The fishing was hard with only 8 full bags of 5 from the field of 38 boats. It took something special for Yamba Bait n Tackle to take out the Humminbird / MinnKota Ballina Challenge, and that was the 1.14kg Damiki Big Bream. Caught on the Yamba Prawn Blade, with their electric motor packing it in early, the boys decided to fish in the eddy at the start of the south wall meaning they could just sit there the entire event with no electric.
Mick & Ben fished slow and close to the bottom with the Yamba Blade and had a ½ hour bite time for the whole event, managing to fill their bag in this time and hoping the big bream was not a Jew with the murky water only finding out once it broke the water they quickly got in the bream in the boat. Taking home over $2000 worth of prizes including a Samurai Reaction rod and $1250 cash it was a good day on the water.
In second place was Bush n Beach/Berkley/Pflueger, Chris & Robert fished on the Porpoise Wall throwing hard bodies very close and managing to stick every fish they had bite they managed to get their 5 and it was enough to secure them 2nd place. In third was Crank Custom Rods fishing in Fisheries Creek throwing Cranks and other hard bodies near the edges just working hard to fill their bag.
With over $11,500 worth of prizes made up of top 10 prizes and giveaways for every competitor staying at the presentation who did not win cash. Include in these giveaways was a Minn Kota electric motor & Humminbird sounders. Ballina Bait & Tackle put in a few gift vouchers and Ballina Marineland gave away a complete service on a lucky competitors motor. The rest of the giveaways were made up of Gamakatsu & Atomic packs and a Samurai Reaction rod.
Gamakatsu Team Series would like to thank the volunteers who helped out including Adrian Melchior, Brett Hyde & Steve Mclean and we look forward to our first event being held at Nelsons Bay on the 4th July.
GTS Officials Michael Starkey & Vinnie Bleakley
| Ranking | Team Name | Fish | Weight | Big Bream | Angler 1 | Angler 2 | Prize |
| 1 | Yamba Bait n Tackle | 5 | 2.23 | 1.14 | Mick Leavey | Ben Lockwod | $1000 + Samurai Reaction $550 & BB $250 + Demiki $250 |
| 2 | Bush n Beach/Berkley/Pflueger | 5 | 2.07 | 0 | Chris Britton | Robert Kwiatrowski | $500 + Samurai Reaction $550 |
| 3 | Crank Custom Rods | 5 | 1.91 | 0 | Paul Van Den Boom | Dale Johnson | $350 + Samurai Reaction $550 |
| 4 | FISHIN.COM.AU/Lowrance | 5 | 1.76 | 0.58 | Jay Perham | Grayson Fong | $250 + Gamakatsu & Atomic $200 |
| 5 | Atomic Hardz | 5 | 1.75 | 0 | Cadillac Elderado aka Steve Eldred | Dale Mullins | $120 + Gamakatsu & Atomic $200 |
| 5 | Big Bream Chunks | 5 | 1.75 | 0 | Nick Buckley | Nellie Buckley | $120 + Gamakatsu & Atomic $200 |
| 7 | Team Tender Centre | 5 | 1.66 | 0 | Shane Jarrett | Scott Lane | $80 + Gamakatsu & Atomic $200 |
| 8 | Team Native | 3 | 1.65 | 0.85 | Matthew Finney | Anthony Duff | $80 + Gamakatsu & Atomic $200 |
| 9 | Ballina Marineland | 5 | 1.54 | 0 | Mick Corbett | Jake Stewart | $80 + Gamakatsu & Atomic $200 |
| 10 | Bush n Beach/Berkley/Yamaha | 4 | 1.53 | 0 | Anthony Wishey | Ben Collins | $80 + Gamakatsu & Atomic $200 |
| 11 | Whippet | 3 | 1.2 | 0 | Steve Clarke | Jack Clarke | |
| 12 | Anders Financial | 4 | 1.12 | 0 | Greg Byrne | Ben Cronk | |
| 13 | Pflueger/TT | 2 | 0.97 | 0 | Stephen Wilson | Darren Borg | |
| 14 | Grumpy Old Men | 2 | 0.81 | 0 | John Mills | Gary Palmer | |
| 15 | Team Sportys | 2 | 0.65 | 0 | Darren Love | Tony Moore | |
| 16 | 2 A's | 3 | 0.59 | 0 | Aaron Swanson | Allan Rooks | |
| 17 | Green Machine | 2 | 0.57 | 0 | Paul Gillespie | Jay Gillespie | |
| 18 | Cane Mulch | 1 | 0.42 | 0 | Joseph Urquhart | Craig Urquhart | |
| 19 | Team Kioz | 1 | 0.38 | 0 | Chris Findlay | Daniel Cross | |
| 20 | Team Tard | 2 | 0.33 | 0 | Tim Shortt | Judd Kirkland | |
| 21 | Port Macquarie Tackle/ Lamiglass | 1 | 0.32 | 0 | James Ison | Ian Ison | |
| 22 | Big River Bait and Tackle/Shake and Bake | 1 | 0.29 | 0 | Brett Young | Mark Mulligan | |
| 22 | Skyring Bros | 1 | 0.29 | 0 | Nigel Skyring | Zac Skyring | |
| 24 | Megabass | 1 | 0.24 | 0 | Rob March | TNB aka David "The Dentist" McKenzie | |
| 25 | Fillet and Release | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tony Thorley | John Thorley | |
| 25 | Team Continuum | 0 | 0 | 0 | Peter Cashman | Chris Lonne | |
| 25 | Team G and S | 0 | 0 | 0 | Greg Burke | Sean Pauling | |
| 25 | Max 'E' Jigs | 0 | 0 | 0 | Brian Williams | Max Strong | |
| 25 | Team Fosters | 0 | 0 | 0 | Nicholas Foster | Glenn Foster | |
| 25 | Team Fish | 0 | 0 | 0 | Matt Fishburn | Linda Bettiens | |
| 25 | Me and the Mrs | 0 | 0 | 0 | Scott Sandilands | Wendy Sandilands | |
| 25 | TeeJay | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tony Livermore | Jamie Lockyer | |
| 25 | Ballina Marineland 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ken Fitzgibbon | Robert Bordin | |
| 25 | Blue Oysters | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mark Holman | Arthur Cregan | |
| 25 | Tin Fist | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tony Love | Pete Bostock | |
| 25 | Bream Bandits | 0 | 0 | 0 | Twain Byrnes | Chris Lewis | |
| 25 | Team Attack | 0 | 0 | 0 | Scott Corby | Joshua Corby | |
| 38 | Casino Buliding Services | 0 | -0.2 | 0 | Jamie Bradshaw | Rod Shorten |
