Episode Details

The May Monthly Report is here, and this one absolutely goes everywhere.

Andrew is joined once again by Brett Geddes for a massive session covering tournament fishing, homemade lure disasters, junior anglers coming through the ranks, forward-facing sonar, giant fishing numbers from Gippsland.

The boys are also joined by young gun Harvey, who has been quietly putting together some seriously impressive catches fishing out of Andrew’s original Hobie kayak. Harvey talks about competing in the Daiwa Young Fishing Club, how the app-based competition works, and some standout recent captures including:

• A 36cm black bream on a Duo Bivi
• Flathead on Z-Man plastics
• Tailor and perch from both the kayak and the stones
• Preparing for his first Hobie competition on the Georges River

The discussion also highlights the growing opportunities for junior anglers in tournament kayak fishing and how the next generation is learning faster than ever before.

Andrew and Brett then dive into one of the most entertaining topics they’ve covered in months — the Collective lure making challenge.

Andrew explains how he built a timber chubby-style lure completely by hand using basic tools, super glue and even nail polish as paint, before finally catching bream on it after dropping a quality fish earlier in the session. Brett shares his own homemade lure journey, including the now-infamous “Homer Simpson Doughnut” lure — a pink doughnut-shaped creation built by Beth from the Collective, rigged with multiple hooks and a cheb weight, which somehow went on to catch perch.

There’s also a huge Gippsland fishing update from Brett, who reveals some unbelievable numbers from the first four months of the year:

• 511 estuary perch
• 223 bream to 48cm
• 99 bass
• 89 flathead to 86cm

Brett breaks down why the Gippsland Lakes system is currently fishing as well as anywhere in the country, including:

• Mulloway showing up throughout the lakes system
• Massive bait concentrations
• Saltwater pushing deep into the system
• Open lake perch behaviour
• Heavy leader fishing for big perch
• Why the fishery is changing dramatically compared to years gone by

The boys also discuss standout lures from the month, including:

• Sprat 65s and 85s
• Hard-on-soft presentations
• Duo Bivis
• Twitch 50s
• Hurricane Slams
• Hybrid Shrimp techniques
• Fishing deep timber with near snag-proof presentations

Tournament coverage is a massive part of this episode, with discussion around:

• The Tasmania Hobie and ABT rounds
• Steve Morgan continuing to dominate while simultaneously filming, livestreaming and producing media content
• Isaac Harris narrowly edging out Morgo in one event
• Joel Crosby quietly building momentum with big plastic “power breaming” techniques
• NSW Tournament Series results
• Foster and Marlo previews
• The realities of organising and recording tournament interviews every single week

Andrew also talks about recording more than 17 interviews in a single week and the behind-the-scenes workload involved in running The BREAM Fishing Project.

The episode wraps up with discussion around the new forward-facing sonar course from My Fishing Coach featuring Nabil Issa and Steve Morgan, including detailed setup walkthroughs for Garmin, Lowrance and Humminbird units, fish behaviour interpretation, mapping insights and species-specific sonar applications.

This is one of the loosest and most wide-ranging Monthly Reports yet — packed with laughs, fishing stories, tournament insight, lure experimentation and plenty of classic Brett Geddes moments.

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