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The second round of the East Coast Bream Series, proudly sponsored by Shimano, was held at Lake Macquarie on 18 April. Round one was unfortunately moved back to June, so anglers were glad to be back on the water so soon. Competitors who arrived on Friday were greeted by strong winds all day. This was matched to Saturday’s constant rain that refused to give respite to anglers. However, Sunday finally broke the streak of bad weather and anglers woke to bright sunshine with a slight breeze – a perfect day to go fishing!

The final event numbers were down from previous years with only 37 registered for the start, but most teams found fish with 13 teams registering over 3kg bags. Most teams realised early on that the edge bite was off, so most anglers found their fish in deeper water.

First place getters were Vex Performance Lures, consisting of David Dobson and Simon McAlpin. The pair were excited about their First Place: Vex Performance Lures David Dobson and Simon McAlpin

winning bag of 5 fish for 4.39kg, and declared they had a great day on the water.

“We caught fish all day, and most were accounted for on Vex Bread N Butter 35 in shrimp pattern. We also caught a few smaller fish on ZMan Slim SwimZ. We were very happy with our catch and even happier to finish in first place. Thanks to organisers and for running the event.”

The Biggest Bream prize went to Team ZMan Okuma Tosland Building, Gary Brown and David Tosland, who caught a monster specimen of 1.34kg.

The East Coast Bream Series organisers, the Western Sydney Bream & Bass group, would like to thank Shimano for sponsoring this round. A special thanks also goes to Mark Healey who represented them and presented the prize money at the end of the day. Great to have an AFC Champion attending our event.

Full results can be found on website www.wsbb.com. au. Congratulations to all the prize winners and we look forward to the rest of the year. – Alan Newton, WSBB Second Place: BST/Ghost Recon Lures Adam Amos and Adam Martin

Third: McBarron Construction Jarryd McBarron and Brendon Spinks

1st Vex Performance Lures David Dobson, Simon McAlpin 5/5 4.39 $2000 2nd BST/Ghost Recon Lures Adam Amos, Adam Martin 5/5 4.08 $1000 3rd McBarron Construction Jarryd McBarron, Brendon Spinks 5/5 3.77 $500 4th B & F Fishing Matt Babbage, Rod Ford 5/5 3.67 $300 5th Daydreamers Rashid Ammoun, Khalid Aja 5/5 3.61 6th Compleat Angler/Garmin Dane Tomaszewski, Dane Tribbia 5/5 3.44 7th Team ABU Garcia/Euinrude Cannizzaro, Codie Stewart 5/5 3.35 8th On the Chew Tim Staunton, Brock Harmer 5/5 3.31 9th Shimano/Lowrance Mark Healey 5/5 3.30 10th Bassnhcips Matthew Starr, Damien Skeen 5/5 3.25