Straight from the teams
How the weekend actually went, told by the crews who fished it. Their version, not ours.
Pinned up
6 crews, all of them 2025.
- Flatties Need Love Too2025
Sam puts on a clinic
Words by Casey George, Danny “Pudge” Kortholt and Sam Ogden
Three mates out of the fishing trade, two nights in the VIP booth, and a metre of mulloway on day two.
Top of the 2025 largest-mulloway board · 100cm
Read it - Marine Boyz2025
Should have zigged when we zagged
Words by Shaun Karlik
A father-and-son crew named after an old Port Phillip radio call sign, one centimetre off the top of the 2025 largest-flathead board, and one last session they're still thinking about.
Second on the 2025 largest-flathead board · 89cm
Read it - Anger Management2025
Front row seats
Words by Aaron Bickery
They entered to watch a mate's comp fall over, got beaten by a captain in a chicken mask, and came home with five tips and a 2026 entry.
Third on the 2025 largest-flathead board · Michael's 86cm
Read it - Coota Time2025
Bugger it, 4 is more fun
Words by Peter Hancock
Locals who knew about the comp before it was a comp: Adam's donkey, the Floyd's on Bents, and why the Saturday lunch break was the best idea of the weekend.
Read it - Rowdy Floyd's2025
The name says it all
Words by Matt Furphy
The 2025 champions tell it their way: a fishless Friday morning, the flats session that won it, and a limo ride to Scallywags.
2025 champions · 10-flathead bag, 73.6cm average
Read it - TACO2025
From underdogs to a divisional win
Words by Kane Reardon
A crew who had never chased a dusky in their lives turned up to their first Flatty Classic, got written off early, and went home with a division.
11th overall · division win
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Still out
The invite's out to the 2025 crews. Write-ups land here as they come back.
Want the numbers instead?
The 2025 page has every board and every team. The gallery has the weekend in pictures.