Episode Details

Hobie Kayak Fishing Series 2025 – Power-Pole Round 8 | Burrill Lake | Luke Rogan Takes the Win

In this episode of The Bream Fishing Project, we head to the south coast of New South Wales for the Power-Pole Round 8 of the 2025 Hobie Kayak Fishing Series, held at Burrill Lake.

What started as a calm, mill-pond morning quickly turned into an absolute washing machine of wind and waves, making for a very challenging day of tournament fishing.

Despite the tough conditions, the anglers still managed to find some quality fish, with Luke Rogan rising to the top with a winning bag of 2.58 kg, ahead of Corey Lean in second place and Daniel Quarmby in third.

Host Andrew Death (2019 Hobie Kayak Fishing World Champion) sits down with the podium anglers to break down exactly how they approached Burrill Lake, the key decisions they made throughout the day, and the lures and techniques that ultimately produced their fish.

Event Overview

Location: Burrill Lake, NSW
Series: Hobie Kayak Fishing Series 2025
Round Sponsor: Power-Pole

With strong winds forecast later in the day, the event launched early at 6:00 AM to give anglers the best possible window to fish before conditions deteriorated.

Bite Periods

Major Bite Window: 6:22 AM – 8:52 AM

Tides for the session:

• High Tide – 4:26 AM (1.05 m)

• Low Tide – 9:38 AM (0.68 m)

Even with a good bite window early in the morning, Burrill Lake fished very tough, with only a small number of anglers managing to secure full bags.

Tournament Results

🥇 1st Place – Luke Rogan
3 fish – 2.58 kg

🥈 2nd Place – Corey Lean
3 fish – 1.88 kg

🥉 3rd Place – Daniel Quarmby
3 fish – 1.82 kg

Big BREAM:
Wade Walker – 1.17 kg

Daniel Quarmby – Third Place

Daniel travelled five hours from Orange in Central West NSW to compete in the event and went into the tournament without a pre-fish.

Starting on the edges with crankbaits, Daniel initially struggled to find BREAM and instead caught several pinkie snapper and flathead while searching the lake.

Eventually he located fish holding deeper off a point and switched to soft plastics, using:

• Keitech Easy Shiner

• Z-Man Grub (motor oil)

• Light jigheads with a long fluorocarbon leader

By anchoring in shallow water with his Power-Pole and casting into deeper water around six metres, Daniel slowly worked his plastics along the bottom and secured three scoring fish.

His biggest fish measured 37 cm, helping him claim his first Hobie podium and his first tournament trophy.

Corey Lean – Second Place

Corey focused on deeper structure and drop-offs early, finding fish holding slightly off the edges rather than up shallow on the flats.

Fishing lightly weighted soft plastics and prawn-style lures along a drop-off, he secured two fish early before landing his key fish for the day.

One of his best BREAM came from beneath a pontoon boat sitting over deeper water, where he skipped a soft plastic under the structure and hooked a 41 cm fish on light line.

As the wind intensified, Corey made the decision to head back early for safety, finishing the day with three fish weighing 1.88 kg and securing second place.

Luke Rogan – First Place

Luke’s winning strategy involved committing to fishing upstream in the creeks, despite hearing reports from other anglers that the area hadn’t been producing fish.

Fishing crab-style crankbaits around deeper snags, Luke found BREAM holding slightly off the bank in deeper water rather than tight to structure.

Once he located the fish, he quickly secured his bag, landing multiple quality fish to finish with 2.58 kg, giving him a clear win in the tough conditions.

Gear and Techniques Discussed

During the episode the anglers discuss a range of gear and techniques used dur