The Vic Bream Classic will return to Marlo on May 2-3 for round two of 2026 competition.
This year’s competition, the 21st year of the series kicked off at Metung on March 28-29, with a dominant victory to Melbourne, father and son combination, Brad and Cooper Hodges.
Marlo is always one of the more popular venues on the circuit, renowned for holding some of the biggest and baddest black bream anywhere in Australia, so there is a good chance of anglers landing that magical six kilogram bag of five bream.
The fish in the systems appear to be bigger this year, with the Hodges’ taking Metung with a record 10 bream total of 14.030 kilograms.
The Vic Bream series is a fun, inclusive and family-friendly catch and release bream fishing tournament series right throughout Victoria.
The Marlo event will see an influx of passionate bream anglers hit the town in search of the major prize on offer.
Anglers from all over Victoria and interstate will head to the region, with many new anglers each year getting a taste of just what this picturesque location has to offer.
This usually starts a long-term tradition of visiting the region each year following the series and holidaying with their families.
The beauty of this style of catch and release tournament fishing is you get to fish with your best mate, dad, mum, brother or sister, it is up to you.
The tournament is open to all age groups with the only restriction is that people under the age of 18 fish with a parent or approved guardian.
All anglers must fish out of a boat with a licensed boat operator on board.
If you have a child under 12 they can fish with you and another adult so you can make a team of three which is great to get the kids involved.
Teams compete using lure, fly or soft plastic lures to weigh in five live legal-sized breams on each day’s competition, with the heaviest two-day bag crowned the winner.
If you love your lure fishing for bream and want to learn more, there is no better way to fast track your skills than to compete in the Vic Bream series, as there are any number of highly skilled anglers competing who will point you in the right direction, tell you the hot lure to use and best techniques to enable you to land that big bag of bream.
The teams format creates a fantastic social feel to the weekend while still maintaining a high level of competition among teams.
Since its inception in 2005, the Vic Bream Classic Series has turned into a large family of passionate anglers who love to fish, socialise and have fun across Victoria.
These great bunch of guys and girls follow the series to each destination and forge lifelong friendships with other teams along the way.
