Saturday Night River Sesh
Hit the river again last Saturday arvo in the usual spot, looking for my 40cm + Bream (My PB being 36cm). Took the gf along as i always do, and started fishing around 4pm. Pretty nice conditions, wind was non-existant and the tide seemed fairly high. Figured first up i would test out my newly bought HRT lures. The main problem was, like always, im pretty awful at lure fishing. I love the concept and the idea but cant seem to find the right technique for hooking those bream on them. Fished for about 3 hours with it, to my suprise i was getting bites (other then blowies) on it. I kept reeling in till.... a pretty decent size squid happened to be chasing the back of it!!!!! I was pretty shocked and enjoyed watching it chase the lure. But no hook on. For about half an hour we had 4 squid chasin the lures but no hook ons. No bream either. Eventually it got dark and i decided it was time to put the lure away and change to bait.
Wasnt a bad night, but it was much more quiet then usual. Hooked into some nice Tailor and Herring. Caught 3 of each up till midnight. But still no Bream to be seen. Finally as i was about to head in, i hook on to a Black Bream.... not the size i was looking for though, about 25cm. It made me want to stay though, figuring maybe the guys were finally coming out. The blowies kept destroying the bait though, even after dark. The time hit 1am, we were almost out of bait, and the night had seemed pretty much up... Untill out of no were i was on with a fish that felt the biggest of the night. It felt heavy and i was hopping it was that 40cm Bream i had been chasing. I slowly reeled it in until nothing.... I figured i had lost it, and was now snagged. I moved along the river and managed to pull it out of the snag... i was still on! i pulled it up and landed it... I measured the fish and it was a.... 36.5cm Bream. It was still a nice fish, but damn... exactly the same as my personal best though haha. I still kept trying though, figuring that big one had to be around with them... eventually i ran out of bait and the night was over. Better luck next time i guess.
I would post the photo of the bream but i cant find my camera cable to upload it :S
Ill have a look around tonight and hopefully upload it for you guys.
Mitch
buschy
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Nice one
Sounds like a productive nights fishing and despite not hitting the 40 mark that fish sounds like it was nothing to be laughed at. At 0.5cm bigger than your previous PB perhaps it is the same fish after growing a little more :-p
Good report and thanks for sharing.
Mitch300491
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Haha thanks, well if thats
Haha thanks, well if thats the case he can be glad he was caught and released by me twice now. Instead of being eaten.
I found the cable, and ill upload the picture after work
Mitch300491
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Updated, with a pic. Sorry
Updated, with a pic. Sorry about my huge face....
grantarctic1
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Date Joined: 03/03/11
Nice bream
Nice fish and report Mitch. Keep at it mate it will hapen, For letting that fish go karma will reward you mate.
I don't keep any bream, i think they are too important to our sport fishery, they take a long time to get over 40cm.
Cheers Grant.
DavidBaricevic
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Date Joined: 30/10/10
Bream
Nice Bream mate, I have tried without sucess many a time and only got a few around the bridge near freo late at night.
adian73
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Date Joined: 18/03/10
nice
gud one mate and very nice bream,i got one 2 on Saturday nite under cunning birdg