BASIN Lure and Fly Anglers Inc held Round 2 of the Southern Bream Series (SBS) at St Georges Basin on Saturday February 28 and Sunday March 1 – the event was sponsored by Tonic Eyewear.
Saturday morning greeted 53 boating teams and 25 kayak competitors with beautiful calm conditions, as did the Sunday, although the weather forecast was for a strong wind warning from the south. Due to predicted strong winds and for safety reasons a decision was made to shorten Day 2 to finish at 12 noon rather than the normal 2pm – the decision proved the right one as the southerly came through at 11:30am at around 30 knots.
Winning team Breamski – Jarrod Lye and Steve Nedeski.
The final winner in the Boating section was Team Breamski with birthday boy Steve Nedeski and Jarrod Lye with a 10/10 bag total of 6.420kg; second went to Team Caught Out Spinning with Tom McLean and Mark “Tubby” Taylor with a 10/10 bag total of 5.940kg, third was Team Gamakatsu/Duff Rods with Nick Reay and Bryce Calvert with a 10/10 bag total of 5.780kg.
Fourth place was Team Rugged 4×4/Gladiator Tackle, Jason Grace and John Watton, with a 10/10 bag total of 5.770kg and fifth was Team Fishing World, Jim Harnwell and Jack Harnwell, with a 10/10 bag totalling 5.690kg.
Tournament organiser Ian “Big E” Phillips with Fishing World’s Jim and Jack Harnwell who took out 5th place in the Boating section.
In the Boating section, 29 teams achieved their full bag of 10 fish over the two day event and there were a total of 447 fish caught for a combined weight of 224.050kg for 105 anglers.
The Austackle Big Bream prize was taken out by Cindy Hermon from Team Mr & Mrs Smith with a nice 1.080kg fish.
Austackle Big Bream winner Boating section, Cindy Hermon.
The cash payouts for the Top 5 were: 1st $3,100, 2nd $1,550, 3rd $776, 4th $465 and 5th $310.
The Kayak section was won by Team Lox – Stewart Dunn with a 6/6 bag total of 3.970kg; Second went to Team Mylureshop.com – Scott Marcinkowski with a 6/6 bag total of 3.900kg; Third went to Team Black Diamond/Searing Tackle – Simon Morley with a 6/6 bag totalling 3.670kg, Simon also took out the Austackle Big Bream prize with a solid 1.320kg fish.
Austackle Big Bream winner Kayak section, Simon Morley.
The 25 kayakers caught a total of 107 fish for a combined weight of 55.600kg.
Cash payouts for the Top 3 were: 1st $1,072, 2nd $546 and 3rd $331.
The organisers would like to thank all competitors and sponsors – Tonic Eyewear, Fishing World, Hobie Fishing, Shimano, Austackle, Totally Immersed Watersports, Skeeter Boats/Power Pole, Attack Fishing Apparel, iHound GPS Solutions, Asakura Lures/Techfish.
Round 3 will be held at the Clyde River Batemans Bay Sunday 22nd March, entries are now open.
More info available HERE.
