Tas Bream Classic - Rd 1

[Beevor]

Round 1 of the Bream Classic was held on the weekend at Georges Bay - St Helens, and it proved to be very tough indeed (For some!)

I fished with one of my good mates, Benny and we SAW Bream on saturday but they saw us quite easily too! Most fish we saw were cruising along solo, just mooching about but they were very flighty. Saturday was very bright, sunny and calm, whereas Sunday was the opposite - quite windy at times and overcast with some rain.

23 Bream were caught between 32 anglers on Saturday, and only 9 Bream on Sunday!

I think the late tide played a big part, seemed like some fish were just coming on the chew around weigh in time, if you could find them! A comp from 10am - 5pm would have been much better suited

However, when times are tough the angler must get tougher - and therefore, hats off to Nick and Dan who managed their bag of 10 on saturday, and also 2 upgrades!! " Nick Martin and Dan Clifton put their winning bag down to the lures they were using which were Daiwa SC Shiners fished with extra long pauses and big rips." Quote from bream.com

Well done to everyone else that caught Bream, I think the 2 biggest fish I saw weighed in were both 1.38kg each.... not bad.

Me and partner Ben, along with another boat, kind of got over it and played with some schools of Salmon landing 40-50 in a short period.... and the odd Mollyhawk! (Insert rolling eyes here!) It was cool to feel some decent fish on.....

Results for anyone interested:

TEAM ANGLERS BAG WEIGHT
1st Sportfishing Magazine D.Clifton & N.Martin 12/20 6.87kg
2nd SUZUKI L.Tirant & P.Mason 4/20 3.21kg
3rd Shimano M.Hayley & M.Turnaer 4/20 3.10kg
4th Tamar Marine J.Dennis & P.Delphin 5/20 3.0kg
5th Coastal Marine/Tica G.Woods & M.Tapsell 1/20 1.24kg
6th Bream It On N.Harris & S.Bond 2/20 1.20kg
7th Tight Lines A.Kruksa & Jason French 2/20 1.03kg
8th Rod & Range Sports C.Ransen & D.Howard 1/20 0.69kg
9th JB Metal Tech K.Beatson & J.Bishop 1/20 0.57kg
10 Tasmanian Fish & Boat News M.Stevens & N.Crawford 0/20 0.00
11 Downtown Tackle T.Bryan & G.Bryan 0/20 0.00
12 Dyson Painters A.Dyson & M.Dyson 0/20 0.00
13 Cripps P.Felmingham & M.Smith 0/20 0.00
14 Squidgy T.Holmes & A.Howell 0/20 0.00
15 St Helens Bait & Tackle J.Henderson & N.Stingle 0/20 0.00
16 Columbia B.Hill & B.Turriff 0/20

As you can see the winners have a huge lead going into the Derwent round...... where anything could happen!

[Beevor]

Nice rack.....

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Blue nose...

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There were some nice Trevors around....

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Tailor on plastics..... a first for me on any method. We also caught quite a few Mackeral and Flathead....... No Bream!!

[Beevor]

Winners are grinners....

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Schools of Salmon made up for an uneventful day for us...

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Georges Bay sunrise....

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One of the bigger ones at 1.38kg

[blacksnake]

twas bloody tough beev, we had a crack at the salmon at about 8.30am on the saturday to tell you the truth hehe
spose i better mention the bloke holding the bream in the last pic is Michael Haley from gonefishing charters in the NE should anyone want to do some estuary fishing when down, hes your man..

i caught a snapper..