2.2kg Bream off the beach

[geoff72]

Did anyone else see the 2.2kg bream caught in the surf on the goldy on gold coast news last night,what a cracker fish, got me thinking about has anyone else caught a bream that size or better. i have caught one that went 40 -45 cm in a lake at hope island that fought like a jack,that was a few years ago now and there are plenty more there if you were allowed to fish it,but bloody security guards stop it. Not sure if a thread like this has been done before but if so i will start another one. Any pics would be great to see.
cheers all

[rogersto]

Yeah, made the evening news because it was probably the last one at that size. All I been getting are littlies to about 25cm.....

[Horse]

We used to get a few 4lb+ along the Nth shore of the Maroochy. Mate picked up a 45cm one at Scarby fairly recently.
I have never scored a horse in the areas where the big numbers are.

Neil

[Blackened]

G'day

Best I have done was 46cm on the reef @ green island. Never weighed it though.

Dave

[_Dan_]

The best i have seen was 2.6 kilos, that was 5 years ago in Nth NSW while fishing for Tailor, the guy got it on pipis. When cleaned it had 7 pipi fleshs in its gut.

The best we have caught was 2.4 kilos, same spot same day on mullet. I have the fish on video, but on the old cassette type.

I am trying to get it freeze framed for a pic and i will post it hopefully next week.

Makes the 40cm ones in the video look like babys..

Cheers

Dan

[Dirtysanchez]

I know a bloke who lives in Sorrento on the GC, on the canals. They don't fish and they throw all their bread etc in their stretch of water and I tell you there are some massive bream in there, but he won't let me throw a line out

Mind you, they probably taste like bread !!

[Pistol_P]

A 2kg Bream is an absolute monster.
My two best bream have been 45cm that went 1.4kg in Sydney and one on the beach up here at the sunshine coast that went 43cm..(didnt weigh it though).
A 2kg is a trophy fish in my books.
Here are the pictures of my biggest ones.

Cheers
Pete

[JEWIENEWIE]

Tailor fising with pipis?
Jewie

[JEWIENEWIE]

Nice breambo Pistol!!
Jewie

[_Dan_]

Nah Jeiwie. The big bream will sit under tailor schools picking up the scraps, the old timers reckon its the best way to get big ocean bream..

Nice fish pistol.

Cheers

Dan

[JEWIENEWIE]

Now that makes sense, had me worried!
Jewie

[jackmangrove]

I remember one of the older blokes in my club pulling a 3.2kg job out of a nice gutter just on sun up. Seemed to take a liking to his tailor outfit and I still remember the looks on everyones face when he dragged this thing up the sand.....jaws all dropped....was priceless. That`s going back 20 years now....damn I feel old! lol I can`t recall if it was a North Straddie beach or whether we were at double island.....I just remember the weigh in.

[juju]

I can remember some big bream down the pine river when i was a kid...havent seen one like that in years but...they dont get a chance to grow, how old would a fish of that size be????

[jackmangrove]

I`m not sure..... I was kinda wondering that myself

[marty+jojo]

My biggest bream was 47cm and 2.2kg, got it at "Jurasic Lake" it was an obese lump of a fish, sorry no pic- it was pre digital camera days, i do have a pic but no scanner.
I have heard of bream from there up to 3kgs..... every fish i have seen pulled from there has been XOS. Apart from that bream my best one was caught the Sunday before ANZAC day 2007 @ 46cm, did not weigh it as i have no scales in the boat, just got a couple of pics and sent the old fella/ girl on it's way. A couple of pics attached of the 46cm model.
Marty.