Steersy with a nice bream he caught on a hard body for the Fishing Australia Program. Bream measured 46cm to fork or 49.5cm total length with an estimated weight of 2.2kg - 2.3kg!

Steve Steer or 'Steersy' as he is know to his mates started fishing with his dad and brothers at a very young age and has been a passionate angler all of his life. He grew up in Melbourne, where his father ran a club for boys called the 'explorers' and also an 'explorers' canoe & rafting club, so every spare minute was spent in the outdoors either fishing, camping, canoeing, hunting, hiking, skiing or just exploring a river somewhere. On one of his many trips to Tasmania, he fell in love with the place and the fishing that it has to offer, so in 2003 he and his wife Debbie packed their belongings and moved to Tasmania to live and raise their family. He has fished in most states of Australia for a wide range of fish species on bait, lure and fly but still rates the fishing that Tasmania has to offer as some of the best there is. These days, he spends most of his angling time targeting Bream and Trout on hard body’s, soft plastics and fly, but he still likes to chase practically everything that swims from time to time. He currently competes in many of the Bream and Trout Tournaments held around the county and he is currently an eight time Australian Bream Tournament (ABT) event winner and currently holds the ABT Big Bream Tasmanian Record with a fish of 1.84kg. In addition to this, he is a multiple Tasmanian Trout Tournament Winner, he has worked as a fishing guide, written for several well respected fishing magazines, tournament cast on a national level, invented-designed-created and managed the sales of a world first fishing product, managed a tackle store for several years and is now a director of Cranka lures where his job is to bring you the best lures possible.

Summary of Steersy's Tournament Results

Year 2005

• 1st Place, Pro/Boater Division 2005 ABT Bream Qualifier Event, Gippsland VIC, 4/10 for 6.09kg
• ABT Big Bream of 1.64kg, 2005 ABT Bream Qualifier Event, Gippsland VIC
• 1st Place, 2005 ABT TAS Bream Classic Event, Scamander River TAS, Fished with Leigh Mckenzie
• 1st Place, 2005 ABT TAS Bream Classic Grand Final, Swan River TAS, 10/10 for 11.8kg Fishing with Leigh Mckenzie
• 1st Place Individual Standing, TAS Bream Classic Grand Final, Swan River TAS

 

ABT Big Bream, 1.64kg Gippy 05              TAS ABT Bream Classic Grand Final Win 05

Year 2006

• 1st Place, 2006 ABT Vic Bream Classic Event, Mallacoota VIC, 10/10 for10.72kg Fishing with Wayne Friebe
• 1st Place, 2006 ABT TAS Bream Classic Event, Scamander TAS, Fished with Leigh Mckenzie
• 10th Place, Pro/Boater Division, 2006 ABT National Bream Grand Final Invitational Event, Ballina NSW

 

ABT VIC  Bream Classic Win, Mallacoota 06                 ABT TAS Bream Classic Win, Scamander 06

Year 2007

• 1st Place, Pro/Boater Division 2007 ABT Qualifier Event, St Helens TAS, 10/10 for 9.39kg
• 3rd Place, 2007 TAS Trout Classic Event, Fished with Leigh Mckenzie
• Biggest Trout, 2007 TAS Trout Classic Event
• 1st Place, 2007 ABT TAS Bream Classic Event, Scamander River TAS, Fished with Patrick Sullivan
• 11th Place, 2007 ABT National Bream Classic Championship, Port Macquarie NSW, Fished with Patrick Sullivan
• 13th Place, Pro/Boater Division, 2007 ABT Ford Ranger National Bream Grand Final, Lake Macquarie NSW

Winning bag at St Helens ABT 07              ABT Tas Bream Classic Win, Scamander 07

Year 2008

• 2nd Place, 2008 ABT TAS Bream Classic Event, Scamander River TAS, Fished with Leigh Mckenzie
• 3rd Place, 2008 TAS Trout Classic Event, Arthurs/Great Lakes TAS, Fished with Leigh Mckenzie
• Biggest Trout, 2008 TAS Trout Classic Event, Arthurs/Great Lakes TAS
• 5th Place, 2008 ABT VIC Bream Classic Event, Mallacoota VIC, Fished with Wayne Friebe
• 4th Place, 2008 ABT VIC Bream Humminbird Invitational Grand Final Event, Fished with Jarrod Healey

Biggest Trout TAS Classic 2008    Some nice Gold Coast Yellowfin measuring 35cm and 36cm to fork

Year 2009

• 1st Place, Pro/Boater Division 2009 ABT Qualifier Event, St Helens TAS, 10/10 for 9.64kg
• ABT Big Bream TAS Record of 1.84kg, 2009 ABT Qualifier Event, St Helens TAS
• 6th place, 2009 ABT TAS Super Series, Derwent River TAS
• 2nd Place, 2009 ABT Trout Classic Event, Arthurs Lake TAS, Fished with Wayne Friebe
• 2nd Place, 2009 ABT Tasmanian Angler of the Year
• 2nd Place, 2009 Spirit of TAS Trout Classic Event, Arthurs Lake TAS, Fished with Andrew Cox
• 2nd Place, 2009 Overall Team of the Year, Spirit of TAS Trout Classic Events, Fished with Andrew Cox
• 4th Place, 2009 TAS Bream Classic Event, Derwent River TAS, Fished with Andrew Cox
• 4th Place, 2009 - Team of the Year, TAS Bream Classic Sreies, Fished with Andrew Cox

ABT Qualifier Win, St Helens TAS 09    ABT TAS Record Big Bream of 1.84kg    2nd place Tasmanian AOY 09

Year 2010

• 4th Place, 2010 TAS Bream Classic Event, St Helens TAS, Fished with Andrew Cox
• 4th Place, 2010 TAS Bream Classic Event, Swan River TAS, Fished with Andrew Cox
• 6th Place, 2010 TAS Bream Classic Event, Derwent River TAS, Fished with Andrew Cox
• 1st Place - 2010 TAS Bream series 'TEAM of the Year', Tas Bream Classic Events, Fished with Andrew Cox
• 1st Place, Spirit of Tasmania 2010 Trout Classic Event, Round 1 Arthur's Lake Tasmania
• 1st Place, Spirit of Tasmania 2010 Trout Classic Event, Round 2 Great Lake Tasmania
• 1st Place, 2010 TAS Trout series 'TEAM of the Year', Spirit of Tasmania 2010 Trout Classic series

2010 Tasmanian Bream Classic Series 'Team Of The Year' is Team Cranka Pro ( Steersy & Andrew Cox )

2010 Tasmanian Trout Classic Series 'Team Of The Year' is Team Cranka Pro ( Steersy & Andrew Cox )

 

Year 2011

• 2nd Place, 2011 TAS Bream Classic Event, Derwent River TAS, Fished with Andrew Cox
• 3rd Place, 2011 TAS Trout series 'TEAM of the Year', Tasmania 2011 Trout Classic series