Daiwa Bream Australian Open 2023

 

This is one of the biggest and most anticipated events on the Bream calender. The event was held on May 2-4 , 2023 at The Drummoyne Sailing Club in Sydney Harbour.

 

 

First up you will hear a first time observers perspective from Nic Eggleston. Nic was a last minute inclusion in the observers group (thanks to his brother Lucas), but was lucky enough to spend day 2 with Steve Morgan and day 3 with Kris Hickson. Hopefully this will inspire a few more observers to attend next year.

 

In third position Kris Hickson shared the highs and lows of his three days on the harbour. One of the things I found interesting was the bait caster setup that Kris used to muscle Bream out of the washes. He explained why he uses it and what reel and rod it he prefers. I found it interesting and encouraging that Kris weighed fish that he caught in the dying minutes of a session. Kris also speaks about his sounder time being two minutes late and how it nearly made him late.

 

Tom Slater from Daiwa Australia was the angler that finished in second place. Tom explained how he fished some areas that would usually produce fish, but didn’t catch any in these locations. He learned later that the locations had been recently fished by the human bream vacuum that is Kris Hickson.   While Tom had a fantastic event finishing in second, he dropped a fish on day three that “would have made things interesting.“

Tom gave an in depth account of how he fished the competition including lures and techniques.

 

Finally this huge episode is concludes with Steve Morgan who dominated the event using his Garmin Live Scope. As the tournament progressed Steve dialled in his techniques using the Live Scope and the Outback Breamer Baits Mussel lure. Steve also snuck in a little Baby Vibe action. Steve shared everything including a run down of how he has his sounder set up.

I also messed up the intro for Steve, but his response made me laugh, so I left it in the final cut.

 

Finally thanks to Steve, Tom, Kris and Nic for for coming on the show so quickly after the event. The anglers had a huge week, away from their families and still made time to speak to me on my timeframe. This was a huge effort and I appreciate their time, effort and willingness to share.

 

This was a cracking episode and I hope you all enjoy it as much as I enjoyed recording it.