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    Stonker George's River new Year Bream

    in Saltwater Fishing Reports

    Posted

    On 1/1/2024 at 8:29 PM, Little_Flatty said:

    That's a beast @kantong! Was it the kids or your fish?

    It just cements why fishing with bread baits is still one of my very favourite things to do. It's so darn effective because fish love it, yet, achieving a good hookup at times is tricky enough to make it fun (given the softness of the bait). As you have proven, quality fish will eat it!

    On another note, your daughter is like my youngest. Thinks nothing of rocking a ballet dress and a handbag to go fishing. There's one thing I agree with her on; I think us khaki Columbia shirt warriors need to mix it up every now and again!

    Thanks @Little_Flatty! a great way to pass time when the fishing are biting! It sounds like our daughters are the little fashionistas in the family. A splash of pink goes a long to catching a good flattie (so I've heard)

    On 1/1/2024 at 7:42 PM, Yowie said:

    A good sized fish. Bream like that are stalking the shallows all the time, looking for an easy feed. Occasionaly take a bait with a hook in it.

    Thanks @Yowie, I may have had a bit of luck on my side for this one!

    On 1/2/2024 at 6:58 AM, bessell1955 said:

    Great Bream.

    Thanks @bessell1955, a great little tussle

    On 1/2/2024 at 7:50 AM, Green Hornet said:

    Real nice fish @kantong. Looks like it’s been well upstream for quite some time, judging by the colour.

    Another great bycatch on the bread.

    Thanks @Green Hornet, yes it was quite a dark bream. I'm surprised by the size of this fish in this part of the river, usually this is where the smaller bream hang out.

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    Stonker George's River new Year Bream

    in Saltwater Fishing Reports

    Posted · Edited by kantong

    Wishing all raiders a happy new Year.  I was out chasing mullet with the kids and managed this old fella of a bream, 38cm. 

    Not a bad way to open the account for the year. I hope everyone has a great summer of fishing!

    Fish was released to torment the local mullet population!

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    Mullet success and bream too!

    in Saltwater Fishing Reports

    Posted

    On 12/15/2023 at 4:53 PM, big Neil said:

    Is there anything better than getting the heads up from fellow Raiders and taking your son out fishing? Great that you worked out a plan for catching the Mullet and seeing the by-catch Bream take the bait. I hope that your son enjoyed his fishing and is keen to go again.

    Cheers, bn

    Thanks @big Neil - A successful outing and looking forward to the next one!

    On 12/15/2023 at 9:00 PM, Yowie said:

    Fishraiders are here to give you free advice. Good to see you pulled out a few mullet.

    Thanks @Yowie, great community we have here!

    On 12/15/2023 at 9:03 PM, bessell1955 said:

    Well done.

    Thanks @bessell1955

    On 12/15/2023 at 9:25 PM, Little_Flatty said:

    Always good to score the target species! Great job @kantong!

    Thanks @Little_Flatty, it's an awesome feeling!

    On 12/15/2023 at 11:03 PM, FishingFables said:

    Well done to both you and your son on a successful trip! Fishing involves a lifetime of learning new skills for different species - clearly you have what it takes to become a great angler and educate the next generation as well 👍

    Thanks @FishingFables, there's always something to learn.

    On 12/16/2023 at 6:33 AM, Green Hornet said:

    Great to see your plan come together along with some welcome bycatch. Well done both of you.

    Thanks @Green Hornet, can't complain about a bream!

    On 12/16/2023 at 9:45 AM, Robbo from Sydney said:

    This is one of the things that really sets Fishraider and its "family" apart and being an information sponge I have picked up so much in the last few years

    Thanks @Robbo from Sydney, these forums are a wealth of information.

    On 12/16/2023 at 3:25 PM, Koalaboi said:

    Hi Kantong,

    Well done!

    Mullet are not only a top fighting fish, they make great bait and are an excellent feed.

    I know a professional fisherman and oyster farmer and the only fish he'll eat is mullet.

    So here's to the humble mullet...a great fish but a dreadful haircut!

    KB

    Thanks @Koalaboi, do mullet do well as salted baits? 

    On 12/16/2023 at 7:11 PM, Larkin said:

    That’s it Kantong!

    Looks like little changes made all the difference. 
    well done 👍 

    Thanks @Larkin - it's all in the details!

    On 12/17/2023 at 7:45 AM, mrsswordfisherman said:

    @kantong kantongjnr is becoming a very good angler (like his Dad)

    I really like your formatting of report. Spacing and dot point makes it easy for me to scan 😄

    Thanks @mrsswordfisherman, hopefully the boy is a lifelong angler! 

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    Mullet success and bream too!

    in Saltwater Fishing Reports

    Posted

    Off the back of raiders feedback, I went out with my boy in search for mullet. This time we came good!

    The things that worked well:

    • Bread crust as bait, floats really well
    • Small float to keep baits off the bottom
    • Rod tip kept high and strike lightly

    It took a little bit of time to get the timing right, but once that came good, we started getting mullet more regularly.

    A legal sized bream thrown in for fun had the small 1000c reel screaming as the drag was set quite loose. It nearly bricked us in the snags.

    Cannot wait to hone in on this skill so we can start using the mullet for bigger fish!

    A big thank you to the raiders for their feedback!

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    Looking for Mullet but got bream!

    in Saltwater Fishing Reports

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Green Hornet said:

    You can make a good little mullet float out of a paddle pop stick with a small rubber band at each end to hold the line. If the line slips through the bands just wind it around the float a few times between the bands and problem solved.

    Weight it lightly enough so it still lays flat on the water, as often the mullet will take the bait and stay up near the surface. When you see the float start to move across the water or sink, either a gentle strike or just start winding should hook them.

    Also works great on garfish.

    Thanks @Green Hornet, that's a great idea! So excited to try all these new tips!

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    Looking for Mullet but got bream!

    in Saltwater Fishing Reports

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Restyle said:

    Caught something which is all that matters. My top spot for mullet is Cronulla ferry wharf at night. Burley with bread crust by crumbing it directly out front and wait. It takes about 15-20 odd minutes for the mullet to come so in the meantime just try your luck for squid or yellowtail. You’ll know they show up when you see the boils/small splashes on the surface. By then throw small chunks of crust and and turf some out on a tiny hook with no sinker or float directly out front. It should float amongst the burly and you’ll know your on when you’re chunk of bread disappears which you give a nice sharp strike. Mostly sight fishing, the areas the mullet hang out is about 10 meters from the jetty in the area between the darkness and light from the wharf 

    Thanks @Restyle, will give that area a go too!

    Looking for Mullet but got bream!

    in Saltwater Fishing Reports

    Posted

    17 hours ago, Yowie said:

    A bit of fun for the young bloke.

    Depends on the species of mullet. Plenty of sea mullet turning up in the estuaries now, and they do not bite very often at bait.

    Lob out a bit of crust to free float near the mullet. If they are sand mullet, or another species, they will eat the crusts. You can then add a small piece of crust to the hook. 

    Casting with bread crusts? not easy. As stated above, add a small float and casting the crusts will be easier.

    The way I do it is to add a piece of dry crust to the hook, quickly dunk it into the water then out again - then gently cast so as not to throw the crust off the hook. The water in the crust gives it weight to cast further, however, the water softens the crust and makes it easier to fall off the hook in a vigorous cast. Just a matter of practice.

    Thanks for the tip on the crust, will give that a go!

    18 hours ago, Green Hornet said:

    Nice going, there’s not too many species in the river that won’t take bread.

    In a way you answered your own question. A small float, the smaller the better, will help you keep your baits in the zone and make sure you weight it correctly so only the tip is showing. If you’re not sure how to rig and weight the float, take a look on YouTube.

    thanks! Will get on the floats!

    13 hours ago, Larkin said:

    Can’t go wrong with a day spent father son fishing!

    might be also worth trying with some tiny bits of prawn under a small float in case any garfish around. They’ll usually get attracted by the bread burley 

    A great afternoon by the river! Good idea with the prawn, will give that go too!

    11 hours ago, blaxland said:

    Many years ago I would make a dough out of the centre  of a slice of white bread and use the crust as burly unweighted I could get a 3 metre cast off the south end of the tunks park tunnels lots of poddy mullet. Should work any where

    that's a great idea, will have to try that! Thank you!

    11 hours ago, Little_Flatty said:

    Great stuff @kantong! Fishing for bread eaters is one of my favourite forms of fishing! It's good fun eh?

    I agree with @Yowie on the sea mullet thing. Plenty of 50+cm models in the harbour and parra, none of which will ever take a bait.

    Garfish fishing is real fun, particularly on ultralight gear ~1-2kg mono. Try it!

    Keeping things simple means more time fishing! I've not targetted gars either, will have to give that a go!

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    Looking for Mullet but got bream!

    in Saltwater Fishing Reports

    Posted

    Inspired by @FishingFables I went down to the Georges River in search for mullet. Armed with bread and tiny hooks, I could see the visible ripples already in the water. I had my fishing buddy (my son) with me and we were keen to catch some fish.

    I've caught many tiny bream in this area but never had any luck with the mullet. My rig was simple, a 6lb mono straight through to 2 hooks (no sinker). I lobbed my first bits of bread out and the line tightens up within a minute. Fish on!

    I hand the rod to the little man and in comes a bream, about 20cm. Not bad, not the target species, but a welcome fish all the same!

    Over the next 30 minutes, we catch 6 bream, all undersized but no mullet. I can see the school of mullet around but no hook-ups.

    On reflection, the bread is squeezed onto the hook and acts like a sinker and the bread goes down to the bottom where the bream are hanging out. 

    Question for the mullet whisperers, what can I do differently to catch these mullet?

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