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Ford Ranger Gold Coast BREAM Challenge- Day 3 Results
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Not surprisingly the final day’s Top 10 was heavily packed with eight locals. Maintaining his lead throughout the tournament was Chris Britton, who claimed his first individual win and the oversized Ford Ranger cheque for $10,000 that comes with a Super Series victory. Having claimed several large payouts in the QLD Open team’s event with Anthony Wishey, Britton used his knowledge of the arena to claim a comprehensive win. - Fishing the northern Bay Islands, Britton targeted shallow edges, hard banks and drop offs, finding the bream biting better later in the day as the tide rose. Britton a Berkley Pro Staffer used the Pro Tactic 2-4kg and 2-5kg rods matched to Abu Cardinal 802 reels. Looking for the finesse approach he spooled these with 3lb Stren Microfuse and 4lb Trilene Fluorocarbon. The lure choice for the weekend was the 3" Berkley Gulp minnow in lime tiger and nuclear chicken colours rigged on 1/20 Nitro Finesse jigheads.
Over the three days of competition the high tide was getting later and later. Finding the bream feeding in the shallows was the key. Long casts and a gentle hop attracted the bream and Britton made sure he converted these into the livewell.
"On the final day I only had 3 fish at 11.30am," said Britton.
"I moved to Macleay Island to fill my limit, but never managed an upgrade," he concluded.
Going into the tournament, Britton knew that fishing was tough and his goal was to qualify for the Ford Ranger BREAM Grand Final held on the same waters in late October, early November.
"My game plan was to score 2.6kg each day and make it through to the Sunday Shootout," he said.
Working as the Suncorp National Mobile Lending Manager, Britton laughed as he said he would now be exploring suitable financial strategies for the oversized ABT cheque.
Good mates with Chris is Robert Kwiatkowski, who not only managed second place and a $5000 cheque but backed by his 4th place at the Tweed successfully claimed the Lowrance QLD AOY title.
Rob K as he is more affectionately known used an Egrell 2-5kg Bear rod matched to a Shimano Stradic with 2lb Stren and 6lb Yamatoyo leader. Following in the footsteps of Britton he too used the Berkley 3" Gulp minnows rigged on a 1/20th Nitro jighead, but opted for the watermelon colour.
Casting 4-5 metres off the bank and hopping it back to the boat, Rob K found the bream either grabbing the lure on the drop or whilst paused on the bottom. Although like most anglers he is cursing lost fish, Rob K now has his sights set for that Top 4 shootout at the Grand Final filmed for the televised Australian Fishing Championships.
Champion non boater for the weekend was Jason Seaton following up on his fifth at the Tweed, he added a Millerod, Shimano reel, Berkley scales, Tackle Warehouse voucher and a swag of other goodies to his booty.
Fishing with Gold Coast local Mick Horn on day one and Berkley Pro Staffer Mark Mangold on day two Seaton accumulated 9/10, 3.86kg, over 500 grams in front of his next non boating competitor.
Seaton used a G.Loomis DS820 and Shimano Stradic 1000 spooled with 2lb Berkley Crystal and 2lb FC Rock leader. His lure of choice was the popular Berkley 2" shrimp in pepper prawn and banana prawn colours.
A versatile plastic he rigged these on 1/16 or 1/20 jigheads and fished the rocky bottom of the Nerang river on Day 1 followed by bridges and pilons in the Nerang on day two. Working the lure quickly in the TSS area on day 1 he anchored his bag with a 940gram Big Bream.
This was the mark to beat and come day two it was Michael Maas that scored the only kilo plus bream for the weekend and subsequently took home the $500 Go-So Big Bream cheque with his 1.07kg fish. Working a mangrove lined bank near Short Island in approximately 6ft of water, the bream snaffled the 2" Berkley Gulp shrimp in pepper prawn rigged on a 1/12 TT jighead.
Over $30,000 in cash and prizes was distributed to the winners of the Gold Coast Super Series. With 5 of the top 10 boaters already qualified for the Grand Final, anglers were relieved to be able to fish the final day knowing they had their position cemented. None more so than Wayne Friebe who had driven from Victoria to qualify and subsequently took home the Mercury Bonus cheque for $250 being the only Mercury owner in the Sunday Shootout.
With only the Port River BREAM Qualifier remaining, the season is quickly drawing to a close. Come Oct 31-Nov 2, 112 anglers who have qualified throughout Australia will converge on the Gold Coast to find out who is the number one angler for 2008. Until then, it means plenty of time on the water and tactics being sharpened.
> If you would like any further information about the Ford Ranger BREAM Grand Final go to www.bream.com.au or phone ABT on 07 3387 0888.
| Place | BOATER | State | F1 | W1 | F2 | W2 | F3 | W3 | TF | TW | Payout |
| 1 | Chris BRITTON | QLD | 5 | 2.73 | 5 | 2.97 | 5 | 2.34 | 15 | 8.04 | 10000, TackleWarehouse voucher |
| 2 | Robert KWIATKOWSKI | Qld | 5 | 2.36 | 5 | 2.31 | 5 | 2.04 | 15 | 6.71 | 5000, TackleWarehouse voucher |
| 3 | Craig SIMMONS | QLD | 5 | 1.95 | 5 | 2.42 | 5 | 2.13 | 15 | 6.5 | 3000, TackleWarehouse voucher |
| 4 | Simon VAUGHAN | QLD | 4 | 2.52 | 5 | 3.1 | 2 | 0.64 | 11 | 6.26 | 2500, TackleWarehouse voucher |
| 5 | Steve ELDRED | QLD | 3 | 2.22 | 5 | 2.51 | 4 | 1.51 | 12 | 6.24 | 2000, TackleWarehouse voucher |
| 6 | Dean HAMMOND | NSW | 5 | 1.71 | 5 | 2.35 | 5 | 2.13 | 15 | 6.19 | 1000, TackleWorld voucher |
| 7 | Tim MORGAN | QLD | 5 | 2.11 | 5 | 1.79 | 5 | 2.19 | 15 | 6.09 | 900, TackleWorld voucher |
| 8 | Michael MAAS | QLD | 5 | 1.76 | 5 | 2.48 | 5 | 1.8 | 15 | 6.04 | 800, TackleWorld voucher |
| 9 | Wayne FRIEBE | Vic | 5 | 2.12 | 5 | 1.87 | 5 | 1.72 | 15 | 5.71 | 600, TackleWorld voucher |
| 10 | Anthony WISHEY | QLD | 5 | 1.89 | 5 | 2.2 | 5 | 1.54 | 15 | 5.63 | 600, TackleWorld voucher |
| 11 | Steve MORGAN | QLD | 5 | 2.34 | 4 | 1.44 | 9 | 3.78 | 600 | ||
| 12 | Russell BABEKUHL | NSW | 5 | 1.71 | 5 | 2.02 | 10 | 3.73 | |||
| 13 | Kristoffer HICKSON | NSW | 5 | 1.9 | 5 | 1.78 | 10 | 3.68 | |||
| 14 | Peterj. HERBST | QLD | 5 | 1.54 | 5 | 2.09 | 10 | 3.63 | |||
| 15 | Jay PERHAM | QLD | 5 | 1.95 | 5 | 1.68 | 10 | 3.63 | |||
| 16 | Gavin DUNNE | QLD | 5 | 1.8 | 5 | 1.82 | 10 | 3.62 | |||
| 17 | Mark MANGOLD | NSW | 5 | 2.17 | 4 | 1.36 | 9 | 3.53 | |||
| 18 | Tristan TAYLOR | Qld | 5 | 2.16 | 4 | 1.24 | 9 | 3.4 | |||
| 19 | Martin RICHARDSON | NSW | 5 | 1.47 | 5 | 1.85 | 10 | 3.32 | |||
| 20 | Nick WHYTE | Qld | 5 | 2.27 | 2 | 1.01 | 7 | 3.28 | |||
| 21 | Matt FRASER | QLD | 5 | 1.77 | 3 | 1.5 | 8 | 3.27 | |||
| 22 | Grant LAZZARO | Qld | 5 | 1.74 | 5 | 1.43 | 10 | 3.17 | |||
| 23 | Michael TORLEY | QLD | 5 | 1.69 | 4 | 1.45 | 9 | 3.14 | |||
| 24 | Nigel WEBSTER | QLD | 5 | 1.66 | 5 | 1.48 | 10 | 3.14 | |||
| 25 | Michael HORN | QLD | 3 | 1.3 | 5 | 1.79 | 8 | 3.09 | |||
| 26 | Robert MARCH | Qld | 4 | 2.46 | 2 | 0.59 | 6 | 3.05 | |||
| 27 | Peter CASHMAN | Qld | 5 | 2.54 | 1 | 0.33 | 6 | 2.87 | |||
| 28 | Darrin CROWLEY | Qld | 3 | 1.01 | 5 | 1.81 | 8 | 2.82 | |||
| 29 | Norm KEMP | NSW | 5 | 1.92 | 3 | 0.88 | 8 | 2.8 | |||
| 30 | Warren CARTER | Vic | 5 | 1.35 | 5 | 1.32 | 10 | 2.67 | |||
| 31 | Jack OLMOS | NSW | 5 | 1.67 | 3 | 0.88 | 8 | 2.55 | |||
| 32 | Andrew HOMANN | NSW | 4 | 1.31 | 3 | 1.22 | 7 | 2.53 | |||
| 33 | Kevin TORMEY | Vic | 5 | 1.76 | 2 | 0.69 | 7 | 2.45 | |||
| 34 | Gary NEWELL | NSW | 5 | 1.71 | 2 | 0.66 | 7 | 2.37 | |||
| 35 | Aaron SHARP | Qld | 5 | 1.93 | 1 | 0.29 | 6 | 2.22 | |||
| 36 | Patrick MORGAN | Qld | 4 | 1.79 | 1 | 0.28 | 5 | 2.07 | |||
| 38 | Vincent BLEAKLEY | NSW | 3 | 0.94 | 3 | 0.94 | 6 | 1.88 | |||
| 39 | Stephen WILSON | QLD | 4 | 1.19 | 2 | 0.65 | 6 | 1.84 | |||
| 40 | Darren BORG | NSW | 2 | 0.76 | 3 | 1.06 | 5 | 1.82 | |||
| 41 | Stephen TRACEY | Qld | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0.75 | 5 | 1.75 | |||
| 42 | Michael STARKEY | NSW | 5 | 1.71 | 5 | 1.71 | |||||
| 43 | Adam WARD | NSW | 3 | 0.87 | 2 | 0.74 | 5 | 1.61 | |||
| 44 | Graham FRANKLIN | NSW | 1 | 0.56 | 2 | 1.01 | 3 | 1.57 | |||
| 45 | Ben GODFREY | Qld | 5 | 1.44 | 5 | 1.44 | |||||
| 46 | David WARD | QLD | 1 | 0.36 | 3 | 0.78 | 4 | 1.14 | |||
| 47 | Andrew ORLEY | Qld | 1 | 0.53 | 1 | 0.32 | 2 | 0.85 | |||
| 48 | Christian SERNE | QLD | 2 | 0.82 | 2 | 0.82 | |||||
| 49 | Corey TARR | Qld | 2 | 0.81 | 2 | 0.81 | |||||
| 50 | Michael PASSAU | NSW | 2 | 0.8 | 2 | 0.8 | |||||
| 51 | Gary FOOKS | QLD | 1 | 0.32 | 1 | 0.31 | 2 | 0.63 | |||
| 52 | Shane JARRETT | NSW | 1 | 0.34 | 1 | 0.26 | 2 | 0.6 | |||
| 53 | David MCKENZIE | Qld | 2 | 0.46 | 2 | 0.46 | |||||
| 54 | Daniel BROWN | NSW | 1 | 0.42 | 1 | 0.42 | |||||
| 55 | Brian MILEN | Qld | 1 | 0.41 | 1 | 0.41 | |||||
| 56 | Peter MORGAN | QLD | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.3 | |||||
| 57 | Kim EMPSON | Qld | |||||||||
| Place | Angler | State | F1 | W1 | F2 | W2 | F3 | W3 | TF | TW | Payout |
| 1 | Jason SEATON | Qld | 5 | 2.49 | 4 | 1.37 | 9 | 3.86 | Millerod, Shimano Saros reel, Berkley Scales, TackleWarehouse voucher, prize pack | ||
| 2 | Chris MAAS | Qld | 3 | 1.01 | 4 | 2.29 | 7 | 3.3 | Lamiglas rod, Shimano Seido reel, Berkley Bag, TackleWarehouse voucher, prize pack | ||
| 3 | Matthew FINNEY | NSW | 5 | 2.22 | 2 | 0.93 | 7 | 3.15 | JW Watersnake, Shimano Sienna reel, Berkley Bag, TackleWarehouse voucher, prize pack | ||
| 4 | Neil FOLEY | NSW | 5 | 1.51 | 5 | 1.62 | 10 | 3.13 | Plueger Supreme rod and reel, Berkley Bag, TackleWarehouse voucher, prize pack | ||
| 5 | Vicki WINTER | NSW | 5 | 1.39 | 5 | 1.64 | 10 | 3.03 | Berkley Dropshot, Abu Garcia reel, Berkley Scales, TackleWarehouse voucher, prize pack | ||
| 6 | Noel LATIMER | Qld | 5 | 2.27 | 1 | 0.41 | 6 | 2.68 | Spotters sunglasses, Tica reel, TackleWorld voucher, prize pack | ||
| 7 | Antony MOORE | QLD | 1 | 0.4 | 5 | 2.24 | 6 | 2.64 | Spotters sunglasses, Berkley Bag, TackleWorld voucher voucher, prize pack | ||
| 8 | Colin GROTH | QLD | 2 | 0.69 | 4 | 1.95 | 6 | 2.64 | Daiwa Tierra rod, Xtools, TackleWorld voucher voucher, prize pack | ||
| 9 | Andrew FAWCETT | NSW | 3 | 1.05 | 4 | 1.59 | 7 | 2.64 | Shimano Starlo Stic, Berkley DVD, TackleWorld voucher voucher, prizepack | ||
| 10 | Alex BARONOFF | QLD | 2 | 0.6 | 5 | 1.9 | 7 | 2.5 | Uglyfish Sunglasses, TackleWorld voucher, prize pack | ||
| 11 | Darryn LOVE | Qld | 2 | 0.81 | 5 | 1.6 | 7 | 2.41 | |||
| 12 | Daniel FOLLEY | QLD | 4 | 1.58 | 2 | 0.82 | 6 | 2.4 | |||
| 13 | Arthur HATZIPETROW | Qld | 5 | 1.54 | 3 | 0.86 | 8 | 2.4 | |||
| 14 | Kendall SOO | Qld | 4 | 1.18 | 3 | 1.13 | 7 | 2.31 | |||
| 15 | Chris GATES | NSW | 2 | 0.71 | 5 | 1.56 | 7 | 2.27 | |||
| 16 | Philip NIX | NSW | 2 | 0.86 | 4 | 1.39 | 6 | 2.25 | |||
| 17 | Nathan TUSKES | Qld | 5 | 2.22 | 5 | 2.22 | |||||
| 18 | Nabeel ISSA | Qld | 5 | 1.79 | 1 | 0.4 | 6 | 2.19 | |||
| 19 | Dean NASH | NSW | 3 | 1.42 | 2 | 0.65 | 5 | 2.07 | |||
| 20 | Gary BROWN | NSW | 4 | 2.06 | 4 | 2.06 | |||||
| 21 | William HORN | Qld | 3 | 1.56 | 1 | 0.46 | 4 | 2.02 | |||
| 22 | Shane BATES | Qld | 3 | 1.08 | 1 | 0.9 | 4 | 1.98 | |||
| 23 | Brad WALKER | Qld | 5 | 1.93 | 5 | 1.93 | |||||
| 24 | Chris SEETO | NSW | 2 | 0.61 | 4 | 1.3 | 6 | 1.91 | |||
| 25 | Trent FAHEY | NSW | 4 | 1.03 | 2 | 0.86 | 6 | 1.89 | |||
| 26 | Greg WOODS | TAS | 4 | 1.86 | 4 | 1.86 | |||||
| 27 | Warwick CREGAN | NSW | 1 | 0.31 | 4 | 1.42 | 5 | 1.73 | |||
| 28 | Sam MORLEY | Qld | 1 | 0.42 | 2 | 1.16 | 3 | 1.58 | |||
| 29 | Brenden WHYTE | Qld | 3 | 1.24 | 1 | 0.28 | 4 | 1.52 | |||
| 30 | Stuart BIBLE | Qld | 4 | 1.36 | 4 | 1.36 | |||||
| 31 | Peter GIBSON | Qld | 3 | 0.97 | 1 | 0.35 | 4 | 1.32 | |||
| 32 | Bryan LAZZARO | VIC | 1 | 0.37 | 3 | 0.95 | 4 | 1.32 | |||
| 33 | Stuart BUCKINGHAM | VIC | 3 | 1.28 | 3 | 1.28 | |||||
| 34 | David GIBSON | NSW | 1 | 0.38 | 3 | 0.89 | 4 | 1.27 | |||
| 35 | Peter KELLEHER | QLD | 1 | 0.58 | 2 | 0.59 | 3 | 1.17 | |||
| 36 | Craig ELLIS | SA | 1 | 0.38 | 2 | 0.68 | 3 | 1.06 | |||
| 37 | Grayson FONG | Qld | 1 | 0.47 | 2 | 0.48 | 3 | 0.95 | |||
| 38 | Michael CLUTTERBUCK | QLD | 3 | 0.89 | 3 | 0.89 | |||||
| 39 | Antony O'DWYER | NSW | 3 | 0.85 | 3 | 0.85 | |||||
| 40 | Ben LEGGETT | Qld | 3 | 0.81 | 3 | 0.81 | |||||
| 41 | Chris FINDLAY | NSW | 2 | 0.79 | 2 | 0.79 | |||||
| 42 | Nicholas MEREDITH | Qld | 2 | 0.6 | 2 | 0.6 | |||||
| 43 | Tom DEER | SA | 2 | 0.6 | 2 | 0.6 | |||||
| 44 | Benjamin CAMPBELL | QLD | 2 | 0.59 | 2 | 0.59 | |||||
| 45 | Simon SAINT | Qld | 2 | 0.55 | 2 | 0.55 | |||||
| 46 | Mark HOLMAN | NSW | 1 | 0.38 | 1 | 0.38 | |||||
| 47 | Robert TOMBS | NSW | 1 | 0.37 | 1 | 0.37 | |||||
| 48 | Warwick LYNDON | QLD | 1 | 0.35 | 1 | 0.35 | |||||
| 49 | Chris BARNES | Qld | 1 | 0.27 | 1 | 0.27 | |||||
| 50 | Greg BYRNE | NSW | -0.75 | -0.75 | |||||||
| 51 | Bernard KONG | NSW | |||||||||
| 51 | Brett AMOS | Qld | |||||||||
| 51 | Troy BREED | Qld | |||||||||
| 51 | Michael COLLINS | QLD | |||||||||
| 51 | Ian SEETO | NSW |
