Andrew Death

Bream Kayak Tournament Champ

Andrew has been a serious competitive kayak bream fisher for over a decade and it’s taken him to places he never thought possible – including competing overseas. The reigning Hobie World’s Champion, he’s won a bunch of tournaments, been on the podium plenty of times and had numerous top ten placings.

In this episode Deathy reflects on the conversations he had with bream greats as he put together a string of ALF podcast episodes and his big bream masterclass currently being enjoyed by Team Doc Lures members

Callum Dowell

Creator of the might “Muss” lure, Callum shared a couple of rigging hacks, including running paddletails upside down, something Deathy had only done previously when he was recycling plastics that were damaged during fishing. He also alluded to rigging bent minnows with Storm suspendots, enabling them to be fished sub-surface.

He shared a story of the recapture of a bream that was damaged during a previous capture some months earlier and that the fish had recovered and remained healthy thanks to careful handling and release by the previous angler.

A big take-home from the interview with Callum was the presentation of lures at the correct depth by casting upstream and letting the lure drift back into structure. Team Doc Lures Members can listen to the full hour of Callum’s interview.

Steve Morgan

“Morgo” is an icon of the Australian bream scene and founder of the ABT tournaments. He’s also incredibly generous with sharing his knowledge. The conversation covered working with a mate to “switchbait” bream and upsizing small fish by taking advantage of the bream’s competitive nature.

Deathy noted Mogo’s mindset of expectation. In other words, expecting that every cast will catch a fish and then questioning why not if a cast comes up empty. He also mentioned lure selection based on the conditions. Windy days and rough conditions = bigger lures.

Finally, there was the statement “If you think you’re fishing slow enough, fish slower!”, which turns out to be a common thread across multiple big bream specialists.

Once again, the full hour of this interview is available to at Team Doc Lures

Jason Meech

Jason piqued Deathy’s interest when he tlked about casting and working lures across the wind on when he finds himself in windy conditions, rather than using the wind for long casting.

He also dropped a couple of great tips for crankbaiting – including letting a floating crankbait sit for a minute to allow big bream will take it off the surface. Plus resisting the temptation to rip a crank our of weed, but instead jiggle it until a bream comes to investigate and smash it from the weed.

Paul Malov

Paul likes the front end of a system where there is good current flow as he finds that this usually attracts quality bream.

He’s meticulous when it comes to preparation for a bream fishing event from looking at long range forecasts to preparing and upgrading tackle, studying social media and more.

Paul explained his unusual strategy for using The Muss to take extra-large bream in the Gippsland area. This approach landed he and his father a record 13kg bag for 10 fish during a recent tournament. Full details are available at Team Doc Lures.

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