EP198 – 2026 ABT Duo Tasmanian BREAM Teams Open | St Helens Tasmania

About this episode

Andrew Death discusses the unique tournament format of the 2026 Duo Tasmanian BREAM Teams Open held in St Helens, Tasmania, featuring insights from the top teams.

The Tasmanian leg of the ABT tour wraps up in style as the 2026 Duo Tasmanian BREAM Teams Open heads to the iconic waters of St Helens, Tasmania. In this episode of The Bream Fishing Project, Andrew breaks down one of the most unique tournament formats seen in recent years — a catch-photo-release teams event where anglers could upgrade their five-fish bag across both competition days. With late 10am starts, gentleman’s hours, changing tides, and fish spread between racks, flats, gutters and shallow edges, this event forced competitors to think differently. The result was a dramatic two-day battle where no lead was safe and teams could surge through the field right up until the final session. This episode features full interviews with the top three teams from the event, diving deep into the tactics, lure choices, and adjustments that helped them unlock the St Helens BREAM bite. In this episode: 🥉 3rd Place – Team Cranka Shimano Steve Steer breaks down an incredibly technical tournament built around: Fishing shallow oyster racks with crabs Working gutters and channel markers at low tide Using Cranka Crabs in the famous spotted crab colour Adjusting tackle overnight after getting…

People in this episode

Host: Andrew Death

Guest: Steve Steer

Topics covered

• BREAM fishing
• tournament format
• catch-photo-release
• fishing tactics
• St Helens

Keywords

• BREAM
• fishing tournament
• catch-photo-release
• St Helens
• fishing tactics
• Cranka Crabs
• oyster racks

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ABT

Products: Cranka Crabs

Places: St Helens Tasmania

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