What are the best Bream plastics?

[Mangrove_Jack]

Hey guys and girls, just wondering what are the best bream plastics for the Brisbane river and areas near there. New to plastics infact tried them ounce, I have no idea how to use them :S . the brand "Gulp" keeps coming up. need to know your thoughts and advice

thanks

Jack

[namyau]

do a search, heaps of info on the net. prob the fav are 2inch gulp shrimp in most of the colours on a jighead weighted between 1/8th -1/32 (depends on the conditions) and squidgy wrigglers 80mm in bloodworm and evil minnow colours.

[aichepee]

you honestly cant beat gulp mate. IMO they are better than a livey if u get the technique right. just pick up a packet of gulp shrimp 2" and gulp minnow 3" and you'll be set. just cast out and slowly retrieve them. mix it up with some jerks, twitches, shakes etc. see what works best and if theres fish there, ur presentation should be irresistable.

[jackman60]

yeah depends on the conditions but berkleys alive go good

[Mangrove_Jack]

Im going freshwater bream fishing, what would be the best hard bodied lure for that, do i want deep diving or on the surface(what about poppers)i'm unsure any advice on that.

thanks

Jack

[aichepee]

bream arent a freshwater fish mate

[Cowfish13]

Yes they can be I have caught and seen many caught in freshwater areas. They're usually big ones too (>35cm average)

[Feral]

Mangrove_Jack wrote:

Im going freshwater bream fishing, what would be the best hard bodied lure for that, do i want deep diving or on the surface(what about poppers)i'm unsure any advice on that.

thanks

Jack

If you mean Boney's, I have never heard of anyone getting them to take a lure or bait, basically they are vegetarian from I've heard. Good luck if you can, I've seen them up to 50cm, they would go like a train I reckon if you could hook one.

[Little Grey Men]

Feral wrote:

Mangrove_Jack wrote:

Im going freshwater bream fishing, what would be the best hard bodied lure for that, do i want deep diving or on the surface(what about poppers)i'm unsure any advice on that.

thanks

Jack

If you mean Boney's, I have never heard of anyone getting them to take a lure or bait, basically they are vegetarian from I've heard. Good luck if you can, I've seen them up to 50cm, they would go like a train I reckon if you could hook one.

They do go crazy when you hook them. I've foul hooked quite a few at North Pine as they swipe little lures. The first time I didn't know what the hell I had on the line. Very fast and they zip about all over the place, but not too strong. Although a 50cm one would be interesting.

[Mangrove_Jack]

I've been there a few times before and i can tell you they look like they are bream. It is North Queensland on a property, there are many freshwater "Bream" or what ever they are there.(I think they are called black Bream) We drink from the water there where we camp so it is frsh. We caught all of them on lures mostly hard bodies. They might not be Bream although they do look like it, they are very dark, but they are deffinitly very large i got a 45cm one there, it was a great fight.

Thnaks

Jack

[Mangrove_Jack]

I've been there a few times before and i can tell you they look like they are bream. It is North Queensland on a property, there are many freshwater "Bream" or what ever they are there.(I think they are called black Bream) We drink from the water there where we camp so it is frsh. We caught all of them on lures mostly hard bodies. They might not be Bream although they do look like it, they are very dark, but they are deffinitly very large i got a 45cm one there, it was a great fight.

Thnaks

Jack

[Mangrove_Jack]

woops posted the previous one twice, lol sorry.

[pinkey]

you sure there not sooty grunter?

[Angus]

Yeah I think pinkey might be right and they may be sooties. Prob more fun on hard bodies anyway!

I have heard guys from up there call them black bream before.

Best thing to do go catch a few and give us a report with pictures

Angus

[TomW]

Mangrove_Jack wrote:

I've been there a few times before and i can tell you they look like they are bream. It is North Queensland on a property, there are many freshwater "Bream" or what ever they are there.(I think they are called black Bream) We drink from the water there where we camp so it is frsh. We caught all of them on lures mostly hard bodies. They might not be Bream although they do look like it, they are very dark, but they are deffinitly very large i got a 45cm one there, it was a great fight.

Thnaks

Jack

Black Bream? Highly doubt that!

Anyway on to the question,

Bream can be very picky some times and need finnese gear, you can't be throwing 4Gram jigheads at them. A great place to start is with some Squidgie 80MM Wrigglers in Bloodworm, Flash Prawn and any other natural colours, you can also try the Berkley Gulp 6" Sandworms with a flicky retrieve. Match these with some Gamakatsu Round 26 jigheads, around the 1/20th weight range and a #1 or #2 FW hook so you can pin the fish quite easily.

Thanks TomW

[pinkey]

If i could only have one plastic for general breaming it would be a 3inch bass minnow in pearl blue. My general leader for breaming is 6lb, but i go down to 3lb often and up to 8lb. Yesterday 3 of us got 13 bream on 60lb leader and jackall chubbys in reasonably short time. Shows there not always picky haha.

[JackBarrett13]

mate the best bream plastics i have found are berkley gulp 3" minnow lime tigers or the 3" grub in pumkinseed. they love the tail action.

[Little Grey Men]

TomW wrote:

Mangrove_Jack wrote:

I've been there a few times before and i can tell you they look like they are bream. It is North Queensland on a property, there are many freshwater "Bream" or what ever they are there.(I think they are called black Bream) We drink from the water there where we camp so it is frsh. We caught all of them on lures mostly hard bodies. They might not be Bream although they do look like it, they are very dark, but they are deffinitly very large i got a 45cm one there, it was a great fight.

Thnaks

Jack

Black Bream? Highly doubt that!

Anyway on to the question,

Bream can be very picky some times and need finnese gear, you can't be throwing 4Gram jigheads at them. A great place to start is with some Squidgie 80MM Wrigglers in Bloodworm, Flash Prawn and any other natural colours, you can also try the Berkley Gulp 6" Sandworms with a flicky retrieve. Match these with some Gamakatsu Round 26 jigheads, around the 1/20th weight range and a #1 or #2 FW hook so you can pin the fish quite easily.

Thanks TomW

The name black bream has been used for quite a few species, we used to call Maquarie perch caught in the Condamine black bream as well ( 30 years ago...all gone now ) Picky little mongrels that would steal your bait.

[Explorer Pegasus]

Bozo Smelts are very good in 2-3 ft of water

[jeff f]

sounds like sooty grunter to me too

they are agro little buggers and will pretty much hit anything you put near them

[Mangrove_Jack]

hey guys spoke to some people they said that the are sooty grunters although the owner of the property rekons they are bream.(i'm pretty sure they are sooty's)

Thanks

Jack

[aussiebass40]

gulp 3" minnow pumpkin seed and watermelon pearl seem to do the job nicely... also slam baits are pretty good in a minnow or shrimp style