Of the 78 teams that entered the 2018 LBT season, the top 21 teams were invited to compete in the final event which was held at Kwena Dam over the weekend.
Lincoln and McCullough weighed in a 7,61- and 6,22-kilogram bag limit on Saturday and Sunday respectively.
Their consistency over the two days held off the fast-charging team Nelspruit Ford of Rudi Vermaak and Jaco Schoeman which followed their 5,025 kilogram bag with a mammoth 8,62 kilogram bag on Sunday.
They missed first place with a mere 185 grams.
Sixteen of the 21 teams managed to weigh in a limit of fish with Team Venom Lures Lowveld taking the lead after day one. Keep on Fishing and Thermocline followed in second and third place respectively.
Astonishingly six fish over the 2,8-kilogram mark were weighed in, with the largest for the day hooked by Keep on Fishing, a bass of 3,010 kilograms.
On the second day it was Vermaak, however, who stole the show with his 4,76-kilogram fish. A new personal best for the member of Nelspruit Ford, but more importantly breaking the record for the largest fish in LBT history.
The previous record was held by Frank Gottschalk with a fish of 4,42 kilograms which he caught at Driekoppies Dam in August 2015.
During the final, only 168 fish were weighed in over the two days, with a total weight of 174,125 kilograms and an average of 1,036 kilograms per fish.
