BASIN Lure and Fly Anglers Inc held Round 5 of the Southern Bream Series (SBS) at Mallacoota over the weekend of June 21 and 22 – the event was proudly sponsored by Shimano.
The weather in the week preceeding the event resulted in hundreds of millimetres of rain making the waterway look like a chocolate milkshake, and competitors who had the opportunity to prefish predicted it was going to be a very tough asignment for teams to get their bag of bream.
Cold conditions and clear skies greeted the 71 boating teams and 20 kayak anglers on the Saturday morning of competition, with the same to follow on the Sunday.
The final winner in the Boating section was Team LOFT, with Paul Holmes and Greg Rooke scoring a 10/10 bag totalling an amazing 10.025kg!
Second went to the Team Compleat Angler Batemans Bay/Shimano with Jason Mayberry and Terry Parmenter taking a 10/10 bag totalling 9.380kg.
The second placed team was Compleat Angler Batemans Bay/Shimano’s Jason Mayberry and Terry Parmenter.
Third was Team Salt N Fresh of Garry King and Brett Dinham with a 10/10 bag totalling 9.230kg. Fourth went to Team Reel Steel of Gary Carruthers and Steve Allen with a 10/10 bag totalling 9.200kg and fifth place was Team Gamakatsu/Atomic’s Paul Malov and Alex Franchuk with a 10/10 bag totally 9.165kg.
In the Boating section 53 teams achieved their full bag of 10 fish over the two day event and there were a total of 622 fish caught for a combined weight of 460.850kg for 142 anglers.
The Hobie Big Bream prize was taken out by Greg Rooke with a solid 1.455kg fish.
The Hobie Big Bream prize was taken out by Greg Rooke.
The cash payouts for the top five winners were: 1st $4,150, 2nd $2,076, 3rd $1,038, 4th $620 & 5th $416.
The Kayak section was won by Team Kevo – Kevin Varty with a bag of 6/6 totalling a very impressive 6.425kg; second went to Team Atomic Gamakatsu – Andrew Death with a bag of 6/6 totalling 5.285kg and third went to Team Mylureshop.com – Scott Marcinkowski with a bag of 6/6 totalling 5.075kg.
In the Kayak section there were a total of 80 fish caught for a combined weight of 58.330kg for 20 anglers.
The BCF Big Bream prize was taken out by Kevin Varty with another solid 1.455kg fish.
Cash payouts for the top three were: 1st $858, 2nd $437 & 3rd $265.
Paul Malov with some of Team Gamakatsu/Atomic’s 9.165kg bag.
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, Compleat Angler Nowra, BCF, Totally Immersed Watersports, Lox Rods, Asakura Lures and STG Graphics.
Round 6 will be held on Sunday 24th August at St Georges Basin.
