The weekend of the 24th & 25th of February saw the first round of the 2007 Humminbird Vic Bream Classic Series head to the picturesque Glenelg River for the Mercury Glenelg Shire Bream Classic. An excellent sized field of 47 teams had entered the event in the hope of cementing their spot in the 2007 final early on in the series. After two days of tight competition the Victorian teams were denied victory as the top spot went to the South Australians Adam Todd and Shaun Ossitt of Team Ray & Annes, who put together a solid 2 days fishing to record a 10 bag limit for 5.82kg. Following closely in 2nd place with 10 fish for 5.56kg were JV Marine's Cameron Whittam and Tan Trieu and bringing up 3rd place with 10 fish for 5.54kg were Dean Truman and Shane Hill of Team Alan Schwarz Ag Marine.
Day 1
On the Saturday hope were high as anglers were confronted with perfect conditions to get the tournament underway. Although the conditions were great the fishing was proving to be a little tougher with teams having to sift through the large numbers of small to undersized bream in an attempt to put together a competitive bag of bream. Using a combination of Miller & Smith Rods, Shimano Stella, Diawa Exist and Saltist Reels spooled with Berkley 2lb Crystal & Line Systems 6lb Bass Hard Braids connected to 2 and 4lb Yamatoyo Rockfish leaders, Team Ray & Annes Adam and Shaun went to work putting together the heaviest first day bag of 5 fish for 3.52kg including a kicker fish of 1.22kg handing them the $500 Berkley Saturday Session Prize Pack.
"Using sinking Bassday 40 sugar minnows, suspending Kangoku 45 Shads, Smith Jades and Camion Minnows in a variety of colours, we fished various sections of the estuary concentrating on areas with a combination of either scattered rocks and other debris as well as channel drop offs and holes allowing the bream to seek refuge between feeding beats. Longer searching casts with the heavier minnows was the technique employed to cover great distances quickly" Shaun said. The 1.22kg bream they weighed in on Saturday had them in the running for the Eco-Gear Big Bream Prize until Mercury's own Stuart Buckingham and Steve Joy of Team Balls Deep strolled up to the scales. Their Saturday bag weighed 3.20kg which was great, but the horse in amongst them pulled the scales down at awesome 1.56kg easily accounting for any other bream weighed in on the weekend therefore handing them the Eco-Gear Big Bream Prize and an overall 4th place finish.
Day 2
Unlike Saturday anglers awoke on Sunday to overcast conditions and showers which they could only hope would bring the bigger fish on the chew, but that wasn't the chase and anglers were finding it even harder on the Sunday to locate the solid fish the Glenelg River is renowned for. Adam and Shaun from Team Ray & Annes were also finding the going tough and had to alter their tactics to get there bag on day 2. "We fished shallow flats on Sunday which required us to shift to shallow running lures such as Smith Camions and Jackall Chubby Minnows which we also able to cast great distances. Lure choice was critical, choosing bolder colour patterns and lures with rattles during low light periods ( early morning and thick cloud cover) varying to natural colours often without rattles when the sun was high and the water clear" Shaun said. When the boys weighed in a modest 5 bream bag of 2.30kg on Sunday it was going to be tight with a number of teams weighing bags over that mark, however their great start on Saturday gave them the much needed weight to hang on to be crowned the Mercury Glenelg Shire Bream Classic Champions.
Sunday's $500 Berkley Session 2 Prize Pack for the heaviest day 2 bag went to Team Game Plan's Byron Blain and Jordan Trusty who are making a habit of coming home with a wet sail on day 2 of Vic Bream Classic Tournaments as they weighed in 5 bream for 3.06kg taking them from 27th place to finish in 12th a great effort.
Mercury Glenelg Shire Bream Classic
Glenelg River 2007 Report
Posted: July 23 2007 10:00pm
©2008 Vic Bream Classics
Comp
Pos
|
Team
Name
|
Angler's
Name
|
Rnd1
Fish
|
Rnd 1
Weight
|
Rnd2
Fish
|
Rnd 2
Weight
|
Total
Fish
|
Total
Weight
|
1
|
Ray & Annes
|
Adam Todd
Shaun Ossitt
|
5
|
3.52
|
5
|
2.30
|
10
|
5.82
|
2
|
JV Marine
|
Cameron Whittam
Tan Trieu
|
5
|
2.58
|
5
|
2.98
|
10
|
5.56
|
3
|
Alan Schwarz Ag-Marine
|
Dean Truman
Shane Hill
|
5
|
3.14
|
5
|
2.40
|
10
|
5.54
|
4
|
Balls Deep
|
Stuart Buckingham
Steve Joy
|
5
|
3.20
|
5
|
2.08
|
10
|
5.28
|
5
|
Nelson Boat Hire
|
Chris Carson
Sean Kennedy
|
5
|
3.00
|
5
|
2.28
|
10
|
5.28
|
6
|
Portland Bait-Nelson Pub
|
Nathan McKernan
Stuart McKinnon
|
5
|
2.58
|
5
|
2.64
|
10
|
5.22
|
7
|
Pigs-Jigs
|
Stephen Bacon
Dion Vail
|
5
|
3.06
|
5
|
2.14
|
10
|
5.20
|
8
|
Bite Me
|
Tony Schroeder
Steven Terbos
|
5
|
3.46
|
4
|
1.72
|
9
|
5.18
|
9
|
Tackle Express
|
Michael White
Steve Vail
|
4
|
2.60
|
5
|
2.46
|
9
|
5.06
|
10
|
Team Nitro
|
Matt Campbell
Thuan Huynh
|
5
|
2.36
|
5
|
2.34
|
10
|
4.70
|
11
|
Hooked On Bream
|
Barry Thomas
Graham Taylor
|
5
|
2.38
|
5
|
2.24
|
10
|
4.62
|
12
|
Game Plan
|
Byron Blain
Jordan Trusty
|
4
|
1.50
|
5
|
3.06
|
9
|
4.56
|
13
|
Rod-Tip
|
Rodney Stephens
Paul Tippett
|
5
|
2.56
|
5
|
1.98
|
10
|
4.54
|
14
|
Smack That
|
Brad Hodges
Michael Hodges
|
5
|
3.16
|
3
|
1.30
|
8
|
4.46
|
15
|
Taylors Tossers
|
Sandy Moorhouse
Dave Murray
|
5
|
2.46
|
5
|
2.00
|
10
|
4.46
|
16
|
Bream Wizards
|
Paul Ford
Stuart Ford
|
3
|
1.46
|
5
|
2.54
|
8
|
4.00
|
17
|
Tackle World Geelong
|
Andrew Smith
Steve Stojanovski
|
5
|
2.56
|
2
|
1.38
|
7
|
3.94
|
18
|
Team Tyre Power
|
Dean Gamble
Mark Cribbes
|
4
|
1.70
|
5
|
2.20
|
9
|
3.90
|
19
|
Team OZ Plan
|
Darren Evans
Dan Bowman
|
2
|
1.36
|
5
|
2.40
|
7
|
3.76
|
20
|
Colac Tackle Supplies
|
Steve Parker
Warwick Hamer
|
4
|
1.70
|
5
|
2.04
|
9
|
3.74
|
21
|
Nelson Hotel
|
Nick Glenn
Barry Johnson
|
4
|
2.18
|
2
|
1.38
|
6
|
3.56
|
22
|
Aus Community Finance
|
Roger Thornton
Steve Tymensen
|
1
|
0.56
|
5
|
3.00
|
6
|
3.56
|
23
|
Team Gulp
|
Jarrod Healey
Dean Granger
|
5
|
2.54
|
2
|
0.88
|
7
|
3.42
|
24
|
Team Daiwa
|
Mark Gercovich
Scott Gray
|
4
|
2.12
|
3
|
1.30
|
7
|
3.42
|
25
|
Breamlarden's
|
Mat Hedger
Mat Wright
|
5
|
2.40
|
2
|
0.82
|
7
|
3.22
|
26
|
Team Cormorant
|
Allan Moore
Spiro Spyropoulos
|
3
|
1.94
|
3
|
1.28
|
6
|
3.22
|
27
|
Team SSBB
|
Phil Smallman
Sing Ling
|
3
|
1.13
|
4
|
2.04
|
7
|
3.17
|
28
|
Rank Outsiders
|
Dave Morris
Jack Morris
|
4
|
1.74
|
3
|
1.28
|
7
|
3.02
|
29
|
Uk-lyptus
|
Clyde Hulme
Ralph Norman
|
2
|
1.26
|
3
|
1.58
|
5
|
2.84
|
30
|
Team CMNA
|
Con Markopoulos
Nick Antoniou
|
3
|
1.66
|
2
|
1.06
|
5
|
2.72
|
31
|
Sayishma
|
Sunny Nadan
Anthony Scullino
|
4
|
2.26
|
1
|
0.36
|
5
|
2.62
|
32
|
That’s Fishing- The Grubs
|
Ken McCoombe
Shane Minge
|
2
|
1.06
|
4
|
1.42
|
6
|
2.48
|
33
|
Gunnas Surf & Sport
|
Matt Kerr
Tony Matthews
|
3
|
1.48
|
2
|
0.98
|
5
|
2.46
|
34
|
Compleat Angler
|
Gary Tebb
Nick Katsaros
|
3
|
2.34
|
0
|
0.00
|
3
|
2.34
|
35
|
Team Humminbird
|
Steve Steer
Wayne Friebe
|
2
|
1.30
|
2
|
1.02
|
4
|
2.32
|
36
|
Lure Only
|
Martin Fellows
Tran Thai
|
3
|
1.42
|
1
|
0.42
|
4
|
1.84
|
37
|
Sign FX
|
Tom Deer
Richard Braund
|
3
|
1.38
|
1
|
0.40
|
4
|
1.78
|
38
|
Geared Up
|
Shane Bentley
Wayne Sleep
|
0
|
0.00
|
4
|
1.76
|
4
|
1.76
|
39
|
Fish-A-Fare
|
Shane Barling
Trent Stephenson
|
1
|
0.50
|
2
|
1.22
|
3
|
1.72
|
40
|
Whatever
|
Philip Knight
Gillian Knight
|
3
|
1.22
|
1
|
0.48
|
4
|
1.70
|
41
|
Fishaholics
|
Max Saunders
Kevin Plozza
|
0
|
0.00
|
2
|
1.70
|
2
|
1.70
|
42
|
Westside
|
Drew McGrath
Troy Hamilton
|
2
|
0.86
|
2
|
0.80
|
4
|
1.66
|
43
|
Team Kakadu
|
Chris Kelly
Graeme Steel
|
2
|
0.92
|
1
|
0.52
|
3
|
1.44
|
44
|
Pacific-Tica
|
Joe Gorham
Gary Worrall
|
3
|
1.24
|
0
|
0.00
|
3
|
1.24
|
45
|
King-Fisher
|
Angus James
Richard James
|
3
|
1.14
|
0
|
0.00
|
3
|
1.14
|
46
|
12 Apostles Helicopters
|
Chris Allwood
Trevor Hirst
|
1
|
0.54
|
1
|
0.42
|
2
|
0.96
|
47
|
Team Berkley
|
Shane Dyason
Andrew Axon
|
1
|
0.58
|
0
|
0.00
|
1
|
0.58
|
