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The Squidgy Southern Bream Series Grand Final 2011 has been run and won, taken out by one of the favourites Andrew Death. Conditions for day on St Georges Basin were perfect weather wise but cracking a pattern as always proved difficult. Bream were active in the shallows but a little flighty, following lures but holding off from any sort of hit. My result one day one was quite lucky as apart from some monster run from what I presume to be a mammoth Bream (Could have been a Snapper?) I struggled with Blades. However, big bags and fish were weighed in by boaters and kayakers with the top yak bag weighing over 2.5kg.
Day two at the Shoalhaven was going to be tricky due to the tide but luckily some water remained over the racks to allow anglers to drag a few away. My prefish spot from last year was my chosen destination and I wrangled out two Bream before the tide took them away. Traipsing a couple of kilometres upstream I found last year's winner Squidder with a full bag, with two hours to go the surface had come alive (Been alive in some areas the whole morning). No matter what I threw or where I went with the tide close to dead low I just couldn't get my third fish in the well...
On the way back to the finish I bumped into Craig Coughlan, who had also managed a full bag. Having to see a man about a dog I weighed in as early as possible and dashed off, hoping some mates had figured well in the final results. Craig's bag on day two totally eclipsed his previous effort and im sure he feels like he reclaimed some self dignity (Too hard on yourself mate, well done). Jason finished in fourth place, and considering how modest he is I was super stoked for him, knowing full well that he fished hard to get that result (Congratulations again man).
My result you ask, well I featured just outside the top 10 (11th position). I know people dislike the Shoalhaven (Probably due to the earlier winter rounds) but its growing on me, just have to concentrate on grabbing that third fish by pedalling a little faster next time. Congratulations to the Basin Lure & Fly team on another super series and of course to all the entrants (Both placed and not).
Positions from 1st (Top) onwards:
Andrew Death 3.195
Jonathon Chen 3.085
Jason Lambert 2.62
Jason Price 2.05
Luke Kay 1.77
Stewart Dunn 1.6
Peter Woods 1.39
Bill Woods 1.37
Carl Dubios 1.35
Craig Coughlan 1.34
Derek Steele 1.26
Darryl Head 0.91
Geoff Alford 0.8
Jason Reid 0.6
Wayne Robinson 0.6
Shane Hollands 0.57
Jason Childs 0.36
Jason Peters 0
Robert Chambers 0
David Hedge 0
Brian Rutledge 0
