timid bream!

[B_E_N]

hey all took a sickie yesterday in the hope i would getout for a fish but what happens wake up and its poring so wash the car in the rain while we have it! by that time it stopped so i thought what the hell, down to shorncliffe jetty to have a flick around the rocks. always surprises me how the jetty rats think the further out they fish the more chance they have. i was fishing in less then a metre of water, 10m out from the start of the jetty and had bream everywhere, only thing was thought they were timid as, wouldnt take micro mins, small sx40 imitations, prawnstars. looking back i should have gien some plastics ago but i only had one cast and it was the first cast of the day in which i got snagged and pissed off at the plastics! the day turned out to be awesome, no wind clear skies and at the end a nice flattie on the prawn star jnr to feed me at dinner!
i didnt envy anyone at work by the end of the day lol

[Freeeedom]

Fish that you can see can also see you, and that makes them notoriously timid. I find this especially the case with bream in clear shallow water. You need to fish that area at night or when a bit of a chop has stirred the water up a little. If you're bait fishing in a situation like that use unweighted baits on the lightest line and you might get a take. But catching one fish will often scare the others off for half an hour or so, so you might have to move around a bit, but keep your profile low and move slowly to avoid scaring off the fish. Sight fishing can be very rewarding - stalking the fish, putting a bait or lure in just the right place and imparting just enough movement to interest the fish and provoke a strike - it's great stuff, but you have to be very patient and work hard at it. Having a bunch of clowns anywhere near you doesn't help either!
Cheers Freeeedom

[B_E_N]

lol yeh i know what you mean, but one thing is i thought the bream in the area would have grown somewhat used to the hoards of poeple that frequent the jetty night and day, bike riders joggers and tons of jetty rats walk past every day making noise. must have just been the mood they wer in. ive caught bream in the area that have come within touching distance of where ive been standing on days. awesome stuff to see 5 or 6 big bream getting very uneasy with your lure right in front of you but could lose a lot of hair when they dont take it!

[chief]

!m of clear water certainly makes them timid, thats when i like to use my fav bream rig,resin head,small squidgee bloodworm wriggler and a dash of attracter and definantly a portable airated hold tank. Release them after you've caught a few. Its amazing how bream adapt to whats around , check out sunshine plaza food court up at Maroochy. the fish react to your hand movement like a dog when you bork at throwing a ball .They can certainly see you as well as you can see them.

[cuzzamundi]

The jetty rats are off the end because they are probably fishing for sharks or rays. Some of them are knobs, but others...you may learn something.

cuzza

[imnotoriginal]

Try using bread, unweighted on very light mono (or fluoro) leader. I use those tiny green sneck hooks that mustad make for luderick fishing, and hide the hook wholly in the bread. Chuck her over the side, stay away from the edge of the water (or pier) and keep the line relatively loose. When it starts peeling off in one direction, BANG! The hookup ratio isn't great (because you have to bury the hook to get the bite) but I've nailed some nice bream this way. Good luck
Joel

[imnotoriginal]

The jetty rats are off the end because they are probably fishing for sharks or rays. Some of them are knobs, but others...you may learn something.

cuzza

Quite right mate. Unfortunately I've met far too many in that category and not enough of the others .