The Venom Rods BARRA Australian Open heads back to Lake Awoonga in 2025 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. 

Click here for the 2025 Venom BARRA Australian Open Event Entry Form

VENUE: 
Lake Awoonga, Gladstone, Queensland.

DATES: 
4/5/6 November 2025

ENTRY FEE: 
$550 inc GST per team

SESSION TIMES: 
4pm - Midnight

START ORDER:
Start position will be a random draw conducted at the briefing.  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:
Registration from 9am
Briefing at 10am
Lookout - Lakeside at Awoonga Dam (just past the Caravan Park headed to the boat ramp). 

LOCAL WASHDOWN FACILITIES:
https://cpmg.org.au/washdown-facility/ 

MORE INFORMATION:

ABT - 0427 326 464 or email admin@bream.com.au 

Last updated 27 October 2025