Braddo1966

Hawkesbury Bream are good fun to catch for sport. As far as on the plate is concerned I find that Bream caught in the Hawkesbury are not as tasty as the one's from Lake Maquarie. Lake Mac water is far cleaner (I'm talking see through to the bottom Turquoise coloured water up to 3 metres). The Bream from there taste fantastic. I think in future it will be Catch, photo and release as far as my local haunt is concerned.

Fished the run-out tide just this Saturday and zippo zilch nada. Fished the slack tide on Australia Day and got a feed of two fat and healthy bream - 35 and 32 cm long. Dropped a stonker over 40 cm and another 30 cm fish both at the net. The boat next to me was also getting good quality bream as well. Attached is a photo of the feed I caught all ready for the pan.

I am keen lake and estuary fisho. I have fished from a US bass boat one time when I was in Canada 15 years ago. Recently I have been thinking about splurging out on a 19 ft Ranger or Nitro bass boat. Does anybody own US bass boat or fished out of one here in Australia? If so what can you tell me about them? I chase beam and flathead. I fish the Hawkesbury River well as the Central and South Coasts of NSW. In future I am looking at competing in bream comps. Regards, Brad