THE Southern Bream Series (SBS) Grand Final was held at St Georges Basin on Saturday and Sunday, October 11 and 12 – the event was proudly run and sponsored by the Basin Lure & Fly Anglers Inc.
Over the two days the event’s top 40 boating teams and top 15 kayak competitors enjoyed warm conditions and clear sunny skies. A total pre-fish ban had been in place from midnight Friday October 3 until the commencement of fishing on Saturday the 11th, allowing all competitors a level playing field and hopefully to see the return of many full bags.
Day 1 results saw team Compleat Angler Batemans Bay/Shimano in 1st place with a 5/5 3.73kg bag; in 2nd was Team BRIMN with a 5/5 3.39kg bag; 3rd was Team ABU Garcia with a 5/5 3.01kg bag; 4th was Team Stealth Blades with a 5/5 2.98kg bag and 5th was Team Tonic Eyewear/FG Blades with a 5/5 2.94kg bag.
Day 2 saw the Boating section taken out by Team BRIMN with Grant Kime and Brad Balding scoring a 10/10 bag total of an amazing 6.86kg.
Brad Balding of winning boating team BRIMN displays a couple of quality Basin bream.
Second went to the Team Compleat Angler Batemans Bay/Shimano with Jason Mayberry and Terry Parmenter’s 10/10 bag total of 6.60kg; third went to Team Stealth Blades with Peter Cook and Phil Cook taking a 10/10 bag total of 6.58kg.
Fourth went to Team Tonic Eyewear/FG Blades with Matt Starr and Damien Skeen with a 10/10 bag total of 6.48kg; and fifth was Team Breamski’s Steve Nedeski and Jarrod Lye with a 10/10 bag total of 6.20kg.
In the Boating section 17 teams achieved their full bag of 10 fish over the two day event and there were a total of 286 fish caught for a combined weight of 153.08kg for the 80 anglers.
The Lowrance Big Bream prize was taken out by Mark Taylor with a solid 1.070kg fish.
Mark Taylor bowled over this beauty to take out the boater’s Big Bream prize.
The cash payouts for the top 5 were: 1st $8,550, 2nd $3,750, 3rd $2,000, 4th $1,300, 5th $900.
Day 1 for the kayaks had Team Totally Immersed Watersports – Shane Taylor in 1st with 3/3 bag of 1.75kg; 2nd was Gamakatsu/Atomic – Andrew Death with a 3/3 bag of 1.74kg; and 3rd was Team Lox Rods – Stewart Dunn with a 3/3 bag of 1.64kg.
Day 2 saw Team Gamakatsu/Atomic – Andrew Death take out the Kayak section with a bag of 6/6 totalling a very impressive 4.73kg; second went to Team Totally Immersed Watersports – Shane Taylor with a bag of 6/6 for a 3.81kg total and third went to Team Mylureshop.com – Scott Marcinkowski with a 6/6 total of 3.16kg.
In the Kayak section there were a total of 68 fish caught for a combined weight of 36.17kg for 15 anglers.
The Lowrance Big Bream prize was taken out by Andrew Death with another solid 1.740kg fish.
Yak fisher Andrew Death with his impressive 1.74kg fish.
Cash payouts for the top 3 kayakers were: 1st $1,900, 2nd $1,100 & 3rd $800.
The organisers would like to thank all the competitors and Sponsors, Lowrance, Shimano, Fishing World, Tonic Eyewear, Searing Tackle/Damiki, Custom Lure Art, Skeeter Boats / Power Pole, Hobie Fishing, BCF, Totally Immersed Watersports, Lox Rods, Asakura Lures and STG Graphics.
Second in the boating section was Team Compleat Angler Batemans Bay/Shimano’s Jason Mayberry and Terry Parmenter.
Southern Bream Series 2014 stats:
- 127 Registered Boating Teams with 281 competitors – 2132 bream caught for a total weight of 1238.235kg
- 50 Registered Kayak Competitors – 397 bream caught for a total weight of 254.74kg
- Total cash & prizes paid out for entire Series = $96,973
More info on the SBS available at: www.basinlureandfly.org.au/southern-bream-series/
