Nice Black Bream
Submitted by Newby101 on Tue, 2015-03-03 18:19
Just getting back into fishing at 58. My first decent sized Black Bream (470mm) at Ascot yesterday. ( Anyone have a guess at the weight)? Fought for 5 minutes, thought I'd lost it, tried really hard to break me off. But once he was landed he let me retreive my hooks and let him go back in. He swam off like a dart.
I think he may have been released a few times before we met.
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Jackfrost80
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Well done, that is a belter!
Well done, that is a belter!
Officially off the Pies bandwagon
tassy
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Hey mate did you see a 40ish
Hey mate did you see a 40ish guy young female and an old fat guy on etty ? They were ones kiling aby bream
Five bream an counting
One tree
One fooone hand
One jetty.
Newby101
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No didn't see Them
No Tassy, didn't see them. I wasn't actually on the Jetty.
southcity104
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47!
good fish at that size. Nicely done
"Its a life style job"
Dale
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Well done, a bream that size is probably 20 - 30 years old, they are slow growers, good stuff for letting it go back in.
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Newby101
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Thank you.
Yes a really special fish. We know they are smart, whiley and ready to snap you off. Theyr'e a great sporting intelligent fish. I've met so many people who know about Bream fishing. it is astounding.
I don't know why you would need to eat them.....Well may be 1 every now and again. But only realy big ones!!! LOL If I am so lucky!!!
"The sport is in the water not the freezer". © davidjmoran 08/03/2015
Cheers,
Newbs
channy
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Nice bream. They won't be
Nice bream. They won't be too fat this time of year. Probably 1.5 - 1.6kg me thinks.
Newby101
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I think you are right.
Yes Channy, I think your about on the money. I did some research today. And for the size yes 1.5 - 1.6 is gotta be close.
Thank you.
Newbs.
Bazooked
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respect!, cracker fish and
respect!, cracker fish and well done on the release, is that a lure hanging out of its mouth?
Newby101
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No it was bait.
No It was bait. Though it does look like a lure.
jighead
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Top fish mate
The 40's are a great catch. 47 is a a real brute.
devhay
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Monster! Seems to be some
Monster!
Seems to be some big bream being pulled out that end of the river lately, nice work
rob90
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Crackin bream there! Kudos
Crackin bream there! Kudos on the release and letting someone else have the pleasure of battling it out with him in the future
Hi my name is rob............. and I'm a........... fishaholic
Newby101
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Thanks Rob90
Yes best fish fight for a very long time. The exitement in bringing her in was priceless. The idea of keeping her was not up for discussion. Such a beautiful fish. lots of energy, so much strength. A beautiful creature. (met a girl like that once) Letting her go, (the fish, not the girl), was a real joy fo rme. I release 95% of my catches. It feels great to engage with these amazing fish and then set them free. A better taste often. But I do keep the one that's had a long life and finished the breading cycle. 500mm length minimum. We'll see?/???
Dad says I'll never eat Bream again. He said "I've never seen Bream thst big. So now I have to catch one,,, or I'll starve............But I don'tmind starving as long as there's fish to catch!
Newby101
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Yes Thankyou
Thank you rob90. Yes a Great expidition.I have to say that I feel I'm lucky to have these great rivers to visit. I've been fishing in the Swan and Canning Rivers since I was 4 years old, (Around 50 years). I've never seen so many species in these two rivers.
Cheers,
Newbs.
grantarctic1
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Top fish
Top fish mate, getting harder to find the big fellas these days.
Congratulations on the release too your a champ bro.
Newby101
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Yeah Thank you.
My Dad used to catch big bream down at Ascot. He taught me the basics. Then life got in the way and I had to forget Bream for a while. Im back into it now.
Using his tactics with a couple I've learned along the way makes Bream fishing very special for me. I made a promise to my Dad and myself that I would only keep a bream, (for food) if it was over 500mm.
He said;"Well you won't be eating much Bream". He is probably right. But that's ok. We have the greatest sport at our finger tips. The best realaxation, the best active medatation, (we only focus on the line), and the biggest adenaline hit for free. Oh yes I love my fishing!!! And I love huntimg Big Bream.
Oh Yah.
meglodon
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Well done newby101
I find that when you release fish you end up with a better feeling than if you cooked them. Well not all the time but most times.
Newby101
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So absolutely correct.
You are soo right.
Sometimes it is good to keep and cook them.
Hutch
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Ripper, well done