The Venom Rods BARRA Australian Open heads back to Lake Awoonga in 2024 for three nights of BARRA fishing action.
This is a 100% payback event.
With Lake Awoonga's barra fishery developing nicely, there’s plenty of fit, fat and feisty barra in the metre-class that will make the event very fishy and with live scoreboards, very exciting.
Give your family, fans and sponsors great value by being involved in the extensive event coverage.
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VENUE:
Lake Awoonga, Gladstone, Queensland.
DATES:
16/17/18 September 2024
ENTRY FEE:
$550 inc GST per team
SESSION TIMES:
4pm - Midnight
START ORDER:
Start position will be a random draw conducted at the briefing. The Champion Team (same Team of two anglers) will be given start position one for the first session. Session two and session three is a chasing start based on scoreboard position at the conclusion of the prior session.
EVENT FORMAT:
Teams event. A team will consist of two anglers. Anglers may choose their own teams.
This event is being run 100% on the ABT Tournament Series App. Here is the link to the instruction video for the app, which can be downloaded for free at the Apple App Store or from Google Play:
The App gives us real, live scoreboards throughout the event and is an important part of marketing this event to spectators, so it’s important to become familiar with it. The week before the Open you will be able to practice with it and make sure it works well on your smartphone.
Glory Photos from the app will be used in the live coverage, so please take them wherever possible.
BRIEFING:
Compleat Angler Gladstone.
Monday 16th September at 9am.
LOCAL WASHDOWN FACILITIES:
https://cpmg.org.au/washdown-facility/
MORE INFORMATION:
ABT - 0427 326 464 or email admin@bream.com.au
Entry List up to date as of 10th of September 2024
| TEAM | ANGLER 1 | ANGLER 2 |
| Fishing Monthly | Steve Morgan | Nicholle Smith |
| Gladstone Fly & Sportfishing | Cory Gooch | Warren Hansen |
| It's Our First Day | Will McNee | Glen Smith |
| 1001 Casts | Al Barrett | Darren Gill |
| Venom | Troy Dixon | Adam Meredith |
| EJ Todd Tackleworld Bundy | Jordan Stoddart | Nathan Sutton |
| Vernon Steel | Damien Kratz | Bede Martin |
| Team Tracker | Anthony Pelling | Kris Lassig |
| Team Imakatsu | Quintin Maclean | Colin Brett |
| Team Zerek | Liam Robinson | Elliot Woo |
| Compleat Angler Cairns | Ron Bruggemann | Harry Bez |
| Fish 'with' Me | Marc Edmonds | Anthony Mainas |
| Rapala CrushCity | Mick Horn | Mitchell Petty |
| L.J'S Compleat Angler Gladstone | Liam Jones | Leon Mittlehouser |
| Dobyn Rods | Mick Slade | Ben Willcox |
| Gee Force | Geoff Newby | Finn Gee |
| Moist Intentions | Luke Peisker | Matthew Arnold |
| Bream W@nk@z | Jamie McKeown | Chris Greensill |
| Reel Madness | Matthew Callow | Wade Dossel |
| Samaki | Josh Lowry | Tommy Wood |
| Team Garmin | Matthew Mott | Brett Turner |
| Team Name | Angler 1 | Angler 2 | Fish | Weight (Kg) | Biggest Bream | Rookie |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | John Siggs | 5 | 3.62 | 0.82 | ||
| NuLook floors | Jamie Mckeown | Steve Nicholls | 5 | 3.57 | 0.74 | |
| Pontoon 21 | Denis Metzdorf | Khoi Phan | 5 | 3.53 | 1.04 | |
| Neckemall | Andrew Buhagiar | Alex Baffod | 5 | 2.73 | 0.68 | Yes |
| Russ & Whips | Brandon Goulding | Darren Russel | 5 | 2.70 | Yes | |
| Ranger | Stuart Robinson | 5 | 2.64 | |||
| Too Early | Charlie Saykao | 5 | 2.28 | |||
| T1T2 | Tim Geide | Natasha Nielson | 5 | 2.23 | Yes | |
| Bonzo | Gary Middleton | Ros Middleton | 5 | 2.11 | ||
| Simrad/Burkley | Stephen Wilson | 5 | 2.05 | |||
| Intaflow | Mark Saric | 4 | 1.95 | |||
| Sunstate Hobie | Scott Sandiland | Stephen Maas | 4 | 1.80 | ||
| Nathan Palmer | Jordan Schulz | 4 | 1.52 | |||
| 15 Horses | Ethan Mckeown | Trent West | 4 | 1.49 | Yes | |
| Bradfield | Cormac | Cory | 4 | 1.13 | Yes |