Search for the 40cm+ bream

[robdiep]

hi all,

headed back down the GC again last nite in search for 40cm+ bream. it was quite slow and quiet everywhere we went. we went to spot x for our final flick before we head home.

bream were smashing up my cut up bait. landed 2 large bream but not quite 40cm. 1 was a 38cm just 2cm shy of my target but still a nice catch with 6lbs. the other was 35cm.

my bro in law was flicking sp's and he landing quite a few undersized flatties. i saw him getting quite alot of fish so i decided to put a sp on. first cast.. waited abit.. winded in.. ah crap snag.. tried pulling it out, but then it started moving, i'm on.. it was a decent one.. fighting hard.. up comes a good size flatty. 50cm+. my first decent fish on sp. went home happy, but no 40cm+ bream.

maybe next week.

robbie

[juju]

Not 40 but good enough in my books....

[laney]

hey mate,
i also live on the Goldie and struggle to get descent bream in salt. i live on a fresh water canal and i have cracked the 40cm mark numerous times with my biggest goin 42cm. Awesome fish there mate good work. i hope i can start getting some decent ones in the salt too
cheers Josh

[White_Steenbras]

Nice Breabo's mate, keep giving those placcy's a go mate.

Cheers WS

[chief]

The old bream saved us in the wind saturday arvo,A couple of tearers there mate

[robdiep]

thanks all for your comments..

sure is fun catching fish on SP's.. but at the moment i still prefer bait.. dont get me wrong i will still use both.. just some days bait will outfish plastics and some other days it's vice versa

robbie

[sharkbaithoohaha]

Nice Bream there Robbie.Can I ask what bait did the job for you?Personally I get the BIG bream on small live poddy mullett,on a gang of small size1 hooks in a suicide pattern.
Cheers.

[alleycat]

Robbie ive had real good catches of bream on the culprit swim fin grub in motor oil colour, big w has them, match it with a jighead with a no/2 hook and you should go well, 3 inch berkley minnows in smelt scales also a good plastic for bream.

[the gecko]

38s a ripper.

I reckon the big bream haven shown up yet. Give em another 3-4 weeks, then try mullet flesh at night.

Andrew

[Chris Ryan]

Great catch mate. That 38 will become 40 over the years.........."the older I get the better I was" theory

[84mick]

Thats still a great catch mate!

Cheers, Mick.

[BAT]

WOW well done! Nice to see some bream comming in to the Sea Way.

[Scalem]

They are really good quality bream, congrats!

It's only a matter of time for the big one though, throw a cast net in the seaworld penguin pool when the staff are not looking, there's heaps of 40+ cm bream in there!! I'm sure they won't mind if you only keep one!!

Scalem

[Dirtysanchez]

Well compared to my zero Cm Bream and flat head you are doing extremely well. Once I get my act together in a coupla weeks and my ribs heal, I'll be heading out to try for some quality fish like this.. Nice haul mate

[SheppyG]

Hi Rob,

nice catch down there on the Goldy. I had never seen a bream bigger than my biggest of 38cm also. Until a few weeks ago i was chasing Barra up near mouth of the Fitzroy in Rocky. My mate who I was fishing with (who is not a fisherman) landed a silver bream 48cm, on a large live prawn under a float.

What is the biggest bream that anyone has heard of?

I think I attached a pic. Still learning....