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The Brooke Lowther Flathead Bash was very fami- ly-oriented and the kids loved participating.
Karen and Marty from Millmerran battled adverse conditions to make it to the Bash and sail past.
All I can say is that at low tide a couple of golf balls may be found along the foreshore and a few teams might like to practice their swing for next year!
With a secret length of 49cm, Stephen Wilson was the lucky angler to choose one of the fifty envelopes and though he missed out on the big pot, he still walked away with $5,000.
Brooke Lowther Flattie Bash round up
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smashed us with sting- ing raindrops.
the boat for a sail past at Wave Break Island.
Generous prizes were on offer for a multitude of categories includ- ing land-based, jet ski, kayak, teams, families, individual and kids’ prizes, and we were lucky enough to have caught numerous fish to do well in a few cat- egories.
Though there was a presentation at the Gold Coast Game Fishing Clubhouse that evening, we decided to take the exhausted kids home for a hot bath and an early night before the next day’s event.
We enjoyed watching fellow competitors motor in, with boats dressed in pink, sparkles, banners and a lot of unicorns, and anglers on board wearing an assortment of questionable garments for the judging of ‘best dressed’.
The highlight of the competition was to see who was in the draw to win the $130,000 cash prize, with a guaran- teed consolation prize of $5,000.
Sunday started off in a very relaxed fashion, with the dressing up of
Also on the line for $10,000 was a ‘hole in one’ competition held on the beach.
Following the sail past and golfing com- petition, anglers hit the water again for the final session.
The Bash was not an easy task to pull off during COVID-19.
MARINE WINDOWS
A blustery wind stirred up by the incom- ing storm hit, though Selina wanted to keep fishing because she was smashing it with her choice of a Zerek Tango Shad in So Much colour.
Slow off the mark again, the fishing im- proved as the tide rose, however an even nastier storm front rolled in.
I take my hat off to Wayne John-Smith, Brooke Lowther, the behind the scenes or- ganisers, the generous sponsors as well as the Gold Coast Game Fish- ing Club who made the inaugural Brooke Lowther Flattie Bash a fun experience for both serious anglers and families, and raised money for breast cancer research.
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However, with bolts of lightning striking in the distance, we quit early and headed to the presentation at the club- house.
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Selina was proud to give both the author and Rob a caning during the Bash, catching all the sh her- self.