The Gold Coast Game Fish Club invites Gold Coast Sportfishing Club members to a special presentationnext month to the Friday 25th November at Game Base Runaway Bay, we have the privilege of have Mr Elliott Stark Science and Policy Specialist / The Billfish Foundation Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA alone to meet everyone while here in Australia. [...]
After looking on the market for a tinnie, whilst having beers with the neighbour one weekend, I find out his mate has a tinnie for sale. So we organised to have a look the next afternoon. We turned up to find a 4.35 Apache Allycraft with a 40 hp Yamaha 4 stroke on a dunbier [...]
My last two tournaments of the year have come and gone and I’m now back home for the year! I had mixed results, the first was a FLW Open at Lake Champlain where I fished as a Non Boater! I pre fished 5 days with Fred and it could not have gone any better. We [...]
2011 Dash for Cash Flathead Sunday November 13th You do not have to be a member to fish this comp! Please bring a Brag Mat and your digital camera! Registration 5.30-6.00am Briefing: 6.15am Fishing: 6.30-2.00pm 2 person team event more teams more cash back to the field Top 5 Flathead 1 point per cm catch [...]
The Gold Coast Sportfishing Club are proud to announce our dates for the 2012 Gold Coast Flathead Classic
DATE CLAIMER 2012
Registration Night: Wednesday 3rd October from 4.30pm
Fishing: Thursday 4th, Friday 5th and Saturday 6th Oct
Our dates remain aligned with the last weekend of the QLD school Holidays but as the School holiday have moved slightly so does the comp date. Which will mean no clash with the AFL Grand Final! This also aligns with NSW and VIC school Holidays.
*2012 Prices will be confirmed soon and registration open . There is a good chance that we will need to limit entries to 200 Teams and it will be on a first come first served basis.
A sunny day was a real treat for anglers fishing the 2nd day of the tournament. The N/NW wind didn’t seem to worry anglers too much other than the dirty water this teamed with big tides meant that it was a key strategy to find the clear water to find the fish. The best performing [...]
An interesting day weather wise for the first day of the classic, sun,northerly winds and even a prolonged downpour greeted our anglers on day 1 of the 2011 Carlton Mid Flathead Classic. The strong northerlies made it tough going for some teams and the fish were hard to find in numbers. Team Dead Fishy top [...]
HI-SEAS introduces new 100% Fluorocarbon, with exclusive Quattro 4-color camouflage technology. There are two ways to reduce fishing line’s visibility underwater. The earliest method was developed by HI-SEAS and remains in use today in their extremely popular nylon monofilament lines Quattro Plus™ and Black Widow™. This ground breaking achievement works the same way a hunter’s [...]
Shayne McKee was runner up Senior Champion at the 2010 Flathead Classic he presented and shared his tips on fishing the shallows at our recent launch night. follow the link for Shaynes presentation, it will open another page where you press the link to Flatties 101 http://www.goldcoastsportfishingclub.com.au/?attachment_id=1011 email2friend
Last year with the redevelopment of the Broadwater Parklands parking proved to be a little bit of a challenge at the Classic with parking on the grass a real no no! Ah the price of progress! As such we have negotiated a designated grass parking area which is on the Grass North of Macs Bait [...]
Click the Event Registration Tab above then go to the 2011 registered Teams and there will be our latest information. If you have mailed in your entry this may take a little longer to add as we clear the PO Box a couple of times in the week. email2friend
James Nishida tells us a great story of when he temporarily relocated to Singapore with his fiance one of James’ key considerations was to ensure that fishing was still on his agenda. It had been a tough year back on the Gold Coast, my new fiancé and I had just finished building a house, extra [...]
We are currently searching for the cover shot for this years Flathead Classic Tournament Magazine and are asking all of our 2010 entrants to submit suitable photos to fishofthemonth@hotmail.com with ‘covershot’ in the subject heading. emails must include the name and capture details and permission to print the photo. Alternatively you can post your pics on [...]
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