NSW South Coast club Basin Lure and Fly Angler Inc successfully ran its Round 1 Southern Bream Series event this past weekend on the ever-productive St Georges Basin.
Some 55 boating teams entered with 24 kayak anglers also involved. The boating section was won by Team Breamski (Steve Nedeski and Jarrod Lye) with a 10/10 bag totalling 8.290kg.
Second place went to Team Stealth Blades (Peter and Phil Cook) with a 10/10 bag totalling 6.960kg with Team Up The Creek (Tom McLean and Trevor Gabriel) taking third place honours with a 10/10 bag weighing 6.950kg.
Fourth place went to Team Compleat Angler Batemans Bay/Shimano (Jason Mayberry and Terry Parmenter) with a 10/10 bag totalling 6.620kg with fifth a draw between Team Visdek (Julian Viselli and Allan Dekker) and Team Tonic Eyewear/FG Blades (Damien Skeen and Matt Star) both weighing in bags of 6.610kg.
Round 1 boating winners Team Breamski – Steve Nedeski and Jarrod Lye.
A total of 451 fish for a combined weight of 252.410kg were caught and released by the 110 anglers boating anglers.
The Hobie Big Bream prize was taken out by Bob Josevski with a great 1.850kg fish in his first ever bream tournament. The kayak section was won by Team Gladiator Tackle (Carl Dubois) with a 6/6 bag totalling 4.010kg; second went to Andrew Death with a bag of 3.560kg; and third place was taken Simon Morley with 3.535kg. The 24 kayakers competing in the comp caught 87 fish for a combined weight of 46.695kg.
Hobie Big Bream winner Bob Josevski with his 1.850kg fish.
The Southern Bream Series is sponsored by Fishing World, Shimano, Lowrance, Searing Tackle/Damiki, Tonic Eyewear, Custom Lure Art, Skeeter Boats/Power Pole, Hobie Fishing, Compleat Angler Nowra, BCF, Lox Rods and STG Graphics.
The second round of the SBS will be at the Georges River in southern Sydney on March 9.Entry forms will be available via www.basinlureandfly.org.au late next week.
