Surfacejunky

Sounds like some big salmon mate! Good stuff

Try for bream under the boat hulls, flathead along the weed banks along the main channel. Whiting in the shallows

I can tie a loop knot quicker than some people change a clip. Practice your knots as mentioned above

I was fishing on a beach one arvo just before sunset. A guy came up and set up literally 5 meters from me. As with your situation there was no one else on the whole beach. I remember thinking is this guy for real?? Then the nice person inside me thought, mayb he just wants to fish with someone.... ... any way after he put a line in he comes up to me and says "what are you fishing for" I relied "bream mate" "oh you wont catch bream here" I just laughed it of and reeled in a 35cm+ bream about 2 mins later. I was just about to release the bream and the guy runs down and says "why are you putting it back?" To which I replied "I don't eat bream" "can I have it?" I thought oh why not, gave it to the guy and continued fishing. Minutes later the guys mates who were fishing on some near by rocks came down and ole mate packed up and proceeded to walk up the beach telling his mates about the bream "he" just caught.... without so much as a thank you or a good by to me. That was the last time I gave anyone a fish I wanted to release. I doubt ill be doing it again.

Good stuff mate! I know that spot its a great spot for the family! or a bbq with mates!

One of my favourites!

Still love some Bonito sashimi!

Great tips there mate next hightide window I get I will give it a go!

Some times I believe the most important thing isn't the type of lure its where the lure is that catches a bass. As some of the previous raiders have mentioned get your lure as close to the bank as possible, for this reason I love using weedless presentations(plasics on a worm hook) with a tiny ball sinker in the loop knot as you dont snag up much at all. Some of my other favourites are(also mentioned above) cicada types. With my favourite being the tiemco bass tune, it is a larger profile lure and it has 3 trebles so the hook up rate is close to 100% although your casts need to be on point! Any small to medium sized offering will get crunched at times so give all the lures in your tackle box a go and you'll soon find some favourites!

I have only ever caught them in the low light periods on the top, does the time of day matter? Or would you try and line up say an early morning/ late arvo with a high?

I finally joined a couple of days ago, Im enjoying reading all the post etc I should of joined years ago. Can some one please tell me how to add pbs to my profile?

Awesome read and watch. I have always wanted to fish the colo in my yak, where abouts is a good place to launch mate?

How addictive is chasing bream along the edges of our local river systems? Over the last two weeks I have dedicated a few trips to targeting bream in and around the mangroves. To say it has been rewarding would be the understatement of the year. I thought I would share some of the key things that I believe are the difference between scoring a few and the dreaded doughnut! 1. Fish as light as possible, I have been fishing 4lb braid with 3lb leader. Not only do you get more bites, it makes it heaps easier to cast tiny plastics. Just make sure your drag is set accordingly or you will get busted off setting the hook. Also I fish the TT hws jig heads in the 1/40th so it sinks very slowly. 2. Fish the run out tide, as the tide recedes the bream are in waiting for bait that is being pulled out of the shallows. It makes sense to have your plastic coming out the same way. 3. Skipcast under mangroves, the skip itself looks alot like a prawn or baitfish being harrassed in the shallows and some times you'll get crunched on the drop. 4. Watch your line, I like to keep a belly(slack) in the line as the lure falls through the water more naturally. Keep an eye on the line and as with most types of bream fishing strike as soon as you see a tap on the line or the line stops before you think its on the bottom. I have really enjoyed my last few sessions catching 6 to 26cm the first time, 6 to 31cm the second time and 8 to 34cm the third time and I only went for around an hour and a half each time. Get out there and have a go you wont be disappointed!