First: NickBar
Bulls division · Nick Day (captain) & Finbar Griffith
1,489pts
- 93
- 82.5
- 77
- 75
- 72
- 71.5
- 70
- 69.5
- 67
- 67
Their ten best flathead, in centimetres. A crew of two, won by 35 points.
The final board · 52 crews · three days
On the Scales.
The chasersPoints · behind
- 2Bent TipsThunder · Brock York, Lachie Scott, Lachlan Mitchell, Oscar Brown1,454Behind first by −35
- 3Anger ManagementPelicans · Aaron Bickery, Michael Crane, Shane Handley, Stuart Carruthers1,444Behind first by −45
- 4Another JobLakers · Digger Cowie, Ian Cowie, Mitch Louden, Thomas Hodge1,392Behind first by −97
- 5Liquor LegendsThunder · Stuart Cattanach, Benn Boulton, Bill Boyton1,330Behind first by −159
Division race
Thunder2,028
14 points ahead of Bulls, on Friday and Saturday’s fish. Bent Tips 757 · Liquor Legends 732 · Fishin Impossible 539.
The divisionsFish of the weekend
flatheadMichael CraneAnger Management93.5cm
breamDanny MateriaFishin Impossible42cm
mullowayNathan AngeeDaiwaWe’ll have bigger brag mats in 2027.136cm
The flathead and the bream were both ties, settled on countback.
Final standingsThe brief, in short
It’s not just a fishing comp.It’s the best weekendof the year.
Mallacoota in October. Boats on glass water before the sun’s properly up, flatties hitting the deck, cold ones at Scallys by sundown. The Flatty Classic bottles the lot: proper competition wrapped up in the best few days the Aussie coast has to offer. We could go on about the serenity, but you get the point.
Straight from the crews
A story a week.
Every crew that fishes the Flatty Classic gets a page in their own words. Six from 2025 are up. The 2026 crews’ stories start landing in November, one a week until we’re back in Coota.
What you're really here for
The vibe.
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fish measured & released
nobody drives all that way just for the fish. it's the whole bloody weekend.
— anyone who's made the drive
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crews
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days in Coota
From sign-up to Scallywags
Plot the course.
Four waypoints to the weigh-in.
01
Rally your crew
Two to four anglers. 2026 sold out, so entries for 2027 go to the list first. Get on it and you’ll hear the minute they open.
Get told first02
Point it at Coota
Where the road literally runs out. Six or seven hours from Melbourne, and by the last bumpy few kays into town, a world away from the rest of it.
Plan your weekend03
Fish the flats
Three days, catch-measure-release. Your ten best fish on the tape, longest total takes it. Simple as that.
See how 2026 went04
Dock at Scallys
The bar over the boat ramp, half Black Pearl, half public bar. Huge gummy burgers, tiny beers, and every crew winding up here after dark to celebrate and exaggerate.
Have a rum with Gutsynever fished a comp before? the guide covers the lot
First-timer's guide2027
Back in Coota next October.
2026 sold out. Dates and entries for 2027 go to the list first, before anywhere else.
a handful of emails a year, nothing else
Flatty ClassicFAQs
Frequently asked questions about the comp.
The Crew
Anyone who's keen for a flathead. Teams run two to four anglers, so it's you and whoever you can round up — mates, the in-laws, the bloke from the servo who reckons he's got a spot no one else knows about. You enter as a team, everyone aboard gets their name down before the first lines go in, and since it's fished out of boats you'll want one that's up to the weekend (the rules spell out the size and safety gear). One's too few and a dozen won't fit; somewhere between two and four is the sweet spot.
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