jewie caught off Kalinga Bank. Shame it was in a Flathead competition! Gear used was a Takeda 3-6kg combo and a large soft plastic Grub

The top 10 teams for the Flathead round were as follows:

602 - Anglers Connection 1st 496

610 - Team Stradic 2nd 309

612 - Austackle Gold 3rd 258

616 - Fishing Mania 4th 240

617 - The Green Team 5th 135

618 - Team Beauy 6th 111

611 - Redlands Multi Sports 7th 98

600 - Sundowner 1 8th 83

604 - Team Paras 9th 47

621 - Team Denning "Junior" 10th 47

Cumulative Top 10 Team Scores after 2 Rounds

Place Teams Total Points

1st 610 - Team Stradic 1743

2nd 611 - Redlands Multi Sports 1594

3rd 602 - Anglers Connection 1084

4th 603 - Team ANSA 746

5th 612 - Austackle Gold 730

6th 600 - Sundowner 1 399

7th 605 - Team Scaly 306

8th 614 - Toey As 262

9th 604 - Team Paras 253

10th 616 - Fishing Mania 240

Top 10 Individual Scores after 2 Rounds

Name Team Total Points Place

Wolhuter, Shane Team Stradic 1,087 1st

Ferre, Dom Redlands Multi Sports 968 2nd

Wolhuter, Nathan Team Stradic 594 3rd

Rayner, Brett Anglers Connection 569 4th

Schwartz, Ross Redlands Multi Sports 528 5th

Patterson, Chad Anglers Connection 515 6th

Gregory, Steve Team ANSA 482 7th

Cashman, Peter Austackle Gold 366 8th

Preston, Fred Sundowner 1 287 9th

Celovski, Stephen Team ANSA 264 10th

NEXT ROUND

The Whiting round will be fished on Sunday October 23rd with the briefing the night before at the Redlands Multi-Sports Headquarters at Birkdale. We look forward to seeing all the teams again along with any new comers who wish to join in the fun and win some fantastic prizes. Remember you don’t have to be a great fisherman to win a prize. Thousands of dollars of prizes are given away randomly which you win simply by being there.

Mike Cole

Tournament Director

[The Mad Hughesy]

That is a huge flatty. Would have been tough fishing this weekend

[Orca]

That is a huge flatty. Would have been tough fishing this weekend

It was very tough going.

[Manni79]

That is a huge flatty. Would have been tough fishing this weekend

It was very tough going.

You were being kind to mother nature calling 'em 20knots winds lol.

Cabbage Tree boat ramp at 4:45 was well over 30 lol - we nearly got blown off the boat ramp haha

Thanks for organising the event Mike, pretty happy with 4th for my first comp, even if it did take nearly all day to land my first fish !!!

[Orca]

That is a huge flatty. Would have been tough fishing this weekend

It was very tough going.

You were being kind to mother nature calling 'em 20knots winds lol.

Cabbage Tree boat ramp at 4:45 was well over 30 lol - we nearly got blown off the boat ramp haha

Thanks for organising the event Mike, pretty happy with 4th for my first comp, even if it did take nearly all day to land my first fish !!!

I was going off the forecasts Manni but when i stood at Jacobs Well jetty at 4-50am it was strong enough to blow a dog off a chain!

Glad you had a good time and hope we see you at the Whiting round mate.

[Manni79]

That is a huge flatty. Would have been tough fishing this weekend

It was very tough going.

You were being kind to mother nature calling 'em 20knots winds lol.

Cabbage Tree boat ramp at 4:45 was well over 30 lol - we nearly got blown off the boat ramp haha

Thanks for organising the event Mike, pretty happy with 4th for my first comp, even if it did take nearly all day to land my first fish !!!

I was going off the forecasts Manni but when i stood at Jacobs Well jetty at 4-50am it was strong enough to blow a dog off a chain!

Glad you had a good time and hope we see you at the Whiting round mate.

Thanks Mike, We might be moving house that weekend, if we aren't moving then we will enter again.

For anyone interested in weather readings, whilst standing on the boat ramp i looked up seabreeze, and at 5am it was listed as 8 knots, they were about 20 knots off the mark

[Orca]

Thanks Mike, We might be moving house that weekend, if we aren't moving then we will enter again.

For anyone interested in weather readings, whilst standing on the boat ramp i looked up seabreeze, and at 5am it was listed as 8 knots, they were about 20 knots off the mark

[dragons7]

I must say it was very hard fishing the river in the conditions it just blew and blew and blew a few gnarly moments I must say but was stoked to get 2nd 2 comPs in a row look out whiting your gonna make sure I get first this time the new fireblades look awesome on the new stradics cheers mike

[Orca]

I must say it was very hard fishing the river in the conditions it just blew and blew and blew a few gnarly moments I must say but was stoked to get 2nd 2 comPs in a row look out whiting your gonna make sure I get first this time the new fireblades look awesome on the new stradics cheers mike

I think the Whiting round will sort quite a few people ut actually. Not too many Tournament guys actually target whiting - especially in daylight hours so it wont be any easy thing. But then again thats the whole point of this comp - to find the really good all round anglers not just a species specialist.

[dragons7]

Mate I'll be using plastics and hardbodies like I have the hole comps fishing an area where I've caught some whiting before on plastics I love a challenge so all ways wiling to push it to limits and try something new let's see how we go

[Orca]

Mate I'll be using plastics and hardbodies like I have the hole comps fishing an area where I've caught some whiting before on plastics I love a challenge so all ways wiling to push it to limits and try something new let's see how we go

Well if you happen to win the overall comp then nobody can begrudge you of your title. Its a tough comp to win and not by accident. No point in calling somebody "king" if its too easy.

[dragons7]

That's what I reckOn haha I think I'm the king haha Nathan will say other wise haha

[Angus]

Moved to the reports section.

[sprintcardude]

That was a MONSTER flattie mate extreamlly good job!!!!!