Dash for Cash Flathead Wrap-up
A warm day with a big tide and clear water was on the menu for today’s Dash for Cash Flathead comp. 11 Teams had a great day fishing the inaugural comp which was a bit of a ‘trial’ event. The plan is to have 2 of these tournaments on the club tournament calendar for 2012, 1 pre the Classic and 1 post the Classic.
There was no doubt that the flathead were going to be wide spread with such a big tide and it being later in the season as such anglers found the going tough. However that didn’t stop our top 6 teams who all bought back pics of five fish. Team Bush and Beach are no strangers to chasing lizards in this format having already had a swag of 1st places in the ABT Flathead comps in 2011.The ‘Brothers Stratford’ made this their fourth win for the year by coming back with the most cms for 5 fish, including Biggest Flathead, Keith and Chris certainly know how to find the fish. Lux Marine.com finished a close second only 10cm behind the leaders. Nik Whyte has supported the club events all year fishing the Easter Bream, Dash for Cash Bream and Flathead and the Flathead Classic and he’s had a good share of success across those tournaments. The 3rd and 4th placed teams came down from the Sunshine Coast and with just a quick fish the arvo before they showed a few of the locals how its done.
Whilst some of us found the going tough event organiser Danny Sands hit the water with his son Cooper for a social fish during the day and from my deck I saw him boat a 90cm and a 70cm fish! It was seeing this action that kept a few of us at the mouth of the Pin for so long but unfortunately to no avail oh well that’s fishing! A great day was enjoyed by all and a few coldies back at the club was well deserved after such a warm day.
We would love to see the format build and be a genuine offering for keen Flathead anglers remember the way this format works is the more teams the more cash! Be sure to check our website for 2012 Dash for Cash events.
A big thanks to Aykut Ahmet from Smash Tackle for his biggest Flathead Prize pack and to the team who put the event together, Danny Sands, Christian Pulvirenti and their helpers Bruce Anderson, Mike Bell, Dan Folley,and George Sands. Scroll down for full results.
Results
| Team Name | Angler 1 | Angler 2 | Fish | Total Length | Big Flathead | Payout |
| Bush & Beach | Keith Stratford | Chris Stratford | 5 | 298 | 75 | $385 + Biggest Flathead Smash Tackle Prize Pack and Esky |
| Lux Marine.com.au | Nic Whyte | Luke Cameron | 5 | 289 | 63 | $150 |
| Shes got the Jack | Lachlan Darren | Bruce Rutherford | 5 | 229 | 53 | $115 |
| Nomads | Matt Long | Adam Long | 5 | 218 | 48 | $80 |
| Smash Job | Brad Job | Ayket Ahmet | 5 | 214 | 49 | $40 |
| Team On Strike | Christian Cross | Aiden Cross | 5 | 185 | 49 | |
| Team TT | Christine Hunt | Tracey Mammen | 3 | 119 | 54 | |
| Team Scupper | Guy McConnell | Callam Mendo | 2 | 104 | ||
| Wacci Placci | Gary Ewings | Tony Minto | 2 | 96 | 52.5 | |
| Kakadu Annexes | Scott Gregory | Nathan Andersen | 2 | 78 | 44 | |
| Team Green Keys | Ben Keyworth | Scott Ewings | 1 | 47 | 47 | |
