About this episode

The episode covers Round 2 of the NSW Tournament Series on the Hawkesbury River, featuring interviews with top teams discussing their fishing strategies and experiences.

In this episode of The Bream Fishing Project, we head to the mighty Hawkesbury River for Round 2 of the New South Wales Tournament Series, brought to you by Atomic and sponsored by Force Lures. Run on 26 April 2026, this Hawkesbury round produced a technical and challenging bite, with anglers dealing with low fish activity, timid bites, heavy current flow and tough conditions around the deep rock walls of the river system. The episode opens with a breakdown of the bite periods and tidal movements, before diving deep into interviews with the top three teams from the event. First up, Mitch and Mat Simonis from Team Off The Scales break down their third-place finish with 5 fish for 4.06kg. The boys explain how they targeted deep rocky bottom with crabs and blades, how current speed completely changed the effectiveness of their presentation between pre-fish and comp day, and how a late kicker fish helped secure another podium finish. The interview also covers drifting techniques, fishing deep structure, lure control in heavy current and the importance of staying in the strike zone around the Hawkesbury’s brutal reef systems. Next, Tim Vickers from Team Cronulla Slipways talk through…

People in this episode

Host: Andrew Death

Guests: Mitch Simonis, Mat Simonis, Tim Vickers

Topics covered

• bream fishing
• tournament series
• Hawkesbury River
• fishing techniques
• angler interviews

Keywords

• bream
• fishing tournament
• Hawkesbury
• crabs
• sonar
• fishing techniques
• angler interviews

Sponsors

Atomic, Force Lures

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Hawkesbury River

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