Around 30 teams took part in the event which brought light winds, clear skies and a very cold morning start.

The lake fished well, for some others found the going rather tough with a couple of teams deciding to have a sleep in their boats rather than use any unnecessary energy on the day.

The leader board changed from the usual winning teams with the Stray Dogs crew (Johnny Nolan and young Andy Parry) taking the lead with a nice bag of bream weighing 3.64kg.

It was their first time back from a long break, but it has paid off for them earning a nice cash prize and also taking home the Culburra Bait and Tackle biggest bream cash prize.

The next round will be even further south on the lovely Clyde River on October 11; for further info drop into your local tackle shop and grab an entry form.

Round 4 points for the Burrill Lake round: 1 Stray Dogs (Johnny Nolan, Andy Parry) 3.64 bag weight, 1.12 big bream, 1050 total points; 2 Onagain (Neil Kelly, Nick Reay) 3.54, 900; 3 Shellharbour Tackle Shop (Peter Dent, Ryan Osmond) 3.09, 800; 4 Bag Raiders (Wal Balzan, Tom McClean) 2.965, 700; 5 McCallum’s Bait and Tackle (Steve Gill, Mark Weber) 2.77, 600; 6 ARFI (Ian Brown, Richard Delaney) 2.685, 500; 7 Culburra Bait and Tackle 1 (Scott Sharpe, Dean Hamilton) 2.505, 490; 8 Culburra Bait and Tackle 2 (Grant Kime, Tim Francis) 2.395, 480; 9 Ramrod (Jack Jacobs, Luke Peters) 1.73, 470; 10 Smashin (Jim Barrie, Guy Jamieson) 1.46, 460; 11 Stalker (Aaron Clifton, David Waddell) 1.05, 450; 11 G-T (Glenn Godwin, Trevor Williamson) 1.05, 450; 13 Bream Attack (Geoffrey Borg, Michael Borg) 1.035, 430; 14 Nowra Marine (Simon Pender, Brad Balding) 0.835, 420; 15 Regular Boys Haircut (Mark Crompton, Grady Erwin) 0.705, 410; 16 Late (Shane Connell) 0.615, 400; 17 Tangles (Troy Parsons, Anthony Myerscough) 0.44, 390; 18 Primed (Simon Moore, Shane De la Mare) 0.073, 380.

Kayak leader: Millerods (Greg Lewis) 0.545, 1000.

Total points after four rounds of the 2009 Southern Bream Series: Steve Gill (QF) 3030, Mark Weber (QF) 3030, Wal Balzan (QF) 2560, Tom McClean (QF) 2560, Simon Pender (QF) 2290, Brad Balding (QF) 2290, Scott Sharpe 2190, Dean Hamilton 2190, Johnny Nolan (QF) 2160, Neil Kelly 2130, Nick Reay 2130, Andy Parry (QF) 2110, Grant Kime 1890, Tim Francis 1860, Guy Jamieson 1810, Geoffrey Borg 1740, Michael Borg 1740, Shane De la Mare 1710, Simon Moore 1710, Shane Connell 1700, Ryan Osmond 1650, Chris Neville 1460, Ross Neville 1460, Andrew Malby 1420, Ben Malby 1420, Mark Crompton 1360, Jim Barrie 1360, Ian Brown 1310, Richard Delaney 1310, Peter Dent 1280, Aaron Clifton 1260, David Waddell 1260, Luke Peters 1260, Jack Jacobs 1260, Greg Lewis (QF) 1010, Glenn Ross 950, Mat Steedman 880, Rick Steedman 880, Marty Hasler 830, Jarrod Humphrey 830, Craig Johnson 830, Jason Mayberry 830, Ryan Jamieson 830, Wes Murphy 810, Anthony Myerscough 770, Troy Parsons 770, Scott Brown 770, Scott Towner 490, Darren Brodie 490, Alan Brodie 490, Jim Saulge 480, Greg Stevens 470, Jason Woodley 470, Lachlan Gubb 470, Glenn Goodwin 470, Trevor Williamson 470, Sue Savage 450, Gavin McCallum 430, Mick Lees 430, Paul Hawkes 420, Cheyne James 410, Grady Erwin 410, Steve Nedeswi 370, Jarrod Lye 370, Warren Keelan 370, Tim Rogers 360, Scott Williams 330, Geoff Smith 330, Stuart Toohey 330, Shaun Davies 330, Jason Kemp 320, Jarryd Hunt 320, Shayne Fisher 300, Wayne Smith 300.

Some nice gemfish and cod were about over the weekend for those who like to bottom bounce the shelf, and with rewards like this it will be well worth the 10 minutes’ wait for the chance to bring some table fish like these back home.

In closer and with not as much time waiting for your gear to get to the bottom as those fishing the shelf, there have been some nice table fish getting around for those willing to spend the time.

Snapper, leatherjacket and flathead all played a role in the weekend’s fishing antics.

Fish around the 30 to 40-metre mark for your best results.

Off the beaches and the rocks, salmon and drummer have been the calls with a nice run of salmon out of the local beaches and some nice drummer starting to show, although further south is the place to be with better numbers of both species seeming to be around.

Well that about wraps it up for this week; for further info email us here culburrabait@people.net.au or 4472087 and I’ll see you on the water.

Cheers, Scotty