where have all the Bream gone?

[davefishmad]

Is it just me?

Flathead are abundant at the moment ,but I have not landed a Bream over 30cm in months.

why are all the bream small runty and not on the bite?

seems the flathead do ok, but the bream are small if there at all, to say the least.

At the moment I would bet on catching a Jew before I caught a good size bream in the river.

dave

[Keechie]

too many sharks around =P haha nah i have been the same, struggling to find a bream over 30cm at the momet too all like 25cm.

[nadders]

what part of the river are you fishing, they push out toward the mouth to breed in winter dont they?

[davefishmad]

not sure,

places I fish are Shultzs canal,Indroopilly, Boggy creek, Morningside, Port of Bris, Manly, Cleveland, goodna and anywhere else in between.

dave

[Cowfish13]

We have had a wetter period over the last few months than we've had for the past few years. Perhaps they may still be there, but the methods we have been using aren't right for them with the conditions we have experienced :S

[psblake]

Not just you and certainly the same the NPR, haven't caught a decent size bream in about three months but heaps of little rat bream. Been trying to mix it up with different bait, plastics and lures and all small results.

[chaujern]

a local tackle shop operator reckons there's an old saying

when the soldiers go marching bream go marching ...

supposedly, after Anzac day ... bream fishing gets better ...

[tomca]

last year around this time, I was catching big bream while targeting snapper around scarborough in about 6m of water. I don't see why this year should be any different.

[Feral]

When I was younger (yeah a long time ago) no one even bothered fishing for bream outside of winter. It was considered not worth it, only small fish scattered here and there. The schools of big bream used to come in to the river and the Pin only in winter.

[rayke1938]

Feral wrote:

When I was younger (yeah a long time ago)

Jesus I really rate you when you say that.

onya son.

Speaking to one of the locals and he has been getting plenty of good ones plus the odd legal snapper off the southern breakwall at mout of weinman creek at redland bay. Using chook gut. Last 2 hours of run tide but said they will go off in a day or so with the moon going into wrong quarter.

Cheers

Ray

[waldo]

The best of night from my last 3 landbased efforts have been 35, 38 and 38 but no numbers. The last 38cm fish caught on Thursday night was an animal, it was high and very thick, a much bigger fish than the previous 38cm. It reminded of the big short impoundment/lake type fish so I am guessing it got washed out of somewhere with the rain.

There has been a lot of fresh and flooding and it is also coming on to that time of the year when they play mummies and daddies :laugh: so they will be on the move. They aren't thick but they are there and for me it is just a matter of perservering in areas I know produce fish. I am using bait so maybe that could be the difference.

[Feral]

Was talking with Rob from AKFF when I picked up a paddle from him yesterday, he said he had scored some good bream in his local creek (Manly somewhere) yesterday morning. They were in the real skinny water, less than 2 foot he reckoned.

[jeff f]

next 3 full moons at the end of the port wall

[yoyo]

thank chr*st i thought it was just me !!

I haven't caught a legal bream in about a month i reckon......

[TomW]

Been nailing them on bread but they're just not hitting HB/Plastics at the minute. Dunno why? Can't wait until Winter and we can all enjoy it!

TomW

[crazyN]

last week end slayed at least 35 bream on hardbodys, all 25-33cm. bream everywere not to sure what you are talking about...

[yoyo]

where abouts crazy ?

[crazyN]

half brissie half goldy

[joe 09]

got one out of the pine river today that went 39 and was 1 1/2in thick.

[yoyo]

What about the bream...?

[Funfisher]

i have found bream in plauge proportions in the brissy over the last few weeks smallest 30cm...

[teckee7]

Funfisher wrote:

i have found bream in plauge proportions in the brissy over the last few weeks smallest 30cm...

Brissy is a pretty big place, do you know the exact location or is it a secret?

[davefishmad]

hmm seems there is a few around

bait fishos?

burley?

I traditionally used bait and burley for bream until i went to SP and HB.

maybe they are more likely to bite bait atm.

dave

[Phoeno20492]

Just last night caught 34cm bream in brisbane, not to far from toowong.

fish were biting but nothing serious, my jig head was a bit big but still around.

phoenix

[rocko032]

Yeah i reckon there are plenty bream around too.

Fished the low tide on the rockwall past the cement works at pinkenba

and must have caught about 30.All sizes from ones that fit in the palm

of your hand to a couple that went 38cm.Caught a few squire as well then the

tailor moved in and couldn't get near the bottom.

i have been using mainly chicken breast with great results in the past but this time had to settle for the servo pillies. didn't seem to hurt my cause

[yoyo]

Gents,

Pick-up Root Rules apply.....photos or it didnt happen...

[fishingnut]

yoyo wrote:

Gents,

Pick-up Root Rules apply.....photos or it didnt happen...

haha how true never heard that one :laugh:

[rixh01]

3 hours at the pine river last sun

1x 23cm

8x 26cm

1x 27cm

1x 31cm

all were thick and fat and tasty...

I think they are attracted to my blue boat..

rich [img size=800]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/IMG_0860.jpg

[roobs]

i don't rate them as an eating fish, but they have varied diets so i suppose they might taste different in different areas. i always thought that you caught more in winter but bigger ones in summer. i guess it depends on where you fish but i got three two weekends ago on poppers in clear island waters that went plus thirty. they're impounded though so i guess dif. rules apply...

[bream bandit]

Hi all.. new to this site.. been doing a lot of fishing around woody point, margate clontarf over the last 3 months as just moved there. and must say ive never caught such big bream as I am now.. Flatties are big and fat at the moment and all have been taking fresh caught bait.. Cant keep up with eating them lately so having to put 40 45 cm bream back and just put a 53cm Flattie back today.. Anyonr else catching??

Damo

[johnus]

40 45cms?? that's hectic.

[bream bandit]

Yeah, just about sh*%#t myself for real when I got the first one that size.. but they just keep coming.. Maybe its the bait, been catching hardie heads off the pier and butterflying them like I would for snapper and bamm! hearing have been ok but the hardies are smashing it! Small ones are the best, found that if you dont have to butterfly them and can just go up thru the nose and thru the shoulder once they just get swallowed like littel jelly beans..

trying to upload the photos now... Stay tuned..

[bream bandit]

theres one.. went 42cm. took a small hardie like he hadnt eaten in 6 months..

[bream bandit]

dam didnt work, something about to many pixals... thats cause it so huge right?? lol

[bream bandit]

try again..

[bream bandit]

and again..

[davefishmad]

nice root rule there Rix,

cmon roobs they are a lovely table fish

dave