Location: Gippsland Lakes, Metung
Entry Fee: $300 per team of 2 anglers which covers both days tournament fishing
Entry Closing Date: Entries close Friday 20th March 2026 (please call with late entries)
Pre Fish Ban: From Monday 16th of March to Friday the 27th of March at First Light.
Official Pre Fish Day: Friday the 27th of March from First Light to 4pm.
Briefing: Friday the 27th of March at 5pm (Metung Hotel Motel)
Fishing Sessions: Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th of March from 7am to 2pm
Rules: Lure & Fly only event. Teams fish together for a combined bag limit of 5 bream per day weighed live then released. All rules as per ABT Classic tournaments
Arena:
The lakes entrance region is a unique place where the sustaining waters of five rivers end their journey to the sea, creating a crown of waterways studded with gems on both water and land, and edged with the finest beaches of golden sand. The clear, clean waters of the lakes and river systems abound with huge fiesty black bream along with a host of other estuary species such as Estuary Perch, flathead, luderick and trevally. Anglers have extensive angling options from sand flats, countless steep rock walls that drop into deep water, endless snaggy banks made up of tea tree snags and other fallen timber, as well as many others.
©2008 Vic Bream Classics
Prizes
Cash = 50% of total Entry fee amount will be paid back in cash based prizes, spit across the top 3 teams
1st will also receive 2 x tournament champions trophies
4th to 10th place will get a product prize pack from all the tournament sponsors
Other Prizes
Sunline Best Bag Prize = 2 x $500 Sunline Prize Packs
Eco Gear Big Bream Prize = 2 x $500 JML Product Prize Packs
Zip Baits Monster Movers Prize = 2 x $500 Zip Baits Lure Prize Packs
Shimano Junior Prize = 1 x $300 Shimano Prize Pack to the highest placed angler under 16 yet to win the prize in 2026
Shimano Junior Angler of the Year = Junior Anglers under 16 will earn points towards the Shimano Junior Angler Of The Year
MPW Junior Jackpot = A junior angler who qualifies to fish the grand final will go into the draw to win the MPW Junior Jackpot.
Club Marine Team Of The Year = Teams will earn points towards the Club Marine Team Of The Year
Rooworx ELITE Challenge = Teams fishing in boats over 4.9 metres in length will earn points towards the Rooworx ELITE Challenge.
Random Draw Prizes
Random Draw Prizes will be given away at the briefing:
Random Prizes will be announced at a later date
A minimum of 25 teams will be required to enter to enable to event to go ahead
Further Information Contact Promoter:
Bill Hartshorne: 0409 823 070
Rnd 1. Club Marine East Gippsland Bream Classic
28th & 29th of March 2026
Tournament Information
TOURNAMENTS
18
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Empire
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Ian Lawless
Miles Lawless
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19
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JL Angling
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Lewis Holland
Jessica Lane
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20
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TBA
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Bill Boyton
Stuart Cattanach
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21
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On the Drop
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Jarrod May
Beau May
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22
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Marlo Bait and Tackle
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Harry Young
Brad Young
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23
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Two And A Half Men
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Travis Dattolino Bailey Dattolino
Troy Perry
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24
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Nomad/BKK
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Peter Bakaj Jnr
Peter Bakaj Snr
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25
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Wild Wings TXD
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Bogdan Zisu
Mario Grech
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26
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Twitchin
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Matt Stanley
Chris Malone
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27
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Blako Fishing
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Ricky Bolger
Nadine Oborne
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28
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Bream Cartel
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Erhan Cinar
Bert Dejager
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29
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Apollo Bay Fishing Charters
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Daniel Kent
Phil Partington
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30
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Bream It On
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Alan Lister
Justin Mendham
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31
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Scales
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David Yuill
Simon Krause
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32
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SLH Duff Rods
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Tony Curwen
Ray West
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33
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Prostrike
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Peter Stephens
Bradley Baade
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34
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No Net Loss
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Rob Berlin
Grace Berlin
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35
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Stealth Legends
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Romeo Prezioso
TBA
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36
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Shunters
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Tim Atkins
Ryan Cohn
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37
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BlackFin
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Owen Pierce
Steve Wheeler
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38
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Pie Warmers
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Wayne Sederlan
Simon Wakefield
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39
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Wirth Rods
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Greg Wirth
Stuart & William Duncan
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40
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Prodigy Archery
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Greg Norton
Robert Bleumink
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41
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Atomic Rods
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Tom Deer
Danny Teskera
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42
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Reel Legends
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Wayne Bradbury
Jett Bradbury
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43
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MAD
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Mark Cribbes
Dean Gamble
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44
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Net Results
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Chris Jordan
Brendon Fielden
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45
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Zero Technique
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Josh Jeffrey
Kerrin Coleman
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46
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Hurricane
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Peter Breukel
Riley Whelan
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47
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Side Fin
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Stephen Whibley
Phil O'Kelly
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48
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On The Edge Lures
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Jason Lane
Brett Milner
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49
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Humminbird
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Shaun Clancy
Jarrod Healey
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50
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Lowrance Millerods
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Alex Franchuk
Paul Malov
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51
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Bluefin Plumbing
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Tyler Breust
Ben Hanscombe
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52
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Ever Hopeful
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Daryl Baird
Jason Sellings
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53
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Swamp Donkeys
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Darryn Cole
Phoenix Cole
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54
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Here Fishy Fishy
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Geoffrey Borg
John Galea"
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55
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Samurai Rods Zip Baits
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Steven Pryke
Lindsay Pryke
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56
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Breamski
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Steve Nedeski
Zac Stojanovski
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57
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Position
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Team Name
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Anglers Names
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1
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Samurai Rods
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Dan Mackrell
Declan Betts
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2
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Australia
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Mark Hayes
Rob Warren
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3
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JML Ecogear / Samaki
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Scott Scicluna Archer Scicluna
Mitchell Blomquist
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4
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Tornado
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Michael Hunt
Rhett Sandy
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5
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Rooworx
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Garry Carruthers
Greg Rooke
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6
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Chemically Sharp
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Damien McGlynn
Adam Arbuthnot
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7
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W/bool & District Maintenance Group
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Tim Treloar Dusty Treloar
Bernard Whelan
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8
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Procastinators
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Tim Webb
Jarrod Tyler
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9
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Fat Jesus
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Mario Vukic
Michael Vukic
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10
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The Bream Fishing Project
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Matt Golding
Ken Anderson
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11
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The Donut Boyz
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Jack Thompson
Braden Pohiner
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12
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Breamaholics
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James Blazewski
Mark Geddes
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13
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Frosty
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Andrew Portelli
Connor Cassar
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14
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EGM Revisited
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Paul Conn
Justin Conn
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15
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Weedless
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Matthew Kearton
Ian Neilson
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16
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Spin'n A Line
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Lex Forbes
Steve Majera
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17
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Addicted Two
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Corrie Martin
Bradley Goodwin
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Entrants As of 07/03/26
