Bream Cup 2026
The Bream Cup 2026 is a two-day competitive fishing tournament.
Set on the Gippsland Lakes, the tournament targets BIG bream, brings together experienced anglers, showcases professional fishing boats and has a cash prize pool of $15,000.
What Visitors will see
🐟 Competition boats returning to the Show precinct
🐟 Professional anglers discussing lures, rods and boat setups
🐟 Live catch updates on the Main Stage
🐟 Live weigh-ins using a Fishcare tank
🐟 Winners crowned on Sunday afternoon
BREAM CUP 2026
Tournament Information for Competitors
Tournament Director
Many will know Ben from his years of service as an advocate in the recreational fishing and boating scene,
but he is also an accomplished tournament lure fisher, both nationally and internationally.
Competitor Profiles
Name: Bogdan Zisu
Hometown: Melbourne
How many years have you been Bream Fishing? 30+ years.
What’s your signature technique/ favourite lure? Curl tail grubs and paddle tail soft plastics.
Favourite place to fish? Mallacoota Inlet.
Career Highlights: Vic Bream Classics: 1st at Mallacoota 2023, 2nd Warrnambool 2025, 3rd Mallacoota 2024, 2nd TOY 2024.
Hobie Kayak Fishing Series: 2nd Mallacoota 2017, 2nd Bemm River 2018.
Social Media profiles:
http://www.youtube.com/@FishBeyondBorders
https://www.facebook.com/share/1ARsfLNJwg/
Sponsors: N/A
Name: Peter Breukel
Hometown: Lakes Entrance
How many years have you been Bream Fishing? 10+ years.
What’s your signature technique/ favourite lure? Soft plastics and Hurricane sprat 75
Favourite place to fish? Gippsland Lakes
Career Highlights: Winning an ABT Round last year.
Social Media profiles:
https://www.facebook.com/pete.breukel
https://www.instagram.com/peterbreukel/
Sponsors: Hurricane Lures and Topstrike Tubes
Name: Mark Crompton
Hometown: Picton NSW
How many years have you been Bream Fishing? 40+ years.
What’s your signature technique/ favourite lure? I think it’s a bad idea in tournaments to have a favourite, whatever works on the day!
Favourite place to fish? Tasmania
Career Highlights: Winning dual ABT grand finals
Social Media profiles:
https://www.facebook.com/mark.crompton.73
Sponsors: Daiwa, Lowrance / Navico, PowerPole, Rise Above Plumbing Pty Ltd
Name: Paul Malov
Hometown: Moorabbin, Vic
How many years have you been Bream Fishing? 20+ years.
What’s your signature technique/ favourite lure? Heavy structure fishing with soft plastics or the Outback Breamer Baits ‘Muss’
Favourite place to fish? Gippsland Lakes has to be my favourite bream fishery. Huge waterway, with a variety of different habitats and structures that suit all anglers and weather conditions
Career Highlights:
2013 ABT Bream Classic National champion team
Represented Australia at 2016 Hobie Kayak World Fishing Championships in Louisiana
Victorian TOY 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2022, fishing with my dad.
Social Media profiles:
https://www.youtube.com/@PaulMalovFishing
https://www.facebook.com/paulmalovfishing/
https://www.instagram.com/paulmalovfishing/?hl=en
Sponsors: Lowrance, Millerods, Lovig Kayak Fishing, Tackleaddiction, Dizzy Scent
Name: Carl Everton
Hometown: Sale, Vic
How many years have you been Bream Fishing? 6 years
What’s your signature technique/ favourite lure? Soft plastics in particular the hurricane sprat 85
Favourite place to fish? “Mallacoota love the place”
Career Highlights: 3rd place in Vic Bream at Gippsland Lakes
Social Media profiles: N/A
Sponsors: N/A
Name: Dan Mackrell
Hometown: Colac, Vic
How many years have you been Bream Fishing? 20 years, 16 years competitively in tournaments.
What’s your signature technique/ favourite lure? Fishing natural structure and snags, a variety of soft plastics and hard bodies.
Favourite place to fish? Gippsland Lakes, with the chance to chase the xos bream, the system is renowned for in such a large and diverse arena.
Career Highlights: 16 tournament victories, 8 x team of the year in Vic bream classics 2010, 16, 17, 19, 21, 23,24 & 25 fishing with fellow Colac teammates Declan Betts and Steve Parker.
Social Media profiles:
Instagram: @danmackrellfishing
Facebook: Dan Mackrell Fishing
Sponsors: Frogley’s Offshore & Mako Eyewear
Name: Peter Nord (Best known as “NORDY”)
Hometown: East Gippsland
How many years have you been Bream Fishing? As long as he can remember!
What’s your signature technique/ favourite lure? Confident finesse fishing with tournament-tested Hurricane lures
Favourite place to fish? Gippsland Lakes, a system Nordy proudly calls the mecca of bream fishing in Australia (including Tasmania).
Career Highlights: Career highlights include 1st place at the VIC Bream Grand Final (Marlo) and a 1st place finish at the ABT Marlo / Bemm River round.
Social Media profiles:
Instagram: @hurricane_lures
Facebook: Hurricane Lures Australia
Sponsors: Hurricane Lures Australia
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